A03603:487
The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on AdamThe paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam
The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. marks. By T.H.The paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. markes. By T.H.
London: printed by R. Young for R. Young, 1640
MISCELLANIES. › Section 2: II. A preparative to the Lords Supper.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now for the second thing, which is the way to partake of the good of the Sacrament: that is done these ways.
Now for the second thing, which is the way to partake of the good of the Sacrament: that is done these waies.
1. You must rightly inform your selves of what you must expect from, and what you may have in the Sacrament; what you come for, and what is there to be gotten: All spiritual good that your hearts can desire is to be had here: The soul can want nothing, can desire nothing; God hath promised nothing, can bestow nothing, ⟨p. 374⟩but it is here to be received. The ground is this, because Christ is there, and all his merits; and he that hath the Son hath life, and in him, all things: In a word, all that the sinner can desire, as, the pardon of what is amiss in him, power for the subduing of all corruptions for him, and the quickening of his heart to the well-pleasing of God, are all conveyed and communicated to the soul by the Sacrament, and to be received therein.
1. You must rightly inform your selves of what you must expect from, and what you may have in the Sacrament; what you come for, and what is there to be gotten: All spiritual good that your hearts can desire is to be had here: The soul can want nothing, can desire nothing; God hath promised nothing, can bestow nothing, ⟨p. 374⟩but it is here to be received. The ground is this, because Christ is there, and all his merits; and he that hath the Sonne hath life, and in him, all things: In a word, all that the sinner can desire, as, the pardon of what is amisse in him, power for the subduing of all corruptions for him, and the quickning of his heart to the well-pleasing of God, are all conveighed and communicated to the soule by the Sacrament, and to bee received therein.