| Paras | |
| 1 | I. Its institution |
| A. The original circumstances of its institution | |
| B. The prescribed observation of its institution | |
| 1. Its location | |
| 2. Its duration | |
| C. The multiple purposes of its institution | |
| 1. The primary design: "for the perpetual remembrance and showing forth the sacrifice of himself in death" | |
| 2. The subsidiary intentions | |
| The confirmation of our faith | |
| The nourishment of our spirituality | |
| The increase of our commitment | |
| The strengthening of our communion | |
| 2 | II. Its nature |
| A. Described | |
| 1. Negatively | |
| 2. Positively | |
| B. Applied | |
| 3-4 | III. Its celebration |
| 3 | A. Its proper celebration |
| 4 | B. Its perverse celebration |
| 5-6 | IV. Its elements |
| 5 | A. The true doctrine defined |
| 6 | B. The false doctrine refuted |
| 7-8 | V. Its reception |
| 7 | A. The benefits or worthy reception |
| 1. Its means | |
| 2. Its nature | |
| 3. Its basis | |
| 8 | B. The liabilities of unworthy reception |
| 1. By the openly unconverted | |
| 2. By the apparently converted | |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p362-363. Used by permission.