The Communicant's Companion (continued)
Chapter 3. An Invitation to this Ordinance
lentiful and suitable provision is made in this ordinance out of the treasures of the Redeemer's grace; and ministers, as servants, are sent to bid to the feast, to invite those that the master of the feast has designed for his guests, and to hasten those that are invited to this banquet of wine.
Wisdom hath sent forth her maidens on this errand, and they have words put in their mouths—"Come, for all things are now ready." This is our message.
I. We are to tell you that all things are ready, now ready; he that hath an ear, let him hear this: All things are now ready in the gospel-feast, that are proper for, or will contribute to, the full satisfaction of an immortal soul, that knows its own nature and interest, and desires to be truly and eternally happy in the love and favor of its Creator.
All things are ready; all things requisite to a noble feast. Let us a little improve the metaphor.
1. There is a house ready for the entertainment of the guests, the gospel church, wisdom's house, which she hath built upon seven pillars. God hath set up his tabernacle among men, and the place of his tent is enlarged, and