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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.
The Parallel of this is, That Christians should discourse together, or speak unto themselves in holy Soliloquy, viz. What is the meaning, O my Soul, of this Service, of this Love of Christ in appointing this holy Ordinance? What doth it bring to thy remembrance, ⟨p. 43⟩O my Soul? And here you have Occasion of expatiating the whole method of God in exalting the freeness of his Grace in Mans Redemption. Oh, what meant my dearest Lord in shedding of his blood, and ordaining this for the commemoration of it! Surely it was, O my Soul, to deliver thee from misery, to make thee Partaker of his Grace and Love▪ and to Seal it to thee, and make thee to rejoice in the remembrance of it.
The Parallel of this is, That Christians should discourse together, or speak unto themselves in holy Soliloquy, viz. What is the meaning, O my Soul, of this Service, of this Love of Christ in appointing this holy Ordinance? What doth it bring to thy remembrance, ⟨p. 43⟩O my Soul? And here you have Occasion of expatiating the whole method of God in exalting the freeness of his Grace in Mans Redemption. Oh, what meant my dearest Lord in shedding of his blood, and ordaining this for the commemoration of it! Surely it was, O my Soul, to deliver thee from misery, to make thee Partaker of his Grace and Love▪ and to Seal it to thee, and make thee to rejoyce in the remembrance of it.
Secondly, The Children ask, Why do we eat it with bitter Herbs? The Parents answered, Because the Egyptians made the Life of our Fathers bitter in Egypt, that they may be stirred up to greater thankfulness unto God.