(7) fenfe as the Weflern, even the Expofition of the Baptir mal Faith ; and this the Baptized didprofefs before Bap- tifm : And the work of Catechifts was to teach this and the fenfe of it to the Catechumens. And that [He that believeth and is baptized (that is, truly devoted to God. the Father, Son, and Holy Ghofl, by the Baptifrnal Co- venant) /hall be Paved, and he that believeth not /fall be damned,] is byChrift himfelf made the fum of his Go fpel, or Lawof Grace. As the Image of the bleffed Trinity on mans Soul is Life, Light, and Love ; fo the fummaries of that facred Doctrine whichmuff imprint it on us, is the Symbolum Fidei, the creed, the fummaryof things to be believed ; and the Lords Prayer, the sytnbolum and fummary of things to be willed, defired, andfought ; and the Decaloguc, the fummary of things to be pra&li fed ; being the Dire- doryof Mans three Faculties, the intellect, the will, and theExecutive Power. And all this we believe was deli- vered to the Churches by the Apoftles, and received by all Chriftians, many years (eight at leafl) before any Book of the NewTeftament was written : And for the fuller underflanding and improvement of it, and for all the integral parts of Religion that were to be added, the Apoflles and Evangelifts more enlargedly preached then." to the People in their Sermons, as Chrift himfelf lud done much of them. We receive all that, as Gods Word, whichby theeeApoftles was delivered as filch to theChurches ; becaufe they had the promife of theHo- ly Ghoft to lead them into all truth, and to bring all things that Chrift taught and commanded to their re- membrance. We are allured that all that is contained in the New Teftament was written by fueh inipired Perfans ; and that tie Spirit of God well knew, that when they were
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