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Westminster Larger Catechism
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What is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper in the time of the administration of it?
It is required of them that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, that, during the time of the administration of it, with all holy reverence and attention …
What is the duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament of the Lord's supper?
The duty of Christians, after they have received the sacrament of the Lord's supper, is seriously to consider how they have behaved themselves therein, and with what success; …
How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not by any power in themselves, or any virtue …
What is a sacrament?
A sacrament is a holy ordinance instituted by Christ in his church, to signify, seal, and exhibit unto those that are within the covenant of grace, the benefits …
What are the parts of a sacrament?
The parts of a sacrament are two; the one an outward and sensible sign, used according to Christ's own appointment; the other an inward and spiritual grace thereby …
How many sacraments hath Christ instituted in his church under the New Testament?
Under the New Testament Christ hath instituted in his church only two sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's supper.
How hath Christ appointed bread and wine to be given and received in the sacrament of the Lord's supper?
Christ hath appointed the ministers of his word, in the administration of this sacrament of the Lord's Supper, to set apart the bread and wine from common use, …
How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper to prepare themselves before they come unto it?
They that receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being in Christ, of their sins …
Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree?
The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper agree, in that the author of both is …
Wherein do the sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper differ?
The sacraments of baptism and the Lord's supper differ, in that baptism is to be administered …
May one who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation, come to the Lord's supper?
One who doubteth of his being in Christ, or of his due preparation to the sacrament of the Lord's supper, may have true interest in Christ, though he …
How is the covenant of grace administered under the New Testament?
… to be administered in the preaching of the word, and the administration of the sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; in which grace and salvation are held forth …
What are the duties required in the second commandment?
… the reading, preaching, and hearing of the word; the administration and receiving of the sacraments; church government and discipline; the ministry and maintenance thereof; religious fasting; swearing by the …
What is required in the third commandment?
… third commandment requires, That the name of God, his titles, attributes, ordinances, the word, sacraments, prayer, oaths, vows, lots, his works, and whatsoever else there is whereby he makes …
What are the outward means whereby Christ communicates to us the benefits of his mediation?
… his church the benefits of his mediation, are all his ordinances; especially the word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for their salvation.
What is Baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of …
How is our Baptism to be improved by us?
The needful but much neglected duty of improving our Baptism, is to be performed by us all our life long, especially in the time of temptation, and when …
What is the Lord's supper?
The Lord's supper is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine according to the appointment of Jesus Christ, his death is …
How do they that worthily communicate in the Lord's supper feed upon the body and blood of Christ therein?
As the body and blood of Christ are not corporally or carnally present in, with, or under the bread and wine in the Lord's supper, and yet are …
May any who profess the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's supper, be kept from it?
Such as are found to be ignorant or scandalous, notwithstanding their profession of the faith, and desire to come to the Lord's supper, may and ought to be …
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Divines, cruxes, schools, and heads of doctrine
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Heads of doctrine
Religious Worship and the Sabbath
… Worship includes prayer, the reading and preaching of the Word, the administration of the sacraments, singing of psalms, religious oaths, and the keeping of the Lord's Day. WCF XXI.7-8 …
The Sacraments (General)
Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, immediately instituted by God, …
Schools & traditions
English Presbyterian Majority
… a significant hypothetical-universalist minority within their own ranks), strict-Sabbatarian, three-uses-of-the-law, and signs-and-seals on the sacraments. The Smectymnuans (Calamy, Marshall, Young, Newcomen, Spurstowe) were the most publicly visible subgroup. Most …
The Savoy Declaration (1658)
… Westminster Confession nearly verbatim on doctrine (including the decree, justification, the law, and the sacraments) but rewrote the polity chapters to replace presbyterianism with gathered-church Independency and softened the …