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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
Meditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many years since by Edward Reynolds then fellow of Merton College in Oxford.Meditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many yeares since by Edvvard Reynolds then fellow of Merton College in Oxford.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Robert Bostock, 1638
MEDITATIONS ON THE HOLY SACRAMENT OF THE LORDS LAST SUPPER. › Chapter 19
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This being thus wrought by the grace of God, thereupon there ensueth a twofold Testimony. The first of a mans own spirit, as we see in the examples of Job, David, 1Hezekiah, Nehemiah, Saul, and others, namely, That he desireth to fear Gods name, to keep a conscience void of offence, to walk in all integrity towards God, and men, from which, and the like personal qualifications, arise joy in the holy-Ghost, peace of conscience, and experience ⟨p. 216⟩of sweetness in the fellowship with the Father, and his Sonne. Secondly, the Testimony of the holy Spirit, bearing witness to the sincerity of those affections, and to the evidence and truth of those persuasions which himself, by his grace stirred up. So then first the Spirit of God writeth the Law in the heart, upon obedience whereunto ariseth the Testimony of a mans own spirit: And then he writeth the promises in the heart, and by them ratifieth and confirmeth a mans hops, and joys unto him.
This being thus wrought by the grace of God, thereupon there ensueth a twofold Testimonie. The first of a mans owne spirit, as wee see in the examples of Iob, David, 1Hezekiah, Nehemiah, Saul, and others, namely, That hee desireth to feare Gods name, to keepe a conscience void of offence, to walke in all integrity towards God, and men, from which, and the like personall qualifications, arise joy in the holy-Ghost, peace of conscience, and experience ⟨p. 216⟩of sweetnes in the fellowship with the Father, and his Sonne. Secondly, the Testimony of the holy Spirit, bearing witnes to the sincerity of those affections, and to the evidence and truth of those perswasions which himselfe, by his grace stirred up. So then first the Spirit of God writeth the Law in the heart, upon obedience whereunto ariseth the Testimony of a mans owne spirit: And then he writeth the promises in the heart, and by them ratifieth and confirmeth a mans hops, and joyes unto him.