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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
Therefore I say, when we come to the Lords Table, let us consider what we do: for you must know that the Lord admits none to his Table but friends, such as are of his ⟨p. 190⟩acquaintance; those that are strangers to him may not presume. If thou come to the Lords Table, & be a stranger to him: that is, if thou want grace in thy heart, this quality that we now speak of, thou hast nothing to do here: for you must know that no man must sit at his Table here in earth, that is not to sit at his Table in Heaven, to sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in his Kingdom. The Lord will take it for a great presumption; therefore take heed of intruding upon this duty.
Therefore I say, when we come to the Lords Table, let us consider what we do: for you must know that the Lord admits none to his Table but friends, such as are of his ⟨p. 190⟩acquainance; those that are strangers to him may not presume. If thou come to the Lords Table, & be a stranger to him: that is, if thou want grace in thy heart, this quality that we now speak of, thou hast nothing to do here: for you must know that no man must sit at his Table here in earth, that is not to sit at his Table in Heaven, to sit with Abraham, Isaak and Iacob in his Kingdom. The Lord will take it for a great presumption; therefore take heed of intruding upon this duty.
When the Ark was brought among the Philistines, and the Bethshemites would be so bold as to look into it, the Lord smote fifty thousand of them for it. What was the reason of this? say they who shall stand before this holy Lord God. If the Lord were thus ready to revenge himself on them for profaning of that which was but a type, what will he do for profaning the body and blood of his Son? You know that is the comparison, Heb. 12. If any man transgressed against the Law of Moses, 1