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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 SEVENTH MEDITATION UPON › Doctrine 2 › Application 2: Use 2.
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Sixthly: It's but a little while before this, with all other diseases bred by it in thy soul, shall be perfectly healed; Sanctification is a cure begun, Glorification is the cure performed and completed: The former hath destroyed the dominion, the latter will destroy the existence of it in thy soul: When you come to Heaven, and never till then will you find your selves well, and at ease in every part.
Sixthly: It's but a little while before this, with all other diseases bred by it in thy soul, shall be perfectly healed; Sanctification is a cure begun, Glorification is the cure performed and compleated: The former hath destroy'd the dominion, the latter will destroy the existence of it in thy soul: When you come to Heaven, and never till then will you find your selves well, and at ease in every part.
And thus much of the second point.
There are some general observations arising from both parts of my Text, considered together, viz. The thankful acknowledgement of his faith, and the sorrowful sense of his unbelief. It shall suffice for a conclusion to this Meditation only to note them, and they are these,
There are some general observations arising from both parts of my Text, considered together, viz. The thankful acknowledgment of his faith, and the sorrowful sense of his unbelief. It shall suffice for a conclusion to this Meditation only to note them, and they are these,