The following is an excerpt from the Journals of the House of Commons where the divines explain to Parliament what they mean by “ignorant or scandalous” (WLC 173; WCF 29:8; DPW on the Lord’s Supper) in regards to those who are unable to take the Lord’s Supper. Article Submitted To The House Of Commons Explaining… Read More Westminster Assembly on the Conditions for Partaking of the Lord’s Supper
A DISCOURSE OF SELF-EXAMINATION by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 483-493. Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2 Corinthians 13:5 The apostle having blamed the Corinthians for some enormities among them,… Read More Self Examination | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE UNWORTHY RECEIVING OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 472-482. Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself,… Read More Unworthy Receiving of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 427-471. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 1… Read More The Partakers of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
A DISCOURSE OF THE END OF THE LORD’S SUPPER by Stephen Charnock vol. iv, Works, pgs. 392-426. “For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.” 1 Corinthians 11:26. The Corinthians were a church planted by Paul, watered by a long preaching among them;… Read More The Purpose of the Lord’s Supper | Stephen Charnock
