Doa. · :. That Paul in_ight root out and remove thefe :wretched abufes and diforders~ he prefcribes un– : toth~m this hQly duty of examination, asafpe– , ciall and foyeraigne prefervative againil: unwor- · i thy receiving. · · Leta tJJctfJ thereforeexamine himfelft, faith he, &c. . Our pfwhkhwords I would fpecially teach you this Ieffon. · Examination and tdallof our felves is a need– , full duty to beperformed and pracl:ifed of every · one before hee receive the holy Communion. · Examination is neceffary before we come toth~ . LordsTable.· · · · ·· The triall of our felves before we eat of this bread, anei drinke ofthis cup, is by expreffe com– mandement every mans precifeduty. r. ·b , · ihe Scripture is plemifull and pr O'nant in this Hoi'f.tr;tz .f. pag•• s 3• point. Before the entringand undertaking the exercife and performance ofany holydutyor re.. · ligious fervice, we ought to prepare and addreffe · our ft~lves, by narrowly ·fifring ancl examining' .. our 1e1ves, our foules and confciences, that we . m~y bee -~rofitabie and fruitfriH partakers of Gods bleffings in all facred bufineffes. -·So to •TnePafieover · thispurpofe) 2 Cbro1t.3$•6.· * Ecclef.5· Lam. 3·40· · was a typeof , Pjal.tf. P flil. I 19·59• I haveconjderedmywayes, and ' thisSacrament.; turttedill} feet UfJtO th; teftimonie, Gat. 6·4· Let eve.. ry man prove his owne worke. · ·. · Now·as in all other -holy exercifeS'fomepre• . .. parati've is ·neceffary for the more fucceffefun · workingofGods fpirit upon ourfoules by them: . fo efpecially in this high.and holy myfl:ery ofthe ~ · Lords ·-· ~- ·-·· ·-· . . - ~ - -~~·---.;
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