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But a Sacrament is not absolutely necessary to salvation; for it is only a stay for Faith to lean on, whilst that it doth assure to us that which God hath bestowed on us.

But a Sacrament is not absolutely necessary to salvation; for it is onely a stay for Faith to lean on, whilest that it doth assure to us that which God hath bestowed on us.

The want of the Sacrament condemneth not,¹ but the contempt of it doth. For in the^* neglect of a Sacrament, true repentance will obtain pardon of God. M. P. 72.

1. 1M. P. p. 72
2. *(i. e.) Though a man hath never used the Sacraments.

Unbelievers receive only the sign, and not the thing signified, and therefore it doth not profit them; Rom. 2. 25.

Unbelievers receive onely the sign, and not the thing signified, and therefore it doth not profit them; Rom. 2. 25.