'"" J ~--------------------------------------- .. 'The Saintt " ' ~ '"' ' ( 'Mat,Iu-S. of wants ·; wee are not to feare, or forbeare t(f. cometo the Lords Table, but r~ther make the · greaterhafie to that fpirituall refeetion. Herh'at. feeleshimtelfe weake, difrempered, fickly, hath moll: need ofa Phyfitian. The Lords Supper is ·prin ·pally intended and provided for the bun... · gry Fonle, rhe broken heart, thebleedingconfci– ence, the man that is weary and heavie hearted .for his finnes, and moft fenfible of his frailties · and imperfections. Chrifr cals unto all them to 1 come·.unto him, which arew~afie ~nd fore· _la-! ~· den, and men tnofl: capable and fit ro ·receiVe fpirimall refrefhing and comforts of falvation.! 1 Heetelsus, luk: 4.18. that hee was fent that hee!' ; might heale the .broken hearted, and that heel · might fet at liberty them thatarebrqifed.·It was! , foretold of him, that hee fhonld not breake the bruifed reed, nor quench ·the fmoking flax, tilli he 'bring fo.rth judgementunto vifrory. · ; :. ~ JJa>man bee. tnt1y ·convert~d, duly prepared ~ and'p6treft ofthofe graces I nownam~d, though not jn that .height and perfection as hee de~ , fires, but with adherence ofwants and infirmi-! Pies; yet if:hee finde them in himfdfe in truth ; and fincerity, if hee heartily-defire) and undiC. 1 • femblingly endevour and labo'!lr afr~r increafe in goodneffe and obedience, neitherwaxingworfe~ nor frandi~g at a fray, but da,ily getting ground ofhis corruptioas, hee may and ought to come , unto the Lords Table, that ·he may receive tpi.:. · ~ituall fl:rength -and fecurity, for his crowne of, Immortality. , ~ · The
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