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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.
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, Eph. 5.2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
Fourthly, Live in love with all that are partakers of the same benefi•s 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, Eph. 5.2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.
Fifthly, Be not so afraid to dye, after you have seen the Death of Christ in the Sacrament represented to you. Christ hath conquered this Enemy, he hath made Death your Friend to open the door to you, that you may go and live with him who hath died for you.
Thirdly, If you do not live as becomes one ⟨p. 158⟩that hath been at the Table of the Lord, consider the greatness of your Sin in these aggravations of it. If you live a loose and carnal life, after you have partaken of this Ordinance.