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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.
Have I Repaired unto the Lord Jesus Christ, as the Saviour which the Word of God adviseth me unto?
Have we with moved, melted, affected Souls considered the Lord Jesus Christ, under that Endearment, in Col. 1. 19. It hath pleased the Father, that in Him should all F••ness dwell? And-hence we have gone to Him, with a Lively Hope and Trust, that His Fullness will make us happy? Have we behold the Lord Jesus, as the only and the mighty Saviour of Souls; as one Able to save unto the uttermost; and as one that will not cast out those who come unto Him? Have we gone to the Lord Jesus, as to the Redeemer appointed and anointed by God for our Help; and have we R•ly'd upon Him, for both Repentance and Remission of Sins? Have we with a satisfied Eye looked upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and when we have Beheld this King in his Beauty, ⟨p. 123⟩have we said, In this Lord alone have I Righteousness and Strength? and have the Executions of all his Offices bin welcome to our Souls? have we prized all that Salvation which He is the Author of?
Have we with moved, melted, affected Souls considered the Lord Jesus Christ, under that Endearment, in Col. 1. 19. It hath pleased the Father, that in Him should all F••ness dwell? And-hence we have gone to Him, with a Lively Hope and Trust, that His Fulness will make us happy? Have we behold the Lord Jesus, as the only and the mighty Saviour of Souls; as one Able to save unto the uttermost; and as one that will not cast out those who come unto Him? Have we gone to the Lord Jesus, as to the Redeemer appointed and anointed by God for our Help; and have we R•ly'd upon Him, for both Repentance and Remission of Sins? Have we with a satisfy'd Eye look'd upon the Lord Jesus Christ, and when we have Beheld this King in his Beauty,