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 Word of God: I ſay we cannot well how they who celebrated it ſo conſtantly,  allot any more time for ſolemn preparation  it, than they did for any other part of  worſhip: And conſequently that the Apoſtle,  he bids the Corinthians examine themſelves, could mean no more than that conſidering  nature & ends of this inſtitution they  come to it with great reverence; and reflecting upon their former miſcarriages in  matter, ſhould be carefull upon this admonition to avoid them for the future, and to  what had been amiſs; which to do requires  reſolution and care than any long time  preparation.

I ſpeak this, that devout perſons may not intangled in an apprehenſion of a greater  than really there is of a long &  preparation every time they receive the Sacrament. The great neceſſity that lyes upon to live as becomes Chriſtians, and then they can never be abſolutely unprepared. Nay I think this to be a very good preparation; and I ſee why men ſhould not be very well ſatisfied  it, unleſs they intend to make the ſame uſe  the Sacrament that many of the Papiſts do  Confeſſion and Abſolution, which is to quit  God once or twice a year, that ſo they may  to ſin again upon a new ſcore.

But becauſe the Examination of our ſelves a thing ſo very uſefull, and the time which  are wont to ſet apart for their preparation  the Sacrament is ſo advantageous an  for the practice of it; therefore I cannot  very much commend thoſe who take this occaſion, to ſearch and try their ways, and to call