Communion. Obfervations. Lord's Supper; unto which, this Exhortation what they must exin God's Behalf, I bid you P.& from the defpifed Offers of Mercy. all that are here prefent, and befeech you for the Lord Jefus Chrift's fake, that ye will not refuse to come thereto, being fo lovingly called and bidden by God himself. Ye know how grievous and unkind a Thing it is, when a Man hath prepared a rich Feaft, decked his Table with all kind of Provision, so that there lacketh nothing but the Guefts to fit down; and yet they who are called (without any Caufe) moft unthankfully refufe to come, which of you in fuch a Cafe would not be moved? Who would not think a great Injury and Wrong done unto him? Wherefore, moft dearly beloved in Chrift, take ye good heed, left ye, withdrawing yourselves from this holy Supper, provoke God's Indignation against you. It is an eafy Matter for a Man to fay, I will not communicate, because I am otherwise hin der'd with worldly Bufinefs. But fuch Excufes are not fo eafily accepted and allowed before God. If any Man fay, I am a grievous Sinner, and therefore am afraid to Say therefore to yourself, Why am I fo earnestly, fo lovingly, invited? Why is my Paftor, why is the Church, fo much concerned for my going to the Lord's Supper?---Is it not because she knows that this is the most acceptable Way of ferving God, of fecuring his Favour, and my own Salvation? Is it not because fhe would have me to look into the State of my Soul, as I muft do before I go to this Sacrament, that I may not live in the Way of Ruin, 'till I am furprized by Death, and utterly unprepared for the Account I muft give? Shall my Saviour's and his Minif ter's Love and Care be loft upon me? Is this the Way to fhew my Thankfulnefs for the Mercies I hope for on account of his Death? Is He the Better for my Services? Or do I not indeed ferve myself moft, when I obey his Commands, and accept of his Invitation? They that are whole, indeed, need not a Physician; but dare I fay this is my Cafe ---When I fo fenfibly feel the Corruption of my Nature, and how much I ftand in need of Help. Muft I be invited, intreated, compelled, to give God Thanks for the Shibber Shirveish. Smooinaghtyn crauee. faghey veih'n Cheyrle fhoh, cre fhegin Cre'n-fa ta mih cha jeean, cha Abbyr er-y fa fhen rhyt hene, graihagh, er my chuirrey? Cre'n-fa ta my Vochilley-anmey, cre'n-fa ta'n Agglish cha aggindagh mee dy heet gys Shibber y Chiarn?-Nagh vel eh Aght s'booifa! dy hirveish Jee, dy fon dy vel Fys cck dy nee fhoh ya yannoo fhickyr jeh'n Foayr echey, as jeh my Haualtys hene? Nagh vel eh fon dy bwooifhagh ee mee dy ghoaill Taftey jeh Stayd my Anmey, myr fhegin dou 'yannoo my ym beaghey ayns Stayd dy Hoyrt jem gys y Sacrament fhoh, nagh jeanmow, derrey hig y Baafe orrym gynyfs, as mee ooilley cooidjagh neuchiarit fon y Coontey fhegin dou 'choyrt? Shibber y Chiarn; huggey afs lieh Yee ta mee cuirrey fhiu ooilley t'ayns shoh kionfenith, as guee erriu er Graih yn Chiarn Yeefey Creeft, nagh nob fhiu dy heet huggey, fakin dy vel thiu cha graihagh er nyn eam as er nyn guirrey liorifh Jee hene. Ta fys eu cre'n Red feaghnagh as neu-ghooie eh, tra da Dooinney er n'aarlaghey Cuirraghyn deyr, er hoiaghey magh e Voayrd lefh dy chooilley chaghlaa chaghlaa dy Ghien, myr fhen nagh vel veg ry-laccal agh ny Goaldee dy hoie fheefe; as foaft t'adfyn t'er nyn guirrey (fegooifh Oyr erbee) dy feer neu-wooifal gobbal dy heet. Quoi jiuifh er lheid yn Oyr fhoh nagh beagh brafnit? Quoi nagh smooinagh dy beagh Affee as Aggair mooar jeant da? Shen-y-fa, chaarjyn feer ghraihagh ayns Creeft, gow-jee taftey vie, eraggle liorish nyn Ghreeym Y hyndaa rish y Chibber chafherick fhoh, dy brafnee fhiu Corree Yee nyn 'oï. Te Red feer aafhagh da Dooinney dy ghra, Cha goym's yn Chreestiaght, er-y-fa dy vel mee er aght elley lhiettit lefh Obbyr feihl-Tra ta mee cha piandagh gennaghtyn tagh. Agh cha vel lheid ny Lefhtallyn cha aafhagh goit as lowit ayns fenifh Yee. My jir Dooinney erbee, Ta mifh my y my altagh as e Hirveishee ve caillit or Nhegin da Graih as Imnea Haurym's ?