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IX.
Numb.
IX.
An
AEI
for
Concord by
Reforming
Parifh
Churches
,
and Regulating
Toleration
Of
DISSENTERS.
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i.
H E
Qualification requifiteto Baptifm in the
Adult
for
themfelves
and
in one Parent at
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or
Pro
-
Parents for Infants,
is
,
Their
nder-
f6anding Confnt
to the
Baptifmal Covenant
,
in which they are
folemnly
devoted to God the
Father,
Son,
and Holy Ghoft,
as
their God
and
Father
,
Sa-
viour and San&ifier,
Renouncing the World, the Flelh
and the Devil,
10
far
as
they are
adverfe
:
And the requifiteQualification
of
the Adult
for
proper Church
Priviledges, and Communion in
she Lord's.
Supper,
is,
That
they forfake
not the
faid Covenant
or
Chri/tianity
,
but publickly
own it, not rendering their
Profelon
invalid by any Do&rine or
Pra
&ice
incanJftent
therewith. And
that
they under
-
Itandingly delire the Cid Communion.
II.
The
Chriftian
Churches have
univerfally taken
the Creed
, the
Lord's Pray-
er
,
and the
Ten
Commandments,
as
delivered by
Chrift,
for
the
Summary
of
the
Chriftian Belief,
Delire and Pra&ice
,
expounding
the
Matter
of
the Baptifmal
Covenant
:
Therefore
all
Pallors
fhail
Exhort
all
Houlholders
to
learn themfelves,
and teach their Families,
the
words and meaning
of the
Baptifmal
Covenant
,
and
of the Creed
, Lord's
Prayer
,
and Ten
Commandments
:
And
¡hall
alto
thus Catechize fuch themfelves
as
need their help,
as
far
as
they
(or
their AGI-
ftants) can do
it.
IH. No Minifter
Ihall
Baptize
any-Perfon
,
Adult or Infant , till
the Adult
for
themfelves,
and the Parent,
or Pro
-
Parent
,
( who undertaketh the Education
of
the Child
as
his
own)
have
there profeffed
their
Belief
of
the.Chriftian Faith,
and
their fore defcribed Confent
to
the Chriftian Covenant,
in
which they are to be
folemnly devoted
to
God
:
And fuch they
(hall
not
refufe.
Nor
Rail
the Pallors
admit any to
the
proper Priviledges
of
Church Communion-and partaking of the
Sacrament
of
the
Body
and Blood
of Chrift,
but thole who have made
Proles
lion that they
refolvedly Band to
their
Baptifinal
Covenant,
in the
forefaid Be.
lief
of the Chriftian
Faith, and Delire, and Obedience
to Chrift. Which
Profef-
lion Rail
be
made in the
Church, or
to the
Pallor
before
fufficient
Witnefs, or
to
the Diocefsn
or fome
other
Paltor,
who
¡hall
give
Teftimonial
of
it.
And if
any
¡hall
go Boni
the
Parifh-
Church Pallor
to
be
Confirmed by
the Bi!hop, or
received by
any other Miniller, without
the Certificate
or
Content of
his
own
Parilh
Paltor,
the
laid
Pallor
fhall
not
be obliged
to admit him
to
Communi-
on',
till
to him
alfo, before
Witnef,
he have made the
Paid
Profellìon.
IV. Becaule in great
Pariflres, and Cities, whore Perfons live
unknown,
and
as
Lodgers are tranfient, and too great
a
Number
defre
not Communion
, and ma-
ny Communicate
only with other
Churches,
and
it
is
needful for
Order that
all
Pallors know their Communicating Flockfrom the
ref},
the Pallor may, for
his
memory,
keep
a
Regifler
of
the BatedCommunicants
of
his
Parilh
;
and
put out
the
Names
of
thofe
that deny or
remove, or are lawfully Excommunicate
,
or that
wilfully forbear Communion above
lix
Months, not rendering to the Pallor
a
Sa-
tisfadtory Excufe. But occafionally
he
ought not to
refufe any Stranger
who bath
Tel}imony
of
his
Communion with any other approved Chrillian Church.
V.
If
by
the
Pallor's knowledge, or by
jail
accufation or fame, any
Communi-
cant
be
ltrongly
fufpe&ed
of
Atheifm, Infidelity, or denying
any
Effential part
of
Chriftian Faith, Hope, or
Pra&ice, or to live in
any heinous Sin
,
the
Pallor
¡hall
fend for
him,
and enquire of the
Truth
i
and if he
be proved
Guilty,
gently
inflru& him and adntonifh
him,
and
skilfully
labour to bring him to
Repentance:
And
if
he
prevail not , Rail again fend for him , and do the tàme before force
Wit
-
neffes:
And
if
he
yet
prevail nor,
or
if
he wilfully refute
ro
come, or
to
anfwer
him
, (hall
[open br;
Cafe before the
Church Veftry,
or
Neighbour. P
ore
i
and
if
be be
profess.
there
,
admon
fr
him,
and
pray
for
hie
Repentance.
And
if
yet
he
prevail
not to
bring