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A83316 An ordinance of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament Together with rules and directions concerning suspention from the sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of ignorance and scandall. Also the names of such ministers and others that are appointed triers and judges of the ability of elders in the twelve classes within the province of London. Die Lunæ 20. Octob. 1645. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament, that the ordinance, rules, and directions concerning suspension from the Lords Supper, with the names of the ministers and others to try the elders, be forthwith printed and published. Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum.; Proceedings. 1645-10-20. England and Wales. Parliament. 1645 (1645) Wing E2099B; ESTC R212818 6,017 17

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An ORDINANCE OF THE LORDS and COMMONS Assembled in Parliament Together with Rules and Directions concerning Suspention from the Sacrament of The Lords Supper In cases of Ignorance and Scandall Also the names of such Ministers and others that are appointed Triers and Judges of the ability of Elders in the twelve Classes within the Province of LONDON Die Lunae 20. Octob. 1645. ORdered by the LORDS Assembled in Parliament That the Ordinance Rules and Directions concerning Suspension from the Lords Supper with the names of the Ministers and others to try the Elders be forthwith printed and published Joh. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum LONDON Printed for Iohn Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley 1645. Die Lunae 20. Octob. 1645. An Ordinance of the LORDS and Commons assembled in Parliament THe Lords and Commons considering the wonderfull providence of God in calling them to this great and difficult worke of reforming and purging his Church and people his guidance and manifest protection of them in it doe acknowledge that never any of his servants since the foundation of the world had more high strong engagements heartily and sincerely to endeavour the compleat establishment of Purity and Vnity in the Church of God then they have they do therefore require all Ministers and Elders that they be carefull to walke with understanding in the House of God that by Example Exhortations and Admonitions they endeavour to build up the people of the Lord in love that with Humility and Meeknesse of spirit they adorne their holy Profession and win soules to the love of the Truth That they be diligent and faithfull in the Worke as those that must give an accompt And where grosse Ignorance or notorious Scandall shall appeare for the remedy thereof and to prevent the evils that may come thereby The Lords and Commons doe Ordaine and it is hereby Ordained That the severall Elderships respectively within their respective Bounds and Limits have power to suspend from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper all Ignorant and Scandalous persons within the Rules hereafter following and according to the said Rules and Directions RULES and DIRECTIONS concerning suspention from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Ignorance 1. ALl such persons who shall be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper ought to know that there is a God that there is but one ever-living and true God maker of Heaven and Earth and Governour of all things That this only true God is the God whom we worship that this God is but one yet three distinct Persons the Father Son and holy Ghost all equally God 2 That God created man after his own Image in knowledge righteousnesse and true holinesse That by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin and so death passed upon all men for that all have sinned That thereby they are all dead in trespasses and sins and are by nature the children of wrath and so lyable to eternall death the wages of every sin 3 That there is but one Mediator between God and man the man Christ Jesus who is also over all God blessed for ever neither is there salvation in any other That he was conceived by the Holy Ghost and borne of the Virgin Mary That he dyed upon the crosse to save his people from their sins That he rose againe the third day from the dead ascended into Heaven sits at the right hand of God and makes continuall intercession for us of whose fulness we receive all grace necessary to salvation 4 That Christ and his benefits are applyed onely by faith That faith is the gift of God and that we have it not of our selves but it is wrought in us by the Word and Spirit of God That faith is that grace whereby we beleeve and trust in Christ for remission of sins and life everlasting according to the promise of the Gospel that whosoever believes not on the Son of God shall not see life but shall perish eternally That they who truly repent of their sins do see them sorrow for them and turne from them to the Lord and that except men repent they shall surely perish That a godly life is conscionably ordered according to the Word of God in Holinesse and Righteousnesse without which no man shall see God That the Sacraments are Seales of the Covenant of Grace in the blood of Christ That the Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism and the Lords Supper that the outward Elements in the Lords Supperare Bread and Wine and do signifie the Body and Blood of Christ Crucified which the worthy receiver by faith doth partake of in this Sacrament which Christ hath likewise ordained for the remembrance of his death that whosoever eats and drinkes unworthily is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord and therefore that every one is to examine him selfe lest he eat and drink judgement to himselfe not discerning the Lords Body That the soules of the faithfull after death doe immediately live with Christ in blessednesse and that the souls of the wicked doe immediately goe into Hell torments That there shall be a Resurrection of the Bodies both of the just and unjust at the last Day at which time all shall appeare before the Judgement Seat of Christ to receive according to what they have done in the body whether it be good or evill And that the righteous shal go into life eternall and the wicked into everlasting punishment And it is further ordained by the Lords and Commons that those who have a competent measure of understanding concerning the matters contained in these Articles shall not be kept back from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper for Ignorance And that the Examination and judgement of such persons as shall for their ignorance of the aforesaid points of Religion not be admitted to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is to be in the power of the Eldership of every Congregation Rules and Directions concerning Suspension from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of Scandall THe several and respective Elderships shal have power to suspend from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper all scandalous persons hereafter mentioned appearing to be such upon just proofe thereof made in such manner as is by this present Ordinance hereafter appointed and not otherwise untill it be otherwise declared by both Houses of Parliament how notoriously scandalous Persons other then such as are herein expressed shal be kept from the Sacrament of the Lords Supper That is to say All persons that shall blasphemously speak or write any thing of God his holy Word or Sacraments An Incestuous person An Adulterer A Fornicator A Drunkard A prophane swearer or curser One that hath taken away the life of any Person maliciously All worshippers of Images Crosses Crucifixes of Reliques all that shall make any Images of the Trinity or of any Person thereof All Religious worshipers of Saints Angels or any meere Creature Any person that shall professe himselfe