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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.
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The eye of faith is a precious eye, and according to its various Aspects upon Christ, it produceth various effects upon the hearts of men. Eying Christ as our complete Righteousness, so it pacifies and quiets the heart; eying him as our pattern, so it directs and regulates our actions; eying him as our sacrifice, offered up to divine Justice for our sins, so it powerfully thaws the heart, and melts the affections.
The eye of faith is a precious eye, and according to its various Aspects upon Christ, it produceth various effects upon the hearts of men. Eying Christ as our compleat Righteousness, so it pacifies and quiets the heart; eying him as our pattern, so it directs and regulates our actions; eying him as our sacrifice, offer'd up to divine Justice for our sins, so it powerfully thaws the heart, and melts the affections.