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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

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Sacra Scriptura quasi speculum quoddam mentis oc●lis obiicitur ibi pulchra nostra in Christo prospicimus ibi foeda nostra in nobis cernimus Bernard in moralib and according to it to examin the beautie or deformitie of his Soule The summe of this Law of God is comprised in the Decalogue or Ten Commandements Which Commaundements are diuided into Two Tables The First containing the duties which we owe vnto God The Second the duties which we owe vnto our neighbour The First commandeth all manner of Holinesse that we owe to God the second commaundeth Righteousnes to our Neighbour The Commandements contained in the first Table are foure The first wherof is this 1. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt haue none other Gods but mee The Duties commaunded in these wordes are principally seuen 1. The acknowledging of the true God as hee hath reuealed himselfe in his Word 2. To feare him more thē all 3. To loue him aboue all creatures in heauen and earth 4. To put all our Confidence and trust in him 5. To humble our selues before him 6. To bee patient and content with what he is pleased to send or lay vpon vs. 7. To Hope in him onely Sinnes forbidden in this commaundement are 1. Ignorance of the true God false opinions touching the Essence Col. 3. 5. Ephes 5. 5. Philip. 3. 8. and will of God Superstition Idolatrie Trusting in Creatures 2. Carnall securitie and contempt of God 3. Hating of God or a counterfeit loue of him all inordinate loue of ones selfe or of other creatures 4. Hypocriticall trust in God staggering and diffidence in the goodnes and power of God Confidence in the helpe of man 5. Pride Arrogance Counterfeit humilitie 6. Impatience or murmuring against God 7. Desperation and Presumption 2. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image to bewe downe to it to worship it The Dutie commanded is To giue vnto God all outward religious worship of the Body as in the first Commandement wee are inioyned to Honour him in our heart aboue all The maine sinnes forbidden are 1. To adore with the Body in a religious manner any Image Rom 1. 23. Exod. 3● 1. Sam. ● ● made with mans hands whether it bee of Saint or Angel or any creature 2. To deuise any bodily worship of God which hee hath Coloss ● 18 not reuealed and commaunded either plainely or by deduction and implicitly 3. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine The Duties commaunded are 1. Due honour reuerence to the Name of God Psal 50. 15. Ioel 2. 12. Iohn 16. 23. Heb. 1. 6. Psal 147. 7. Mat. 10. 13. 2. Innocation and Prayer 3. Thanksgiuing 4. Confession and publication of Gods praises 5. The glorifying of his name Psal 34. 4. 6. Swearing lawfully by the Deut 6. 13. 10. 20. name of God The Sinnes forbidden are 1 Want of Reuerence to the Name of God neglect of Prayer Innocation Thanksgiuing Confession Praise and Glorifying of God 2 All Railing Banning Cursing Blasphemies Maledictions Imprecations wherin the name of God is vsed prophaned 3 All for swearing false swearing Leuit. 19. 12. Math. ● 34. Psal 15. 3. Iam. 5. 12 light common swearing all foolish calling of God to witnesse all rash vowes 4 All Enchantments Witchcrafts Leuit. 29. 6. Deut. 1● 1● Sooth sayings Diuinations Exorcisings and other Magicall Superstitions which are 1 Sam. 2● 7. made by Wizards out of the Scripture for the most part 5 All wiles deceits cousenages Iere 14. 15. Ephes ● ● and lyes broached vnder pretence of the Name and Word of God 4. COMMANDEMENT Thou shalt keepe holy the Sabbath day Duties commanded are 1 A religious worshipping Psal 92. 1 2 3 4 5 6. of God in publike in the great Congregation which is nothing else but our doing of Seruice to God in Common Prayer and Heb. 10. 25. Thanksgiuing in the Church 2 An attentiue hearing and Actes 13. 4● 1 Cor. 14. 26. meditating of Gods works and his word preached 3 A frequent vse of the blessed 1 Cor. 11. 20. Actes 20. 7. Sacraments 4 Deeds of piety to the maintenance 1 Cor. 16. 1. Galat. 6. 6. of the Ministers of Christ and Almesdeeds to the Poore 5 Charitable offices to our Neighbours in comforting the afflicted visiting the sicke c. 6 A squaring of our owne Titus 2. 10. Rom. 2. 