The last specific comparison to be undertaken here is the comparison of the 1689 and the Articles regarding Holy Communion. In order to understand a couple of points regarding the 1689, it is necessary to back up, as it were, and look at the differences in the document from which the 1689 was taken, the Westminster Confession, and the 1689 as it stands complete after the Baptist modifications. Thus, when dealing with Chapter 30: Of the Lord’s Supper, before launching into a comparison with Article XXVIII: Of the Lord’s Supper, a short comparison will be made between the 1689’s Chapter 30 and the Westminster Confession’s Chapter 29, also entitled “Of the Lord’s Supper,” specifically in reference to sections 1, 4, and 8.

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