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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.
5. In a word, it is a sweet support in all the troubles and afflictions on this side the grave. Let the assured soul be cast into what condition the Lord pleases, be it upon a bed of sickness; yet this gives his soul such support and ⟨p. 200⟩comfort, that he shall not say, I am sick, sin being forgiven; the soul is well, when the body is in pain, Isa. 33. 24. Let him be cast in to a Prison, here's that will turn a Prison into a Paradise, Act. 5. 41. Let him be pinched with any outward want, this will supply all, As having nothing, and yet possessing all things, 2 Cor. 6. 10. Thus you see how desirable it is for its own excellency.
5. In a word, it is a sweet support in all the troubles and afflictions on this side the grave. Let the assured soul be cast into what condition the Lord pleases, be it upon a bed of sickness; yet this gives his soul such support and ⟨p. 200⟩comfort, that he shall not say, I am sick, sin being forgiven; the soul is well, when the body is in pain, Isa. 33. 24. Let him be cast in to a Prison, here's that will turn a Prison into a Paradise, Act. 5. 41. Let him be pincht with any outward want, this will supply all, As having nothing, and yet possessing all things, 2 Cor. 6. 10. Thus you see how desirable it is for its own excellency.
And as it is desirable for the sweetness