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A communicant instructed, or, Practicall directions for worthy receiving of the Lords Supper by Francis Roberts.
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Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675.
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the race set before us 4. The fleâh The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit lusteth against the flesh It 's called flesh to set forth the baâenesse of sinne the flesh being âhe base part of man 5. The old man âo called Partly because of the long continuance of it in us it 's an inâeterate diâease as old as our selves Partly because of the corruptness and deceitfulness of it Put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitfull lusts 6. The law of sin in our members becauâe it as it were commands compels and even necessitates us to sin As a law rules them that are under it 7. Finally Original corruption is stiled A body of death because As the naturall body hath many members so Original sin hath mâny lusts as limbs thereof And because this body of sin exposeth unto death These and such like are the denominations of Original sin by all which the vilenesse of it may in some measure appear The nature of Original sin seems especially to consist in theâe three particulars vâz 1. In a totall privaâion of the Image of God and of all that Original righteousnesse and integrity wherein we were at first created 2. In an utter inability to any true spiritual good yea in an absolute enmity thereunto For when we were yet without strength When we were enemâes we were reconciled to God The carnal minde is enmity against God for it is not subject to the Law of God neither indeed can be 3. In an universall and continual pronenesse to all evil God saw that every imagination of the thoughts of mens hearâs was onely evill continually Their throat is an open Sepulchre c. And our Saviour tels us A corrupt tree cannot brings forth good fruit This is the nature of Original corruption Oh how deadly is the Poison of it to the Nature of man The Aggravations of Originall corruption whereby it appears to be extreamly sinfull are these viz. 1. Original sin is Naturall and Hereditary It 's bred and born with us it 's propagated with our very natures and rooted in our bones and inmost principles and consequently more dangerous and desperate As those corporal diseases which are not accidental and occasional onely but Hereditary and natural are most perilous and remediâesse 2. Original sin is univerâall And the more universally extended the more bitterly to be lamented As epidemicall univerâal diseases are the most terrible diseases as oââe in Egypt when There was not an house wherein there was not one dead Now Original sin is universal Partly in that All men men ordinarily descended of Adam are defiled with it Iewes Gentiles bond free male female all are involved in it All are sinners by it Partly in that All of all men are tainted hereby soul bodie all the faculties and affections of the one all the senses parts and members of the other Minde Conscience Memory Will Love Hatred c. mouth hands feet c. all are wholly depraved and unclean I know that in me that is in my flesh dwelleth no good thing 3. Original sin is reigning over all the sons of Adam it reigns whilst they continue in the first Adam And it reigns most cruelly and tyrannically It enthrals men unto Saâân at his Will unto actual fulfilling the lusts and wills of the flesh and unto death That as sin hath reigned unto death c. The Turkish slavery Spanish Inquisition Eâyptian cruelty âabylonian captivity are all ââort of this tyranny and dominion of sin Thiâ reign of sin is evidenced Partly by our beinâ Servants of sin Partly by our obâying ãâã in the lusts thereof Partly by our yielâing ãâã members as weapons of unrighteousnessâ ãâ¦ã to take sins part to fight for it defend it justifie it c. against opposers 4. Oriâânal sin whilst we are in this body is in some sort incurable The reign of it cannot be âured till Christ come to reign in thee and pluck thee out of âhy carnal state And the ââ-dwelling or in-being of Original sin cannot ãâã fully cured no not in a believer whilst he ãâã here on earth As the Canaanitâs though tributaries and slaves yet would dwell âmong the Israelites or as Ivie will remain in an old wall till it be utterly pull'd down to the ground â We are all by nature wholly disposed and proâe to run headlong into all Actual sins for kindâ and degree Into all impiety against God all unrighteousnesse against man and intemperance againât our selves contrary to all the Commandments of the first and second Table and this in thought word and work Into open and secret sins Omissions of good and Commissions of evil Wilfulnesses and Weaknesses c. Against lighâ of mind checks of conâcience motions of Gods Spirit means of grace professions and promiâes of better waâking multitudes of mercies terribâenesse of judgements c. and this in youth and age in âoâiety and âolitarinesse yea by Original corruption we are fundamentally dispoâed to that unpârdonable sinne against the Holy Ghost Oh who can understand hâs errours who can comprehend his sinfulnesse who can chuse but admire the patience and mercy of God to such masses of all corruption and abominâââââ 2. The evil of punishment whereunto we ãâã continually liabâe by reason of this evil oâ ãâã is manifold and unâpeakable both for this world and the world to come In thiâ world the soul is expoâed to âââââtual judgeâents viâ bâindnesse of âind gâdâiness ãâã infatuation and strong ãâã horrour searednesse and senslesnesse of Conscience A reprobate sense c. The body name and state lies open to all external and temporal miâeries and curâes In the world to come both soul and body are liable to endlesse easelesse and remedilesse torments in hell fire wherein they shall be ever dying and never dead ever burning and never consumed ever tortured but never eased or pittied The worme of conscience ever gnawing blacknesse of darknesse ever amazing the infernall fiends ever torturing the wrath of God ever devouring and swallowing up the whole man c. Oh the misery of a meer carnall man is extreamly miserable III. What should we and what may we be in Iesus Christ the second Adam For clearing of this consider chiefly theâe three things viz. 1. The necessity of Getting out oâ our naturall state into a supernaturall condâtion in Christ. 2. The Duties we are to performe when once we are brought into Christ 3. The Priviledges which we shall enjoy in Christ. 1. The necessity of our getting out of our naturall into a supernaturall state in Christ is âo great that we cannot otherwise possibly be saved For 1. The proper adequate wages of every sin is eternâll death Much more the state of sin must needs be most deadly and damnable 2. Every man that remains in