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of so contemptuously , though the sam « appeal is resorted to in fovotirjoftifie change of the sabbath , and infant baptism , atad against the doctrines of three Gods' in i God , or a . second God out of him , we may content ourselves with a reference to the ; historic testimony : of
the Epistlesvi whence it appears obvious , that the aticierri : practice was t 6 partake ofi * Mie breacj andfwine in ihe postt * re ^ whateverM ? was * < v $ iieh they used at meals : for as the apostle reproves the Corinthians for converting the Lord ' s Supper into a common
meal , { which tile writer ^ would persuade us that it was , ) they must have placed themselves as at meals ; and if this were wrong , we should have had some injuijction to that effect , arad a clear direction for a more reverential
posture . Thisis the mode adopted by Uuitarians , as well as other Dissen tfers , and by the Presbyterian Kii k of Scot * - land ; though the writer , who is so scrupulous about the hour * , might , perhaps , equally scruple , at the posture 0 $ sitting ? and contend * tiiat if we do nbt * lie ^ on touches , ( Weicaiinot commemorate the death of Christ , ; . < ;; . . -, ;> ¦ « S , rSU ^ ^ EUfiA&l .
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ones created and adapted to aii improve ^ ^ tate , Ch ristkiliity ; 3 s no lodger that pferfect religion we have feeeo taught t # consider - ^ fearl . ? ifct ' jtaifl ^^ ii higher state of Judaism ; a religion that retains its external observations , and is not that pure int ^ -coiiirse of
worshiping God in sincerity and truth , Which Jesus | iM ^^ -itA ^ .- ]^ - > t / < -gti , ? % 3 ! These considerations naturally lied me to ask , when this said-to-l > e or * dinance was to be observed , the time , the plan , the persons , the manner . Is it an institution to be taken ia the
morning , noon , or night ? fojfo itf f o / be taken in a ratim , lor dn ^ tfe ^ body of the assemblyf in private-or in public > Are all the members of the church to be alone partakers ,. or all that call themselves Christians , * ithat choose to partake in this said-to-be eucharistical sacrifice ? u Are the children of tbofce
who are members to part ake of it with their parents j or are none to be admitted to it , but such only who ar 6 in Christian fellowship ? And how is it to be taken , a morsel of bread half
cut , and half broken , delivered by the hand of an ojficiating priest , with a sip of win «/ or ; wine and water ; or is it with a draught of generous wine , to wash down a stale and husky bun ; or are assembled Christians to shew
their equality , / by = pulling to * ipiieces with washed and unwashed hands , the same loaf $ Is it > to b « taken kneeling , sitting , or standing ? Are the communicants to come in turns around the tabje of the Lord / or are
they , scattered over the place of assembly , to have the plate and cup brought to them > When the preciseness of all the known appointments of the law was considered by me , and how strictly Israel was enjoined ; an exactness in their observation , " itkau
slutlt not add to , neither : , shalt thou dir minish therefrom * J could but conclude , that if this » was , an ordinance , Christians knew not how to observe it , uor wheu it sho « Jd be partaken of ,
seeing some , in addijion to , all the former queries ^ , partook Qf it daily , others weekly , ; othejra njdnthly , Mnd others yearly ; and that v ^ WUt some consider it ti panacea to temo ^© all their past sins ,: others looked ptuit
W 4 *« a w * >< fc 4 >^ t >^ tti < k « k r ^ te . M& , ^ J ' uJiaa l . ^ — ¦ - 1 ^ B ^ ^ r > fi ¦ IF t . ^ M ^^ b . a ^ k / E ^^ — - * ¦ - ~ - JL wmkM fear JannJ trembling ; daring not tp apbroach the ; fiacri % e : leaet they should eat anddrink to their qwk damnation . •' ., ; : , ;* i' ^ H ^ i ^ i v A ' : '' ^; nmD li > \ iv < ih
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Sir , !¦• March 9 , *\ S 18 . BY most Christians who dissent from the Established Church , the Lord ' s Supper , as it is caHed , > , has
been considered as a family meal , and a most important institution in Christianity ; the being admitted to be a partaker of the . feist , t > r being rejected from the table ; being generally considered' aathe test of Christian
fellowship . Having formerly had the same views , and considering that I have sufficient grounds for altering my opinion on this subject , \ vith your per ^ mission , I would , take the liberty , ia yoiir liberal publication , to lay those reasons which > have cpn ^ iftcedh me , before my fellow-Christians , for their
investigation . . , .- > . r . \ \ iu \ -i :. i > . / - ,- ¦ - My first . suspicions of the aut hority for this ordinance arbseifr ^ m a considering of the ; nature of Christianity , ia opposition to Judaism : the first i « alJo . > ved to be the religion of the mind ;
the othjer is a schoolmaster to bring us irtto Christianityr fr r ^ ligiofi t f $ mt&ir nances ^ ite : J *» ad i ^ ta > fh ^ ^ religiqn ^ f 1 the [* b 6 ^ ftt 1 B ut if Chriayfi ^ ttyiliao orr dinapc 0 $ in it * wMher tfctey a ^ e ^^ Ur nance * retained from Judaism , ot new
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1818, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2475/page/15/
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