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A87512	The want of church-government no warrant for a totall omission of the Lords Supper. Or, A brief and scholastical debate of that question, which hath so wonderfully perplexed many, both ministers and people. Whether or no, the sacrament of the Lords Supper may (according to presbyterial principles) be lawfully administred in an un-presbyterated church, that is, a church destitute of ruling elders. Wherein the affirmative is confirmed by many arguments, and cleared from objections, especially such as are drawn from the unavoidablenesse of mixt communions without ecclesiastical discipline. / By Henry Jeanes, minister of Gods Word at Chedzoy in Sommerset-shire.	Jeanes, Henry, 1611-1662.	1650 (1650)	Wing J511; Thomason E618_6; ESTC R202652	58,879	80

right I shall conclude this Argument with that of the Bramble Berry As it were better in our almes to relieve ten Counterfeits then let Christ go naked and hungry in any one member So it were better to admit ten Hypocrites to the Table of the Lord then deprive one Godly man of this soul nourishment To this Argument we may adde weight by considering that in an Un-Presbyterated Church Beleevers have not only a right to the Lords Supper but also need of it Their own necessities saith Mr. Pemble may perswade them to frequent celebration of this Sacrament if they can be sensible of their spiritual weaknesse and wants Let them look inward and see how great need they have of many and often confirmations of their faith renovations of their repentance of stirring up the graces of God in the soul to adde an edge and eagernesse to all spiritual affections after holinesse to get unto themselves the most powerful provocations unto obedience Every one that hath grace knows how frequently the power thereof is impared by temptations weakned by worldly distractions even of our lawful employments and overmastered by the force of sinful lusts so that they must needs discover a great deal of ignorance in their spiritual estate that feel not in their soules a pronenesse to a famishment as well as in their bodies at least they bewray intolerable carlesnesse that finding the emptinesse and leannesse of their souls yet neglect to repaire often unto this holy Table whereon is set forth the bread of life whereof when they have eaten their spirit may come again their hearts may be strengthned their souls may be replenished as with marrow and fatnesse The Ministers and Elders met together in the late Provinciall Assembly at London in their Vindication of the Presbyteriall Government consider the Sacrament under a four fold Notion First As it is a spirituall medicine to cure the remainders of our corruption Secondly As it is spirituall food to strengthen our weak graces Thirdly As it is a spirituall cordiall to comfort our distressed consciences Fourthly As it is a strong obligation and forcible engagement to all acts of thankfulnesse and obedience unto Jesus Christ Now Beleevers in an Un-Presbyterated Church have need of the Lords Supper under all these considerations First Their souls are perpetually diseased and therefore they stand in need of the frequent use of this Sacrament as a soveraigne medicine to heal them Secondly Their souls are naturally empty of all spirituall goodnesse their graces feeble and defective their faith weak and often staggering their hope fainting their love cold their zeal languishing And therefore the Lords Supper is frequently needful as spiritual food for the nourishing and strengthening of all their graces for the confirming of their faith quickning of their hope rowzing of their love and kindling of their zeal c. Thirdly The faith of the strongest Beleevers may be shaken their assurance ecclipsed with doubts their spirituall joy darkned with fears discomforts and afflictions They may walk in darknesse and see no light And in such a case the Lords Supper is necessary as a precious Cordiall to revive and chear up their sinking spirits to confirme their doubting and to comfort their distressed consciences Fourthly The hearts of the best of men are false and unsteadfast loose and deceitfull apt to start from God and his just commands They therefore want the Lords Supper for renuall of their Covenant with God that so thereby they may bind fasten and engage themselves a fresh unto God in the strength of Christ The seventh Argument is from comparison of the Lords Supper with Baptisme The seventh Argument A Comparatis It is a generally received Maxime amongst Divines that Baptisme ought to be administred but once for it is the seal of our new birth and we are borne but once The Lords Supper ought to be administred often for we stand in need continually of food nourishment confirmation c. Now by this Divinity that the Lords Supper is not to be administred in an Un-Presbyterated Church it will follow That if the Church wherein we live be not all our lives long Presbyterated that then in such a condition of the Church Baptisme is to be administred once the Lords Supper never The eight Argument is drawn from the consideration of the opposite of the administration of the Lords Supper The eight Argument Ab Opposito the non-administration thereof Non-administration of the Lords Supper in an Un-Presbyterated Church is unlawful Therefore administration in an Un-Presbyterated Church is lawful That non-administration of the Lords Supper I mean thereby at otal forbearance of the administration therefore is unlawful in an Un-Presbyterated Church I prove by these three following Arguments All unwritten Traditions in matters of Worship and Religion are unlawful But a totall forbearance of the administration of the Lords Supper in an Un Presbyterated Church is an unwritten Tradition having no precept or exmaple in Scripture to countenance it Ergo c. There is expresse Scripture for administration of the Lords Supper unto the Churches of God As for the restriction of it unto Presbyterated Churches it cannot be made good from Scripture And Commentaries Expositions of Scripture that are not by good consequence deducible therefrom are unwritten Traditions and humane Presumptions However we cannot argue negatively from humane testimonies we may yet from divine the Scriptures For they are able to make a man wise unto salvation and throughly to furnish the man of God a Minister to all good works able to give him sufficient direction when to performe when to omit duties And therefore seeing there is such a deep silence in the Scriptures concerning the totall forbearance of administring the Lords Supper in an Un-Presbyterated Church I cannot but conclude it to be unnecessary The Lord may say unto us who hath required this at your hand These two things differ wide First Scandalous persons ought to be excluded the Lords Supper Secondly If for want of an Eldership they cannot be excluded therefore we must wholly forbear administration of the Lords Supper The former is obvious in Scripture the latter an unwritten Tradition But you will say there is warrant for Omission of the Lords Supper c. The Passe over was omitted by the Children of Israel in the Wildernesse as also circumcision whence we may argue by way of Analogy and Proportion for Omission of the Lords Supper when the Church is in a Wildernesse and if ever she were in a Wildernesse then now First Arguments from meer and naked Analogy and Proportion without some other ground are not concludent otherwise we might argue for a Pope from the Jews High-Priest But as to the instances I wonder why omission of the Passeoves in the Wildernesse is alledged For after the first celebration thereof all future celebrations were by expresse plain command to be only in the land of Canaan Exod. 13.4 5. c. Deut. 16.