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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, Labour after growth in Grace: This should have been in your desires before you went, and it should be your endea•vour ⟨p. 157⟩when you come from thence to have more love to God than you had before, •o have stronger Faith in Christ than you had before, to have more delight in God and Christ, and more ardent desire• than you had before
Thirdly, Be more resolved to suffer, and to dye for Christ, than you were before. At the Lords Table you have seen what Christ hath done and suffered for you, […] you thereby more resolved not only to do, but to suffer also for his s•ke: Be not only mo•e eminent in your active, but more patient in your passive Obedience than before.
Thirdly, Be more resolved to suffer, and to dye for Christ, than you were before. At the Lords Table you have seen what Christ hath done and suff•red for you, 〈…〉 you thereby more resolved not only to do, but to suffer also for his s•ke: Be not only mo•e eminent in your active, but more patient in your passive Obedience than before.
Fourthly, Live in love with all that are partakers of the same benefits with you. Yea, in this Ordinance you have an example of loving your very Enemies, as Christ did when he died for you; but a more special and peculiar love you are taught to have to all the Members of Christ's Mystical Body, when you see in this Ordinance, how Christ hath loved them all,