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<P>A SHORT CATECHISME, OR THE Examination of Communicants concerning their knowledge before they be admitted to the Sacrament of the LORDS Supper, being according to the Rules in the Ordi|nance of Parliament, (<HI>Octob.</HI> 20. 1645.) the heads whereof are the&s;e: <HI>viz.</HI></P>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Concerning God.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Concerning Man.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Concerning the Medi|atour.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Concerning the Applica|cation of Chri&s;t and his benefits by Faith, and what Faith is.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Concerning tho&s;e who do truly repent.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. Concerning a godly life.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. Concerning the Sacra|ments, and more fully concerning the Lords Supper.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. Concerning the &s;ta<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> of men and women after death.</ITEM>
</LIST>
<P><HI>With an Appendix containing &s;ome Que&s;tions and An&s;wers for the further un&s;olding the Doctrine of the Sacraments.</HI></P>
<P>It is de&s;ired that the Scripture-proofs be perfectly learned</P>
<P><HI>The third Edition corrected and much inlarged.</HI></P>
<P><ADD>march. 11^t^h</ADD>Printed for <HI>William Ley,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop at <HI>Pauls-Chaine.</HI> 1647. <ADD>1646</ADD></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="catechism">
<PB REF="2">
<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>A Short Catechi&s;me.</HEAD>
<P><LABEL>1. Que&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>WHat ought &s;uch as are to bee admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, to know con|cerning God?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>An&s;w.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That there is a God, <HI>Heb.</HI> 11.6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That there is but one true God, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 8.4, 6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That the true God is an ever-living God.
<LIST>
<ITEM>Living, <HI>Jer.</HI> 10.10.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Everliving, 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 1.17.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. The maker of heaven and earth, <HI>Exod.</HI> 20.11.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. And governour of al things, <HI>P&s;.</HI> 67.4. &amp; 135.5, 6. Prov. 16.33.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That this only true God is the God whom we wor&s;hip.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That this one true God is three di&s;tinct Per&s;ons, the Father, Son, and Holy Gho&s;t, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. All the&s;e three per&s;ons are equally God:
<LIST>
<ITEM>The Father is God, <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 1.3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Son is God, <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Holy Gho&s;t is God, <HI>Acts</HI> 5.3, 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>2. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning Man?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That God created Man, <HI>Gen.</HI> 1.27. <HI>P&s;.</HI> 100.3.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. After his owne Image, <HI>Gen.</HI> 1.27.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB N="2" REF="3">
3.
<LIST>
<ITEM>In Knowledge,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Righteou&s;ne&s;s,</ITEM>
<ITEM>And true Holine&s;s.</ITEM>
</LIST> <HI>Col.</HI> 3.10. <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 4.24.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That by one man &s;in entred into the world,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. And death by &s;in,</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. And &s;o death pa&s;&s;ed upon all men, for that all have &s;inned, <HI>Rom.</HI> 5.12.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That thereby they are all dead in tre&s;pa&s;&s;es and &s;ins, <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 2.1, 5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. And are by nature the children of wrath, <HI>Eph.</HI> 2.3. and &s;o liable to eternall death, which is the wages of every &s;in, <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.23.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>3. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning the Medi|atour between God and Man?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That there is a Mediatour between God and and Man. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. There is but one Mediator. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. This Mediatour is the man Chri&s;t Je&s;us. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 2.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Who is al&s;o over all, God ble&s;&s;ed for ever, <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Neither is there &s;alvation in any other, <HI>Act.</HI> 4.2.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. That hee was conceived by the Holy Gho&s;t, <HI>Mat.</HI> 1.18.20.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. And borne of the Virgin <HI>Mary, Luc.</HI> 1.27.31. and 2.6, 7.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. That he died upon the cro&s;&s;e, <HI>Mat.</HI> 27.50.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. That he dyed to &s;ave his people from their &s;ins, <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.25. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.3. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.18.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10. That he ro&s;e againe the third day from the
<PB N="3" REF="3">dead, <HI>Acts</HI> 10.40. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.4.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11. A&s;cended into heaven, <HI>Luc.</HI> 24.51.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12. Sits at the right hand of God, <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.34.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13. And makes continual interce&s;&s;ion for us <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.34.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14. Of who&s;e fulne&s;s we receive all grace, <HI>Ioh.</HI> 1.16.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>4. Que&s;t.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning the application of Chri&s;t and his bene&s;its, and what faith is?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That Chri&s;t Je&s;us and his benefits are appli|ed only by faith, <HI>Joh.</HI> 1.12. <HI>Rom.</HI> 3.25. <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.26.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That faith is the gift of God, <HI>Eph.</HI> 2.8. <HI>Phil.</HI> 1.29. and that we have it not of our &s;elves, <HI>Ioh.</HI> 6.44. But it is wrought in us by the Word, <HI>Rom.</HI> 10.17. and Spirit of God, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 3.6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <P>That faith is that grace whereby we believe and tru&s;t in Chri&s;t for remi&s;&s;ion of &s;ins, and life ever|la&s;ting, <HI>Acts</HI> 10.43. and 13.38, 39. and 15.11. <HI>Rom.</HI> 3.25.</P>
