A75287:2021
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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SECT. 1. Of the two Sacraments of the New Testament.
The next duty of a Christian, as it hath reference only to the public or Church-Assemblies, is a right receiving of the Sacraments, which are two, Baptism, and the Lords Supper: Baptism is the Sacrament of our incorporation into Christ, of our initiation or investing into the glorious state of Christianity; The Lords Supper is the Sacrament of our continuance in Christ, of our confirmation in spiritual life, and the power of Grace already planted within us: By Baptism we are washed, we are sanctified, we are justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God: By the Lords Supper we grow in spiritual strength, we lay better hold by the hand of Faith, upon the merits and mercies of Christ; we feel more soundly and sensibly the power and virtue of his blood, we see more clearly, and are more fully and feelingly ascertained of the forgiveness of our sins: Concerning the former, it is to little purpose to give any directions, because infants (whom only are in our days baptized) are merely subjects receptive, not active, and so far as concern the Parents in relation to their infants, we have dispatched elsewhere.
THe next duty of a Christian, as it hath reference onely to the publike or Church-Assemblies, is a right receiving of the Sacraments, which are two, Baptism, and the Lords Supper: Baptism is the Sacrament of our incorporation into Christ, of our initiation or investing into the glorious state of Christianity; The Lords Supper is the Sacrament of our continuance in Christ, of our confirmation in spiritual life, and the power of Grace already planted within us: By Baptism we are washed, we are sanctified, we are justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God: By the Lords Supper we grow in spiritual strength, we lay better hold by the hand of Faith, upon the merits and mercies of Christ; we feel more soundly and sensibly the power and vertue of his blood, we see more clearly, and are more fully and feelingly ascertained of the forgiveness of our sins: Concerning the former, it is to little purpose to give any directions, because infants (whom onely are in our days baptized) are meerly subjects receptive, not active, and so far as concern the Parents in relation to their infants, we have dispatch'd elsewhere.