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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. May such a duty then be accepted of God, that is done in such hypocrisy?
W. May such a duty then be accepted of God, that is done in such hypocrisie?
S. Such an Hypocrite a sincere Christian may sometimes be, and is; for as there is something of Unbelief in one that hath saith in Christ, and something of Pride in one that is humble, &c. so there is something of hypocrisy in every one that is sincere; for in nothing are we perfect as to degrees, while in this life: Therefore as you must not conclude, that your prayers and duties are not accepted of God, because there are some actings of Unbelief and Pride in them; so neither because there is something of Hypocrisy mingled with them when (as is said) your […] and manner, and end, in the main be rig••.
S. Such an Hypocrite a sincere Christian may sometimes be, and is; for as there is something of Unbelief in one that hath saith in Christ, and something of Pride in one that is humble, &c. so there is something of hypocrisie in every one that is sincere; for in nothing are we perfect as to degrees, while in this life: Therefore as you must not conclude, that your prayers and duties are not accepted of God, b•cause there are some actings of Unbelief and Pride in them; so neither because there is something of Hypocrisie mingled with them when (as is said) your 〈…〉 and manner, and end, in the main be rig••.
W. I doubt whether the principle of my duties be love to God, or only a natural Conscience: And if I should go to the Sacrament, and not from a principle of Love, God would not be pleased with me.