<P>According to the promi&s;e of the Go&s;pell, <HI>Joh.</HI> 3<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> 15. and 16.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. And who&s;oever beleeves not on the Sonne of God &s;hall not &s;ee life, but &s;hal peri&s;h eternally, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.16. <HI>Iohn</HI> 3.18, 36.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>5. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning tho&s;e who do truly repent of their &s;ins?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> That they who do truly repent of their &s;ins,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Do &s;ee them, <HI>Act.</HI> 26.18. <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 51.3, 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Sorrow for them, <HI>P&s;al</HI> 38.18. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 7.9, 10, 11.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. And turne from them to the Lord, <HI>E&s;a.</HI> 55.7. <HI>Lam.</HI> 3.40.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB N="4" REF="4">
4. And that except men repent, they &s;hall &s;urely peri&s;h, <HI>Luc.</HI> 13.2, 5. <HI>Rom.</HI> 2.4, 5.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>6. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning a godly life?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That a godly life is con&s;cionably ordered according to the Word of God, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 119.4, 5, 9, 133.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. In holine&s;&s;e and righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, <HI>Luc.</HI> 1.74, 75. <HI>Tit.</HI> 2.12.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Without which no man &s;hal &s;ee God, <HI>Heb.</HI> 12.14. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 6.9.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>7. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know concerning the Sa|craments, and more fully concerning the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That the Sacraments are Seales of the Covenant of Grace in the blood of Chri&s;t, <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.11. <HI>Acts</HI> 2.38. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.16. and 11, 15.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. That the Sacraments of the New Te&s;tament are
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Bapti&s;me, <HI>Mat,</HI> 28.19,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. and the Lords Supper, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26, 27, 28.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That the outward Elements in the Lords Sup|per are Bread and Wine, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26, 27, 28, 29.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That this Bread and Wine doe &s;ignifie the Body and Blood of Chri&s;t crucified, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26, 27, 28.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Which the worthy receiver by faith doth par|take of in this Sacrament, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10, 16.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 That Chri&s;t likewi&s;e ordained this Bread and
<PB N="5" REF="4">Wine for a remembrance of his death, 1 <HI>Cor<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI> 11, 24, 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. That who&s;oever eats and drinkes unworthily is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.27.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. <P>And therefore that every one is to examine him&s;elfe, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.28.</P>
<P>Lea&s;t hee eat and drinke judgement to him&s;elfe, not di&s;cerning the Lords Body, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.29.</P></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>8. Q.</LABEL> <HI>What ought &s;uch to know, concerning the &s;tate of men and women after death?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. That the &s;ouls of the faithful after death do immediately live with Chri&s;t in ble&s;&s;edne&s;&s;e, <HI>Luk.</HI> 16.22. &amp; 23.43. <HI>Phil.</HI> 1.23.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. And that the &s;ouls of the wicked do immediate|ly go into hell-torments; <HI>Luk.</HI> 16.22, 23.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. That there &s;hal be a Re&s;urrection of the bodies both of the Ju&s;t and Unju&s;t at the la&s;t day, <HI>Joh.</HI> 5.28, 29.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 At which time all &s;hall appear before the Judg|ment &s;eat of Chri&s;t, <HI>Mat</HI> 25.32. <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.10. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 5.10.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. To receive according to what they have done in the body, whether it be good or evill, <HI>Joh.</HI> 5.28.29. 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 5.10.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. And that the righteous &s;hall go into life eter|nall, <HI>Mat.</HI> 25.46.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. And the wicked into everla&s;ting puni&s;hment <HI>Joh.</HI> 5.29.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
</DIV1>
<DIV1 TYPE="appendix">
<PB N="6" REF="5">
<HEAD>An Appendix containing &s;ome other Que&s;tions and An&s;wers for the further unfolding of the Doctrine of both the Sacraments.</HEAD>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>WHerein do the Sacraments of Bapti&s;m and the Lords Supper differ?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Bapti&s;me is to be admini&s;tred,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Onely once.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. In one Element of water, <HI>Mat.</HI> 3.11. <HI>Joh.</HI> 1.33. <HI>Act.</HI> 8.36. &amp; 10.47.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. <P>To unbeleevers converted to the faith, <HI>Act.</HI> 8.12.13, 37, 38, &amp; 2.41.</P>
