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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28622	The guard of the tree of life, or, A sacramental discourse shewing a Christians priviledge in approaching to God in ordinances, duty in his sacramentall approaches, danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them / by Samuel Bolton ...	Bolton, Samuel, 1606-1654.	1644 (1644)	Wing B3520; ESTC R33239	55,356	184

THE GUARD OF THE Tree of Life OR A Sacramentall Discourse SHEWING A Christians Priviledge in approaching to God in Ordinances Duty in his Sacramentall approaches Danger if hee do not sanctifie God in them By SAMUEL BOLTON Preacher to the Congregation of Saviours South-warke 1 Cor. 11.27 Whosoever shall eat this Bread and drink this Cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. Verse 29. Hee eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body LONDON Printed by M. Simmons for A. Kembe and are to be sold at his Shop at the Talbotgate in Southwark 1644. TO MY BELOVED FRIENDS The Godly and Well-affected of Saviours-Southwark Grace and Peace Beloved IT is now well-nigh four yeeres since I was removed from a loving a very loving people in the City and fixed among you the expresses of love which in this time I have received from you have put me on to think what way I might again manifest my ingagements to you And considering with my self the relation wherein I stand I could think of no better way of acknowledgement then to impart something spirituall to you and no better subject then this which is now presented to your view nor could I think of a better time then this for the doing of it when God in our blood shewes us what a fearfull thing it is to be guilty of the blood of his Sonne It is not unknown unto you how greatly this place above many others hath been guilty of the prophanation of this Ordinance of the Lords Supper God hath discovered it to us humbled us for it shewed us the necessity and graciously inclined your spirits to the desire of the reformation of it In reference to which through the countenance and assistance of you my brother Minister and my self have adventured to set upon the work being willing to put our selves to no little trouble if by that wee might prevent a great deal of sin In this work the searcher of hearts knowes we have had no other design then to express our Pastorall duties and declare our Pastorall affections towards your souls In short to serve you in love Probably we may meet with many obstacles in the carrying on this work Indeed it is that which is expected nay and that which wee reckoned on before we entred on it But if the work be Gods hee will either facilitate and make it easie for us or give us spirits proportionable to the greatness of it I say hee will either lessen the difficulties or heighten our spirits to conflict and incounter with them There are two sort of adversaries which we expect to meet withall some that will say we go too far and others who will blame us that we go no further To them that think we have gone too far I shall only say that we hope we have not gone beyond Gods bounds sure as God hath a purpose this Ordidinance should be continued so hee hath a care also that it should be fenced from prophanation in the continuance of it and when a better way shall be discovered to us wherein we may hold up the use of this Ordinance and yet fence it in the use of it from evident prophanation wee are ready to listen to it and be thankfull for it in the mean wee do not see it our duty to hold up the use of this Ordinance except there be some fence set up all former fences being insufficient and now broken down to keep this Ordinance from manifest prophanation unless you will say our Pastorall office doth in the exercise of it necessitate us to sin Much more might be said if wee saw it either requisite or convenient for an Epistle To those who blame us we go no further I must say our design hath bin rather to tempt on by going their pace then to discourage by over-driving our little ones I say it hath been our aim to cherish not to quench to draw out not to suppress the graces of our people and therefore have we desired to improve those graces which wee found though weak rather then to expect that which was not to be found Our present reformation it is not the measure of our will but of our power it is not the utmost wee desire but the utmost wee are able And though it may seem small to you yet despise not the day of small things though the house is not built yet wee rejoyce the first stone is laid and wee could not choose but bring it forth with shouting Grace Grace unto it and Glory Glory to the Lord. Babylon was not built in a day neither is Sion God carries on his works without us as he doth his works within us by degrees the greatest fire was at first a spark the tallest Oak at the first an Achorne the strongest Christian had his infancie and the greatest work of God its mean beginnings Would the corruption of former times have suffered our godly predecessours to have left the work in that forwardness to us in which through Gods blessing it may be left to them who shall succeed possibly nay probably the work might have been carryed on to a greater height then now it can That which is done wee desire to bless God for it and think it our duty to cherish with our utmost prayers and indeavours In relation to which these ensuing Sermons formerly preached are now printed to which work if they shall be any thing serviceable they have obtained the end of him Who is not unwilling to spend and be spent for you S. BOLTON A briefe Table of the maine things contained in the following Discourse THe Introduction into the Discourse and parts of the Text and explanation of the term pag 1 2 3 4. Doctr. 1. To have to do with an Ordinance of God is to draw neer to God p. 7. Use 1. Judge how much you are bound to God for Ordinances p. 10. 2. What cause to lament the sad condition of those that want them p. 11 12. 3. What a sin to disturb the Saints in the use of Ordinances p. 13. 4. See the ground the Saints so much taken with Ordinances p. ibid. 5. See what cause there is to keep our hearts in a holy frame p. 14. Use Exhort 1. To a conscionable use of Ordinances upon four grounds p. 20. to 25. 2. To conscionablness in the use of them upon three grounds p. 26 to 28. 2. To Exhort When ever you have to do with Ordiuances take Christ with you p. 30 The necessity of it 1. In regard of admission 2. Assistance 3. Acceptance pag. 31 32 33. Doct. 2. Those who have to do with God in an Ordinance must sanctifie God in it 34. 1. What it is to sanctifie God in an Ordinance 35. To which something is required 1 In the work 35. 2 The workman 1 In his head knowledge c. 36. 2 In his heart 36. 1. Holy affections 2. Sutable 37. 3. Excited 38. 2. How