Description: The two seventeenth-century essays translated and offered in this book were originally designed to help people of the Dutch Further Reformation derive the greatest benefit from celebrating the Lords Supper. Guilelmus Saldenuss The Efficacy of the Lords Supper concentrates on the joy received in celebrating the sacrament and the sanctified living that it ought to generate. Wilhelmus Brakels Edifying Discourses instructs believers in preparing their hearts for the celebration, participating in the Supper responsibly, and following up the meal in a spiritually beneficial manner. These contributions are but two examples of a much larger genre of edifying Lords Supper literature that developed in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century.
Brief description:
Guilelmus Saldenus (1627-1694) and Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711) were leading pastors during the middle years of the Dutch Further Reformation.
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"In the fine translations made available here, one sees the ecumenical nature of Reformed spirituality and the close relationship between the church and true believers. The sources of the Further Reformation deserve greater recognition. The heritage of Reformed Protestantism contains hidden treasures for which we in our modern era should be grateful and of which we could make use with profit." -- Willem van 't Spijker, Theological University of Apeldoorn