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A12509	Christs Last Supper or the doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, set forth in fiue sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation, before men come to the Sacrament. Wherein it doth consist: with the condemnation threatned against the vnvvorthy receiuer of the same. By Samuel Smith, minister of Gods word at Prittlewell, in Essex.; Christs Last Supper.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1620 (1620)	STC 22837; ESTC S106152	104,748	388

broken Eze. 34. and ●ing into the way all such as wan●er None of which can he doe ●nlesse hee knowe the estate of is flocke 2 Such as come in vnbeleefe Secondly such eate and drinke vnworthily which come in their vnbeleefe without faith in Christ Rom. 14.23 which is all in all For faith is the hand of the soule to lay hold on Christ Heb. 11.6 the mouth of the soule to feede on Christ and without which whatsoeuer we doe is sinne Vse Which may teach all men that desire to come to the Lords Table first of all according to the precept of the Apostle to Prooue themselues whether they be in the faith 2. Cor. 13.5 In asmuch as it is that grace that must bid vs welcome and make both vs and our Sacrifice accepted 3 Such as come without repentance Thirdly such doe eate and drinke vnworthily as come without Repentance that is which doe not finde their harts humbled and broken for sinne in whome there appeares not the worke of Sanctification and sound Conuersion that are not yet made New Creatures but liue in all Sinne. A manifest declaration that such are not in Christ And thus hauing discouered the person of the vnworthy Receiuer compared with the worthy wee will now come to propound a Doctrine or two from the consideration of the person and the punishment and so hasten towards an end He that eateth and drinketh vnworthily Note heere that wicked men will bee eating and drinking of these holy mysteries of the body and bloud of Christ aswell as others howbeit not with the same fruite and effect as others The Doctrine is cleare that Doct. 4 A man may Communicate and Communicate vnworthily A man may Communicate and yet vnworthily else what meaneth the Apostle heere to say that He that eateth and drinketh c. were it not that there are some that eate and drinke vnworthily and so draw downe iudgement vpon their owne heads And as in this so in all other the dueties of Gods worship and seruice as the hearing of the Worde Prayer c. a man may perfourme them and yet not in a holy manner as God commaunds and therein the same become sinnes vnto them This appears by the example of Cain who offered Sacrifice aswell as Abell yet it was so farre from being pleasing vnto God Gen. 4. and acceptable with the most highest as that it added vnto the number of Caines sinnes And thus did the people of the Iewes offer their Sacrifices in a great abundance Esa 1. but the Lord tels them that he had no pleasure in them This was the case of these Corinthians Paul tels them They came together for the worse And notwithstanding they had met together at the Lords Table and partaked of this Sacrament they had been so farr from pleasing the Lord therein as that rather they had stirred him vp to wrath against them VVitnesse those heauy iudgements that were inflicted vppon them for their vnworthy receiuing But the Reasons that followe will further cleare this trueth vnto vs. First because there are in the Church that are not of the Church Secrete and close hypocrites haue euer shrouded themselues vnder the profession of the trueth yet inasmuch as they ioyne with the rest of the Church in Gods seruice wee are not onely to embrace their fellowship but to hope the best of their seruice till the Lord shall at the last discouer them Now what is that duety that a wicked man will not ioyne with Gods seruants in Especially in publike such as is the hearing of the Word receiuing of the Sacrament publike Prayer c. And yet for all that highly prouoke the Lord in the doing of the same But of this before Reason 2 Another Reason why a man may Communicate and yet vnworthily is layd downe by the Apostle Heb. 11.6 All men haue not Faith And therefore cannot receiue this Sacrament worthily For without Faith it is impossible to please GOD in any particular action that wee doe It is Faith that seasons all our actions that we do in Gods seruice makes them to haue a gracious acceptance with the Almighty This made the widdows mite accepted and that cup of water that was giuen vnto a Disciple not to lose it reward But now wicked men and hypocrites that liue in the Church albeit they heare the Word pray receiue the Sacrament c it profits not them because their persons are not accepted with God they are out of Gods fauour and vnto them the Word is but the fauour of death vnto death Vse 1 Seeing then that a man may Communicate and Communicate vnworthily how doth this discouer the folly of them that stand vpon the worke done and neuer looke after the manner of doing the