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spirit_n	grace_n	holy_a	lord_n	14,167	5	3.6878	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41720	The communicants guide directing the younger sort, which have never yet received, and the elder, and ignorant sort, which have hitherto received unworthily, how they may receive the sacrament of the Lords Supper to their souls comfort together with a treatise of divine truths, collected out of ancient and moderne divines / by R. Gove ...	Gove, R. (Richard), 1587-1668.	1654 (1654)	Wing G1452; ESTC R17638	26,688	79

both of himselfe who is to receive and of the true nature and use of the Sacrament which he is to receive Q. What must hee know concerning himselfe who is to receive A. He must know how miserable he is by nature and how much more miserable he hath made himself by his actuall transgressions Q. What must hee know concerning the true nature and use of the Sacrament which he is to receive A. Hee must know first who ordained it Secondly for what ends it was ordained and thirdly what are the parts whereof it consisteth Q. Who ordained this Sacrament A. The Lord Jesus Christ and that in the Night when hee was betrayed and therefore it is called the Lords Supper Q. For what ends was it ordained A. It was ordained first to keepe in us a thankfull remembrance of the Death and Passion of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Secondly to assure us of our particular part and interest in the benefits thereof and Thirdly to be a Bond and Pledge both of our Union with Christ and of our Communion one with another Q. What are the parts whereof this Sacrament consisteth A. They are three First the outward Signes signifying Secondly the Divine Word sanctifying and thirdly the inward and spirituall graces signified Q. What are the outward signes signifying A. Bread and Wine with the severall actions pertaining to them as Breaking Giving Taking Eating and Drinking Q. What is the Divine Word Sanctifying A. The Word of Christs Institution pronounced with Prayers and Blessings by a lawfull Minist●r Q. What are the inward and spirituall graces signified A. The Body of Christ Crucified and his bloud shed for the Remission of sins exhibited by God to the faith of the worthy Receiver which receives it and feeds on it for the nourishing of his soule unto life everlasting Q. And thus farre touching the knowledge which is required in the worthy Receiver tell me now next what faith is required in him A. There is required not onely a bare knowledge and perswasion that the body of Christ was crucified and his bloud shed for the Remission of sinnes for even this the very Devills in Hell doe believe and yet tremble but a particular application of the same and of all the benefits thereof unto a mans owne Soule whereby he believeth that Christs Body was Crucified and his Bloud shed for the Remission of his Sins in particular Q. And thus far also touching the faith which is required in a worthy Receiver tell me now next what Repentance is required in him A. There is required in him an hearty and unfaigned sorrow for all his Sins past and a full purpOse with Gods Grace and assistance never to offend God by the like in the time to come but to amend his life and to become a new man Q. And thus farre also touching the Repentance which is required in a worthy Receiver tell mee now next what Charity is required in him A. There is required a care to be in Love and Charity with all men striving to be reconciled to those whom hee hath injured and wronged and being ready from his heart to forgive those who have injured and wronged him Q. And thus farre also touching the Charity which is required in a worthy Receiver tell me now in the last place what hungring and thirsting desire after Christ and the benefits of his Death and passion are required in a worthy Repentance A. There is required in him a sense and feeling of his want of Christ and his righteousnesse and of Gods Wrath due unto him for his sins which shewing him his woefull and miserable estate without Christ may make him to hunger and thirst after him and the benefits of his Death and Passion the only meanes of pacifying Gods wrath as much as an hunger-starved man and one that is ready to die for thirst doth after Meate and drinke Q. And thus have you shewed me what is the former of those two things which must be performed by a worthy Receiver that would prepare himself aright before he commeth to receive to wit examination tell me now which is the other of them A. It is prayer wherein if after examination hee doth finde in himselfe the former Graces in any measure he is to bless God for it and to pray for the continuance and increase of them and if hee want them or have them not in that measure which God requireth in his Word hee is to humble himselfe before the Lord in true contrition and hearty sorrow for his failings confessing them unto him and desiring pardon of them all for Christs fake and that his gracious Spirit may helpe his infirmities in those Graces hee hath and may worke in him those which he wanteth that so hee may come as a worthy Receiver to this holy Table of the Lord Q. But what if a Man be not thus prepared when hee commeth to receive is there any great danger in it A. Yes for first he that is not thus prepared standeth guilty before God of the Body and Blood of the Lord Secondly insteed of Receiving that which might further his Salvation hee shall Eate and Drinke his own Damnation And lastly hee shall not onely be damned hereafter but shall be severely punished also in this life by sicknesse and weaknesse yea and at the end of his life by some fearefull death Q. And thus have you shewed me what is required of a worthy Receiver before hee commeth to Receive tell mee now in the next place what is required of him whilst he is Receiving A. There is required a reverent gesture of Body and a Religious disposition of minde Q. What gesture of body is fittest in the time of Receiving A. There is no certaine gesture prescribed in Gods Word to be used in the Receiving of the Lords Supper and therefore that is fittest which is most decent and orderly and most agreeing to the Discipline of the Church under which we live So that it be not contrary to piety or charity and if we be left to our owne choyce then that gesture is to be judged best which may best set forth the greatnesse of the Giver the worth of the Gift and the humility and thankfullnesse of the Receiver Q. What disposition of minde is required in a worthy Receiver at the time of his Receiving A. There is required first that his mind be taken off from all worldly and sinnefull thoughts and secondly that it be wholly taken up with heavenly Meditations and hearty prayers and thanksgivings unto God Q. Whereon should a worthy Receiver specially meditate in the time of Receiving A. Hee should especially meditate on the Death and Passion of Christ Jesus his Saviour of the benefits which accrue to him thereby and of the duties which hee oweth to God and man therefore Q. How may he come best to meditate on the death