CERTAIN
QUERIES
Concerning
the
Receiving
of
the
SACRAMENT
.
THE
Lord
Jesus
Christ
was
Transfigured
on
the
Holy
Mount
,
in
the
presence
of
Saint
Peter
,
James
,
and
John
,
who
were
eye-witnesses
of
his
Glory
:
For
behold
,
there
talked
with
him
two
men
,
which
were
Moses
and
Elias
,
who
appeared
in
glory
,
and
spake
of
his
decease
,
which
he
should
accomplish
at
Jerusalem
.
By
which
passage
it
is
manifest
,
that
among
all
the
Subjects
in
the
world
,
there
is
not
any
that
doth
more
deserve
our
diligent
inquiry
,
meditation
,
discourse
,
and
conference
,
than
the
Death
and
Passion
of
our
Blessed
Saviour
.
And
from
hence
it
will
appear
how
much
they
deserve
to
be
blamed
,
who
professing
Christianity
,
and
living
in
a
Church
where
this
Sacrament
may
be
had
,
duly
administred
according
to
Christs
own
Institution
;
(
and
such
we
are
sure
the
Church
of
England
to
be
)
shall
yet
,
either
out
of
ignorance
,
faction
,
or
prophaness
,
live
in
the
continual
neglect
of
it
,
as
if
the
Table
of
the
Lord
were
a
contemptible
thing
,
and
this
blessed
Sacrament
a
needless
matter
,
and
lightly
to
be
esteemed
.
Especially
considering
that
this
blessed
Sacrament
was
ordained
by
Christ
himself
,
for
the
continual
remembrance
of
his
Death
,
and
of
the
benefits
which
we
receive
thereby
.
For
whose
conviction
and
reformation
these
few
lines
were
intended
,
whereunto
if
they
prove
effectual
,
I
have
my
desire
:
However
I
have
endeavoured
to
deliver
my
own
soul
.
The
Queries
are
these
following
.
Quer.
1.
Whether
the
deliverance
of
mankind
from
the
slavery
of
sin
and
Satan
,
Death
and
Hell
,
do
not
as
well
deserve
to
be
kept
in
remembrance
,
as
the
deliverance
of
the
people
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
,
and
the
house
of
bondage
?
Or
,
which
is
in
substance
all
one
,
Whether
there
be
not
as
much
or
more
reason
for
celebrating
of
the
Lords-Supper
,
than
there
was
of
old
for
observing
of
the
Passover
?
See
Exod.
12.25
,
26
,
27.
their
bondage
was
but
a
Type
of
our
slavery
under
Satan
;
their
deliverance
a
Type
of
ours
;
their
Paschal
Lamb
a
Type
of
our
Jesus
;
the
sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
the
Lamb
secured
them
from
the
destroying
Angel
;
the
sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
Jesus
upon
us
will
secure
us
from
the
wrath
to
come
,
for
which
we
are
bound
to
praise
God
for
ever
.
Surely
if
they
had
reason
to
keep
their
Passover
,
we
have
as
much
,
if
not
more
reason
to
observe
the
Lords-Supper
,
for
a
memorial
that
Christ
our
Passover
is
sacrificed
for
us
.
Qu.
2.
Whether
the
celebrating
of
the
Lords
Supper
,
be
not
as
much
under
command
now
as
ever
the
observing
of
the
Passover
was
of
old
?
God
gave
the
Jews
a
special
command
about
observing
the
Passover
,
insomuch
that
the
Passover
is
called
the
ordinance
of
God
;
yea
,
an
Ordinance
to
them
and
their
sons
for
ever
;
i.e.
as
long
as
their
State
and
Political
Government
did
continue
,
Exod.
12.24
.
We
also
have
a
command
for
the
Lords-Supper
,
when
our
Savour
said
,
Do
this
in
remembrance
of
me
;
which
words
of
command
belong
not
only
to
Christs
Clergy
,
Disciples
,
but
even
to
all
;
for
if
some
are
bound
to
take
,
break
,
and
bless
,
others
must
be
bound
to
eat
and
drink
,
if
some
are
bound
to
administer
,
others
are
bound
to
receive
,
or
else
what
need
of
any
administration
?
Nor
doth
this
command
shew
only
what
may
be
done
,
but
what
must
be
done
,
and
so
make
it
not
only
a
free-will
offering
,
but
a
necessary
duty
,
insomuch
that
to
neglect
it
is
the
breach
of
a
Commandment
,
and
must
needs
be
sinful
before
God
.
