II.
Children under twelve years of Age shall not be admitted to the Lords Supper, but above this Age, it shall be at the discretion of the Ministers to Judge of those which shall be fit to be admitted or not.
It may seem to be collected from the place in St. Justin Martyr, which I cited on the other Article, that only persons of Age, and not little Children were admitted to the Holy Sacrament, and it is very probable that Tertul∣lian was of this Opinion, because he thought fit to defer the Baptising of Children for some years, as well as Gre∣gory Nazianzen, as I shewed on the foregoing Chapter; It's true that since the time of St. Cyprian until about the 12th. Century, Children were received to the Communi∣on; but this Custom is justly rejected by those also of the Church of Rome, as well as Protestants: In effect, young Children are incapable of the Examination St. Paul re∣quires of those which approach to the Holy Table.