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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
OF THE LORDS SUPPER. › Chapter 2: Containing the first Conclusion, and Explication thereof.
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2. I say, it is a necessary Duty; not necessary to the Being and Essence of a Christian, for that is supposed: for Conversion must go before participation of this Holy Ordinance, which is not appointed of God to beget, but to increase Grace: and Grace must be in Truth, before it can receive its growth by an Ordinance. Dead M•n must not sit down at the Table of the Living God; Here Men come to Christ, and Faith is the foot of the Soul; here men must receive Christ, and Faith is the hand of the Soul; here men must fea•• upon Christ, and Faith is the Mouth of the Soul; it would be more seemly to set a dead Man at our Table, than that a Man dead in Sin should sit down at the Table of the Lord▪ It is Children's Bread, and must not be given unto Dogs; But there is a degree of necessity of this Ordinance for the more comfortable being of a Christian: You must then bring some Grace with you, and come hither for more; you must bring some Faith, and Love, and Hope, and come hither to have more degrees of all these: Growth supposeth Life.
2. I say, it is a necessary Duty; not necessary to the Being and Essence of a Christian, for that is supposed: for Conversion must go before participation of this Holy Ordinance, which is not appointed of God to beget, but to encrease Grace: and Grace must be in Truth, before it can receive its growth by an Ordinance. Dead M•n must not sit down at the Table of the Living God; Here Men come to Christ, and Faith is the foot of the Soul; here men must receive Christ, and Faith is the hand of the Soul; here men must fea•• upon Christ, and Faith is the Mouth of the Soul; it would be more seemly to set a dead Man at our Table, than that a Man dead in Sin should sit down at the Table of the Lord▪ It is Childrens Bread, and must not be given unto Dogs; But there is a degree of necessity of this Ordinance for the more comfortable being of a Christian: You must then bring some Grace with you, and come hither for more; you must bring some Faith, and Love, and Hope, and come hither to have more degrees of all these: Growth supp•seth Life.