A treatise concerning the Lords Supper

CHAP. III. Showing that Christs Disciples must receive the Lords Supper.

CHAP. III. Shewing that Christs Disciples must receive the Lords Supper.

That it is the necessary duty of Believers to partake of the Lords Supper, I prove:

THat it is the necessary duty of Believers to partake of the Lords Supper, I prove:

First, There is the same parity of Reason that Believers under the Gospel should receive the Lords Supper, as the Israelites under the Law should eat the Lords passover: This was their duty, as is prescribed, Exod. 12. where is the First Institution, the manner how, the end for which. And the command for it is again renewed, Numb. 9 1, 2, 3. And if a man were unclean that he could not keep it the first Month, yet he must the second: yea, God was much provoked by the Neglect of the Passover, Numb. 9.13. But the Man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the Passover, even the same shall be cut off from his People, because he brought not the offering of the Lord in his appointed season: that man shall bear his sin. Here you see was Guilt contracted, and punishment severe to be inflicted, upon the Person that should neglect to eat the Lords Passover.

First, There is the same parity of Reason that Believers under the Gospel should receive the Lords Supper, as the Israelites under the Law should eat the Lords passeover: This was their duty, as is prescribed,