« Heis toexamine himſelf abour his Kzowl:dge, whether he righr- what the nature of the Sacrament is, whathe doth in that ſacred Aion; about his Faith, Love, Repent ance, new obedience, whether he be ſuch a one, as God hath prepared thar holy Table for ; it is the childrens bread, and not for dogs,a Table Chriſt harh ſpread for his Friends, not for his Enemies. And ſo lr him eat, &c. having ſo examined himſelf, not otherwiſe. Whence it appears, thar neicher children 1 age, nor underſtanding, nor perſons not inthe uſe of their Reaſon, nor Unhelievers, nor per- ſonsunder the guilr of {is not repented of, hav:: any right to che Lords Supper : accordingly was the prafice of all the Primitive Churches,and 211 rightly Reformed Churches. Whether they oughr, if they will preſume co come, be kepr away by the Officers of the
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communicate with ſuch ar the holy Table? And afcer what pre- vious Duty performed ? are queſtions that belong not to this Text. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily , eateth
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- or a retbÞ<d einoly, cr Ignorant perſon ; orirrevereatly and irrelieig. ti. «He eateti and drinketh Kiud damnation, or j1.1g- Ts - ir is no matter which we tran{late it; forif he dringeti Gods judgments upon him in this life, they will ead 1n eternal Jam ancion, without a timely repentance, bur 1t 1s 79 himſeif, not to him rac is arthe ſame Table with him, unleſs he hath been
_= *1.* . s + lierh her ovity of tome neglett of hisduty to him: f And his guiltliera here,
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the favour of God in enriching them with them, as he Gd ©! 1. 5. or yetin the due and rigt uſe of them, as Gnd Cory have glory from their good uſe of them ; or of the era they had ran into, or might further run into the i1] uſe ofchen 2 Ye know * that ye were Gentiles 6, carriaq ... unto theſe dumb idols c, even as ye were led 4 b So they were ſtill in reſpe& of their Birch and Country . he ſpeaketh with refer2ace to their Religion and Way of W _ c Carried away by your [Jok-prieft, and, by the examples = . Friendsand Nzighbours to 7do/s, which, though they (ce
to ſpeak, and to tel] you of thingsro come, yer indeed hays, J%
tithe doih nor gdifcern and diſtinguiſh berwixt ordinary and
. . p = Cools common Y14ad, and thar Bread which 1s the repreſentation of rae ,, Lords Boy, but uſerh rhe one as caricfly, and WIL as little pre- | b{e Creatures, bur you were blindly led by the diQates of
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20 For this cauſe many are weak and lickly amongſt you, and many {ep g.
2 You, it may be, are not aware of it, but look upon other cau- fs, why fo many amonglt you arc lit, and weak, and dic _— worely ; bur i as the Apoſtle of Jeius Cirrift (and ſo know the Mind and Will o: God) attvrieyon, that this your irreverent and irrelt- gious profanaiion of this holy Ordinance, 15 one great cauie of 10 many among you bzing lick, and weak, and dying in uarip? age. Some think that the word /7-:p argues that they we cnt Chiiltians that fo died (tor the death of wick ly called {L-eping any where ia holy Writ) to let usknow, that
and ſpeak not ; (only rhe Devii ſpeaks from them.) 4 yy
- hers; '0u ated not under the condutt of Reaſon, not as became pa.e. *
reaſong.
or by the examples of others. This the Apoſtle purs them rs
of, to let them know, thar all thoſe excellenc Gifts with which th were now endued, as he had told them, Chap. 1. 5,6, they had ; ceived from God ſince their Converſion to Chriſtianity, ang ho rhe Spirit of Chritt ; for before their Converſion they were lt | brure beaſts, knowing nothing, but led by others. _ 3 Wheretore I give you to underſtand, * tharnomm ſpeaking by the Spirit of God,calleth Jeſus || accurſcg +. 'and 727 no man can fay, that Jeſus is the Loid, but by )
godly, peni- | che holy Ghoſt f.
men 1s hard- |
} The Apoftle proveth that they had received their piricual Git; | from the holy Spirit of God, becauſe when they had nor receive]
even good pzuple, who yet may te faved, may b.ing judgments in | this Spirit, they blaſphemed rhe Chriſtian Religion, and called this life upon themlcives, as by the profanation of Gods Name im | Ch: iſt ac:urſ:d ; which could not be done by any that ſpake by the
other Ordinances, fo more eſpecially by their profanation of it in this Ordinance of the Supper. * Pfat.;z. 31 For * ifwe wou'd judge our ſelves, we ſhould not £ bs judged ». þ This word judzc in Scripture ſignifies all parts of judgment, eccamining, accuſing, condomn/ug, XC. here it ſigaiftes accn/iag our Ives, cond-mmng our ſelves, diſcruminating our 1cives bY th- res newings of Faich and Repentance, from Unbeltevers, 1+ p-incent and profane perfous ; it we would thus judg? ont ics, God would not accu'e or cond:mn us. 22 Bur when we are judged 7, we arc cuaftened of the Lord £, that we {houid not be comdemned wita the
world /.
i Leftrhev ſhould be terrified at what he ſaid, and look upon their 2fflictions as indications of Gods diſpleaſure againſt them to that d:gree,thar he would not look any more upon them as his Children; hecells them, that when Gods people are afflifted wirh the evils of this life, fickne(s, cc. God doth deal withtaem ſo much asa Judge, as k a Father who chaſteneth the child whom he loveth, and ſconrgeth whom he recciveth, Hcb. 12. 6,7, 8. {1 And doth it for 2 good end, to prevent the eternal condemaation of the Soul with the impenitent tianers of the World, giving us our HzI}1n this lite, that we may <lcape 1t 1n the Jitz to come.
23 Wheretore, my brethren, when ye come together to ext, tarry one tor another 2, :
m The Apo?Hle conciudes this difco';rie with an exhortation to them, for the time tv com to rake heca of theſe irreligious and ir« reverend behaviours, with relation to the Lords Supper. That they ſhould not take the Sacrament before the whole Citurch were met roverher, the rich ſhould ſtay for the poor, and not receive it in Parties, bur as ene Bop, car that on? Bread,