Sect. 3.
Baptism, as it is 1. a Sacrament. 2. a Sa∣crament of the New Testament; so 3. it is the initiating Sacrament of the New Testa∣ment.
Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ...
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- Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ...
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- Lawson, George, d. 1678.
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- London :: Printed by T.M. for Jeremiah Lawson and are to be sold by Tho. Newborough,
- 1686.
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- Bible. -- N.T. -- Matthew XXVIII, 18-20 -- Commentaries.
- Christian life.
- Stewardship, Christian.
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"Magna Charta ecclesiæ universalis the grand charter issued out and granted by Jesus Christ for the plantation of the Christian faith in all nations ... / by George Lawson ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A49797.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024.
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For there are but two Sacraments of the Gospel instituted by Christ, and this is the first in order, and first to be admini∣stred; it presupposeth the party to be bap∣tized as an Alien, and not yet solemnly ad∣mitted into the Church and Kingdom of God, though he may be prepared for this admission and incorporation. In respect of this initiation it differs from the Eucharist, which cannot lawfully be administred to a∣ny but such as are members of the Church, and incorporated already: For as under the Law no stranger might be admitted to the Passover, so under the Gospel no un∣baptized person may come unto the Lords Table. This is the reason why this Rite is called the Laver of Regeneration, the Sacrament of our New Birth, and of our ingrafting into Christ: And as we are but once born, so we are but once baptized; for this Sacrament once rightly administred is not to be reiterated, whereas the Eucha∣rist, being a Sacrament of our spiritual nourishment and growth, is often to be celebrated.