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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.
That God comes nearer to the hearts and reins of his People in their duties, 1than he doth to any Hypocritical, or formal Professor.
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By Gods nearness, we understand not his Omnipresence, that neither comes nor goes; nor his love to his People, that abides, but the sensible sweet manifestations and out-lets of it to their souls. So in Psal. 145. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth.
Note the restriction and limitation of this glorious privilege; 'tis the peculiar enjoyment of sincere, and upright-hearted Worshippers. Others may have Communion with duties, but not with God in them.
Note the restriction and limitation of this glorious priviledge; 'tis the peculiar enjoyment of sincere, and upright-hearted Worshippers. Others may have Communion with duties, but not with God in them.