Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

To profane and undervalue that Body and Blood of the Lord, is a sin above measure sinful, and the punishments of such sins will be most dreadful; for still, the more excellent the Blessings are that come by any Ordinance, the more dreadful the Curses are that avenge the abuse of such mercies. How soon may a man draw fearful guilt upon his soul, and dreadful judgments upon his body, by an heedless management of such sacred mysteries! For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep, ver. 30.

To prophane and undervalue that Body and Blood of the Lord, is a sin above measure sinful, and the punishments of such sins will be most dreadful; for still, the more excellent the Blessings are that come by any Ordinance, the more dreadful the Curses are that avenge the abuse of such mercies. How soon may a man draw fearful guilt upon his soul, and dreadful judgments upon his body, by an heedless management of such sacred mysteries! For this cause many are weak and fickly among you, and many sleep, ver. 30.

It is a most weighty Note that a ¹worthy Pen sets upon this Scripture; they discerned not the Body of his Son Jesus Christ in his Ordinances; but instead of that holy, reverend, and deep-dyed behaviour which was due to it, both from their inner and outward man, as being a Creature of the highest and deepest Sanctification that ever God Sanctified; Sanctified not only to a more excellent and glorious condition, but also to many ends and purposes, of far higher and dearer concernment, both for the glory of God, and ⟨p. 11⟩benefit of men themselves, than all other Creatures whatsoever, whether in Heaven or Earth: they handled and dealt by it in both kinds, as if it had been a common or unsanctified thing: Thus they discerned not the Lords Body.

It is a most weighty Note that a ¹