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CHAP. XXVII.

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Of the Communion of Saints.

LL Saints that are united to Jesus Christ

their head by his spirit and faith although they are not made thereby one person with him a have fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection and glory; 6 and being united to one another in love, they have communion in each others gifts and graces, c and are obliged to the performance of such duties, publick and private, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man. d a Col. i, 18, 19. I Cor. viii, 6. Isa. xlii, 8. I

Tim. vi, 15, 16. b I John, i, 3.

Heb. i, 8, 9.

John, i, 16,

Rom.

vi, 5, 6. II

Cor. xii, 7,

Psal. xlv, 7, with
Eph. iii, 16, to 19.
Phil. iii, 10.
Tim. ii, 12. e Eph. iv, 15, 16.

Eph. ii, 5, 6.

and ii, 21, 22, 23. Col. ii, 19. dI Thes. v, 1, 14. Rom. i, 1, 12, 14. I John, iii, 16, 17, 18. Gal, vi, 10.

II.

All Saints are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification, e as also in relieving each other in outward things accor ding to their several abitities and necessities:

which communion though especially to be exercised by them for the relations in which they stand, whether in families or in churches yet as God offereth opportunity, is to be extended unto all those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. g

e Heb. x, 24, 25. Acts in, 42, 46. Isa, ii, 3. I Cor. ii, 20. f Eph. vi, 2, 4, 5, 9, and v, 22, to 26. I Tim. v. 8. Gal vi, 10. g Acts ii, 44, 45. I John iii, 17. II Cor. viii and ix chapters. Acts xi, 29, 30.

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CHAP. XXVIII.

Of the Sacraments.

ACRAMENTS are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, a immediately instituted by Christ, b to represent him and his benefits and to confirm our interest in him, c and solemnly to engage us to the service of God in Christ, according to his Word. d

a Rom iv, 11. Gen. xvii, 7, 10. b Mat. xxviii, 19. I Cor. xi, 23. c1 Cor. x, 16, and xi, 25, 26. d Rom. vi, 3, 4. I Cor. x, 16, 21.

II.

There is in every Sacrament a spiritual rela

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tion or Sacramental union between the sign, and the thing signified; whence it comes to pass that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other. e

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e Gen. xvii, 10. Mat. xxvi, 27, 28. Tit. iii,

III.

The grace which is exhibited in or by the Sacraments rightly used, is not conferred by any power in them, neither doth the efficacy of the sacrament depend upon the piety or intention of him that doth administer it, ƒ but upon the work of the Spirit, g and the word of institution, which contains together with a precept authorizing the use thereof, a promise of benefit to worthy receivers. h

f Rom. ii, 28, 29. I Pet. iii, 21. g Mat. iii, 11. I Cor. xii, 13. h Mat. xxvi, 27, 28, and xxviii, 19, 20.

IV.

There be only two Sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Lord's Supper; neither of which may be dispensed by any but by a mine ister of the word lawfully called. i

¿ Mat. xxviii, 19. I Cor. xi, 20, 23, and iv, 1. Heb. v, 4.

V.

The Sacraments of the Old Testament in re

gard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were for substance the same with those of the new. k *I Cor. x, 1, 2, 3, 4.

CHAP. XXIX.

Of Baptism.

is a Sacrament of the New Tes

tament ordained by Jesus Christ, a to be unto the party baptised a sign and seal of the Covenant of grace, b of his ingrafting into Christ, c of regeneration, d of remission of sins, e and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ to walk in newness of life ƒ which ordinance is by Christ's own appointment to be continued in his Church until the end of the world. g

a Mat. xxviii, 16. 6 Rom. iv, 11, with Col. ii, 11, 12. c Gal. iii, 27. Rom. vi, 5. d Tit. iii, 5. e Mark i, 4. f Rom, vi, 3, 4.

g Mat.

xxviii, 19, 20.

II.

The outward element to be used in this ordinance is water, where with the party is to be babtized in the name of the Father, and of the

Son, and of the holy Ghost, by a minister of the gospel, lawfully called thereunto. /

20.

h Mat. 1, 11. John i, 33. Mat. xxvin, 19,

III.

Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary, but baptism is rightly administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the pers

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? Heb. ix, 10. 19, to 22. Acts, ii, 41, and xvi, 33. Mark vil, 4.

IV.

Not only those that do actually profess faith in, and obedience unto Christ, k but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized and those only. /

k Mark xvi, 15, 16. Acts viii, 37, 38. Gen. xvii, 7, 9. with Gal. iii, 9, 14, and Col. ii, 11, and Acts i 38 39 and Rom. iv, 11, 12. I Cor. vii. 14. Mat. xxviii, 19, Mark x, 13 to 16. Luke xviii, 15.

V.

Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance, m yet grace and salvation are not so insepar by annexed to it, as that no person can be regenerate or saved without it; n or that all that are baptised are undoubiedly regenerated.

m Luke vii, 30, with Exod. iv, 24, 25, 26. #

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