A26958:182
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord
A moral prognostication I. what shall befall the churches on Earth, till their concord, by the restitution of their primitive purity, simplicity, and charity, II. how that restitution is like to be made, (if ever) and what shall befall them thence-forth unto the end, in that golden-age of love / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. In the Sacramental-Covenant with God the Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost, as the briefest Formula. 2. In the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue; as the Summaries of the Credenda, Appetenda, and Agenda, Matters of Faith, Will, (or Desire) and Practice, as the larger Form. 3. In that Canon of Scripture, which all the Churches receive, as the largest Form or Continent.
And that he who is understandingly, a Sacramental-Covenanter with God the Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost, was ever ⟨p. 41⟩taken for a Visible Christian. And therefore, Baptism was called our Christening; and the Baptized taken for Christians, before they knew the Controversies of this Church, or that: And that the competent▪ explicit Understanding of the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue, was ever taken for a competent Understanding of the Sacramental-Covenant, and more. And that he that implicitly receiveth the commonly-received Canonical Scripture, as God's Word (though he understand no more than as followeth) and that explicitly understandeth the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue, and receiveth them, and consenteth to the Sacramental-Covenant, always was accounted, and is still to be accounted a Christian. On these Terms therefore, the Peace-makers will resolve to endeavour the Union of the Churches.
And that he who is understandingly, a Sacramental-Covanter with God the Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost, was ever ⟨p. 41⟩taken for a Visible Christian. And therefore, Baptism was called our Christening; and the Baptized taken for Christians, before they knew the Controversies of this Church, or that: And that the competent▪ explicite Understanding of the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue, was ever taken for a competent Understanding of the Sacramental-Covenant, and more. And that he that implicitely receiveth the commonly-received Canonical Scripture, as God's Word (though he understand no more than as followeth) and that explicitely understandeth the Creed, Lord's-Prayer, and Decalogue, and receiveth them, and consenteth to the Sacramental-Covenant, alwayes was accounted, and is still to be accounted a Christian. On these Terms therefore, the Peace-makers will resolve to endeavour the Union of the Churches.