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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 3: 3. Distinction.
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3. Distinction.
Lastly: We must distinguish the several 1ways and manners of Sealing. Some are extraordinary and immediate, ⟨p. 71⟩vouchsafed only to some persons, at some special times and seasons. Thus Zacheus was in an extraordinary and immediate way ascertained of his Salvation, Luk. 19. 9. This day is Salvation come to this House. And so the Palsy man, Mark. 2. 5. Son (saith Christ) thy sins be forgiven thee. But these immediate ways are ceased; no man may now expect by any new Revelation or Sign from Heaven, by any Voice, or extraordinary Inspiration to have his Salvation sealed, but must expect that mercy in Gods ordinary way and method, searching the Scriptures, examining our own hearts, and waiting on the Lord in Prayer.
Lastly: We must distinguish the several 1ways and manners of Sealing. Some are extraordinary and immediate, ⟨p. 71⟩vouchsafed only to some persons, at some special times and seasons. Thus Zacheus was in an extraordinary and immediate way ascertained of his Salvation, Luk. 19. 9. This day is Salvation come to this House. And so the Palsieman, Mark. 2. 5