Nay
there
are
circumstances
which
will
aggravate
the
sin
;
for
this
was
instituted
by
a
loving
Master
,
by
a
dying
Saviour
,
as
his
last
words
,
Will
and
Testament
in
memorial
of
the
greatest
love
that
ever
was
shewn
,
and
it
was
ordained
to
be
an
Ordinance
for
ever
:
In
doing
〈◊〉
we
shew
forth
the
Lords
death
till
he
come
;
i.e.
'till
he
come
again
to
Judgment
.
As
long
as
we
live
here
upon
earth
,
we
shall
have
need
of
frequent
Communicating
;
when
we
come
to
Heaven
,
we
shall
have
no
need
of
any
Sacrament
,
for
we
shall
then
enjoy
the
substance
it self
:
but
while
we
live
here
,
Christ
hath
comply'd
with
our
infirmity
,
and
hath
made
it
an
Ordinance
for
ever
,
even
to
the
end
of
the
World
;
and
therefore
they
must
needs
be
the
more
sinful
before
God
that
shall
totally
neglect
it
.
Qu.
3.
Whether
the
breach
of
this
command
do
not
as
well
deserve
to
be
as
severely
punished
,
as
the
not
keeping
the
Passover
?
Almighty
God
was
so
careful
for
every
man
to
keep
the
Passover
,
that
if
he
were
not
in
a
condition
fit
to
keep
it
on
the
time
appointed
;
scil.
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
first
Month
,
he
was
to
keep
it
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
second
Month
;
and
if
having
no
lawful
impediment
he
did
not
observe
it
,
he
was
to
be
cut
off
from
his
people
,
and
to
bear
his
sin
,
Numb.
9.5
,
11
,
13.
Exscindetur
a
populis
suis
,
i.e.
Hic
&
in
futuro
saeculo
a
sanctorum
consortio
excludetur
:
So
Junius
,
he
shall
be
shut
out
from
the
Communion
of
Saints
both
here
and
hereafter
.
Now
where
there
is
a
parity
of
sin
,
there
may
well
be
feared
a
parity
of
judgment
;
and
he
that
thus
excludes
himself
from
the
society
of
Gods
people
here
,
is
not
like
to
be
numbred
with
the
Saints
hereafter
.
Qu.
4.
Whether
there
can
be
any
better
way
for
the
commemoration
of
the
death
of
Christ
,
than
that
which
was
instituted
by
Christ
himself
for
that
very
purpose
?
In
this
we
shew
forth
the
Lords
death
,
and
Christ
is
set
forth
lively
crucified
;
neither
is
the
bread
and
wine
only
a
bare
sign
or
representation
of
the
body
and
blood
of
Christ
thus
crucified
,
and
thus
shed
for
us
,
but
it
is
signum
exhibitivum
,
it
is
the
Communion
of
the
body
and
blood
of
Christ
,
1
Cor.
10.16
.
i
e.
the
Communication
;
for
therein
there
is
a
real
exhibition
,
a
true
tender
and
proffer
of
the
body
and
blood
of
Christ
unto
every
Communicant
for
the
remission
of
our
sins
,
and
salvation
of
our
souls
,
and
this
nothing
can
do
but
Christs
own
institution
.
Crucifixes
,
whether
in
picture
,
or
in
carving
,
either
in
wood
or
metal
,
are
but
the
imperfect
and
dangerous
inventions
of
men
.
Imperfect
,
for
they
may
delineate
one
suffering
upon
a
Cross
,
which
may
be
as
well
one
of
the
Thieves
as
Christ
,
and
can
represent
but
the
suffering
of
the
body
,
not
of
the
soul
;
and
but
of
his
Humanity
,
but
cannot
represent
his
Divinity
;
nor
can
they
represent
the
benefits
of
his
Passion
:
And
thus
far
they
may
be
dangerous
,
that
thereby
men
may
be
invited
to
superstition
and
Idolatry
;
and
at
best
,
it
is
but
the
invention
of
man
,
and
no
way
fit
to
come
into
competition
with
the
command
and
institution
of
our
Blessed
Saviour
;
&
if
we
shall
think
that
we
can
continue
the
remembrance
of
the
Death
of
Christ
as
well
by
any
other
means
as
the
Sacrament
,
I
should
think
this
were
to
disparage
the
Wisdom
of
Christ
,
and
to
make
our selves
wiser
than
him
;
and
how
he
will
like
of
such
doings
,
judg
ye
.
Qu.
5.
