The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained

2. God will examine us. It was a sad question the Master of the Feast asked, Mat. 22. 12. Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a Wedding-garment? So it will be terrible, when God shall say to a man, How camest thou in hither to my Table with a proud, vain, unbelieving heart? What hast thou to do here in thy sins? Thou pollutest my holy things. What need therefore is there to make an heart-search before we come to the Lords-Supper? We should examine our sins, that they may be mortified; our wants, that they may be supplied; our graces, that they may be strengthened.

2. We must come with serious hearts. Our spirits are feathery ¹and light; like a Vessel without Ballast, which floats upon the water, but doth not sail. We float in holy duties, ⟨p. 53⟩and are full of vain excursions, even when we are to deal with God and are engaged in matters of life and death. That which may consolidate our hearts, and make them fix with seriousness, is, To consider, God's eye is now especially upon us, when we approach to his Table. The King came in to see the Gnests^*. God knows every Communicant, and if he sees any levity and indecency of spirit in us, unworthy of his presence, he will be highly incensed, and send us away with the guilt of Christ's blood, instead of the comfort of it.

2. We must come with serious hearts. Our spirits are feathery ¹and light; like a Vessel without Ballast, which flotes upon the water, but doth not sail. We flote in holy duties, ⟨p. 53⟩