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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.
Or will you say you remember Christ without this? That you have no ne•d to use this Ordinance for that end? Why then, tell Christ so, if you dare; What is this but to correct the wisdom of your Lord by your own folly? but I tell you, you cannot so well remember Christ without this Ordinance as you may, by a careful frequent attendance upon God in it; for it is not a speculative, historical remembrance that he did bleed and dye: for so the Devils themselves remember Christs death: Not as a Scholar may remember his notions; but the remembrance that Christ would have in your thoughts, is,
Or will you say you remember Christ without this? That you have no ne•d to use this Ordinance for that end? Why then, tell Christ so, if you dare; What is this but to correct the wisdom of your Lord by your own folly? but I tell you, you cannot so well remember Christ without this Ordinance as you may, by a careful frequent attendance upon God in it; for it is not a speculative, historical remembrance that he did bleed and dye: for so the Devils thems•lves remember Christs death: Not as a Scholar may remember his notions; but the remembrance that Christ would have in your •houghts, is,
1 An Affectionate Remembrance, that the sight of your eye shou•d affect your heart: ⟨p. 18⟩That you should so remember him, as to love him, and desire him, and delight in him.
1 An Aff•ctionate Remembrance, that the sight of your eye shou•d affect your heart: ⟨p. 18⟩