<P>And to infants of one or both Chri&s;tian Pa|rents, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 7.14. <HI>Rom.</HI> 11.16. <HI>Act.</HI> 2.39. <HI>Mar.</HI> 10.14.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Hereby they are vi&s;ibly entred, and by the Church acknowledged to bee of Gods hou&s;|hould, <HI>Act.</HI> 2.41. &amp; 8.37, 38. <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>But the Lords Supper is to be admini&s;tred,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Often, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 26.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. In two Elements of Bread and Wine, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26, 27, 28.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Onely to them that (being baptized) can exa|mine them&s;elves, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.28.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. For their further nouri&s;hing in the Church, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.24. &amp; 10.16.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><PB N="7" REF="5">
<LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Are the Sacraments nece&s;&s;ary to Salvation?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> They are nece&s;&s;ary in a twofold re&s;pect,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. In re&s;pect of Gods Commandement. <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26, 26, 27.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. As they are meanes for the &s;trengthening of faith.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>But they are not of ab&s;olute nece&s;&s;ity, &s;o as who|&s;oever partakes not of them mu&s;t of nece&s;&s;ity peri&s;h, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.16. <HI>Luc.</HI> 23.43. <HI>Io&s;h.</HI> 5.5, 6. neither do they of them&s;elves confer grace, <HI>Act.</HI> 8.13.23</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>To whom doth the admini&s;tration of the Sacra|ments belong?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Onely to &s;uch as are guifted, and called to make knowne the Covenant, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19. <HI>Heb.</HI> 5.4. 2 <HI>Sam.</HI> 6, 7. 2 <HI>Chron.</HI> 26.16, 17, &amp;c.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What is to be done by the Mini&s;ter in and about the admini&s;tration of Bapti&s;me?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Three things;
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. To declare the in&s;titution,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To pray for a ble&s;&s;ing,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To baptize the party with water (by dipping or &s;prinkling) in the name of the Father, and of the Sonne, and of the Holy Gho&s;t, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>For what u&s;e &s;erves Bapti&s;me?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. To bee an outward badge for di&s;tinction of tho&s;e who are within the vi&s;ible Church, from tho&s;e that are without.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To &s;ignifie and to &s;eale by &s;uch vi&s;ible wa&s;hing of the body.
<LIST>
<PB N="8" REF="6">
<ITEM>1. <P>The wa&s;hing away the guilt of all &s;ins, <HI>Act.</HI> 2.38. &amp; 22.16. by the blood&s;hed of Chri&s;t, <HI>Heb.</HI> 9.14. 1 <HI>Joh.</HI> 1.7.</P>
<P>And the imputation of Chri&s;ts righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.11.</P></ITEM>
<ITEM>2. The wa&s;hing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Gho&s;t, <HI>Mat.</HI> 3.11. <HI>Luc.</HI> 3.16. 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.21. <HI>Tit.</HI> 3.5.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To oblige the party baptized,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. To beleeve in Chri&s;t, <HI>Act.</HI> 8.37.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To dye to &s;in, and to ri&s;e up to newne&s;&s;e of life, <HI>Mat.</HI> 3.11. <HI>Rom.</HI> 6.3, 4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhen may a man be &s;aid to have &s;aving benefit by his Bapti&s;me?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> When he putteth on Chri&s;t by faith, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.16. <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.27. &s;uch onely can plead it, though all the elect have right to be wa&s;hed in time.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat is to be done by the Parent that would have his child baptized?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Sea&s;onably to pre&s;ent his child to the ordi|nance of Bapti&s;me.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To be deeply affected with the &s;infull, and de|&s;ervedly mi&s;erable condition of him&s;elfe, and his childs by nature.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To ble&s;&s;e God for his Covenant of Grace, for Chri&s;t the Mediatour, and for this Ordinance.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. To renew the acting of his faith in the Co|venant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. To make confe&s;&s;ion of that Faith (if by the
<PB N="9" REF="6">Mini&s;ter it bee required) into the profe&s;&s;ion whereof hee would have his child to bee ad|mitted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. To lift up his heart in prayer to God for the Infant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. To declare his re&s;olution (the Lord a&s;&s;i&s;ting him) to traine up his child in the true Religion.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. Accordingly, to pray for it; to in&s;truct it as it &s;hall be capable, to watch over it, to give it good example, &amp;c.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat is the duty of the re&s;t of the Members?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. To afford their pre&s;ence at the Ordinance.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To eye and attend the Admini&s;tration.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To renew their owne Covenant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. To joyne in prayer with the Mini&s;ter for the Infant.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. To put to their be&s;t furtherance that it and theirs may an&s;wer their Bapti&s;me, if &s;pared to live to years of di&s;cretion.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhen and where is it fitte&s;t this Sacrament &s;hould be admini&s;tred?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Though by Gods Word neither time nor place be particularly pre&s;cribed and limited, yet mo&s;t fitting it is to be &s;peedily and publikely performed in the A&s;&s;embly and view of Gods people.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhen and by whom was the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ordained?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> By the Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, in the &s;ame night
