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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.
A. When the Congregation was singing forth the praises of the Lord, my Soul being satisfied as with marrow & fatness, my mouth, my heart, my All did praise him; and now my love, my faith, my joy, my sorrow for my sin, were stirring in my heart.
D. And how do you know that this is true and spiritual joy, and not such which an Hypocrit• might have at the Table of the Lord?
A. Because I find it doth engage me to inward and to universal holiness, inflames my heart with love to God and Christ, increaseth my hatred to my sin, and makes me more watchful against it, and makes my soul to long after full & perfect enjoyment of God in glory.
D. I am glad and do rejoice in your mercy, while I must bewail my own unprofitableness, even at the Table of the Lord; I must go home & eat my bread with a sorrowful heart, and mingle my drink with tears, while you can go and eat your bread with a cheerful spirit.
D. I am glad and do rejoyce in your mercy, while I must bewail my own unprofitableness, even at the Table of the Lord; I must go home & eat my bread with a sorrowful heart, and mingle my drink with tears, while you can go and eat your bread with a chearful spirit.