The duty of Christians, after they have received the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, is seriously to consider how they have behaved themselves therein, and with what success; if they find quickening and comfort, to bless God for it, beg the continuance of it, watch against relapses, fulfill their vows, and encourage themselves to a frequent attendance on that ordinance: but if they find no present benefit, more exactly to review their preparation to, and carriage at, the Sacrament; in both which, if they can approve themselves to God and their own consciences, they are to wait for the fruit of it in due time: but, if they see that they have failed in either, they are to be humbled, and to attend upon it afterward with more care and diligence.
Ps. 28:7; Ps. 85:8; 1 Cor. 11:17, 30-31; 2 Chron. 30:21-23, 25-26; Acts 2:42, 46-47; Ps. 36:10; Song of Sol. 3:4; 1 Chron. 29:18; 1 Cor. 10:3-5, 12; Ps. 50:14; 1 Cor. 11:25-26; Acts 2:42, 46; Song of Sol. 5:1-6; Eccl. 5:1-6; Ps. 73:1-2; Ps. 42:5, 8; Ps. 43:3-5; 2 Chron. 30:18-19; Isa. 1:16, 18; 2 Cor. 7:11; 1 Chron. 15:12-14.