been made an Example for this Omission as Exod. 4.24 Here its worthy our serious Observation least any should think the Punishment threatned to be greater than the Sin deserved God was pleased to give the Reason of it in the formentioned Gen. 17.14 He hath broken my Covenant God calls a Rejection and Contempt of the Seal of the Covenant a breach of the Covenant it self Now if Baptism come in the room of Circumcision as Protestants generally conclude from Col. 2.11 12. And if God was so angry with his Servant Moses for neglecting to Circumcise his Son that he met him and sought to kill him Judge you whether those Parents that neglect to Baptize their Children have not cause to fear that God is angry with them also though he doth not presently manifest it in his Providence nor can we suppose him to be well-pleased with the Children of such careless or erronious Parents who imitate them in Sin when grown up by Living in the neglect of this Ordinance Sixthly Consider That such as slight and neglect the outward Baptism of Water may justly fear they were never yet Partakers of the inward Baptism of the Holy-Ghost which is signified thereby and that they are still unsanctified or unholy Souls for where the Spirit of God comes with Power he convinceth of Sin John 16.8 and the neglect of any Ordinance of Christ is one Sin of which the Spirit will certainly Convince such as are guilty whenever he Works savingly on them and if you have not had the convincing-Convincing-work of the Spirit upon you surely you know nothing of its Converting Renewing and sanctifying-Sanctifying-work and if so should you Dye in this Condition you have no Ground that I know to hope for the Witnessing and comforting-Comforting-work of the Spirit in Death nor for Eternal Life after it for none but Holy Souls have a Promise of these Blessings It 's true God can sanctifie the Soul by his Spirit though the Body be not washed with Water therefore I do not say that none are sanctified by the Spirit that are not Baptized with Water for doubtless there are many Instances of the contrary as Elect Infants that Dye before Baptism and others But this I do affirm that seeing God hath been pleased to set up Ordinances in his Church to be the Means of Grace made it our Duty to use them and doth usually Work Grace in and by them it is a Sin to neglect these Ordinances where they may be had and such as do so have Cause enough to fear they never yet received any saving Benefit by them For that would make them to prize Ordinances highly and continue in the diligent use of them Now consider Can you be Content to Live without sanctifying Grace and Dye without Comfort and well-grounded Hope of Heaven at last Seventhly Consider That the sinful neglect of one Ordinance provokes God to withhold his Blessing from other Ordinances as a just and suitable Punishment of that Sin and I fear this is one Reason why so many unbaptized Persons profit little by Reading and Hearing the Word God sometimes Threatens a People that though they hear the Word they shall not understand and though they see they shall not perceive that their Hearts shall be made Fat their Ears heavy and their Eyes shut least they should see with their Eyes and hear with their Ears and understand with their Hearts and Convert and be Healed as Isa 6.9 10. Should God say thus concerning such as you how miserable would your Condition be You have Cause to fear it for your Sin provokes him to it Supposing now that these Considerations duly weighed may be sufficient to convince you of the sinfulness of your neglecting Baptism and they will be so if the Holy Spirit of God sets in with them for which I Pray In the next Place let me give you some plain Councels and Directions for the performance of your Duty First Be deeply humbled before the Lord for your sinful neglect of this Ordinance hitherto acknowledge it to God with Shame and Sorrow of Heart beg Pardon of it in the Name of Christ and resolve to use all good endeavour duly to prepare for the Participation of it and set presently upon the Work as remembring Time is short Life uncertain and delays in Soul-matters most dangerous Secondly Get a Competent Knowledge of the Principal or Foundation-Truths of the Christian-Religion which the Assemblies Catechisms both Shorter and Larger well Read and Considered will help you to if you have not already attained it especially acquaint your selves well with the Nature of the Covenant of Grace and the Gospel-seals of it Baptism and the Lords-Supper which the Sacramental Catechism opens to you Thirdly For your better Help in this great Concern apply your selves to some able and faithful Minister of Christ especially to such under whose Ministry you do ordinarily sit and open your Souls Case to him propound your Doubts or Scruples if you have any ask his spiritual Counsel or Instruction and desire his Prayers to God in your behalf Fourthly Beg earnestly of God that you may have compleat Baptism or be baptized not only outward with Water but inwardly by the Holy Ghost as John 3.5 And have not only the washing of Regeneration but the Renewing of the Holy Ghost as Tit. 3.5 Pray