Q17. The Principal Institutions of the Gospel

Quest. 17. Which are the principal institutions of the Gospel to be observed in the worship of God?

Answ. (1.) The calling, gathering and setling of Churches with their Officers, as the seat and subject of all other solemn instituted worship. (2.) Prayer with thanksgiving. (3.) Singing of Psalms. (4.) Preaching the word. (5.) Administration of the Sacraments of Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. (6.) Discipline and rule of the Church collected and setled; most of which have also sundry particular duties relating to them, and subservient to their due observation. (1.) Matthew 28:19, 20; Acts 2:41, 42; 1 Corinthians 12:28; Ephesians 4:11, 12; Matthew 18:17, 18, 19; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 1 Corinthians 7:17; Acts 14:23; Titus 1:5; 1 Timothy 3:15. (2.) 1 Timothy 2:1; Acts 6:4; Acts 13:2, 3. (3.) Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16. (4.) 2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 2:42; 1 Corinthians 14:3; Acts 6:2; Hebrews 13:7. (5.) Matthew 28:19; Matthew 26:26, 27; 1 Corinthians 11:23. (6.) Matthew 18:17, 18, 19; Romans 12:6, 7, 8; Revelation 2:3.

Explication.

These things being all of them afterwards to be spoken to severally and apart, need not here any particular explication. They are the principal heads wherein Gospel-worship consisteth, and whereunto the particular duties of it may be reduced.