gdtiga sd fogeot to goldsoge JogA the text begins, I have received of the ji ideunt on ne qedian gru to in Covi995 Lord that which I also delivered to you. mtelbyer si yo ju As if at one particular time God had made gavigery bad wo jest boobar end g known his will upon this special subject of toa ob of pigiseb on of forary nos am the Lord's Supper. At any rate, it is clear, to dust set hij.sk arw foll

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declared to him, the institution of the Lord's Supper made a particularly prominent part of that revelation.

We can conceive no other reason for this subject being so strongly engraven on the Apostle's spirit, than that it should be most deeply considered by all to whom his words or his writings should extend." God would never have made the sacramental commemoration of the death of his dear Son Jesus so striking a part of his revelation to St. Paul, had he not meant that Christians should thoughtfully consider the great benefits of that death, and avail themselves of that ceremony, by which their Saviour's suffering for sin, and their own interest in that suffering, are so strongly set forth. The impression upon the mind of any

sincere and candid person that had been asking wisdom of God, and trying to know what was Christianly right to do, must be, after the reading the passage before us, Surely it concerns me to take the advantage which is offered me in this Sacrament. If Jesus Christ not only instituted this holy communion almost at his dying hour, but by his Spirit given to his Apostle particularly enjoined its perpetual obligation upon men's conscience and practice, I cannot, I must not, neglect it, if I value my Christian name and calling, if I wish to please my God and Saviour, or expect to be treated as a good and faithful servant. There is clearly something more in this Sacrament than I had supposed; my soul, my everlasting condition, is more concerned in it than I had imagined; I cannot neglect it and be guiltless, however I may attend to other Christian duties and services. These will not help me, if I neglect another which is so pointedly enjoined upon me.. May God give his blessed Spirit to open my under

standing, and to turn my heart that may know what it is he will have me do in this important matter.gh ynsiteindƆ asw jadw

Well then, for the sake of some who may not so well understand why it is that Christians are so much in duty bound to firemember'' their Lord in the particular ceremony of his Supper, I trust the better informed part of my audience will bear with me, while I endeavour to state plainly what the Scripture says about it. And first, as to the time when it was instituted. We read in three of the Evangelists, St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke, that our Saviour, the evening before he was crucified, was with his disciples commemorating the feast of the Passover. This feast had been instituted by God in remembrance of the deliverance of the children of Israel from the land of Egypt, and was commanded to be kept as a feast to the Lord throughout their generations, by an ordinance for ever"s for it was, indeed, by a most signal :bau ym nage Exod. xif94b9ezold aid svig

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ON THE

SACRAMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER,

AND

ON OTHER SUBJECTS;

PREACHED

IN A PARISH CHURCH IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND,

IN THE YEARS 1833 AND 1834.

BY

A LATE FELLOW OF A COLLEGE IN OXFORD.

OXFORD,

PRINTED BY W. BAXTER :

SOLD BY J. H. PARKER; AND J. G. AND F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.

1834.