that you may be meritoriously washed from the guilt of Sin by the Blood of Christ and efficaciously washed from the filth and Power of Sin by the Spirit of Christ 1 John 1.7 Rev. 1.5 1 Cor. 6.11 Fifthly Give your Understanding and hearty Consent to the Covenant of Grace and humbly and thankfully accept and chuse JEHOVAH the only Living and True God to be your God and give up your selves to him as his Covenant Servants as Isa 44.5 and Isa 56.4 5. When this is done you may humbly Claim the Ordinance of Baptism as your Right and Priviledge being a Seal to confirm the Covenant between God and your Souls Now as for the Manner of Administration that is to be left to the Prudence of the Ministers of Christ who are to be the Dispensers of this and all other Gospel-Ordinances I pretend not to prescribe to any But hope I shall offend none by giving an account of my own Practice which I submit to the Censure of more mature Judgments When by Conference with and Instruction of the Person seeking Baptism I apprehend Him or Her to have a Gospel-right to and fitness for it At the Time of Administration I first speak something touching the Nature Use and Ends of this Ordinance and the Covenant of Grace to which it doth belong And then seek the Lord by Prayer for his Blessing on it Then I propose these following Questions to the Adult Person that is to be Baptized and receive his Answers Q. Were You never yet Baptized as far as you do understand A. No. Q. Are you willing and desirous to be Baptized A. Yes it is my earnest and hearty
A PERSUASIVE TO FULL Communion WITH THE Churches of Christ IN ALL GOSPEL-ORDINANCES AND PRIVILEDGES Containing An Essay for the Conviction and Reformation of such Adult or grown Persons who live in the sinful neglect of Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Together with An Account of the Manner of the Transition of Church-Members from their Infant to their Adult-state and regular Admission to full Communion Written For the help of such as need Instruction in these spiritual Concerns 1 Cor. 12.13 For by one Spirit are we all Baptized into one Body whether we be Jews or Gentiles whether we be bond or free and have been all made to drink into one Spirit By the Late Reverend Mr. George Day Minister of the Gospel in London-street in Ratcliff 1697. London Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside 1698. The PREFACE THERE are some Circumstances that attend the Publication of the Ensuing Treatise which may render this short Preface not only Excusable but also in some respects Necessary That the Readers may be acquainted with two Things 1. Touching the Author and the Coming forth of this small Piece 2. Touching the Subject-matter handled in it 1. As for the Author the Late Reverend Mr. George Day He was a well accomplished and approved Minister of Jesus Christ very Exemplary in his Holy Conversation and abundant in his Ministerial Labours in which his Study Diligence and Fidelity were the more Conspieuous in regard of those painful and weakening bodily Distempers by which it pleased God to Try and Exercise him for many Years last past As to the Publication of this Discourse which is now sent abroad into the World it was Composed and fitted for the Press by himself That very Copy which he delivered to the Book-seller was sent by him to several Ministers to be perused Among others we whose Names are subscribed to this Preface had it in our Hands about a Year ago and upon a deliberate Inspection into the Matter Method and Manner of handling his Subject have thought it might be of good Vse and Benefit to many if it were made Publick and certified him of our Opinion touching it After this it lay in his hands as Dormant But about the End of November last this Good Man finding himself to decline very sensibly delivered his Copy to that Book-seller who had been so long Instrumental in divulging exceeding many Learned Pious Practical Excellent Books It was not long after committed to the Press but before one quarter of it was Printed it pleased the Lord to remove the Author out of this World and to receive him into his Celestial Rest and Glory to the great Grief undoubtedly to the great Loss of that Congregation in which the Providence of God had set him to Labour in the Word and Doctrine of the Gospel 2. Touching the little Book it self It hath several Properties which may greatly recommend it to the perusal of all into whose hands the Providence of God shall bring it For it is very short and will not much Exercise the Patience of the Reader It is very plain adapted to the Capacity of the Meanest Vnderstandings The Discourse is managed in a very sound serious and profitable Manner The Arguments made use of are clear strong and nervous and enforced with all the advantages of Zeal and Charity The Persons concerned to attend unto this Persuasive are exceeding numerous The subserviency of it toward the promoting of the Glory of God the Interest of Religion and the welfare of Souls is evident to every considerate serious Person In this little Book there is nothing that may discourage the Reader No profound Speculations to amuse him Nor doubtful