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A16604	A preparation to the receiving of the Sacrament, of Christs Body and Bloud Directing weake Christians how they may worthily receiue the same. By W. Bradshavv. With a profitable treatise of the same argument, written by another.; Direction for the weaker sort of Christians	Bradshaw, William, 1571-1618.; Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632. aut	1617 (1617)	STC 3511; ESTC S116327	84,852	387

picture of a Prince is worthily iudged to bee offered to the Prince himselfe Yea forasmuch as in this Sacrament the very Body and bloud of Christ and all the benefits depending therevpon are spiritually offered vnto the Receiuer as lands are offered conuaied to men by the sealing and deliuering of Deeds and Indentures he that shall vnworthily behaue himselfe in the receiuing of this Sacrament shall therein as much despise the Body bloud of Christ as hee may bee said to despise the gift of lands which coÌ„temneth the writings Seales and Indentures whereby they vse to bee conuaied secured and confirmed Hence from this consequent we may note 1 That Christ receiues damnable indignitie and contumely sometimes not from Iewes and Infidels onely but often from Christians such as looke to be saued by his bloud-shedding that when they are performing speciall worship seruice vnto him For what greater wrong can there be then to be guiltie of that bloud which was shed to redeeme vs which was the sinne of this Church and is the sinne of all such Persons as are vnworthy receiuers of this Sacrament 2 The bare conformitie vnto the outward exercises of Religion whether Word Prayer or Sacraments is not enough to make vs good Christians but we may be the worse Christians for this Romans 2.28 1 Cor. 10 1-7 Many ignorant and seduced soules thinke they are Christians good enough if their foreheads haue been sprinkled with the water of Baptisme if somtimes they heare the Word and receiue the outward elements of this Sacrament But they may doe all these in such a manner that by doing of them they may crucifie Christ and trample his bloud vnder their feet It were better for vs neuer to receiue this Sacrament then in and by the very act thereof to pull vpon our heads the guilt of Christs body and bloud 3 Note the different and contrary effect of this Sacrament in the receiuers thereof It is the sauour of death vnto death to some to othersome the sauour of life vnto life The worthy Receiuer is fed and refreshed and nourished by the Body and bloud of Christ receiued therein Contrarily the vnworthy Receiuer is polluted defiled thereby the oftner he receiues it the more hee receiues therein the bane poyson of his owne soule Those therefore which in such a manner receiue the Body and bloud of Christ and looke for Grace thereby are therin as fond as if they that whipt Christ and nailed him on the Crosse and by meanes thereof had their faces hands and garments besprinkled with his bloud should thinke by that meanes to be purged freed from their sinnes Or as if hee who pierced christs side with a Speare should haue held a cup at the wound and filled it and drunke it off and haue fancied by that meanes to drinke the bloud of Christ to the health and eternall saluation of his owne soule And thus much of the first Part of Preparation Wherein wee haue been plainely taught by the Apostle what a dangerous sinne it is to abuse this holy Sacrament God grant that the consideration hereof may deepely affects vs that wee may with feare trembling take heed what hands wee lay vpon so holy Mysteries Amen A Preparation to THE RECEIuing of the Sacrament of CHRISTS Body and Bloud The second Part. Directing weake Christians how they may worthily receiue the same By W. BRADSHAVV LONDON Printed by Iohn Beale 1617. The means to preueÌ„t the former sin coÌ„sists in certaine duties PropouÌ„ded 1. The triall of our selues whereof the Triall it selfe In generall Cha. 1. In speciall 1. Of our faith by the GrouÌ„d Ch. 3. Subiect Chap. 4. 2. Of our RepeÌ„tance C. 5. The Persons that are make it Ch. 7. 