Sermons, Table of contents 2 – Treatise
THE CONTENTS.
CHAP. I.
OF the Paſſeover or Paſchal Lamb; It's ſignification, and the Analogy or Reſemblance between it, and Chriſt our Paſſeover.
CHAP. II.
Of Errours and Corruptions in the Church; How ſoon they ſpring up; When they are a ground of Separation, and when not; That this Ordinance muſt be ſutable to Gods Inſtitutions: And the Communicants muſt be ſutable to this Ordinance.
CHAP. III.
That the Lord Jeſus is the Author of this Sacrament.
CHAP. IV.
Of the time of this Sacraments Inſtitution, and of Judas betraying Chriſt.
CHAP. V.
Why Chriſt deferred the inſtituting of the Supper untill the night in which he was betrayed.
CHAP. VI.
Of the Outwards or Elements of this Ordinance of the Supper.
CHAP. VII.
Some Obſervations upon the precedent Diſcourſes.
CHAP. VIII.
Of the Real Preſence.
CHAP. IX.
Of the inward things ſignified or repreſented in this Supper.
CHAP. X.
A fonr-fold Exhortation from the premiſes.
CHAP. XI.
Of Chriſts Mandate or Charge for the celebration of this Ordinance in Remembrance of him.
CHAP. XII.
Of doing this in remembrance of Chriſt; The Properties of this Memorial.
CHAP. XIII.
A Lamentation for the neglect of this Ordinance.
CHAP. XIII.
How much it concerneth Miniſters to Teach, and all to Learn the true meaning of this Ordinance.
CHAP. XIV.
The great Buſineſs that lies upon the Communicant, as oft as he eats this Bread and drinks this Cup, he ſhews the Lords Death.
CHAP. XV.
The Lords-Supper is an itterable Ordinance.
CHAP. XVI.
Of the Continuance of this and other Goſpel-Ordinances in the Church.
CHAP. XVII.
Of Worthy and Unworthy Receiving of the Lords-Supper.
CHAP. XVIII.
The Uſes which are to be made of the two laſt Theſes.
CHAP. XIX.
What muſt be done where Diſcipline cannot be executed for want of Adminiſtrators.
CHAP. XX.
Whether a Godly man lawfully may, or ought to ſtand as a Member of, and hold Communion in the Ordinances of God with ſuch a Congregation as is mixt (as they call it) that is, where men viſibly ſcandalous in Life and Converſation are mingled with the Good in the Participation and uſe of Divine Ordinances? Or, Whether this Mixture of Heterogeneals do not pollute the Ordinances, and the Communion to the Godly, ſo as they are concerned to ſeparate from ſuch Communion?
CHAP. XXI.
Whether the Lords Supper be a Converting Ordinance?
CHAP. XXII.
Of Worthy and Unworthy Receiving, with ſome Cautions to prevent miſ-judging our ſelves in the Caſe.
CHAP. XXIII.
Of Worthy Receiving, &c.
CHAP. XXIV.
That a Godly man may receive the Sacrament unworthily.
CHAP. XXV.
Of the Graces which are to be exerciſed and ſet on work in the Uſe of this Sacrament.
CHAP. XXVI.
Motives to quicken Endeavors to a fit or worthy Participation of this Ordinance.
CHAP. XXVII.
Falſe and inſufficient Qualifications for the Receiving of this Sacrament.
CHAP. XXVIII.
The Fruit and Benefit of worthy Receiving.
CHAP. XXIX.
The Sinfulneſs of Eating and Drinking unworthily.
CHAP. XXX.
The Cauſe of this Sin, Viz. Not diſcerning the Lords Body.
CHAP. XXXI.
The Aggravations of the Sin of unworthy Receiving.
CHAP. XXXII.
The Danger of this Sinne.
CHAP. XXXIII.
Of Examination in order to this Sacrament.
The Bookſeller to the READER.
THis Treatiſe was very fairly writ by the Reverend Authour Mr Richard Vines now with God, and perfected for the Preſs with his own Hand; after which a great part of it was lost, and carried by a ſtranger that took it up; thirty miles off, which yet (by a good Providence of God) was brought to his own hands again, to his great rejoycing, and I hope the Churches great benefit, which ſeems to be the deſign of that unexpected Providence, now that it is made publick. He omitted to divide it into Chapters and Sections (for the pleaſure of the Reader) which notwithſtanding is now done, together with the Contents of every Chapter, and of most of the Sections, which I thought good to certifie, leſt any expreſsions therein ſhould ſeem unſuitable to the Authours own Genius, and derogatory to his worth.