same Oh it is the case of many thousands in the worlde that thinke they haue highly honoured God if vpon the Sabboth day they haue presented their bodies before the Lord in his house and there haue heard the word and perhaps for company sake haue receiued the Sacrament with the rest But as for the maner of performing this duty they neuer looke after but hand ouer head rush vpon them and rest satisfied with the doing of them Poore soules how doe such deceiue themselues At the last day I doubt not there shal be as many condemned for the ill doing of good actions as for the doing of those things as are simply euill As many condemned for ill hearing Note as not hearing for bad praying as for not praying and for vnworthy communicating as not communicating for vnconscionable preaching as for seldome preaching It shall not auaile any to say these and these thinges haue I done when men haue not regarded how they haue done them Neither would I bee so vnderstoode as if there were no hope that God will accept of our seruice vnlesse it be absolute in the manner of perfourming God forbid wee should so thinke for then what would become of the best dueties euen of the best No better to heare in weakenesse then not to heare better to pray with infirmity then not to pray and to Communicate with some defect then vtterly to forbeare Better it is to limp and creepe in the way then not to come at al. Yet we must learne to make conscience of the manner of our performing of good dueties and bee humbled for our wants therin least the Lord reiect both vs and them and say vnto vs one day when wee looke to haue comfort in them Who hath required these thinges at your hands Vse 2 Secondly this Doctrine may affoord vnto vs matter of tryall and examination of our selues When Christ told the Disciples one of them should betray him euery one began to say Master is it I They doubted the worst that might be in themselues and out of a godly ielously make question Master is it I So my bretheren do we heare that some may communicate and that

The Lord euer effecteth what is the purpose of his owne will The gifts and calling of God are without repentance Rom. 11.29 Ioh. 13.1 whom he loueth he loueth to the end His loue is perpetuall and therefore sayth Esay 44.8 With an euerlasting loue had I compassion on thee sayth the Lord thy redeemer And indeed this is a most certaine rule that where God beginneth the good worke of grace there is no opposition whatsoeuer that can bee made by the Deuill the World or our owne Corruptions shall euer be able to hinder the same And therefore sayth Paul I am perswaded Phil. 1.6 that he that hath begun this good worke in you will finish the same vntill the day of Iesus Christ And it is made the very finall cause why God sent his Sonne into the VVorlde euen this That all that beleeue in him should not perish Ioh. 3.16 but haue life euerlasting And vnto all that I haue sayd adde these Testimonies I know my Sheepe Ioh. 10.27 28. I giue vnto them eternall life and they shall neuer perish Neither shall any pluck them out of my hand Rom. 8.1 And there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus 2. Tim. 2.19 And that the foundation of the Lord remaineth for euer sure Surely there is no poynt of Doctrine more often vrged or clearly proued in the Scripture then this to shew the certainety of the saluation of al the elect that their life is hid with Christ in God Col. 3.3 And that such shall neuer perish And hence it is that Christ is called the Author Heb. 12.2 and finisher of our faith to comfort and stay the poore sheepe of Christ with this that if the Lorde haue in any measure begun in them the true worke of grace as he is the author of it For euery good gift and euery perfect gift coms from him that is the Father of light Iames 1.6 and God of all consolation So he will neuer cease vntill he haue brought the same vnto perfection And the reasons heereof are Reason 1 First because the Lord that hath from all eternity willed the saluation of all the elect is immutable and vnchangeable His gifts are without repentance Rom. 11.29 his foundation standeth sure And wee are kept by his power vnto saluation 2. Tim. 2.19 Reason 2 Secondly the Elect are sure of Saluation in regarde of the price of the same and that is the bloud of Iesus Christ which cleanseth from all Sinne. 