Questions preparatory to the better, free, and more Christian administration of the Lords Supper

Whether to call Ministers Fathers, Pastors, and Shepherds, §XIIIbe not Tropical expressions? And whether may sound and forcible Demonstrations be deduced from Tropes and Figures? Whether is this a good reason; Because it is the Duty of Fathers to require an account of their Children, and of Pastors and Shepherds to know the state of their flock; Therefore Ministers may Suspend whom their conscience shall judge unfit, from the Lord's Supper? Whether are they Fathers and Shepherds to Christs Flock, who account His Children Dogs, and refuse to give them the Food appointed by Christ?

Whether to call Ministers Fathers, Pastors, and Shepherds, §XIIIbe not Tropicall expressions? And whether may sound and forcible Demonstrations be deduced from Tropes and Figures? Whether is this a good reason; Because it is the Duty of Fathers to require an accompt of their Children, and of Pastors and Shepherds to know the state of their flock; Therefore Ministers may Suspend whom their conscience shall judge unfit, from the Lord's Supper? Whether are they Fathers and Shepherds to Christs Flock, who account His Children Dogs, and refuse to give them the Food appointed by Christ?

Whether the Design of these Suspending Ministers in §XIVpreaching up the excellency, worth, and necessity of receiving the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, and withal ⟨p. 6⟩their power of keeping the unworthy from it, be not the higher to advance their persons and authority amongst the people? And whether the Ministers Authoritative Examination of the Receiver, be not a Ground and Inlet to that tyrannical-unchristian yoke of Popish Private Confession?

Whether the Designe of these Suspending Ministers in §XIV