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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.
Fourthly, Eye the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, as purchasing Blood; by this he purchased his Church and People: Acts 20.28. Feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own Blood By this blood […] hath bought us out and out, i. e. quite out of the hands of Justice, quite ou• of the power of the Devil and sin, 1 Cor. 6.20. For ye are bought with a price. But besides the purchasing of our persons, he hath purchased and bought by his Blood all things necessary for grace and glory, for peace and comfort; he hath purchased enough to supply all your wants, be they never so many, be they never so great▪ Eye it th•n as purchasing blood.
Fourthly, Eye the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, as purchasing Blood; by this he purchased his Church and People: Acts 20.28. Feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own Blood By this blood 〈…〉 hath bought us out and out, i. e. quite out of the hands of Justice, quite ou• of the power of the Devil and sin, 1 Cor. 6.20. For ye are bought with a price. But besides the purchasing of our persons, he hath purchased and bought by his Blood all things necessary for grace and glory, for peace and comfort; he hath purchased enough to supply all your wants, be they never so many, be they never so great▪ Eye it th•n as purchasing blood.
Fifthly, Eye the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, as justifying blood; as that which makes you righteous in the sight of God, tho you have no Righteousness of your own in which you may dare to sit before God at his Table, or stand before him at his Tribunal.