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7. But it is usually necessary to the bene esse, or the best performance of baptism that the adult person (or the Parent of Infants) do in larger words profess his understanding, belief and consent to ⟨p. 168⟩baptism: And it is best that these words be not too many nor too few, and that they be for the most part one unchanged form; Lest ignorance or heresy deprave baptism by change and variety of words.

7. But it is usually necessary to the bene esse, or the best performance of baptism that the adult person (or the Parent of Infants) do in larger words profess his understanding, belief and consent to ⟨p. 168⟩baptism: And it is best that these words be not too many nor too few, and that they be for the most part one unchanged form; Lest ignorance or heresie deprave baptism by change and variety of words.

8. To this end the Churches of Christ have still used the Creed as the summary form of Profession of faith, As the Lords Prayer is a summary form of our Desires, and the Decalogue of our rule and profession of practice. But because Assent is supposed to imply Consent to the particulars Assented to, though but Generally professed, therefore the Church hath more rarely omitted the Creed in the profession of Assent, when yet they have accepted of a more General profession of Consent to the Covenant, and promise of obedience.

9. But if the adult do before-hand as a Catechumen learn the Creed, Lords Prayer and Decalogue, and give the Pastor a satisfactory account of his competent understanding of them, then that may be supposed, and only a General profession of faith, consent and subjection, be used at the time and in the words of baptism. And so much of the constitutive causes of baptism.