notable that Christ consecrated all ordinances, and made them successful by his own obedience. Baptism; he made the waters of baptism salutary. Hearing; Christ was one of John’s auditors: ‘Behold the Lamb of God,’ John 1:29. Singing, prayer, receiving the supper; he loveth the society, ever since he himself was a communicant: Mat. 26:29, ‘I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of this vine, until the day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.’ Christ doth but act over that ordinance