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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12509	Christs Last Supper or the doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, set forth in fiue sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation, before men come to the Sacrament. Wherein it doth consist: with the condemnation threatned against the vnvvorthy receiuer of the same. By Samuel Smith, minister of Gods word at Prittlewell, in Essex.; Christs Last Supper.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1620 (1620)	STC 22837; ESTC S106152	104,748	388

deserue and shall one day draw downe vpon their owne heads that despise the substance and make light account of the bloud of the couenant Christ and his righteousnesse who is heere crucified afresh and offered in this Sacrament vnto euery true beleeuer Vse 3 Thirdly seeing this is so great a sinne to receiue vnworthily wee learne heere that it is not inough to repent and to be greiued for grosse and grieuous sins such as the world cryes out of but we must bee humbled for our secret sinnes infirmities wants Our carelesnesse in prayer hearing of the word receiuing of the Sacrament yea wee must be humbled for our vnworthy comming to the Lords Table for re●eiuing this Sacrament careless●y vnreuerently and vnworthi●y And hence it is that Dauid ●rayes that the Lord would par●on his secret sinnes Psal 19.12 and Peter ●ils Simon Magus to repent Act. 8.22 and ● pray that the thoughts of his ●eart might be pardoned The ●ord hath threatned a curse to ●●em that doe his worke negli●●ntly saying Ier. 47.10 Cursed bee hee that ●th the work of the Lord negligent 〈◊〉 And yet notwithstanding that we haue all of vs had our failings there in where is the man that is humbled aright and saith Alas what haue I done and seekes to to stay Gods wrath and to appease his anger before the decree come forth Ier. 8.6 and the Lord begins to punish for this sin Vse 4 And last of al seeing weakenesse sicknesse yea and death i● selfe with other sharp corrections are all inflicted for sinne and as for other open and grieuous impieties so for this sin o● vnworthie receiuing of this Sacrament Learne we then whe● the Lord sends sicknes in body diseases weakenesse and want o● health or other temporal iudgements in our bodies goods o● names amongst other cause● let vs impute them to bee se● of God for sinne especially fo● this common sin of ours the vnworthy receiuing of this Sacrament of the Lords Supper But alas though the Lord send abroad his iudgements sicknes diseases weakenesse in mens bodyes c Who thinkes of sin as the cause of all especially of this sinne of vnworthy receiuing of this Sacrament little do men thinke that that is is cause of all well the Apostle concludeth thus For this ●ause many are weake amongst you ●nd sick c Note And experience ●eacheth that the Lord vsuall doth ●ot send more sicknes at any one ●ime all the yeare after then at ●his time of the yeare when most ●houlde or doe receiue this Sa●rament of the body and bloud ●f Christ Thus much concerning the first ●●rt of men that may communicate vnworthily euen the godly man himselfe for want of this godly examination and preparation therevnto as also for his punishment But now howsoeuer the Lord in mercy doth thus deale with his seruants and for this sin of theirs correcteth them here that they may not perish hereafter It is not so with the wicked their vnworthy receiuing is punished after another manner They eate and drinke their owne damnation Tha● is amongst all other their sinnes this their vnworthy receiuing is not the least but the Lord doth and will impute the same vnto them 2 Sorts of vnworthy receiuers are the wicked properly so called and this doth helpe to fil● vp the measure of their iniquities and hasteneth their condemnation And now being to speake o● the wicked and their punishment we will labour to discouer the person of the vnworthy receiuer and then to speake of his punishment Now for the more certaine discouery of the person of the vnworthy Communicant Vnworthy receiuers discouered by being compared with the worthy and who it is that may most properly be so called and who it is that doth thus abuse Gods holy ordinance and eate and drinke vnto his own eternall condemnation ● take it to be needfull first to ●hew who they bee that receiue Worthily So shall wee come the ●etter to discerne who they bee ●hat receiue vnworthily For rea●on it selfe doth teach vs that it ● the readiest manner of teach●ng one to know which is the ●rong way by instructing him ●●st which is the right way for that is but one whereas other by-wayes are many For whosoeuer is not a worthy receiuer must needs be an vnworthy one whether he come too short or goe too farre Who receiue worthily Now such onely receiue this Sacrament worthily who both see and acknowledge their own vnworthinesse Wherein there is first of all Knowledge required 1 Such as haue a competent measure of knowledge which is the ground of all other grace And that is to be considered two wayes First more generally in the knowledge of the principall poynts of Christian religion Seuen things to be knowne of euery worthy receiuer Secondly more particularly in the Knowledge of this Sacrament Touching the first of these seuen particulars must be known of euery worthy receiuer First that the Lord hath reuealed in his Worde what wee ought both to know and acknowledg concerning his VVill that all thinges therein contained are true VVhich whosoeuer knoweth not cannot bee in the estate of grace much lesse can bee a worthy receiuer of this Sacrament Secondly touching God himselfe the worthy receiuer must know that there is but one God who is of a spiritual nature most wise iust mighty and mercifull who hath ordained all thinges created al things and gouerneth all things according to his owne will And that this God hath reuealed himselfe in three persons Father Sonne and holy Ghost and that these three are but one God Thirdly concerning man the worthy receiuer must know that God in the beginning created man in a most happy estate perfect in soule and body after his owne Image who by his owne disobedience lost his own happines procured Gods curse and made both himselfe and posterity subiect vnto all misery Fourthly for our selues wee must acknowledge our selues to bee corrupted seede of corrupt Parents conceiued and borne in Sinne and brought forth in iniquitie whereby we deserue Gods curse and euerlasting condemnation Fiftly concerning our remedy the worthy receiuer must know that neither himselfe nor any Creature in Heauen or Earth could free him from that cursed estate but that God the Father of his meere loue and tender compassion without any desert of man did send his owne Sonne to take our nature vpon him and in the same to worke our redemption and to reconcile vs vnto God Sixtly the worthy receiuer must know that forasmuch as his redemptiō is wrought by Christ wee must haue some meanes to make that ours which is Christs and that is onely Faith for it is Faith that apprehends and applies Christ and his obedience and makes the same ours as wee had wrought it our selues And last of all the worthy receiuer must know that this faith ●s not in our selues but it is the ●ree gift of God wrought by the Spirit of