That¹ whereas there shall be a people fit, and men furnished with meet and necessary gifts, they do not only still continue the exercise of prophecy aforesaid, but do also upon due trial, proceed unto choice and ordination of officers for the ministry and service of the church, according to the rule of God’s Word; And that so they² hold on still to walk forward in the ways of Christ for their mutual edification and comfort, as it shall please God to give knowledge and grace thereunto. And particularly, that³ such as be of the seed, or under the government of any of the church, be even in their infancy received to baptism, and made partakers of the sign of God’s covenant made with the faithful and their seed throughout all generations. And that⁴ all of the church that are of years, and able to examine themselves, do communicate also in the Lord’s Supper both men⁵ and women, and in⁶ both kinds bread and wine in which⁷ elements, as also in the water of baptism, even after they are consecrated, there is neither transubstantiation into, nor consubstantiation with the body and blood of Jesus Christ; whom the⁸ heavens must contain; until the time that all things be restored. But⁹ they are in the ordinance of God signs and seals of God’s everlasting covenant, representing and offering to all the receivers, but exhibiting only to the true believers the Lord Jesus Christ and all His benefits unto righteousness, sanctification and eternal life, through faith in His name to the glory and praise of God.¹⁰

1. Leviticus 8; Acts 6:3, 5–6; 14:21–23; 1 Corinthians 12:7–8, 14–15; 1 Timothy 3; Titus 1:5ff. ↩︎
2. Matthew 28:20; Colossians 2:5–7; 2 Thessalonians 2:15; Jude 3ff. ↩︎
3. Genesis 17:7, 12, 27; Exodus12:48–49; Psalm 22:30; Mark 10:13–16; Acts 2:38–39; 16:15, 33; Romans 11:16; 1 Corinthians 1:16; 7:14; 10:2; Galatians 3:29 ↩︎
4. Matthew 26:26–27; Acts 2:42; 20:7–8; 1 Corinthians 10:3–4, 16–17; 11:28 ↩︎
5. Acts 2:42 with 1:4; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Galatians 3:28 ↩︎
6. Matthew 26:26–27; 1 Corinthians 10:3–4, 16; 11:23–29 ↩︎
7. Matthew 15:17; 26:26–27, 29; John 12:8; 1 Corinthians 10:16–17; 11:23–26ff. ↩︎
8. Acts 3:21; 7:56 ↩︎
9. Genesis 17:11; Exodus 12:13 with Hebrews 13:20; Romans 4:11 ↩︎
10. Acts 15:9; Romans 2:28–29; 5–8; 1 Corinthians 10:3–5; 11:26–29 ↩︎