William Burkitt's Expository Notes

1 Corinthians 11:28

Observe here, The duty required to prevent the danger of unworthy receiving, and that is, the great and necessary duty of examination.. metaphor taken from goldsmiths, who try the truth of their gold by the touch-stone, the purity of their gold by the fire, the weight of it by the scale.

Observe, 2. The examinant, or person, performing this duty of examination: Let. man, that is, let every man. This stands in. double opposition:

(1.) To our examining of others.

(2.) To our resting in another's examination of us.

Observe, 3. The frequency of this act; as often as we partake of the ordinance, so oft we should, if we have time, less or more, examine ourselves: Let him examine, and so let him eat. Let him pass through one duty to another.

Learn hence, That it is the special duty, and ought to be the singular care and endeavour, of all those that desire safely and comfortably to approach the table of the Lord, to examine themselves before they come: to examine their right unto it, and to examine their fitness for it.

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1 Corinthians 11:28

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