{"number":171,"question":"How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it?","answer":"They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being in Christ, of their sins and wants; of the truth and measure of their knowledge, faith, repentance; love to God and the brethren, charity to all men, forgiving those that have done them wrong; of their desires after Christ, and of their new obedience; and by renewing the exercise of these graces, by serious meditation, and fervent prayer.","segments":[{"text":"They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:28","osis":["1Cor.11.28"]}],"note":null},{"text":"of their being in Christ,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 13:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 13:5","osis":["2Cor.13.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"of their sins and wants;","proofs":["1 Corinthians 5:7","Exodus 12:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 5:7","osis":["1Cor.5.7"]},{"printed":"Exodus 12:15","osis":["Exod.12.15"]}],"note":null},{"text":"of the truth and measure of their knowledge,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:29","osis":["1Cor.11.29"]}],"note":null},{"text":"faith,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 13:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 13:5","osis":["2Cor.13.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"repentance;","proofs":["Zechariah 12:10","1 Corinthians 11:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 12:10","osis":["Zech.12.10"]},{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:31","osis":["1Cor.11.31"]}],"note":null},{"text":"love to God and the brethren,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 10:16–17","Acts 2:46–47"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 10:16–17","osis":["1Cor.10.16-1Cor.10.17"]},{"printed":"Acts 2:46–47","osis":["Acts.2.46-Acts.2.47"]}],"note":null},{"text":"charity to all men,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 5:8","11:18, 20"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 5:8","osis":["1Cor.5.8"]},{"printed":"11:18, 20","osis":["1Cor.11.18","1Cor.11.20"]}],"note":null},{"text":"forgiving those that have done them wrong;","proofs":["Matthew 5:23–24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 5:23–24","osis":["Matt.5.23-Matt.5.24"]}],"note":null},{"text":"of their desires after Christ,","proofs":["Isaiah 55"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 55","osis":["Isa.55"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and of their new obedience;","proofs":["1 Corinthians 5:7–8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 5:7–8","osis":["1Cor.5.7-1Cor.5.8"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and by renewing the exercise of these graces,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:25–26, 28","Hebrews 10:21–22, 24","Psalm 26:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:25–26, 28","osis":["1Cor.11.25-1Cor.11.26","1Cor.11.28"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 10:21–22, 24","osis":["Heb.10.21-Heb.10.22","Heb.10.24"]},{"printed":"Psalm 26:6","osis":["Ps.26.6"]}],"note":null},{"text":"by serious meditation,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:24–25"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:24–25","osis":["1Cor.11.24-1Cor.11.25"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and fervent prayer.","proofs":["2 Chronicles 30:18–19","Matthew 26:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Chronicles 30:18–19","osis":["2Chr.30.18-2Chr.30.19"]},{"printed":"Matthew 26:26","osis":["Matt.26.26"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"bc1695":["104"],"wlc-modernized":["171"],"wsc":["97"]},"diffs":[{"source":"bc1695","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"They","position":null},{"text":"receive the sacrament","position":null},{"text":"are, before","position":null},{"text":"come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining","position":null},{"text":"being in Christ,","position":null},{"text":"sins and wants; of the truth and measure","position":null},{"text":"knowledge, faith,","position":null},{"text":"to God","position":null},{"text":"the brethren, charity to all men, forgiving those that have done them wrong; of their desires after Christ, and of their","position":null},{"text":"by renewing the exercise of these graces, by serious meditation, and fervent prayer.","position":null}]}],"page":"136","leaf":70}