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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. There can be no sufficient reason assigned, why those who are destitute of Sanctifying Grace, should be debarred from the Lords Supper. The holiness of the Ordinance can be no reason: for circumcision and the Passover were holy Ordinances, yet many Unregenerate Persons did partake of them. Baptism is an holy Ordinance, yet it may be administered to Unregenerate men: the signification of the Lords Supper can be no reason, it signifies Christ as Suffering for our Sins; the Bread is the sign of his Body, and the Wine the sign of his Blood. So the Water in Baptism, is a sign of the Blood of Christ, yet may be applied to Unregenerate Persons. The sign of Christ crucified is of great use to put them in mind of Christ's Sufferings for us: Its being a Seal of the Covenant is no reason, it is of great use to them to see God Sealing his Covenant. As it is of use for God to declare his Covenant, so to see God Sealing his Covenant: the Testimony that is given to Christ in this Ordinance can be no reason, it is very fit that they as well as others should show forth his Death.
2. There can be no sufficient reason assigned, why those who are destitute of Sanctifying Grace, should be debarred from the Lords Supper. The holiness of the Ordinance can be no reason: for circumcision and the Passover were holy Ordinances, yet many Unregenerate Persons did partake of them. Baptism is an holy Ordinance, yet it may be administred to Unregenerate men: the signification of the Lords Supper can be no reason, it signifies Christ as Suffering for our Sins; the Bread is the sign of his Body, and the Wine the sign of his Blood. So the Water in Baptism, is a sign of the Blood of Christ, yet may be applyed to Unregenerate Persons. The sign of Christ crucifyed is of great use to put them in mind of Christ's Sufferings for us: Its being a Seal of the Covenant is no reason, it is of great use to them to see God Sealing his Covenant. As it is of use for God to declare his Covenant, so to see God Sealing his Covenant: the Testimony that is given to Christ in this Ordinance can be no reason, it is very fit that they as well as others should shew forth his Death.
3. Many that judge that Persons should be Converted before they come to the Sacrament, do run into a