Of the Ordinances in a Particular Congregation
Of the Ordinances in a Particular Congregation
The Form of Presbyterial Church Government of the Westminster Assembly (1645), with audio and free PDF: church structure in presbyteries and synods, and the government of elders
THE ordinances in a single congregation are, prayer, thanksgiving, and singing of psalms, the word read, (although there follow no immediate explication of what is read,) the word expounded and applied, catechising, the sacraments administered, collection made for the poor, dismissing the people with a blessing.