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An appeal to the learned. Being a vindication of the right of visible saints…
An appeal to the learned. Being a vindication of the right of visible saints to the Lords Supper, though they be destitute of a saving work of God's spirit on their hearts: against the exceptions of Mr. Increase Mather. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; [Two lines from Daniel]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Samuel Phillips, 1709
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Book 3: The Third BOOK. Arguments to prove that Sanctifying Grace is not necessary, in order to…
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Were I a Papist, and did I believe the doctrine of Transubstantiation, that the Bread and Wine were the natural body and blood of Christ, I might think that to be a sufficient reason for Unregenerate mens not coming to the Lords Supper, & though I do not imagine any such apprehensions in those Brethren that differ from me, yet I doubt that opinion has laid the foundation of their doctrine, and likewise of receiving the Sacrament kneeling.
Were I a Papist, and did I believe the doctrine of Transubstantiation, that the Bread and Wine were the natural body and blood of Christ, I might think that to be a sufficient reason for Unregenerate mens not coming to the Lords Supper, & though I do not imagine any such apprehensions in those Brethren that differ from me, yet I doubt that opinion has laid the foundation of their doctrine, and likewise of recieving the Sacrament kneeling.
7. Argument. They that are in external Covenant with God, and neither Ignorant nor Scandalous may lawfully come to the Lords Supper, but some Unsanctified persons are in external Covenant with God.
7. Argument. They that are in external Covenant with God, and neither Ignerant nor Scandalous may lawfully come to the Lords Supper, but some Unsanctifyed persons are in external Covenant with God.
The minor cannot be denied. God made a Covenant with the whole People of Israel: Deut. 5.2. They and their Posterity after them were the Covenant People of God: God stood in relation to them as their God, they stood in relation to him as his People. And so the Professing People of God now are in Covenant with him, and so are their Children, and therefore they are baptized.