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A13854	Directions for a godly life especially for communicating at the Lord's table. Intended first for private vse; now publish'd for the good of those who desire the safty [sic] of their owne soules, and shall bee pleased to make vse thereof. By H. Tozer Mr of Arts, and fellow of Exceter Colledge in Oxford.	Tozer, Henry, 1602-1650.	1628 (1628)	STC 24161; ESTC S122218	43,206	213

wherein wee are to endeauour by all meanes to continue as S. Paul taught the disciples Act. 14.22 and beware that wee fall not from our stedfastnesse but grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ as it is 2. Pet. 3.18 whereof wee cannot but bee carefull if wee consider our weakenes for we are euer subject to Apostasie and our faith is exceeding weake as we may plainly see by our coldnesse in prayer and other good duties by our feare of death by our loue of this world for the strengthening of which Christ hath left vnto vs this Sacrament as a speciall meanes conducing thereunto for the Covenant which our faith taketh hold of as it is contained in the Word of GOD so it is sealed vnto vs by this Sacrament and therefore Christ calls the cupp the cupp of the New Testament because it seales vnto vs the Covenant of God in the New Testament accomplished in the shedding of Christ's blood Now if a King should in pitty and compassion send a pardon vnder his Seale vnto a poore distressed prisoner would wee not judge that prisoner vnworthy of the benefitt thereof if hee should either wilfully refuse it or carelesly neglect it questionlesse wee would yet such is our case before God who as King of Kings hath sealed vnto vs by this Sacrament a full remission of all our sinnes if wee therefore shall either wilfully contemne or at our pleasure receiue this pledge of his loue what can wee expect at GOD's hands but a just remoueall of this his fauour from vs Surely if wee joyne the consideration of our owne weakenesse which so much needeth help with the meditation of God's mercy who so freely giueth it wee cannot but acknowledge our owne misery if wee neglect it wherefore as we feare him and tender the good of our owne Soules let vs bee carefull in the due performaunce of this so weighty a businesse But some are wont to frame these excuses for their absence 1. The often receiuing of this Sacrament may breede a disesteeme thereof and therefore it is safer sometimes to abstaine To which I answere that in matters temporall as pleasures and such like the often vse may breed cōtempt or at least neglect as it often doth but in spirituall things it rather breeds a greater desire because the more we feele and know the goodnesse of them the more we seeke after them yet if it so come to passe that by often receiuing we beginne to vndervalue the worth of it wee must consider that this neglect ariseth not frō the often vse of the thing but from our corrupt nature for this Exercise is God's owne ordinance alwayes attended with his blessing if rightly receiued appointed as a meanes to stirre vp and encrease our zeale and devotion and therefore it is not likely that it should hinder it Let not this therefore keepe vs from the LORDS Table but let vs rather come that it may bee a meanes to encrease our piety 2. Some will say I am not prepared and therefore dare not come but this indeede is no excuse for wee must knowe that wee ought to bee alwayes prepared our whole life should bee a continuall preparation as to all other good duties so especially to this being euer ready when the Lord shall call as our Sauiour admonisheth vs Matt. 24.44 3. Others will vrge I am to take a journey or to bee imployed in such or such a businesse and therefore I cannot come Well if this journey or the like must of necessity bee performed thy excuse is the safer but if it may bee any way avoyded as oftentimes it may assure thy selfe this is to preferre thy owne pleasure before that which God commaunds a day will certaynely come wherein wee must giue an account for the neglect of the least of God's ordinaunces and then it will bee said of such Pretences Who required these things at thy hands 4. Some are wont to vrge I am not in charity by reason of some wrong which hath beene offered to mee and therefore I ought not to come This indeede is an excuse too common but wee must knowe that if wee bee not in charity it is our owne fault for wee ought to bee in charity and still to preserue it and certaynely a miserable thing it is that wee should preferre to feede on our owne malice rather than to eate of the Lord's Supper this is to hurt our selues more than wee neede euen to wrong our selues because others haue wronged vs wee should rather seeke all meanes of reconciliation that so wee may remoue those impediments of Piety and Religion and come the more freely to the LORD's Table 5. Some thus pleade for their absence I am afrayde to approach vnto the LORDS Table by reason of my manifolde infirmities which are in mee and therefore I had rather sometimes to refrayne lest I come vnworthily which is a very fearefull thing It is so indeed but wee must consider that our staying away is no comfort vnto vs in this case but rather a meanes to make vs worse and to pull downe Gods judgments vppon vs wee should rather remember the goodnes of God that inviteth vs promising to refresh those that are heavy loaden with their sinnes Matt. 11.28 not putting vs off for our infirmities for if thero be a willing minde hee accepteth vs according to that which wee haue and not according to that which we haue not 2. Cor. 8.12 though we want that perfection which others haue yet if we haue a true desire to bee refreshed by the merites of Christ and haue a sincere heart before God hee will accept vs according to this Whensoeuer therefore the Diuell shall tempt thee to draw thee away by the consideratiō of thy own infirmity cheere vp thy selfe with the comfort of the blinde man in the Gospel Mar. 10.49 be of good cōfort behold he calleth thee say vnto thy selfe Christ Iesus hath invited me hath promised to accept mee if my heart bee sincere humble and willing why then should the consideration of my infirmities keepe mee from it 6. Others thus reply I desire to receiue but I am conscious vnto my selfe of some crying sinnes which I haue committed before God for which I haue not yet sufficiently repented how then can I partake of this holy banquet in the presēce of God Is it so art thou poore yet wilt thou refuse gold whē it is offred vnto thee who will thē pitty thee for thy poverty art thou desperately sick wilt thou not seek vnto the Physitian for meanes of recovery who will thē bemoane thee for thy disease Behold Christ Iesus is the Physitian of thy soule as well able to heale it of all it's diseases as hee did the bodies of those which came vnto him of their infirmities forsake not then this heavenly Physitian but labour by a serious repentance to discharge thy conscience of those thy sins and then come speedily vnto