In fine, There is no escaping or avoiding of Great Sin without coming to the Table of the Lord. It is a •in to come unworthily to, but it is also a sin to stay unworthily from, that Blessed Ordinance. Neither of these things must be done; to choose either of them, is, As if a man should flee from a Lion, and a Bear should meet him. The Real Bottom of mens Refraining from the Lords Supper is too often only This: That they are not willing to be at the pains of Getting and Keeping good Terms between God and their own Souls But, if this be your cause, your A••nting from the […] of the Lord, is a Renunciation of all that Christ, and Grace, and Lif•, which is thereon exhibited unto us; 'tis the preferring of a Lust above a Christ: this paganism is in the Bowels of this Omission.There is no peace to be Enjoyed by any of you, till you bring all to this issue, I will presently and sincerely, and secretly enter into Covenant with God; and then I will do it openly, that I may with safety approach unto the Holy Table. Well then: Do not any •onger Object, I am not prepared for the Supper of the Lord: (I pray who•e Fault is that?) but immediately set upon doing your parts for the preparing of your selves: Who knows, what God may work in you, both to Will and to •o? M• Advice to you, is, that you immediately set apart a time for due and deep thoughts on your Condition: and give not over those thoughts, till you find your Hearts ••ed, melted, broken, unto a compliance with all […], in such an Holy Covenant as this.
In fine, There is no escaping or avoiding of Great Sin without coming to the Table of the Lord. It is a •in to come unworthily to, but it is also a sin to stay unworthily from, that Blessed Ordinance. Neither of these things must be done; to choose either of them, is, As if a man should flee from a Lion, and a Bear should meet him. The Real Bottom of mens Refraining from the Lords Supper is too often only This: That they are not willing to be at the pains of Getting and Keeping good Terms between God and their own Souls But, if this be your cause, your A••nting from the 〈…〉 of the Lord, is a Renunciation of all that Christ, and Grace, and Lif•, which is thereon exhibited unto us; 'tis the preferring of a Lust above a Christ: this paganism is in the Bowels of this Omission.There is no peace to be Enjoy'd by any of you, till you bring all to this issue, I will presently and sincerely, and secretly enter into Covenant with God; and then I will do it openly, that I may with safety approach unto the Holy Table. Well then: Do not any •onger Object, I am not prepared for the Supper of the Lord: (I pray who•e Fault is that?) but immediately set upon doing your parts for the preparing of your selves: Who knows, what God may work in you, both to Will and to •o? M• Advice to you, is, that you immediately set apart a time for due and deep thoughts on your Condition: and give not over those thoughts, till you find your Hearts ••ed, melted, broken, unto a compliance with all 〈…〉, in such an Holy Covenant as this.