Whether
the
receiving
of
this
Blessed
Sacrament
be
not
the
great
badg
of
our
Christian
,
Protestant
profession
,
and
witness
of
our
Christianity
,
a
discriminating
of
us
from
all
false
Religions
,
and
evidencing
to
the
world
our
dependance
upon
Christ
for
our
remission
,
righteousness
,
peace
,
sanctification
,
resurrection
and
salvation
?
He
that
is
baptized
in
the
name
of
Christ
in
his
infancy
,
may
renounce
it
,
and
revolt
from
it
when
he
comes
of
years
:
He
that
is
a
Jew
,
a
Turk
,
yea
a
Papist
,
't
is
possible
that
such
men
may
come
into
our
publick
Assemblies
,
we
do
not
use
to
shut
our
doors
,
or
to
keep
any
out
from
hearing
of
the
Gospel
,
or
from
being
present
at
our
prayers
,
unless
they
are
Excommunicate
;
so
that
by
all
this
outward
appearance
no
man
can
certainly
discover
what
we
are
;
but
if
we
conscientiously
come
to
this
Holy
Table
,
and
partake
of
this
blessed
Sacrament
,
even
by
so
doing
we
do
declare
to
the
world
,
as
much
as
outward
actions
can
discover
it
,
that
we
are
Christians
,
that
we
are
Protestants
,
and
that
we
do
depend
upon
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
only
,
for
pardon
of
our
sins
,
and
salvation
of
our
souls
:
Insomuch
that
he
who
lives
in
the
total
neglect
of
this
so
necessary
a
duty
may
very
well
be
thought
to
give
the
world
too
much
occasion
to
think
,
that
either
he
hath
as
yet
his
Religion
to
chuse
,
or
that
he
is
not
willing
the
world
should
know
what
Religion
he
is
of
.
Qu.
6.
Whether
the
great
neglect
of
this
holy
duty
doth
not
justly
deserve
to
have
it
altogether
taken
from
us
,
and
provoke
God
to
send
it
to
another
people
that
shall
be
more
thankeful
for
it
,
and
make
a
better
use
of
it
?
The
fountain
of
Goodness
cannot
endure
to
be
laden
at
with
unthankful
hands
;
and
this
we
must
needs
grant
,
that
the
vouchsafing
of
us
the
liberty
of
his
Table
,
savours
of
extraordinary
favour
,
and
love
inestimable
:
While
we
have
this
favour
,
the
glory
of
God
abideth
amongst
us
,
and
the
Almighty
Goodness
is
pleased
in
a
special
manner
to
communicate
Himself
unto
us
;
and
it
must
needs
be
a
high
priviledg
for
us
sinful
creatures
to
be
admitted
to
be
feasted
with
him
at
his
Holy
Table
.
Now
the
greater
mercy
it
is
for
God
thus
to
condescend
unto
men
,
the
greater
must
needs
be
the
sin
in
the
neglecting
of
it
,
and
the
greater
comfort
there
may
be
had
in
this
blessed
Ordinance
,
the
more
are
we
enemies
to
our selves
in
the
neglecting
thereof
;
and
we
cannot
but
confess
that
God
may
justly
take
that
from
us
which
we
so
little
care
for
,
and
which
we
so
undervalue
as
totally
to
neglect
it
.
Is
it
not
thus
among
men
?
who
will
continue
favours
to
those
that
care
not
for
them
?
to
those
that
slight
and
neglect
them
?
and
't
is
but
reasonable
that
God
should
leave
us
to
our selves
,
and
to
our
own
inventions
,
that
account
his
favours
needless
things
,
and
shall
undervalue
so
great
salvation
.
We
are
told
of
some
guests
that
were
invited
to
a
great
feast
,
and
they
took
occasion
to
be
out
of
the
way
,
which
was
so
displeasing
to
the
great
feast-maker
,
that
he
resolved
that
not
one
of
them
that
were
bidden
should
so
much
as
taste
of
his
Supper
.
And
if
God
should
deal
so
by
us
,
and
either
take
this
blessed
Ordinance
quite
from
us
,
or
suffer
us
to
be
cheated
with
an
Idolatrous
Mass
in
the
stead
thereof
,
we
cannot
accuse
God
of
any
injustice
,
but
must
needs
acknowledg
that
he
hath
dealt
with
us
but
according
to
our
deserts
.
I
must
needs
confess
,
that
if
God
should
give
us
up
as
a
prey
to
those
that
hate
both
us
,
our
Religion
,
and
our
Peace
,
which
God
in
mercy
prevent
:
I
am
very
apt
to
think
that
the
great
neglect
of
this
blessed
Sacrament
would
be
one
of
the
chief
reasons
which
would
provoke
God
so
to
do
.
