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A82009	The communicants instructor. Or, A sacramental catechism in which the nature of the covenant of grace, and the visible seals thereof (viz.) baptism and the Lord's Supper, with the gospel qualifications of worthy receivers, are opened with all plainness and clearness by way of question and answer. Recommended to the use of the younger and more ignorant sort, especially to such as desire admission to, and would worthily partake of the Lord's Supper; with a request to the charitable, that they would make it a piece of their spiritual alms to the poor. By George Day, Minister of the gospel.	Day, George, d. 1697.	1700 (1700)	Wing D460; ESTC R229671	41,977	125

Tree Rom. 11.16 Q. 62. By what other Argument is it proved A. 3. By the Example and Practice of the Apostles in the Primitive Church who baptized whole Housholds and the universal Practice of the Christian Church in all Ages ever since which hath been the same Acts 16.15 33. 1 Cor. 1.16 Q. 63. What is the Duty of those Christian Parents who offer their Children to God in Baptism A. Their Duty is 1. To make a serious Profession of their Faith in God the Father Son and Spirit and Obedience to him according to his Word 2. To own and renew the Covenant which they made with God in their own Baptism 3. To consent in the Name and behalf of their Children being parts of themselves that they shall be the Lord's Covenan-servants 4. To bring their Children up in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord to teach them the Nature of that Covenant with God which they make in Baptism by their Parents consent and to command them to keep it Eph. 6.4 Deut. 6.6 7. Gen. 18.19 1 Chro. 28.9 Q. 64. Is Baptism to be administred by dippin or sprinkling A. Baptism may be administred either by dipping or sprinkling For 1. The Original word signifieth to wash whether by dipping or sprinkling as Mark 7.4.2 The Christian Churches have used both Q 65. Where should Baptism be administred A. Baptism being a Publick or Church-Ordinance by which Persons are solemnly addmitted into the Church of Christ should ordinarily be administred in the Publick Assemblies of Christians that thereby 1. The whole Assembly may joyn in Prayer for a blessing upon the Ordinance 2. Those that 〈…〉 ●●ptized may be put in mind of the Covenant which they made in 〈…〉 Baptism and be stirred up to keep 〈◊〉 Q 66. May 〈…〉 administred in Priv●●● 〈…〉 A. Yes in case of ●ecessity as in times of Persecution or of the sickness of the Persons to be baptized c It may be administred in private Families provided there be a competent number of other Christians present to be witnesses of the Administration and to joyn in Prayer for a Blessing Acts 8.38 and 16.33 Q 67. How often is Baptism to be administred to the same person A. Only once 1. Because it is the Sacrament of our New Birth and we are to be but once new born 2. Because it is the Ordinance of our Admission or Entrance into the Church of O●rist and we are to be entered but once into it Q. 68. Which is the other Sacrament of the New Testament A. The other Sacrament of the New Testament is the Lord's Supper Q. 69. What is the Lord's Supper A. The Lord's Supper is an holy Ordinance of Christ wherein by giving and receiving Bread and Wine according to Christ's appointment his Death is shewed forth and the worthy Receivers are 〈◊〉 after a corporal and carnal manner 〈◊〉 by Faith made partakers of his Body 〈◊〉 Blood with all his Benefits to their Spiritual Nourishment and Growth in Grace the confirming of their Union Communion with Christ the testifying and renewing their Covenant with God and thankfulness to him and their mutual Love to and fellowship with each other as Members of the same Mystical Body Matth. 26.26 27 28. 1 Cor. 11.23 24 25 26. 