A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

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, ⟨p. 68⟩and shall be there for ever: for if drunkards, swearers, or hypocrites shall come unto this Ordinance, that shall not save them, dying such. Christ himself that at the terrible day of his coming shall judge these men for abusing of his Blood, hath told us before-hand, than many such shall be cast into everlasting torments, Luk. 13 25 When once the Master of the House is risen up, and hath shut too the Door, & ye begin to stand without & to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: ver. 26. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets; As if they should say▪ Lord, we think it strange to find the Gates o• Heaven shut against us; we think it strange that we that have been thy hearers, and have been at thy Table, that thou shouldest not know whence we are, that thou shouldest not approve us nor receive us: But Christ again replies, ver. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, […] know you not whence you are, depart from me […] workers of Iniquity: As i• he should say, I told you once before, that I did not know you, love you, nor approve you; and though you plead your outward Church privileges of hearing and receiving, yet I tell you once again, I know you not; go get you gone, go, get you down into eternal torments, depart, depart! You were Professors of Piety, but you were Lovers & Workers of Iniquity. Now, suppose that thou hast known and seen at this Table ⟨p. 69⟩with thee, that hath died in his sins, & been damned for them, and hath been in Hell a year or two suffering the Vengeance and the wrath of God for this, a• for his other sins, should he come to thee and tell thee, I have known since I departed out of this life, in which thou now dost live, what is the punishment that is due unto unworthy Receivers, for I have felt it; believe me, though a damned Soul, for I have felt it;