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A52862	The necessity of receiving the Holy Sacrament (that great test both of the Christian and Protestant religion) declared in a sermon, at a conference of the several ministers of the Deanery of Braughin, in the county of Hertford, appointed by the Right Reverend Father in God, Henry Lord Bishop of London, to be held at Ware, August 28, 1678 / by Robert Neville ...	Neville, Robert, 1640 or 1-1694.	1679 (1679)	Wing N523; ESTC R12405	14,625	32

required that they should know the Motions of the Celestial Bodies or the Influences of the Stars if they do but feel any good Motions within themselves and how CHRIST the bright Morning-Star * Rev. 22.16 and that this Star descended from his bright Orb of Glory and set in a Sea of Blood to raise such black Sinners as they are to Mansions of Eternal Glory It is not expected from a Worthy Communicant that he should dive into the depth of any new Mystery or study for any new Notion All that is new he is to be in quest of is the New ‖ 2 Cor. 5.17 Creature Every Child that hath but learnt his Church Catechism can tell that the Sacrament was ordained for the continual remembrance of the Sacrifice of the Death of Christ and the Benefits we receive thereby and that the Reception of this Sacrament is the ratifying and confirming our Covenant with God and that it is required of those who come to the Lords Supper to examin themselves whether they repent them truly of their former Sins stedfastly purposing to lead a new Life have a lively Faith in Gods Mercy through Jesus Christ with a thankful remembrance of his Death and be in Charity with all Men. He that knows but thus much knows enough of the nature of the Sacrament and he that knows not this after so many Sermons and Catechisings that have been made upon the Sacrament for this his gross and supine Ignorance may justly be reputed such a Dunce in Christianity as scarcely to deserve the Name of a Christian And therefore if any Person be ignorant in this matter why does he not repair to those whose Office and Business it is to teach and inform him better Why hath he not recourse to those * Mat. 2.7 whose Lips should keep Knowledg who I am confident would be glad of all opportunities to ●nstruct those who are ignorant in this or any other kind Fourthly A fourth Objection against coming to the Sacrament is a fear in Men that when they have prepared themselves for it as well as they can they are not yet so well prepared as they should be To which I answer That if we may not come to God's Ordinances till we are as well prepared as we should be why then are we not afraid to pray to God and why are we not afraid to hear h●● Word For when we hear and pray we do the same thing that is perform'd at the Sacrament the not in so solemn a manner So that by the same Argument that some Men scare themselves from the Sacrament they may also fright themselves from other holy Duties such as Praying or Hearing the Word For as the Apostle saith that he the eats and drinks unworthily so it is true also that he that prays or hears unworthily prays and hears to himself 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Judgment and temporal Punishments and if he repent not by the Admonition of those Punishments Eternal Damnation and as he that is not the better for the Sacrament is certainly the worse for the Sacrament So he that is not the better for a Sermon is certainly the worse for a Sermon every Sermon he hears amiss shall rise up in Judgment against him Let us then prepare our selves for the Sacrament as well as we can and God will accept of it though it be not so well as we should he will accept of our sincere endeavours of Preparation And if we will not chuse to feed rather upon Doubts and Scruples than upon the Bread of Life we may assure our selves of a welcom to and advantage by this Holy Feast Indeed if we come like rude and unmannerly Guests once is too often but if we purge and cleanse our Hearts if the stomach of our Souls be clean often we may come but we cannot come too often Christ's Blood is always full of virtue and efficacy it will put out the Fire of immoderate Anger cool the Heart-burnings of Malice and Envy the Calentures of our Lust quench the raging Thirst of Covetousness If we drink of this Cup as we ought it will keep us from drinking too frequently and immoderately of any other Christ is always a Fountain of Life to those who desire to taste the Waters of Life at which we may draw as often as we please if our Pitcher be clean and the oftner we draw our Pitcher will be the cleaner And that it may be so God grant us such a sense of our Saviour's Sufferings as may create in us a just detestation of our Sins and quicken our endeavours in the ways of Repentance and a holy Life till we obtain those Blessings which by the effusion of his Blood he hath purchased for us to whom with the Father and the holy Spirit be all Honours Glory and Praise FINIS Books sold by Benjamin Billingsley at the Printin● Press in Cornhill CHristian Religion 's Appeal from the groundless Prejudices of 〈◊〉 Sceptick to the Bar of Common Reason Wherein is prov●● 1. That the Apostles did not delude the World 2. Nor were themselves deluded 3. Scripture Matters of Fact have the best Evidence 4. The Divinity of Scripture is as demonstrable as the Being 〈◊〉 Deity By John Smith Rector of St. Maries in Colchester Fol. Pr. 1. 〈…〉 A Sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Ma●●●●●… and Court of Aldermen of the City of London at Guild hall Cha●●●●●… Aug. 18. 1678. By Robert Neville B. D. late Fellow of King's Col●●●●●… in Cambridg and now Rector of Ansty in Hertfordshire 4. price 6 〈…〉 Of Baptism and the Lord's Supper Two short Discourses o●●●●●…ing the Nature Design and Ends of those two great Gospel-O●●●●…nances and teaching the holy use and improvement of them In 〈…〉 Price 6 d.