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A04377	Directions for the vvorthy receiuing of the Lords Supper with some few questions to the same purpose. By Robert Iension, Batchelor in Diuinity, and Minister of Gods Word, at New-Castle vpon Tine.	Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652.	1624 (1624)	STC 14490; ESTC S119429	15,511	55

Sacrament which thou hast so often receiued will be a witnesse against thée and helpe to seale thy damnation After all is performed each must examine himselfe what comfort what ioy what encrease of grace he hath reaped by this Sacrament If we féele none then must we either accuse our selues for want of sufficient preparation before and then fly to God for pardon c. Or if we haue in some measure endeuoured to examine and prepare our selues then must we not be dismayed but trust in the mercy of our good and gracious God for acceptation of our endeuours Sée 2. Chron. 30.18 19. and depend on him for a blessing séeing God hath not tyed his grace to the very time of receiuing Light may be sowne for the righteous and ioy for the vpright in heart as it is Psal 97.11 and yet the haruest of that comfort not reaped till afterwaad So the sickman féeleth not for the present the strength and nourishment of the meate he hath taken and yet is nourished the Word preached euen by our Sauiour doth not alwayes take effect for the present see Act. 11.16 Ioh. 12.16 And in Baptisme we receiue not the comfortable assurance there made and sealed vnto vs till afterwards If we haue felt any comfort or God more graciously present with vs in this Sacrament Then First let vs be more specially thankfull to him for it not by our words but by our déeds by our liues and holy conuersation according to our purposes and promises here made and renued and therefore First pray with Dauid after he and his people had offered willingly for the building of the Temple Keepe this O Lord for euer in the purpose and in the thoughts of the heart of thy people and prepare their hearts vnto thee 1. Chron. 29.18 And then hauing fed on this heauenly food shew forth the goodnesse and strength of this thy food receiued by yéelding a plentifull fléece in new obedience like the Shéepe which shewes not by her bleating but by her fléece how much how well how heartily she hath eaten Otherwise this were both for the shame of our Master Christ at whose table wee are so often and bountifully fed if still like Pharaohes seuen leane kine wee remaine leane and ill fauoured Genes 41.19 20 21. And also doth argue some spirituall disease in vs which like a consumption hinders our growth and increase or that indéede for all the séeming comfort wee found wee haue not truely receiued Christ and haue him not abiding in vs for hee hath sayd Iohn 15.5 I am the Vine ye are the Branches hee that abideth in mee and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit If wee haue feltt any comfort then let vs hence bee moued the oftner to frequent this Table As good men oftner frequent those tables where their friends consort Lastly in case of temptation doubting and vnbeléefe flie hither for thy comfort and for the conssimation and strengthning of thy faith remember what thou hast once and often receiued namely signes and seales of the couenant of grace as certaine tokens of Gods loue in Christ and particular assurances thereof therefore 〈◊〉 Satan off to Christ shew him Gods generall promise Iohn 3.16 Sealed vnto thee in particular both in Baptisme and in the Eucharist and let that be thy securitie and comfort FINIS Some few Questions to the same purpose with their Answers grounded on Rom. 4.11 where it is said Abraham receiued the signe of Circumcision a seale of the righteousnesse of Faith c. Question 1. WHat are Sacraments Answ Signes and seales of the righteousnesse of faith Quest 2. What is the righteousnesse of faith Answ It is the righteousnesse of Christ Iesus which he wrought by his obedience actiue and passiue which is promised in the Gospell and laid hold on and receiued by faith by which we become righteous Ioh. 3.16 Rom. 10.9 10 11. Rom. 24.22 23 4. Qu. 3. Is this righteousnesse signified and sealed vnto vs in the Lords Supper Ans It is in as much as Christ and all the benefits of his death as pardon of sinne or vnion with him and communion one with another as also our communicating in all these benefits are thereby signified and sealed to beleeuers and to them onely Quest 4. How is this Sacrament a Signe Ans In as much as it and all the elements and actions vsed in it are ordained of God to signifie and represent vnto the faithfull what God hath done and doth for vs in Christ Quest 5. What is required of each Communicant in this regard Ans It is required that at and neere about the time of communicating he comming prepared by faith and repentance and hauing a right knowledge of the meaning and mysteries of each thing and action doe accordingly make vse thereof by a further holy meditation Quest 6. What meditation is afforded from the bare elements of Bread and Wine Answ These being appointed as signes to signifie the body and bloud of Christ we so conceiuing of them must hence further be put in minde First of the nature of this Sacrament that it is not to beginne grace in vs but for our spirituall nourishment