N01147:43
A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of…
A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, showing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]A dissertation, wherein the strange doctrine lately published in a sermon, the tendency of which, is, to encourage unsanctified persons (while such) to approach the holy table of the Lord, is examined and confuted. With an appendix, shewing what Scripture ground there is to hope, that within a very few years there will be a glorious reformation of the church throughout the world. / By I. Mather, D.D. ; [Six lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benj. Eliot, 1708
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By nothing but Pythagoras his Ipse dixit, his usual way of Demonstration is a mere Dogmatical Affirmation without any Proof at all. Fateor vetera Sacramento fuisse figuras non modo Christi sed et nostrarum Sacramentorum, saith the incomparable (f)Dr. Whitaker: He confesseth what Mr. S. denies. Dr. Goodwin (g)has evinced that the Ordinances of the Church of Israel were Types of ours. And the Apostle Paul does expressly declare it, notwithstanding Mr. S. has made bold to contradict him. The Apostle showeth that both the Ordinances and Providences which the Children of Israel were Subject unto were [Greek or Hebrew] Types, instructive to Christians under the Gospel, 1 Cor. 10. ver. 6. & 11. The definition of a Type belongs to the Ordinances of the old Testament, with respect to those of the New-Testament: A Type is an instituted resemblance of Gospel Truths & Mysteries. The Children of Israel had Types of all New-Testament dispensations. Our Spiritual Sacrifices were shadowed forth by theirs, 1 Pet. 2. 5. If the Ordinances of the Old Testament were not Types of Gospel ⟨p. 17⟩Ordinances, then Circumcision was not a Type of Baptism, but it was, Col. 2. 11. 12. If he denies this, Anabaptists it may be will give him thanks. If the Ordinances of the Old-Testament were not Types, then the Passover was not a Type of the Lords Supper: But it was so in many respects. The Israelites Eating the Paschal Lamb, Typified our feeding upon Christ by Faith in the Lords Supper; they were to Eat it with bitter herbs, signifying that we should come to the Lords Supper penitently mourning bitterly for our Sins: The Jews might not have any Leaven in their Houses at the time of the Passover, signifying that those who eat the Lords Supper should come without the Leaven of Malice or Hypocrisy in their Hearts, 1 Cor. 5. 7. The Paschal-Lamb was to be Eaten by the whole Family, signifying the Spiritual Communion of the Church, as being one Body or Spiritual Family,