The Reverend Author adds, that the Apostles words, 1 Cor. 11.28. Let a man Examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, & drink of that cup: are contrary to my new doctrine. Two things he insists upon from this Scripture: the first is, that the Examination here required is, whether he has grace in his Soul; and would prove it thus. Saith he, Doth not the Apostle himself plainly tell us, what he means by this self-Examination: ⟨p. 8⟩2 Cor. 13.5. Examine your selves whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves, know you not your own selves, how that Christ is in you, except you be reprobates; that is persons nor approved. But what force is there in this Argument, doth it follow, because by self Examination, in one place he intends their Examining whether they be in a State of grace, that therefore when ever he speaks of Self Examination, the thing to be Examined is the truth of grace: it is granted on all hands, that the truth of grace is to be Examined, but this doth not prove that that is the thing called for and intended, in 1 Cor. 11.28. Yea it is most evident, that this is not the Examination that they are stirred up unto: if we look to the foregoing verses where he blames them for Communicating in a rude manner, or if we look to the subsequent words, where he finds fault with those that don't discern the Lords body, it plainly appears that the Examination he called for is, whether they understood the nature of the Ordinance, that so they may solemnly consider what they have to do when they wait upon God in it. The thing to be Examined is not the worthiness of their persons, but the worthiness of their participation. A second thing that he insists upon, tho' not in this Book, yet in another ⟨p. 9⟩that he put forth some years since, upon the like occasion, is, that the Greek word rendered Examine, does import an Examination to Approbation: surely he is too critical therein, for though the Word does sometimes import so, yet not always: the same word is used, 2 Cor. 13.5. & rendered Prove: where the Apostle said Prove your own selves. For that was not the duty of all of them to prove themselves to Approbation. It was in the Church of Corinth as in other Churches, some were sincere, and some were hypocrites, and it is as much the duty of hypocrites to discover their hypocrisy, as of Saints to discover their Sincerity:
The Reverend Author adds, that the Apostles words, 1 Cor. 11.28. Let a man Examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, & drink of that cup: are contrary to my new doctrine. Two things he insists upon from this Scripture: the first is, that the Examination here required is, whether he has grace in his Soul; and would prove it thus. Saith he, Doth not the Apostle himself plainly tell us, what he means by this self-Examination: ⟨p. 8⟩2 Cor. 13.5. Examine your selves whether you be in the faith, prove your own selves, know you not your own selves, how that Christ is in you, except you be reprobates; that is persons nor approved. But what force is there in this Argument, doth it follow, because by self Examination, in one place he intends their Examining whether they be in a State of grace, that therefore when ever he speaks of Self Examination, the thing to be Examined is the truth of grace: it is granted on all hands, that the truth of grace is to be Examined, but this doth not prove that that is the thing called for and intended, in 1 Cor. 11.28. Yea it is most evident, that this is not the Examination that they are stirred up unto: if we look to the foregoing verses where he blames them for Communicating in a rude manner, or if we look to the subsequent words, where he finds fault with those that don't discern the Lords body, it plainly appears that the Examination he called for is, whether they understood the nature of the Ordinance, that so they may solemly consider what they have to do when they wait upon God in it. The thing to be Examined is not the worthiness of their persons, but the worthiness of their participation. A second thing that he insists upon, tho' not in this Book, yet in another ⟨p. 9⟩that he put forth some years since, upon the like occasion, is, that the Greek word rendred Examine, does import an Examination to Approbation: surely he is too critical therein, for though the Word does sometimes import so, yet not always: the same word is used, 2 Cor. 13.5. & rendred Prove: where the Apostle said Prove your own selves. For that was not the duty of all of them to prove themselves to Approbation. It was in the Church of Corinth as in other Churches, some were sincere, and some were hypocrites, and it is as much the duty of hypocrites to discover their hypocrisy, as of Saints to discover their Sincerity:
