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A12509	Christs Last Supper or the doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, set forth in fiue sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation, before men come to the Sacrament. Wherein it doth consist: with the condemnation threatned against the vnvvorthy receiuer of the same. By Samuel Smith, minister of Gods word at Prittlewell, in Essex.; Christs Last Supper.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1620 (1620)	STC 22837; ESTC S106152	104,748	388

CHRISTS LAST Supper OR The Doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper set forth in fiue Sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation before men come to the Sacrament Wherein it doth consist with the condemnation threatned against the vnworthy receiuer of the same BY SAMVEL SMITH Minister of Gods word at Prittlewell in Essex IOHN 6.27 Labour not for the Meate that perisheth but for the Meate that indureth vnto euerlasting life which the Sonne of Man shall giue vnto you LONDON Printed by T. D. for Iohn Bellamie and are to bee sold at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange 1620. TO THE HONORABLE Sir FERDINANDO DVDLEY Knight of the Noble order of the Bath and Sonne and Hei●e vnto the Right Honorable Edward L. Dudley And to the Honorable and vertuous Lady the Lady Honor Dudley his wife S. S. wisheth the increase of all true Honour in this life and eternal Glory in the life to come HONORABLE IF the Lord did not like that men should sorake and gather their fields as nothing might remaine for the poore to glean after Assuredly himself suffereth not the great and glorious Field of his Word to be so reaped downe by any beeing a Fountain of liuing waters neuer to be drawn dry and containing in it the very hid wisdom of God But something remaineth which the poore may come after and gather vp I confesse that many of Gods worthy Seruants haue taken paines in this kind and that vpon this subiect The Doctrin of the Sacrament to the great benefit of those who desire to be acquainted with the same how to come prepared vnto the Lords Table yet as a poore man and one that hath a great charge I haue come after and gathered a gleane or two out of the Lords field for me and mine from the which none are forbidden but rather inuited to come and take freely And albeit it be but a little that I haue gathered yet with the VViddowes Oyle and Meale which also was but little may notwithstanding by Gods blessing bee good releefe vnto the poorer sort that want better prouision Whatsoeuer it be to your Honors it comes for shelter and protection And why should I any whit doubt of your Honourable acceptance hauing known you Syr from your youth to be both religiously educated and for your sober studious and most religious Conuersation worthily held your Countries Honour And for your Honourable LADY aboue many of her ranke especially in those partes God hath seasoned her affection with loue to the Trueth and tender respect vnto the despised Ministery amongst you who reioyce in you both and expect that as God hath honoured you aboue others so you shold still countenance his seruants and shine as lights in the midst of a crooked and peruerse generation And when the Lorde shall call you Syr into greater imployment in the Common-wealth the Church will expect you should promote her causes and stand still in the maintenance of pure religion Goe on therefore I beseech you still in that good way you haue begun VVhat though ye find little encouragement from the World your reward is with the Lord. It was the great prayse of Righteous Lot that he liued Righteously in that age and in that place I leaue the application These beeing the dayes fore-tolde by our blessed Sauiour wherein men as in the dayes of Noah Luk. 17.26.27 and Lot doe Eate and Drinke Buy Build and Plant c. Altogether vnmindfull of him who is readie to come as a Theefe in the Night At what time they onely shall be blessed that watch I haue endeauoured in the Sermons following to shew men the way how to perfourme aright one of the most excellent partes of Gods worship the receiuing of the Sacrament of Christs Supper wherein I haue laboured to proue the great necessi-of a godly preparation that must be made thereunto wherein it doeth consist the m●anes to be vsed to Communicate worthily As also the great hurt and danger that is like to follow the vnworthy receiuing of the same These are the things that are here offered vnto you I confesse you deserue a better