Disputations to perplex him But a serious Persuasive to incline him to comply with the Command of Christ in the performance of two plain weighty and necessary Duties To which no Parties among Christians are obliged by their Principles to make any Opposition 1. He persuades the Adult who are unbaptized to fit themselves for and then to seek after Baptism It is true indeed that the Author in the Introduction tells us that the People called Quakers do wholly reject both Baptism and the Lords Supper as useless Ceremonies and dispute against them But all they who acknowledge them to be Gospel-Ordinances must according to their declared Principles concur with our Author to press all Adult unbaptized Persons to be Baptized They who go under the Denomination of Anabaptists may possibly except against the Baptizing of Infants which he asserts But they are as zealous as any other to persuade the Adult who were not Baptized in their Infancy to hasten to that Ordinance 2. He persuades Baptized grown Persons to labour to be fit for and then to communicate in the Lords Supper This is acknowledged by all to be their unquestionable Duty So that in this Point he can have no Adversaries whatever different Sentiments some may have about the due Qualifications of those who are to approach to the Lord's Table Having given this account of the Author and his little Book we have answered the Design of this Preface And shall only add our Prayers that the Lord would afford his Blessing that the Book may attain the End which the Author propounded to himself in his Writing of it William Bates George Hamond ERRATA To be Corrected Page 46. line 22. for Bercelerius read Bertelerius Books Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside THere is Publisht of Mr. George Days The Communicants Instructor or a Sacramental Catechism Mr. Days Funeral Sermon Preached by the Reverend Mr. Sam. Slater Printed for John Lawrence at the Angel in the Poultrey There is now Published Two scarce Books The Fountain of Life Opened or a Display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory Containing Forty Two Sermons on various Texts And also a Treatise of the Soul of Man Both in 4to By the late Reverend and Learned Mr. J. Flavel Minister of the Gospel at Dartmouth There is likewise newly Published A Sermon Preached on the Late Day of Thanksgiving Decemb. 2. 1697. By Mr. J. Howe Minister of the Gospel To which is Prefix'd Dr. Bates Congratulatory Speech to the King Novemb. 22. 1697. In the Name of the Dissenting Ministers in and about London A Body of Practical Divinity in 176 Sermons on the lesser Catechism of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster By Tho. Watson formerly Minister at St. Stephens-Wallbrook London THE INTRODUCTION IT is a Truth which no sober Christian will deny that Omissions or Neglects of commanded Duties are as truly breaches of the Law of God as Commissions of Sins forbidden and so as certainly destructive to the Souls of Men and therefore all such as would please God and escape Destruction ought as conscientiosly to perform Duties as to forbear Iniquities and to have Respect to all Gods Commandments as well as to hate every false Way Now amongst the many Sins of Omission
of which Persons under the Christian Name are guilty in this Age and for which God hath a Controversie with us at this Day The neglect of those Sacred Ordinances of Christ Baptism and the Lord's Supper is one and not the least it being notoriously evident that many of Twenty or Thirty Years Old and some more have never been Baptized and these with Thousands more of Adult or grown Persons live also in the neglect of the Lord's Supper The Cause of which neglect in some is the Ignorance and Error of their Parents who if they were Quaker's wholly reject these Ordinances as useless Ceremonies and Dispute against them or if Anabaptist's neglect to bring their Children to Baptism in their Infancy and many of them being bred up in Ignorance are careless of their own Souls concerns and so Live and Dye without the Participation of these Ordinances Now though I dare not Judge such as to their Eternal State for to their own Master they stand or fall I freely acknowledge the Grace of God is not bound to external Ordinances and God doth nothing by them but what he can do without them if he please yet I know we are bound to the Use of Ordinances when we may have them by the express Command of God because they are his Institutions by which he doth usually work Grace in us And to neglect known Duties yea or to live in Ignorance of Duties under the means of Knowledge are Soul-damning Sins which I earnestly desire all that are thus guilty seriously to consider Upon the Observation of these sinful Omissions I cannot but conclude it to be the unquestionable Duty of all the Ministers of Christ that would be found faithful to him and to the precious Souls of Men not only to observe mourn over and reprove these Sins but to do their utmost also in their proper Stations and Relations for Reformation in this Particular The Sense of this Duty hath been so deeply impressed on my Spirit as to put me upon this well-meant