11. _Thirdly_, All who desire an increase of the grace of God, are to wait for it in partaking of the Lord’s Supper. For this also is a direction himself hath given. _The same night in which he was betrayed, he took bread, and brake it, and said, take, eat: this is my body_, (that is, the sacred sign of my body) _this do in remembrance of me. Likewise, he took the cup, saying, this cup is the new testament, or covenant, in my blood_, (the sacred sign of that covenant,) _this do ye――in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew forth the Lord’s death till he come_, 1 Cor. xi. 23, &c. Ye openly exhibit the same, by these visible signs, before God, and angels, and men. Ye manifest your solemn remembrance of his death, till he cometh in the clouds of heaven. Only _let a man_ first _examine himself_, whether he understand the nature and design of this holy institution, and whether he really desire to be himself made conformable to the death of Christ: _and so_, nothing doubting, _let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup_, ver. 28. Here then the direction first given by our Lord, is expresly repeated by the apostle. Let him eat; let him drink: (♦ἐσθιέτω· πινέτω· both in the imperative mood.) Words not implying a bare permission only, but a clear, explicit command; a command to all those who either already are filled with peace and joy in believing, or can truly say, “The remembrance of our sins is grievous unto us, the burden of them is intolerable.” 12. And that this is also an ordinary stated means of receiving the grace of God, is evident from those words of the apostle, which occur in the preceding chapter? _The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion_, or communication, _of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?_ (1 Cor. x. 16.) Is not the eating of that bread, and the drinking of that cup the outward, visible means whereby God conveys into our souls all that spiritual grace, that righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, which were purchased by the body of Christ once broken, and the blood of Christ once shed for us? Let all, therefore who truly desire the grace of God, eat of that bread and drink of that cup. IV. 1. But as plainly as God hath pointed out the way, wherein he will be inquired after, innumerable are the objections which men, wise in their own eyes, have from time to time raised against it. It may be needful to consider a few of these; not because they are of weight in themselves, but because they have so often been used, especially of late years, to turn the lame out of the way; yea, to trouble and subvert those who did run well, while Satan appeared as an angel of light.