The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

The Administration of the Sacraments being a Ministerial action, so religiously to be performed, all the Congregation have their part in it. So it was under the Law, Exod. 12. 6. In the fourteenth day of this month, let all the Assembly of the Congregation of the Children of Israel kill the Passover in the twilight, Luke 1. 59. The eighth day the Neighbours and the Kinsmen of ELIZABETH came together to circumcise the child. Our Saviour, in the Sacraments ⟨p. 363⟩of the New Testament, doth observe the same, Mat. 26. 27. Drink ye all of this. And the Apostle doth command, 1. Cor. 11. 33. When you come together, to eat the Supper of the Lord, wait one for another. Wherefore it is fit, that the place of their celebrating be the Church, or place where the Congregation usually meeteth, and the time the Lords Day. So the Apostle (for the place) doth sharply rebuke the Corinthians, 1. Cor. 11. 22. opposing the Church, as the only place for Gods Sacraments to be administered, unto private houses: Have you not houses to eat and drink in? or despise you the Church of God? And for the time, we find the practice of the Church recorded, Acts 10. 7. that the first day of the week the Disciples assembled together to break bread.

The Administration of the Sacraments being a Ministeriall action, so religiously to bee performed, all the Congregation haue their part in it. So it was vnder the Law, Exod. 12. 6. In the fourteenth day of this moneth, let all the Assembly of the Congregation of the Children of Israel kill the Passeouer in the twilight, Luke 1. 59. The eighth day the Neighbours and the Kinsmen of ELIZABETH came together to circumcise the child. Our Sauiour, in the Sacraments