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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	eye_n	lord_n	wait_v	2,901	5	9.3473	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A94069	The saints communion with God, and Gods communion with them in ordinances. As it was delivered in severall sermons / by that faithfull servant of Christ, Mr. William Strong, late minister at Westminster.	Strong, William, d. 1654.	1655 (1655)	Wing S6006; Thomason E1693_2; ESTC R209425	55,425	233

Angels themselves to attend upon him and hence are those and such like expressions of this their office and duty I have set the Lord alwaies before me c. and as the eyes of Servants are upon the hands of their Masters and as the eyes of a waiting-Maid unto the hand of her Mistr●sse so our eyes are upon the Lord our God waiting till he have mercy upon us c. Now had the Lord chosen you but to Salvation whē he did leave the Angels to fall under the curse of their covenant broken this had been a great mercy but this will not satisfie electing love only to make up old breaches and then to shut up its bosome or to say to us as David said to Absolon let him return to his house but let him never see my face no but God will have his children look him in the face therefore in the Luke 214. there is not only glory to God in the highest and peace on earth which is reconciliation but there is good will towards men There is fellowship and communion peace will not serve loves turn but there must be good will too The love of God did not only ordain us to friendship but it did ordain us to fellowship The Father in love came forth from all eternity to us that we to all eternity might enjoy communion with him I had almost said that the very essence of the love of God and all the actings of it lead to communion and fellowship with him Ground 2 The second ground of communion is from the Covenant of Grace under which you stand When Adam had sinned he ranne away from God when he made himselfe a sinner God made him an exile Now in the Covenant under which Adam was he had communion with God as a Creature with his Creator but not as a child with his Father Now the Covenant of grace it is a conjugall Covenant and conjugall Covenants are all of them made for the enjoying of communion Hosea 2.19 I will betroth thee to me for ever yea I will betroth thee unto me in righteousnesse and in judgment and in loving kindnesse and in mercies Mark there are foure things in these words that point out the firmnesse and the stability of our Marriages with Christ First 't is done in righteousnesse Secondly in judgment Thirdly in loving kindnesse Fourthly in tender mercies Now what are the fruits and effects of this same conjugall relation and of our joyning to Christ See Chap. 3.3 And I said thou shalt be for me many daies and shalt not be for another so will I be for thee Christ promiseth to be for the Saints and he engageth the Saints to be for him Ephes 2.12 Strangers to the Covenants of promise without God and without hope in the world Till such time as a man be brought into Covenant with God he is a stranger to God and therefore hath no communion with him he stands at the greatest distance from this fellowship with the Father and with his sonne Jesus Christ But now when a man is brought within the verge of the Covenant of grace then hath he communion in all the grace of the Covenant The Covenant of Grace hath two properties peculiar to it which were not in the first Covenant First there is Foedus Amicitiae and Paedus Conjugale a Covenant of friendship and a Conjugal Covenant This is the great end of the Gospell Luke 2.14 the Angels described the purpose of God and what is it to give peace on earth and good will God contents himselfe not only with peace but good will not only reconciliation but communion and the Lord delights his people should come to him in a familiar way under tearms of intimacy Hos 2.16 a strange expression Thou shalt not call me 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ishi saith the Lord and shalt call me no more 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Baali Baali signifies my Lord God would be called by Lord no more but call me Ishi what 's that my Husband Ground 3 The third ground of communion of Saints with God is their union with Jesus Christ Answerable to your union there will be your communion There 's a five-fold union 1. An union Politicall as between a King and his people 2. An union naturall as between head and members 3. An union sinfull as betwixt one sinner and another 4. An union Hypostaticall between the two natures of Christ 5. An union mysticall and that is between Christ and the Saints Look what Righteousnesse Christ as Mediator hath is yours and the communion that Christ hath with the Father we have interest in it also 1 Cor. 12.12 For as the body is one and hath many members and all the memes of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ God the Father never looks on Christ and the Saints as two but as one Will you take a view of Christs communion with the Father Dan. 7.13 I saw and behold one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven and came to the Antient of daies and they brought him neer before him 1 John 18. He lives in the bosome of the Father The bosome 't is the seat of secrets of love and of fellowship Now in this his communion with the Father we are in no lesse then the whole of our Salvation interessed for he is brought before the Father standing at his right hand and lying in his bosom not only to enjoy communion with his Father himselfe but to intercede for our communion with him also Union that disposeth for communion There can be no communion where there is no union Rev. 3.20 Behold I stand at the dore and knock if any man hear my voice and open the dore I will come in to him and will sup with him and he with me First there must be opening of the dore and Jesus Christ must come in before ever there be supping together none of the fare that is to feast a Chrian comes till Christ him self brings it If the dore be shut against Christs person then there is a Baracado to all communion Cant. 5.5 I am come into my Garden my sister my spouse c. And then Eat O friends drink yea drink abundantly O beloved There are two things that we enjoy by vertue of our union with Christ First satisfaction in him Secondly Communion and fellowship with him Look what fellowship and Communion Christ hath with the Father it is by vertue of his union with him and look what fellowship and Communion wee have with Christ 't is by vertue of our union with him 1 Cor. 3.22.23 mark how the Relation there riseth All are yours how comes that ye are Christs and Christ is Gods and Rom. 5.2 by whom wee have accesse into this grace wherein we stand note this 1. Believers have under the Gospel accesse into glorious grace into this grace 2. That the meritorious cause of believers accesse into this grace is the Lord Jesus Christ