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The first principles of the oracles of God collected
The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shepherd ...The first principles of the oracles of God collected by Thomas Shephard ...
London: printed for John Rothwel, 1655
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Q. Ought not the Sacrament to be administered to carnal people, if they have been baptized?
Q. Ought not the Sacrament to be administred to carnal people, if they have been baptized?
A. No, because such as are not within the Covenant, have no right to the seal of the Covenant.
Q. Where are Believers, who have right unto this Sacrament, to seek fruition from it?
A. Because it ought not to be administered privately, (as the Papists would) hence Gods people are to seek to enjoy their right to it in some particular visible Church, in joining with them, as fellow-members of the same body, 1 Cor. 11. 20, 22. 1 Chron. 10. 17. Acts 2. 42.
A. Because it ought not to be administred privately, (as the Papists would) hence Gods people are to seek to enjoy their right to it in some particular visible Church, in joyning with them, as fellow-members of the same body,