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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.
We are to Know and Believe Lastly,
That we are bound to Love the God of Heaven▪ with all our Heart, and Soul, and Strength; and that for His Sake, we are to Love our Neighbours as our selves; But that, whereas, when we have done the Best, we have no Righteousness of our own to Recommend us unto God: nor indeed have we strength […] do any spiritual Good at all; it imports us to […] upon the Lord Jesus Christ alone, for the Imputation of that Righteousness and Communication of that Strength, which may bring us unto Blessedness.
That we are bound to Love the God of Heaven▪ with all our Heart, and Soul, and Strength; and that for His Sake, we are to Love our Neighbours as our selves; But that, whereas, when we have done the Best, we have no Righteousness of our own to Recommend us unto God: nor indeed have we strength 〈…〉 do any spiritual Good at all; it imports us to 〈…〉 upon the Lord Jesus Christ alone, for the Imputation of that Righteousness and Communication of that Strength, which may bring us unto Blessedness.
Yea, Thirdly,