A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

THE Reasons why some are not the better by going to the Lords Table, are such as these:

First, Because they are not habitually prepared for it; they have not those necessary qualifications, nor habitual graces that must be in that mans heart that shall be benefited by the Sacrament: they had no lif•, and therefore are […] capable of growth and nourishment. Growth of Grace supposeth truth of grace: ⟨p. 141⟩They that have not first received a whole Christ in the Gospel in all his Office•, cannot receive a broken Christ in the Sacrament: They are not united unto Christ, and where there is no union, there can be no communion; they are not ingrafted into Christ, and therefore they receive no fruit from the Cross of Christ. All the benefit that must come in by the Sacrament, must be by the exercise of grace, of faith, […] love, and sorrow for sin, &c. but they that have it not, cannot exercise it.

First, Because they are not habitually prepared for it; they have not those necessary qualifications, nor habitual graces that must be in that mans heart that shall be benefi•ed by the Sacrament: they had no lif•, and therefore are 〈…〉 capable of growth and nourishment. Growth of Grace supposeth truth of grace: ⟨p. 141⟩They that have not first received a whole Christ in the Gospel in all his Office•, cannot receive a broken Christ in the Sacrament: They are not united unto Christ, and where there is no union, there can be no communion; they are not ingrafted into Christ, and therefore they receive no fruit from the Cross of Christ. All the benefit that must come in by the Sacrament, must be by the exercise of grace, of faith, 〈…〉 love, and sorrow for sin, &c. but they that have it not, cannot exercise it.