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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.
1. He is a great and a mighty God, a God of inconceivable Majesty, and transcendent Glory, whose perfection is infinitely above the most raised apprehensions of Angels & Men: and would you go unto the Table of a great King with filthy hands, and in your rags? And would you go to the Table of the great King of Heaven and Earth with a filthy heart, and in your sins?
2. He is a pure and an holy God: Indeed every thing here is holy, the Signs are holy Signs, the things signified are holy things, the Ends of the Institution are holy ends, and the Author of it is the holy God; and shall our hearts only be unholy? the very externals & utensils about it, are and should be clean; the Cups are clean, the Cloth is clean, else you would be offended, and should not your Heart be clean? If not, would not your God be offended?
3. The Author of this Ordinance is a God of infinite Jealousy, and he is most jealous in the matters of his Worship. In the Second Command, which sets forth the manner of Gods•Worship, he makes himself known by this Attribute, That he is a jealous God; and if his Jealousy should be kindled against you at his Table, it would be uncomfortable, it will be terrible to you.
3. The Author of this Ordinanc• is a God of infinite Jealousie, and he is most jealous in the matters of his Worship. In the Second Command, which sets forth the manner of Gods•Worship, he makes himself known by this Attribute, That he is a jealous God; and if his Jealousie should be kindled against you at his Table, it would be uncomfortable, it will be terrible to you.