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Of the Lord's Supper. 1^3
uork,up our Hemts to an ardent Love of-Ckri/t, ‘
\ or that wonderful Love f fos in giv r* himfdf
I 'or us. His Body to be crscified, his Bload to be
') Tied, and his Soul to bear the in toller able Bur-
ji len of the Father’s Wrath due to our liar, which ' J
!> rude him fweatgi eat Drops &f Blood in the Gar- ' j
It^n, and to cry out on the Cr f, My God, my i
r' sod, why haft ihou forfaken me l Oh how dr uid I
| :his ravifh our Souls with Admiration of fo great
’Love; and inflame our Hearts with Love again
anto himi who died and buffered fojnuch for us!
How fhould the Meditation of the manifold Suf¬
ferings of Chrift, efpecrally of his bitt-r Death
and Paflion, work in us an hcly Paffi' n of Love ? .
j S.TheKememLrancs ofChrifl?iDeath Jkoulctwork.
■ I in us 4 Care to fleafe him in all Trtrg^to le wil-.
ling to do'and juffer any Thing f r him, who hath
•\dine and fuffertd fo much for us■, which Chnft
declareth ro be a good Proof of our Love to him,
: faying. If ye lore me, keep my Commandments,
J°hn 15. Ii. And tho’ we cannot exaft'y keep
lithe Commandments of Chrifl yet we tgay and
i ought fincerely to endeavour the k'ep g of
: them, without which our Profeflion Of Lnve is
i but vain and fruitleis, jn Ihew ayd not in
Truth.
4. The Remembrance nf Ch-iG'-s Death f/tould
-orh, in us a godly Sorrow for our Sine, 4s tie true
iJ Cauje of his Sufferings. For the Tru h u, ^
rc 17 '«etj oujjciti/gs, r‘>r uic i ru n is, i£
was .iot fo intich Judas that betrayed Cirnfl, ^or
'* the Scribes nrj Pharife-s 'hatacoufrd ^ m, nor Pi-
■ ’iate that condemned him, ».-.r the Soldi-rs ti.at
eru ; ftad him, nor the D -vrl that fet 1'. m at: on
work, as "our fins that were the true Cruf-* of
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