-Nee fhuh ya Aght dy hoilfhaghey my Vooife fon ry Myghinyn ta mee treifhteil er nyn fon er coontey yn Vaase echeysyn ? hirveish eh? Er-nonney agh vel mee Vel efhyn veg fhare fon mish ve dy dy jarroo jannoo yn Chirveish fmoo dou hene, tra ta mee cur Biallys da ny Saraghyn echey, as jannoo Soiaghey jeh e Chuirrey? S'feer eh, Nagh vel Feme ocfyn ayns Slaynt er Fer-lhee; Agh thoys dooys gra dy nee fhoh my Stayd ? Neu- ghlennid my Ghooghys, as cre wheefh as ta mee feme Cooney. Nhegin dooys ve currit, ve breagit, ve eginit, dy choyrt Booife da Jee on come Communion. Pious Reflections. greatest Bleffings he ever beftowed 1 How fhall I tremble, if I should and all my Hopes in his Death? be required to renounce my Saviour, What can be more like it than fre quently turning my Back upon this Ordinance when I am invited? come : wherefore then do ye not repent and amend? When God calleth you, are ye not afhamed to fay, you Doth it repent me, that I was dewill not come? When yedicated to God in Baptifm? fhould return to God, will ye excuse yourselves, and fay, ye are not ready? Conf der earnestly with yourselves, how little fuch feigned Excufes will avail before God. They that refufed the Feast in How many Tears did it coft St. Peter for faying, that he was not the Gofpel, because theyChrift's Difciple! Will it be ac had bought a Farm, or would counted a lefs Crime in me to deny try their Yokes of Oxen, or Him in Deed, by refufing to join mybecause they were married, felf with his Difciples? were not fo excused, but What if this fhould be the laft Op. counted unworthy of the hea-portunity that God will vouchfafe venly Feast. I for my part me? This having been the Cafe of fhall be ready, and, accord- many before me. ing to my Office, I bid you in the Name of God; 1 call you in Chrift's Behalf; I exhort you, as you love your own Salvation, that ye will be Partakers of this holy Communion. And as the Son of God did vouchfafe to yield yield up his Soul by Death upon the Crofs for your Salvation; fo it is your Duty to receive the Communion in Remembrance of the Sacrifice of his Death, as he himself hath commanded: Which if ye thall neglect to do, confider with yourfelves how great Injury you do Can I expect to be received, after fo many wilful Neglects, when I am compelled by Death to flee to Jefus Chrift for He p and Comfort, when I fhall moft ftand in need of it? Let me confider what I am invited to-To thank my Saviour for my Redemption:-To engage Him to be my Advocate with God for my Pardon;-To declare my Love and Charity for all Mankind, which he has been fo good as to redeem:And to declare my Refolutions of living as becomes a Christian. 