24. liues and manners according to right Christianitie Sinnes forbidden are 1 Absenting our selues wilfully from the Church vpon Sundays and other Holydayes or being present not to regard the Seruice that wee ought to tender there to God in publique but to come onely to heare a Sermon which is but an Inferiour end of comming to Church vpon Holy dayes wherin God doth rather serue vs then wee Psal 92. Heb. 10. ●5 serue God 2 Contemning of the Ministery of the Word and Sacraments or any kind of Abuse of the same 3 Neglecting to heare or read the Scriptures intermission of Prayers deeds of pietie Mercy and Charity 4 Intermedling with common prophane and ordinary affayres on those dayes 5 Bibbings feastings Reuellings Dancings and Sportings to the hinderance of our deuotions and seruice of God So much for the first Table The second Table respects our Neighbour and it conteineth sixe Commandements wherof the first commandeth vs to doe our Neighbour all the good wee can the other charge vs to doe him no manner of hurt 5. COMMANDEMENT Honour thy Father and thy Mother This Commandement teacheth the duties of Superiors to their Inferiours and of all Inferiors to their Superiors The Duties of Superiors to their Inferiors are First to embrace them with a Fatherly affection Secondly as much as in vs lyeth to prouide for their maintenance and education Thirdly to defend them from wrong and violence Fourthly to instruct them Ephe. 6. 4. in the feare and nurture of the Lord. Fiftly to giue good example vnto them by our owne religious and honest carriage Sixtly to chastise and correct them for their offences The Duties of Inferiours to Superiours are First to shew all siliall loue vnto them Secondly to honour them inwardly in Heart by a reuerent estimation of them and outwardly in word and gesture by bowing to them and speaking submissely and humbly to them Thirdly to yeeld all willing obedience to their commands so long as they are not crosse to Gods Commandements Fourthly to imitate their vertuous life and religious conuersation Fiftly in word and deed to expresse our Thankefulnesse vnto them Sixtly to winke at their imperfections and to beare with their infirmities The Sinns forbidden both parties are First want of naturall affection and all impiety towards any to whom wee owe loue and reuerence Secondly Euery Neglect of dutie or an hypocriticall fayning of the same Thirdly Too much Indulgence or ouer-fondnesse Fourthly Contempt Scorne Stubburnnes Fiftly Ingratitude Sixtly Too much rigour seueritie
any other in all the Court of Persia no not vpon King Cyrus himselfe How much then dear Christians are you indebted to your King and Spouse seeing that he hath not only purposed to redeeme ransome you with his owne dearest blood but hath powred it foorth indeed euen vnto the last drop hauing for your sake suffered so much shame so many sorrowes so many torments to free ransome you from a most cruell thraldome not of the Persian but of Sathan restored you to the free possession and iust right of a Celestiall kingdom Can you then look vpon any can you find in your hearts to bestow one thought vpon any in the whole court of this world saue onely vpon your crucified Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ Cast all your thoughts all your looks all your loue vpon him Videte palpate gustate videte behold him feele him tast and consider him recognize his loue to you and returne him loue againe for if any man loue not the Lord Iesus let him be Anathema Maran-atha 1. Cor. 16. 22. Now this our Loue cannot better be expressed then by a ioyful acknowledgement of those wonderfull benefits which wee receiue from Christ when we do worthily Commnicate and a dutifull obedience to his commandements Iohn 14. ver 15. 21. 24. The later hereof is in part touched before therefore I will in a word or two touch vpon the former which is the spiritual and corporal ioy wherwith we should bee filled at the time of our Receiuing For the time of Receiuing is not a time of moody and melancholy passion but a time of mirth and ioy in the Lord. It is Sacrum conuiuium At a banket A Holy Banquet men ought to bee very merry Our dutie then it is to Reioyce only we are to take heed that we do not reioice in sin which is against the Lord but Reioyce in the Lord. Reioyce in the Lord Philip. 4. 4. alwaies and againe I say Reioyce The Holy ghost by the Apostle doth not only permit and giue leaue to vs to make merry and reioyce but doth also exhort vs vnto it And not only to reioyce but to reioyce againe He would haue our hearts rauished with a double ioy One for the Soule and another for the Body but both in the Lord. So that not only our Soules should be ioyfull in the Lord reioyce in his saluation but also our very Bones should say Lord who is like vnto thee So that the bones which Psal 51. 8. God hath broken may reioyce Psal 35. 9. 10. And certainly we haue great reason to reioyce in God for his goodnesse to vs. For at the Communion by the hands of his Minister he doth passe vnto you vnder Seale his owne body and bloud nay his Whole-selfe and whatsoeuer benefit he wrought for mans saluation as the Remission and pardon of all your sinnes the Redemption and deliuerance of all your soules and bodies from eternall punishment in Hell Perfect Friendship and Reconciliation with God and an vndoubted right and title to the kingdom of Heauen with all the ioyes and blessednesse thereof 1 You would reioyce and be glad at the heart if being indebted but a matter of twenty or an hundred thousand pounds and not knowing which way to pay it or any farthing of it you could find one so kind and bountifull as would pay it all for you and not aske one farthing backe but only your true Loue and hearty Thankfulnesse Beloued wee are all in debt Our sinnes are Debts to God Math. 18. 