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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.
Secondly, When you thus consider the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, set Faith on work to reply unto the Devil. He will be with you at the Sacrament, to rob you of the comfort, and hinder you from that joy that there you might be filled with; but by faith in the •lood of Christ you may resist him. And whatsoever his Accusations are, from some of •hese properties of the blood of Christ, you may put the Devil unto silence.
Secondly, When you thus consider the blood of Christ in the Sacrament, set Faith on work to reply unto the Devil. He will be with you at the Sacrament, to rob you of the comfort, and hinder you from that joy that there you might be filled with; but by faith in the •lood of Christ you may resist him. And •hatsoever his Accusations are, from some of •hese properties of the blood of Christ, you may put the Devil unto silence.
Doth the Devil cast your sins in your teeth, and rank them in order before your eyes ⟨p. 124⟩Doth he tell you of your pride, and ignorance? Doth he tell you of your formal Duties, and your want of close walking with God? You may reply, Oh mine Enemy! So far as there is truth in thine accusation, I am as willing to accuse my self: yea, before I come unto this Ordinance, thou heardest me accuse, and judge, and co••emn my self▪ but lo, O mine Enemy! here is blood that hath been shed for me, that was not shed for thee; here is blood to purchase pardon for my sins, which was not shed to pardon thee: Oh, how would such a believing Reply make the Devil to slink away, and leave thee to make the best improvement that thou canst of this holy Supper! What sayest thou, Oh thou Enemy of my Souls Salvation and Comfort? Hast thou ought to lay unto my Charge? It may be he will tell thee of the hardness of thy heart; but thou mayst reply, Because I found and felt it hard; therefore I came unto this Blood to have it softened: What now Satan! It may be he will tell thee of thy dullness in thy holy Duties: Thou mayst reply, I did indeed to the grief and burden of my Soul, find too much deadness upon my heart; and therefore I have brought it to the quickening blood of my dearest Lord, and he will out life into me. What now, Oh mine Enemy! Indeed there is nothing that Satan can charge upon you, or bring against you, but from one of these properties of the blood of Christ, you may put him to the worst.