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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.
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.
The Parallel of this is, That we should reflect upon our sins, which made our lives bitter while we lived in them, and that now we should taste more bitterness in our sins, than ever we found sweetness, pleasure and delight therein.
Thirdly, Why do we eat it with unleavened bread? The Parents were to answer, Because the Dough of our Fathers had not time to be leavened.
The Parallel of this is, That we must make haste to Christ, and eat this New-Testament Passover with the unleavened Bread of sincerity and truth: That we must not delay to come out of spiritual-Egypt, nor go to Christ in hypocrisy, but in truth.
The Parallel of this is, That we must make haste to Christ, and eat this New-Testament Passeover with the unleavened Bread of sincerity and truth: That we must not delay to come out of spiritual-Egypt, nor go to Christ in hypocrisie, but in truth.