The communicants guide directing the younger sort, which have never yet received, and the elder, and ignorant sort, which have hitherto received unworthily, how they may receive the sacrament of the Lords Supper to their souls comfort together with a treatise of divine truths, collected out of ancient and moderne divines
Gove, R. (Richard), 1587-1668.
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EXPRESSION IV. Of this, What a shamefull thing it is to come unpre∣pared to the Lords Table.
IT were a matter of foule shame for a Man to come, and sit downe at a great Mans Table in rags, and in nasty, and filthy cloathes; and in such a case, how apt would every one be that sees him, to take him up, and say, Art thou not a∣shamed to come to such a Mans Table in so base a fashion? What an uncivill fel∣low art in such a garbe and pickle to come into such a presence? And is it not then a matter of fouler shame to come rudely, unpreparedly, and in so unbeseeming a manner to the Lords Table?
