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    3 ve h # ve pf t&e institution of the Xipr ^ 3 supper , hjive been given us tyjthree of the Evangelists ; bei * J 4 < 3 wfeicbj we have another * by tfe ^ Appstle ^ Paul ^ who assures us , ( and why should we not believe . him ?) 4 hat he received it from

    Jesus JihnselL rNow , surely , it is but the part of candour and eqi » i ~ | y ^ to compare these accounts together , an 4 to supply from one of

    them the deficiencies of another , if this be done , it will presently # ppear , that , after the conclusion pfttie paschal supper , Jesus distribal ted some bread and wine a-

    XOOngst his Apostles , of which they V * ere to partake in remembrance of Jiini ; and Paul expressly tells i \ x& Corinthians , that this ordinance was to be observed until the

    canning of their Lord . As to what you . insinuate concerning John ypvii , Sir , ought to . have informed ypurself as to the posture which at that time was generally used by your countrymen at table ; and

    $ h § U y <> u would have perceived , that John ( who was reclining at the * right-hand of Jesus ) did no * nor $ th 9 » n lean side-wise towards M $ Raster ' s breast , fqr the ^ purp ^> se of asking him a question in is

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    friend to wham they were so ^ mich indebted , and of pierpetuat * iwg ^ ibrough future generations , the meiriory of his labours and ^ ufferipgs fo r the benefit of maakind ? I mean not Sir , to de * .

    preciate an institution of-M <^^ when I ask , is < not the introduc * tion of a salivation , which is finally to bless the whole world , both of Jews aod Gentiles , at least

    as worthy to be commemorated by a special rite ^ as the deliverance of your ancestors from the destroy , ing angel and from their bondage inJEgypt ? As to the qnestioB , who shall administer this ordi .

    nance ? I answer , I seenorea * son , why the right of doing tku should be confined to any parti , cular body of Christians whatever , though in general it may be best to leave it in the hands of those

    who are chosen to take the lead in other religious services . As to the question , how often it shall be administered ? I answer , this must be left to be determined , by

    every society of Christians , as particular circumstances shall render convenient : though , as an individual , I cannot but wish that it we ' re Celebrated « very Lord's day , according to the custom of early times * As to what you insimiate that it is the practice of

    a very respectable di $ senHng minister to wrry the lord ' s supper from his own house tp . anotberj I anft convioced ^ thnt y out we mistaken j and tbat no such custom has ever prevailed anip ^; . Dissentjers » The , e ^ hi e « ts of ibis oydinancc arq i » tb $ h 0 i >^^ Qf * TO 05 t

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/26/