[284] From the inscription by Dr. Bentley, on the pedestal of the sublime statue by Roubiliac, in the Chapel of Trin. College, Cambridge.
[287a] Drawn up for the use of the candidates for confirmation.
[287b] The word Sacrament is not found in Sacred Scripture; but it signifies an oath: and the Christian ordinances of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper were very early designated by this term, by some of the fathers; because the dedication of ourselves to God in these ordinances is as binding and obligatory as a solemn oath. In the Roman style, it signifies a most solemn and inviolable engagement.
[287c] Baptism under the Christian dispensation corresponds with, and was instituted in place of, Circumcision, under the Jewish dispensation: and the Lord’s Supper corresponds with the Passover.
[298] After stating that it was Mr. Mortimer’s delight to visit his people, Mrs. M. informed me that his nervousness was so great, that pastoral visiting was a duty he rather dreaded than delighted in. How faithfully then must that duty have been performed when thus imagined to be his delight!—Note by the Author.