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Ten sermons tending chiefly to the fitting of men for the worthy receiving of…Ten sermons tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of…
Ten sermons tending chiefly to the fitting of men for the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper Wherein amongst many other holy instructions: the doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation, and of Gods special favours unto penitent sinners, and worthy communicants are largely and effectually handled. The six first, by I. Dod. The four last, by R. Cleaver. Whereunto is annexed, a plain and learned metaphrase on the epistle to the Colossians, written by a godly and judicious preacher. There is also set before the sermons, a short dialogue of preparation: containing the chief points that concern the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper, taken for the most part, out of the sermons following: and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter.Ten sermons tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper VVherein amongst many other holy instructions: the doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation, and of Gods speciall fauours vnto penitent sinners, and worthy communicants are largely and effectually handled. The six first, by I. Dod. The foure last, by R. Cleauer. Whereunto is annexed, a plaine and learned metaphrase on the epistle to the Collossians, written by a godly and iudicious preacher. There is also set before the sermons, a short dialogue of preparation: containing the chiefe points that concerne the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper, taken for the most part, out of the sermons following: and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter.
London: printed by William Hall for Roger Jackson, 1610London: printed by William Hall for Roger Iackson, 1610
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Try your own hearts and ways diligently, Answer. and then if you find no such iniquity, your cross is in mercy, and not in judgement: for trial, and not for punishment: a medicine to purge & cure, and not a poison to infect & destroy. But if we will have this comfort, we must strive to find out what is principally amiss in us: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and the devil would make us think that great faults are but small faults, and that small faults are no faults: 1let us therefore bring our souls to the touchstone of Gods Law, 2and then we shall not be deceived: as he himself saith, I the Lord search the heart: so his word is a discerner, and a discoverer of the thoughts, and intents of the heart; 3and will make us able to descry the same. And this let us be assured of, for our comfort, that he that is truly desirous, Note. and withal industrious to find out his special sins, he shall have them discovered unto him, because that is the end why God smiteth him, (as may appear by that former place of the Lamentations) that he might be brought to the sight and sense of his transgressions, and to sound humiliation for them: and therefore they that upon a good and conscionable search made, can discern of no gross or presumptuous sin in themselves, may be comforted notwithstanding their crosses, and rest fully assured, that God will not lay any thing to their charge, because they are enemies to sin, and not lovers nor maintainers of the same. And thus much for the first point. It followeth.
Trie your owne hearts and waies diligently, Answer. and then if you finde no such iniquitie, your crosse is in mercie, and not in iudgement: for triall, and not for punishment: a medicine to purge & cure, and not a poyson to infect & destroy. But if we will haue this comfort, we must striue to finde out what is principally amisse in vs: for the heart is deceitfull aboue all things, and the diuell would make vs thinke that great faults are but small faults, and that small faults are no faults: 1let vs therefore bring our soules to the touchstone of Gods Law,