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

1. It is comfort under fear of Spiritual barrenness; I am afraid, saith the Saint, I shall grow dead at last, and be like that barren Figtree in the Gospel which was cursed. But for thy comfort know, that the Branches of this Spiritual Vine never cease yielding fruit. Indeed ordinary Vine-Trees though they are for a time fruitful, yet when they grow old, they grow barren; but the Branches of the true Vine are never so old as to be past bearing, Psal. 92. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. Believers the longer they live, the more full they are of Faith^*; the more perfumed with Love. The Church of Thyatira, the older she grew the better she grew. Her last works were more than her first, Rev. 2. 19. What a deal of fruit did Paul bring forth not long before his death! This light shined brighter before his setting, 1 Cor. 15. 10. I laboured more abundantly than they all. So long as there ⟨p. 176⟩is a fullness in Christ, Believers shall not want. This Holy Vine being replenished with sap, the Branches cannot choose but be fertile, Joh. 14. 19. Because I live, ye shall live also. Because the Root lives, therefore the Branches shall flourish with fruit.

1. It is comfort under fear of Spiritual barrenness; I am afraid, saith the Saint, I shall grow dead at last, and be like that barren Figtree in the Gospel which was cursed. But for thy comfort know, that the Branches of this Spiritual Vine never cease yielding fruit. Indeed ordinary Vine-Trees though they are for a time fruitful, yet when they grow old, they grow barren; but the Branches of the true Vine are never so old as to be past bearing, Psal. 92. 14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. Believers the longer they live, the more full they are of Faith^*