SECT. 2. Of the duties in general, before we receive the Lords Supper.
I Shall now therefore proceed to the second Sacrament, and for right receiving of the Lords Supper, there are duties of necessity required
- before
- in
- after
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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- Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
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- Ambrose, Isaac, 1604-1664.
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- 1650. [i.e. 1649]
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- Asceticism -- Early works to 1800.
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"Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A75287.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 20, 2024.
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My meaning is not to speak of the habitual dispositions, but of the actual dispositions of the heart, in reference to which—
Before Sacrament, the duty is Self-Examination: Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of this bread, and drink of this cup: Of this Self-Examination we have spoken before; but in reference to this Sacrament, we shall handle it more fully, and so consider of it,
- 1. In its subject.
- 2. In its object.
1. For the subject matter, or the nature of this Self-Exami∣nation: Self-Examination is a holy work of the soul, whereby it casts its eye, and reflects upon its self, and so looks through it self, and takes, a true scantling and estimate of its spiritual estate; for instance, I finde such and such sins forbidden in the Word, such and such Graces required in the Word; whereupon, comparing my present condition with the Scriptures, I examine, Am not I guilty of these sins? do I practice these duties? or am I possest of these graces? The conscience being thus closely and sincerely examined, it will return a true answer to every question, whence it will be easie to give a true censure of our spiritual estate or condition.
2. For the object of our Examination, it is generally—
- Our sins.
- Our graces.
Of which in order.
Notes
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1 Cor. 11.28.