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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. Indeed, if we were to understand these words, worthy and unworthy, by way of meriting and deserving, then he in regard he hath more knowledge then you, and it may be is more free from some inward corruptions then you, and doth more frequently perform religious actions then you, were more worthy then you; but as I told him not long since, we are not to understand ⟨p. 215⟩words worthy, and unworthy by way of meriting and deserving, but by way of fitness and suitableness of disposition to receive Christ, and taking them in this sense, I say, that your ignorance and sinfulness have occasionally through the working of GODS Spirit, wrought in you such a fit and suitable disposition for the receiving of Christ, that I do pronounce you worthy to be admitted to the Lords Table.
Min. Indeed, if wee were to understand these words, worthy and unworthy, by way of meriting and deserving, then he in regard he hath more knowledge then you, and it may be is more free from some inward corruptions then you, and doth more frequently performe religious actions then you, were more worthy then you; but as I told him not long since, we are not to understand ⟨p. 215⟩words worthy, and unworthy by way of meriting and deserving, but by way of fitnesse and sutablenesse of disposition to receive Christ, and taking them in this sence, I say, that your ignorance and sinfulnesse have occasionally through the working of GODS Spirit, wrought in you such a fit and sutable disposition for the receiving of Christ, that I doe pronounce you worthy to be admitted to the Lords Table.
Mat. O blessed be God if this be true; but Sir, I pray you what is this fit and suitable disposition which you say the Spirit ⟨p. 216⟩of God hath by occasion of my ignorance and sinfulness wrought in me, or wherein doth it consist?