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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.
Use 1.
How naturally doth this Doctrine shame and humble the best hearts for 1their sinful discomposures, vanity, and deadness; for the rovings and wanderings of their hearts, even when they come near the Lord in such a solemn Ordinance as this is?
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The Holiest man upon Earth may lay his hand upon his breast, and say, Lord, how unsuitable is this heart of ⟨p. 17⟩mine, to such an object of Faith as is here presented to me? Doth such a temper of spirit suit thine awful presence? Should the represented Agonies and sufferings of Christ for me, be beheld with a spirit no more concerned, pierced and wounded for sin? O how can I look upon him whom I have pierced, and not mourn, and be in bitterness for him, as for an only Son, a First-born! O the stupefying and benumbing power of sin! Oh the efficacy of Unbelief!
The Holiest man upon Earth may lay his hand upon his breast, and say, Lord, how unsultable is this heart of ⟨p. 17⟩