oblation then the tender of this small Booke But may I adde but one graine to your godly care of a Christian life with which I offer my most inward affections I haue my expectation I know your sufficiencie in this kind aboue many of my profession yet I rest assured you will not refuse the helpe of those whose function and calling it is to attend thereon and in an humble maner offers the same vnto you And so I commend you both to that God Iude 24 who is able to keepe you that you fall not and to that VVorde of his grace Act. 20.32 Luk. 10.42 which as it hath taught you to chuse the good part that shal not be taken from you so is able to build you vp further and to giue you an inheritance amongst those that are sanctified And rest Prittlewell this 18. of Nouember 1620. Your HONORS in the Lord Iesus to be commaunded SAMVEL SMITH A Table of the principall matters contained in these Sermons following The first Sermon page 1 The Text. 1. Cor. 11.28.29 Let a man therefore examine himselfe ver 28. and so let him eate of this Bread and drinke of this Cup. Verse 29. For he that eateth and drinketh vnworthily ver 29. eateth and drinketh his owne damnation because he discerneth not the Lords body THe order of the Apostle in this Chapter Page 2 Christs order in the Institution of this Sacrament Page 3 He breakes the Bread and Wine ibid He blesseth them page 4 He breakes the Bread and poureth out the Wine ibid Hee giues them page 5 He shewes the end of all viz. to shewe forth the Lords death ibid The occasion of this Scripture page 7 The Text deuided page 8 Reasons shewing the necessitie of Examination page 10 It is Gods commandement ibid The Lord hath promised to blesse it page 11 The reuerence wee owe to these holy things doth require it page 12 The Lords Table represents the kingdome of Heauen page 13 The practise of the primitiue Church page 15 The benefit and profit by so doing doth bind vs to this dutie page 16 The benefite that comes by due receiuing page 17 It is a prop to the weake ibid It seales vp vnto vs Christ and his righteousnesse page 18 It quickens vs to all good dueties page 19 Reason 5 The hurt and daunger which otherwis● will ensue doeth shew the necessity of the same page 20 The vses of the Doctrine Teacheth Ministers their duety to prepare men for the Lords Table page 23 Shewes what manner of persons ought not to be admitted thereunto page 24 As first Children page 25 Secondly Mad-men Ideots ibid Vse 3 Is for tryall of our estates page 26 Doct. Euery man must be diligent to know his owne estate page 30 Reasons First euery man is best acquainted with

but we should then find the fruite of the same much peace in our own soules in the conscionable discharge of our duty therin and the good of many a poore soule that is vnder vs. Vse 3 For instruction to hearers Thirdly lastly if this be the duty of Gods Ministers to make particular application of his doctrines and to presse the same vp on the consciences of his hearers You that are our hearers must be thus content to bee dealt withall and not to storme against the Minister nor to kicke against the word For this know that if the word of God be not as an edged sword to cut the throat of thy sins it is a sign the Lord hath cast thee off from his care intends to glorifie himself in thy destruction And therefore as you tender the saluation of your owne soules suffer the Lords Chyrurgians to make incision into your souls by the sharpe razour of the Law who best know what will be the danger of a festred soule with Sinne and must launce the same before it can be cured rather say with Dauid Let the righteous smite me friendly Psa 141.4 a good signe of an humbled soule and broken heart Many are weake sicke c. Heere we haue three kinds of corrections visitations that almighty mighty God layeth vppon this people 1. Many were weake That is had vppon them some lingering and fainte diseases as the Consumption c. 2. Some were Sicke and so were vexed vvith more painefull griefes as Agues Fluxes Feuers c. 3. Some were fallen asleep that is the Lord had by his own hand taken them out of the worlde by death Obiect But here lyeth the doubt how the Apostle knewe that these plagues and punishments sent of God were for this sin of theirs their vnworthy receiuing of this Sacrament Answ I answere First he was taught and instructed by Gods spirite what to say and therfore might boldly say it But besides Paul knew that God had threatned thus to plague his people for this sinne as hee threatened by Moses his seruant Deu. 