II. d Heb. X, 24. And let us

tonsider one another, to provoice unto love and to good works : Yer. 25. Not forsaking the assem- feiing of outselves to^^etherj as tke
manner of some Is ; but exhorting one another : and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Acts li. 42, And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellow- ship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer. Ver. 4G. And they con- tinuing dally with one accord in the temple, and breaking of bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart. Isa. ii. 3. And many people shall go and say. Come ye, and let vrs go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths ; for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word ©f the Lord Irom Jerusalem, 1 Cor. xi. 20. When ye come toge- ther therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
^ Acts ii. 44. And all that be- lieved were together, and had all things common ; Ver. 45. And sold their possessions and goods, and part- ed them to all men, as every man had need. 1 John iil 1 7. [See in let- ter'^. 2 Cor. Chapters vliL aud ix.] Acts xi. 29. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, deter- mined to send relief imto the bre* thren which dwelt in Judeat Ver. SO. Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barna* bos and Sau^
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ap. XXVII. The Conjkssion of Faith.
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doth not make them in any wise partakers of the substance of his Godhead, or to be equal with Christ in any respect : either of which to affirm is impious and blaspliemous '. Nor doth their communion one with another, as saints, take away or infringe the title or property which each man hath in his goods and possessions «.
CHAP. XXVII. Of the Sacraments.
SACRAMENTS are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace % immediately instituted by God '', to repre- sent
in. f Col. i. 1 8. And he ii the head of the body, the church ; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eniinence. Ver. 19, For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell. 1 Cor. ▼iii. 6. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in himj and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Isa. xlii. 8. I am the Lord, that is ntf name ; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 1 Tim. vi. 15. Which in hii times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; Ver. IC. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no roan can approach unto; whom no man bath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everla'.ting. J^mtv^ Psal. xlv. 7. Thou love^t right eoueucss, and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil r^f j;lad- ness above thy fellows. With Heh. i. 8. But unto the Son he sjiitb, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; a sceptre of jighteou&oesa is the scep-
tre of thy kingdom : Ver. 9. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity ; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above tliy fellows.
8Exod. XX. 15. Thou shalt not steal. Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let him labour, working with his hands tlie thing which is good, that he may have to give to hini that need- eth. Acts V. 4. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own } and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing hi thine heart ^ thou hast not hed unto men, but unto God.