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The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in…
The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Showed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferior Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Shewed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferiour Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.
printed by B. Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
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2. The Lords Supper: No Scandalous person may be admitted to Baptism, neither may any Scandalous person be admitted to the Lords. Supper; but those that are not Scandalous may partake of it, tho' they are not Regenerate. Such persons as might lawfully come to the Passover, may also if they have Knowledge to discern the Lords-body, lawfully come to the Lords-Supper, for they are alike figures; the Passover was a type of Christ to dye; the Lords-Supper is a representation of Christ who has dyed: It is lawful for Unregenerate men to celebrate the Memory of the death of Christ, which is a great encouragement & comfort unto them; and so they do in this Ordinance: It is lawful for Unregenerate men to give a Solemn Testimony to the virtue of the death of Christ, and show it forth; ⟨p. 12⟩and so they do in this Ordinance, 1 Cor. 11. 26. Ye show forth the Lords Death till be come. That which God teaches us in this Ordinance, is very needful for Unregenerate men to learn; namely the insufficiency of all other things besides the death of Christ for Salvation, and the all-sufficiency of Christ for Salvation: that which we profess in this Ordinance is very fit for Unregenerate men to profess; namely the need of Christ, and saving virtue of his blood: as it may be of great advantage to natural men to hear Gods Promise in the Covenant of Grace. So to see God setting his Seal to the Covenant of Grace. If it be lawful for all the Adult Members of the Church to partake of the Lords-Supper, then it is lawful for some Unregenerate men to do it: but it is lawful for all the Adult Members of the Church to do it: this was the practice in the primitive Church, 1 Cor. 10. 17. We are all partakers of that one bread: If it be lawful for the Church to require Unregenerate persons to come to the Lords Supper, then it is lawful for them to come; but it is lawful for the Church to require all its Adult Members to keep the Covenant with God: If it be lawful for an Ungenerate man to be in Covenant with God, it is lawful for them to come to the Lords Supper, for if it be lawful for them to be in Covenant, it is lawful for them to keep Covenant: If Sanctification were a necessary qualification to partaking in the Lords Supper, than it would be a very Sinful. ⟨p. 13⟩