A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

1. Urge it with the freeness of this love▪ Consider, O my Soul! it was free love, that God would send his Son to die fo• fallen Man, and not for fallen Angels; to take upon him not the nature of Angels, b•• the seed of Abraham. But yet consider, O• my Soul! the freeness of this love to thee, who hath ordained thee to Salvation by the death of Christ, when thousands of others are passed by, and suffered to perish in their sins! God might have Passed thee by, and applied it unto others, whereas he hath passe• many others by, and applied it unto thee; i• may be thy nearest Relations have no share nor saving benefit by this Redemption, whe• there was no more in thee to move God unto this love, than there was in them: Yea, a• much in thee to oppose, and resist the application of this Redemption, as was in th• heart of the vilest of the Children of me• ▪ Surely some believing thoughts of the freeness of Gods love to thee in particular, wi•• warm thy heart before thou approachest to the Table of the Lord, and fill thee with desires to be there, and the more inflame thine heart when thou art there. If yet th• heart be dull, do but ask it this one qust••on, What wouldst thou have done, O my Soul▪ and where shouldst thou have for ever been if God had not loved thee, freely loved thee?

1. Urge it with the freeness of this love▪ Consider, O my Soul! it was free love, that God would send his Son to die fo• fallen Man, and not for fallen Angels; to take upon him not the nature of Angels, b•• the seed of Abraham. But yet consider, O my Soul! the freeness of this love to thee, who hath ordained thee to Salvation by the death of Christ, when thousands of others are passed by, and suffered to perish in their sins! God might have Passed thee by, and applyed it unto others, whereas he hath passe many others by, and applied it unto thee; i may be thy nearest Relations have no share nor saving benefit by this Redemption, whe there was no more in thee to move God unto this love, than there was in them: Yea, a much in thee to oppose, and resist the application of this Redemption, as was in th heart of the vilest of the Children of me Surely some believing thoughts of the freeness of Gods love to thee in particular, wi warm thy heart before thou approachest to the Table of the Lord, and fill thee with desires to be there, and the more inflam thine heart when thou art there. If yet th heart be dull, do but ask it this one quston, What wouldst thou have done, O my Soul and where shouldst thou have for ever been if God had not loved thee, freely loved thee?