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blessed
communion
which
christians
have both with
Christ
their Lord,
and
with
one
another. For
this
rea-
son they
must agree upon the
place
to
meet
in;
" that
the whole
church
may come
together
in
one place,
as
1
Cor.
xi.
20.
and they must
agree upon
one hour,
or-
"
tarry
for one
another
till
they
are
come
;"
1
Cor.
xi.
3:3.
The
second
reason for
such
a
practice
is this, viz:
"
Without
an
agreement
to
keep up such
societies
for
worship,
the doctrines
of Christ and
his
gospel
could
not
be
so
constantly and
so
extensively held forth
to
the
world,
and
there would
be
no
rational
hope
of
the con
-
tinuance
or increase
of
christianity among
men."
Parti-
cular
christians
die
out of
this
world
from day to day,
and there
would
be
few
rising up
in
their
stead to
sup-
port
this religion;
if
there
were
not public
assemblies
ap-
pointed or agreed upon
:
It
is
in
these assemblies the
gospel,
with all
the duties and
blessings thereof,
is pub,-
lished
to
the world
;
it
is
here unbelievers may
attend
and
hear
the glorious
truths
of the
gospel
set
forti'i
in
a
proper
light,
and the name and memory, the
person
and
ofhces1
the
grace's
and glories
of our great Redeemer are
dis-
played among
men;
1
CO.
xiv.
"
When the
whole
church
is
come
together
in
one
place,
there
come
in
those
that
are
unlearned or
unbelievers," and
when
the
portant
affairs
of christianity are managed
with
becoming
order and
decency, and the
doctrines of
our
salvation are
set
forth in a happy light.
"
They
that
believe
not are
convinced,
the secrets
of their hearts are
made manifest,
they
will
worship
God together
with us,
and
report that
God
is
a?náng us
of
a
truth
:"
verse
2,5.
Hereby
those.
that
are convinced
of
their
sin
and
danger, and
have
.fled
for refuge
to
lay hold on
Jesus
as
their
only
hope,
are
e
eoùraged
to came
and
join
themselves to
the church;
when
they beheld the
beauty
of
the
Lord
in his
gospel
sanctuary, and the
appearances
of
his power
and
glory
there.
In short,
I
might add,
that there
is
no
public
-
religion,
o
worship
of
any kind, can
be well
maintained
in
the
World,
without
such
an
agreement among
the persons
that
profess
that
religion
:
Even heathens, and Turks,
end
Jews,
all
sorts of worshippers
in
every
age,
think.it
ndce3sarÿ
to
agree
to Worship
their
God
in
particu
r