In Remembrance of Him: Profiting from the Lord&rsquos Supper

Publisher's 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 Lord’s Supper. Guilelmus Saldenus’s The Efficacy of the Lord’s Supper concentrates on the joy received in celebrating the sacrament and the sanctified living that it ought to generate. 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. These contributions are but two examples of a much larger genre of edifying Lord’s Supper literature that developed in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century.

138 Pages
Published 2012

About the Authors

Guilelmus Saldenus (1627–1694) and Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635–1711) were leading pastors during the middle years of the Dutch Further Reformation.

About the Translator

Bartel Elshout is pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Chilliwack, British Columbia, and a translator of Dutch Reformed classics into English.

About the Editor:

James A. De Jong is Emeritus President and Professor of Historical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary.