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lord_n	damnation_n	drink_v	eat_v	10,899	5	8.2264	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00731	A Christians preparation to the worthy receiuing of the blessed sacrament of the Lords Supper	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1622 (1622)	STC 10860; ESTC S118349	22,963	94

commaunds vs to communicate And so hee encounters with two sorts of men wherof the One eats of this Bread and Tries not and those offend against the first part The Other trie themselues but doe not eat of this Bread and these faile against the second The first enioyneth a Preparation the second a Participation In the first wee may consider two things 1. Persons Examining 1. Euery man Examined himselfe 2. Parts Maner of examination Matter 1. The person that is to Examine is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which Erasmus and Beza render Quisque Boet. Leitur euery Man This dutie then is layd vpon euery one bee hee subiect or soueraigne Priest or of the people Which obseruation ouer-turneth the Implicite Faith of the Romish Church For euery Lay-man and woman ought to turne Confessor and Examiner and to be endued with sufficient knowledge for this heauenly Businesse He must looke not onely through the Spectacles of the Priest but also see with his owne Eyes and bee able to Trie himselfe 2. The person that Euery man is bound to try and examine is Himselfe that is his owne person not the persons of other men for a man to set vp his Consistory in the Conscences of others is Pharisaical pride and presumption We must not bee busie Bishops in other mens Diocesses but 1 Pet. 4. 15. 1 Thes 4. 11. meddle with our owne businesse We must not break our neighbours head with the Pharisee God I thank thee I am not like other men c. nor like this Publican but smite our own brests with the Publican and say O God be mercifull to mee a sinner Saint Augustine complained of men in his time that they were Curiosi ad cognoscendum vitā alienam desidiosi ad corrigendam suam and Reuerend Hooker sayeth of men in our Time That their Vertue is nothing else but gladly to heare the reproofe of others vices And herein they are not vnfitly resembled to Taylors and Barbers whereof the one doth Measure and the other doth Trim all others except themselues But our Sauiour Christ would not haue vs to trouble our selues about the Mote in our Brothers Eye but rather to Math. 7. pull out the beame that is in our owne eye And Saint Paul in this place chargeth vs not to prie into the liues of others but to trie and examine our owne selues Leauing therefore the persons Examining and Examined we come to the Parts of Examination and they are Two One concerning the Manner and the other concerning the Matter of our Examination The Manner of our Examination consisteth in these two Namely that it be made first Vprightly secondly Necessarily First it is required that in examining our consciences wee deale vprightly faithfully and sincerely with God For so much is implyed in the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Examine which commands a diligent and narrow search and an earnest and exact enquiry such as Lapidaries and Gold-smiths vse to finde out True Mettall from Counterfeit The fraudulencie of mans heart is vnsearchable by any on earth saue by the Spirit and Conscience of a mans owne selfe Wee our selues ●or 2. 11. therefore are to call our selues to examination before our owne Consciences which wil either accuse vs or excuse vs Rom 2. 15. in the things that wee haue done If our Heart or Conscience doe condemne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all things but if our heart condemne vs not then 1 Iohn 3. 21. 22. haue we boldnesse towards God We are therefore to examine our selues with a sincere Conscience not seeking to dissemble or excuse any maner of sinne bee it neuer so deare vnto vs Least in so doing we doe rather prouoke the Lord to anger then appease his wrath One saith that Conscientia est scientia cum scientiâ Scientia nostra cum Scientiâ Dei congruens a Knowledge in vs agreeing with another Knowledge which is in God In which regard some haue compared the Conscience to a Tally Bakers and Brewers such Tradesmen as vse to deliuer their commodities to their Customers vpon Tale are wont to cleaue a sticke in Two and to giue to their Customers the one side of it keeping the other to themselues and euer as they deliuer out their wares they make a certaine number of Markes and Nickes vpon both parts of their Tallies to keepe euen reckonings So that if either goe about to deceiue other they neede but to drawe out Their side of the Tally and That will soone discouer the Truth Euery action which we doe be it good or badd is markt and nickt vpon the Tally of our Conscience and Gods Science if wee haue laboured to deface or scrape out any thing that hath beene marked on our side of the Tally God needes but to drawe out that which is markt on his side and That will soone conuince vs of falsehood For God is greater then our heart And therefore it standes vs in hand to deale Truely and vprightly with him Secondly examination must be made not onely Vprightly but also Necessarily and This wee may gather out of the word Therefore Whosoeuer shall eate this Bread and drinke this Cup of the Lord vnworthily shal be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Therefore let a man examine c. Triall of our selues then is necessary both in respect of the dutie enioyned and of the Danger if wee neglect that dutie In respect of our dutie For Christ in his first Institution vsed a commaunding Tearme Doe This. Doe this in remembrance of Mee So that it is Luke 22. 19. not in our choyce to Doe it or not to doe it If any be not fit he must endeuour to make him selfe fit and the way to make him fit is Examination Let a man therefore examine himselfe c. Secondly Triall is necessary in regard of the Danger if we receiue the Lords Body vnworthily 1. The danger is in respect of the sinne verse 27. Hee is guiltie of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 2. The punishment for sinne Which punishment is twofold Generall verse 29. Hee eateth and drinketh his owne damnation Particular verse 30. For this cause many are weake and sicke and die From the Manner of our examination Id. Ibid. we proceed to the Matters concerning which euery Communicant must bee Tryed and they are summarily Two viz. Repentance and Faith These two are like Hippocrates his Twinnes they go together hand in hand For there is no True repentance without a liuely faith nor a liuely faith without true Repentance Wee attaine to Repentance by the sight and knowledge of our Sinnes Our sinnes are discouered and made knowen vnto vs by the Law of God Euery sinne is as a spot or staine vpon the Soule and the Law of God is a Looking-glasse of the Soule which sheweth euery spot and wrinckle It is behoouefull Iam. 1. 21. then for euery one to set this Glasse before him