. A treatise of the two sacraments of the gospell : baptisme and the Supper of the Lord ... , if hee diebefore ? Or what needs it, if he be recov cred ? the Sacrament,I fay flill,is rather the portion of the weake childe,than of thefirongman, fochat a loof;^, dallying heart bee abhorred; andto fuch this ordinance ferveth. And (to fay truth) fuch poorcfoules need not bee ufged to more forrow than they forwhat forrow is like theirs who mourne under unbelccfe?and yet even fu ch (as experience proovcs ) hav e found the Sa-crament efFc(5VuaII, to fend them away much fettled and con-firmed.
. A treatise of the two sacraments of the gospell : baptisme and the Supper of the Lord ... , if hee diebefore ? Or what needs it, if he be recov cred ? the Sacrament,I fay flill,is rather the portion of the weake childe,than of thefirongman, fochat a loof;^, dallying heart bee abhorred; andto fuch this ordinance ferveth. And (to fay truth) fuch poorcfoules need not bee ufged to more forrow than they forwhat forrow is like theirs who mourne under unbelccfe?and yet even fu ch (as experience proovcs ) hav e found the Sa-crament efFc(5VuaII, to fend them away much fettled and con-firmed. And fo for anfwer of thcfe doubts, andalfothc triaJIof our cftate in grace, ere we come to the Supper, thus muchbee fayd. Chap. J 11. Ofthi Trjall •f turrfAHts. Ext to the triall of our eflate , fittly offers it felfc vitw the Triallof our wanes. The method Ofourwanti:whereof ( God willing j ftialbe this. Firft to lay^owne the grounds of this Triall. Secondly tofhew the Nature of a Chriftians wants, andwhat forts they arc of, Laftly,inthe ufc to teach ui in what Dd duties. J^ % thin^.i Theground of thistriall havetheir wants* Romr. 14. 4S£arch. a Search. 5 Search.^/;Searcb. A tfMi^Cf ofthttm Sdcnnfenh cfthiQoJfeB^ duties the Triall of our wants The ground ofthis trial! is manifold. Firft,tbs neceflxty ofSacramentalUryingof our wants, appearcsinthis, that as theLord enjoyncs al that receave, to proove theoil^lues to havepraee;lo he fuppozes al fuch to have many wants logas this body of death, and back-byas of Corruption deaues tothq to rctardcand weaken it, todtfile, todilabie, to difmay, to^ quench poore foule fliall neverwant matter to cry out, ( even when grofTe evills are farr off)Miferablc man who fhaildeliver mec ? How fhall 1 doe to getout of this my dead, lufkifh, lazy and unfavory courfe? Who{halifupply my wants/Now then if thefc wants be unknownc,how fhall the foule bee thankefull for the rcleefeof
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