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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.
7. We must come with hearts 1fired with love to Christ. The Spouse was in a burning fit of love, Cant. 2. 6. I am sick of Love. Let us give Christ the Wine of our love to drink, and weep that we can love him no more. Would we have Christs exhilarating presence in the Supper? let us meet him with strong endearments of affection. Basil compares Love to a sweet Ointment: Christ delights to smell this perfume. The Disciple that did love most, Christ put him in his bosom.
7. We must come with hearts 1fired with love to Christ. The Spouse vvas in a burning fit of love, Cant. 2. 6. I am sick of Love. Let us give Christ the Wine of our love to drink, and vveep that vve can love him no more. Would vve have Christs exhilarating presence in the Supper? let us meet him vvith strong indearments of affection. Basil compares Love to a svveet Oyntment: Christ delights to smell this perfume. The Disciple that did love most, Christ put him in his bosom.
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8. We must come with humble hearts. We see Christ humbling himself to the death; and vvill an humble Christ ever be received into a proud heart*? A sight of God's glory, and a sight of sin, may humble us. Was Christ humble, who was all Purity? And are we proud, who are all Leprosy?. O let us come with a sense of our own vileness. How humble should he be, who is to receive an Alms of Free-grace? Jesus Christ is a Lilly of the Valleys