Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

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POPERY CONDEMNED BY
lism by water, in the name of the Father, of
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. These attentive
observers of tradition have, however, found
out, that when this ordinance was dispensed by
the apostles, they first made the water salt, and
then greasy ; and afterwards dipped a candle in
it thiicc, and divided it into four parts. But
the peculiar excellence of tliis tradition is not
restricted to an elucidation of the mode of administering
the ordinance of baptism. It possesses
infinite merit for explaining other obscure
parts of the scriptures. Thus, for example,
when the Ethiopian eunuch was converted, and
wished this privilege of the Church, " See,"
said he to Philip, " hei'e is water ; what doth
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hinder me to be baptized * " Being only a
young convert, and ignorant of the forms of
religion, his language is very much calculated
to mislead the unv/ary. But luckily for the
Church, oral tradition teaches, that he meant or
ought to have said, " Here are salt, oil, candles,
" andwater^ with dishes to mix and divide them
" sacramcntally •, what doth hinder me to be
" baptized "
Of the manner of administering the J^ord's
supper also, the scriptures afford us a very
simple account ; " The Lord Jesus, the same
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ni^^ht in which he was betrayed, took bread 5
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and when he had given thanks, he brake it,
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* Acts, viii. 56...