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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.
Thirdly: Reform. Do your first works again. O Christian, consider thy heart is sunk deeper into the world than it was wont to be. Thy duties are fewer, and thy zeal and affection to God much abated. Return, return, O back-sliding soul, and labour to recover thy first love to Christ, what-ever pains it cost thee.
Thirdly: Reform. Do your first works again. O Christian, consider thy heart is sunk deeper into the world than it was wont to be. Thy duties are fewer, and thy zeal and affection to God much abated. Return, return, O back-sliding soul, and labor to recover thy first love to Christ, what-ever pains it cost thee.
Lastly: To those that do enjoy 1these choice and invaluable mercies, the Sealings of the Spirit.
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First: Take heed that you grieve not the good Spirit of God, by whom you are Sealed to the day of Redemption, Eph. 4. 30. He hath comforted you, don't you grieve him: The Spirit is a tender and delicate thing, you may quickly deprive your selves of his joy and peace.