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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.
Secondly: Next let us consider and examine whence it came to be so pleasant 1and acceptable to Jesus Christ to come into the world and die for poor Sinners.
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And we shall find, that although the sufferings of Christ were exceeding sharp, and the cup of Gods wrath unspeakably bitter; yet that which made it pleasant and desirable to Jesus Christ, was the prospect he had of the sweet results and issues of his sufferings, Isa. 53. 10, 11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied, (i. e.) he shall have great content and pleasure from the issues and fruits of his sufferings, as Psal. 128. 2. Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands, (i. e.) the fruit of thy labours. So here, He shall see the travail of his soul, (i. e.) the fruit and effects of his travail; and to see this, shall be to him the reward and recompense ⟨p. 155⟩of all his sufferings. Now among the sweet results of the sufferings of Christ, there are especially these three which he fore-saw with singular content and delectation.
And we shall find, that although the sufferings of Christ were exceeding sharp, and the cup of Gods wrath unspeakably bitter; yet that which made it pleasant and desirable to Jesus Christ, was the prospect he had of the sweet results and issues of his sufferings, Isa. 53. 10, 11. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied, (i. e.) he shall have great content and pleasure from the issues and fruits of his sufferings, as