Londons Gate to the Lords Table, Table of contents
A Table of the principall matters contained in this Dialogue.
THere is an ignorance and ſinfulneſſe in part, and an ignorance and ſinfulneſſe in whole. 6
The tryall of one that is wholly ignorant. 8
The tryall of a man that is wholy ſin… …
A kind of ſtriving againſt ſinne in a man that is wholly ſinfull. 18
The different ſtriving that is in a man who is wholly ſinfull, and a man that is in part ſinfull. 21
There is no true faith in a man wholly ignorant and wholly ſinfull. 25
One that hath not true faith; ought not to partake of the Sacrament of the Lords ſupper. 26
The danger of receiving the ſacrament without faith. 33
The exhortation of the a Apoſtle, 1 Cor. 11 28. Let a man examine himſelfe doth not exclude his examination by another. 47
Not eaſily determined whether a man be fit to partake of the ſacrament or no. 49
Tis lawfull and needfull for a man before he receive the ſacrament to goe to bee examined before the Elderſhip. 50
Tis lawfull and needfull for the Elders to ioyne with the Miniſter in the buſineſſe of examination. 54
Deſcription of the Elderſhips examining all that come before them. 68. 149
Tis not meet for every member of the Church to have an equall authority with the Elderſhip. 58
A man of great knowledge and righteous converſation, may be unfit to be admitted to the ſacrament. 61
The life of civility deſcribed. 77
The life of rationall and religious formality deſcribed. 82
God juſtifieth the ungodly. 88
God maketh a man juſt before he do pronounce him juſt. 89
How God maketh a man juſt. 91
Why or in what ſence a man is ſaid to be juſtified by faith. ibid.
The act of God in pronouncing a man juſt, what it is. 95
Where righteouſneſſe of justification is imputed, righteouſneſſe of ſanctification is infuſed. 97
How the righteouſneſſe of juſtification and the righteouſneſſe of ſanctification doe differ. 99
Two ſorts of profeſſors doe confound this twofold righteouſneſſe. 103
There is both a faith and a godlineſſe of a mans owne aquiring 121
If a man hath not both the righteouſneſſe of juſtification and the righteouſneſſe of ſanctification, he hath neither of them. 122
How a man may know that he hath them both. 124
A man may in word and judgement renounce his rwne righteouſneſſe in the caſe of juſtification, and yet not do ſo in heart and conſcience. 133
Signes of a mans putting confidence in his owne righteouſneſſe. 137
No cauſe why any man ſhould either deſire to go, or continue in that way which for diſtinctions ſake is called the independent way. 164
No perfect platforme of Church-Government to be found in the new Teſtament, ſaid a godly Miniſter, in the pulpit. 166
A gracious anſwer lately given by old Mr. Dod, to one that came to aske him a circumſtantiall queſtion. 170
The heginning of conference with Mathias an humble penitent. 171
How he was firſt moved to minde the beſt things. 178
The Lord doth firſt give faith to beleeve the pardon of ſinne before he give power againſt ſinne. 181
The Lord pardoneth ſinne abſolutely and not conditionally. 184
To beleeve the pardon of ſinne, is the way to get power againſt ſinne. 185
The Lord doth firſt pardon ſinne, and then he ſubdues it. 189
A true feare of Gods diſpleaſure, works a ſeparation betwixt the heart and ſinne. 192
A deſire to beleeve is faith indeed. 196
The difference betwixt naturall deſires and ſupernaturall. 199
A true evidence of a ſound minde. 205
How to underſtand theſe words, Worthy, and Ʋnworthy. 214
Chriſt neither accepts any for greatneſſe of parts, nor refuſeth any for weakneſſe of parts. 227
Though there can be no faith where there is no knowledge, yet may there be a great meaſure of knowledge where there is no faith. 129
It is the kinde of faith that fits a man to the Sacrament, and not the meaſure. 231
It is not a ſight and ſenſe of knowledge, nor faith, nor repentance, nor love, nor obedience, that makes a man worthy to come to the Sacrament, but rather an hungring and thirſting appetite after Chriſt, ariſing from a ſight and ſenſe of the want of ſuch things. 235
The wedding garment what it is. 236
Why the Lords ſupper was inſtituted and ordained. 240
What meditations we ought to have at the Lords Table. 244
The reaſon why we are to receive the ſacrament of the Lords ſupper often, though baptized but once. 254
Much good gotten by the right receiving of the Lordt ſupper. 261
He that is unfit to receive the ſacrament ſinneth whether he receive it or not. ibid.
What be the hinderances that keepe many from the ſacrament. 263
How to become poore in ſpirit. 267
LONDONS Gate TO The Lords Table.
Interlocutors
A Miniſter of the Goſpell.
Alexander, an ignorant prophane man.
Simon, a proud Profeſſor.
And Matthias, a weak, yet true Beleever.