<PB N="10" REF="7">wherein hee was betrayed, <HI>Mat</HI> 26.26. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23, 24, 25, 26.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>For what ends did Chri&s;t admini&s;ter, and in&s;ti|tute. Bread and Wine to be admini&s;tred and re|ceived in this Sacrament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. To put us in minde of him&s;elfe and his &s;uf|ferings to death it &s;elfe for the redemption of his cho&s;en, <HI>Luc.</HI> 22.19, 20. 1 <HI>Corin.</HI> 11.24, 25, 26.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. To be as &s;eales to a&s;&s;ure the con&s;ciences of true Beleevers of their part in Chri&s;t, and of all tho&s;e good things contained in the Covenant of Mercy, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.16. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.28. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.24, 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To a&s;&s;ure us that Chri&s;t is full and &s;ufficient nouri&s;hment to our Soules, as Bread and Wine eating and drinking, are to our bodies, <HI>Iohn</HI> 6.35. &amp;c. <HI>P&s;a.</HI> 104.15.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. To declare our communion and agreement with our brethren, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.17.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What be the outward actions to be performed by the Mini&s;ter in the administration of this Sa|crament?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. He is to take and &s;et the Bread and Wine a|part from common u&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. He is to &s;anctfie them by declaring the World of In&s;titution, with thank&s;giving and prayer.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. He &s;hould vi&s;ibly breake the bread and powre forth the wine.</ITEM>
<ITEM><PB N="11" REF="7">
4. He is to give the &s;ame unto, or &s;o to di&s;po&s;e of them, as they may be taken by the receivers.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. He is to require them to take and eat the Bread and drink the Wine.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. He is to declare unto them the ends of that their taking, eating, and drinking, according to the fir&s;t In&s;titution, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26, 27, 28, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23, 24, 25, 26.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What are the outward actions that are to be per|formed by the receivers?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. They are to take the Bread and Wine. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26. &amp;c. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23. &amp;c.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. They are to eat the Bread and drink the Wine. <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26. &amp;c. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23. &amp;c.</ITEM>
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<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Is it fit for tho&s;e who have charge of &s;oules to try the fitne&s;&s;e of &s;uch as they admit to the Table of the Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes, it is very fit it &s;houid be &s;o, 2 <HI>Chron.</HI> 35. 6. compared with Chap. 30.17. <HI>Ier.</HI> 15.9. <HI>Mat.</HI> 7. 6. <HI>Act.</HI> 20.28. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 5.22.</P>
<P>And their flock &s;hould be ready and willing to &s;ub|mit thereunto, 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 3.15.1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 5.12. <HI>Heb.</HI> 3.17.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Who may be admitted to partake of this Sacra|ment, and who may not?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
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<ITEM>1. Such as having been baptized may bee ad|mit|ted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Having competent Knowledge, may bee ad|mit|ted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Performe religious duties, may bee ad|mit|ted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. That &s;tand not lawfully excommunicated may bee ad|mit|ted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. And live without &s;candall. may bee ad|mit|ted.</ITEM>
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<P><PB N="12" REF="8">
But
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<ITEM>1. Ignorant, ought to be debarred.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Scandalous per&s;ons, ought to be debarred.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. And &s;uch as &s;tand worthily excommunicated. ought to be debarred.</ITEM>
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<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Should not every particular Communicant exa|mine him&s;elfe before he eat of this bread, and drink of this cup?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Yes; 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.28. and upon. examination he &s;hould be able to finde that he comes thereunto
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<ITEM>1. Not of meere cu&s;tome, or con&s;traint, But</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. For con&s;cience &s;ake, and willingly,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. To right ends,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. With knowledge,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. With faith in Chri&s;t,</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. With repentance,</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. With With love,</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. With an earne&s;t de&s;ire,</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. With a thankfull heart,</ITEM>
<ITEM>10. And with earne&s;t prayer to God for a ble&s;&s;ing.</ITEM>
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<P><HI>VVhat is required of true beleevers (be&s;ides their taking, eating and drinking) when they are come to the Table of the Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Reverent behaviour of the whole man <HI>P&s;.</HI> 5.7. <HI>Heb.</HI> 12.28.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Heedfull ob&s;ervation of the
<LIST>
<ITEM>Elements, <HI>Exod.</HI> 24.8.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Words, <HI>Exod.</HI> 24.8.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Actions. <HI>Exod.</HI> 24.8.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM><PB N="13" REF="8">
3. Meditation according to the Sacramentall Re|lation, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.24, 25.</ITEM>
<ITEM>A Melting, <HI>Zach.</HI> 12.10.