28.21.22.27.28 And had further in all ages executed sundry iudgements vppon his Church and Children for such open and common transgressions And therefore Paul seeing these iudgments vpon these Corinthians and knowing this to be a common sin amongst them as Gods Minister concludeth thus For this cause c. And heerin I see not the contrary but the seruantes of God haue warrant to say the like namely that when we see a iudgment of God vpon a place and withall doe see some great and common sinne to raign amongst them we may safely put them in minde of their sinnes and tell them that this iudgment of God is vpon them for such sinnes as are so rife notorious amongst them There was good cause then why Paul shoulde thus charge them Doct. 2 Now for the seuerall iudgement it is not needeful to search so to determine what diseases they were that this Church and people were sicke of and died It is sufficient for vs to knowe that these sicknesses and diseases which the Lord had sent were strange diseases as may appeare in that our Apostle doth take speciall notice of them which he would not haue done if these had been ordinary The note that we may obserue herehence is That sicknesse Sicknesse and diseases are the fruit of sin diseases c. are the fruit of sinne according to that of the Prophet Ieremy Man suffereth for his sin Lam. 3.39 And this doth Moses most clearely set downe when hee denounceth so many seuerall punishments against the people of Israell as the Pestilence Deu. 28.22 Feuer burning Ague Consumption c if they should disobey the the voyce of the Lorde their God But of this we haue spoken more fully in the former Sermon The reasons are Reason 1 First the Lord is iust and cannot do any wrong He neuer correcteth but their is some thing amisse Reason 2 And Secondly euery man is guilty of many sinnes the least whereof deserue all those corrections that are layd vpon him And wee haue euer cause to say moreouer Lam. 3.22 That it is the Lords mercy that we are not consumed Our sinnes euer deseruing heauier plagues and more greuious iudgements Vse 1 Let this teach vs then in all our afflictions to acknowledge our sinnes to be the cause thereof and to make a good vse of the same to reformation of life For these diseases of what nature soeuer they be but the fruit of sin This was that counsell that Daniel gaue to Nabucadnezzer Dan. 4.24 Namely to breake of his sinnes by repentance And his transgressions by hauing compassion on the poore And surely this is the best counsell that one Christian can giue to another in affliction viz. To breake of their sinnes by vnfained repentance and turning vnto the Lord. This is the way to stop the breach of Gods wrath and to moue the Lord to reuoke his iudgements and without which we shall but wearie our selues in vaine for we must first remoue the cause of Gods iudgements our sinnes or else the hand of God cannot bee remoued Vse 2 Secondly this condemnes that hellish and brutish speech of many who when they are weake or sicke or at the poynt of death ascribe all to fortune chance or this or that cause But neuer looke vnto the correcting hand of God Iob acknowlegeth all these things to come from God though it was the deuill and wicked men that spoyled him Oh let vs in Gods name Iob. 1.21 learne to bee wise herein to acknowledge that all sicknesse and euery kind of disease is Gods visitation sent of God to humble vs to make vs to know and to acknowledg our sinne and to seeke vnto him for mercy And surely when wee know that sicknesse comes from GOD it will make vs not onely to seeke vnto him for helpe and deliuerance from trouble but be a good meanes likewise to worke in vs patience to wayte his leasure when wee can perswade our selues that they come from a louing Father sent for the good of our Soules And many sleepe Hence I might obserue diuers things Doct. 3 First the mercifull and gracious dealing of the Lord GOD towards his children Gods iudgments are seasoned with mercy who rather then they shoulde come to eate of this Sacrament vnworthily Esay 57.2 and so to prouoke him to wrath against them doth first humble them by sicknesse Esa 54.7.8 and after takes them away by death And thus indeede the Lord takes away his children when they are at the best and by death hee doth preuent many euilles in them to come And thus the faithfull are taken away from the Euill to come Psal 103.13.14.15 And howsoeuer he may seeme for a time to hide his face yet with an euerlasting mercy he hath compassion on his But I will not stand long on this poynt Vse