A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

1. It doth concern a man before he dye, to get the truth of Grace, that he have real Love to GOD, Faith in Christ, Peace with God through' Christ, and without this a man cannot dye happily: This is as necessary for a man that is to come to the Lords▪ Supper, that he love God, that he do indeed believe and hate his sins, or else he cannot receive worthily: Woe be to that man that goes down to his Grave before he be converted; and woe be to that man that comes to the Sacrament before he be born again.

1. It doth concern a man before he dye, to get the truth of Grace, that he have real Love to GOD, Faith in Christ, Peace with God thro' Christ, and without this a man cannot dye happily: This is as necessary for a man that is to come to the Lords▪ Supper, that he love God, that he do indeed believe and hate his sins, or else he cannot receive worthily: Wo be to that man that goes down to his Grave before he be converted; and wo be to that man that comes to the Sacrament before he be born again.

2. It concerns a man before he dye, to get some evidences of his grace, and this is necessary to his more comfortable dying: a man may have grace, and so be delivered from the hurt of death; but if he have not some evidences of this Grace, he will lye under the fears of death. So a man, before he goes to the Lords Table, should endeavour to get the knowledge, sight and evidence of his interest in Christ, & this is necessary to his more comfortable receiving; without which, though he may receive worthily, yet not without some fears; I fear Christ did not dye for me, I fear this blood was not shed for me, I fear I do not love God; and so will be deprived of those joys and comforts which would come in by a particular application of Christ to himself; i• he can conclude, Here is blood, & it was shed for me; Here is righteousness, and it is imputed unto me: I think a man that is not fit to dye, is not •it to receive: A Man should sit down at the Lords Table