A26895:154
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and…
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and the Lords prayer, and, II, more largely in a profession taken out of the Holy Scriptures, containing 1, the articles of the Christian belief, 2, our consent to the gospel covenant, 3, the sum of Christian duty, according to the primitive simplicity, purity, and practice, fitted to the right instruction of the ignorant, the promoting of holiness, and the charitable concord of all true believers ... / by Richard Baxter.
London : s.n., 1660
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46. The Word and Prayer must be joined with the Sacrament. The nature and use of it must be opened, and the people excited to the exercise of the duties before mentioned. Sin must be confessed and lamented, and mercy implored, and thankfully acknowledged, and the goodness of God, especially manifested in the work of our Redemption, must with the greatest admiration, alacrity and joy that we can attain to, be magnified and praised, till this unspeakable love of God in Christ hath drawn out our hearts in fervent love to him again. And it will be most suitable to this Eucharistical Ordinance, that the Church do sing some Psalm or Hymn of praise to God, for the mercies of our Redemption.
46. The Word and Prayer must be joyned with the Sacrament. The nature and use of it must be opend, and the people excited to the exercise of the duties before mentioned. Sin must be confessed and lamented, and mercy implored, and thankfully acknowledged, and the goodness of God, especially manifested in the work of our Redemption, must with the greatest admiration, alacrity and joy that we can attain to, be magnified and praised, till this unspeakable love of God in Christ hath drawn out our hearts in fervent love to him again. And it will be most suitable to this Eucharistical Ordinance, that the Church do sing some Psalm or Hymn of praise to God, for the mercies of our Redemption.
47. Those are to be invited to the Supper of the Lord that have these necessary qualifications, in some degree, and the rest to be acquainted with the danger of eating and drinking unworthily. Those only are to be admitted to the Table of the Lord that have the use of reason, and can examine themselves, and are members ⟨p. 54⟩of the Church, and have made a personal credible profession of faith and holiness, and are not justly, for heresy or any scandalous sin, removed from present communion with the Church.
47. Those are to be invited to the Supper of the Lord that have these necessary qualifications, in some degree, and the rest to be acquainted with the danger of eating and drinking unworthily. Those only are to be admitted to the Table of the Lord that have the use of reason, and can examine themselves, and are members