Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

I, but Christians should keep themselves always in a Sacramental disposition, a Sacramental frame, always having their spirits savouring of the meditation of the death of Jesus Christ, that nothing should be more familiar to a Christians Soul than the meditation of the death of Christ, and of discerning the Lords Body, and the Covenant of grace, and giving it self likewise to God in a Covenant of grace, this should be continually, and then if you should receive the Sacrament every day, you might be fit for it, or every week, you would be fit for it. Now People think it a great matter, and make a great deal of do about receiving of it often, whereas the truth is, the Saints of God, they should be in as great a readiness to receive the Sacrament, as to hear the word, or to pray, and that would be a mighty ease unto them, therefore if things were as they should certainly, it would be more convenient to have it more ordinary and constant, every Lords day the Sacrament. The Christians in the primitive times would receive it every day in the year, and they kept their heart in readiness to such kind of duties, let it be what work it will be. You should be patient in affliction, if affliction come upon you and your heart is not in a readiness to alter your condition, Oh! it will be a grievous burden to exercise patience, it will be a hard thing for you; now you should keep your hearts ready for every condition, ⟨p. 767⟩that is the true work of grace in the Soul, to keep the soul in a constant bent Godward and that Soul will do things very easily. Sometimes you have much ado with your children when strangers come, to keep them in good order the reason is, you neglect them at other times▪ and that is the reason that they trouble you when strangers come; but keep them in a good order at all times, and then you will have them right at those times; So it is with the heart, keep the heart prepared and ready to every good work, and then every work will be easy.

I, but Christians should keep themselves alwaies in a Sacramental disposition, a Sacramental frame, alwaies having their spirits savoring of the meditation of the death of Jesus Christ, that nothing should be more familiar to a Christians Soul than the meditation of the death of Christ, and of discerning the Lords Body, and the Covenant of grace, and giving it self likewise to God in a Covenant of grace, this should be continually, and then if you should receive the Sacrament every day, you might be fit for it, or every week, you would be fit for it. Now People think it a great matter, and make a great deal of do about receiving of it often, whereas the truth is, the Saints of God, they should be in as great a readiness to receive the Sacrament, as to hear the word, or to pray, and that would be a mighty ease unto them, therefore if things were as they should certainly, it would be more convenient to have it more ordinary and constant, every Lords day the Sacrament. The Christians in the primitive times would receive it every day in the year, and they kept their heart in readiness to such kind of duties, let it be what work it wil be. You should be patient in affliction, if affliction come upon you and your heart is not in a readiness to alter your condition, Oh! it wil be a grievous burden to exercise patience, it wil be a hard thing for you; now you should keep your hearts ready for every condition,