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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.
Thirdly: The Lords nearness to the 1hearts and reins of his People in their duties, is evident to them from the effects that it leaves upon their spirits. For look as it is with the Earth and Plants, with respect to the approach or remove of the Sun in the Spring and Autumn: So it is here as Christ speaks, Luk. 21. 29. When ye see the Fig-tree and all the Trees shoot forth, we know that Summer is nigh at hand. An approaching Sun renews the face of the Earth, and makes Nature smile. The Trees bud and blossom, the Fishes rise, the Birds sing, it's a kind of Resurrection to Nature from the dead. So is it when the Lord comes near the 2hearts and reins of men in duty: For then they find that
Thirdly: The Lords nearness to the 1hearts and reins of his People in their duties, is evident to them from the effects that it leaves upon their spirits. For look as it is with the Earth and Plants, with respect to the approach or remove of the Sun in the Spring and Autumn: So it is here as Christ speaks, Luk. 21. 29. When ye see the Figg-tree and all the Trees shoot forth, we know that Summer is nigh at hand. An appoaching Sun renews the face of the Earth, and makes Nature smile. The Trees bud and blossom, the Fishes rise, the Birds sing, it's a kind of Resurrection to Nature from the dead. So is it when the Lord comes near the 2hearts and reins of men in duty: For then they find that
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- 2Dr. Preston, when dying, said, I shall change my place, not my Compány.