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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. But sin hath great power in my thoughts, for not only vain, but blasphemous thoughts come frequently crowding in my mind, and I cannot sometimes remove them.
W. But sin hath great power in my thoughts, for not only vain, but blasphemous thoughts come frequently crouding in my mind, and I cannot sometimes remove them.
S. That they have power over your thoughts is your sin, but that they have not such power over your will, that proves your grace, for you would remove them when you cannot: And whether they be injected by the Devil, or do arise from your own heart, if grieved for, groaned under, and striven against, it is no otherwise with you, than with many others of God's dearest Children.
W. I have long neglected Christ, now it is too late; to what end then should I go unto this Ordinance?
S. Who told you it was too late? where do you read it? the damned in Hell might say it is too late, but not you that would have him if you could, and may have him i• you ⟨p. 197⟩