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1. As the the first, negatively, I. The want of ⟨perfect⟩ purity and spotleſs or untained holiness does ⟨not⟩ make a perſon an unworthy communicant if ⟨theſe⟩ imperfections be regreted and mourned over: ⟨for⟩ what mortal can ſay that he has cleanſed his heart, ⟨and⟩ that he is pure from ſin? Prov. 20.7. Neither, (illegible text) does the want of great knowledge Tho' a man ⟨underſtand⟩ not the nice debates and abſtruſe ⟨scholastic⟩ diſputes in divinity yet, if he know the ⟨foundational⟩ principles of religion, he may be a worthy communicant. Nor, 3. doth some measure of ⟨weakneſs⟩ of faith, attended with many doubts and ⟨fears⟩, render one an unworthy communicant: for ⟨Chriſt⟩ ſays to his disciples, O ye of little faith, yet ⟨doth⟩ he not reject them; and he received that man, Mark 9 22. who had but a very weak weavering ⟨faith⟩, and ſoon after cried out with tears, I believe, ⟨Lord⟩, help my unbelief Nor yet, 4. doth the want of ſensible joy or comfort in or after communicating ⟨under⟩ a perſon from being a worthy partaker: for ⟨there⟩ may be a lively acting of the graces, while yet ⟨there⟩ is the great ſenfe of God's favour.
But, poſitively unworthy communicating at Chriſt's ⟨table⟩, is, I When a perſon communicates more for ⟨cuſtom⟩ than for conſcience ſake; when men come ⟨to⟩ the table of the land because it is the faſhion of ⟨the⟩ country where they live becauſe all their ⟨neighbours⟩ do ſo, and they must go along with them ⟨for⟩ company's ſake and that it would not be lucky ⟨for⟩ them if they got not their ſacrament with their ⟨neighbours⟩; but ſtill have no ſenſe upon their ſpirits ⟨of⟩ Chriſt's command nor of the deſigns, the ⟨uſefulneſs⟩ and comfort of this ſacrament. Let us ⟨tremble⟩ and confider their hazard
4. When a perſon conmmunicates without ⟨understanding⟩ his neceſſity of Chriſt, and the nature and ⟨ends⟩ of this ordinance; when a peſson knows not ⟨the⟩ need of a Redeemer to recoyer him out of his
