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The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian…The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian…
The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easy draught of the Christian catechism in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy labourer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...The substance of Christian religion, or, A plain and easie draught of the Christian catechisme in LII lectures on chosen texts of Scripture, for each Lords-day of the year, learnedly and perspicuously illustrated with doctrines, reasons, and uses / by that reverend and worthy laborer in the Lord's vineyard, William Ames ...
London: printed by T. Mabb for Thomas Davies, 1659
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Doct. 3. Those saving blessings, which are signified in Baptism, do not properly depend on the washing of water, as to their real efficacies; but on the operation of the Father, Son and holy Spirit.
Doct. 3. Those saving blessings, which are signified in Baptism, do not properly depend on the washing of water, as to their reall efficacies; but on the operation of the Father, Son and holy Spirit.
This is hence gathered, because by these words of the institution, our hearts as it were are commanded to be lifted up, that we may look for all the grace and efficacy of this Sacrament out of heaven, from Father, Son and holy Ghost.
Reas. 1. Because the Sacramental signs are no causes of grace, neither principal, nor instrumental, by any virtue or efficacy that is either inherent, or adherent in themselves; that is, are no physical causes (as the phrase is used & received in the Schools about this point) but only moral, and in a moral way put forth any virtue they have; to wit, in as much as they seal only that, which God the Father, in the Son, and by the Spirit worketh in us.
Reas. 1. Because the Sacramental signs are no causes of grace, neither principal, nor instrumental, by any virtue or efficacy that is either inherent, or adherent in themselves; that is, are no physical causes (as the phrase is us'd & receiv'd in the Schools about this point) but onely moral, and in a moral way put forth any vertue they have; to wit, in as much as they seal onely that, which God the Father, in the Son, and by the Spirit worketh in us.