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A10398	Three and tvventie sermons, or, Catechisticall lectures upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper preached monthly before the Communion. By that late able, and painfull preacher, Master Iohn Randall Bachelour of Divinitie, pastor of Saint Andrewes Hubbart in little Eastcheape London, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford. Published by his executor Iosh. Randall, as he found it corrected by the authors one hand, in his study, since his death.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Randall, Joshua, fl. 1630.	1630 (1630)	STC 20682A; ESTC S115645	295,622	568

THREE AND TWENTIE SERMONS OR Catechisticall Lectures upon the Sacrament of the Lords Supper Preached monthly before the Communion By that ●●te able and painfull Preacher Master Iohn Randall Bachelour of Divinitie Pastor of Saint Andrewes Hu●●●rt in little Eastcheape London sometimes Fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford Published by his Executor Iosh Randall as he found it corrected by the Authors one hand in his Study since his death 1 COR. 11.28 But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of that bread and drinke of that cup. LONDON Printed for Fulke Clifton and are to be sold at his Shop on new Fishs●●e●●-hill 1630. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL Right vertuous and truly affected Lady the Lady BOYS Ioshua Randall wisheth increase of Grace here and perfection of Grace and Glory hereafter through Iesus Christ GRacious Madam your zeale for God your love to Religion respect to Christs members practise of charitie and respect to my selfe a most unworthy object gives me incouragement to dedicate to your Ladiship by way of thankf●●●esse these ensuing labours of that able Mini●●●●f Christ Iohn Randall Intreating your goo●●●●●ship to accept the truth of affection accom●…ing this present expression The work w●● praise it selfe and commend the Author I shall therefore say nothing though I can say many things both of the worke and Author also but ceasing solicitude and shunning prolixitie committing the worke your selfe and yours to the tuition of the Almighty I humbly take my leave Resting Your Ladiships to be commanded IOSHVA RANDALL TO THE READER CHristian Reader here is by a divine hand and providence through many difficulties presented to thy view and committed to thy consideration the faithfull labours and painfull endeavors of that late painfull Preacher and faithfull Minister of Christ Iohn Randall Bachelor in Divinity sometime Fellow of Lincolne Coledge in Oxford and late Rector of Saint Andrew Hubbart in little Eastcheape London whose learning and Religion is sufficiently declared in these sermons concerning the Sacrament of the Lords Supper a worke perfected in his life time found in his study under his owne hand ●all but two sermons which in his life time were lent as is seemes but never returned which with much paines at the length by the love of some unexpected friends are obtained Other of this Authors workes are extant published by that late Minister of Christ William Holbrooke Compare these and them together and I hope thou shalt finde in them a parity and lik●nesse so that they will appeare children of the same fath●●●●ey have beene viewed and approved and are now pu●…or the common good If thou read with that affection 〈…〉 was caried in delivering I doubt not but thou sh●… 〈◊〉 much sweetnesse in the increase of grace and strength 〈…〉 with Christ for the fitting thee for glory which is the thing in truth of affection I wish to thee for thy endlesse and eternall comfort Thus intreating thee to beare with my rudenesse and to afford thy earnest prayers to God 〈◊〉 his blessing upon the work that it may profit in the thing intended I take my leave Resting thine in any thing in the Lord for the furtherance of thy Faith IOSHVA RANDALL THE FIRST LECTVRE VPON THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORDS SVPPER Being an Introduction to the following Lectures THus thorough Gods assistance we haue made our entrance into the worke that we intended it remaines now that we should goe on forward in the way that we haue thus chalked out before vs but I am called away by God to another businesse I say by God for the time calles me away and you know that times and seasons are at Gods disposing and a iust occasion calles me away now all iust occasions you kno● 〈◊〉 Gods occasions In Luke 22.7 8. the day of 〈◊〉 ●●auened Bread came and Peter and Iohn must lay aside all other businesses and be gone to prepare for eating the Passeouer that is the businesse which for that present dispensation and time Christ himselfe and all his Disciples must apply themselues vnto All of vs know that the time of our Christian Passeouer is now at hand the time wherein by our account Christ our Passeouer was sacrificed for vs a time when all that are of any vnderstanding or discretion in Religion doe vsually receiue the Sacrament of the true Passeouer the Lords Supper the occasion or businesse is of that consequence that whosoeuer hath any hand in it must see that he be well fitted and prepared vnto it Being therefore thus called away by God and the time and the iustnesse of the occasion let vs follow the example of Christ and his Disciples All make ready for the Passeouer Let me and you and all of vs lay aside our other businesse for this present dispensation and apply our selues wholly to this how we may be prepared to the Religious profitable and comfortable participation of this blessed Passeouer It may seeme some-what disorderly and out of season that seeing the Doctrine of the Lords Supper is one part of the Catechisme I should so abruptly and suddainly fall into it before I meet with it in the due place True it is out of season in regard of the Method of the Catechisme but in regard of our selues and our present necessitie and the instant opportunitie it is most seasonable and in the verie naturall place he 〈◊〉 ●euer out of his way that followes God and see 〈◊〉 God hath by his prouidence cast in this oportunitie vpon vs we must serue his prouidence and follow that for the right way wherein he leads vs and goes before vs. Neither doe I purpose onely to enter vpon this Argument now and so let it rest but as we haue our monthly Communions so if God enable me I meane to make my digressions and proceedings into this Argument accordingly that so I may confine the knowledge of the Lords Supper to the vse of the Lords Supper for when should we know what belongs to the Lords Supper that our knowledge and our practise may quote and second one another our knowledge may direct our practise and our practise may exercise and confirme our knowledge by continuall sensible and liuely practise My course God willing shall be this euerie next Sabboth before the Communion Sabboth I will treat of some points or other touching the Lords Supper as they shall offer themselues in their due order some preparation must needs be made the weeke dayes cannot conueniently be spared because of worldly affaries that which is made the morning wherein you are to receiue is good but not sufficient there is required some time of respite for Meditation betwixt your hearing and receiuing therefore it is fittest to begin the Sabboth day before that you may haue some seasoning some profitable matter to feed vpon all the weeke long whereby if you haue any grace in your Hearts you may be put in continuall remembrance what a great worke you are to vndertake the Sabboth following and so

