We Confesse and acknawledge that Baptisme apperteaneth alsweall to the
infantis of the faithfull, as to those that be of age and discretioun.
And so we dampne the errour of [the] Anabaptistes, who deny baptisme
to apperteane to children, befoir that thei have faith and
understanding. But the Supper of the Lord, we confesse to apperteane
onlie to sick as[256] have bene of the houshold of faith, [and] can
try and examyn thame selfis, asweill in thair faith, as in thair
dewtie towardis thair nychtbouris. Such as eat [and drink] at that
holy table without fayth, or being at dissentioun and divisioun with
thare brethren, do eat unworthelye: and thairfoir it is, that in our
Kirkis our Ministeris tackis publict and particulare examinatioun of
the knowledge and conversatioun of suche as are to be admitted to the
table of the Lord Jesus.
[256] In the old printed copies, "to sic onlie as be of the houshald."