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Prepare to Celebrate the Death of the Lord Jesus at His Table, with as much Awfulness and Exactness, as if your own Death, were at the same Time to be prepared for. A serious and a solemn Preparation for the Table of the Lord, is that which will give a Vigorous Odour to our Spikenard there. Now, Let the sense of our Mortality be Awakened, and be Transferred unto this Preparation. When the Minister gives notice a Week before, That the Lords Supper shall be Administered on the Next Lords Day, if God permit; Let the word come with as much Dread upon you, as if he had said like the Prophet, in Isa.38. 1. Set thy House in Order, for thou shalt Die, and not live. ⟨p. 147⟩Think with your selves, What if I were to Die the next Lords Day, and appear before the Judgment Seat of God! And behave your selves all the week, as if you were then to Dy. Suppose you were to Die at the Time of the next Communion; What Sin would be most Burdensome to you? or, What Wish would be most powerful in you? or, What Disposition of Soul would you choose to Die withal? Why, Be now concerned about those very Affairs, even as if you were to Die: who knows but you may Die before?

Prepare to Celebrate the Death of the Lord Jesus at His Table, with as much Awfulness and Exactness, as if your own Death, were at the same Time to be prepared for. A serious and a solemn Preparation for the Table of the Lord, is that which will give a Vigorous Odour to our Spiknard there. Now, Let the sense of our Mortality be Awakned, and be Transferred unto this Preparation. When the Minister gives notice a Week before, That the Lords Supper shall be Administred on the Next Lords Day, if God permit; Let the word come with as much Dread upon you, as if he had said like the Prophet, in