Transubstantiation examined and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preached in…Transusbstantiation examin'd and confuted in two sermons on the Lord's Supper / preach'd in…

Now this Examination must go before us to the Sacrament. Every meat worketh according as it is digested, and this meat worketh according as it is received. Therefore when Christ had taught what we should do in receiving the Sacrament, now Paul showeth what we should do before we receive the Sacrament. Let a man examine himself. But some will come before they examine themselves: and therefore as the Priests of the Law had authority to put by lame and blind Sacrifices, so the Ministers of the Gospel have power to put by lame and blind Receivers, and he which doth not so, giveth a Sword into their hands to kill themselves. If the Pastor would use this examination duly, it were the only way to make every one examine himself, lest he be put by like Non proficients As Jephthah discerned the Ephraimites, because when they should pronounce Shibboleth, they pronounce Sibyleth: so all which cannot pronounce Christ, that is, give a reason of their Faith, are to be thrust from this Table.

Now this Examination must go before us to the Sacrament. Every meat worketh according as it is digested, and this meat worketh according as it is received. Therefore when Christ had taught what we should do in receiving the Sacrament, now Paul sheweth what we should do before we receive the Sacrament. Let a man examine himself. But some will come before they examine themselves: and therefore as the Priests of the Law had authority to put by lame and blind Sacrifices, so the Ministers of the Gospel have power to put by lame and blind Receivers, and he which doth not so, giveth a Sword into their hands to kill themselves. If the Pastor would use this examination duly, it were the only way to make every one examine himself, lest he be put by like Non proficients As Jiphtah discerned the Ephramites, because when they should pronounce Shibboleth, they pronounce Sibb•leth: so all which cannot pronounce Christ, that is, give a reason of their Faith, are to be thrust from this Table.

There is a Hearing, and a preparative before Hearing. There ¹is a Praying, and a preparative before Praying. There is a Receiving, and a preparative before Receiving: which if it be wanting, the Receiver receiveth uncomfortably, the Prayer prayeth idly, the Hearer heareth unfruitfully, like those which do eat before hunger, and drink before thirst.