Qu.
7.
Whether
the
presence
of
any
unworthy
Communicant
can
be
a
sufficient
excuse
for
our
neglecting
of
our
duty
?
Far
be
it
from
me
to
plead
one
word
in
the
behalf
of
those
that
are
in
deed
and
in
truth
unworthy
Communicants
;
and
it
were
to
be
wisht
,
that
Discipline
were
so
vigilant
,
and
put
in
such
due
execution
,
that
those
that
are
really
unworthy
,
might
be
debar'd
this
holy
Communion
,
'till
they
had
manifested
an
hearty
sorrow
for
their
past
offences
,
and
a
serious
resolution
for
the
reforming
of
their
ways
;
but
if
we
will
allow
their
presence
to
be
a
sufficient
excuse
for
the
omission
of
our
duty
,
no
man
can
have
any
comfort
in
his
own
Communicating
,
unless
he
could
be
assured
that
no
hypocrite
were
present
,
which
cannot
be
done
but
by
Divine
revelation
.
Besides
this
,
let
me
desire
you
to
take
notice
of
that
passage
,
Joh.
13.10
,
11.
Ye
are
clean
,
but
not
all
,
for
he
knew
who
should
betray
him
;
therefore
said
he
,
Ye
are
not
all
clean
.
Upon
which
words
Saint
Augustine
doth
thus
descant
:
If
the
presence
of
Judas
could
have
polluted
the
rest
of
the
Apostles
,
Christ
would
have
said
,
there
are
none
of
you
clean
,
because
there
is
one
amongst
you
that
doth
defile
you
;
and
he
would
have
stay'd
till
Judas
had
been
gone
out
,
and
then
he
would
have
said
,
Now
ye
are
clean
,
because
he
is
gone
that
did
defile
you
;
but
Christ
saith
while
Judas
was
present
,
Now
are
ye
clean
,
but
not
all
,
because
there
was
one
amongst
them
that
was
unclean
.
Whereby
,
saith
he
,
it
is
manifest
,
that
,
In
eodem
caetu
hominum
etiam
Sacramenta
sumentium
,
aliquorum
immunditiem
aliis
obesse
non
posse
:
As
my
worthiness
cannot
benefit
another
,
so
neither
can
his
unworthiness
be
any
hinderance
to
me
,
if
I
come
rightly
prepared
.
And
this
I
am
perswaded
the
rather
to
believe
,
because
among
the
Guests
which
came
to
the
Wedding
,
he
that
came
without
a
Wedding-garment
,
was
the
only
man
that
was
question'd
for
his
unworthiness
;
it
was
not
said
to
the
rest
,
Why
came
ye
along
in
this
mans
company
?
or
there
are
none
of
you
welcome
because
this
man
is
in
your
company
;
but
only
,
Friend
,
how
camest
thou
in
hither
?
Mat.
22.12
.
And
this
I
am
sure
is
according
to
Saint
Paul's
Doctine
,
1
Cor.
11.29
.
He
that
eateth
and
drinketh
unworthily
,
eateth
and
drinketh
damnation
to
himself
,
not
to
another
.
And
therefore
this
can
be
no
sufficient
excuse
.
Qu.
8.
Whether
real
unworthiness
,
i.e.
whether
living
in
Drunkenness
,
Adultery
,
Envy
,
Hatred
,
&c.
can
be
sufficient
to
exempt
us
from
the
obligation
to
our
duty
?
Now
to
this
I
answer
,
that
none
of
these
can
exempt
us
from
the
obligation
to
our
duty
,
the
obligation
is
still
upon
us
,
for
we
are
under
a
command
;
and
whatever
our
condition
be
,
the
command
is
in
force
:
But
what
then
,
must
we
come
though
we
be
unworthy
?
No
,
by
no
means
,
but
we
are
bound
to
put
away
our
unworthiness
,
that
we
may
the
better
perform
our
duty
.
I
know
it
will
be
said
,
I
fear
I
am
not
worthy
;
and
if
I
come
unworthily
,
I
become
guilty
of
the
body
and
blood
of
the
Lord
Jesus
,
and
so
eat
and
drink
to
my self
damnation
;
and
were
it
not
better
for
me
to
forbear
,
than
to
come
unworthily
?
Unto
this
I
have
many
things
to
say
.
