then come to Ordinances; but in the Ordinances God may be pleased to give you clearer Knowledge. But do you obey his voice? _My Sheep hear_ (_obey_) _my voice_—_See that ye refuse not him that speaketh from Heaven_—_Do this_, _in __remembrance of me_.—Another Objector says, I think it right to wait till I see my interest clear. This appears very feasible; but, upon examination, this Objection falls to the ground. When our Lord instituted it and gave it to his Disciples, they did not make this Objection, and say, Oh, we cannot think of obeying your Commands, nor receiving the Bread and Wine at your Hands; because you have not yet manifested yourself clearly to us.—We read of no such Objection. What Philip said to the Eunuch on another occasion, may be applied to this—_If thou believest with all thine heart_, _thou mayest_. If you believe on Jesus, in such a way as to depend on him, look to him, and desire nothing in comparison with him, your Faith is to grow exceedingly, even up to full Assurance. By the use of Ordinances, then, in order to see your Interest clearly, obey his divine Word, _Do this_, and you shall be blessed, though not for, yet _in_ the deed, Let not Conscience make you linger, Nor of Fitness fondly dream; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him. With respect to others, in reference to Church Orders, this must be left to the Consciences of Believers, whether they are led to approve of strict or mixt Communions; as there are Ministers who are faithful and experimental, of both Parties.—I must pass by many other Objections I have heard, as scarcely worth attending to. I close, with answering the old Objection, which arises from the Apostle’s language, _He that eateth and drinketh unworthily_, _eateth and drinketh his own damnation_, _not discerning the Lord’s Body_. This has frightened many, and kept them, through their own legality, from the Table. As to Worthiness, we shall never possess it; we may as well object to every meal, to the light of the sun, to every breath we draw, as object to the Table because of our Unworthiness. To set this Passage in a fair light, it appears there was a custom in the Corinthian Church, of having a Supper before the Sacrament: this was, as they said, to imitate Christ, who, with his Disciples, first kept the Passover Feast, then celebrated his own Supper. At this Anti-Feast or Supper, they acted so disorderly, exceeding the bounds of Temperance and Sobriety, that in the midst of such Cheerfulness and Gaiety, they were not fit to attend to the Lord’s Supper.—_See ver._ 20, 21.—All are worthy whom he invites, his Friends, his Beloved, his Children, because they in the Supper discern the Lord’s Body; but all others, who have no Knowledge of Christ, nor the Nature of the ordinance, are considered as unworthy, or unfit persons; and when this Ordinance is dishonored by such Characters, they dishonor the Saviour it holds forth,