The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Thirdly, They are¹ not of such absolute necessity, as if there could be no Salvation without them, seeing they are but Signs & Seals of the things already had: and therefore not the want, but the neglect and contempt of the Sacraments, maketh men offenders: which the Lord teacheth us by his Prophet ^kEzekiel, when he promiseth to be a Sanctuary to his people, that being led captive, could not come to the visible Sanctuary to worship there before him: Though I have, saith he, driven them into other Nations, and dispersed them into divers Countries, yet I (the Truth of the Sanctuary, of whom that is but a Sacrament and Figure) am a Sanctuary unto them.

Thirdly, They are¹ not of such absolute necessitie, as if there could bee no Saluation without them, seeing they are but Signes & Seales of the things alreadie had: and therefore not the want, but the neglect and contempt of the Sacraments, maketh men offenders: which the Lord teacheth vs by his Prophet ^kEzekiel, when he promiseth to be a Sanctuarie to his people, that being led captiue, could not come to the visible Sanctuarie to worship there before him: Though I haue, sayth hee, driuen them into other Nations, and dispersed them into diuers Countreyes, yet I (the Truth of the Sanctuarie, of whom that is but a Sacrament and Figure) am a Sanctuarie vnto them.

1. 1The Papists imagine a necessity of participating the Sacrament of Baptism, as if children dying without Baptism, could not be saved; whereas such are aswell within the Covenant of Grace as those that are baptized.The Papists imagine a necessitie of participating the Sacrament of Baptisme, as if children dying without Baptisme, could not bee saued; whereas such are aswell within the Couenant of Grace as those that are baptized.
2. kEzech. 11. 16