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The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained
The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by A. Maxwell for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
4. We must come to the Sacrament 1with longing hearts: Say as Christ, With desire I have desired to eat of this Passover*. If God prepares a Feast, we must get a Stomach. Why hath the Lord frowned upon his people of late, but to punish their surfeit, and provoke their appetite? As David longed for the water of the Well of Bethlehem, 2 Sam. 23. 15. So should we long for Christ in the Sacrament. Desires are the Sails of the Soul, which are spread to receive the gale of an Heavenly Blessing. For the exciting holy desires and longings, consider:
4. We must come to the Sacrament 1with longing hearts: Say as Christ, With desire I have desired to eat of this Passeover*. If God prepares a Feast, we must get a Stomack. Why hath the Lord frowned upon his people of late, but to punish their surfeit, and provoke their appetite? As David longed for the water of the Well of Bethlehem, 2 Sam. 23. 15. So should we long for Christ in the Sacrament. Desires are the Sails of the Soul, which are spread to receive the gale of an Heavenly Blessing. For the exciting holy desires and longings, consider:
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- *Luk. 22•. 5•.