Gospel-Worship

Ninthly, In the last place for the sanctifying of Gods name, there is required a renewing of Love; the coming with lovely dispositions and the renewing of the grace of love, not only towards God, but towards our Brethren; for it is the feast of the Lord and it is an act of Communion; Communion, not only with Christ, but with his Churches; with his Saints; and as I have told you that there is a profession of our selves to be of the same body with Jesus Christ, then the Lord requires that his children should not fall out that come to his Table, but that there should be love and peace; there's a mighty bond upon thee when thou comest to the Sacrament; and therefore, first, all heart burnings, and heart grudges, must be laid aside; and Secondly you must come with a willingness to be reconciled one to another, willingness to pass by all infirmities in thy Brethren; here I have the Seal of Gods willingness to pass by all my sins, and therefore I must be willing to pass by all infirmities in my Brethren; I must now cast out all ill wishes towards others; and come with a desire of all good unto them; and with a heart ready to embrace any opportunity to do any good; thou doest lye unto God except thou comest with such a heart as this is; Lord thou knowest that I am willing to take all opportunities to do good to those, that I now do communicate with, for it is the nearest Communion that possibly can be in this world, between one Creature and another, and this is the reason why there should be that Ordinance of Christ set up everywhere, to cast out those that are unworthy, because it is the greatest union and Communion ⟨p. 259⟩that possibly can be, for it is the Sacrament and Communion of the same body; they are the same members of Christ now if thou doest not think such a one to be a member of Christ, why doest not thou what thou canst to have him cast out? but so long as thou hast done nothing in private to him, or in telling the Church, thou doest own him to be a member of Jesus Christ; if thou doest so, take heed how thy heart be estranged from him, take heed how thou behavest thy self to them;

Ninthly, In the last place for the sanctifying of Gods name, there is required a renewing of Love; the comming with lovely dispositions and the renewing of the grace of love, not only towards God, but towards our Brethren; for it is the feast of the Lord and it is an act of Communion; Communion, not only with Christ, but with his Churches; with his Saints; and as I have told you that there is a profession of our selves to be of the same body with Jesus Christ, then the Lord requires that his children should not fall out that come to his Table, but that there should be love and peace; there's a mighty bond upon thee when thou commest to the Sacrament; and therefore, first, all heart burnings, and heart grudges, must bee laid aside; and Secondly you must come with a willingnesse to be reconciled one to another, willingnesse to passe by all infirmities in thy Brethren; here I have the Seale of Gods willingnesse to passe by all my sins, and therefore I must bee willing to passe by all infirmities in my Brethren; I must now cast out all ill wishes towards others; and come with a desire of all good unto them; and with a heart ready to embrace any opportunity to do any good; thou doest lye unto God except thou commest with such a heart as this is; Lord thou knowest that I am willing to take all opportunities to doe good to those, that I now doe communicate with, for it is the nearest Communion that possibly can be in this world, betweene one Creature and another, and this is the reason why there should bee that Ordinance of Christ set up everywhere, to cast out those that are unworthy, because it is the greatest union and Communion