CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church

The Saxon Confession. Art. 15. of the Lords Supper. The Lord willeth that every receiver be particularly confirmed by this testimony, so that he may be certified that the benefits of the Gospel do appertain to himself, seeing the Preaching is common, and by this testimony▪ by this receiving, he showeth that thou art one of his members, and washed with his blood. And by and by. Thus therefore we instruct the Church, that at behooveth them that come to the Supper, to bring with them repentance or conversion, and (faith being now kindled in the mediation of the death and resurrection, and the benefits of the ⟨p. 8⟩Son of God) to seek here the confirmation of this faith. The very same things are set down, and that in the very same words in the consent of the Churches of Pole-land in the Sendomi•ian Synod, Anno 1570. Art. of the Lords Supper.

The Saxon Confession. Art. 15. of the Lords Supper. The Lord willeth that every receiver bee particularly confirmed by this testimony, so that hee may bee certified that the benefits of the Gospel doe appertaine to himself, seeing the Preaching is common, and by this testimony▪ by this receiving, he sheweth that thou art one of his members, and washed with his blood. And by and by. Thus therefore we instruct the Church, that at behooveth them that come to the Supper, to bring with them repentance or conversion, and (faith being now kindled in the mediation of the death and resurrection, and the benefits of the ⟨p. 8⟩