My question from this week's reading of Burroughs arises from his discussion on the partakers of the Lord's Table (p. 215ff). Must unsaved people be removed from the congregation before the elements are passed; i.e. are they allowed to observe and not partake? Another related set of questions comes to mind: Are believers who have not been baptized allowed to partake in Communion? Also, are non-members of a church allowed to take part?
[My belief on these questions are that unsaved people can surely watch and observe the church take part in Communion and do not need to be removed from the building. I also think that non-members should be allowed to partake; there is common ground among all believers in this area. The most difficult of these questions probably is the one about whether one needs to be baptized first; in response to this I'd say that a believer can indeed take part but should truly evaluate why he or she has not yet been baptized.]
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