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Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…
Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...
London: printed for Peter Parker, 1674
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A Sermon preached in order to the Sacrament, on a Sacramental day.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, Because thankfulness is all that he expects from us.
First, Because he hath given us so many helps. All the calls and invitations of the Gospel are as so many helps to this duty. But more than these, he hath appointed a special day, and a special ordinance.
First, A special day. The Sabbath day. ⟨p. 133⟩Wherefore was this day changed? but that you may be mindful of this mercy?
(Secondly,) A special Ordinance. The Sa• of the Supper is appointed upon this account that we might remember this mercy to our souls.
Secondly, It is much aggravated by this, because this is all that he expects from you, for all that he hath suffered for you. Christ hath done and suffered beyond all you can conceive, or I can express to you: and what Homage doth he now expect from you? nothing but that you should be thankful to him. And will you be unthankful now for this mercy? This is that he expects by way of requital and return, that you be thankful, Had the Lord required some great thing of you, or some hard condition, if he would have dyed for you and redeemed you, would you not have done it? and how much more, now he hath done it, and and requires no more but this, that you be thankful? had you lain but one million of years in hell, with what gladness would you have heard that sound, that he would have redeemed you? would you have stood upon the terms? no, no, any terms then should have served.