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A65300 The holy Eucharist, or, The mystery of the Lords Supper briefly explained by Thomas Watson ... Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1668 (1668) Wing W1129; ESTC R9124 66,682 202

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shame Let us be steeled with courage being ready to suffer for Christ which is as Chrysostom speaks to be baptized with a Baptism of blood Did Christ bear the wrath of God for us and shall not we bear the wrath of men for him It is our glory to suffer in Christs quarrel 1 Pet. 4. 14 The Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon you Let us pray for furnace-grace Be like those three Children Dan. 3. 17. Be it known to thee O King that we will not serve thy gods They would rather burn than bow Oh that such a spirit as was in Cyprian might survive in us who when the Proconsul would have tempted him from his Religion and said to him Consule tibi Consult for thy safety saith Cyprian In so just a cause there needs no consultation When the sentence for his death was read he replyed Deo gratias Thanks be to God We know not how soon an hour of Temptation may come Oh remember Christ's Body was broken his blood poured out we have no such blood to shed for him as he shed for us 2. Let us shew our thankfulness to Christ by fruitfulness Let us bring forth the sweet fruits of patience heavenly-mindedness and good works This is to live unto him who dyed for us 2 Cor. 5. 15. If we would rejoyce the heart of Christ and make him not repent of his sufferings let us be fertil in obedience The wise men did not only worship Christ but presented unto him gifts Gold and Frankincense Mat. 2. 11. Let us present Christ with the best fruits of our Garden let us give him our love that flovver of delight The Saints are not only compared to Stars for their knowledg but Spice-trees for their fertilness Christ delighted in the breasts of his Spouse because they vvere like Clusters of Grapes Cant. 7. 7. The blood of Christ received in a spiritual manner is like the water of jealousie which had a vertue both to kill and make fruitful Christs blood kills sin and makes the heart fructifie in grace 3. Let us shew our thankfulness to Christ by Zeal Hovv zealous vvas Christ for our Redemption Zeal turns a Saint into a Seraphim A true Christian hath a double Baptism of vvater and fire he is baptized vvith the fire of zeal Be zealous for Christs Name and Worship Zeal is encreased by opposition it cuts its vvay through the Rocks Zeal loves Truth most when it is disgraced and hated Psal. 119 126 127. They have made void thy Law therefore I love thy Commandments above Gold Hovv little thankfulness do they shevv to Christ vvho have no zeal for his Honour and Interest They are like Ephraim Hos. 7. 8. Ephraim is a Cake not turned Baked on one side and Dough on the other Christ doth most abominate a luke vvarm temper Revel 3. 15. He is even sick of such Professors They who vvrite of the scituation of England say that it is seated betvveen the torrid and frigid Zone the Climate is neither very hot nor cold I vvish this vvere not the temper of the people and that our hearts vvere not too like the Climate vve live in The Lord cause the fire of holy zeal to be alvvays burning upon the Altar of our hearts 4. Let us shevv our thankfulness by universal subjection to Christ. This is to make the Lord's-Supper in a spiritual sense a feast of Dedication vvhen vve renevv our Vovvs and give up our selves to God's service Psal. 116. 16. Truly I am thy servant I am thy servant Lord all I have is thine My head shall be thine to study for thee my hands shall be thine to vvork for thee my heart shall be thine to adore thee my tongue shall be thine to praise thee 8. If Jesus Christ hath provided so holy an Ordinance as the Sacrament let us vvalk suitably to it Have vve received Christ into our hearts let us shevv him forth by our heaven line●… 1. Let us shevv forth Christ by our heavenly vvords Let us speak the Language of Canaan When the Holy Ghost came upon the Apostles they spake vvith other tongues Acts 2. 4. While vve speak the vvords of grace and soberness our lips smell as a perfume and drop as honey 2. Let us shevv forth Christ by our heavenly affections Let our sighs and breathings after God go up as a cloud of incense Col. 3. 2. Set your affections on things above We should do by our affections as the Husbandmen do by their Corn if the Corn lie lovv in a damp Room it is in danger to corrupt therefore they carry it up into their highest Room that it may keep the better So our affections if set upon the Earth are apt to corrupt and be unsavoury therefore w●… should carry them up on high above the World that they may be preserved pure breathe after fuller discoveries of God desire to attain unto the resurrection of the dead Phil. 3. 11. The higher our affections are raised towards Heaven the sweeter joy we feel The higher the Lark flies the sweeter it sings 3. Let us shew forth Christ by our Heavenly Conversation Philip. 3. 20. Hypocrites may in a pang of Conscience have some good affections stirred but they are as flushings of heat in the face which go and come But the constant tenor of our life must be holy We must shine forth in a kind of Angelical sanctity As it is with a piece of Coyn it hath not only the King's Image within the Ring but his superscription without So it is not enough to have the Image of Christ in the heart but there must be the superscription without something of Christ must be written in the life The scandalous lives of many Communicants are a reproach to the Sacrament and tempt others to Atheism How odious is it that those hands which have received the Sacred Elements should take Bribes That those eyes which have been fill'd with tears at the Lords-Table should afterwards be filled with Envy That those teeth which have eaten Holy Bread should grind the faces of the Poor That those lips which have touched the Sacramental Cup should salute an Harlot That that mouth which hath drunk Consecrated Wine should be full of Oaths That they who seem to deisie Christ in the Eucharist should vilifie him in his Members In a word That such who pretend to eat Christ's Body and drink his Blood at Church should eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence in their own houses Prov. 4. 17. These are like the Italians I have read of who at the Sacrament are so devout as if they believed God to be in the bread but in their lives are so profane as if they believed not God to be in Heaven Such as these are apt to make the World think that the Gospel is but a fancy or religious Cheat. What shall I say of them They do with Judas receive the