1 Cor. 10.16 17. Q 70. What be the parts of the Lord's Sapper A. They are two The outward and visible parts signifying and the inward and spiritual part signified Q. 71. What are the outward parts of this Ordinance A. The outward parts of this Ordinance are three 1 Signifying Things or Elements 2. Signifying Words 3. Signifying Affions Q. 72. What are the signifying Things or Elements A. Bread and Wine Q. 73. What do they signifie A. The Bread signifieth and representeth the Body of Christ The Wine the Blood of Christ Both together signifie whole Christ with all his Saving Benefits Q. 74. What be the signifying Words A. The words of Institution Take Eat This is my Body which is broken for you Do this in remembrance of me And This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood shed for many for the Remission of Sins Drink ye all of it Q. 75. What do these words signifie or contain A. They contain 1. A Command requiring the use of this Ordinance in these words Take Eat This Bread and Drink of this Cup. Do this in remembrance of me 2. A Promise assuring us of Christ giving himself to the worthy Receivers in these words This is my Body and This Cup is the New Testament in my Blood c. Q. 76. Are the Elements of Bread and Wine then turned into the very Body and Blood of Christ in this Ordinance after Consecration A. No. They remain still in their own Nature real Bread and Wine and are only changed from a common to a Religious Use to signifie and represent the Body and Blood of Christ Q. 77. How may this be proved A. Three ways 1. By Scripture Which informs us that the Body of Christ was whole and his Blood in his Veins when he first instituted and administred this Ordinance that the same Body was afterward crucified buried rose again on the third day appeared alive to many Witnesses and at length ascended into Heaven that it is there to remain until the time of the Restitution of all things Matth. 26.35 1 Cor. 15.4 5 6. Acts 1.9 10 11. and 3.21 1 Thess 4.16 Q. 78. How else A. 2. By Reason For Christ having but one Body it is against Reason to think that he could both give his Body to his Disciples to eat and his Blood to drink and yet at the same time have it still alive and whole by them Had it been thus he must have had two Bodies at the same time for its contrary to the nature of a Body to be in two places at once Yea further If the Bread and VVine were turned into the Body and Blood of Christ then supposing the Lord's Supper was administred in a thousand places at the same time Christ would have a thousand Bodies at the same time Q. 79. How else A. 3. By Sense For we see and taste that it is still Bread and VVine and not Flesh and Blood And if we cannot believe our Senses in this matter How shall we believe them in any other thing Q 80. But doth not Christ call the Bread his Bo●y and the Wine his Blood A. Yes but Christ speaks this not in a proper but in a figurative or improper sense calling the sign by the name of the thing signified by it which manner of speech Christ did often use So he calls himself a Door a Vine a Light c. not that he was really changed into these very things but to teach us that he is of like use to our Souls that these are to our Bodies John 10.7 and 15.1 Q. 81. Is not Christ then really and truly present in this Ordinance of his Supper A. Yes Christ is really and truly present in this

VVhy did Christ change the Administration of the Covenant A. For his own glory and the Churches good for 1. Those Ordinances under the Old Covenant were more dark difficult costly and weak than these under the New Covenant 2. Those Ordinances became unsuitable and unserviceable to the Church after Christ's coming in the flesh because they signified Christ to come therefore when Christ the Substance of them was come those Sadows must be done away Q. 45. How hath God confirmed the Covenant of Grace A. God hath confirmed it by 4 things 1. By his Word of Promise Gen. 17.7 2. By his Oath Gen. 22.16 17. Hebr. 6.13 14 17 18. 3. By the death of Christ Heb. 9.16 17. 