A69533:1229
Five disputations of church-government and worship
Five disputations of church-government and worship by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1659
Qu. Whether a stinted Liturgy, or form of Worship, be a desirable m… › Proposition 2
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4. The use of a form in the Consecration and Administration of the Lords Supper (though not through the whole action) is ordinarily most fit: for Christ hath left us a form of words, Take ye, Eat ye, &c.] which are most exact, and safe, and none can mend. And Paul reciteth his form, 1 Cor. 11. And small alterations in the very words of Baptism, or Delivering the ⟨p. 366⟩Lords Supper, may easily corrupt the Ordinance in time.
4. The use of a form in the Consecration and Administration of the Lords Supper (though not through the whole action) is ordinarily most fit: for Christ hath left us a form of words, Take ye, Eat ye, &c.] which are most exact, and safe, and none can mend. And Paul reciteth his form, 1 Cor. 11. And small alterations in the very words of Baptisme, or Delivering the ⟨p. 366⟩Lords Supper, may easily corrupt the Ordinance in time.
5. The very Sacramental Elements and Actions are stinted forms of Administration, which none may alter. As the washing with water, the breaking of bread, and pouring out of wine, and giving them, and taking them, and eating and drinking, &c. These are real forms, not to be changed, at least without Necessity, if at all.
5. The very Sacramental Elements and Actions are stinted forms of Administration, which none may alter. As the washing with water, the breaking of bread, and powring out of wine, and giving them, and taking them, and eating and drinking, &c. These are real forms, not to be changed, at least without Necessity, if at all.