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A44168	A sermon preached in the parish church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, on Sunday February 11th, 1699/700 at the baptizing of some persons of riper years, brought up by Quakers and anabaptists, but now conform'd to the Church of England / by Richard Holland ...	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2436A; ESTC R804	17,510	35

Guilt and Danger to be really apprehensive both of their Folly and Desperate Condition both of their want of a Saviour and Misery without him this will soon make the Sinner cry out with David I have Sinned I acknowledge my Faults and my Sin is ever before me Psal 51. 2. And this Sense of his Condition will Encourage him to call for relief to ask Counsel how to get out of such a dreadful Condition to cry out in good earnest What shall we do to be Saved Again We see farther the good Nature and Faithfulness of the Apostle who as soon as they had discovered the extraordinariness of their Concern and Misery does not in the least delay or dispute their Cure He does not put them upon any Costly and Troublesome thing to Atone their Sin neither does he Upbraid them for their mighty Cruetly to the Blessed Jesus nor reflect any more on what is past their long Neglect or Carelesness but looks forward helps them in Earnest tells them the only and that an easie and reasonable Remedy comforts therefore their Hearts directly keeps them no longer in Suspence hides not their Cure but says Repent and be Baptized every one of you c. You see how proper this Subject is for our present Discourse having just now receiv'd Persons into the Pale of the Church who formerly were trained in Errors and by the Authority of Relations kept from this happy Call And since by their Earnest desire they have now Enjoyed this blessed Sacrament that as soon as conveniently can be they may be admitted to the other let one word first be permised concerning the holy Sacraments and their Number Sacraments are the outward means whereby God does Represent Exhibit and Seal to us our Redemption And they are called Signs and Seals and Badges and Pledges As Signs they represent the great performances of Christ for us under Visible Elements Water represents his washing away our Sins the Bread Broken and Wine poured out represent his Body Crucified and his Blood Shed for us Thus are they Tokens and Monuments of his Love truly Signs of Heavenly things By them Grace is exhibited and conveyed to the faithful Pardon ensured and Favour and Reconciliation obtained They are the Marks and Badges of our Profession they are our Lords Livery by which all we his Servants are known and discover'd to belong to him they proclaim us to be his Right and Property so that all the World may see and know what a Master we have in whose Service we are Engaged and whose Favour and Protection we shall be sure always to Enjoy And they are Pledges also or Pawns of his Care and Mercy they are our Security of Heaven and the ground of our Hopes and Confidence in God For there is an holy Contract betwixt God and us Obedience is our part Salvation is his and by the Holy Sacraments as by Deeds and Indentures is our Happiness conveyed made over Seal'd and Deliver'd to us If we would be Saved then it must be by these means and if we refuse these means the Pledges of his Love the Badges of our Profession the Securities of our Happiness we Rob our Souls of Heaven we exclude our selves from Salvation Not that God cannot save without them For his hand is not shortned but they are the ordinary Means and appointed Instruments by which he has promised to convey the Merits of Christ to us and commanded us this way to receive them Willfully then to Neglect them or to Want them when they may be had is perfectly to despise God and cast aside his Ordinances As for their Number they are but two tho' the Church of Rome has Established more yet the Ancients never acknowledged anymore Nay one of the greatest amongst the Romanists confesses it in these Words 'T is a common receiv'd saying amongst us Catholicks That all the Sacraments did flow out of the Side of the Lord but thence only Issued out Water and Blood Water as the matter of Baptism and Blood of the Eucharist and thence concludes that properly there is no more Thus Cardinal Richlieu True it is that the Sacraments strictly and properly taken for Seals and Badges of our Profession they are and the Church never acknowledged anymore than two and those of our Lords own Ordaining The first Baptism from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that signifies to Wash Dip Dive or Sprinkle The second The Supper of the Lord because ordain'd at or after his last Supper And these two he only institutes some have guessed that the Gospel Sacraments might correspond with those two old ones of the Law Circumcision and the Passover But rather because these two are sufficient Nothing is required to make any one a true Master of any Profession than these two things 1. To be legally Enter'd fairly admitted into it and then 2 To be consummate in it to be fully possessed of the Priviledges and Immunities of it To Illustrate this by what you all know very well In order to become a free Denison and worthy Member of this Honourable City or of any Society therein this is required 1. That the Person be Lawfully Admitted you call it Bound By which he is obliged to learn the Art or Mystery of his Profession is Engaged to the Rules thereof and at the same time is become the Care and under the Patronage of the Governours of the City And having behav'd himself well in that Station his appointed time he is then 2. Made Free has Title to the Priviledges and Immunities both of the City and his own Society to exercise his Function without Controul and in his Course to perform the Noble Duties enjoy the Offices and receive the worthy Honours of the same And as it is in these outward Worldly Societies so is it in our best most Holy and Religious one as we are Christians Members of Christ Sons of Heaven and Heirs of Salvation For 1. By Baptism we are Bound bound to the great Father and Master of all the World made Servants to the most high God one of his so glorious a Family Members of Christ and under the Guidance Instruction and Conduct of the Holy Ghost And our Employment under that our Master and in his Houshold is to learn the Art of being and doing Good the great Mystery of the Christian Religion And in that High and Honourable Imployment in that Valuable Service we are under the Care Government and Protection the Tuition and Instruction of God the Son from whom we receive all the Rules of our Office the Laws and Statutes of our Calling And in order to our most Faithful Service and absolute Obedience we are Assisted Comforted Eased Relieved and Sanctified by God the Holy Ghost And then 2. In this Station behaving our selves Faithfully and Honestly till we understand our Business know well our Duty and are fit to set up for the Practice of Piety willing to Devote our selves to that Imployment we are admitted then to our