A sober discourse of right to church-communion

CHAP. V. Wherein the Objections against this Position viz. That none may be Regularly admitted to the Lords Supper, that are not first Baptized, are Answered.

Obj. 1. There is no Rule, or express Warrant of Scripture to Exclude Persons fearing God, from receiving the Lords Supper, who by virtue of their Faith have a Right to it.

Obj. 1. THere is no Rule, or express Warrant of Scripture to Exclude Persons fearing God, from receiving the Lords Supper, who by vertue of their Faith have a Right to it.

Answ. This Objection supposes things very dangerous. As,

1. That Holiness without Baptism invests a Right to other Church Ordinances, which is not to be supposed, for Christ the Lamb of God was Holy in the Highest Degree, and in him ⟨p. 119⟩was found no Sin, yet he was Baptized before he entered upon his Public Ministry,¹ which is a most Illustrious Example, and the Pattern which the Saints followed; for in a Word, the great Apostle Paul and all those Primitive Saints Recorded by the Spirit to be Believers, and therefore Holy; were nevertheless Baptized, which might have been forborne but that it was an indispensable Duty: and whatsoever Reason may be given, why Holiness without Baptism may serve, the like may be produced, Why Holiness without any other Ordinance may be sufficient for a Believer? And unless it be less necessary now for Believers to perform Gospel Duties, then for Evangelical Saints; or unless it can be made out, that Baptism was only Appointed for that Age, (as Holy an Age as ever was,) then the obligation of Practising that Duty still lies upon All Christians,