growth in grace as also comfort as Bread and Wine doe not giue life where it is not as not to a dead man or to an image but where it is though in a languishing manner Secondly when we see both Bread and Wine we must consider that Christ is to vs perfect nourishment and a perfect Sauiour both a perfect Prophet Priest and King Thirdly we must hence thinke of the necessity of Christ signified by Bread and Wine being as necessary in regard of our spirituall life as bread and drinke are to our naturall life Qu. 7. What are you to meditate on when you see the Minister by Consecration and by Prayer set apart these Elements from their common vse to an holy vse Ans This signifying that God the Father in his eternall decree did set apart and seale Christ Iesus his Sonne in due time to finish the work of our redemption calls on me to consider his infinite loue to mankind and to mee in particular in not sparing his onely Sonne for my sake and must also teach me to loue him againe Qu. 8. What must you meditate on when you see the Bread broken and the Wine powred out Ans Seeing hereby is signified the painefull and bloudy death of Christ for me this must teach me to consider first the infinite loue of Christ who would thus die for me to redeeme me from death secondly the cause hereof not his but mine owne sinnes which therefore I am not to account light of thirdly what duty I hence owe to him how that I ought to loue him againe and not refuse to suffer any thing for him according to his Will Qu. 9. What meditation is affoorded from the Ministers comming towards vs his offering and giuing those Elements to each of vs in particular A. This signifying that God doth offer and giue in particular to euery one of vs Christ and all the benefits of his death which hee offered to all generally in the Word preached giues vs to consider that God would haue vs euery one to be particularly assured of his loue and good will in Christ Iesus neither out of any conceit of our vnworthinesse excluding our selues from his mercy nor for want of speciall application losing the benefits of Christ and in the consideration of this mercy from the heart to acknowledge with the Centurion saying Lord I am not worthy thou shouldest come vnder my roofe Q. 10. When thou takest and applyest to thy selfe this bread and wine what must this put thee in minde of A. It signifying my faith which is as the hand mouth and stomacke of my soule must put me in mind that as God will haue euery man haue faith for himselfe without which Christ profiteth no man of age so to renue the act of my faith and at this time to stirre vp my selfe to take hold on Christ and to leane and rest my selfe on my Beloued assuring my selfe by this my renued act of faith that Christ and all his benefits are as certainly mine as that the bread is now truely receiued into my hand and is become mine Q. 11. When thou eatest and drinkest Bread and Wine which turne into the substance of our bodies what must here be thought on Ans This signifying not onely and simply our faith Iohn 6.35 by which we daily feed vpon Christ in the Word spiritually Ioh. 6.53 54 55 63. but our Vnion by faith and neerer coniunction with Christ must accordingly put vs in minde and also assure vs of our vnion with him and that as truly as the Bread and Wine we eat and drinke are turned into our substance to repaire strength decayed so assuredly are we changed assimilated and made conformable vnto Christ Rom. 8.29 Phil. 3.10 and incorporated into him and so fed refreshed and inwardly strengthened by his Body and Bloud Qu. 12. But are Sacraments also seales and particularly this of the Lords Supper Ans They are and that both on Gods behalfe to assure the beleeuer that Gods promises and all these benefits of Christ do most certainly belong vnto him and on our part whereby we by taking and receiuing these signes bind our selues a new to keepe our couenant with God and to performe all those promises of ours as of new obedience and mortification which wee by our sureties made to him in Baptisme FINIS

deede of gift whereby thou giuest and sealest vnto all beleeuers eternall life O Lord now I may see and that without doubting that indeed my name is written in the Lambs booke of life When wee take and apply the Bread and Wine to our selues then must wee stir vp our selues to take hold on Christ Esa 64.7 and be put in minde of the speciall act of faith which is to apply and bring Christ home to the inmost closet of our hearts relying our selues and putting our whole affiance wholly and onely on him for saluation stirring vp our faith and by it féeding on our Sauiour more and more crying also Lord I beleeue helpe my vnbeleefe When we eat and drinke then also must we meditate first on our strait vnion with Christ whereby we become one with him and he with vs euen as the Bread and Wine turne to our nourishment and become one substance with vs one flesh and one bone and what straighter vnion can there bee then this Then rouze vp thy spirit say O my blessed Sauiour be thou vnto mee Bread and water of life for euermore let this vnion once made by thy Spirit my faith neuer again be dissolued but fasten me vnto thée by the bond of my faith and fasten and vnite thy selfe vnto me by the bond of thy Spirit and that for euermore Let