1 John xiii. 30. Hilary, Durand, Piscator, Beza, &c. Compare Mat. xxvi. and Mark xiv. together, and you shall find that neither of them do affirm that Judas was at the Lord's supper ; therefore we have no ground to believe that Judas was at that blessed supper, Luke xxii. 19, 20 ; Mat. xxvi. 26-29.
a Were hypocrites and reprobates known to us, we ought to shut the door against them, and will Christ open it ? Surely no.
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no real love to Christ, no experimental knowledge of Christ, no faith to discern Christ, to apply Christ, to feed upon Christ, to seal to Christ, &c.' How could this ordinance strengthen grace in his heart, who was wholly void of grace? How could this ordinance confirm him in the love of God, who was at that very time under the greatest wrath of God? How could thisordinance seal upto him the pardonof hissins, who, notwithstanding all the hell-fire that Christ cast in his face, yet would hold on in his sins, and rather betray Christ into the hands of his enemies, and his own soul into the hand of Satan, than cease from doing wickedly, &c.2 That little wisdom that is in man will Avork him to forbear his work and suspend his act where he sees his end will fail ; and will not those treasures of wisdom that be in the Lord Jesus, Col. ii. 3, much more work him to suspend his work, where he sees plainly and clearly that his end will fail him, as in the case of Judas ? Surely it will.
[5.] Consider seriously whether it be in any degree probable that Jesus Christ would give his blood to Judas, and yet not so much as lift up a prayer for Judas, John xvii. 9 ; that Christ would do the greater thing for Judas, and yet not do the lesser ; that he should give his blood to Judas, and yet not spend a little of his breath to save Judas from wallowing in his blood for ever. Among men it would argue the greatest weakness that could be, to deny the least favour where they have shewed the greatest favour, &c.3
Well ! but if, for argument's sake, we should grant that Judas did receive the Lord's supper, it will not from thence follow that it is lawful for those that are openly profane, wicked, scandalous, and malignant to receive it, and that upon these following grounds :
Reason ]. For that Judas was a close hypocrite, and carried his sin so secretly that nothing appeared openly against him for Christ yet to refuse him. Hypocrisy is spun of a fine thread, and not easily dis- cerned: Mat. xxvi. 21, 22, And as they did eat, he said, 'Verily I say unto you, that one ofjou shall betray me. And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?' Sincere hearts are more jealous of themselves than of others, and will rather judge a thousand hypocrites to be saints, than one saint to be an hypocrite.4
Reason 2. Because Judas was a member of the church, and had done nothing openly that could cast him out ; and by virtue of his member- ship he might justly claim it as his due, he being called into fellow- ship by Christ himself. Now, what advantage is this to such open profane wicked persons as de jure ought and de facto are excluded from the Lord's supper ; as I have before clearly and fully proved ?
Reason 3. Because in respect of wickedness and all profaneness they go beyond Judas. Judas was no drunkard, swearer, mocker, scoffer ; he did not sin openly, and glory in his sin.5 He did not by any open
1 Quodnon actibus sed finibut pensantur officio., duties are esteemed not by their acts, but by their ends. '-' Maximilian's motto was, Tene mensuram, et respice finem.
8 Sanguis Christi, elavis cceli, Christ's blood is heaven's key ; and so Judas would have found had Christ given it to him.
* Secreta mea mecum, my secret is with myself, is an Hebrew proverb. We are not to look to men's hearts, but to their lives and conversations, and, according as they are good or had, so (o proceed-
5 Judas, as Tcrtullian thinks, was pretty honest till he carried the bag (it is hard to
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way of wickedness sad and quench Christ's, his Spirit or disciples ; he was so far from giving any scandal or offence to his fellow-disciples, that when Christ told them, ' One of you shall betray me,' they were all jealous of themselves, none of them were jealous of Judas : ' And they began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I ?' Judas be- trayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver, but open, profane, wicked persons they betray Christ, his word, his people, and their own souls, for a thing of nought. They will transgress for a morsel of bread, as Solomon speaks, for a trifle, Isa. 1. 1, 2, Prov. xxviii. 24. They will sell the greatest and the choicest things dog-cheap, even at the poorest and the lowest rate that the world, or the god of this world, shall bid.1 Judas betrayed Christ once ; and open, profane, wicked persons, by their open treasons and transgressions, do oftentimes in a day betray the crown, sceptre, and dignity of King Jesus. Judas plotted treason against Christ when he was in a low, afflicted, and despised condition ; but such as are openly profane and wicked, they plot and act treason against Christ now he is exalted, crowned, and set down at the right hand of God in that glory and majesty that can neither be conceived nor expressed by any mortal creature. Judas betrays Christ, and is struck with dreadful horror and terror ; but such as are openly wicked, they betray Christ, and yet joy in their transgressions, which are so many treasons against Christ. Judas betrays Christ, and yet justifies the innocency of Christ ; he repents, and confesseth his sin ; but such as are openly wicked, proceed from evil to evil, and yet, with the harlot, they wipe their mouths, and say, What evil have we done f
Reason 4. Because Christ gave the blessed sacrament ministerially as he was man, leaving them a pattern to walk by that should come after him; and such was the carriage of Christ toward Judas all along.3 Christ did not act toward Judas as he was an all-seeing God, nor as he was the heart-maker, the heart-searcher, the heart-observer, the heart-discoverer, but he acted towards him ministerially. Neither do I see how it could stand with the holiness, justice, faithfulness, and wisdom of Christ to give that holy ordinance to Judas, whom he knew as he was God, to be such a dog, a devil ; considering how he had bound all his servants from casting pearls before swine. To affirm that Christ gave the sacrament to Judas, as he was God; what is this but to make Christ's practice fight against his own precepts, which for any to do is doubtless blasphemy in the highest degree.
And now I appeal to the consciences of all profane, wicked, malig- nant persons, whether they were not better a thousand times to be shut out from this glorious ordinance of the Lord's supper, till the Lord shall in mercy, if it be his good pleasure, fit them for it, than to think to get in at this door by making Judas the porter.