2. The continuance of the Tria Chap. 8. Vrged By the speciall curse that follow the neglect of the former duti Chap. 9. By the signes of that curse in t Church of Corinth Chap. 10. The ground of this second Part. 1 COR. 11 28-33 28. LEt a man therefore examine himselfe and so let him eat of this Bread and drinke of this Cup. 29. For hee that eateth and drinketh vnworthily eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he discerneth not the Lords Body 30. For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many sleepe 31. For if we would iudge our selues we should not be iudged 32. But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lord because wee should not be condemned with the world A Preparation TO THE RECEIuing of Christs Body and Bloud The second Part. Shewing how to preuent the dangerous sinne of profaning this Sacrament CHAP. I. Of the method of this second Part. THe Apostle by whose line wee drawe the doctrine of Preparation hauing set forth the odiousnesse of that sinne whereby the holy Sacrament is abused doth afterwards in the wordes following prescribe a special remedy how that sinne may be preuented In the due conscionable practise wherof doth our second Part of Preparation consist The meanes and remedy aforesaid consists in certaine speciall and necessary duties to be performed by euery Christian that will to his comfort partake of this Sacrament The duties the Apostle 1. Propounds 2. Vrgeth The duties propounded are two First That a man try search examine himselfe before hee presume to receiue Secondly That hee giue not ouer triall and examination of himselfe till hee haue found that which he seekes for In the first duty wee are to consider the triall it selfe First generally Secondly more specially And then the Persons that are to make this Triall CHAP. II. Of the triall of our selues in generall THe triall and examination of our selues in general here required is a diligent search and inquisition to bee made within our soules and consciences whether we bee such kind of persons as may be assured that the Lord will bid welcome to this Table And this triall is not to be sleight cursory but most strict and accurate such as gold Smiths vse when not onely by touch but by fier hammer they try whether their Gold and Siluer be pure or no. For such a manner of triall the Apostles word signifieth The Lord cannot bid any welcome to his Table but such as he is actually reconciled vnto and whose persons are acceptable and wel pleasing vnto him They who are such persons haue certaine speciall gifts and graces bestowed vpon them from which they may conclude infallibly that God doth loue and fauor them which for distinction sake from other common gifts are called Sauing Graces Herein then wee must labour to search out in our selues these Graces and to try whether they bee in vs or no. But before we come to particulars hence we may note in generall 1 That Gods speciall sauing graces may bee in vs and yet not alwayes apparant vnto vs but may sometimes lie hidden in the soule vntill by some speciall search they be discouered else such trials as these shold be

for the preparing and making of vs fit and worthy to come to the Lords table A. No man can be worthy and fit to come vnto the Lords table that 1 doth not vnfainedly h Col. 3.13 Mat. 18.35 forgiue al that haue any way offended him i RO. 12.19 1 The. 5.15 and cast off all purpose and desire of reuenge 2. that is not willing in loue obedience to God and desire to win his neighbor vnto peace to k Ps 34.14 120 7 Mat. 5.23 24 seeke reconciliation with all such as hee hath been at variance with yea l Gen. 13.8 1 Pet. 5 5 though they be his inferiours and m Matth. 18.15 though the offence beganne on their part 3. that doth not n 1 Thes 3 12 loue al men euen o Mat. 5.44 his enemies and that p 1 Io. 3.18 Eph. 4.32 Rom. 12.9 not in word only but in deed and truth being ready by all meanes to do them good 4. that doth not beare an q Mat. 12.50 1 Ioh. 3.14 entire and brotherly affection to all the godly r Psa 16.3 abounding so much the more in loue to them as hee seeth the graces of God to abound in them Reasons of the necessi thereof Q. How may it appeare that this charity you speake of is so necessary as that without it none can receiue this Sacrament worthily A. First because it is Å¿ Matt. 5 23 24 1 Tim. 2 8 1 Pet. 3 7 1 Pet. 2.1.2 Iam. 1.20 oft said in the holy scriptures that no seruice wee doe to God caÌ„ be acceptable vnto him or profitable to our selues while we be out of charity with our neighbors Secondly aboue all the parts of Gods seruice charity is principally required in the receiuing of this sacrament because as t 1 Cor. 10 16 17 wee do herein make open profession of our vnion with Christ with his Church so one principall end for which it was instituted was to confirm increase our loue one towards another Yea what benefit soeuer is offered therein vnto vs u Eph. 3.6 4 16 wee can no other way be capable of then as we are vnited and knit together as liuely feeling meÌ„bers to the whole body of Gods Church Which also was the cause why our Sauiour in the institution of this sacrament and administring it to his Disciples x Iohn 13 14.34 35 laboured with theÌ„ in nothing so much as to confirme them in loue and charity one with another Thirdly it is not possible that any man should y 1 co 13.2 haue true faith that