A26892:6952
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.
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.
2. As the word [Sacrament] is taken properly and fully according to the foresaid description; so there are properly two Sacraments of Christianity, or of the Covenant of Grace: that is, Baptism, the Sacrament of initiation (most •ully so called) and the Lords Supper, or the Sacrament of Confirmation, Exercise and Progress.