A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

Secondly, Because many that are habitually prepared, may be too slight in actual preparation• ▪ They did not seriously, throughly search their hearts and lives, nor enquire after their sins and wants; they do not solemnly, but slightly pray to God before hand: They do not quicken their hungrings after Christ, nor go with great, believing expectations of receiving great things from God in this duty.

And God will check you at his Table, by withdrawing himself from you, for your neglect before you came? It may be you were busy about the World, when you should have been preparing for your Duty: It may be you were in your Shop, when you should have been in your Chamber, or your Closet: It may be God saw you reading your Account book• when you should have been reading the History of the Death of Christ in the Book of God, and should have been studying the Book of your own heart: God saw you thinking ⟨p. 142⟩of the World, when you should have been endeavouring to have warmed your• heart in the believing thoughts of the Love of God, in the great transactions of Man's Redemption.

And God will check you at his Table, by withdrawing himself from you, for your neglect before you came? It may be you were busie about the World, when you should have been preparing for your Duty: It may be you were in your Shop, when you should have been in your Chamber, or your Closet: It may be God saw you reading your Account book• when you should have been reading the History of the Death of Christ in the Book of God, and should have been studying the Book of your own heart: God saw you think•ing ⟨p. 142⟩of the World, when you should have been endeavouring to have warmed your heart in the believing thoughts of the Love of God, in the great transactions of Man's Redemption.