Answer: They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves₁ of their being in Christ^₂, of their sins and wants₃; of the truth and measure of their knowledge_4, faith₅, repentance₆; love to God and the brethren₇, charity to all men₈, forgiving those that have done them wrong₉; of their desires after Christ₁₀, and of their new obedience₁₁; and by renewing the exercise of these graces_12, by serious meditation₁₃, and fervent prayer₁₄.

1. 1 Cor 11:28
2. 2 Cor 13:5
3. 1 Cor 5:7; Ex 12:15
4. 1 Cor 11:29
5. 2 Cor 13:5, Matt 28:28
6. Zech 12:10; 1 Cor 11:31
7. 1 Cor 10:16-17; Acts 2:46-47
8. 1 Cor 5:8; 1 Cor 11:18,20
9. Matt 5:23-24
10. Isa 55:1; John 7:37
11. 1 Cor 5:7-8
12. 1 Cor 11:25-26,28; Heb 10:21-22,24; Psa 26:6
13. 1 Cor 11:24-25
14. 2 Chr 30:18-19; Matt 26:26