A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

1. That your privilege is greater than th• privileges of many others, whom God dot• not invite nor call (while such) to come unto his Table. God honours you above the wicked in the World, above the ungodly and profane; and the greater your privilege and dignity is, the greater should your diligence be in living up to after-duties, Meph•••bosheth esteemed it a great dignity and favour that he should eat bread at King David's Table, 2 Sam 9 7, 8. And is it not a great•• dignity to eat of the Bread of Life, at the Table of the King of Heaven.

1. That your priviledge is greater than th• priviledges of many others, whom God dot• not invite nor call (while such) to come unto his Table. God honours you above the wicked in the World, above the ungodly and prophane; and the greater your priviledge and dignity is, the greater should your dil••gence be in living up to after-duties, Meph•••bosheth esteemed it a great dignity and favou• that he should eat bread at King David's Table, 2 Sam 9 7, 8. And is it not a great•• dignity to eat of the Bread of Life, at the Ta•ble of the King of Heaven.

2. The Devil will be assaulting you with new temptations, to […] you unto sin, after you have been at the Table of the Lord. If God ha•h spoken peace unto your Conscience, the Devil will be endeavouring to break your peace; If you have got a pardon of your old sins, he will be tempting you again to the commission of new; and the greater discoveries you hav had of God, when you were there, the greater will his temptations be to draw you into sin, when you come from thence. When Christ was Baptized, and God had owned him, by a voice from Heaven, then he was tempted by the Devil,