Are experiences of revelatory “impressions of the Holy Spirit” reported by Charles Spurgeon common among cessationists?
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One of the problems in the question is that there is a difference between strict cessationism, concentric cessationism and soft continuationism (i.e. concentric continuationism). Another problem is that one could be a soft cessationist and view the possibility of angelic guidance as occurring in unusual situations. After all, if the devil and his minions can plant temptations in the mind, why can't the good angels plant good thoughts & impulses in the mind?
One person in church history, a close friend of Martin Luther's, might fit into one of those categories. His name is Johannes Brenz. In the book, "The Charismatic Luther" by Eddie Hyatt, the following is mentioned:
Johannes Brenz, another Lutheran reformer, was warned by an 'inner voice' of the approach of the Spanish army at Stuttgart. The inner voice instructed him to go to the upper city, find an open door, enter it and hide under the roof. He obeyed, found the door and hid as the voice had instructed. His hiding place was visited by a hen that daily laid two eggs for him until the danger was past. (p. 34)
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