4. By the Signs and Seals of the Covenant Rom. 4.11 Q. 46. VVhat are the Signs and Seals of the New covenant of grace now in Gospel days A. The Signs and Seals of the New Covenant are Baptism and the Lord's Supper Q. 47. VVhy are these Ordinances called Signs and Seals of the Covenant A. Because they are of the same signification and use to the Covenant of Grace as Signs and Seals put to Covenants between Man and Man use to be Q. 48. VVhat is their signification use A. These Ordinances as Signs do signifie the Grace and Good-will of God in Christ to his Covenant-people and as Seals do confirm conveigh and apply the Grant of the Covenant or a Right to all the Blessings promised therein to Belie●ers and their engagement to Obedience 1 Pet. 3.21 Rom. 6.3 4. Gal. 3.27 Q. 49. Do these Sacraments certainly ●ork grace in all that receive them A. No. It is evident that many of ●ose who are baptized and have recei●ed the Lord's Supper live and dye in a ●aceless state Acts 8.23 Luke 13.26 27. Q 50. Who then do receive saving beneby the Sacraments A. Those only receive saving benefit the Sacraments to whom the holy Spi●●● of God doth bless them working in ●●d by them on their Hearts as he doth 〈◊〉 all God's Elect 1 Cor. 3.7 Q. 51. What is Baptism A. Baptism is an holy Ordinance of frist wherein the washing with Water 〈◊〉 or into the Name of the Father the 〈◊〉 and the Holy Ghost signifies and seals 〈◊〉 ingrafting into Christ Remission of 〈◊〉 by his Blood and Regeneration by Spirit and whereby the Persons bap●●ed are solemnly entred into the visible Church and into an open and professed engagement to be wholly and only God's Covenant-people Matth. 28.19 Gal. 3.27 Mark 1.4 Rev. 1.5 Tit. 3.5 Eph. 5.26 1 Cor. 12.13 Rom. 6.4 5. Q. 52. What be the Parts of Baptism A. They are two The outward and visible part signifying and the inward and spiritual part signified Q 53. What is the outward signifying part of Baptism A. The outward signifying part of Baptism consists in the washing the Body with the Element of Water and the use of the words of Institution i e. Baptizing c. Q. 54. What is the inward part signifie● by the outward signs A. 1. By the washing with Water i● signified two things the washing awa● of the guilt of our sins or our Pardon and Justification procured by the blood o● Christ and the washing away of the filt● of sin or our Sanctification by the Spir●● of Christ in the work of Regeneration Rom. 1.5 John 3.5 2 By the words of Institution i e. Ba●tizing in the Name of the Father Son 〈◊〉 Holy Ghost two things are also signifie● 1. That Ministers have Authori● both from God the Father Son and Holy Ghost to administer Baptism 2. That the Persons baptized do enter into an holy Covenant with God the Father Son and Holy Ghost i e. They take this only living and true God to be their own and only God and give up themselves if grown Persons or are given up by their Parents if Infants to this God to be his Covenant-servants Matth. 28.18 19. 2 Cor. 8.5 Q. 55. What are the special Ends of Baptism A. The special Ends of Baptism are of two sorts 1. Such as respect God and so it is to be 1. A Sign to signifie the Grace of the Covenant and 2. A Seal to confirm the Grant of the Covenant Rom. 4.11 Col. 2.11 12. Acts 22.16 Eph. 5.26 2. Such as respect Man and so it is to be 1. A Badge of our Christian Profession 2. A Bond to oblige us to perform the Duties of the Covenant Gal. 5.3 Rom. 8.12 1 Pet. 3.21 Q. 56. To whom is Baptism to be Administred A. Baptism is not to be administred to any that are out of the visible Church of Christ until they are instructed in the Christian Religion and profess Faith in Christ and Obedience unto him But the Infants of such as are Members of the visible Church are to be baptized Matth. 