In Remembrance of Him: Profiting from the Lord’s Supper
Overview
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 Lord’s Supper. Guilelmus Saldenus’ “The Efficacy of the Lord’s Supper” concentrates on the joy received in celebrating the sacrament and the sanctified living that it generates. Wilhelmus à Brakel’s “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.
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- Discusses the benefits that come from celebrating the Lord’s Supper
- Concentrates on the joy received in celebrating the sacrament
- Instructs believers in preparing their hearts for the celebration
Top Highlights
“All religious duties have two objectives, the primary being God’s honor and the secondary being the spiritual profit of man.” (Page 17)
“Finally, it consists in finding in God our highest good and all-sufficient portion, in enjoying His blessed fellowship and nearness, in doing so with complete pleasure and without either desiring or seeking anything outside of Him as our highest good.” (Page 113)
“We should not wander away from the Lord, for that which we desire and seek is to be found nowhere else but with Him. Instead, we are to come to the Lord’s Table prayerfully and expectantly in order to see whether it would please Him graciously to meet us there and to bestow a blessing upon us.” (Page 103)
“It is a binding agreement between God and man about man’s salvation and the way in which this is attained.” (Page 89)
“However, one can partake neither lawfully nor profitably unless conversion has truly occurred” (Pages 21–22)
- Title: In Remembrance of Him: Profiting from the Lord’s Supper
- Authors: Guilelmus Saldenus, Wilhelmus à Brakel
- Series: Classics of Reformed Spirituality
- Publisher: Reformation Heritage
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 144
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Lord’s Supper › Reformed Church--Early works to 1800
- ISBNs: 9781601781734, 1601781733
- Resource ID: LLS:RMMBRNCHMLRSPPR
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:45:11Z
Guilelmus Saldenus (1627–1694) studied theology at the University of Utrecht under Gisbertus Voetius. He became a pastor and was one of the leading pastors during the middle years of the Dutch Further Reformation. He received an honorary doctorate from the faculty at Utrecht, a rare honor in the seventeenth century.
Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635–1711) studied theology at the universities in Franeker and Utrecht under Gisbertus Voetius. A very popular figure affectionately known as “Father à Brakel,” he became a leading pastor during the middle years of the Dutch Further Reformation. Among his works are Reasonable Christianity and The True Christian or Upright Believer.