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ler our receivi; g of tfe Sacran,enf,but like wife
5ile we areprefentat the Ordinance. When out
•arts are aff <fted with the Appreheuiion of the
;omprehe, fible Love of God the Father,in giv-
• his beloved Son, out of his own Bofom,to die
us; and of the unfpeakable Love of Chrift. in
ering his own Body a Sacrifice upon the Crof*
our Sins; then fhould they break forth in
aifes and Thankfgivings unto God the Father,
J his Son Jefus Chnfi.
2. Another Duty t» he performed at the Crdi-
|pce, it the Exercife of thy Graces. mo\e efpccial-
~Faub and Repentance. It is -not enough
thou bring Faith, Repentance and other
tojaces to the Sacrament, but thou muft likeWife
Isreftir up thy Graces,and exercife the frrfne,or
•e^thou wilt be an unworthy Receiver. For
: only a wicked Man that wants Grace., but
ewife a child of God that hath true Grace'may
•eivethe Sacrament unworthily, and go away
hout any Comfort or Bemfi: at all jnamely, if
do not there ftir up and exercife hisGraces.For
laments do not work as Phyfick, by a Vntue
icrent in them, but according to the Difpoiiti-
of the Party that doth partake of them.
\nd th refore as thou would’ft be a worthy
eft,and partake of the Comfort of the Ordt-
ce, ftir up and exercife thy Graces. As,
. Thy Faith. This is the chief Grace to be e^-
(fed at the Sacrament; for Faith is the Eye of
Soul, whereby it fees enddifeern* the fcedy
Blood of Chrift under the Elements of Bread
J| Wine. It is likewife the Horn/o/f'e S'»/,
Hereby it receives Jefus Chrift : And the Meuth
the J«J,whereby he feedeth upon Jefus Cj rift*
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