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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.
Answer. The Sealing of the Spirit, is his giving a sure and certain testimony to the reality of that work of grace he hath wrought in our souls, and to our interest in Christ and the Promises; thereby satisfying our fears and doubts about our estate and condition.
Every matter of weight and concernment is to be proved by two sufficient Witnesses, Deut. 19. 15. our sincerity and interest in Christ are matters of the deepest concernment to us in all the world, and therefore need a farther witness to confirm and clear them than ⟨p. 62⟩that of our own spirits; the spirit it self therefore bears witness with our spirits,