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Secondly, For the act of discerning; It is taken Fo• ways, the last whereof is the main. 1. To discern thing in Scripture is to have distinct thoughts and apprehensions concerning it, Its to take up a thing simpl• and as it is in it self; Thus to discern Christ present […] the Sacrament, is to discern how and wherefore he is present. 2. To discern a thing is to difference it from othe• things, and in this respect a thing is said to be discerne• comparatively as 1 Cor. 4.7. Who maketh thee to differ from another? Thus to discern this Sacrament an• Christ in it, is to difference it from other things; considering tha• it was once common Bread and Wine, bu• that now it is not so; It is to put a difference betwixt th• Sacrament and common bread and wine; and betwixt the Sacrament and the Word and Covenant, yet with respect to the Covenant; as the Seal differs from the Charter; and to difference this Sacrament from other Sacraments, In respect that it looks to a dying Saviour and Communicates him and his benefits that way. 3. To discern a thing, is to have a high esteem of it, such a• was the discerning of Meats days, and Places; So to discern Christ in this Ordinance, is to have a deep impression and high estimation of Jesus Christ, of his death, and of his matchless love shining therein: To have much ⟨p. 33⟩Spirituality, Holy fear, awe and reverence in reference to him: Such a fear and reverence as mean men will have before a King or a great man, who when they carry not suitably before such a great person, we will say to them, know ye where ye are? So the right discerning and uptaking of Christ here, is to have a high estimation of him. 4. There is a complex discerning of a thing in reference to its use and end: or we may call it a Relative discerning, which is Practical, when a man conforms himself Suitably to his discerning of the thing, the want whereof ou• Lord reproves in the Jews, Hypocrites (says he) Ye can discern the face of the Sky, but ye cannot discern the signs of the times; and in this respect also whn a man carries unsuitably before a Magistrate, it's said to him by discerning Persons, know ye where ye are? And this being the main thing here implied, we shall speak a little more to it: wherein these two things are supposed, 1. Some distinct up taking of our selves, of our need, and of our hazard. 2.