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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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Min. The reason is, because if you should receive the Sacrament, you would do even so as the shedders of Christs Blood did, for look as they that crucified and pierced Christ, poured not forth his Blood that they might1 drink it, but only that they might pour it forth ⟨p. 38⟩and shed it, so you by your receiving the Sacrament without profit or benefit to your soul, would rashly and in vain shed the Blood of Christ. Or to be guilty of the Body and Blood of Christ2 is to offer some notable contempt unto the sufferings of Christ, to sin against the price of our Redemption, and to vilify and set at naught the precious Blood of the new Covenant, as if it were a common and profane thing, when men out of ignorant, sensual, secure, presumptuous formalizing, inconsiderate and profane affections ⟨p. 39⟩approach unto Christs Table to communicate of him.
Min. The reason is, because if you should receive the Sacrament, you would doe even so as the shedders of Christs Blood did, for looke as they that crucified and pierced Christ, poured not forth his Blood that they might1 drinke it, but onely that they might poure it forth ⟨p. 38⟩and shed it, so you by your receiving the Sacrament without profit or benefit to your soule, would rashly and in vaine shed the Blood of Christ. Or to be guiltie of the Body and Blood of Christ2 is to offer some notable contempt unto the sufferings of Christ, to finne against the price of our Redemption, and to vilifie and set at naught the precious Blood of the new Covenant, as if it were a common and prophane thing, when men out of ignorant, sensuall, secure, presumptuous formalizing, inconsiderate and prophane affections ⟨p. 39⟩