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But, the Apostle Paul has told us, That we are to Eat this Bread, and Drink this Cup, and Show the Lords Death, till He come; and it is a wonderful Frenzy in any man to tell us, That our Lord is come now any more than He was come, when that Command was written▪ Men and Brethren, Tis the Command of our Lord Jesus, This do; and will you Boggle at any of His Commands? As God said unto Joshua in another case, in Josh 1.9. Have not I Commanded thee! Be not thou Dis•ay'd; So do's our Joshua say to us, in this, I have Commanded thee; and wilt thou be Disobedient? The R••kabites were Commended for their Abstaining from the use of Wine, in Obedience to their Father: but how can it be Excused that you abstain from the use of Wine with Bread, in Disobedience to your Saviour! Have you no sense of His Authority to Command▪ or of His •• er and Justice to Condemn the Disobedient? Or is there in you the Stomach of the Crocodile, whose Maker says, He is made without Fear! If it be said about a Magistrate labouring for our Good, in […] ⟨p. 65⟩13 2. He who Resisteth the Ordinance of God, Receiveth Damnation to himself: What less Damnation is incurred by R•••sing a Sacrament Ordained for our Good? It hath been of old said, Non Privatio, sed Contemptus damnat; Men may want the Sacrament, and yet be saved forever; but if they Slight the Sacrament they fall into no less than a Damnable Disobedience. Be it known unto you. That Sins of Omission are no less Deadly and Dreadful, than those of Commission are. 'Tis because men DID NOT as they ought to do, that they at last are Thunder-Str•ck with that sentence, Depart ye Cursed into Everlasting Fire And Believe me, THIS Omission is none of the least Provocations unto God; if they who did not Visit Christ in a Prison are to suffer the Vengeance of Eternal •ire, surely they who do not Visit Christ at His Table have as little to say for themselves. And this the rather; for,

But, the Apostle Paul has told us, That we are to Eat this Bread, and Drink this Cup, and Shew the Lords Death, till He come; and it is a wonderful Phrensy in any man to tell us, That our Lord is come now any more than He was come, when that Command was written Men and Brethren, Tis the Command of our Lord Jesus, This do; and will you Boggle at any of His Commands? As God said unto Joshua in another case, in Josh 1.9. Have not I Commanded thee! Be not thou Disay'd; So do's our Joshua say to us, in this, I have Commanded thee; and wilt thou be Disobedient? The Rkabites were Commended for their Abstaining from the use of Wine, in Obedience to their Father: but how can it be Excused that you abstain from the use of Wine with Bread, in Disobedience to your Saviour! Have you no sense of His Authority to Command or of His er and Justice to Condemn the Disobedient? Or is there in you the Stomach of the Crocodile, whose Maker says, He is made without Fear! If it be said about a Magistrate labouring for our Good, in