Sacrament of the Lords Supper for seeing that it is thus set upright by Iesus Christ such a compleat ordinance of God wanting nothing therefore it is a grievous sinne for any that shall lay hands upon it to alter it or to adde any thing to it The Popish Church is guiltie highly of this sinne and of the wrath of God for it how many ceremonies have they defiled it withal as by the crosse namely which as it is in use in the popish Church is as abominable an Idoll as ever was erected amongst them It is in some use amongst us after the Sacrament of Baptisme but to us there is no Idolatry in it at all and howsoever it be free and farre from all Idolatry amongst us yet surely if it had crept within the Sacrament of Baptisme as it did creepe within the Sacrament of the Lords Supper I make no question but our State being religious and wise would have utterly cast it out from the one Sacrament aswell as from the other But I say they staine this Sacrament by admitting of the Crosse into the Lords Supper but that is not the worst they goe further they maime this blessed Sacrament they make this Communion but halfe a Communion they deprive the people of the cup let them have the bread and much good may it doe them but they shall have no wine but our Saviour saith Eate this bread and drinke this cup he gave them bread and wine to eate and to drinke and thus did he leave this ordinance to be observed by them now if the Papists shall come and deprive the people of one halfe of this Communion the servant sheweth himselfe to bee envious where the Lord hath shewed himselfe bountifull the Lord hath given them both kinds and the Papists give them but one Nay what will you say if they overthrow this Sacrament utterly surely they doe for they turne the nature of the Sacrament into the nature of a sacrifice for with them this sacrament is a sacrifice it is a Sacrament in the institution of our Saviour Christ but they will have it a propitiatory sacrifice for quicke and dead this is to overthrow the nature of the Sacrament they spoile it also with horrible Idolatry another way in that they keep it but in one kind that is in the bread and that very element of bread that Christ hath separated to holy use they have turned into a prophane and grosse Idoll they hold it verily to be a God and if this be not to overthrow the nature of the Sacrament I know not what is Vse 3 Another use is this here is matter of confirmation arising hence that is concerning the perpetuall visiblenesse of the Church upon the earth it shall be perpetually visible upon the earth so long as the world standeth where the Sacrament is to be administred there must needs be a visible Church the Sacrament is still in use and therefore the Church shall still continue visible The Papists doe us wrong when they charge us that we hold the Church is invisible or that at some time it is not visible at all true in some sense it is so and the Scripture speakes so and some of the Papists themselves doe speake as much but yet not in that sense as they charge us withall the Church is sometime so obscured and eclipsed that it is invisible that is to say that the world cannot see it and take publike notice of it but yet is it never so darkned but that one professor knowes another and they doe meet together though sometimes happely but two or three or a few in the use of Gods saving ordinances God never wants his Church in one place or another the gates of hell shall never prevaile against it Vse 4 A fourth use here is matter of instruction many instructions to many duties First this cals upon us that we should behold and consider and take to heart the wonderfull care and the provident love that the Lord Iesus Christ hath over his Church that doth not content himselfe to furnish his Church with sufficient spirituall maintenance and food so long as hee liveth here himselfe but takes order for it whilest hee is here that the Church should be maintained and should have as good a portion after his death as it did enjoy in his life time as if so bee our Saviour should say and thus resolve with himselfe Nay though I my selfe die yet my love and my care to my poore Church that shall never die but so long as the world standeth so long shall my Word and Sacramēts and saving ordinances be made good for all saving purposes to my chosen people a loving and a carefull husband will not onely maintaine his wife whilest he lives with her but he will doe the best hee can to leave somewhat to maintaine her when he is absent when he is dead and gone the Church is the Spouse of Christ and Christ is her loving husband loving it most dearly most tenderly and most affectionately and therefore hee hath not onely provided meanes of maintenance for the time hee lives here upon earth but now also that hee is absent that he is dead and gone from them still their maintenance that continues He is a faithlesse hous-keeper that provides onely for his family so long as hee is with them and lets them sterve or shift for themselves when he is gone he is worse then an Infidell as the Apostle speakes that provides not for his family but our Saviour is more faithfull then so he provided bountifully for his Church and family whilest hee was here among them upon earth and now that hee is gone from earth to heaven from among them yet still hee leaveth them the same liberall portion to nourish and cherish their soules as they had before Christ would have us take notice of this his great care and love towards us Mark 13.13 The Sonne of man is like unto a man going into a strange Countrey leaveth his house c. So Christ left his house that is his Church for a time that is in regard of his bodily presence but he never left it in regard of his gracious providence but hee gives authority to his servants and leaves to every man his worke and commands the porter to watch see here how the Lord before he departed tooke order for the welfare of his Church and people that it might be as well with them after he was gone as it was before Iohn 14. c. 16 17 18 vers I will pray the Father saith our Saviour and he shall give you another Comforter that hee may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of truth whom the world hath not knowne and so he proceedeth and saith I will not leave you comfortlesse The Apostles they were much daunted and dismayed in themselves when they heard that our Saviour would goe from them alas what shall become of us when the shepheard is smitten the sheepe will soone bee