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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 12: How may it appear to be every Christian's indispensable Duty to partake of the Lord's S…
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(1) To the first I say, you must call to mind, that the time of instituting this supper was the night before that day he died. Now the consequent of his Death was to be this, that he should be taken from Earth to Heaven, there to be personally present till the day of judgment: Now that his Church on Earth might not forget him in this long absence, he therefore appointed this supper for a frequent quickening them to the remembrance of him till he came again.
(1) To the first I say, you must call to mind, that the time of instituting this supper was the night before that day he died. Now the consequent of his Death was to be this, that he should be taken from Earth to Heaven, there to be personally present till the day of judgment: Now that his Church on Earth might not forget him in this long absence, he therefore appointed this supper for a frequent quickning them to the remembrance of him till he came again.
(2) To the other Question I Answer: That the reasons why Jesus would have this act of his love to be especially remembered above all other, may be these.
(2) To the other Question I Answer: That the reasons why Jesus would have this act of his love to be especially remembred above all other, may be these.
1. Because his dying for his Church was the greatest act of love he ever showed his Church. Greater love (saith Christ) hath no man than this, 1that a man lay down his life for his friends. Again saith the Apostle, Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. If a man should part with his liberty, and suffer bonds, or lay down his estate and become poor, or leave his Country, and become an exile for his friend, these were all expressions of great love; but none of them are comparable to laying down life and shedding ones blood for a friend. This last is that wherein Christ hath eminently demonstrated his love to his Church, this he glorieth in, and this is that which he would never have his Church forget, but frequently remember in this supper.