⟨themſelves⟩ to a more ſolemn account of their ⟨actions⟩. Becauſe this ought to be done ſometime, ⟨and⟩ I know no fitter time for it than this. And ⟨perhaps⟩ ſome would never find time to recollect ⟨themſelves,⟩ and to take the condition of their ⟨ſouls⟩ into ſerious conſideration, were it not ⟨upon⟩ this ſolemn occaſion.
The ſum of what I have ſaid is this, that ⟨ſuppoſing⟩ a perſon to be habitually prepared by a ⟨religious⟩ diſpoſition of mind, and the general ⟨courſe⟩ of a good life, this more ſolemn actual ⟨preparation⟩ is not always neceſſary; And it is ⟨better⟩ when there is an opportunity to receive ⟨without⟩ it, than no to receive at all: But the ⟨greater⟩ our actual preparation is, the better. For ⟨no⟩ man can examine himſelf too often, and ⟨underſtand⟩ the ſtate of his ſoul too well, and ⟨exerciſe⟩ repentance, and renew the reſolutions of ⟨a good⟩ life too frequently. And there is ⟨perhaps⟩ no fitter opportunity for the doing of all ⟨this⟩, than when we approach the Lord's table, ⟨there⟩ to commemorate his death, and to renew ⟨our⟩ Covenant with him to live as becomes the ⟨Goſpel⟩.
All the Reflection I ſhal now make upon this ⟨Diſcourſe⟩, ſhall be from the conſideration of ⟨what⟩ hath been ſaid, earneſtly to excite all that ⟨profeſs⟩ and call themſelves Chriſtians to a due ⟨preparation⟩ of themſelves for this holy ⟨Sacrament⟩, and a frequent participation of it, ⟨according⟩ to the intention of our Lord and Saviour ⟨in the⟩ inſtitution of it, and the undoubted ⟨practice⟩ of Chriſtians to the primitive and beſt ⟨times⟩, when men had more devotion, and fewer ⟨ſcruples⟩ about their duty.
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