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A plaine and briefe discovery of those two beasts that are written, Revel. 13 And to show what dishonour and disgrace the clergie bring against Christ and his glorious church in reading some part of the service-book. Againe I praise God I have shewed in briefe the true signification of Christ and his glorious church, with those holy ordinances that doe belong unto it. Gathered and directed by that grace God hath given to me James Hunt. All glory be to God on high.
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Hunt, James, 17th cent.
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the Law but the Scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that beleeve but before faith came that is before Christ came we were kept under the Law shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed which faith was revealed by Christ and the twelve Apostles For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus for as many of you as have beene baptized into Christ have put on Christ and then after this Scripture is read I think it fit for the Minister to reade the Lords Prayer and then the Minister shall baptise the child naming it by the name as the Father of the child or some other in his stead shall give it and shal sprinckle water on the face of the child saying I baptise thee in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost for a seale and pledge that for ever hereafter thou shalt not be ashamed to fight under the banner of the suffering of the Crosse of our Lord Jesus Christ but to continue his faithfull souldier even to thy lives end So when the child is baptised with water I think it fit for the Minister to declare these words saying Christ so loved his Church and gave himselfe for it that he might present it to himselfe a glorious Church not having spot or wrinckle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish Ephes 5. that is Christ wil have his Church which are baptized to his glorious body to bee so chast unto himselfe and to his glorious Gospel that it should be free from false doctrines and false worship which proceedeth from the devil I doe not say that we shal be free from failings and infirmities here in this world for a child as soone as it is baptised it is joyned to the gloious body of Christ but then God wil have them as they grow in ripenesse of yeares that they should be fed with the sincere milke of the word in the doctrine of the New Testament that they may grow thereby in heavenly wisdome from grace to grace and strength to strength until wee all come into the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man to the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ Ephes 4. that ye be no more children in understanding tossed too and fro and carried about with every winde of doctrine and slight of men and cunning craftinesse whereby they lye in waite to deceive but speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ for God our glorious Father gave us his Son Christ to be head over all things to the Church which is his body the fulnesse of him that filleth all in all unto whom be all praise honour power and glory both now and evermore world without end Amen Thus I praise God I have shewed you in briefe a true forme for the baptizing of children which will be to the praise and glory of god and to the edifying of the hearers but for God-fathers and God-mothers and the Crosse on the forehead be laid aside Now by the help of God I will shew you concerning the Sacrament of bread and wine it is written 1 Cor. 11.28 But let a man examine himselfe and so let him eate of that bread and drink of that cup for he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himselfe And why doth he so the answer is because he doth not discerne the Lords body Now I understand as Circumcision and those Ordinances that are written Heb. 9. did belong to the Old Law and Testament which Christ hath abolished by his suffering now on the other side baptisme and the bread and wine they are the holy Ordinances which doth belong to the mysticall body of Christ and to the second covenant of grace for Christ saith plainly Luke 22.20 This Cup is my blood in the New Testament which is shed for you therefore I say againe the Sacrament of bread and wine doth belong to the body of Christ and to the New Testament the Apostle saith He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himselfe because he doth not discerne the Lords body Wherefore I pray God give the Bishops and the Clergy all grace for to forsake the old Law and Testament which Christ hath redeemed us from and that they may be reconciled to Christ and to the second Covenant which if they shall wifully refuse to doe they will be sure to eate and drinke their owne damnation Againe if any man or woman have committed the sin of theft or adultery or any other hainous sin I pray God give all such grace to forsake it by turning to Christ by true repentance and then let them eat of that bread and drink of that cup to their everlasting joy and comfort for Christ is the fountain of mercy and love which doth not desire that any should perish but rather that all should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved for the office of a Preacher is this First he must shew the people how they must be ingrafted into the true vine Christ by the divine power of his Word and then the people may grow in grace after they be ingrafted into the true vine for as grace and vertue doe grow by degrees by the divine power of the Word of Christ that will be a means to cause sin and wickednesse to die and vanish out of the people Again I think it fit that the Minister read the first chapter to the Ephesians and the Lords Prayer before he deliver the bread and Wine and then the Minister shal deliver the bread the people receiving it upon their knees saying take and eat this in remembrance that Christs body was crucified on the crosse for to redeem your soul from the bondage of hel and death and honour and glorifie his blessed name for ever and then the wine saying take and drink this in remembrance that Christs bloud was shed on the crosse to redeem your soul from the bondage of death and hell and honour and glorifie his blessed name for ever and when the people have received the bread and wine I think it fit for the people to sing a Psalme to the glory of God and after that these words The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God the Father and the most sweet and comfortable fellowship of God the Holy Ghost blesse keep and defend you from this time forth and evermore Amen Thus I praise God I have proved that no people have any due or right to the holy Sacrament of bread and wine but such as wil be reconciled to Christ and to the second covenant of grace Now I wil shew you in briefe for the marriage for I think it fit that the man and woman take one another