CXI propositions concerning the ministry and government of the ChurchCXI propositions concerning the ministerie and government of the Church

The Bohemian Confession. Art. 11. Next our Divines teach that the Sacraments of themselves, or as some say, ex opere operato, do not confer Grace to those, who are not first endued with good motions and inwardly quickened by the Holy Spirit, neither do they bestow justifying faith, which maketh the soul of man in all things obsequious, trusting and obedient to God; for faith must go before (we speak of them of ripe years) which quickeneth a man by the work of the Holy Spirit, and putteth good motions into the heart. And after: But if any come unworthily to the Sacraments, he is not made by them worthy or clean, but doth only bring greater sin and damnation on himself.

The Bohemian Confession. Art. 11. Next our Divines teach that the Sacraments of themselves, or as some say, ex opere operato, doe not confer Grace to those, who are not first endued with good motions and inwasdly quickened by the Holy Spirit, neither doe they bestow justifying faith, which maketh the soul of man in all things obsequious, trusting and obedient to God; for faith must goe before (wee speake of them of ripe yeares) which quickeneth a man by the work of the Holy Spirit, and putteth good motions into the heart. And after: But if any come unworthily to the Sacraments, hee is not made by them worthy or cleane, but doth only bring greater sinne and damnation on himself.