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And hence it is, that at the self same Ordinance, some receive three times as much as others do: for that their Bowl, I mean their faith, is able to receive it. Yea, Benjamin's Mess was five times as big as was the Mess of any of his Brethren; and so it is with some Saints, while they eat with their Brother Joseph in the House of the living God.

There are three go to the same Ordinance, and are all of them believers, who ⟨p. 139⟩when they come home and compare notes, do find their receivings are not of the same quantity.

One says, I got but little; to 'there says, 'twas a pretty good Ordinance to me; the third says, I was exceeding well there. Why, to be sure, he that had but little there, had there but little faith, for great faith in him would have received more. He had it then according to the largeness of his Bowl, even according to his faith, even as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith, Rom. 12.3. Mark, faith is a certain measure, and that not only as to its degree, but for that it can receive, retain, or hold what is put into it.

One says, I got but little; to 'ther says, 'twas a pretty good Ordinance to me; the third says, I was exceeding well there. Why, to be sure, he that had but little there, had there but little faith, for great faith in him would have received more. He had it then according to the largeness of his Bowl, even according to his faith, even as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith, Rom. 12.3. Mark, faith is a certain measure, and that not only as to its degree, but for that it can receive, retain, or hold what is put into it.