A65285:2871
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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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.
3. By exciting the Habit of Grace into Exercise.
4. In begging a Blessing upon the Ordinance.
(1.) Solemn Preparing for the Sacrament consists in Self-examining. 1 Cor. 11.28. But let a Man examine himself, and so let him eat. It is not only a Counsel but a Charge: Let him examine himself. As if a King should say, Let it be enacted. Jesus Christ having by his Institution consecrated these Elements in the Supper to an high Mystery, they represent his Body and Blood: Therefore there must be Preparation; and if Preparation, then there must be first Examining our selves, without which there can be no Preparation. Let us be serious in this examining our selves, our Salvation depends upon it. We are curious in examining other things: We will not take Gold, but examine it by the Touch-stone: We will not take Land, but we will examine the Title. And shall not we be as exact and curious in examining the state of our Souls?
(1.) Solemn Preparing for the Sacrament consists in Self-examining. 1 Cor. 11.28. But let a Man examin himself, and so let him eat. It is not only a Counsel but a Charge: Let him examin himself. As if a King should say, Let it be enacted. Jesus Christ having by his Institution consecrated these Elements in the Supper to an high Mystery, they represent his Body and Blood: Therefore there must be Preparation; and if Preparation, then there must be first Examining our selves, without which there can be no Preparation. Let us be serious in this examining our selves, our Salvation depends upon it. We are curious in examining other things: We will not take Gold, but examine it by the Touch-stone: We will not take Land, but we will examine the Title. And shall not we be as exact and curious in examining the state of our Souls?