<LIST>
<ITEM>Thankfull, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 103.1, 2, 3, 4.</ITEM>
<ITEM>And rejoycing heart, <HI>Dent.</HI> 16.15. <HI>Phil.</HI> 4.4.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Sacramentall Faith, applying that for them|&s;elves which God hath promi&s;ed, and Chri&s;t hath purcha&s;ed.</ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>VVhat is the duty of beleevers after they have received and when they are departed the Table of the Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL>
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. Earne&s;t &s;uing to God for a ble&s;&s;ing, 1 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 5.17</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Examination how they have &s;ped, <HI>P&s;.</HI> 119.59. <HI>Hag.</HI> 1.7. <HI>Lam.</HI> 3.40.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. Thankfulne&s;&s;e for Chri&s;t, and the Sacrament, <HI>P&s;.</HI> 103.2, 3. <HI>Phil.</HI> 4.6.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. A firmer cleaving unto God for time to come, <HI>Deut.</HI> 30.20. <HI>Act.</HI> 11.23.
<LIST>
<ITEM>1. By affiance, <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.11, 18, 19, 20, 21.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Love, <HI>P&s;.</HI> 18.1. &amp; 116.1.1 <HI>John</HI> 4.19.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. And holy endeavour of more fruitfull obe|dience, <HI>Deut.</HI> 10.12. <HI>Luc.</HI> 1.74, 75. <HI>Rom.</HI> 12.1.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
</LIST></P>
<P>And fitting it were that &s;omthing were laid a|part for the reliefe of the poore and needy, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 16.2. <HI>Nehem.</HI> 8.10. <HI>Heb.</HI> 13.16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How often are true beleevers to celebrate, and partake of the Lords Supper?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Though the certaine number of daies be not &s;trictly and particularly pre&s;cribed, yet fitting it is that it &s;hould be often admini&s;tred and re|ceived, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.25, 26.</P>
<P><PB N="14" REF="9">
<LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Doe the&s;e outward Elements &s;till remaine Bread and Wine in the time of their administration and receiving, or are they not changed into the body and blood of Christ?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> They do remaine Bread and Wine, and are not changed into his Body and blood, but are one|ly Signes thereof, and Seales of the Covenant to true beleevers.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>What difference is there then betwixt this Bread and Wine, and that we partake of at our ordinary tables?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> None in nature, onely in u&s;e, the&s;e being &s;et apart for holy u&s;e, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.26. &amp; 10.16.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How long doth the Bread and VVine continue to be the &s;ignes of the body and blood of Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Only during the time of celebration and ad|mini&s;tration of the Sacrament, and no longer.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>Doth ones coming fa&s;ting commend one any thing the more to God in approaching the Table of the Lord?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> No, in its &s;elfe it is nothing availeable, neither for con&s;cience &s;ake is it to be ob&s;erved, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.26. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.34. <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.17. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 8.8. any further Then tends to edification, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 14.26. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 10.31.</P>
<P><LABEL>Q.</LABEL> <HI>How long is this Sacrament to be in u&s;e in the Church?</HI></P>
<P><LABEL>A.</LABEL> Till Chri&s;t his coming againe, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11, 26.</P>
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<P>Imprimatur.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>John Downame.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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