though mean endeavour to contribute something toward this needful and desirable Work I am too Conscious of my own weakness to dictate to my Reverend Brethren acknowledging that I rather need and therefore desire their Light and Help herein yet hope I may without giveing Just Cause of Offence to any take leave to Confess that many of us have been very defective in our Duties herein and in this Confession I cast the first Stone at my Self The Good Lord Pardon us that we have manifested no greater concern of Spirit for the Holy Institutions of our Lord-Redeemer and help us that while we Reprehend our People for their sinful Omissions we may be duly humbled for our own and make it more visible in our Practice that we teach our Selves as well as Others A PERSUASIVE TO FULL Communion OF Baptizing Adult or Grown Persons I Shall then first apply my Self to such Adult or grown Persons who though they go under the Christian Name yet were never Baptized If this Paper comes to the Hands of any such I would propose some Considerations to convince you of your Sin and if the Lord shall bless them bring you to Repentance and then give you some Councels or Directions for a right performance of your Duty In Order to your Conviction be perswaded seriously to consider these seven Things First Consider That Baptism is as much an Ordinance of Christ as Preaching the Gospel is and to continue in use in the Christian Church as long as that as appears by Christ's own Command Mat. 28.18 19. viz. to the End of the World and so it is as much the Duty of all professed Christians to receive the Ordinance of Baptism as to attend on the Ordinance of Preaching For the same Authority that enjoyns the one enjoyns the other Therefore the neglect of it must be sinful And how dare you Live in any known Sin Secondly Consider That it is both the Duty of Christian Parents to bring their Children unto Christ and the Right and Priviledge of such Children to be so brought to receive his Blessing Mark 10.13 14 15 16. And this Seal of the Covenant of Grace under which they are as well as their Parents Gen. 17.7 And so must have a Gospel-right to this Ordinance as have been sufficiently proved by many Judicious Pens to which I must refer you for more Light in this Point if you need it because of my intended Brevity And if so it must be the Sin of your Parents that they brought you not to this Ordinance in your Infancy and by Consequence your Sin and loss to neglect it ever since you came to Years of Discretion and a Capacity to Covenant with God and present your selves to Baptism Thirdly Consider That your Parents sinful neglect of their Duty is no just Plea or Excuse for your neglect of this Ordinance since you came to Years of Understanding for then it became your Duty both to acquaint your selves with the Covenant of Grace and give your own Understanding and Hearty Consent to it and to testifie the same by receiving this Ordinance For Jews or Heathens when instructed in the Christian Religion if they make a serious Profession of Faith in Christ and Obedience to him ought to be Baptized much more may the Adult Children of Christians when they make the like Profession Acts 8.36 c. 4. Consider That it looks as if you were ashamed to own Christ and Christianity that you do not so much as wear the visible Badge of his Disciples and Followers i. e. Baptism For by this Ordinance Christians are distinguished from all the rest of Mankind and whilest you want this mark of Distinction and yet profess Christianity you deserve to be called Heathen-Christians or Christian Heathens owning only the Name of Christs Followers but seeming ashamed of his Livery And if you are indeed ashamed to own Christ or his Ordinances here before Men he will be ashamed to own you before his Father and the Angels hereafter Mat. 8.35 And how sad will their Condition be whom Christ will not own in the great Day Are you not loath to be found amongst such at last Fifthly Consider That though the neglect of Baptism may seem a small fault if any to ignorant and inconsiderate Persons yet it is indeed a great and hainous Sin being down-right disobedience to the Command of Christ and a virtual slighting and practical refusing of the Covenant of Grace of which this is the visible Sign and Seal therefore it must be very provoking in the Eyes of God We find God threatned that Parent who did not Circumcise his Son to cut him off from his People that is either to exclude him from the Church of God and all the Priviledges Promises and Blessings belonging to it or to cut him off by an untimely and violent Death for so the Learned understand that Text Gen. 17.14 Compared with Exod. 31.14 So that Moses himself was like to have
