Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Let me exhort you to a conscionable use of Ordinances. Be more frequent in hearing, in praying, in receiving, &c.— I might say something to this last, viz. Receiving, The Apostle tells us, 1 Cor. 11.26. As often as we eat this bread, we shew forth the Lord’s death; it implies a frequent use of the Ordinance, more then once or twice a year, or once a quarter. Indeed the opportunities might be more frequent, if it were not for the coldness and deadness of our hearts.
In the Primitive times of the Church, while the blood of Christ was warm, they had the Sacrament every day; we have an uncontradicted authority, that they had it every Lord’s day. And as men grew colder, so the distances grew greater. Sure, were it not for the coldness and deadness of our hearts, it might almost be our daily bread; at least we might enjoy a more frequent use of this Ordinance then we do: but as the Apostle saith, as oft as you have opportunity do good: so as oft as you have the opportunity, take the occasions to meet God in his Ordinances.
For the reference, see Samuel Bolton on frequent communion.
In the Primitive times of the Church, while the blood of Christ was warm, they had the Sacrament every day; we have an uncontradicted authority, that they had it every Lord’s day. And as men grew colder, so the distances grew greater. Sure, were it not for the coldness and deadness of our hearts, it might almost be our daily bread; at least we might enjoy a more frequent use of this Ordinance then we do: but as the Apostle saith, as oft as you have opportunity do good: so as oft as you have the opportunity, take the occasions to meet God in his Ordinances.
For the reference, see Samuel Bolton on frequent communion.