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 to a more ſolemn account of their. Becauſe this ought to be done ſometime, I know no fitter time for it than this. And ſome would never find time to recollect  and to take the condition of their  into ſerious conſideration, were it not  this ſolemn occaſion.

The ſum of what I have ſaid is this, that a perſon to be habitually prepared by a  diſpoſition of mind, and the general  of a good life, this more ſolemn actual  is not always neceſſary; And it is  when there is an opportunity to receive  it, than no to receive at all: But the  our actual preparation is, the better. For man can examine himſelf too often, and  the ſtate of his ſoul too well, and  repentance, and renew the reſolutions of  life too frequently. And there is no fitter opportunity for the doing of all, than when we approach the Lord's table,  to commemorate his death, and to renew  Covenant with him to live as becomes the.

All the Reflection I ſhal now make upon this, ſhall be from the conſideration of hath been ſaid, earneſtly to excite all that  and call themſelves Chriſtians to a due  of themſelves for this holy , and a frequent participation of it,  to the intention of our Lord and Saviour  inſtitution of it, and the undoubted  of Chriſtians to the primitive and beſt , when men had more devotion, and fewer  about their duty.