1. Ioh. 1. And that beeing giuen as a ransome for many what a fearfull imputation shoulde wee cast vppon it if the same shoulde not be auaileable vnto the elect to Saluation Reason 3 And thirdly it were directly to crosse Gods iustice which being satisfied in the death of the Sonne of God for the sins of all the elect and to make the same of no validitie if the elect redeemed by Christ should finally fall away and perish euerlastingly But not to stand vppon these Reasons The vses are Vse 1 First to take notice of Gods vnspeakeable loue and mercy vnto his Church and Children Who euen heerein hath magnified his mercy towards vs not only setting vs free from the prison of our sinnes and from the fearefull punishment belonging vnto the same but hath also in deepe compassion towardes our poore Soules acquainted vs that we shall not come into condemnation but shall escape from death vnto life To the end that being free from that same bondage and seruile feare that the Wicked liue vnder Wee might learne to serue the LORDE in Righteousnesse and Holynesse yea with much ioy and comfort Luke 2. all the dayes of our life Vse 2 Secondly this serues to discouer a wonderfull poynt of folly that raignes in the world of all the mercyes of GOD this is the cheefest when the Lord doth giue vnto a man Christ and the benefits of his passion amongst which this is not the least assurance of Gods loue touching remission of sinnes and our euerlasting saluation And yet alas wee see of all things this is lesse sought for as if saluation and eternall life were not worth the seeking Heerein wee are like vnto little children that looke after babies in a booke and regard not the matter Oh why shoulde wee bee so foolish to seeke those things which cannot continue and let goe those things as are both perpetuall and eternall Doe we affect perpetuities doe wee desire a glorious a comfortable an honorable and withall an vnchangeable estate Beholde heere is an excellent estate indeede Eternall Saluation an Eternall inheritance An Eternall wayte of glory A Lease not of one and twenty yeares but for tearme of such a life as shall neuer see death Why then seeke wee not after it and get good euidences of the same that so at last Saluation may be our portion And thus much breefely for the second conclusion We are chastised of the Lord that wee might not bee condemned with the world The Apostle herein labours to prooue that these iudgments of Almighty God vnto them that can make a right vse of them are but Fatherly chastisements and instructions to keepe his children from the condemnation of the world We are chastised of the Lord c. q. d. You are euen in the midst of your trials troubles and afflictions to beholde Gods mercy towards you who doth thus correct you not out of any hatred hee beares to any of you but euen as a louing and deare Father correcteth his own childe to preuent more dangerous courses which might bring him to shame in the end So God doth exercise you with these temporall chastisements that thereby hee might keepe and restraine you from falling into such sinnes as might bring you to Damnation with the rest of the world the Doctrine then is Doct. 8 One principall meanes that God doth vse to free his children from condemnation is correction That one principall meanes that God doth vse to free his Children from condemnation is correction For whereas by nature they are corrupt aswell as the wicked God vseth this correction as a soueraigne Medicine to Purge out their corruption and so to cleanse them from their sin to bring them to repentance and to Saluation This is intended by Christ when he saith Euery branch that beareth not fruit in mee he taketh away Iohn 15.2 and euery one that beareth fruit he purgeth That it may bring forth more fruit And most agreeable vnto this is that of the Prophet Dauid Psa 94.12 Blessed is the man whome thou chastisest O Lord and teachest him in thy Law That thou maiest giue him rest from the dayes of euill whilest the pit is digged for the wicked Whereby wee learne what an excellent fruit commeth to Gods children by correction euen no lesse then such as accompanie eternall life and Saluation Which commeth to passe not simply thorough afflictions For then shoulde the wicked haue the

examin his own wayes and vpon his examination finds his estate to be miserable and cursed 〈◊〉 he is in extreame danger of God wrath and eternall condemnation for his sinnes This will mak● a man deny himselfe and t● seeke for helpe of God And this is that passe th● euery one of vs must labour t● bring our hearts vnto if we des●● to come prepared vnto th● Lords Table and to reape an● benefit and comfort vnto o●● Soules by the vse of this so holy ●n ordinance Now if we will duely examin our selues and search into our owne hearts we shal find that we haue run farre into Gods score ●nd that our sinnes are infinite of all sorts sins of omission and sinnes of commission sinnes of ●nfirmitie and presumptuous sinnes in the time of our igno●ance and in the dayes of our knowledge against God and against man yea and against our owne soules for all which if our harts be not hardened in sin ●nd wee our selues come to that height of impiety to be past fee●ing our hearts cannot chuse but smite vs and wee our selues bee brought to cry out of our selues and to say Ier. 8.6 Alas what haue I done Which if the Lord do shew vs that mercy that we can once thorowly come to the sight of it it must needes worke in vs sorrow for sin and to seeke to make our reconciliation with GOD whom we haue offended And because our hearets can neuer smite vs for sinne before our iudgement be truely enlightened informed that we haue sinned and sin must be seene