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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90686	A scripture-rale to the Lords Table; or, Observations upon M. Humphreys his treatise, intituled, An humble vindication of free admission to the Lords Supper. Tending to discover the loose and prophane principles therein suggested. Published for the undeceiving the weak, and removing offences occasioned by it in the practice of reformation. Being the result of the discourses of some preachers in the county of Gloucester near Stow on the Wold, at their weekly meetings. / Digested by Anthony Palmer pastor of the Church of Christ at Bourton on the Water.	Palmer, Anthony, 1618?-1679.	1654 (1654)	Wing P218; Thomason E1496_2; ESTC R208631	72,178	194

be evil c. Ans So may the Act of murder be said to be good as 't is an action or any other vile action because it hath being and so good in a Metaphyficall sense which we will not puzzle our Reader with speaking chiefly to the deceived people Know Reader the Scripture cals it damnable sin to come unworthily and be not flattered into sin by such unsound niceties There 's no morall good in the coming God hates thee in thy coming thou bring'st greater sin upon thy soul if thou comest unworthily Ah how are poor ignorant souls strengthned by this reason they beleeve there 's some good and they do some good in coming and this makes amends for much prophanesse He may indeed say as much for the foulest sin in the world T he act is good as it hath being but the sinne is in the manner Eating and drinking simply considered at the Sacrament is not sin but ignorance and unworthinesse makes it so But saith he There 's unworthinesse upon a Person if he do not come p. 71. Answ But not so great To be unworthy and come in that unworthinesse to a holy action which the Word stiles damnable is an aggravation of it and a greater sin and an abominable mocking of God and defiling his Ordinances His second Query is Whether receiving the Sacrament be otherwise damnable then hearing and praying which he concludes is not c. Ans Though to pray and hear in a carnall manner be great sins yet unworthinesse of Receiving is greater which those dreadfull Expressions in 1 Cor. 11. do witnesse beside there lie absolute commands upon every one to hear and pray Rev. 13.9 If any man have an ear to hear let him hear Jer. 10.25 The action of receiving is of a more tender and holy nature and the sin of prophaning it greater So that if a prophane person refrains to come he sinnes lesse though this doth not at all excuse his continuing in prophanesse But he helps himself with a distinction whereby he pretends to salve all There 's a presumptuous prophane way of coming to an Ordinance or a Christian coming in conformity to God c. Ans Here 's a skinning soul-flattering plaister for the Enemies of Reformation It 's a sweet bit for the devil to keep up rotten formality Sir Doth not he come in a prophane presumptuous way who comes but in an outward Conformity Doth not the most prophane wretch do so and thinks he doth enough and covers many sins by it he will tell you he comes in a conformity to Gods worship How many Scriptures might we give him and we presume not unknown to him where the Lord expresseth his abhorrency of such worship See Isa 1.11 66.5 Jer. 6.7 Chapt. c. The people there came before God as his people in such waies of worship as he appointed But they came but in an outward conformity therefore saith the Lord 't is an abomination to me an iniquity my soul hateth it c. Therefore this is a distinction abhorred of the Lord whoever comes in a meer outward conformity comes in a presumptuous prophane way His third Query Whether an unregenerate man conceiving himself not worthy must never come to the Sacrament c. He answers Herein my thoughts are apt to run comparatively on the word Ans An unregenerate person finding himself such is not as such to come 't was not ordained for his good Not to sow the first seed of his new birth but to strengthen it 2. We deny to be the same reason of coming to the Word and Sacrament for though he hath been and is an unworthy hearer yet he is to go because the Word preached is ordained for conversion but not the Sacrament which is for the Communion of Saints whereas he saith 't is a means of grace 't is a fallacy 't is not a means of the first grace He speaks in the close of a soul laying to heart the horrour of his sinne in being guilty of Christs Bloud and so to come This is true and granted If he doth lay it to heart and professe to do so then the Church doth encourage him to come But we say This horrour of his sin is wrought by the preaching of the Word not by the Act of receiving And we beleeve a soul made sensible of this dreadfull guilt in his frequent former comings will tremble to come at that instant though he is afterwards upon the profession of his sin to be encouraged 't will not hurt him to lie under these humblings yea if a poor creature shall doubt of his regeneration and so open his condition to the Minister or the godly people he is to be encouraged if any appearance of regeneration in a charitable judgement be upon him But saith he If coming unworthily makes a man guilty of Christs bloud how much more shall open refusing it that tramples upon it in this Ordinance Ans Briefly By continuing in sinne and coming to this Ordinance there 's a more abominable trampling under foot the bloud of Christ because they make it an unclean thing Heb. 10.29 by continuing in their uncleannesse and so trampling upon and despising the ends of Christs bloud purity and holinesse It matters not which is precisely the greater sin 't is enough to make a prophane wretch to tremble that in coming unworthily he becomes guilty of the Lords bloud c. So to make him refrain The ninth Objection against his judgement which he brings on to answer is The Ordinance is polluted if all be admitted He grants it To the unworthy Receivers to whom all things are unclean but not to the Admitters unlesse the unworthy are convicted Ans But Sir What if the Minister and the rest of the Admitters do not their duty to convict an ignorant or a prophane person but suffer him to come When they have power and command from Christ as they are a Church to do so is it not then both Ministers and Peoples sin We dare averre the Lord will require it of them without their Repentance or else Mat. 18. stands for a blank and Christ will never take an account of it But though this duty be not performed by them yet they may come fearlesly as Mr Humfreys conceives No more scruple saith he then if the cloth be not clean enough on the table Ans Satis profanè an expression unworthy a Christian that we may not flatter him and an abhorring to the Lords people That a godly soul seeing a company of profane wretches enemies to godliness as what Congregation abounds not with such come to this holy mystery and though he doth not his duty by private admonition and labouring their conviction yet he is no more to be troubled to see the blood of his Saviour made an unclean thing then for an unclean cloth Now Reader thou feest this Author in his own shape His profane Proselytes sure will say he hath stretcht conscience a little too much for them