First
,
Here
's
a
fair
shew
and
pretence
of
humility
,
and
some
pretended
reverence
to
the
Ordinance
of
God
;
but
pretence
of
humility
,
may
possibly
prove
one
of
the
depths
of
Satan
;
this
brought
in
of
old
the
worshipping
of
Angels
,
Col.
2.18
.
for
in
pretence
of
humility
they
would
not
make
so
bold
as
to
make
their
addresses
unto
God
immediately
themselves
,
because
they
were
such
unworthy
creatures
,
and
therefore
thought
it
fitter
to
make
their
approaches
by
the
mediation
of
Angels
;
and
what
mischief
this
pretence
of
humility
was
like
to
have
done
Saint
Peter
,
we
may
find
,
Joh.
13.8
.
for
had
he
had
his
desire
at
that
present
,
it
would
have
excluded
him
from
having
any
part
in
the
Lord
Jesus
.
Besides
,
thou
fearest
thou
art
unworthy
;
but
let
me
ask
,
Is
it
thy
fear
that
makes
thee
so
to
think
?
the
more
fearful
any
man
is
,
the
more
careful
he
will
be
to
avoid
the
danger
;
what
makes
any
man
fear
?
hath
he
examined
himself
?
if
not
,
it
is
his
own
fault
;
if
he
hath
examined
,
and
finds
himself
so
to
be
,
it
is
his
greater
fault
if
he
doth
not
reform
himself
.
Self-examination
is
not
to
keep
us
from
,
but
to
fit
us
for
the
Sacrament
.
Let
a
man
examine
himself
,
and
so
let
him
eat
,
not
stay
away
.
And
our
Saviour
hath
taught
us
,
when
we
come
to
offer
our
gift
,
and
there
remember
that
our
brother
hath
ought
against
us
,
not
to
carry
our
gift
away
,
but
to
leave
it
there
,
and
to
go
first
and
be
reconciled
to
our
brother
,
and
then
come
and
offer
the
gift
,
Mat.
5.23
,
24.
If
thou
art
not
fit
,
thou
maist
be
;
Gods
commands
bring
no
men
into
snares
:
and
therefore
here
it
will
be
worthy
to
know
what
that
is
that
makes
us
unworthy
Communicants
.
There
is
a
twofold
worthiness
,
the
one
is
in
strictness
of
justice
,
and
so
there
is
none
so
worthy
but
that
he
must
confess
with
the
Church
,
We
are
not
worthy
so
much
as
to
gather
up
the
crums
that
are
under
thy
Table
.
And
there
is
a
worthiness
of
acceptation
,
a
meetness
and
fitness
to
be
partakers
of
these
holy
Mysteries
,
according
to
which
we
may
every
one
say
with
Hezekiah
,
The
good
Lord
pardon
every
one
that
prepareth
his
heart
to
seek
God
,
the
Lord
God
of
his
Fathers
,
though
he
be
not
cleansed
according
to
the
purification
of
the
Sanctuary
,
2
Chron.
30.18
,
19.
There
is
also
a
twofold
unworthiness
:
The
one
of
Infirmity
:
The
other
of
an
evil
Conscience
.
That
of
Infirmity
is
what
the
best
are
liable
unto
,
when
by
reason
of
our
frailty
we
come
not
up
to
that
height
which
is
required
of
us
:
The
other
is
of
an
evil
Conscience
,
which
is
,
when
we
know
that
we
live
in
some
sins
that
we
are
resolved
not
to
part
with
,
nor
repent
of
;
this
alone
is
that
unworthiness
which
will
make
us
unworthy
Communicants
;
and
he
that
is
thus
unworthy
is
an
enemy
to
his
own
Salvation
,
because
he
loves
to
go
on
in
wickedness
,
and
how
can
that
man
expect
the
mercy
of
God
?
And
yet
this
unworthiness
cannot
exempt
us
from
the
obligation
to
our
duty
,
neither
doth
God
necessitate
any
man
to
do
evil
,
for
he
requires
us
to
Communicate
,
and
shews
us
the
way
to
do
it
worthily
;
and
that
is
,
by
repenting
us
truly
of
our
sins
,
and
stedfastly
purposing
to
lead
a
new
life
.
And
this
be
sure
of
,
he
that
fears
to
come
unworthily
for
fear
of
damnation
,
that
man
will
be
as
much
afraid
to
stay
away
unworthily
for
fear
of
wilful
disobedience
against
God
.
