The Lord's Supper.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Gal. iii. 27.

Wherein [i.e. the ark] few, that is, eight souls, were saved by water, the like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us, (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I Pet. iii. 20, 21.

XIV. To the Lord's Supper.

Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said: Take, eat; this is My body. And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying: Drink ye all of it; for this is My blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 26-28.

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? I Cor. x. 16.

We have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
I Cor. xii. 13.

Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. It is the Spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John vi. 54-57, 63.

1 Though this be a figurative expression of faith in Christ's death, yet it is applicable to the particular exercise of it at the Lord's table.

I sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet to my taste. to the banqueting-house, and His was love.

He brought me banner over me Cant. ii. 3, 4.

Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. Cant. v. I.

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. Isaiah xxv. 6.

XV.-To Good Discourse.

The mouth of the upright shall deliver them. A man shall be satisfied with good, by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. The tongue of the wise is health. Prov. xii. 6, 14, 18.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth. Prov. xiii. 2.

A man hath word spoken Prov. xv. 4, 23.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life. joy by the answer of his mouth, and a in due season, how good is it!

Pleasant words are as a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Prov. xvi. 24.

Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another and the Lord hearkened and heard it; and a book of remembrance was written before Him, for them that feared the Lord and that thought upon His name. And they shall be Mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. Mal. iii. 16, 17.

Watchfulness.

A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth. And with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Prov. xviii. 20, 21.

The Government of the Tongue.-He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life. Prov. xiii. 3.

The lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth

his soul from trouble.

By thy words thou shalt be

words thou shalt be condemned.

Prov. xiv. 3.

Prov. xxi. 23.

justified, and by thy Matt. xii. 37.

lips that they

He that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil and his speak no guile.

XVI.-To Watchfulness.

I Pet. iii. 1O.

Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when He cometh shall find watching. Verily I say unto you, that He shall gird Himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if He shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. Luke xii. 37, 38.

Behold, I come as a thief: blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. Rev. xvi. 15.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward, he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Prov. xxii. 5.

Happy is the man that feareth alway; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Prov. xxviii. 14.

XVII.-To them that keep Good Company.

He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Prov. xiii. 20.

Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. Prov. xxvii. 17.

Avoid Evil Company.-Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalm i. I. Forsake the foolish and live, and go in the way of understanding. Prov. ix. 6. Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. 2 Cor. vi. 17.

XVIII. To them that Perform their Oaths.

Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in Thy holy hill He that sweareth to his own hurt and changeth not. Psalm xv. I, 4.

He who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psalm xxiv. 4, 5.

XIX.--To the Keeping of the Sabbath.

The Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. Exod. xx. II.

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath fron polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. The sons of the stranger that join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the

Keeping the Sabbath.

name of the Lord, to be His servants; every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer, their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

Isaiah lvi. 2, 6, 7.

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable, and shalt honour Him; not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words; then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Isaiah lviii. 13, 14.

Hallow My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. Ezek. xx. 20.