A42763:34
CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church
Edinburgh: printed by Evan Tyler, 1647
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For the asserting and defending of this suspension, there is no small accession of strength from the nature of the Sacrament it self, and the institution and end thereof. The Word of God indeed is to be Preached, as well to the ungodly and impenitent that they may be convened, as to the Godly and repenting, that they may be confirmed: But the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is by God instituted, not for beginning the Work of Grace, but for nourishing and increasing Grace, and therefore none is to be admitted to the Lords Supper, who ⟨p. 7⟩by his life testifieth that he is impenitent and not as yet converted.
For the asserting and defending of this suspension, there is no small accession of strength from the nature of the Sacrament it self, and the institution and end thereof. The Word of God indeed is to bee Preached, as well to the ungodly and impenitent that they may bee convened, as to the Godly and repenting, that they may be confirmed: But the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is by God instituted, not for beginning the Work of Grace, but for nourishing and increasing Grace, and therefore none is to be admitted to the Lords Supper, who ⟨p. 7⟩by his life testifieth that hee is impenitent and not as yet converted.