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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.
Fifthly, For want of reflection after the Sacrament, you will oftentimes take up with the •are performance of the duty, and rest in […] work done; and rest satisfied that you have […] and drunk at the Table of the Lord; though you have not eaten the flesh of Christ, no• drunk his blood: and it is too great a sign that you rest in the work done, when you do not consider afterwards how you have done it, not enquire, Did I please the Lord while I was eating? Did I please the Lord while I was drinking at his Table? Did I eat in Faith, and drink in Faith? Did I find God coming down into my Soul by his Grace and Spirit, and my Soul ascending up to God by Faith and Love?
Fifthly, For want of reflection after the Sacrament, you will oftentimes take up with the •are performance of the duty, and rest in 〈…〉 work done; and rest satisfied that you have 〈…〉 and drunk at the Table of the Lord; though you have not eaten the flesh of Christ, no• drunk his blood: and it is too great a sign that you rest in the work done, when you do not consider afterwards how you have done it, not enquire, Did I please the Lord while I was eating? Did I please the Lord while I was drinking at his Table? Did I eat in Fai•h, and drink in Faith? Did I find God coming down into my Soul by his Grace and Spirit, and my Soul ascending up to God by Faith and Love?
Sixthly, For want of this reflection after the Sacrament, you will not be so earnestly desirous after renewed opportunities of Receiving, nor have such longings in your Soul to come again. One would think that the entertainment which God gives unto his People at his Table, the smiles that there they see in his Face, the love that there they perceive to be in his Heart, and the favours there they receive from his Hands, should stir up in their hearts such earnest breathings as these. Oh when might I come again! Oh when shall I be thus […] again! Christ was exceeding sweet unto my Soul, his Comforts were delightful to my heart; Oh when shall I return again unto this Table, that I might have more of that which […] such a day I found! But if this be so much