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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
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.
First, Examination, 1 Cor. 11. 1we must examine our selves, and so eat and drink: Examine our selves, so as we be sure there be no sin in our hearts and lives, which we have committed, but we are desirous to forsake, and do unfeignedly judge our selves for it, being as desirous to forsake, as we desire God should in the Sacrament forgive it.
First, Examination, 1 Cor. 11. 1we must examine our selues, and so eate and drinke: Examine our selues, so as we be sure there bee no sinne in our hearts and liues, which we haue committed, but we are desirous to forsake, and doe vnfainedly iudge our selues for it, being as desirous to forsake, as we desire God should in the Sacrament forgiue it.
- 11. We must examine our selves1. We must examine our selues
Secondly, The discerning of the 1Lords Body and Blood: so coming to partake of these outward signs of Bread and Wine, ⟨p. 544⟩as we withal know and believe the presence of Christ; and that God doth as effectually give Christ to the soul of the believer, as he gives Bread and Wine to his body: yea, we must thus discern and believe, that he is there offered and given unto us also, and that God doth not delude us, but as truly gives us the Body and Blood of Christ, as he doth by the Minister give us the Bread and Wine,