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Seeing then that the renewing of your Covenant is the grea•• business of your coming to th•• Blessed Communion, it is highly reasonable, that you have a fu•••• and clear understanding of th•• nature of that Covenant whic•• you are to renew. And in o••¦der hereunto, you are to kno••
i•• general, that the Covenant to ••e renewed by you, is that into ••hich you enter'd at Baptism: ••here the Covenant God at first ••ade with Mankind (which is ••e foundation of all Christia∣••••ty) is applied to every par∣••••cular person, who at Baptism ••••lemnly give up their Names ••••to Christ, and enter upon ••••e profession of his most Holy ••eligion. And to the end you ••ay more clearly comprehend ••is important Truth, it is con∣••enient that you a little reflect ••pon that double Covenant God ••ade with Adam, as he was ••ot only the Patriarch, but ••••presentative of all Mankind.