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London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office…
London's gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, profane, and mere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formal, legal, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble believing soul. In a dialogue between a minister of the Gospel. Alexander an ignorant profane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.Londons gate to the Lords Table. Where the eldership doth sit doing their office aright, in discovering and shutting out the ignorant, prophane, and meere civill honest man : in suspending the suspected formall, legall, and antinomisticall professor, and in drawing in the weakest humble beleeving soule. In a dialogue betweene a minister of the Gospell. Alexander an ignorant prophane man. Simon a proud professor. And Matthias an humble penitent. Imprimatur Edmund Calamy.
London: printed for John Wright, 1646London: printed for Iohn Wright, 1646
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When I did consider that heretofore by the command of Authority all sorts of people that were come to ripeness of years, and were endued with understanding, were not only admitted, but also compelled by Law to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least once a year.
WHen I did consider that heretofore by the command of Authority all sorts of people that were come to ripenesse of yeares, and were endued with understanding, were not only admitted, but also compelled by Law to receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least once a yeare.
And that now contrariwise, Authority were so far from compelling in that kind, that by their command none were to be admitted ⟨image 6⟩thereunto, but only such as upon examination were found fit to partake thereof.
And that now contrariwise, Authority were so far from compelling in that kinde, that by their command none were to be admitted ⟨image 6⟩thereunto, but onely such as upon examination were found fit to partake thereof.
I began to consider more then formerly I had done of the reason why all sorts of people might not as well be admitted to that Ordinance, as they were to the hearing of the Ward preached: And when I had seriously considered of it, I found (as I conceived) sufficient reason why none but true Believers were to be admitted thereunto, and that therefore the power given to the Eldership for that purpose, was very lawful, and needful to be put in execution with maturity ⟨image 7⟩