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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.
You do not know but God may do so, and to venture upon a Trial here, is dangerous. Unworthy Receiving hath been the death, as well as the damnation of many •ha• •o come. Therefore beware.
You do not know but God may do so, and to venture upon a Tryal here, is dangerous. Unworthy Receiving hath been the death, as well as the damnation of many •ha• •o come. Therefore beware.
Quest. 4. What if men could look into your heart, and observe the frame and temper of your soul, what preparations would you make then? If it should be known to the Minister, and to all •he Receivers, what time you spent in secret, in praying and self examination, would you not spend more time than now you do? Else many would have a less esteem of your Piety than now they have. If an Holy Man (unknown to you) had stood at your Closet door and overheard you pray so lukewarmly as you did, would you not have blushed that he should have seen you at the Sacrament? And all this is known to God; and should not the eye and knowledge of God affect you more, than if all the Men in the world could know and see your heart? He sees your principle and end more exactly than men could do, ⟨p. 66⟩if your breast were all of transparent glass.
Quest. 5. What if this were the last opportunity you should ever have to be at Gods Table, what preparation would you make then? If you were to do that which is of so great concernment, which you must never do more; If God from Heaven should call to you the night before, and say, Now look well to the frame of your heart, that you go with care, and eat in Faith, and come away with profit, for you shall never receive more; would you then be so slight as now you are? Why, how do you know you shall? Are you not Mortal; And have you not seen some at one time at a Sacrament that were dead and in their Graves, and their Souls in Heaven or in He before the next? Hath God given you a Leas of your life? Or hath he told you when you have one opportunity, that he will give to you another? Come then every time as you would do if you were sure it were your last, as you are not sure but it may be indeed your last.