. A treatise of the two sacraments of the gospell : baptisme and the Supper of the Lord ... who have fed upenother dainties, and fafliould wc not be alway new to bcgio,but kccpe our old grace,andincrcafcnew, which is indeed togrowby theSa<:ramcnt<»But of this, before. ii^k^f<i Laftlyp wc muft fo ufc all private meanes of religion, as tbey may behelpcs to the publike. For private meanes arc of-ten, publikc fddomer .* If then fo oft as we praycd,or read, orconferred, or meditated, wee could have our eyes upon thatliard taske oftheSacrament,and either pray for bk fling upon itafter, or c
. A treatise of the two sacraments of the gospell : baptisme and the Supper of the Lord ... who have fed upenother dainties, and fafliould wc not be alway new to bcgio,but kccpe our old grace,andincrcafcnew, which is indeed togrowby theSa<:ramcnt<»But of this, before. ii^k^f<i Laftlyp wc muft fo ufc all private meanes of religion, as tbey may behelpcs to the publike. For private meanes arc of-ten, publikc fddomer .* If then fo oft as we praycd,or read, orconferred, or meditated, wee could have our eyes upon thatliard taske oftheSacrament,and either pray for bk fling upon itafter, or clfe blcfle God for the good wc have formerly recct*vcd : Ifwc would in private by our felves muft of it, andiske others how they have found it cade : we (hould finde theSacrament a cheerefull and comfortable worke for us to gocabout, in comparifon of that we doe. But we commonly mindthefc things all at once, when the Sacrament calls upon us .•which makethitftrange unto us, becaufeit is notthcob/edwhich our eye was upon before hand. And for thefc 6 RulccQf dire(flion, thus much. l^^ laffifi»edndtbe Suffer pj the LMrd. ajp * Cmaf. Xlli )f:hy the S^crAments 4refo nnworthilj partaken hjfimi^ ^attdfo nnjrpsitfftllj bj ethers. O that which 1 have fayd of the unprcparednc(fc tlfrXblr. ©f Hicn to the Sacrament in the former chapter: Imay adde fomewhat of the unprofitablcrieflfe andunfraitfulnefleofthem, inthis laft period of mybooke. No man nccdc wonder} that he whois awcke and unwilling to a worke, commonly findcsit to thrive wi th himfclfe accordingly, that is, to proovc bar»ren and the farmer chapter might be a rea^^fon iaificicnt of bcic bccaufe the fore is dccpc, I willdive a little turiher into the caufcs hereof, both in the worfcrf«rc, as alfo m the better,touchiug upon the remedies breefely. f, Intheworferfort(forI would have nonethinkctbatlcon- TJievvorfcffound the difeafes of ail forts) I have obfcrrcd feme caufcs ^««oto procee
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