before it can be sorrowed for How to come to repent Wee must therefore first of all make a narrowe search after sin according to that of the Prophet Lam. 3.40 Let vs search and try our wayes and turn vnto the Lord. And this search ought to be strict and narrow in regard of the deceitfulnesse of our our owne hearts which are deceitfull aboue al● things Ier. 17.9 and there are in them many secret lurking-holes for sin ●hich wil be vnespied vnlesse a ●rict search be vsed And there●ore the Prophet exhorting vnto his duty saith Gather your selues Hag 2.1 ●●at is gather your wittes toge●er and fix them vpon the con●●deration of your estate And this is to be obserued as ●●e only way to true repentance 1 To see sin 〈◊〉 get a sight of sinne for he that ●es his sinnes thorowly will be●aile them hartily Dauid consi●ered his wayes and what fol●●wed vpon the sight of his error ●●d wandring Psa 119.59 I turned my selfe in● the wayes of thy testimonies It is 〈◊〉 possible that a straying trauel●r should euer returne into the ●●ght way that doth not vnderstand ●●s error When God will bring ●ome a poor wandring sinner in● the way of life he giueth him e●●r a heart to question his estate after this maner God hath made me a man endued me with a reasonable soule affording vnto me the meanes of grace and saluation what now doth my walking answere this mercy of his is my life a walking in or rather not a wandring from the paths of his commandements This makes a Sinner with Ephraim to smite vpon his Thigh and to be ashamed which before was as an vntamed calfe and then conclude● he thus after when I was instructed Ier. 31.18.19 I Repented And this may be assigned a●● the onely cause of that grea● hardnesse of heart and sencelesnesse that so raigneth this day i● the world euen that bruitish in consideration that men goe o● still in sinne adding sinne vnto sinne not considering what they doe but flattering themselues ●n their euil waies and abandon●ng the very thoughts that shold make their estates questionable Oh this is the case of many thou●ands in the world which doeth manifestly declare how far they ●re from the practise of true Re●entance This is a matter I confesse ●hat woulde aske heere a large ●iscourse if I should speake of all ●he parts of Repentance I desire ●ut briefely to obserue some ●ew passages of the same As there must bee in the first ●lace a sight of sinne as we haue ●eard 2. To be humbled for sin so in true repentance ●here must be a sorrow of heart ●or the same sinnes Neither will ●uery sorrow for sinne serue the ●urne or hath Repentance ac●ompanying it but onely Godly Sorrow Two sortes of sorrow 2. Cor. 7.10 There is a worldly sorrow that bringeth death as there is a godly sorrow the end whereof is life and peace The first sort of Sorrow is to be found amongst hypocrites and wicked men which are many times full of sorrowe but it is not for sinne because it is sin and offends the maiesty of God but because of the punishment which by their sinnes they haue drawne vpon themselues euen a guilty conscience a trembling heart and wounded soule and withall a fearefull expectation of iudgement These are the effects of sin and these wound the hart of the sinner and maks him to fall out with his sins or rather indeede with the punishment like vnto Caine Gen. 4.14 Exod. 9.28 Pharaoh Saul and Iudas c. which onely were affected with the punishment Mat 27.5 and could haue wished with all their hearts that the same had beene no sin that so they might haue liued in the same without controlment But besides this What godly Sorrow is 2. Cor. 7.10 there is also a godly Sorrow which is onely to be found amongst the godly which hath the promise annexed vnto it And that is when the Child of God is grieued for sin because by sinne hee hath grieued God a good and gracious Father in Iesus Christ and if ther were neither hell nor Sathan nor punishment for sin after this life yet inasmuch as the Lord is offended and his righteous laws are violated this is it that makes the hart of the godly to smite them and they to be humbled for their Sinnes And this Sorrow these sighes and throbs of the godly for sinne are those sower hearbs wherewith we must ea●e our new Passeouer Exo. 12. and such troubled spirits shall be acceptable Sacrifices vnto God and such broken and contrite hearts the Lord will not despise Psal 51.17 The means of godly Sorrow Now the meanes by which this godly Sorrow may be attained vnto are these First a man ought to take notice of the manifold fauours and mercies the Lord hath bestowed vpon him and his own vnthankfulnesse againe vnto him and this will bee a good meanes to breake a mans heart with sorrow for sinne Thus doeth Nathan deale with Dauid 2. Sam. 12 7.8 putting him i● mind of Gods mercies in aduancing him to be King ouer Israel ●●d deliuering him out of the ●nds of Saul adding moreouer 〈◊〉 that had bin too little hee would ●aue giuen thee more That was it yt●rought remorse and sorrow in ●●e heart of Dauid And this was 〈◊〉 that preuailed so