N01152:64
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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3. Though the Lord Supper is a Converting Ordinance, yet it is not to be administered to any profane & vicious men: For it is a Converting Ordinance only to those that it is appointed to be administered unto; viz Members of the Church walking orderly. When Church Members carry Scandalous, there are other Ordinances appointed for their Conversion, in case they be Unconverted.
3. Though the Lord Supper is a Converting Ordinance, yet it is not to be administred to any prophane & vicious men: For it is a Converting Ordinance only to those that it is appointed to be administred unto; viz Members of the Church walking orderly. When Church Members carry Scandalous, there are other Ordinances appointed for their Conversion, in case they be Unconverted.
It is also Objected, That these who were Unclean were not to partake of the Passover, Numb. 9 7 which seems to hold forth to us. That those that are spiritually Unclean in the days of the Gospel, may not partake of the Lords-Supper?
It is also Objected, That these who were Unclean were not to partake of the Passover, Numb. 9 7 which seems to hold forth to us. That those that are spiritually Unclean in the dayes of the Gospel, may not partake of the Lords-Supper?
A 1. If those that were spiritually Unclean might come to the Passover, no reason can be assigned why they may not also come to the Lords Supper: For the Passover was an holy Ordinance as well as the Lords Supper; and the Passover ought to be attended in an holy manner, as well as the Supper.