In his little book on the Lord's Supper the Puritan author Thomas Doolittle argues from 1 Corinthians that
1. It is a necessary duty, incumbent upon all adult believers, to partake of the Lord's supper (24)
2. It is the duty of Christ's disciples often to partake of the Lord's supper (25, 26)
3. Whensoever ye are to partake of the Lord's supper, you are to be painful (ie painstaking) and serious in making preparation for it (28)
4. A believer should eye the blood of Christ in the Lord's supper, in its several properties, virtue and efficacy, till suitable graces thereby are drawn forth into act and lively exercise (24, 25)
5. Such as are partakers of the ... supper, should inquire after participation, what benefit they have received thereby, whether they be the better or the worse by receiving (17)
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