Once more, Thirdly, those Holy Things, the Sealing Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, belong not unto an unregenerate man. There is a Seal but unto a blank, if we administer ⟨p. 34⟩those Seals unto such as have no Regeneration in them. A man must be visibly Regenerate before he may lawfully claim the Baptism of the Lord, for himself and his house. There is as well Purgation of Soul, as Remission of Sin, Sealed in that Ordinance: which who has but the Regenerate! It was of Old required, Repent and be Baptised: It was again required, If thou believest with all thine heart, then mayest be Baptised; Now who do's that, but the Regenerate of the Lord? Until a man be hopefully washed in, The Laver of Regeneration, he will but pollute, The Laver of Baptism, if he be brought unto it. A John, would not Baptise, such as did not Confess their sins, and give cause to think that they did Forsake, what they did Confess. Unto Baptism, there is requisite, as we read, in 1. Pet. 3.21. The answer of a good Conscience. The most High demands of us, Wilt thou be my servant & soldier according to my Covenant for ever? but an unregenerate man do's not with a good Conscience make that Answer thereunto, Lord I will! and therefore the Waters of Baptism▪ are but, stolen Waters, to such a man. Again, A man may not be received unto the Supper of the Lord, until he make a probable, and credible Profession of his being Regenerate. In that Ordinance is our Communion with the Lord Jesus Christ, and our Participation in all the good ⟨p. 35⟩effects of his Death, sealed unto us; but except a man be Regenerate, how can he look for such things as these? It is only in Evang• lical Churches that there is this Table to be spread; and these are to be, Churches of Saints, and, Holy Brethren, and such as are, Washed, Sanctified, Justified,; a main design of these Churches is to Represent unto the world, who they are, that shall Ascend onto the Hill of the Lord, and stand in His Holy Place for ever ▪ but such as are not Regenerate, are not of those. Dead Souls are not fit guests, for the Supper of our Living Lord; it belongs to none but Penitents; others are to be Rebuked; Censured, and Bound on Earth, from the liberties of such a Fellowship. A man taking the Sacramental Bread and Wine, therein says, I have chosen the Lord Jesus Christ, thus Exhibited, for my Lord Redeemer;
Once more, Thirdly, those Holy Things, the Sealing Ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ, belong not unto an unregenerate man. There is a Seal but unto a blank, if we administer ⟨p. 34⟩those Seals unto such as have no Regeneration in them. A man must be visibly Regenerate before he may lawfully claim the Baptism of the Lord, for himself and his house. There is as well Purgation of Soul, as Remission of Sin, Sealed in that Ordinance: which who has but the Regenerate! It was of Old required, Repent and be Baptised: It was again required, If thou believest with all thine heart, then mayest be Baptised; Now who do's that, but the Regenerate of the Lord? Until a man be hopefully washed in, The Laver of Regeneration, he will but pollute, The Laver of Baptism, if he be brought unto it. A John, would not Baptise, such as did not Confess their sins, and give cause to think that they did Forsake, what they did Confess. Unto Baptism, there is requisite, as we read, in 1. Pet. 3.21. The answer of a good Conscience. The most High demands of us, Wilt thou be my servant & souldier according to my Covenant for ever? but an unregenerate man do's not with a good Conscience make that Answer thereunto, Lord I will! and therefore the Waters of Baptism▪ are but, stollen Waters, to such a man. Again, A man may not be received unto the Supper of the Lord, until he make a probable, and credible Profession of his being Regenerate. In that Ordinance is our Communion with the Lord Jesus Christ, and our Participation in all the good ⟨p. 35⟩effects of his Death, seal'd unto us; but except a man be Regenerate, how can he look for such things as these? It is only in Evang• lical Churches that there is this Table to be spread; and these are to be, Churches of Saints, and, Holy Brethren, and such as are, Washed, Sanctify'd, Justify'd,; a main design of these Churches is to Represent unto the world, who they are, that shall Ascend onto the Hill of the Lord, and stand in His Holy Place for ever ▪ but such as are not Regenerate, are not of those. Dead Souls are not fitt guests, for the Supper of our Living Lord; it belongs to none but Penitents; others are to be Rebuked; Censured, and Bound on Earth, from the liberties of such a Fellowship. A man taking the Sacramental Bread and Wine, therein says, I have chosen the Lord Jesus Christ, thus Exhibited, for my Lord Redeemer;
