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A treatise concerning the Lords Supper
A treatise concerning the Lords Supper: with three dialogues for the more full information of the weak, in the nature and use of this sacrament. / By Tho. Doolittel [sic].
printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1700
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.
That it is the duty of the Disciples of Christ, often to partake of the Lords Supper.
THat it is the duty of the Disciples of Christ, often to partake of the Lords Supper.
Baptism is but once to be administered, but the Lords Supper is often to be received; the frequency of it is not determined, often it must be, how often is not expressed; if you had opportunity every Lords Day, and you redeemed and improved it, your Soul may thrive and grow the more in grace and holiness: Meals which are for nourishment must be often; you often eat, and you often drink for the nourishment of Nature, and yet it is not told you how often you must eat, how often you must drink, but the sense and feeling of the want of your •ood, will direct you unto this: So if you have but a sense and feeling of the want of this Ordinance, and the things that are there conferred upon Believers, that would guide to a frequent iteration of this Ordinance. Consider therefore,
Baptism is but once to be administred, but the Lords Supper is often to be received; the frequency of it is not determined, often it must be, how often is not expressed; if you had opportunity every Lords Day, and you redeemed and improved it, your Soul may thrive and grow the more in grace and holiness: Meals which are for nourishment must be often; you often eat, and you often drink for the nourishment of Nature, and yet it is not told you how often you must eat, how often you must drink, but the sense and feeling of the want of your •ood, will direct you unto this: So if you have but a sense and feeling of the want of this Ordinance, and the things that are there conferred upon Believers, that would guide to a frequent iteration of this Ordinance. Consider therefore,