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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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It is not an instrument having the grace of God tied unto it or shut up §15in it: but an instrument to which grace is present by assistance in the right use thereof: because in & with the right use of the sacrament, God confers grace: and thus is it an instrument, and no otherwise, that is, a moral and not a physical instrument.
It is not an instrument hauing the grace of God tyed vnto it or shut vp §15in it: but an instrument to which grace is present by assistance in the right vse thereof: because in & with the right vse of the sacrament, God conferres grace: and thus is it an instrument, and no otherwise, that is, a morall and not a physicall instrument.
The doctrine of the Papist is, that the sacrament confers grace by the work done: that is, that the outward action of the Minister confers grace by his own force, when the sacrament is administered. And that it may confer grace, some say, that the said action hath virtue in it for this purpose, which §25passeth away when the action is ended: others say, it hath no 1virtue in it, but that Gods using of the action elevates it, and makes it able to confer grace. But this doctrine is a fiction of the brain of man. John the Baptist, Math. 3. 11. makes two baptizers, himself, and Christ; and he distinguisheth their actions: §30his own action is, to wash with water; and the action of Christ is, to wash with the holy Ghost. This distinction he would not have made, if he by the washing of water had conferred the holy Ghost. Paul saith, Christ sanctifieth his Church by the washing of water, through the word.