This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...and were approved by the Classis. Not long after I published in the congregation the termes whereon persons might be admitted to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which were these: --1. All, whose knowledge and good conversation we were alreadie acquainted with, should be admitted upon tendering themselves without ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 Excerpt: ...and were approved by the Classis. Not long after I published in the congregation the termes whereon persons might be admitted to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, which were these: --1. All, whose knowledge and good conversation we were alreadie acquainted with, should be admitted upon tendering themselves without any more adoe. 2. Concerning persons whose conversation we knew not, we expected certificates from such known persons of good repute as we could trust. 3. For persons that we were not satisfied but they might be incapable through ignorance of benefiting themselves by that ordinance, and eat and drinke judgement to themselves, not discerning (bb the Lord's body; we desired to be acquainted, some way or other, (but limited them not to examination as the onely way, ) that they were capable of understanding what was absolutely necessary to a worthy communicant. These termes were approved as rationall and moderate by many; onely the proud, the grossely ignorant, (especially if ancient, ) and the scandalous, liked not these termes. Among the rest, one young fellow, that had newly married a wife that he had got with child a considerable time before, desired to be examined in order to admis (cc) sion. I told him the maine hindrance of his present admission was the scandal he lay under, and that if he were then accepted it would deprive us of many lowly persons; but if he would have patience to waite a while till we had peaceably laid our foundation, he should be delt with as tenderly as would consist with faithfulnesse. But this answer not pleasing him, the next newes we heard of him was, that he had fallen in with the Quakers.1 Being 1 Though the whole of this portion of Martindale's narrative, with regard to his ministerial difficulties and polemical con...
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