A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

Alas, O Lord, my sins are very strong and powerful within me, that sometimes I think they do not only rage but reign, sometime they act so mightily in my heart, that I am apt to think there is nothing but sin in my Soul, and no principle of Grace to check and to control it: My pride is strong, my passion is strong, and my lusts exceeding mighty; ⟨p. 123⟩but is not here sin mortifying blood, that can take down the strength and power of it? this blood hath subdued i• in others, and now I will believe it will subdue it in my Soul?

Oh, my Lord, my heart is often dead and dull, that I cannot pray with life unto thee, that I cannot be lively in thy Service; fain I would, but lo my heart is dead, and cannot: But is not here quickening and enlivening blood? why then wilt thou suffer such a heart to be in me? Lord wilt thou give me leave to apply it to my self, that I may be quickened to thy▪ Service? Yea I know it is thy will I should so do: Now Lord, my heart is warm.

Oh, my Lord, my heart is often dead and dull, that I cannot pray with life unto thee, that I cannot be lively in thy Service; sain I would, but lo my heart is dead, and cannot: But is not here quickning and enlivening blood? why then wilt thou suffer such a heart to be in me? Lord wilt thou give me leave to apply it to my self, that I may be quickned to thy▪ Service? Yea I know it is thy will I should so do: Now Lord, my heart is warm.

Thus you may in respect of God, by Faith, make use of all the Properties of the blood of Christ, you may go on in all the rest. Let it suffice that I have showed you how Faith may be set on work in the former particulars.