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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.
This is my first Argument why, and Motive that we should approach to the Lords Supper, after painful and serious preparation: No Preparation, no participation. It is not then putting on our finer Clothes on a Sacrament day, but the Trimming of our hearts, that God expecteth at our hands.
This is my first Argument why, and Motive that we should approach to the Lords Supper, after painful and serious preparation: No Preparation, no participation. It is not then putting on our finer Cloaths on a Sacrament day, but the Trimming of our hearts, that God expecteth at our hands.
The Second Argument for preparation for the Sacrament, is taken from the Author of it, which is God: The more he that doth invite you to his Table is your Superior, the more you prepare your selves to go to sit down thereat, more than if he be your Inferior, or your equal. God is infin•ely your Superior: Consider what this God is that prepares ⟨p. 46⟩this Banquet for you, and prepare for it.
The Second Argument for preparation for the Sacrament, is taken from the Author of it, which is God: The more he that doth invite you to his Table is your Superiour, the more you prepare your selves to go to sit down thereat, more than if he be your Inferiour, or your equal. God is infin•ely your Superiour: Consider what this God is that prepares ⟨p. 46⟩this Banquet for you, and prepare for it.