A26892:6950
A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 3 › Question 99: Quest. 99. How many Sacraments are there appointed by Christ?
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.
3. The name [Sacrament] is either taken from the Covenant sworn to, or from the Sign or Ceremony of Consent by which we oblige our selves, or from both together.
4. The Covenant of Christianity is different from a particular Covenant of some Office; And accordingly the Sacrament is to be distinguished.
5. As Civil, Economical and Ecclesiastical Offices are distinct, so are their several Sacraments.
5. As Civil, Oeconomical and Ecclesiastical Offices are distinct, so are their several Sacraments.
6. The solemn renewing of the sacred Vow or Covenant, without any instituted obliging sign, is to be distinguished from the renewing it by such a sign of Gods institution: And now I conclude,
1. As the word [Sacrament] is taken improperly secundum quid, from the nobler part only, that is, the Covenant, (as a mans oul is called the Man) so there are as many Sacraments as Covenants; and there is in specie but one Covenant of Christianity, and so but one Sacrament of Christianity, variously expressed.