Desire Q. Why do you desire to be Baptized A. I desire for these two Reasons First Because by receiving this Ordinance I would profess and testifie my Consent to the Covenant of Grace with God the Father Son and Holy Ghost Baptism being one of the Signs and Seals thereof Secondly Because I would hereby be ingrafted into the Mystical Body of Christ his Church and be owned as a Member thereof this being the Ordinance of Admission Q. Seeing none have a Gospel-right to Baptism but professed Believers and their Seed do you profess Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and Obedience to him according to the Gospel A. I do solemnly and sincerely profess the same Q. What be the Chief Articles of the Christian Faith which you profess to Believe A. Those which are contained in the Creed commonly Called the Apostles Creed I Believe in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth c. Q. Do you know what Estate you were Born in A. Yes I have Learned by the Word of God that I and all Mankind are Born in a State of Sin and Misery Q. How came Mankind into this sinful and miserable Estate A. Mankind fell into this Estate by the first Sin of our first Parents Adam and Eve or by their Eating the forbidden Fruit. Q. Did all Mankind then fall in Adam 's first Transgression A. Yes The Covenant of Works being made with Adam not only for himself but for his Posterity all Mankind descending from him by ordinary Generation sinned in him and fell with him in his first Transgression Q. What is the sinfulness of that Estate whereinto Man fell A. The sinfulness of that Estate whereinto Man fell consists in the guilt of Adam's first Sin the want of Original Righteousness and the Corruption of his whole Nature which is commonly called Original Sin together with all actual Transgressions which proceed from â—t Q. What is the Misery of that Estate whereinto Man fell A. All Mankind by their Fall lost Communion with God are under his Wrath and Curse and so made liable to all Miseries in this Life to Death it self and to the Pains of Hell for ever Q. Did God leave all Mankind to peish in the Estate of Sin and Misery A. No God having out of his meer â—ood Pleasure from all Eternity elected â—ome to Everlasting Life did enter into a Covenant of Grace to deliver them out of the State of Sin and Misery and to bring them into a State of Salvation by a Redeemer Q. Who is the Redeemer of Gods Elect A. The only Redeemer of Gods Elect is the Lord Jesus Christ who being the Eternal Son of God became Man and so was and continueth to be God and Man in two distinct Natures and one Person for ever Q. How may we be made Partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ A. We may be made Partakers of the Redemption purchased by Christ by the Effectual Application of it to us by his Holy Spirit Q. How doth the Spirit apply to us the Redemption purchased by Christ A. The Spirit applies to us the Redemption purchased by Christ by working Faith in us and thereby uniting us to Christ in our Effectual Calling Q. What is Effectual Calling A. Effectual Calling is the Work oâ— God's Spirit whereby convincing us of our Sin and Misery inlightening our Minds in the Knowledge of Christ and renewing our Wills he doth perswade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ as he is freely offered to us in the Gospel Q. What doth every Sin deserve A. Every Sin deserves God's Wrath and Curse both in this Life and that which is to come Q. What doth God require of us to escape his Wrath and Curse due to us for Sin A. To escape the Wrath and Curse of God due to us for Sin God requireth of us Faith in Jesus Christ Repentance unto Life with a diligent use of all outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the Benefits of Redemption Q. What is Faith in Jesus Christ A. Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving Grace whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for Salvation as he is offered to us in the Gospel Q. What is Repentance unto Life A. Repentance unto Life is a saving Grace whereby a Sinner out of a true Sense of his Sin and Apprehension of the Mercy of God in Christ doth with grief and hatred of his Sin turn from it unto God with Purpose of and endeavours after new Obedience Q. What are the Outward and Ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the Benefits of Redemption A. The Outward and Ordinary Means whereby Christ communicateth to us the Benefits of Redemption are his Ordinances especially the Word Sacraments and Prayers all which are made Effectual to the Elect for Salvation Q. Which be the Sacraments of the New Testament A. The Sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism and the Lords Supper Q. What is Baptism A. Baptism is an Holy Ordinance instituted by Christ wherein the washing with Water in the Name of the Father Son and Holy-Ghost doth Signifie and Seal our ingrafting into Christ our Partaking of the Benefits of the New Covenant and our Engagement to be the Lords Q. What is the New-Covenant of which Baptism is a Sign and Seal A. The New-Covenant or Covenant of Grace is an Holy Contract or Agreement between God and his Elect in Christ wherein for the sake of Christ he promiseth them Pardon and Life upon their Repenting of Sin and believing in Christ the Saviour Q. Do you heartily Consent to this Covenant of Grace with the Living and True God A. I Hope through Grace I do and therefore I do here as in the Presence of God and before this Congregation seriously profess to Repent of my Sins against God to renounce the World the Flesh and the Devil and to