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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 TENTH MEDITATION UPON › Application 2: 2. Use of Exhortation.
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.
First: It is a sharp and strong appetite, Psal. 42. 1. Let your thoughts run upon Christ night and day, like the desires of a longing Woman.
Secondly: When 'tis a Universal appetite, after every thing in Christ, his Holiness as well as his Righteousness, his Commands as well as his Promises, for he is altogether lovely, Cant. 5. 16.
Thirdly: When 'tis a continual appetite; I mean not that the pulse of your desires should keep an even stroke at all times, but that there be real and sincere workings of heart after him always, Psal. 119. 20.
Fourthly: When 'tis an industrious appetite, awakening the soul to the Use of all means and practice of all duties in order to satisfaction, Psal. 27. 4. One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I seek after.