366) Lords Supper, may eafily corrupt the Ordinance in time. 5. The very Sacramental Elements and .d(liont are Hinted forms of Adminií}ration, which none may alter. As the wafh- ingwith water, the breaking of bread, and powring out of wine, and giving them, and taking them, and eating and drinking, &c. Théfe are realforms, not tobe changed, at leaf} without Necefíi- ty,if at all. 6. The Blefsingof the people in the Name of the Lord, was done by a prefcribed formof old, N, m.6.23. and is ufually to be done in a form í}i11. For in all thefe forementioned parts of worfhip, fhould we {tí.11 ufe new exprefsions, when fo few and pertinent ma} be ufed, we fhould be put to difufe the fitteft,and ufe fuch as are lets fit. 7. Inour ordinary Preaching a form ( not impofed, unlefs in cafes of -great Necefsity and unfitnefs, but) of our own pre- meditating, is ufually fitteft : I think few men are fo weak as co prefer ( with moll preachers) unprepared Sermons before thofe that have more of theircare and {lady. And then at leaft, the Text, Method, and fomewhat of the words mull be premedi- tated, if not all. S. Ordinarily there fhould be fomewhat of a form in Publick Confefsions of the Churches faith. For how elfe (hall all concur ? And it is a tender point to admit of great or frequent mutations in . fo that inBaptifine, and at other feafons when the Chriflian faith is to be openly profeffed byone, or more, or all, a form that is exact, is ufually meet to be retained ; though in many perfonal Cafes, explicatory enlargements may do well. 9. If there be not a frequent ufe of many of the fame words, and fo fomewhat of a form, inMarriage, Confirmation, Abfo- lution, Excommunication, the danger will be more, then the be- nefit by mutation will be. io. And with fome Minifters (of whom anon) even in Prayers efpecially about the Sacraments, where there muff be great exadnefs, and the matter ordinarily, if not alwayes the fame, the ordinary' ufe of a form may be the belt and fittet way. In the moftof there Cafes a. The Natureof the thing fuffi- eiently proves the ordinary firnefs ofa form. 2. The con(tant Prat` ice of almoft all Churches (if not all) is for it : even they.
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