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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.
But this is not all: The Believers interest in Christ is Sealed, as well as the sufferings of Christ represented in this Ordinance.
And is a Sealed Interest in Christ, so cheap or common a thing, as that it should not engage, yea, swallow up all the powers of thy soul! O what is this! What is this?
The Seal of God set to the Soul of a poor Sinner, to confirm and ratify its title to the Person of Christ, and the inestimable treasures of his Blood! Surely as the Sealing up of a man to Damnation, is the sum of all misery, and that poor Creature that is so Sealed hath cause enough to mourn and wail to Eternity: So the sealing up of a soul to Salvation, is the sum of all mercy and happiness; and the Soul that is so sealed, hath cause enough to lie at the feet of God, over-whelmed with the sense of so invaluable a mercy.
The Seal of God set to the Soul of a poor Sinner, to confirm and ratifie its title to the Person of Christ, and the inestimable treasures of his Blood! Surely as the Sealing up of a man to Damnation, is the sum of all misery, and that poor Creature that is so Sealed hath cause enough to mourn and wail to Eternity: So the sealing up of a soul to Salvation, is the sum of all mercy and happiness; and the Soul that is so sealed, hath cause enough to lie at the feet of God, over-whelmed with the sense of so invaluable a mercy.