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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36365	A familiar guide to the right and profitable receiving of the Lord's Supper wherein also the way and method of our salvation is briefly and plainly declar'd / by Theophilus Dorrington.	Dorrington, Theophilus, d. 1715.	1695 (1695)	Wing D1936; ESTC R12791	66,224	212

express'd And he that would know or find himself fit for this Sacrament must examine himself by them and see whether they represent the state and disposition of his Mind or not And if a Man be habitually possess'd with such a good state of Mind as these things will be I believe very agreeable to him so they will be of use to stir up that disposition into Exercise and to an actual Fitness for this Sacrament As Fire is wont to kindle Fire in matter that is apt and disposed to receive it Further He that would behave himself rightly and duly at the Sacrament to his Comfort and Benefit as he must have his Mind then fill'd with such Thoughts and Affections as are here represented so the reading of these things there if he has leisure will be usefull to possess him with such Thoughts and Affections And lastly He that would maintain the good disposition of Mind which he has at the Sacrament may very profitably for that purpose read and meditate on these things afterwards Which will be as usefull to cherish and maintain yea and to improve in us this disposition of Mind as they are to form it All this use I dare pretend may be made of these Exercises following SECT XIII An Exercise of Thankfull Remembrance of the Death of Jesus Christ LOrd I am not worthy to live if I do not always remember the exceeding great Love of my Lord and only Saviour Jesus Christ in dying for me and if I do not most affectionately consider and observe the many incomparable Benefits which by his precious Blood shed he hath obtain'd for Sinners My Soul That thou mayest know in some measure the wondrous heighth the breadth the depth the length of the Love of God in Christ Jesus That thou mayest entertain the larger Apprehensions of that Love which exceeds all finite Knowledge Thou must enlarge thy Thoughts and take in all thou canst of these Dimensions of it Consider what a Depth of Wretchedness and Misery Jesus rescues poor lost Mankind from Consider what a glorious Height of Honour and Happiness he designs to advance them to Consider who the Excellent Person is that has done all this for us Consider what it cost Him to procure for us such a Redemption Behold the most amazing but the most pleasing Prospect in the World Redeeming Love Dwell in the Contemplation of this for surely it is good to be here As for the Condition into which thou wert sunk It was the vilest and the most miserable that a Creature could fall into It was perfectly miserable for thou hadst utterly lost the Favour of thy Maker the Fountain-Good and forfeited all Right and lost all Hopes of ever being Happy Thou wert become a vile Sinner odious to the Pure and Holy God and wert as contemptible as miserable Thou wert obnoxious to the Eternal Wrath and just Vengeance of the Almighty Thou didst deserve to be thrown into the deep Lake of Fire and Brimstone where is Eternal Woe and Sorrow Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth where the Wrath of God burns for ever and the Fire will never be quenched from whence there shall be no returning Where wretched Creatures are Furies to themselves and more than double all the Torments of Hell with this tormenting Thought that they must all endure for ever They will know no intermission or respite they will never come to an End This is the sad portion of Sinners And this must all Mankind after a few complaining days spent in this low mortal Life have been thrown into And there was no Creature in Heaven or Earth could possibly have prevented this Doom no it could never have been avoided if Jesus had not concern'd himself to help us And he has taken away the necessity of our Destruction has render'd this Woe and Misery now an avoidable Thing Is not this a glorious Benefit Look down my Soul in serious Thoughts into that horrid Dungeon and Lake of Fire Imagine as thou mayest well that many wretched Souls are already plung'd into it who squander'd away the day of Life the precious time allow'd them of making their peace with God and to avoid these Miseries Think thou seest them wallowing in Flames pierced through with Fire and in all parts themselves on a Flame And be sure if thou could'st hear them thou should'st hear the most dismal Howlings bitter Complaints some cursing the day that ever they were born and all at times cursing themselves as causes of their own ruine And think now if one of these despairing Souls should have an Angel sent to it that should open the Prison-doors and let him out and send him into this World again to be in a condition and possibility of avoiding all this misery would he not account this a wonderfull Favour Such as he could never praise enough Such as could never be worthily requited It is in truth not less than this that thou art beholden to the Love of Jesus for It is not a less favour to be kept from this misery than to be deliver'd from it into the state wherein now thou art And thou art kept from this by the tender compassionate and most patient Love of Jesus Long ago if thou hadst suffer'd thy deserts thou hadst been thrown into this misery Long ago have thy Sins deserv'd it It is of the Lord's Mercy that thou art not consumed Jesus has repriev'd thee by His powerfull Intercession He has procur'd that thou art hitherto spared yea he has procur'd that thou mayest if thou wilt be pardon'd and mayest for ever be exempted from enduring these intolerable Miseries Oh how much art thou oblig'd Say how usefull how necessary how great is your Redeemer's Love Oh what Love what Praise can reach it Oh compassionate Love how shall I find Expressions suitable to thy kindness Why was my Life so dear to thee Why hast thou not suffer'd me to perish Me who am as unworthy of thy Favour as I am in distress and the need of it And does this engage thy Wonder so much my Soul It may indeed well do so but this alone must not detain it There are yet more Occasions for thy admiration and praise in the Redeemer's Love And this thou wilt see if thou consider what a glorious Height of Honour and Happiness He designs to advance poor vile contemptible Sinners to Those that have render'd themselves unworthy of this Earth and even of this low mortal Life he intends to advance them to Heaven and give them an Eternal Life Those that are unworthy of any thing that is good and comfortable He intends to make them perfectly Happy Those that deserve the utmost contempt of their Maker that are fallen under the Insults and Scorn of the abject Devils He intends for the Honour of seeing God and dwelling in His blissfull Presence for ever Oh rich and bounteous Love Nothing less will serve him but that where He is we also should be Think my Soul if thou canst