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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
A. Believers and their Seed are the subjects of Baptism, but adult Christians only of the Lords Supper, Acts 2.38, 39. —Repent and be baptized every one of you, —for the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 1 Cor. 11.28. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
Q. 11. What is the main use and end of Sacraments?
A. It is to ratify and confirm Gods Covenant with Believers, Rom. 4.21. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the saith, that he had yet being uncircumcised, &c. 1 Cor. 11.26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lords death till he come.
A. It is to ratifie and confirm Gods Covenant with Believers, Rom. 4.21. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the saith, that he had yet being uncircumcised, &c. 1 Cor. 11.26. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lords death till he come.