take the only Living and True God Father Son and Spirit for my only God and chief Good my Father Redeemer and Sanctifier and do give up my whole Self Soul and Body to be Gods Covenant Servant for ever When these Questions are thus ANswered I apply my Self to the Answerer in these or the like Words Upon this credible Profession of the Christian Faith which you have now made and your solemn entering into Covenant with God I as a Minister of Christ do receive you in his Name and shall administer this Holy Ordinance of Baptism to you Exhorting and Commanding you to hold fast this Christian Faith and be faithful and stedfast in keeping Covenant with God yielding him chearful Obedience all your Days that the Blessings promised in the Covenant may be your Portion in Time and Eternity Then I administer the Ordinance by Dipping the Face of the Person in the Water and so close the Action with Prayer and the Blessing Of the Transition or passing of Church-Members from their Infant to their Adult-state and of their Admission to the Lords-Supper and full Communion with the Church As it is
Christ with all the saving Benefits of his Mediation Death and Merits to the Elect by working Faith in them and thereby uniting them to Christ in their Effectual Calling A. I do believe this Q. 10. Do you believe that this Holy Spirit of God dwelleth and worketh in all that are Effectually Called and drawn to Christ And that all Gods Elect being united unto Christ as to their Common Head make up one Catholick Church or Mystical Body of Christ the Members whereof having Fellowship with God the Father Son and Spirit by Faith and one with one another by Love do in this Life partake of Justification Adoption and Sanctification with all the Benefits that do accompany or flow from them And that their Souls at Death are made perfect in Holiness and do immediately pass into Glory but their Bodies being still united to Christ do rest in their Graves till the Resurrection A. I do believe this Q. 11. Do you believe that these precious Benefits purchased by Christ are dispensed to the Elect by the Holy Spirit of God in the Use of his Sacred Ordinances the Word Sacraments and Prayer as being the means appointed by God for the Working Increasing and Perfecting of Grace in their Hearts and that therefore these Ordinances are duly and reverently to be used and carefully improved by Christians to these spiritual Ends until Christs second Coming A. I do believe this Q. 12. Do you believe that in the general Resurrection at the last Day all the Righteous shall be raised up in Glory by Vertue of their Union unto Christ their Head and shall be openly acknowledged and acquitted by him their Judge and so made perfectly Blessed in the Full and Eternal Enjoyment of God in Heaven whereas the Wicked also shall be raised by the Power of Christ but shall be condemned by him and sent into Everlasting Punishment in Hell A. I do believe this Q. 1. Do you also own and heartily Consent unto your Covenant with God in Baptism that is repenting of your Sins against God and renouncing the World the Flesh and the Devil Do you take the only Living and True God for your only God and Chief Good God the Father to be your God and Father God the Son to be your Redeemer and Saviour and God the Holy Ghost to be your Sanctifier Guide and Comforter And do you sincerely give up your whole Self Soul and Body to this one God as his Covenant-Servant to Believe Love and Obey him constantly and faithfully according to his Word and that unto the Death A. I do this sincerely as far as I know my own Heart Q. 2. Are you desirous to partake of the Holy Ordinance of the Lords-Supper as being a Seal of the Covenant of Grace That thereby this Covenant between God and you may be Renewed and Confirmed and that you may thereby keep in thankful Memory the Death of our Lord Jesus Christ A. This is my unfeigned Desire Q. 3. Do you truly Consent and Promise to submit to the Holy Discipline and Government which the Lord Jesus Christ the only Head and Law-giver of his Church hath ordained for his own Glory and his Churches good and in particular to submit to the spiritual Guidance and over-sight of the Pastor of this Church according to the Mind of Christ A. I do truly Consent and Promise so to do Q. 4. Will you also patiently submit to the Christian Admonitions and Reproofs of your Fellow-Members in this Church and conscientiously perform the same Duty towards them if occasion so require according to Christs own command for Church Order A. I will do so the Lord enabling me These Questions thus Proposed and Answered The Pastor may apply himself to the Person concerned in these or such like Expressions Upon this serious and credible Profession of the Christian Faith which you have now made before God and this Church the Renewing of your Covenant with God and the Satisfaction I have had concerning the suitableness of your Conversation * Here I humbly conceive the Imposition of the Pastors Hands may properly take Place I Receive and admit you into full Communion with this Church of Christ to walk with it in all Gospel-Ordinances and Duties and to partake with it