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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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When the LORD's SUPPER is to be administered, the Pastor gives Notice of it a Week before hand. And when the Lord's Day for it arrives, he usually accommodates the solemn Occasion before him, with a Sermon upon some agreeable Doctrine of the Gospel. In most Places there are held private Meetings of the Christians, on some Day of the Week, Preparatory to the Communion; and it is a frequent thing for the Pastor to be present at some or other of them; or else perhaps to hold a Public Lecture. But now on the Lord's Day, the Ordinary Exercises being finished, the Rest of the Assembly are dismissed, except any devout Persons, who stay scattered ⟨p. 97⟩here and there, at some Distance from the Communicants, to be Spectators of the Mysteries. The Communicants now seating themselves together in the Body of the Meeting House, the Pastor descends from the Pulpit unto the Table, which now stands furnished with the Sacramental Elements, before the Seat, usually designed for the Deacons, in the Sight of all the Communicants, and the Deacons do stand waiting before it.
When the LORD's SUPPER is to be administred, the Pastor gives Notice of it a Week before hand. And when the Lord's Day for it arrives, he usually accomodates the solemn Occasion before him, with a Sermon upon some agreeable Doctrine of the Gospel. In most Places there are held private Meetings of the Christians, on some Day of the Week, Preparatory to the Communion; and it is a frequent thing for the Pastor to be present at some or other of them; or else perhaps to hold a Publick Lecture. But now on the Lord's Day, the Ordinary Exercises being finished, the Rest of the Assembly are dismissed, except any devout Persons, who stay scattered ⟨p. 97⟩here and there, at some Distance from the Communicants, to be Spectators of the Mysteries. The Communicants now seating themselves together in the Body of the Meeting House, the Pastor descends from the Pulpit unto the Table, which now stands furnished with the Sacramental Elements, before the Seat, usually designed for the Deacons, in the Sight of all the Communicants, and the Deacons do stand waiting before it.