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CHAP. XIX.
Of the forme or manner of Examination requi∣red, which is touching the maine quallification of a worthy receiver, Faith: The demonstra∣tion whereof is made, first, from the causes secondly, from the nature of it.
HAving thus discovered the necessity of preparation, and that standing in the exami∣nation and triall of a mans Conscience; it followeth that wee conclude with set∣ting downe very compendiously the manner of this examination, onely naming some principall particulars. The maine querie is whether I am a fit guest to approach Gods Table, and to share in the fellowship of his sufferings. The suffrings of Christ are not exposed unto the rapine and violence of each bold intruder, but he who was first the Au∣thor, is for ever the despenser of them. And as in the dispensation of his miracles, for the most part, so of his sufferings likewise, there is either a question premised, beleevest thou, or a condition included, bee it unto thee as thou beleevest. But a man may bee alive, and yet unfit to eate, nor capable of