Trim Thy Lamp

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greenbaggins

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How is one to prepare oneself for the Lord's Supper? George Swinnock explains:

Reader, thy care must be to trim thy lamp, and make sure of oil in the vessel, now thou art going to meet the bridegroom. Samuel spake to the inhabitants of Bethlehem, 'Sanctify yourselves, and come to the sacrifice;' so say I to thee, Sanctify thy soul, and then come to the sacrament, 1 Sam xvi.9. Joseph prepared himself, by shaving himself, and changing his raiment, before he went unto Pharaoh; and wilt not thou prepare thyself by putting thy soul into the holiest posture thou canst, when thou art to go in unto the king of heaven and earth? From The Christian Man's Calling, in The Works of George Swinnock, volume 1, p. 180.​
 
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