28.19 Acts 2.41 Gen. 17.7 10. Acts 2.38 39. Q. 57. How may it be proved that the Infants of Church-Members have a Right to Baptism A. It may be proved by these Ar●guments 1. By their Covenant Relation to God Those that are in Covenant have a right to the Signs and Seals of the Covenant But the Children of believing Parents are in Covenant Therefore they have a right to the Signs and Seals of it Gen. 17.7 Deut. 29.10 11 12 13 14 15. Q. 58. Have Infants then a Right to the Lord's Supper also and should they receive it A. The Infants of Believers have a remote tho' not an immediate and actual right to the Lord's Supper therefore may not receive it in their Infancy for want of a capacity to discern the Lord's Body or to understand the Nature Use and Ends of that Ordinance and to use it accordingly Q. 59. Should they not then be kept from Baptism also for the same Reason seeing they understand not that Ordinance A. No. For they are as capable of Receiving this Ordinance of Baptism as the Jewish Infants were of Circumcision at 8 days old and ought to be baptized because Baptism comes in the room of Circumcision and as that was the Sacrament of Initiation or Entrance into the Church and into the Covenant so is this Matt. 28.19 20. Col. 2.11.12 Q. 60. By what other Argument is it proved A. 2. By the Command of our Lord Jesus Christ requiring his Apostles and in them all Gospel-Ministers to Disciple all Nations Baptizing them and Infants are a very considerable part of Nations Q. 61. But must they not believe first and then be baptized as Mark 16.16 And how can Infants believe A. Adult or grown Persons without the Church must first be instructed in the Doctrine of Christ and believe in him before they are admitted to Baptism as Acts. 2.38 39 40 41. But the Infants of Church-Members may be baptized tho' they do not actually believe because they are the Children of Believers seeing Children are parts of their Parents are accounted but as one Person with them both by the Laws of God and Man as the Root Branches are but one

our Sins A. We should examine both what our Sins are and how they are aggravated by their several Circumstances Jer. 8.6 Q 209. How may we come to know our Sins A. We may come to know our Sins 1. By comparing our Hearts and Lives with the Laws of God which shew us both the Duties we should perform and the sins we should avoid Rom. 3.20 7.7 2. By praying to God to discover our sins to us Job 13.23 Q 210. What should we examine our selves concerning our Graces A. We should examine our selves both touching the Grace we have and touching the Grace we want 2 Cor. 13.5 Q. 211. What should we examine ●●ching the Grace we have A. We should examine both the truth of our Grace and the growth of it Q. 212. How may we know whether our knowledge of spiritual Truths be a true saving knowledge A. By the Properties Effects and Companions of it in the Soul Q. 213. What be the Properties of it A. It is joyned with an high prizing of this knowledge it self and the things that we know 1 Cor. 2.2 Phil. 3.8 Rom. 7.12 Q. 214. What is another A. It is joyned with an humbling sense of our own Ignorance and Sinfu●ness Job 42.5 6. Prov. 30.2 Q. 215. What is another A. It is joyned with a Love to and Delight in the Spiritual Truths known Psal 119.97 Rom. 7.22 Q. 216. What is another A. It is accompanied with earnest Desires and diligent Endeavours after more Spiritual Knowledge Psal 119.33 34 40. Prov. 2.3 4. 2 Pet. 3.18 Q. 217. What is another A. It is accompanied with an Experience or spiritual Sense of those Truths that are to be experienced as of the convincing converting comforting quickning and confirming power of the Word and Spirit of God Phil. 1.9 Psal 34.8 1 Pet. 2.3 Heb. 5.14 Psal 19.7 8. 119.50 Acts 20.32 Q. 218. VVhat is another A. It changeth the Soul into the same Image of Holiness that is in the Word of God 2 Chron. 