24. and they are of so high a nature that all the thousands and millions in the world are not able to satisfie God for one of them and euery one of vs are in for millions of thousands Christ comes and brings a Quietus est discharging vs freely of euery one of those debts and passeth it vnder seale in the Sacrament and haue we not farre greater cause to reioyce for this then for the other For his blood is the 1 Cor. 11. 25. bloud of Remission of sinnes 2. If any of you had offended the Law in any heinous manner and for that being legally adiudged to death had the Halter about his neck vpon the Gallowes being ready to be turned off the Ladder would it not glad his heart to see one come from the King with his Pardon vnder Seale procured by the Prince to acquit him from death Verily all of vs besides the actual breaches of Gods Law committed by our selues were non prius nati quàm damnati as Saint Bernard saith No sooner borne then condemned vnder the Sentence of death The halter was about our necks and we ready to bee turned off the Ladder there was but a puffe of ayre a small blast of breath in our nostrils betwixt vs and Hell-fire betwixt our temporary life and endles tormenting death The Minister comes to vs at the Sacrament with a Pardon from the King of Heauen procured by the death of the Prince of our Saluation Iesus Christ sealed with his precious bloud and haue not we iuster cause thinke you to reioyce for our deliuerance from Hell then the Malefactor hath for his deliuerance from Tyburne 3 If our Soueraigne Lord the King were iustly fallen into hatred and enmity against any of vs and should bend himselfe and the strength of all his Subiects to bee reuenged on Him for his rebellions what a pitifull taking would that party be in how glad would he be of any that would procure and could assure him of the Kings fauour and perfect reconciliation vnto him And were not all of vs by Nature Filij irae Ephes 2. 3. and by daily multiplication of rebellions against God professed enemies to God and God enemy to vs Our Sauiour by his death wrought our Peace and attonement our perfect reconciliation with God When we were enemies wee were reconciled Rom. 5. 10. to God by the death of his Sonne And to assure our soules of this our peace and reconciliation with God Christ by his Minister in the Sacrament of his Body and Blood doth passe it vnder Seale to euery particular worthy Communicant 4. If being not borne to any foot of land his Maiestie should bestow vpon any of you a whole Shire to be yours for euer I know that person would thinke himselfe an happie man But behold the King of Heauen doeth assure euery worthy Communicant not of a Shire but of a most spacious ample and glorious Kingdome to bee possessed and enioyed not for the Euer of Time in this life but for the Euer and Euer of eternitie And haue wee not good cause to bee merry and ioyfull then God is True and faithfull of his word and promise and wee knowe that Hee by the Sacrament doth make euery true penitent Beleeuer as sure of his eternall Kingdome as any Prince if hee suruiue can bee sure to inherite his Fathers Crowne For by it wee are all made Heires of God and Ioynt-heires with Rom. 8. 17. Heb. 1. 2. Iesus Christ who is the Heire of all the world So that as I said wee haue all iust cause of mirth and ioy and would to God we could all bee so truely merry and ioyfull as wee should bee both in Body and in Soule that not onely our Soules may bee ioyfull in the Lord and reioyce in his saluation Psal 35. 9. 10. but that all our Bones may say Lord who is like vnto thee Let vs therefore whensoeuer we receiue this Sacrament bee merry a Gods Name Let vs leape reioyce and exult for our Redemption and Saluation wrought by Christ but let vs not reioyce in Surfetting and Drunkennesse nor in Chambering and wantonnesse nor in painted Pride haughtinesse For this is not to reioyce in the Lord but against the Lord this is not to bee merry in Gods Name but in the Deuils name And for all these benefites whereby both our Bodies and Soules may thus iustly be rauished with Ioy the Lord our God exacteth no great matter at our hands but that which wee may pay without any Trouble or Dammage to our selues and that is as I sayd before our Loue to God for his owne sake Loue to our Neighbours for Gods sake wee are to wish euery of them all good and to performe it vnto them to the vttermost of our power helping them in their necessities and forgiuing them the wrongs they haue done vs Euen as God for Christ his sake forgaue vs. For they are all flesh of Christ Ephes 5. his flesh and bone of Christ his bone and whatsoeuer wee doe to any of these because they are the mysticall members of Iesus Christ whether it bee good or bad Math. 25. 45. Christ accounts as done to himselfe FINIS