Gospel-worship, or, The right manner of sanctifying the name of God in general and…

Yea, I am now going to set the Seal of the Covenant on my part, to renew my Covenant with thee, I am going to have Communion with thy Saints, to have the bond of Communion with all thy people to be confirmed to me, that there might be a strong bond of union and love between me and thy Saints than ever; these are the ends that I go for, this is the work that I am now going about; thus you must come in understanding, you must come with understanding, you must know what you are going about; this is that which the Apostle speaks of, when he spake of the disarming the Lords body; he rebukes the Corinthians for there sin, and show them that they were guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ, because they did not discern the Lords Body, they looked only upon the outward elements, but did not discern what their was of Christ there, they did not understand the Institution of Christ; they did not see how Christ was under those elements, both represented, and exhibited unto them: that is the first thing, there must be knowledge and understanding.

Yea, I am now going to set the Seal of the Covenant on my part, to renew my Covenant with thee, I am going to have Communion with thy Saints, to have the bond of Communion with all thy people to be confirmed to me, that there might be a strong bond of union and love between me and thy Saints than ever; these are the ends that I go for, this is the work that I am now going about; thus you must come in understanding, you must come with understanding, you must know what you are going about; this is that which the Apostle speaks of, when he spake of the disarming the Lords body; he rebukes the Corinthians for there sin, and shew them that they were guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ, because they did not descren the Lords Body, they look'd only upon the outward elements, but did not discren what their was of Christ there, they did not understand the Institution of Christ; they did not see how Christ was under those elements, both represented, and exhibited unto them: that is the first thing, there must be knowledg and understanding.

And now for the knowledge and understanding of the nature of the Sacrament; there need be knowledge in other Points of Religion, for we can never come to understand the nature of this Sacrament, without knowing God, and knowing our selves, knowing in what estate we are by Nature, knowing our Fall knowing the way of Redemption, knowing Jesus Christ what He was, and what He hath done for the making of an Atonement, the necessity of Jesus Christ, and what the way of the Covenant is that God hath appointed to bring mens souls to eternal life by. The main points of Religion must be known, but