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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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CHAP. III.
The Third Argument Produced. God allows of none to come to the Lords Supper, but such as have a right unto it, Unsanctified Persons have no right to that Ordinance, Coram deo, they are not really in Covenant with God; Therefore have no right to the Seal of the Covenant: The Grace Exhibited and Sealed in the Lords Supper they have no Title unto, therefore they have no Right to the Sign.
WE have done with the Second Argument, which refutes Mr. S. his ⟨p. 28⟩Assertions, and proveth the contrary. We proceed to a third Argument, which is this;
If men meddle with that which they have no right unto, they have not a Divine allowance for their doing so. We cannot suppose that the Presumption of men in laying a claim unto that which they have no right unto, has a Divine Approbation. But Unsanctified persons have no true right to the Lords Supper. They that have a right to the outward Sign, have also a right to the inward Grace signified thereby. The Lord has joined the Exhibiting Sign, and the Grace Exhibited thereby, together. But Unregenerate persons have no right to the Grace signified in the Lords Supper. It does Seal to the worthy partaker, all the Blessings promised in the New Covenant, and in particular the Remission of Sins. When our Saviour instituted this Holy Supper, he said to his Disciples, This is my Blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the Remission of Sins,