Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

In the last place make use of the Lords Supper. There God makes a Royal feast, a feast of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined; he sets forth Christ crucified, whose flesh is meat indeed, whose blood is drink indeed. Come, eat his flesh and drink his blood, that you may live for ever; Eat and let thy Soul delight it self in fatness; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved Soul, or as the Original Text may be read, Be drunk or happily inebriated with the sweet Love of Christ; the same crucified Christ, which in the Sacrifice on the Cross satisfied Gods heart, at this Sacrament can satisfy thine. Never any Feast like this, which cheers the Heart of God and Man; How will God manifest his Love here in Salutations, Kisses, and Unctions The Jews at their Feasts used many demonstrations of Love; such as Salutations, saying to their Guests, Peace be unto thee; Kisses; from whence afterwards Christians derived their Kiss of Charity; or as Tertullian calls it, Oscuculum Pacis, A Kiss of Peace; and Oil poured ⟨p. 448⟩out upon the Head, called therefore Oleum laetitiae, The Oil of gladness: And cannot God do much more at his Table? Cannot he salute thee, and say, Peace, Peace, to thee, because thou trustest in him? Cannot he kiss thee with the kisses of his mouth, and cause one Promise or other to drop sweetness into thy heart? Cannot he give thee the rich anointings of the holy Spirit, and sill thee with all joy and peace in believing? Let thy Spikenard, thy Faith, and Love, and other Graces send forth their smell, that he may break a Box of Spikenard in thy heart, and fill, and perfume it with the sweet odours of his Love: Wait upon him in this Ordinance, there he doth by outward and visible Elements, seal Pardon and Salvation to thee; and believe it, he that puts one Seal to thy Sense, can put another to thy Heart; unto the Seal of Elements, he can add the Seal of the Holy Spirit; with the outward Bread and Wine, thou mayst have the hidden Manna, and heavenly refreshments from Christ. Whilst thou art renewing thy Covenant, and avouching the Lord to be thy God, he can own thee, and avouch thee to be one of his Children, and this will be more to thee than a World.

In the last place make use of the Lords Supper. There God makes a Royal feast, a feast of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well resined; he sets forth Christ crucified, whose flesh is meat indeed, whose blood is drink indeed. Come, eat his flesh and drink his blood, that you may live for ever; Eat and let thy Soul delight it self in fatness; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved Soul, or as the Original Text may be read, Be drunk or happily inebriated with the sweet Love of Christ; the same crucified Christ, which in the Sacrifice on the Cross satisfied Gods heart, at this Sacrament can satisfie thine. Never any Feast like this, which chears the Heart of God and Man; How will God manifest his Love here in Salutations, Kisses, and Unctions The Jews at their Feasts used many demonstrations of Love; such as Salutations, faying to their Guests, Peace be unto thee; Kisses; from whence afterwards Christians derived their Kiss of Charity; or as Tertullian calls it, Oscuculum Pacis, A Kifs of Peace; and Oyl poured