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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.
First, From the preparation they were wont to make […] the Passover under the Law, 2 Chron. 30.3. They could not keep it at that time, because the Priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently: They did for a while defer it till they had made more preparation for it: And after their diligence to prepare, they prayed for the pardon of their imperfect preparation, 2 Chron 30.18, 19▪ The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his Fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary: If any man were unclean, he was to stay another Month, and then eat it, Numb. 9.10, 11.
First, From the preparation they were wont to make 〈…〉 the Passeover under the Law, 2 Chron. 30.3. They could not keep it at that time, because the Priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently: They did for a while defer it till they had made more preparation for it: And after their diligence to prepare, they prayed for the pardon of their imperfect preparation, 2 Chron 30.18, 19▪ The good Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his Fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the Sanctuary: If any man were unclean, he was to stay another Month, and then eat it, Numb. 9.10, 11.
That they prepared for the Passover, appears by,