'Tis true, I am unworthy (and who is not of himfelf unworthy of God's Mercy?) and fo am afraid of confider, that thefe very Fears of of going unprepared: But then I will fending God are fome Degree of Pre ard Shirveish. ard Pheccagh, as fhen-y-fa ta mee goaill aggle dy heet: cre'n oyr eifht nagh vel fhiu goaill arrys as lhiaffaghey nyn Mea? Tra ta Jee geamagh erriu, nagh vel nearey erriu dy ghra nagh jig fhiu? Tra lhifagh fhiu chyndaa gys Jee, jean fhiu Lehtallyn y yannoo, as gra nagh vel fhiu aarloo? Smooinee-jee dy dowin riu hene, cre cha beg feeu vees lheid ny Lefhtallyn foalfey ayns fhilley Yee. Adfyn dob ny Cuirraghyn ayns y Tushtal, er-ynoyr dy row ad er chionnaghey Balley, ny dy bailliu nyn Gubbil dy Ghew y hrial, ny fon dy row ad Pooft, cha row nyn Lefhtal myr fhen er ny ghoaill, agh v'ad coontit neu - feeu jeh'n Ghien flaunyflagh. Er my phaart's bee'm aarloo; as cordail rish my Oik, Ta mee cuirrey fhiu ayns Ennym Yee; Ta mee geamagh erriu afs lieh Chreeft; Ta mee coyrlaghey fhiu, myr fhynney lhieu nyn Saualtys hene, dy jig fhiu dy ghoaill Ayrn jeh'n Chreeftiaght chafherick fhoh. As myr by-chooidfave lefh Mac Yee dy hebbal feofe e Annym liorish baafe er y Chroth fon y Taualtys eu; myr fhen the'n Currym eu eh dy ghoaill y Chreeftiaght, ayns Cooinaghtyn jeh Oural e Vaafe, myr Smooinaghtyn Crauee. 115 ny Bannaghtyn fmoo ren eh rieau y ghiootal er Deiney ?-As dy ghoaill Greme er yn ynrycan Saafe dy yannoo my Hee rish? Vel Arrys orrym, dy row mee er my chafherickey gys Jee ayns Bafhtey? Kys huittin er-creau, dy beign yeearrit dy breigeil my Haualtagh, echey? as ooilley my Hreifhteil ayns y Vaafe Cre s'jeeree oddys ve goll-rish na dy mennick chyndaa my Ghreeym rish yn Oardaghey fhoh, tra ta mee cuirrit huggey. Cre-woad Feir choft eh da'n Noo Peddyr fon gra, Nagh nee Oftyl da aynym's dy obbal eh ayns Jannoo, Creeft v'eh! Bee eh coontit Foill liorish lhiggey fhaghey dy heet ayns Moo Shefhaght mâroofyn ta geiyrt da'n Ynfaghey echey? Cre dy beagh fhoh yn Cheayrt s'jerree by chooidfave lefh Jee geamagh orrym? Myr ta fhoh er ve Cooifh ymmodee dy eallagh roym. Voddym's jerkal dy gow eh rhym, lurg dou ve whilleen keayrt er n'yannoo Meerioofe jeh my Yioin, tra ta mee eginit liorish y Vaafe dy chofney gys Yeefey Creeft fon Cooney as Ger jagh, tra fmoo vee'm fhaffoo ayns Feme jeh ? Lhig dou fmooinaghtyn dy dowin cre gys ta mee cuirrit :-Dy chur altys;-Dy ghuee er dy loayrt afs Booife da my Haualtagh fon my Hau- · my Lieh rifh Jee fon my Phardoon: Dy hoilfhaghey my Ghraib as my Ghiafiyllys da ooilley Sheelnaue, t'eh reefht:-As dy hoilfhaghey my er ve cha mie as dy chionnagheyGhialdynyn dy leeideil Bea myr ta cooie da Creeftee. unto Communion. unto God, and how fore a Punishment hangeth over your Heads for the fame; when ye wilfully abftain from the Lord's Table, and separate from your Brethren, who come to feed on the Banquet Pious Reflections. paration; and to refufe when I am invited, will but increase my Guilt. I will therefore go, that I may ob of that most heavenly Food. tain Grace to be better prepared, Thefe Things if ye earnest-every Time I have an Opportunity ly confider, ye will by God's of going to this Sacrament. Grace return to a better Rubrick, Obfervations. At the Time of the Cele- If you feriously attend to the folbration of the Communion, lowing Exhortation, you will be better able to judge how well you are prethe Communicants being con- pared:You will fee the Benefits veniently placed for the Re- you may depend on by a worthy Preceiving of the Holy Sacra-paration, and the Evils you expofe ment, the Priest shall say yourself to, by going rafhly, or out this Exhortation. of mere Cuftom, to this holy Sacra ment. Communion. DEARLY beloved in the Lord! ye that mind to come to the holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Chrift, must confider how St. Paul exhorteth all Perfons diligently to try and examine them t'eh |
