A25291:1402
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
The marrow of sacred divinity drawn out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latin ... ; whereunto are annexed certain tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.The marrow of sacred divinity drawne out of the Holy Scriptures, and the interpreters thereof, and brought into method / by William Ames ... ; translated out of the Latine ... ; whereunto are annexed certaine tables representing the substance and heads of all in a short view ... as also a table opening the hard words therein contained.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for Henry Overton, 1642
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.
2. They were sanctified and instituted by Christ himself: for although the one Sacrament was first used by John Baptist, yet in that very thing he was the forerunner of Christ, that he might show, what Christ himself afterward would allow and institute, neither had it the respect of an ordinary institution by the Ministry of John, but by the institution of Christ himself.
2. They were sanctified and instituted by Christ himselfe: for although the one Sacrament was first used by Iohn Baptist, yet in that very thing he was the forerunner of Christ, that he might shew, what Christ himselfe afterward would allow and institute, neither had it the respect of an ordinary institution by the Ministery of Iohn, but by the institution of Christ himselfe.
3. These Sacraments are Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord, for neither were there either other Sacraments or Sacramental signs delivered to the Church by Christ or his Apostles: neither can there other be appointed by men in the Church.
3. These Sacraments are Baptisme, and the Supper of the Lord, for neither were there either other Sacraments or Sacramentall signes delivered to the Church by Christ or his Apostles: neither can there other be appointed by men in the Church.
4. In respect of Gods Institution, there lieth greatest necessity upon the faithful to use these Sacraments, diligently, and religiously, yet they are not so absolutely necessary to salvation, that the absence, or mere privation of them doth bring a privation of this institution: ⟨p. 206⟩