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How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation?
The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him …
What is a sacrament?
A sacrament is an holy ordinance instituted by Christ; wherein, by sensible signs, Christ, and the benefits of the new covenant, are represented, sealed, and applied to believers.
Which are the sacraments of the New Testament?
The sacraments of the New Testament are, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.
What are the outward and ordinary means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption?
… Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption are, his ordinances, especially the Word, sacraments, and prayer; all which are made effectual to the elect for salvation.
What is Baptism?
Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, doth signify and seal …
What is the Lord's Supper?
The Lord's Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ's appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, …
What doth God require of us, that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
To escape the wrath and curse of God, due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use …
What is faith in Jesus Christ?
Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the gospel.
What is repentance unto life?
Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, …
How is the Word made effectual to salvation?
The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the Word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in …
How is the Word to be read and heard, that it may become effectual to salvation?
That the Word may become effectual to salvation, we must attend thereunto with diligence, preparation, and prayer; receive it with faith and love, lay it up in our …
To whom is Baptism to be administered?
Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him; but the …
What is required for the worthy receiving of the Lord's Supper?
It is required of them that would worthily partake of the Lord's Supper, that they examine themselves of their knowledge to discern the Lord's body, of their faith …
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Divines, cruxes, schools, and heads of doctrine
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Heads of doctrine
Religious Worship and the Sabbath
… Worship includes prayer, the reading and preaching of the Word, the administration of the sacraments, singing of psalms, religious oaths, and the keeping of the Lord's Day. WCF XXI.7-8 …
The Sacraments (General)
Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, immediately instituted by God, …
Schools & traditions
English Presbyterian Majority
… a significant hypothetical-universalist minority within their own ranks), strict-Sabbatarian, three-uses-of-the-law, and signs-and-seals on the sacraments. The Smectymnuans (Calamy, Marshall, Young, Newcomen, Spurstowe) were the most publicly visible subgroup. Most …
The Savoy Declaration (1658)
… Westminster Confession nearly verbatim on doctrine (including the decree, justification, the law, and the sacraments) but rewrote the polity chapters to replace presbyterianism with gathered-church Independency and softened the …