wanteth charity or z Mat. 6 12 14 15 18 35 bee assured that God hath pardoned his sins that is not able to forgiue them that haue offended him The vse of the former doctrine Q. What vse is to be made of this doctrine concerning the necessity of charity in all them that desire this Sacrament to their comfort A. To perswade euery Christian as at all other times so especially then when he prepareth himself to com to the Lords table to striue against his vncharitablenesse and seriously to labour to bring his heart vnto this loue that hath been described Motiues to perswade to forgiue wrongs Q. But seeing we are al by nature void of hearty loue euen towards them that neuur wronged vs maruellously prone to suspect backbite and malice al men yea wee are vnnaturall vnkind and vnthankefull euen towards them to whom we are most neerely bound tell me by what meanes wee may be perswaded to forgiue and beare this hearty loue to them that are our enemies A. It shall be profitable for vs to consider of these things following First that that which we haue to forgiue the greatest enemy we can possibly haue is z Matt. 18 24 28 nothing in comparison to that which wee desire and hope the Lord will forgiue vs. And that the Lord a Mat. 6.15 18 15 will neuer remit to vs that were his enemies the ten thousand talents wee owe to him if wee bee not able to remit to our brother the hundred pence that hee oweth vs and that if wee did rightly beleeue consider how merciful kind the Lord hath bin vnto vs how much he hath forgiuen vs b Mat. 18.33 1 Ioh. 4.11 wee could not chuse but readily cheerfully forgiue and loue our greatest enemies because he will haue vs to doe so Secondly that the man whom we so hate c Ge. 50.17 Mat. 18.33 24 49 is our fellow seruant professor of the same Religion with vs yea our brother d Ge. 13.8 Act. 7.26 Mal. 2.10 1 Pet. 3.7 that hath the Lord to his father the true Church for his mother as well as we and is fellow heire with vs of the grace of life And admit he be yet vncalled and a most wicked man yet he is one whom wee see the Lord our God e Mat. 5.45 Rom. 2.4 vouchsafeth many fauours vnto whose conuersion he seeketh by all meanes f Ioh. 3.16 1 Ioh. 2.2 yea whom he hath so deerly tenderly loued that he spared not his owne Son but sent him to indure infinite torments in soule body euen for him that there is no grace in vs nor loue vnto God g 1 Ioh. 5.1 if we cannot loue them that we see are so deare vnto him Thirdly that our enemy h Esa 10 5 45 7 Lam. 3.37 Iob 1 21 2 Sa. 16.10 is but the Lords instrument and the wrongs he hath done vs are not permitted only but sent from God and that though our enemy hath no iust cause giuen him to deale so with vs i Ps 39.9 119.75 yet the Lord hath and therfore when we can discerne the Lords iust hand in the wrongs are done vs and receiue that spirituall profit which Gods childreÌ„ haue alwaies receiued by his corrections k 2 Sam. 16 10 Iob 1.20.21 we shall haue no iust cause to rage against him whoÌ„ the Lord vseth as his instrument to humble and reform vs by Fourthly that l Eccl. 7 23.24 Gal 6 1 wee our selues haue either wroÌ„ged others as much as our enemy hath done vs or at least we haue bin prone to doe it and m 2 Chro. 28. 10 how can wee so much abhor another for that fault which wee our selues are so subiect vnto Lastly that the hurt we haue receiued froÌ„ our enemy or that we can doe to him by priuate reuenge is not comparable to that which we shall doe to our selues if wee continue in malice For besides that we do thereby make God our enemy and n Pro. 24.17 18 and 25 21 22 20 22 Num. 12.3 9 10 2 Sa. 16 12 cut our selues from all hope that he should take our part reuenge our quarrell wee do also depriue our selues of all benefit by the word Sacraments and praier as I

father and Christ our blessed Sauiour haue so deerly loued done so much for yea we must stir vp our hearts to beare a louing and kind affection as to all the people of God so specially to them that we do communicate withall Lastly when after we haue receiued wee giue some-what according to our ability for the relief of the poore and ioyne with the whole congregation in prayer and singing of Psalmes then must wee stir vp our selues to do all this with feeling and ioy and thankfulnes of hart as vnto God that o 2 Co. 9.7 loueth a cheeerfull giuer and p Iohn 4 23 24 is a spirit will accept of no seruice but that which is done in spirit and truth so offering vnto him the sacrifice not q He. 13.16 of almes only and r Hos 14.3 of the calues of our lips Å¿ Ro. 12.1 but of our owne bodies and soules in thanksgiuing for this inestimable benefit of our redemptioÌ„ for his fatherly care by ordaining this Sacrament to apply it vnto vs and to confirme our faith in the same Q. What is the cause why in all the parts almost of that inward disposition that is required of vs in this holy action Ioy and cheerfulnes required in communicating at the Lords table you make mention of ioy Can we not rightly celebrate this heauenly banquet without inward ioy and gladnesse of heart A. No verily for as in the t 2 Chr. 30 21 26 celebration of the Passeouer and u Deut. 12 12. 