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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.
The love of Christ is too deep for •y created understanding to fathom; •is unsearchable love, and it is so in •ivers respects.
It is unsearchable in respect of its 1•tiquity. No Understanding of man •an trace it back to its first spring it •ows from one Eternity to another: •e receive the fruits and effects of it •ow; but O, how ancient is that root •at bears them! He loved us before •is world was made, and will continue so to do, when it shall be reduced •to ashes. It is said, Prov. 8. 30, 31. •hen he gave the Sea his decree, when he •ppointed the foundations of the Earth, •en was I by him, as one brought up with •im, and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him, rejoicing in the habitable parts of his Earth, and my delights •ere with the Sons of men.
It is unsearchable in respect of its 1•tiquity. No Understanding of man •an trace it back to its first spring it ows from one Eternity to another: e receive the fruits and effects of it ow; but O, how ancient is that root at bears them! He loved us before is world was made, and will contiue so to do, when it shall be reduced to ashes. It is said,