examine himself Preve, Wiclif. Probet, Vulgate. That is, testhimself, ascertain his own condition (Galatians 6:4). The same word is used of the weather, and of God's times and seasons (St Luke 12:56); of beasts of burden (St Luke 14:19); of moral questions (Romans 2:18); of the Will of God (Romans 12:2); of the action of fire (1 Corinthians 3:13). Sometimes it refers to the resultsof the process, think fit, approve, as in Romans 1:28; Romans 14:22; 1 Corinthians 16:3. Here it means that the communicant is to institute a scrutiny into his own heart and motives (cf. 2 Corinthians 13:5), with a view of ascertaining whether his "moral condition" (see note on last verse) be really "in keeping" with the sacred feast to which he is bidden. See the answer to the question "What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper? in the Church Catechism. Also cf. Judges 12.

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