We
use
to
say
,
Of
two
evils
,
chuse
the
least
;
but
this
holds
true
in
penal
only
,
not
sinful
evils
;
for
of
sinful
we
are
to
chuse
neither
.
Nor
doth
God
ever
bring
men
into
such
straits
,
but
that
he
shews
a
way
how
to
come
out
of
them
;
and
therefore
the
case
is
not
rightly
stated
,
which
is
better
,
but
which
is
worse
;
for
both
of
them
are
sinful
before
God
;
and
he
that
refuseth
to
receive
upon
this
account
,
may
as
well
refuse
to
hear
the
Word
of
God
,
lest
it
should
become
the
savour
of
death
unto
death
,
in
refusing
to
conform
himself
to
the
Directions
thereof
.
Qu.
9.
Whether
he
that
lives
in
such
an
unworthiness
,
as
makes
him
really
to
be
an
unworthy
Communicant
,
be
not
also
unfit
to
hear
,
pray
,
or
die
?
and
he
that
is
so
,
must
needs
be
in
a
sad
condition
.
To
repent
truly
of
our
sins
,
to
have
a
lively
faith
in
Gods
mercy
through
Christ
,
and
to
be
in
charity
with
all
men
,
will
make
a
man
a
meet
Communicant
;
and
without
this
a
man
can
neither
be
fit
to
pray
,
hear
,
nor
die
.
That
we
may
hear
as
we
ought
,
we
must
lay
apart
all
filthiness
,
and
receive
the
ingrafted
word
;
and
we
must
believe
,
for
it
profits
not
if
not
mixt
with
faith
in
them
that
hear
it
;
and
we
must
be
doers
of
the
Word
,
and
not
hearers
only
,
or
else
it
will
never
save
our
souls
:
and
that
Word
requires
that
all
our
works
be
done
in
charity
.
Would
we
pray
?
how
shall
we
call
upon
him
in
whom
we
have
not
believed
?
and
if
we
regard
wickedness
in
our
hearts
,
he
will
not
hear
us
;
and
how
can
we
pray
to
God
to
forgive
us
our
trespasses
,
unless
we
forgive
them
that
trespass
against
us
?
And
if
we
die
in
impenitence
,
unbelief
,
and
disobedience
,
how
can
we
expect
the
Resurrection
of
the
body
unto
life
everlasting
?
If
we
are
fit
for
these
,
we
are
fit
for
the
Sacrament
:
if
we
still
neglect
the
Sacrament
,
we
may
as
well
be
thought
to
neglect
all
the
rest
;
and
he
that
lives
in
that
neglect
,
he
is
not
worthy
the
name
of
a
Christian
.
Qu.
10.
And
last
,
Whether
in
all
excuses
that
we
make
for
our
neglect
,
wilfulness
be
not
the
principal
ingredient
?
and
if
we
are
resolved
to
follow
our
own
wills
more
than
the
will
of
God
,
how
can
our
conversation
be
suitable
to
the
Gospel
?
In
St.
Luk.
14.18
.
we
find
mention
of
a
man
that
made
a
great
Supper
,
and
bad
many
,
and
they
straitway
began
to
make
excuse
;
they
were
but
beginning
,
they
never
made
a
compleat
excuse
;
they
began
,
but
they
never
finished
;
and
indeed
there
's
no
end
of
making
excuses
;
but
their
excuses
were
in
effect
but
denials
;
and
Saint
Matthew
saith
in
a
like
case
,
that
when
they
were
bid
,
they
would
not
come
,
Mat.
22.3
.
There
's
the
truth
of
the
matter
,
and
so
it
will
be
interpreted
another
day
.
And
the
more
wilful
such
neglect
is
,
the
more
sinful
it
will
be
found
before
God
.
For
the
close
of
all
.
I
will
only
add
this
one
particular
.
It
is
Christ
alone
that
is
the
Consolation
of
Israel
,
neither
is
there
salvation
in
any
other
;
and
there
is
none
of
us
all
,
but
when
we
come
to
die
,
we
would
be
willing
to
pray
with
Saint
Stephen
,
Lord
Jesus
receive
my
spirit
;
but
if
our
Consciences
should
then
say
unto
us
,
You
have
often
refused
to
receive
Christ
heretofore
,
and
how
can
you
now
think
he
will
receive
you
?
You
have
often
refused
to
receive
Christ
in
the
way
of
his
own
institution
,
and
how
can
you
expect
he
should
receive
you
into
everlasting
habitations
?
would
not
this
be
a
sad
thought
at
your
last
departure
?
Think
on
this
.
FINIS
.