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A73323	A fit guest for the Lords table. Or, a treatise declaring the true vse of the Lords Supper Profitable for all communicants, as a preseruatiue against all profanesse and sundry nouell opinions.	Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657.	1609 (1609)	STC 24308; ESTC S125561	48,877	192

duety if we examine and prepare our selues before we receiue this sacrament yea that God if he pleased could finde matter enough for his iustice to worke vpon for the finall confusion of our soules out of our best preparation and strictest examination and that it is his grace and not our goodnes his mercy and not our merit that his wrath doth not kindle against vs while those creatures are in our mouthes and consume vs as it did against some of the Israelites whiles the flesh they coueted w●s yet betwene their teeth vnchewed as Nom. 11. 35 Moses hath recorded For our sins are great and grieuous and our worthines is worthy of no better CHAP. 12. THe sixt thing wherof we must examine our selues is thankefulnes For it is meete that we should thank God for ordeining his sonne to be the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 price of our redemption from sin Sathan and hel-fire Secondly we ought to praise his name for proffering and offering his son vnto vs in the Sacrament and inuiting vs to come and feede vpon him for the preseruatiō of our soules T●irdly we must giue thankes to christ for giuing himselfe voluntarily to death for vs and for being content to be eaten or receiued of vs by faith for our spiritual reliefe as also for instituting this sacrament for the manifestation of his loue the memoriall of his death and confirmation of our faith Fourthly we ought to thanke the Lord for directing vs in his word how we may receiue the Sacrament aright and shewing how great the dāger is of vnworthy receiuing thatso we may be terrified from offending in this businesse by vnworthy receiuing and also prouoked to prepare our selues in some acceptable manner Lastly we must search 〈◊〉 selues whether we come with a purpose to be truely thankf●ll vnto God for his kindenesse and vnto christ for his loue after we haue receiued and to manifest our thankefulnes afterwards by the reforming of our liues and cōforming our selues to the will of God reuealed in his word Vnthankefulnes is * In●ra●●t● d●●s● m●●● ruin metropo●s et ●●●ou● fasciculus a mother of much euill As the roote conueieth nourishment to the branches so doth ingratitude affoord food to many sins which are as branches o bowes thereof He that is not thankefull for the foresaide benefits is like the Hog that eats the mast but lookes not vp to the Oake makes himselfe vnworthy to receiue christ who hath done so much so many and so great things for him CHAP. 13. THe seuenth thing wherof we must make our examination is whether w● do seriously purpose to serue and obey God This obedience must be sincere not hypocriticall therefore Dauid praieth 2. Chr●●121 Psa 119. 80. Let my heart be vp right in thy statutes that ●be not a shamed Secondly it must be speedy without delay Dauid saith I made bast and delaied not to keepe thy commaundements Psa 119. 60. Thirdly it must be performed willingly and with delight Dauid commands 2. Chro. 139. his sonne Salomon to serue God with a perfect heart and a willing minde Blessed is the man saith the Psalmist that delighteth greatly in Psa 112. 1 Gods commaundements Dauid saith I haue had as great delight in the way of thy testimonies as in all riches Ps● 119. 14 Fourthly when it is once begun it must be performed with al diligence Dauid saith thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts Psa● 119. 4 dilligently Fiftly it must be vniuer sall and absolute to all the Luke 1. 6 commaundements of God walk ye in all the waies which I haue commaunded you Ier. 7. 23. Dauid saith Psam 119. 6. Then should I not be confounded when I haue respect vnto All thy commaundements Lastly it must be constant continuing the whole course of our liues Blessed are they that do righteousnes at al times Ps 106. 3 Gods loue is constant towards vs therefore our obedience ought to be constant vnto him It is a shame to begin in the spirit and to end in the flesh disobedience doth deserue death at all times and rebellion is alwaies as the sin 1. Sam. 15 23 of wich-craft The obedience of children to their earthly parents so farre as it is in the Lord must be constant therfore much more ought our obedience to be to God our heauenly father CHAP. 14. THe eight and last duety wherof we ought to examine our selues is our Loue. We must proue our selues whether we be in loue with all men yea or nay For he is vnworthy to receiue the head that hateth any of his members If a man be out of loue with his neighboure his loue is crazed towards God himselfe do we thinke that he loueth Christ that cōtemneth his seruants that derideth maligneth or hateth them doth not the Sacramēt pict ture out the death of Christ doth not his death declare his loue and doth not his loue vnto vs deserue that we should loue one another yea and all for whome he dyed and whome he loueth Are not those then forgetfull of his loue vnmindefull of his death therefore vnworthy of the sacrament that are not in loue with their bretheren We must therefore repent of this sin and turne our hatred or non-louè into true loue if we meane to keep in Gods loue or if we desire to be guests for the Lords Table It is the only debt which God would haue Rom. 13. 8 vs owe one to another therefore we ought to be continually paying it as we must cōtinually owe it Moreouer our Sauiour Christ saith Mat. 5. 23. 44. If thou bring thy guift to the Altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee leaue there thy offering before the Altar goe thy way first be recōciled to thy brother then come offer thy guift The like we must performe before we offer vp our spirituall sacrifices of praier and thanksgiuing vnto God which we vse to make at the receiuing of the Lords supper With what face can we desire God to forgiue vs our sinnes while we lye in any knowne sinne and will not leaue it How darest thou sue to God for his loue to thee whilst thou art out of loue with thy neighbor How dare any come to this banquet of loue and there present himselfe before God who is Loue it selfe carrying a cankered and rancorous hart towards his brother the image of God the work of God and the redeemed of Christ How dare we pray forgiue vs our trespasses as we forgiue them that trespasse against vs if we shall with a spitefull spirit seeke to be reuenged of those haue iniured vs and will not forgiue them Let euery man therefore before he commeth to the Lords Table there to pray to God to praise him and to receiue the signes seales of Gods grace and Christs loue and the benefits proceeding from the same leaue lay down all hatred spleene and

