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A47430	An admonition to the dissenting inhabitants of the diocess of Derry concerning a book lately published by Mr. J. Boyse, entituled, Remarks on a late discourse of William, Lord Bishop of Derry, concerning the inventions of men in the worship of God / from William, Lord Bishop of the said diocess.	King, William, 1650-1729.	1694 (1694)	Wing K521; ESTC R2391	38,117	65

bread Here is the 2d thing required in a Sacrament even an obligation on God when we duly use these outward Signs to communicate to us the Body and Blood of Christ and make us one Body amongst our selves 3 dly Whoever negligently or wilfully omits the use of these Signs must expect to lose the Spiritual Grace or Benefit signified by them that it is the Communion of Christ's Body and Blood for he who wilfully or negligently omits Communicating in the Lord's-Supper when he may have it plainly betrays a defect in his Faith since nothing can hinder us from feeding on the Body and Blood of our Saviour in his Supper but want of Faith to feed on him in our Hearts and therefore when we wilfully neglect the use of these Signs we must not expect the Spiritual Grace or Benefit from God that is the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ which is the third thing required in a Sacrament I am afraid few are truly convinced of this Truth and yet till the generality be convinced of it we can never expect a constant Celebration of this Sacrament from Ministers or a constant Receiving of it from the People nor will it be possible to restore the Discipline of the Church to its vigour till People apprehend the Danger of not Communicating for the Force of Discipline depends chiefly on keeping refractory Sinners from the Lord's Supper The want of which by this Doctrine is so penal that whoever in earnest believes it will readily submit to any terms that are not directly sinful rather than be debarred from it Baptism is the other Sacrament of the New Testament which Christ Instituted Matthew 28.19 Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptising them in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost The Spiriritual Grace or Benefit of which is declared to us Rom. 6.4 We are buried with him by Baptism into Death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of Life A Death therefore unto Sin and a new Birth unto Righteousness is the Spiritual Grace or Benefit signified by the Outward Sign of Water appointed by Christ in Baptism which is the first thing necessary to a Sacrament 2. Christ has promised Mark 16.16 That he that believeth and is baptised shall be saved Which is an Obligation on God by his promise to give to those who rightly use this Sign the Spiritual Grace or Benefit signified by it which is the second thing requisite in a Sacrament 3. The wilful neglect or refusal of this Sacrament is damnable and depriveth the obstinate refuser of the Spiritual Benefit signified in it according to John 3.5 Except a Man be born of Water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God Which is the third thing we find requisite in a Sacrament Let us now in the Second Place see whether our Church ascribes any of these to the Cross in Baptism for if we do not it is a great misrepresentation to say as Mr. Boyse doth p. 164. That there wants nothing but Divine Institution to make it as much a Sacrament as Baptism it self First then we do not Teach that the Sign of the Cross was Instituted by God to signifie any Spiritual Grace or Benefit we expect from him On the contrary it signifies only the Duty we owe to God It is not used to signifie any Grace or Benefit communicated from God to us as Signs do in Sacraments but only to signifie the return we ought to make to God for the Benefits he has vouchsafed us in Baptism That is Not to be ashamed of Christ Crucified but manfully to Fight under his Banner and continue his Soldiers and Servants The first Thing therefore necessary to the nature of a Sacrament is altogether wanting to the Sign of the Cross. And it was incumbent on Mr. Boyse to shew us what Spiritual Grace or Benefit from God this Sign signified with us before he affirmed it to want nothing to make it a Sacrament as much as Baptism For since Baptism signifies A death unto Sin and a new birth unto Righteousness which are Spiritual Graces we expect immediately from God he ought to have shew'd some such Spiritual Graces or Benefits which we imploy the Cross to signifie or else it plainly wants this part of the Nature of a Sacrament But Secondly The second part is as much wanting Our Church never Taught that God was obliged by any promise or that we ought to expect on our due use of the Sign of the Cross that God would grant us any greater Benefit by it On the contrary we unanimously Teach that the Cross is not used to signifie any Spiritual Grace or Benefit expected from God but to profess and declare a duty of ours to him even that we ought not to be ashamed of his Sufferings Our Church Teacheth us to expect that whereas by Nature we are Children of Wrath we shall in Baptism be made Children of God And in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper we are Taught to expect The strengthning and refreshing of our Souls by the Body and Blood of Christ as our Bodies are by Bread and Wine But we are not Taught to expect any such thing in the use of the Sign of the Cross or that God has annexed any such promise to it And therefore to alledge that according to our Church there is nothing wanting but Divine Institution to make the Sign of the Cross as much a Sacrament as Baptism it self is a misrepresentation without ground or colour Let me add that this Obligation on God by promise to grant us the Spiritual Grace or Benefit signified by it on our due use of the Sign is the very thing that Constitutes a Sacrament and distinguishes it from all other Signes and this being wanting tho' a Sign had all other things like a Sacrament yet it would be no more a Sacrament then an Image that in every thing else except a Soul were like a Man wou'd be a Man But Thirdly As the two First things necessary to a Sacrament are wanting to it according to our Doctrine so is the Third since we do not Teach that the neglecting or omitting this Sign deprives us of any Spiritual Grace If we wilfully neglect or refuse Baptism 't is a damnable Sin and deprives us of our Title to the Kingdom of Heaven And the like we Teach concerning wilful neglect of the Lord's Supper That it deprives us of the Nourishment which we should derive from the participation of the Body and Blood of Christ. But we never Taught any such thing concerning the Sign of the Cross. Neither can any such thing be shewed in our Articles Canons or Offices On the contrary the 30th Canon expresly Teaches That the Sign of the Cross used after Baptism addeth nothing to the Vertue or Perfection thereof Nor if it be omitted doth it take any thing from the substance or efficacy

