Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

I ftlfe.-inricbing examination. 15 . : 'fhlrdly,brfldes accelfarinelfe to tbe .Jeath,and ' ·,..___ 3 __ :gn.iltine.ffeof thebl_oudof.Chdft, ~nd drinking :ofcertame damnation, as1s plamem the Text ; the hafiniLg and heaping upon them all outward !croffes~· and temporall plagues, both upon bod.~ , ~ · ·andconfcience, goods and good name, and even · ,death it felfe, are rhejufl:lot and payment ofun- · worthy receivers, and prophaners of this holy· Sacrament. For this caufe, faith PantJ rhanyare ! weake and fickeamong you,·and many fleepe, ver[.3o. Every urine makes usjufily liable to any plagueor punifhment; butunpreparedneffeand unworthineffe in..comming to theholy Commu– nion, hath afpeciall and particular power to pull downe uponus, violently and fearfully, worldly cro(fes~ tempora!lplagues, and untimelydeath. Even thebeieever and true Chrinian, iffor want of a right and' reverent efl:irnationand di– fpoiition towards the Sacrament·of recencile- . Ulent towards God'andmen·; ofdueexaminati- ,- · 00 andpreparationof his owne fou!e, come un- : worthily (for fo he may) may (though by faith inChrifi: hebe freedfrom ·eternall condemriati-. _,._ on}yetbrihgupon himfeltemany corporall out– Wardplagues, as weaknelfe, Gckndfe, and death. · But the unregenerate and unbeleever, which withan eviJI and impenitent heart rufhes unto this holybanquet, who is ever an unworthyre- Mlllto·d.tmo:. ceiver, whilehefocontitmes, maybeiides thefe nia,op<joreft looke for eternal! condemnation both of foule qui peccatifibi andbod_'-'· For in him prophanation of this hoconJCius aectliit, chryfoft. in~Mar. 'ly Sacrament begets hardneffe of hearr,.deadH.omo'J.~. .. , n~ · ~. '

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