16.15 Neh. 8 10 1 Sam. 1.7 of all those solemne feasts that were kept vnder the Law the people of God were commanded to reioyce and to stir vp theÌ„selues therevnto by all good meanes * Psa 27.6 126.2.3 92.1.4 because no man can indeede be rightly thankefull vnto God for that blessing wherin hee doth not reioyce so in this Sacrament especially wherein x 1 Cor. 11 24 25 we are to celebrate with thanksgiuing the memory of a benefit that is incomparably greater then euer the Church receiued vnder the Law this ioy and gladnes of heart is necessarily required at our hand What things to be performed by vs after we haue receiued Q. You haue shewed how we must prepare our selues before wee come to the Lords table and also what disposition of body and mind is required of vs at that time when this holy action is in hand tell mee now what must wee doe after wee haue receiued to confirme and increase the comfort and fruit of it in our selues A. First so soone as we are come home from the publike assembly wee ought in secret to consider and bethinke our selues seriously what wee haue done and how wee haue sped what ioy comfort we haue felt in this SacrameÌ„t what increase of faith resolution to lead a holy life wee haue receiued thereby because we may bee sure that no man hath receiued this Sacrament worthily nor fedde vpon Christ in it y Ioh. 6.55 whose flesh is meat indeed and whose bloud is drinke indeed z Mar. 5.28 30. 6.56 whom none euer touched with a true faith but they receiued vertue from him that hath receiued no refreshing nor strength by it Secondly if we can finde no such comfort and fruit that wee haue receiued by it then must wee examine diligently whether wee may not iustly charge our selues to be the cause therof because wee came not vnto it with that preparation of heart as hath been described And if we finde the cause wholly in our selues then a Lam. 3 39 40 1 cor 11.31 must we presently humble our soules before God in feruent prayer vnfained repentance for this our grieuous sinne that so iudging our selues for it wee may not be iudged of the Lord. Thirdly if vpon diligent examination of our harts we can finde that this our want of comfort fruit which wee are vnfainedly grieued for ariseth not thus from our owne sinne but that we brought with vs vnto the Sacrament in truth sincerity though in much weakenesse that preparation of heart that hath been described then haue wee no iust cause to b 2 Chro. 30.18.19 be dismaied in our selues but after that wee haue humbled our soules before God in prayer for the sanctifying and remouing of this his correction which for our triall other causes best knowne to himselfe he seeth good to exercise vs by we may comfort our selues in this that such c Esa 63 13 hardnesse and senselessnesse of heart which we thus feele and bewaile in our selues may bee in them that are in the state of grace and our conscience bearing witnes with vs that wee came rightly prepared vnto the Sacrament wee haue vndoubtedly receiued comfort fruit by it d Ps 97.11 which we shal also feele hereafter though we do not for the present Fourthly if vpon this examination of our owne hearts wee can finde that wee haue sped well at this feast and that the Lord hath so welcommed and entertained vs at it that wee are come from it well refreshed and strengthened in our faith and loue and in our resolution to lead a holy life then must wee presently in heartie prayer giue thankes vnto God for this his vnspeakeable gift e 1 Chro. 29.18 and craue of him the continuance and pefecting of his owne worke which hee hath wrought in vs. Lastly the benefit wee haue receiued by this Sacrament and comfort in the sense of Gods loue and fauour to vs in Christ as it must prouoke vs to come oft to this baÌ„quet so must it make vs careful f Ps 116 14 18 Eccl. 5.3.4 to performe our vowes we haue now made vnto God in the presence of all his people by laboring to express the g Ezr. 10 11 Psa 50.23 Psa 106 2 3 truth of our thankefulnes both in taking heed that we returne not again as the dog to his vomit vnto any of our sins which wee haue professed repentance of as also in indeuouring to honour God by a holy obedience to his will in our whole conuersation all the dayes of our life Soli Deo gloria

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