malice take vp the spirit of meekenes mercy gētlenes loue Obi. Then it seemes a man may not receiue the sacrament if he be at law with his neighbour Ans Yes if he go to law as he ought to do without hatred of his neighbours person and onely to defend his iust cause to try the truth or to maintaine it neither suing his neighbour for trifles and toies nor vsing the law when a remedie may be had without it nor intending to beggar his poore neighbour by holding him in suite Obi. If I may not come to the Lords Table vnles I forgiue and forget iniuries and purpose to let passe all reuenge I will absteine from comming Ans If thou dost not come because thou wilt not leaue thy grudge thou offendest God for thou must rather forsake thy mallice then forbeare to come because thou wouldst be malicious And secondly the longer thou reteinest thy malice the more vnfit thou makest thy selfe to repent of it and to forsake it the longer it tarrieth the deeper roote it taketh Thirdly so long as it lasteth Sath á leapeth thy flesh reioyceth thy grace is foiled and thou makest thy selfe vnfit to performe any duety in any acceptable manner Lastly death is * Nilcertius morte h●● a mortis nil incertius Barnard certaine the comming of death is vncertaine now iudge what a dangerous thing it were to be taken away by death in thy malice How canst thou expect Gods mercy that woldst not forsake thine own malice How cāst thou look for pardon of him who wouldst not pardon thy brother How canst thou hope that he will forget thy many-fold and grieuous offences committed against him if thou wilt not forget one it may be a small offence admitted against thee Or how darest thou desire him that he would not beare the least ill will to thee or withdraw the light of his countenāce from thee though but for a moment if thou wilt not striue with all thy strength against thy venemous reuengefull spirit but wilt retein and foster it Let all men therfore as they tender Gods glory or as they respect either his grace or their owne peace welfare relinquish with speede abandon all hatred malice and spite and withall imbrace and cherish the spirit of concord loue patience and humanity This shall suffice for the third generall point to wit for the things whereof we ought to examine our selues CHAP. 15. THe fourth concerneth the manner how this examination should be made For the manner of working doth helpe much to the making or the marring of the worke God requires that all our worke should be both good and Bonae Baenc well wrought An action good in it selfe may be euill in the agent indeed is vnles it be well acted A good worke ill wrought a good deede ill done a good word ill vttered a good speach ill spoken is no better at the bestthen Splendidum peccatum a beautifull sin like a tree without pith like a bone without marow a body without a soule First therefore this examination must be made in faith for whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne Ro. 14. 23 But we haue warrant sufficient out of the word for this examination so that in performing of it we conteine our selues within the compasse of the worde and take direction from thence for right performance of it Moreouer we ought to belieue assuredly that God will for the sake of Christ accept of our examination and will winke at the imperfection of it Or at least we ought to belieue that God can pardon our weakenes in the doing of it and to desire with all our hearts that the weakenes may be pardoned and the worke approoued Secondly we ought to examine our selues in conscience of Gods commaundment euen because God would haue vs to do it Obedience is better then Sacrifice and to 1. Sam. 15 22 hearken is better then the fat of Rams Now the best obedience is when the person that obeies performes the worke commaunded in the way of obedience that is with an intent and purpose to obey the person that doth commaund it Thirdly our examination must be made in truth truely not feinedly or in shew onely Our minde must be vpon it we should haue a heart to examine our selues Sincerity is as Salt to season an action and to make it sauory it is the ax-tree whereon it turneth and the wheele whereon it runneth A worke wrought without sincerity is like a scul without braines or to a painted Sepulchre faire without but foule within There is none more vilde thē an hypocrite his heart is false his punishment horrible and his hypocrisie most abhominable His cōscience accuseth him God doth accurse him and man doth abhorre him Let vs therefore in all our actions beware of hypocrisie Peter would haue all the faithfull to lay downe all deceit 1. Pete 2. 1 and hypocrisies Fourthly our examination must be made in loue to God and in feare of his dreadfull name The childe worketh vpon his fathers commaundment because he loueth his father and feareth to displease him So we that professe our selues to be the children of God must do this duety heere inioyned because we loue God and because he sheweth his loue to vs and because we are afraid to offend him by our disobedience heerein as being vnwilling to loose his loue or loue-tokens or to venture his displeasure and so to kindle the coales of his wrath against vs. Fiftly we must proue ourselues throughly our tryall must be strict and our search narrow we must so proue as that we may approue our selues which cannot be by partiall and superficiall examination The heart is deceiptfull and wicked abóue Ieri 17. 9 all things who can know it Sin is so smooth our flesh is so false Sathan is so subtill and we so simple and so silly that vnlesse we search our selues to the quicke examine narowly we shall neuer truely discerne our estates Mettal lyeth in the bowels of the earth sin in the bowels of the soule a man must dig deep that meanes to finde it out We must be wise as Mat. 10. 16 Serpents but it is a maine poynt of wisedome to try throughly before we trust to prooue well and warily before we do approoue we must turne throughly from all our sinnes we must turne out of all our sinful waies it is therefore necessary that we should examin our selues throughly we must keepe Prou. 4. 23 our hearts with all dilligence so we must examine them with all dilligence Iob saith that when he knew not the cause he sought it out dilligently Iob 29. 16 So that we may see our case and know our selues let vs examine our selues dilligently with all care and conscience When a Magistrate examines any matter or any man loosely and but superficially it is by reason of ignorance negligence or partiality so we shall bewray one of those euils