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… accept Christ, to confess Him before men, and to seek admission to the Lord’s Supper.

… expounding and preaching the Word of God; administering the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; public solemn fasting and thanksgiving; catechizing; making offerings for the relief of the …

… edifying and proper, that baptized persons, when admitted by the Session to the Lord’s Supper, make a public profession of their faith in the presence of the congregation. But …

58-2. The ignorant and scandalous are not to be admitted to the Lord's Supper.

58-4. On the day of the observance of the Lord's Supper, when the sermon is ended, the minister shall show: a. That this is …

… our congregations are urged to have a service of spiritual preparation for the Lord’s Supper during the week previous to the celebration of the Sacrament.

58-1. The Communion, or Supper of the Lord, is to be observed frequently; the stated times to be determined …

… of Me." (Some other biblical account of the institution of this part of the Supper may be substituted here.) Here the bread is to be distributed. After having given …

58-3. It is proper that public notice should be given to the congregation, at least the Sabbath before the administration of this ordinance, and that, either then, or …

58-6. Since believers are to act personally in all their covenanting with the Lord, it is proper that a part of the time occupied in the distribution of …

… Jesus Christ, held forth in this sacrament; and of their obligation to be the Lord's; and may exhort them to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called; …