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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 then to Examine our selves upon this,
Do I love God with all my Heart, with all my Soul, and with all my Strength?
Is the Love of God in all our Hearts? and is our Understanding employed frequently, seriously, pleasantly, upon Him? Have we so many Thoughts upon God every day, that we may say, How Great is the Sum of them? Have we many contrivances in our minds, how to advance His Interest; often pondering, What Service is there that I may do for God?
Is the Love of God in all our Hearts? and is our Understanding employ'd frequently, seriously, pleasantly, upon Him? Have we so many Thoughts upon God every day, that we may say, How Great is the Summe of them? Have we many contrivances in our minds, how to advance His Interest; often pondering, What Service is there that I may do for God?
Is the Love of God in all our Soul? Do's our Will cleave and cling to the Blessed God, as the most amiable Object what soever; saying, whom have I in heaven but God, or whom on Earth besides Him? And for our Affections, is that the Language of our Souls, The Lord is my portion, I will hope in him? and that, I will Rejoice in the Lord, and Joy in the God of my Salvation? and that, The Desire of my Soul is to thy Name?