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Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture
Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture wherein believers are assisted in preparing their hearts, and exciting their affections and graces, when they draw nigh to God in that most awful and solemn ordinance of the Lords Supper / by Jo. Flavel ...
London: printed for Jacob Sampson, 1679
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.
Secondly: The matter of the complaint 1which consists in a double evil he groaned under, viz.
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1. The presence of sin at all times. 2. The operation of sin, especially at some time.
First: The presence of sin at all times. Evil (saith he) is present with me, it follows me as my shadow doth. By evil we must understand no other evil but sin, the evil of evils; which in respect of power and efficacy, he also calls a Law, because as Laws by reason of their annexed rewards and punishments, have a mighty power and efficacy upon the minds of men; so sin, ⟨p. 37⟩in-dwelling sin, that root of all our trouble and sorrow, hath a mighty efficacy upon us.
First: The presence of sin at all times. Evil (saith he) is present with me, it follows me as my shaddow doth. By evil we must understand no other evil but sin, the evil of evils; which in respect of power and efficacy, he also calls a Law, because as Laws by reason of their annexed rewards and punishments, have a mighty power and efficacy upon the minds of men; so sin, ⟨p. 37⟩in-dwelling sin, that root of all our trouble and sorrow, hath a mighty efficacy upon us.