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 he hath only ſaid to us; Eat, O friends;  Drink, O beloved? When he only invites to his table, to the beſt and moſt delicious  that we can partake of on this ſide heaven?

we ſeriouſly believe the great bleſſings which there exhibited to us, & ready to be  upon us, we ſhould be ſo far from neglecting, that we ſhould heartily thank God for  opportunity he offers to us of being made  of ſuch benefits. When ſuch a price but into our hands ſhal we want hearts to  uſe of it? Me thinks we ſhould long (who ſaw but the ſhadow of theſe ) to be ſatisfied with the good things of  houſe, and to draw near his altar; and  cry out with him, ''O when ſhal I come  appear before thee! my ſoul longeth, yea even for the courts of the Lord, and my fleſh  out for the living God''. And if we had a juſt of things, we ſhould account it the  infelicity and judgment in the world to be  of this priviledge, which yet we do  and frequently deprive our ſelves of.

We exclaim againſt the Church of Rome with impatience, and with a very juſt, for robbing the People of half of this  Sacrament, and taking from them the  of bleſſing, the cup of ſalvation; and yet we can  endure for ſome moneths, nay years,  exclude our ſelves wholly from it. If no ſuch benefits and bleſſings belong to it, why do  complain of them for hindring us of any part ? But if there do, why do we by our own deprive our ſelves of the whole?