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Lastly, There are the Sacraments, when duly administered and received, There are many great expressions given to them. Bread and wine, (1 Cor. 10.) is the Communion of the Lords body and blood. Baptism is the putting on of Christ. Now the truth is, the greatest error that ever was by putting too much in Instruments, hath been about the Sacraments. In Popery, the Scripture ⟨p. 61⟩was far enough from being set up too much, they disparaged that, making it insufficient and imperfect: but then for the Sacraments, they maintain, The very Act of receiving, is to work grace; and in this Popery many people do still remain, not considering that unworthy receivers, receive their damnation, as well as the worthy, Christ and his benefits; but when the Devil cannot destroy the power of godliness, by tempting men to put too much confidence in instrumentals, then he brings about Atheism and irreligion, by a total rejecting of them, opposing them to Christ. Therefore

Lastly, There are the Sacraments, when duely administred and received, There are many great expressions given to them. Bread and wine, (1 Cor. 10.) is the Communion of the Lords body and blood. Baptisme is the putting on of Christ. Now the truth is, the greatest error that ever was by putting too much in Instruments, hath been about the Sacraments. In Popery, the Scripture ⟨p. 61⟩was farre enough from being set up too much, they disparaged that, making it insufficient and imperfect: but then for the Sacraments, they maintain, The very Act of receiving, is to work grace; and in this Popery many people do still remain, not considering that unworthy receivers, receive their damnation, as well as the worthy, Christ and his benefits; but when the Devil cannot destroy the power of godlinesse, by tempting men to put too much confidence in instrumentals, then he brings about Atheism and irreligion, by a total rejecting of them, opposing them to Christ. Therefore