A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

1. Such shall receive more grace from God, they shall come away with more love to God, with m•re desires after God, with more faith in Christ, and hatred to their sins.

2 Such shall receive more comfort, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. If you sorroW and weep before you go, you shall come away with your heart full of joy, and your mouth of praises. When you have been formal and lukewarm in your preparation, your heart hath been dull and dead in, and after your receiving; but when lively and diligent, God hath spoken peace unto your Conscience, and assured you of the pardon of your sins, and sent you from his Table to your own, with a joyful heart, and with a cheerful countenance.

2 Such shall receive more comfort, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. If you sorroW and weep before you go, you shall come away with your heart full of joy, and your mouth of praises. When you have been formal and lukewarm in your preparation, your heart hath been dull and dead in, and after your receiving; but when lively and diligent, God hath spoken peace unto your Conscience, and assured you of the pardon of your sins, and sent you from his Table to your own, with a joyful heart, and with a chearful countenance.

3. Such shall be more acceptable and welcome unto God: What you have done aright, he will graciously accept; and wherein you failed, he will freely pardon? then the Father will bid you welcome, and the Son will bid you welcome, and the Holy Ghost will bid you ⟨p. 54⟩welcome, when you have been weeping any mourning in secret for your sin, whereby you have crucified the Lord of Life; when you have been begging at the Throne of Grace Lord give me a spiritual Appetite after th Heavenly food: Lord give me power again my pride, and passion, and earthly mindedness; after you have been searching into every corner of your heart, that you may find out every Achan in your Soul, God will say, Yonder is a Soul that hath taken pains with himself in secret, and hath cried unto me for a gracious acceptance of his person and performances, & no he shall find that he is welcome; for I will sen forth my Spirit, and comfort him, I will give him my Grace, and quicken him, I will give him my Son, and satisfy him Oh it will be swe to have God to smile upon you at his Table But to have him frown when you are there will be uncomfortable; and to have hi withdraw, will make your duy to be unprofitable: Could you take delight at a Man Table, if he frown upon you for every Morsel that you eat? and will it not be worse when you take the Bread, then to have God to frown? And when you take the Cup, then to have God to frown, and say, Friend, how came you in hither amongst my Children, when you have not on the Wedding-garment? or if you have Grace, you have not endeavoured by painful preparation, to have it drawn forth into act and exrcise.