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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.
W. Alas! who will pity my pining soul, that hath food before it, and yet unworthy to meddle with it?
S. A legal worthiness you cannot have, neither doth God expect it at your hands; but an Evangelical worthiness you may have.
W. I would fain know what I may do in reference to this Ordinance; I pray you tell me, when is a person said to be worthy in a Gospel sense?
S. When he is clothed with the righteousness of Christ, hath grace infused into his Soul, and doth act it at the Lords Supper, he doth worthily receive.
S. When he is cloathed with the righteousness of Christ, hath grace infused into his Soul, and doth act it at the Lords Supper, he doth worthily receive.
W. Then I perceive that a man might be a sinner, and yet be a worthy Receiver?