3. That they to whom God in His mercy has been pleased to reveal these truths, should be most careful to set them before their brethren in a Scripture form, and, as far as possible, in Scripture language; and it behoves them not hastily to cast such truths on ground unfitted to receive them, but to prepare the minds of others for their reception, by the constant inculcation of the principles on which they are founded; and, above all, by showing the practical results which the Apostles themselves make to depend upon them. It behoves them, too, to weigh well every word in which they strive to commend them to their brethren, lest it seem overstrained, or unreal, or at manifest variance with other clearly revealed truths, and so give occasion of stumbling to the weaker brethren, and of wilful misrepresentation to the adversaries. Above all, it behoves those who "know these things to pray very earnestly and constantly that the Great Head of the Church may give to all His people faith to apprehend the things pertaining to His mystical Body, and boldness to confess them when apprehended. For with respect to these things, as well as to all others which belong to Christ, His saying holds good "He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you." CONTENTS. The Gospel always appears in Scripture as the setting forth Provisions which the Church makes for insuring the setting forth of I. By her yearly round of Fast and Festival . Her formularies would be unscriptural if they did not recognise these days and seasons. No setting forth of abstract doctrine would be Scriptural The Prayer-book far more Scriptural than such documents II. Provision made by the Church for insuring the setting forth in her daily service of this Scripture form of the No Church or body of Christians can be Scriptural which This Creed makes no greater demands on our faith than the Answers a multitude of questions which are suggested, but 25 And so is a defence of the true paternity of the Father The great"Church" truth of God's word The visible Church alone recognised in God's word General teaching of these Scripture statements Practical application of this by Scripture writers III. This state of salvation does not in all cases secure IV. Apostles assume that all Christians who sin, sin because they fall from grace, not because God has not EXAMINATION OF THE BAPTISMAL SERVICES. I. In accordance with Scripture our services connect Re- generation with Baptism, and assume that Regeneration is the being "grafted into Christ's body" II. In accordance with Scripture they pronounce the bap- tized to be regenerate in Baptism III. In accordance with Scripture they set forth Baptismal grace as a thing from which men are liable to fall. IV. In accordance with Scripture our services recognise 87 Four very distinct Scripture warrants for baptizing Infants 91 Two principles lead us to the same conclusion- 1. Analogy between the two Adams 2. Analogy of circumcision What we cannot but gather from our Lord's acts towards those Especial fitness of Infants to receive Baptismal Regeneration asserted in the services Sponsors, and the service for private Baptism Predestinarian difficulties bearing on Baptism not inherent in |