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The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
17. Question
But how thou doest define a Sacrament in that other larger signification?
But how thou doest define a Sacramēt in that other larger significatiō?
Answer. So I define it, to be a certain holy action ordained of God for the church to continue to the end of the world, wherein God by a certain fit proportion of the signs & things signified, nourisheth in us the remembrance of things past: partly offereth unto our minds, even as it were setting them before our eyes, heavenly things, which are declared by the word of Institution added thereto, and must spiritually be sealed up by the means of faith: whereby, to be short, the separation of the children of God from the world, and their mutual fellowship is ratified and confirmed.
Answeare. So I define it, to be a certaine holy action ordeined of God for the church to cōtinue to the end of the world, wherin God by a certayne fit proportion of the signes & things signified, nourisheth in vs the remembrāce of things past: partly offereth vnto our mindes, euen as it were setting thē before our eies, heauenly things, wc are declared by the word of Institution added thereto, and must spiritually be sealed vp by the meanes of fayth: wherby, to be short, the separation of the children of God from the world, and their mutuall felowship is ratified and confirmed.