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Southern Presbyterian · #4 (**permalink**) 03-29-2008, 09:38 AM

The Directory for the Publik Worship of God says,

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Next, he [the Minister] is, in the name of Christ, on the one part, to warn all such as are ignorant, scandalous, profane, or that live in any sin or offence against their knowledge or conscience, that they presume not to come to that holy table; shewing them, that he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself: and, on the other part, he is in an especial manner to invite and encourage all that labour under the sense of the burden of their sins, and fear of wrath, and desire to reach out unto a greater progress in grace than yet they can attain unto, to come to the Lord's table; assuring them, in the same name, of ease, refreshing, and strength to their weak and wearied souls."

I see no requirement for membership in that specific assembly, and if the table is properly "fenced" it should be open to all who profess Christ and are seeking to follow Him faithfully. And as Hippo so accurately put it, the "church is a universal not a denominational body." It is the Lord's Table, not the Baptist's or the Presbyterian's table.