A75287:2139
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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But how, or in what manner is Faith to be actuated, and set on work in the use of the Sacrament?
But how, or in what maner is Faith to be actuated, and set on work in the use of the Sacrament?
In the Sacrament we must consider three things: 1. Sacramental representations. 2. Sacramental offers. 3. Sacramental promises; all which are in the words of institution:1 In the night that he was betrayed, he took bread and brake it:—He took the cup, and gave it, saying,—Take, eat, this is my body which is given for you:—And drink ye all of this, for this is my blood of the New-Testament, which is shed for you, and for many, for the remission of sins. 1. He took the bread, and brake it, and cup, and gave it,] there is the Representation. 2. He bade, Take, and eat, drink of this,] there is the offer. 3. He said, This is my body, which is given for you: This is my blood, which is shed for many for the remission of sins,] there is the promise: Now upon every of these must our Faith be busied and set on work: As thus in order;—
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