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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
THE FOURTH MEDITATION UPON › Doct. › Query 3 › Distinction 2: 2. Distinction.
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: Times of eminent Communion with God are Sealing times: There are extraordinary out-lets of Peace, Joy, and Comfort, at some seasons in duty, which makes the state ⟨p. 70⟩of the soul very clear; and banishes all scruples and fears from the heart.
Thirdly: Others are Sealed upon some eminent hazard they have been exposed to for Christ, or some extraordinary sufferings they have undergone for Christ; wherein they have carried it with eminent meekness, patience, and self-denial, 2 Cor. 1. 4, 5. Thus the Martyrs were many times Sealed in the depth of their sufferings.
Fourthly: It's usually found that a Sealing time follows a dark day of desertion, and sore combats with temptation. Post Nubila Phoebus. So that Text, Rev. 2. 17. is expounded by some, To him that overcometh will I give the white stone, and the new name.