have given the occasion and ground and warrant for this signification of the Cross by expressing our undertaking and owning the Christian Religion by the phrase of taking up the Cross Matt. 16.24 If any Man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his Cross and follow me and 1 Cor. 1.17 Preaching the Cross is Preaching the Gospel And in several other Places the Whole of our Religion as Christian is signified by the Cross Therefore to signifie our Professing and Glorying in Christ Crucified by making the Sign of the Cross has better Foundation in Scripture and is much more warranted by universal Custom then uncovering the Head has to signifie Reverence of which there is no Dispute between us but that it is agreeable 6. 'T is very proper at Baptism to make a Profession of our Glorying in the Cross of Christ because we then solemnly engage to take it up that is as before explained to take upon us his whole Religion To make such a Profession by Words of this and of all the Duties we then undertake I think is owned to be lawful by all and we think very requisite and accordingly require it from every one who is Baptised I Add in the 7th place That it is not only warrantable to do it by Words but likewise by Actions This must appear reasonable to you if you reflect on your own Practice in giving your Children Names at your Baptism which as I have already shewed signifies your giving up their Names to Christ and engaging them to be Christ's Servants Your Names therefore are a lasting Badge and Token to you through your whole Lives of your Dedications to Christ's Service and an Obligation on you to behave your Selves accordingly yet this Significant Ceremony added to Baptism has nothing of a Sacrament in it any more then I have shew'd the Sign of the Cross to have and both are equally warranted by Scripture This you ought the rather to observe because the only Question your Directory requires to be put to the Person that offers the Child to Baptism is concerning the Name thereof having left out those Scripture Questions that relate to the Faith and Obligations into which the Child is Baptised I wou'd desire you likewise to reflect on another Ceremony you have added to the other Sacrament I mean giving Tickets to such as are to be admitted to the Lord's-Supper upon offering of which they are admitted to that Priviledge In this Ceremony for so I must call it there is an Outward and Visible Sign a Ticket 2 dly An Inward and Spiritual Grace your Aptitude and Title to the Lord's-Supper and Communion of Saints found on your Examination when you receive the Ticket 3 dly It is a Badge and Token whereby Priviledged Members are distinguished from those that are without Lastly It is a sort of a necessary Term of Communion since those that neglect this Badge shall not be admitted to the Sacrament yet I suppose you reckon this Badge or Symbol of Communion to be Warranted by the general Rules of Scripture tho' it is plain there is no such Ground for it there as for the Use of the Cross. But 8 thly We are not without Scripture-Precedents of signifying the particular Obligations that lye on us in the Sacraments by Actions as well as Words Since our Saviour signified the Humility and Love we ought to bear towards one another by Washing his Disciples Feet at the Institution of the Lord's Supper and St. Peter who refused this significant Ceremony was severely threatened for it Thus dipping intirely under Water in Baptism was a significant Ceremony we find sometimes used as a Token of our being buried with Christ in Baptism to which Signification the Apostle alludes Rom. 6.4 Therefore we are buried with him by Baptism into Death And to the same purpose Col. 1.12 There was another Ceremony of Baptism which consisted in the Change of Cloaths and this was likewise Significant and the Apostle alludes to it Gal. 3.27 For as many of you as have been Baptised into Christ have put on Christ And to the same allude those Phrases of putting off the Old Man and putting on the New as is confessed by the best Interpreters And the Apostle useth them not only to signifie the Duties and Obligations we undertake at Baptism but likewise to stir us up to perform them The like is observable in the Lord's Supper the particular Duties of which are signified in Scripture by several Ceremonies annexed to the Celebration thereof 'T is a special Duty to lay aside all Hatred and to be in perfect Charity with one another when we come to that Sacrament And this Duty was signified first by an Holy Kiss mentioned Rom. 16.16 and in several other Places of Scripture And 2 dly by Feasts of Charity described 1 Cor. 11. and mentioned Jude 12. both which continued many Years in the Church as Tokens and Badges and Symbols of the Duty of Charity which were profess'd in that Sacrament And yet none of all these particular Ceremonies can be term'd Sacraments from all which I conclude that it is as proper and as agreeable to Scripture to signifie our Obligation in Baptism not to be ashamed of Christ Crucified by making the Sign of the Cross as it was to signifie our Love and Unity by a Kiss or a Feast and by consequence that the use of the Cross in Baptism is Warranted by Scripture To Conclude neither Scripture nor Reason hinder us from using such Signs in Expressing or Professing our Duty to God as properly and by general Consent signifie it On the Contrary they Warrant us to use such Signs as well as Words which Words are Signs themselves made Sgnificant only by Custom whereas many Actions have the ground of their Significancy from Nature But here we must take care not to institute Signs to signifie and oblige God to confer his Favours or Grace on us For that were to limit him and 't is only he by his Institution and Promise can so oblige himself The want of distinguishing between these two sort of Signs seems to me to have occasioned all those Objections against the Sign of the Cross which are commonly urged to us as if we made it a Sacrament That which therefore was incumbent on Mr. Boyse in this Point was to prove by Scripture That it is unlawful to signifie or express the particular Duties we undertake in the Sacrament by Actions that are by general Custom expressive of those Duties Otherwise to declare this to be unlawful is the same Presumption and Offence as to declare some Meats unlawful and is a certain Instance of your Teaching for Doctrine the Commandments of Men. For to say an Action is Unlawful that God has not made so is the same Presumption and Offence as to say certain Meats are Forbidden that are not which is a thing seriously to be considered by you Thus much I have thought needful to lay before you concerning