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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. What sin would most disturb the peace of my Conscience, if I were to dye to day? And ⟨p. 61⟩mourn most for that sin at the Lords Table: What is the Sin that would make you most afraid to die, and be a trouble to your departing Soul? Would it be your Pride or Passion, or your inordinate loving of the world? Would it be your neglect of secret duty, or your careless performance of it, that you prayed no more frequently, no more fervently▪ Would it be that you forgot the Lord so long, and neglected your precious Soul so long, that you have done no more for God, that you have lived no more unto him? That so much of your precious time is gone, and so little of your necessary work is done? Let that cause trouble to your heart, and fetch ears from your eyes, when you are at the Lords Table.
1. What sin would most disturb the peace of my Conscience, if I were to dye to day? And ⟨p. 61⟩mourn most for that sin at the Lords Table: What is the Sin that would make you most afraid to die, and be a trouble to your departing Soul? Would it be your Pride or Passion, or your inordinate loving of the world? Would it be your neglect of secret duty, or your careless performance of it, that you prayed no more frequently, no more ferven•ly▪ Would it be that you forgot the Lord so long, and neglected your precious Soul so long, that you have done no more for God, that you have lived no more unto him? That so much of your precious time is gone, and so little of your necessary work is done? Let that cause trouble to your heart, and fetch ears from your eyes, when you are at the Lords Table.
2. What Mercy is it you would beg from God if now you were dying? O beg that mercy when you are receiving; if you were dying, would you ask for Riches, or for Honours, or the great things of this World? alas, these would not fit you for your death; or would it be the truth of grace, the favour of God, assurance of his love, an interest in Christ, in his Promises, in his Privileges, and an evidence of your title to his Kingdom? Would you not then wish, O that God would pardon me, and tell me he hath pardoned me! Oh that he would now be mine, and own me for his own! would not these be your desires if you were to dye?