3.18 Rom. 12.2 Q. 219. VVhat is another A. It is joyned with the practise of known Duties and the forbearing of known sins John 13.17 1 John 2.3 4. Psal 119.100 101. Q. 220. What is another A. It is joyned with a readiness to teach others the knowledge of spiritual things Psal 34.11 John 1.41 45 46. John 4.28 29. Q 221. How may we know whether our Faith be true and saving A. By the manner in which it is wrought by its nature and by its properties or effects Q 222. How is Faith wrought in the Soul A. The Spirit of God ordinarily prepareth the Heart for it by the Law of God and then worketh it by the Gospel Q. 223. How doth the Spirit prepare the heart for Faith by the Law A. These several ways 1. It shews and convinces the Soul of its sinful and miserable Estate by nature John 16.7 Rom. 3.20 2. It humbles the Soul under the serious consideration of its sin and misery 2 Kings 22.19 3. It works in the Soul a despair of getting out of this condition by its own power or the help of any other Creatures Acts 4.12 4. It causeth in the Soul a fear of the wrath of God due to him for sin Gen. 3.10 5. It convinceth the Soul of its need of a Saviour Matth. 9.12 Q. 224. How doth the Spirit of God work Faith by the Gospel A. These several ways 1. It shews to the Soul the Lord Jesus Christ as an All-sufficient and only Saviour provided by God and offered to sinners John 3.16 2. It begets in the Soul an high esteem of this Saviour and earnest desires after him above all other things Cant. 5.10 3. It convinceth the Soul that it is his duty to believe in or close with the Lord Jesus Christ for his Saviour 1 John 3.23 4. It begets in the soul some hope of obtaining an Interest in this Saviour Psal 119.116 5. It works in the Soul a Resolution to seek after this Saviour and to be at any care and cost to obtain an interest in him Cant. 3.2 6. It takes the Soul wholly off from resting on his own Righteousness for Justification before God Phil. 3.9 Q. 225. Wherein doth the Essence or Nature of Faith consist A. It consists in two things 1. In a receiving of an whole Christ or of Christ in all his Offices the Soul being made willing to be taught and ruled as well as reconciled by him John 1.12 2. In ●●●sting on Christ or trusting in him a●● for compleat and eternal Salvation Eph. 1.12 Q. 226. What be the Properties Fruits or Effects of Faith A. Faith helps to soften and melt the heart into godly sorrow for sin Zech. 12.10 Isa 53.5 6. Q. 227. What is another property of it A. Faith helps to purifie or cleanse the Heart from the love of sin by arguing against it from the Word of God and by applying the Blood of Christ to the Soul Acts 15.9 John 17.17 Zech. 13.1 Q. 228. What is another A. Faith makes a Man obedient to the Will of God and fruitful in good Works Rom. 16.26 Gal. 5.6 Heb. 11.8 9 17. Q. 229. What is another A. Faith maintains the Christian's spiritual Life as it applies Christ and the Promises to the soul and helps the soul to live in an holy dependance upon him and them Rom. 1.17 Gal. 2.20 Q. 230. What is another A. Faith makes the Word of God profitable and effectual to the Soul 1 Thess 2 13. Rom. 1.16 Heb. 4.2 Q. 231. What is another A. Faith helps the Soul to d●●● nigh to God in holy Duties with hum●●●oldness and confidence of access to him and acceptance with him through Christ Eph. 3.12 Heb. 4.16 10.22 Q. 232. What is another A. Faith helps the Soul to bear the burden of Troubles and Afflictions and keep it from fainting and sinking under them Psal 27.13 Heb. 11.35 Job 13.15 Q. 233. VVhat is another A. Faith helps the Soul to resist and conquer its spiritual Enemies Sin Satan and the World Acts 26.18 1 Pet. 5.9 Eph. 6.16 1 John 5.4 Heb. 11.24.25 26. Q. 234. VVhat is another A. Faith helps the Soul to spiritual Joy and Peace Rom. 5.1 2 and 15.13 Q. 235. What is another A. Faith is of a growing and persevering Nature encreaseth in Measure and endures to the end 2 Thess 1 3 Rom. 1.17 Luke 22.32 Heb. 10.39 Rev. 2.20 The Examination of Repentance Q. 236. How may we know whether our Repentance be true and saving A. By the manner of its working by its Nature and by its Fruits Effects and Companions Q. 237. In what manner is Repentance wrought A. The Spirit of God ordinarily worketh a sight and sense of sin in the Soul by the Law and an apprehension of the Mercy of God in Christ offered to sinners by the Gospel and herewith powerfully affects the Heart and effectually inclines it to turn from sin unto God Rom. 3.20 7.7 2 Cor. 5.19 Acts 2.37 26.18