Forasmuch as by the Suggestions of the Envious Enemy of Mankind, (Whose Design is to prevent Men of the Enjoyment of the Spiritual Influences & Blessings especially Obtainable at the Holy Supper of the LORD) very many ⟨p. 23⟩of the Children of the Covenant do contentedly Persevere in a most Scandalous & Criminal Neglect of that Holy Ordinance; most absurdly Justifying their Delinquency therein by an Allegation of their Unfitness and Unpreparedness for it, which itself is an heinous Iniquity: And forasmuch as by this Means the Spiritual & Eternal Estates of Men are under no small Disadvantages; & the visible Covenant-People of GOD dreadfully exposed unto Unchurching & Discovenanting Dispensations, under the Provoked Wrath of Heaven: Therefore we cannot but be Sensible, that 'tis our Duty to do all that we can (by the Help of our LORD JESUS CHRIST) for the Remedy & Redress of this great Evil; And we do hereby most Solemnly bear our Testimony against it; it being Diametrically Opposite to the required Glorifying of God's Name, & Advancement of His Kingdom, & doing of His Will, which, (as our blessed Saviour has Taught us) Men must have most at Heart on Earth, if they intend for Heaven. And forasmuch as, our Reverend and Worthy Brother, (whose Praise is in the Gospel throughout the Churches,) has, (according to the Wisdom given him of GOD) formed a Discourse, Entitled, A Monitor for Communicants, (which upon our Perusal this Day, we find, not only to be very Solid & Orthodox, but also judiciously Adapted to the Removal of the Objection above-mentioned, of Mens Unfitness for the Table of the LORD:) we cannot but think that the general Spreading of it through' the Land, might be, (by the blessing of CHRIST) not a little Conducive to the Putting ⟨p. 24⟩forward the desired Reformation of the aforesaid Neglect of the LORDS SUPPER. And we do earnestly Exhort all, (in the Bowels of Christ) into whose Hands the said Discourse may come, to Subject their Consciences and their whole Souls unto the Holy Word of GOD, and Will of CHRIST therein presented unto 'em; and in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, We solemnly Charge such of Our People as are guilty of the Scandalous Neglect of the Sacred Supper of the LORD, to Endeavour to Repent and Reform, as they will Answer it to their Great Judge at the Last Day.
FOrasmuch as by the Suggestions of the Envious Enemy of Mankind, (Whose Design is to prevent Men of the Enjoyment of the Spiritual Influences & Blessings especially Obtainable at the Holy Supper of the LORD) very many ⟨p. 23⟩of the Children of the Covenant do contentedly Persevere in a most Scandalous & Criminal Neglect of that Holy Ordinance; most absurdly Justifying their Delinquency therein by an Allegation of their Unfitness and Unpreparedness for it, which itself is an heinous Iniquity: And forasmuch as by this Means the Spiritual & Eternal Estates of Men are under no small Disadvantages; & the visible Covenant-People of GOD dreadfully exposed unto Unchurching & Discovenanting Dispensations, under the Provoked Wrath of Heaven: Therefore we cannot but be Sensible, that 'tis our Duty to do all that we can (by the Help of our LORD JESUS CHRIST) for the Remedy & Redress of this great Evil; And we do hereby most Solemnly bear our Testimony against it; it being Diametrically Opposite to the required Glorifying of God's Name, & Advancement of His Kingdom, & doing of His Will, which, (as our blessed Saviour has Taught us) Men must have most at Heart on Earth, if they intend for Heaven. And forasmuch as, our Reverend and Worthy Brother, (whose Praise is in the Gospel throughout the Churches,) has, (according to the Wisdom given him of GOD) formed a Discourse, Intituled, A Monitor for Communicants, (which upon our Perusal this Day, we find, not only to be very Solid & Orthodox, but also judiciously Adapted to the Removal of the Objection above-mentioned, of Mens Unfitness for the Table of the LORD:) we cannot but think that the general Spreading of it thro' the Land, might be, (by the blessing of CHRIST) not a little Conducive to the Putting ⟨p. 24⟩forward the desired Reformation of the aforesaid Neglect of the LORDS SUPPER. And we do earnestly Exhort all, (in the Bowels of Christ) into whose Hands the said Discourse may come, to Subject their Consciences and their whole Souls unto the Holy Word of GOD, and Will of CHRIST therein presented unto 'em; and in the Name of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, We solemnly Charge such of Our People as are guilty of the Scandalous Neglect of the Sacred Supper of the LORD, to Endeavour to Repent and Reform, as they will Answer it to their Great Judge at the Last Day.
