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And if this love be without dissimulation, such as Scripture and common Equity requires at your hands, it will not only ap∣pear in a merciful forgiveness of Offenders, but also in a liberal
The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ...
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- The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ...
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- Addison, Lancelot, 1632-1703.
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- 1691.
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"The Christian's manual in three parts ... / by L. Addison ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A26360.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2024.
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relief of the needy. And I men∣tion this latter Act of Charity, because I find that something was ever given to the Corban of the Poor by those who came to the Sacrament. If you con∣sult the practice of the Primi∣tive (the best Guide for the present) Church, you will hard∣ly find that the Lords Supper was ever administred without an Of∣fertory. In Acts 2.45, 46. you have mention made of selling Possessions and Goods, and part∣ing them to all as every man had need. And that this was done at the solemn times of publick Prayers, and receiving of the Sa∣crament, there is light enough in the Text to clear it. You read likewise of a Command, That upon the first day of the Week, every man should lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him. The first day of the Week was that we now call Sunday, and
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the Lords day, whereon the Lords Supper was constantly re∣ceived;* 1.1 unto which they never came emptie, but according as God had increased their Goods, the Communicants gave to the relief of the Poor. And if you look into the ancient Liturgies, you will find them generally taking notice of this Religious Custom. And that this was in∣tended by our own Church, is concludible from her placing Texts to persuade to this sort of Charity, and desiring God to ac∣cept our Alms and Oblations in the Communion-office.* 1.2 In Ju∣stin Martyr, a Father of the se∣cond Age, we read how the Christians brought forth some of the good Fruits of the Earth, and offer'd them at Gods Table; and the Bishop, or in his absence the Presbyter, received them as an Abel's Offering, and blessed God for the Fruits of the Season.
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After the Sacrament was cele∣brated, there was one common Table for Rich and Poor, where∣at they did eat promiscuously; and what was left was given to those in want. And this I take was the Agape, or Feast of Love mentioned by St. Jude, and de∣scribed by Tertullian.* 1.3
Notes
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* 1.1
1. Cor. 16.2.
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* 1.2
Apol. 2.
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* 1.3
Apol. c. 38.