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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: The love of God is in 1Christ. Behold the Lamb of God! and in him, behold the love of God in the highest and most triumphant discovery ⟨p. 92⟩that ever was or can be made of it in this world, 1 Joh. 4. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved him, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the Propitiation for our sins. O here, here is the love of God to Sinners; he manifests love to us in our daily provisions, protections, deliverances, and comforts. That we have health when others groan under pains, therein is love. That we have bread to eat, when others are ready to perish, therein is love. O, but to have Christ to be a Propitiation for us, when the Angels that fell were left desperate, therein was love indeed. All the love that breaks out in the variety of providences for us in this world, in our Health and Estates, in our Relations and Comforts, is nothing compared with this love. Herein is love indeed.
Thirdly: The love of God is in 1Christ. Behold the Lamb of God! and in him, behold the love of God in the highest and most triumphant discovery ⟨p. 92⟩that ever was or can be made of it in this world, 1 Joh. 4. 10. Herein is love, not that we loved him, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the Propitiation for our sins. O here, here is the love of God to Sinners; he manifests love to us in our daily provisions, protections, deliverances, and comforts. That we have health when others groan under pains, therein is love. That we have bread to eat, when others are ready to perish, therein is love. O, but to have Christ to be a Propitiation for us, when the Angels that fell were left desperate, therein was love indeed. All the love that breaks out in the variety of providences for us in this world, in our Health and Estates, in our Relations and Comforts, is nothing compar'd with this love. Herein is love indeed.