A54381:886
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
The parts of a Sacrament are the sign, and the thing signified.
The sign is the visible, and sensible matter.
The thing signified is Christ.
The matter, or signs of the Sacrament have no inherent force, or efficacy at all in them to make any ⟨p. 130⟩that receiveth them holy; this is the alone work of the holy spirit, which indeed doth ever accompany the signs when at any time they are received by faithful, and believing Souls.
The matter, or signs of the Sacrament have no inherent force, or efficacie at all in them to make any ⟨p. 130⟩that receiveth them holy; this is the alone work of the holy spirit, which indeed doth ever accompany the signs when at any time they are received by faithfull, and believing Souls.