Meditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many years sinceMeditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many yeares since

Two things therefore do yet remain after this ministry and manuduction of the Church. First, an Act of the Grace of Gods Spirit healing the understanding, and opening the eye that it may see wonders in the Law, writing the Law in the heart, and so making it a fit receptacle for so great a light. Secondly, the subject being thus by the outward motives from the Church prepared and by the inward Grace of God repaired, then lastly the object it self being proposed, and being maturely considered by reason thus guided, and thus assisted, doth then show forth such an Heavenly light of holiness, purity, majesty, authority, efficacy, mercy, wisdom, comfort, perfection, in one word, such an unsearchable Treasury of internal mysteries, as that now the soul is as fully able by the native light of the Scriptures to distinguish their Divine original, and authenticalnesse from any other mere humane writings, as the eye is to observe the difference between a ⟨p. 215⟩beam of the Sun, and a blaze of a Candle.

Two things therefore doe yet remaine after this ministry and manuduction of the Church. First, an Act of the Grace of Gods Spirit healing the understanding, and opening the eye that it may see wonders in the Law, writing the Law in the heart, and so making it a fit receptacle for so great a light. Secondly, the subject being thus by the outward motives from the Church prepared and by the inward Grace of God repaired, then lastly the object it selfe being proposed, and being maturely considerd by reason thus guided, and thus assisted, doth then shew forth such an Heavenly light of holinesse, puritie, majesty, authority, efficacy, mercy, wisedome, comfort, perfection, in one word, such an unsearchable Treasurie of internall mysteries, as that now the soule is as fully able by the native light of the Scriptures to distinguish their Divine originall, and authenticalnesse from any other meere humane writings, as the eye is to observe the difference betweene a ⟨p. 215⟩beame of the Sunne, and a blaze of a Candle.