nothing dissolue this knot let not my sinnes euer hereafter separate betweene thee and me Esa 59.2 But O Lord let thy most precious and pure and holy body and blood clense and sanctifie my body and my soule and either keepe them that they sinne not against thee at any time presumptuously or if they sinne that by thy precious bloud they may be forthwith purged from sin 1. Ioh. 1.7 Yea O Lord let me walke on in the strength of this spirituall foode this liuing Bread and Water of life euen to eternall life according to thy gracious promise and Word whereby thou hast said Whosoeuer eateth my Flesh and drinketh my Bloud hath eternall life and if any man eat of this Bread he shall liue for euer Ioh. 6.51 54. Let mee therefore hence be assured that neither death nor life nor any thing else shall bee able to seperate me from this loue of thy Father which is in thee his sonne my Sauiour Iesus Christ Rom. 8.38 39. Heere also must we thinke of our participation of all the benefits of Christ both by imputation concerning our iustification and also by infusion concerning our sanctification seeing Christ neuer comes alone but as the married wise though she marry with the man himselfe and not with his lands or goods yet being partaker of him she partakes of them too Why then O Lord need I distrust thy goodnesse for any blessing spirituall or temporall seeing thou hast giuen me thy Sonne Christ and in him interest in all things 1. Cor. 3.22 23. If thou sparedst not thy Sonne but gauest him for me to death and now giuest and appliest him spiritually vnto me how shalt thou not with him giue mee all things also Rom. 8.32 I will henceforth therefore neuer distrust thy goodnesse Lastly when thou seest in this holy action others also rich and poore of all sorts without difference eat of the same Bread and drinke of the fame Cup bee put in minde of loue and charity to all wee see where men familiarly conuerse one with another and liue together in one house sitting and feeding at the same table there is mutuall loue knowledge and familiarity else it is very vnusuall and vnnaturall yea very beasts by drawing together in the same Yoke grow familiar one with another and shew loue in their kinde what louing respect therefore owe I euen to the meanest of my fellowes and brethren and to the least of the Saints of God seeing wee all that are many are one bread and one body because we all are partakers of one Bread 1. Cor. 10.17 and wee all haue beene made to drinke into one Spirit 1. Cor. 12.13 Surely then because I see there is one body and but one one Spirit one Lord one Faith one Baptisme yea one onely communion of Saints one God and Father of all I will therefore endeuour to keepe the vnity of the Spirit in the bond of peace and with all humblenesse of minde and meeknesse with long suffering support others through loue as the Apostle exhorts me Ephesians 4.1 2 3 4 5. And because I here see my Sauiour makes no difference and hath no respect of persons so they feare God Act. 10.34 35. but alike admits all to his Table of all sorts rich and poore noble and ignoble c. and communicates himselfe to all I will henceforth despise none of GODS Saints not the least member of Gods Church whom God and Christ so loues and hath done so much for 1. Cor. 11.22 Mat. 18.10 With these or such like meditations should our thoughts be taken vp during the time of the celebration of the blessed Sacrament at which time especially wee are to make conscience of our thoughts CHAP. 9. Of duties to be performed after this action is ended AS before we should presume to this Table we must set our selues and our thoughts by meditations a part by times some two or thrée daies that we may come prepared after the example of the Passeouer Exod. 12.3 6. So after this Sacrament is solemnly celebrated in the Church each man and woman particularly should doe well to set apart some fit and conuenient time to consider well what is done what God hath done for them and what they haue promised and ought to doe for God And here First each one for himselfe must in particular be thankfull for the high fauour vouchsafed him that God would admit him to his Table being in himselfe vnworthy so much as to gather vp the crums that fall from it The forme of thanks may either be performed as it shall please God by his Spirit to helpe our infirmities Rom 8.26 or helpe may be had from the order of the Church and from diuers good bookes of deuotion in this kinde Now to this end each for himselfe must well remember what he hath made promise and profession of Here we haue renued our promise and vow made in Baptisme to forsake the deuill and haue taken the Sacrament vpon it and receiued as it were presse-money from God to fight valiantly constantly and faithfully vnder his banner against all his and our enemies after which it is high treason against his Maiestie to reuolt or giue ouer resolue therefore now of constancie to hold out to the end whatsoeuer come of it whatsoeuer opposition wée finde from our traiterous and rebellious flesh from the scoffes of the world from the assaults and slie suggestions of Satan And as thou lookest that God should make good what he in his word hath promised and in this Sacrament hath sealed vnto thée so looke that thou performe all thy vowes to God else this