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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
PREPARATIONS for the SUPPER of the LORD With The MARKS of a Good St… › Application.
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Application.
And, O let the Duty of Self-Examination he carefully now attended by us all. Tho' tis mainly to Communicants that there is now come this Word of God; yet it is not other to them: What I say unto those I say unto all; O that you would Examine your selves. Examine, let us all throughly Examine, what our State is before the Lord; and so Examine this, as at the same time to learn what have been the Ways & the Wants of our Souls. Know Thy self, was ever accounted a very Sage Advice; the truth is, All Divine Wisdom lies in the Knowledge of God, & the knowledge of our selves. Now, in order hereunto, Prove thy self; let […] •elf-Examination, bring our Thoughts to some upshot, about the state of our Souls; whether we are the Children of God, or the Children of the Devil? Whether we are Israelites indeed, in whom is no G•ile? or whether we are those ••ose Hearts are not right in the fight of the Lords
And, O let the Duty of Self-Examination he carefully now attended by us all. Tho' tis mainly to Communicants that there is now come this Word of God; yet it is not other to them: What I say unto those I say unto all; O that you would Examine your selve•. Examine, let us all throughly Examine, what our State is before the Lord; and so Examine this, as at the same time to learn what have been the Wayes & the Wants of our Souls. Know Thy self, was ever accounted a very Sage Advice; the truth is, All Divine Wisdome lies in the Knowledg of God, & the knowledg of our selves. Now, in order hereunto, Prove thy self; let 〈…〉 •elf-Examination, bring our Thoughts to some upshot, about the state of our Souls; whether we are the Children of God, or the Children of the Divel? Whether we are Israelites indeed, in whom is no G•ile? or whether we are those ••ose Hearts are not right in the fight of the Lords