A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

Quest. 7. What if you had been then present under the Cross of Christ, when he was crucified, and seen his Wounds, and heard his dying groans, and were then to come to commemorate this Death of Christ, what preparation would you have made then? What if you had seen your Lord sweating drops of Blood in a cold season, and seen the Thorns upon his head, the Spear thrust into his side, that you might have a window to look into his heart, to see how he hath loved you, and seen the Nails in his hands and feet; and were, after such a sight as this, to come unto this Table, with what affection would you then come? Why, all this is really represented to you in this Ordinance, and should be as certainly believed, as if you had with your eyes beheld it done. What affections do some discover in beholding the execution of a common Malefactor? And shall not we before-hand endeavour to raise our affections when we are to come to see the Crucifixion of our dearest Lord?

Quest. 7. What if you had been then present under the Cross of Christ, when he was crucified, and seen his Wounds, and heard his dying groans, and were then to come to commemorate this Death of Christ, what preparation would you have made then? What if you had seen your Lord sweating drops of Blood in a cold season, and seen the Thorns upon his head, the Spear thrust into his side, that you might have a window to look into his heart, to see how he hath loved you, and seen the Nails in his hands and feet; and were, after such a sight as this, to come unto this Table, with what aff•ction would you then come? Why, all this is really represented to you in this Ordinance, and should be as certainly believed, as if you had with your eyes beheld it done. What affections do some discover in beholding the execution of a common Malefactor? And shall not we before-hand endeavour to raise our affections when we are to come to see the Crucifixion of our dearest Lord?

Quest. 8. What if one that hath been damned for unworthy receiving, should come unto thee from the place of Torment, and tell thee he hath found it a provoking sin, and that which makes damnation more intolerable, to eat unworthily at the Table of the Lord, what preparation wouldst thou make then? It is no breach of Charity to conceive, or to conclude, that some that have been at the Lords Table, are now in Hell,