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First, Look upon the Damage done to your Internal and Eternal Concerns by this Omission. It was the Threatening against those which did Omit the ancient Passover, in Exod. 12 15. That Soul shall be cut off! But, believe it, the Lords S •pper is a Sacrament of an account not inferior unto that: the least that you incur is, a Grievous loss unto your souls▪

First, Look upon the Damage done to your Internal and Eternal Concerns by this Omission. It was the Threatning against those which did Omit the ancient Passover, in Exod. 12 15. That Soul shall be cut off! But, beleeve it, the Lords S •pper is a Sacrament of an account not inferiour unto that: the least that you incur is, a Grievous loss unto your souls▪

Your Souls must Loose the Grace of God, while you continue in this Omission All this while, your Souls are thing away in their Iniquities. They ask you for,Bread! Bread! and you, cruel Ostriches, are deaf unto the cry. The Lord Jesus, the true David, has found your Souls, as in 1 sam. 30. 12. Like the poor Famished Egyptian in the Wilderness, and he has offered you Cakes and Clusters for your support; but you deny them, you reject them! The Lords Supper is an Ordinance, tho' not for the Begetting, yet for the strengthening, of Grace. Very powerful Sights are herein Exhibited unto us: which are not only most lively Motives unto us: To Hate the Evil, and Love the Good, but also very sweet Channels, to convey that Grace which may Enable us thus to do. We have here those Golden pipes, through' which the Golden Oils of Grace may be derived unto us: but you foolishly decline to be sucking at them. You Complain, That you dare not come to the Lords Table, while you Corruptions are so strong, as they at present are But let me tell you, That your Not-coming may be the cause why your Corruptions are so strong. One of the Ancients could express himself to that purpose, I am often hurried with strong corruptions: Well, but I know what to do: [Calicem Salutarem accipiam] I will go to the Lords Table for a Cure. Assuredly, your Souls Languish, for the want of that Communion with the Lord Jesus, which is here to be Enjoyed. Your Hearts remain horribly Distempered and Disordered: why, but because the Best of Remedies is not Applied? Long Fasting may be the cause why you have no betr Appetite unto the Things of God. And […] sides, it is a very gross Hypocrisy, to complain of a Blind mind, and an Hard Heart, and yet not use the mean for the redressing of those Diseases.