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A companion for communicants. Discourses upon the nature, the design, and the subject of…
A companion for communicants. Discourses upon the nature, the design, and the subject of the Lords Supper; with devout methods of preparing for, and approaching to that blessed ordinance. / By Cotton Mather, Pastor of a church at Boston. ; [Seven lines from Augustine]
Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Benjamin Harris, 1690
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thirdly, •ut what• Not fit for the Supper of the Lord? How are you then I it for […] Judgment of the Lord? What would your portion be, if the God of Heaven should resolve, This Night thy Soul shall be required of thee? We read in Acts 20. […]. A young man, while Paul was long Preaching, fell down, and was taken up Dead Suppose it were your case to be Taken up Dead among us, before this •our be out? Where, Oh where must your Immortal Soul▪ be Lodged throughout ⟨p. 78⟩Eternal Ages? Thou Heart of Adamant, How cause thou s••ep in this condition? How can you remain peaceably and quietly in a condition wherein 'tis not safe to Die? You may Die before To morrow; and therefore, Awake, what meanest thou, O Sleeper? Go make your peace with God immediately. Become Fit to Die, and you'll be Fit to Eat and Drink in the Supper of the Lord.
Thirdly, •ut what• Not fit for the Supper of the Lord? How are you then I it for 〈…〉 Judgment of the Lord? What would your portion be, if the God of Heaven should resolve, This Night thy Soul shall be required of thee? We read in Acts 20. 〈…〉. A young man, while Paul was long Preaching, fell down, and was taken up Dead Suppose it were your case to be Taken up Dead among us, before this •our be out? Where, Oh where must your Immortal Soul▪ be Ledged throughout ⟨p. 78⟩Eternal Ages? Thou Heart of Adamant, How cause thou s••ep in this condition? How can you remain peaceably and quietly in a condition wherein 'tis not safe to Dy? You may Dy before To morrow; and therefore, Awake, what meanest thou, O Sleeper? Go make your peace with God immediately. Become Fit to Dy, and you'll be Fit to Eat and Drink in the Supper of the Lord.