John Duncan, when distributing the elements , saw a woman in a seat near the front of the church pass the cup untasted while the tears coursed down her cheeks. He left his place at the table, stalled down into the aisle, ad, taking the cup from the elder, gave it himself to the weeping woman with the words, ' Tae' it woman: it's for sinners' G F Barbour, The Life of Alexander Whyte, p310.
Calvin held that the Lord's Supper should be set before the church very ofter, and at least once a week ...The frequency of the communion in Geneva was restricted by the civil magistracy - against Calvin's continued protests - and a quarterly celebration was the most that could be achieved. - David B Calhoun, Knowing Gd and Ourselves, p 319
"My validity and my status are found in being before the God who is there. My basic validity and my basic status do not depend upon what men think of me." ~ Dr. Francis Schaeffer, True Spirituality http://dlvr.it/Q8B9CN
So great is the influence of preconceived opinion, that it brings darkness over the mind in the midst of the clearest light.- John Calvin @JohnCalvinDaily
"If, now, there be grace enough for sinners in an all-sufficient God, it is in Christ; and, indeed, in any other there cannot be enough. The Lord gives this reason for the peace and confidence of sinners, Isaiah chapter 54;4-5, "you shall not be ashamed, neither shall you be confounded; for you shall not be put to shame." But how shall this be? So much sin, and not ashamed! So much guilt, and not confounded! "Your Maker," says he, "is your husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth shall he be called". This is the bottom of all peace, confidence, and consolation, – the grace and mercy of our Maker, of the God of the whole earth." John Owen, The Glory of Christ(Page 61)
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