in all Gospel-Priviledges And I as the Pastor thereof Exhort and Beseech you yea I Charge and Command you in the Name of the Chief Sheppard our Lord Jesus Christ That you hold fast this Christian Faith which you have now professed and be faithful and stedfast in that Covenant with God which you have now Renewed And that denying all Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts you live Soberly Righteously and Godlily in this present World that you may also be received by Christ and owned by him in the great Day as a living Member of his Mystical Body and God in Covenant may be your God and Portion for ever When Imposition of Hands shall be used it seems proper to joyn a short Prayer with it at the close of this Exhortation for Christs gracious Reception of the Person thus admitted Gods favourable Acceptance of him through Christ the Confirming of his Covenant with him and bestowing the Grace of the Covenant upon him c. Mean while the Pastor may put up such Petitions for him in his Prayer before the Celebration of this Ordinance Si quid novisti rectius istis Candidus imperti Si non His utere mecum If thou know'st what doth more with Rule agree Kindly impart it Or use this with me FINIS BOOKS Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside A Treatise of the Institution right Administration and receiving of the Sacrament of the Lord 's upper By Mr. Richard Vines A True Touch-stone of Grace and Nature or a Discourse concerning Self-examination with Meditations relating to the Lord's Supper By Mr. N. Vincent late Minister of the Gospel A Communicant Instructed or Practical Directions for worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper By Fran. Roberts M. A. Convivium Caeleste or a Discourse concerning the Lord's Supper shewing at once the Nature of that â—acrament as also the right Way of preparing our selVes for the receiving of it c. by the Right Reverend Father in God Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells Sacramental Discourses on several Texts before and after the Lord's Supper By John Shower Sacramental Discourses upon several Subjects to which is added a Discourse of the Life of Faith By Christopher Amirant Minister of the Gospel in Norfolk The Welcome Communicant or a Brief Discourse directing the weakest Christian proceeding from Grace to Grace how he may come with cheerfulness to the Lord's Table The Worthy Communicant or a Treatise shewing the due Order of receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper By Jeremiah Dyke The Fountain of Life opened Or a display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory containing Forty Sermons on various Texts 4 to Pneumatologia Or a Treatise of the Soul of Man 4 to Both by Mr. John Flavel Late Minister in Dartmouth Scripture-Light about the Gospel-Ordinance of Baptism in a Letter to some Scrupulous Friends A Treatise of the Lord's Sufferings By Tho. Doolittle M. A. Monthly Preparations for the Holy Communion By R. B. To which is added suitable Meditations before in and after Receiving with Divine Hymns in Common Tunes A Treatise on the Sacrament By Tho. Watson The Poor Mans Melp and Young Man's Guide An Argumentative and Practical Discourse of Infant-Baptism These two by W. Burkitt Rector of Dedham in Essex An Allarm to unconverted Sinners By Jos Alâ—â—â— Discourses concerning the Rich Man and Laâ—arus By Tim. Cruso Late Minister of the Gospel â—n London The Golden Snuffers a Sermon Preached to the Society for Reformation of Manners By Dan â—urgess Proofs of God's Being and of the Scriptures Divine Original with Twenty Directions for the profitable Reading of them By D. Burgess Holy Confidence well improved by Nehemiah and the Jews whose Faith and Spirit were consider'd and applied to the Societies for Reformation oâ— Manners In a Sermon at Salters Hall in London Aug. 16. 2697. By Mat. Sylvester A Looking-Glass for the Unmarried wherein they may see these five Things viz. 1. Thâ— Benefits Helps and Comforts of Marriage 2. How they may proceed regularly in Order to Marriage 3. How to make a Happy Choice 4. How to demean themselves to each other in Order to Family Peace and Concord 5. The Relative Duty of Husband and Wife The Righteousness of God revealed in the Gospel Or an impartial Enquiry into the genuine Doctrine of St. Paul in the great but much controverted Article of Justification to which are prefixed the Epistles of the Right Reverend the Bishops of Ely Worcester and Chester By Mr. John Humfrey Mr. John Humfrey's Friendly Interposer between the Authors of those Papers the one called A Report the other A Rebuke of that Report in Order to a sound Reconciliation between the Presbyterian and the Independents in Doctrinals by preparing a Third Way when both of them are out in theâ—â— own Way The Swearers Doom or a Discourse against Vainâ— and Rash Swearing By John Rost A. M. Rectoâ— of Offwel and Gittisham in Devon A Body of Practical Divinity containing a hundred seventy six Sermons upon the Assemblies shorteâ— Catechism By Tho. Watson Folio An Account of the Life and Death of Mr. Philip Henry Minister of the Gospel near Whit-church in Shropshire