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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.
S. The day of grace is not past with him that would fain have grace above all earthly riches, nor is the door of mercy shut against him that doth set open the door of his heart for Christ the King of Glory to enter in; & doth importunately pray for the fruits of the Spirit.
W. But alas! I cannot pray, how then should I receive?
S. Though you cannot word your desires, yet you can cry to God, and nothing will still you but a Christ. As the Infant cannot ask, yet crieth for the Breast. Some might utter words in Prayer, and not pray; & you might want words, and yet pray fervently, acceptably unto God; for Prayer doth not consist in the exercise of parts, memory, &c. but of grace.
S. Though you cannot word your desires, yet you can cry to God, and nothing will still you but a Christ. As the Infant cannot ask, yet cryeth for the Breast. Some might utter words in Prayer, and not pray; & you might want words, and yet pray fervently, acceptably unto God; for Prayer doth not consist in the exercise of parts, memory, &c. but of grace.
W. I cannot cry to God, my eyes are dry, and cannot drop a tear; sometimes when I am confessing my sins, though so many and so heinous; when others can shed many tears for one sin, I cannot shed one tear for many sins.