A preparation
SERMON,
Before Receiving the
HOLY SACRAMENT.
By the late Reverend JOHN WILLISON,
miniſter of the gospel at Dundee.
Cor. 11. 27. Wherefore whoſever ſhall eat this
bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily,
ſhall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
THE apoſtle having heard of ſeveral abuſes that had crept in among the Corinthians with reſpect ⟨to⟩ their partaking at the Lord's ſupper, does ⟨ſeverely⟩ rebuke them; and, for their amendment, lays ⟨down⟩ the platform of Chriſt's inſtitution to them, ⟨from⟩ the 23d to this verſe: and having done ſo, he ⟨comes⟩ to draw a concluſion or inference, from the ⟨doctrine⟩ he had been teaching them, in the text: Wherefore whoſoever ſhall eat this bread, &c q. d. ⟨Seeing⟩ it is ſo that this great ordinance is of Chriſt's ⟨appointment⟩, and he has left it behind him as a ⟨memorial⟩ of himſelf, ſeeing by it we ſhew forth the ⟨Lord's⟩ death then certainly the unworthy and ⟨unsuitable⟩ celebration of ſuch an ordinance, which is ⟨of⟩ ſo great concern, muſt be a very heinous crime, ⟨and⟩ a great reflection on the author of it, which he ⟨will⟩ infallibly reſent.
In the words we have two things:
1. The ſin itſelf propoſed Whoſoever ſhall eat ⟨this⟩ bread, and drink this cup of the Lord ⟨unworthiness⟩:——i. e Whatever man approaches Chriſt's ⟨table⟩, and partakes of theſe ſacred ſymbolsof Chriſt's
