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<p>CONTENTS. 
Preface Page ix
CHAPTER I. 
THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
The Object of the Work, and the Spirit in which we should enter upon it — The Lord's Supper considered as a Commemorative Ordinance — This illustrated by the Passover — This the View of the Church of England — A Declarative Ordinance — An Instructive Ordinance 1 
CHAPTER II.
THE NATURE AND DESIGN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER.
The Lord's Supper considered as an Ordinance for feeding the soul, strengthening the faith, kindling the love, and animating the hope, of Believers; and thus uniting them more closely with Christ the head, and Believers the members, of His Church — This shewn to be the view of the Church of England — Also a kind of Typical Ordinance  18
CHAPTER III.
THE DUTY AND PRIVILEGE OF A FREQUENT COMMUNION.
Frequency of Communions in the early Church — Dr. Cave — Calvin — For whom is this Ordinance intended? — The Duty of a frequent Communion shewn from the words of Christ, the Command of a King, the dying Request of a Friend, the Counsel of a Prophet and Priest, and also from the nature of the Ordinance itself Page 46
CHAPTER IV.
THE SPIRIT IN WHICH WE SHOULD COME TO THE LORD'S SUPPER.
The importance of this inquiry shewn — Jeremy Taylor quoted — We should come in a spirit of humiliation and of true repentance, with a steadfast purpose to lead a godly life, a lively faith in God's mercy through Christ, a thankful remembrance of His death, and be in charity with all men. — The necessity of this shewn in each case from the nature of the ordinance itself to which we come — Scruples of sincere but timid Christians considered — Kettlewell quoted 63
CHAPTER V.
OBJECTIONS AND EXCUSES CONSIDERED AND ANSWERED.
The Neglect of this Ordinance "Whence it proceeds" — Not from any Indifference upon the part of our Church — This shewn — The real Cause of this Neglect shewn — Various Objections and Excuses considered and answered — An earnest Expostulation addressed to Halters Page 90
CHAPTER VI.
"LET A MAN EXAMINE HIMSELF."
Self-examination — The Object of it — Jeremy Taylor quoted — The Neglect of it — The unspeakable Importance of it shewn — Let a Man examine himself as to his Knowledge of the Ordinance — As to the Motives which bring him to the Lord's Table — As to whether he is in the State of Mind which we have shewn to be necessary — Let him examine himself by the Word of Go— With Prayer for God's Spirit — The Blessings that would result from such Self-examination 123
CHAPTER VII.
THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE FAITHFUL COMMUNICANT.
Special Seasons in which the faithful Communicant will find a peculiar blessing in this Ordinance — An aged Christian — How we should conduct ourselves after receiving the Holy Communion — The fall of all the Disciples, on the very night in which they received it, a warning to us — Their being received back again, an encouragement — Conclusion Page 141 
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Maturin, Benjamin</div>
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