A47350:161
A sober discourse of right to church-communion
A sober discourse of right to church-communion wherein is proved by Scripture, the example of the primitive times, and the practice of all that have professed the Christian religion, that no unbaptized person may be regularly admitted to the Lords Supper / by W. Kiffin ...A sober discourse of right to church-communion wherein is proved by Scripture, the example of the primitive times, and the practice of all that have prosessed the Christian religion, that no unbaptized person may be regularly admitted to the Lords Supper / by W. Kiffin ...
London: printed by Geo. Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
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.
By what is said (Christian Reader) it evidently appears what a value all Christians in all Ages, yea at this day have had for this great Ordinance of Baptism, and how Universally Concurrent their Testimonies are, that it is not only the Sacrament of Initiation, but also to be continued in the Church unto the end of ⟨p. 107⟩the World. And because it would swell this small piece beyond its intended Bulk to use so great a Cloud of Witnesses, we shall add a few General and Comprehending Testimonies.
By what is said (Christian Reader) it evidently appears what a value all Christians in all Ages, yea at this day have had for this great Ordinance of Baptism, and how Vniversally Concurrent their Testimonies are, that it is not only the Sacrament of Initiation, but also to be continued in the Church unto the end of the⟨p. 107⟩World. And because it would swell this small piece beyond its intended Bulk to use so great a Cloud of Witnesses, we shall add a few General and Comprehending Testimonies.
1. In the Articles of Religion Published by His Majesties special Command 1642. Baptism is thus Defined. 'Baptism is not only a Sign of Profession, and Mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not Christened: but it is also a sign of Regeneration or New Birth, whereby as by an Instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are Grafted into the Church, the promises of the forgiveness of sin; and of our Adoption to be the Sons of God by the Holy Ghost, and visibly Signed and Sealed: Faith is confirmed, and Grace increased by virtue of Prayer unto God, &c. This is ⟨p. 108⟩the Judgment of the Church of England.
1. In the Articles of Religion Published by His Majesties special Command 1642. Baptism is thus Defined. 'Baptism is not only a Sign of Profession, and Mark of difference, whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not Christned: but it is also a sign of Regeneration or New Birth, whereby as by an Instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are Grafted into the Church, the promises of the forgiveness of sin; and of our Adoption to be the Sons of God by the Holy Ghost, and visibly Signed and Sealed: Faith is confirm'd, and Grace increased by vertue of Prayer unto God, &c. This is the