The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

2. If it be a Communion-day, draw near to the Lord's Table in the Wedding-Garment of a faithful and penitent heart to be partaker of so holy a banquet.

And when Baptism is to be administered, stay and behold it with all reverent attention, that so thou mayest, First, show thy reverence to God's Ordinance: Secondly, that thou mayest the better consider thine own ingrafting into the visible body of Christ's Church: and how thou performest the vows of the new Covenant. Thirdly, that thou mayest repay thy debts in praying ⟨p. 277⟩for the infant which is to be baptized (as other Christians did in the like case for thee) that God would give him the inward effects of Baptism, by his Blood and Spirit. Fourthly, that thou mayest assist the Church in praising God for grafting another Member into his mystical Body. Fifthly, That thou mayest prove whether the effects of Christ's death killeth sin in thee, and whether thou be raised to newness of life, by the virtue of his Resurrection: and so to be humbled for thy wants, and to be thankful for his graces. Sixthly, to show thy self to be a freeman of Christ's Corporation: having a voice or consent in the admission of others into that Holy Society.

And when Baptism is to be administred, stay and behold it with all reverent attention, that so thou maist, First, shew thy reverence to God's Ordinance: Secondly, that thou maist the better consider thine own ingrafting into the visible body of Christ's Church: and how thou performest the vows of the new Covenant. Thirdly, that thou maist repay thy debts in praying ⟨p. 277⟩for the infant which is to be baptized (as other Christians did in the like case for thee) that God would give him the inward effects of Baptism, by his Blood and Spirit. Fourthly, that thou maist assist the Church in praising God for grafting another Member into his mystical Body. Fifthly, That thou maist prove whether the effects of Christ's death killeth sin in thee, and whether thou be raised to newness of life, by the virtue of his Resurrection: and so to be humbled for thy wants, and to be thankful for his graces. Sixthly, to shew thy self to be a freeman of Christ's Corporation: having a voice or consent in the admission of others into that Holy Society.