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lord_n	death_n	drink_v	eat_v	10,941	5	7.4647	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69664	Several discourses viz., I. of purity and charity, II. of repentance, III. of seeking first the kingdom of God / by Hezekiah Burton ...; Selections. 1684	Burton, Hezekiah, 1631 or 2-1681.	1684 (1684)	Wing B6179; Wing B6178; ESTC R17728	298,646	615

it as a great Privilege only to have the Word of God read to them 1. Those that cannot read it themselves 2. They who have it not in a known Tongue And hence it was that in the beginning of the Reformation here in England when it was first order'd that the Bible should be read in English in the Congregation that the People flock'd so very much to the Churches Tho this is a thing now despised and Men make no account of coming into Church till after the Chapters as if it was nothing to have the Word of God read by one whose Office it is to proclaim the Divine Counsel But if any will pretend that he can read the Bible as well at home and it is all one to have it read by one of his own Family as by Christ's Minister and Officer I will only say this That the sacred Place and the Time set apart for this thing and the Presence of others may all contribute to his greater attendance to and better observation of it Mirum Judicium oritur ex aliorum praesentia And when I see many others hearkning to the Word read it will excite my Attention and thereby help my Understanding I need not put you in mind that care hath been taken in selecting those Portions of Scripture to be publickly read which are most easy to be understood and most useful and necessary to be remembred and practised But if a Man should persuade himself that no Benefit will come to him by conforming to the Orders of the Church in coming to the publick Assembly to hear the Word of God read yet he ought to do this for the sake of that Society of which he is a Member and for the sakes of the Ignorant who by their attendance on the publick reading of the Word will proclaim to the World that they are the only ignorant Persons if none else will come to hear it And the Shame of this may make them absent themselves too because they would not be look'd upon as so altogether and only without understanding Therefore to encourage and keep them in countenance even such as can themselves read should come to Church to hear the Scriptures read tho there are other Reasons to move them to this But besides the bare reading there is also the Expounding of the Word of God in the Publick Congregations and it is applied to particular Cases For this is the business both of all Catechising and Preaching Where any Text is not at all or so well understood there the Minister doth expound it by some plainer Text or by an Interpretation of the Original and he always shews its agreement with the common Notions and Sense of Mankind And if any be so careless or dull as not to deduce the particular Consequences they might nor make use of it to direct their own Practices they are helped by the Sermon in those matters And thus by hearing the Divine Commands and Promises and Threatnings read and explained and applied Mens Understandings are increased their Memories refreshed their Affections quickned and consequently their Practice is better'd For the Word of God where it is understood and believed where it is entertained and kept it will have this certain Effect to help Men to live holy and vertuous Lives for it is a Spirit of Holiness and Purity that breaths in those Divine Writings and they have this only design to make Men good 3. The last of the Benefits I mentioned which the Christian hath in the publick Assemblies is the Sacraments I have already said something concerning Baptism which is the initial Rite that is used at our first Admission which solemnizes and as it were confirms and ratifies the Engagement which the Proselite to Christianity then takes upon him I might here add that it cannot seem improbable to expect the secret and unseen tho not unfelt Blessing of God to be conveyed upon the Observance of his own Institution and the Prayers which are made by the Church on the behalf of the Party baptized The other Sacrament of the Lord's-Supper if we consider by whom and at what time it was instituted we shall look on it as a mighty Privilege to be admitted to it For our Saviour ordained it and he did this at the time of his Death when he was about to give the greatest Instance of his Love to us that ever the World had If we think how frequently it was used by the Primitive Christians and what an Esteem they had of it we shall by this also be persuaded that it is a very valuable thing But on the other hand if we make an Estimate of it according to the Judgment of our own Times we must then look on it as having either much Evil or very little Good in it for else sure Men could not possibly neglect it as they do But let us not judge of it by any extrinsecal Considerations whatsoever Let us consider the Nature of the Thing it self and the excellent Uses it serves and then we shall better discern the Advantages it brings The thing we are to do is to commemorate the great Performances of our Lord Jesus Christ which were consummated in that painful and ignominious Death he underwent for our sakes This we are commanded to do in eating Bread and drinking Wine Now whilst we do an Action which so well becomes us and that is so honourable to our dearest Lord we receive unto our selves unconceivable Benefits For when we look on Christ crucified for our Sins as the Sacrifice offered for us this shews us the Heinousness of Sin and makes us more sensible of and sorrowful for the Sins we have committed as also more to detest and resolve against all Sin for time to come This also convinceth us of God's Right to challenge our Obedience and to punish us for our Default And he doth by this Instance 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shew us what we are to expect if we continue in a sinful Practice Again When we look on the Sacrifice as accepted and esteemed by God this will increase our value of Obedience to the Divine Law and we shall set an higher Price on Holiness for it was this which made our Saviour's Oblation so acceptable unto God This will also encourage our Faith and Hope in God when we consider that a Sacrifice hath been offered and is accepted on our behalf When we take a view of our dying Saviour as our Example and Patern we then learn the most perfect Submission of our Wills the most entire Resignation of our Selves to the Will of God the most unconquerable Patience the greatest Resolution and yet the most of Mildness and above all the most universal and intense Love that can be exprest Love to Enemies to malicious and wicked Persecutors to be desiring heartily and earnestly endeavouring their Welfare whilst they are eagerly seeking our Ruine And when we have had Christ set before us as dying for our Brethren this will