'Ihe orderofthe caufes Gods ordinance ~ a cerraine fignificatien o · gtace~and feeling therofagrceth to the figne. Tile-thing ofthe Sacrament, iseither Chri!l and his graces which concernc our faluation or the adion conuerrant about Chri£\. · ' ,I fay fidl Chrill, and then his grace, bc– ~aufe no man receiued grace from ChriH, Yh· lcife.he be made truly pmakcrofhis very bo– dy and blood; euen as no man can by right reope<ny fruite ofthe ground, whereof tirfl he lt3.th no iull: title and inrerell. The atlioo about Chrill: is fpirituall,and is either the alhou ofGod,or offaith. · The aetion ot<;:;od, is either the dff,.ing, or the applicationOf Chrifl and hisgraces to the f•irhful!. The adion offaith, is the confiderarion, dc:lirc,apprehenfion., and receimr;g ofChrill, in the lawfull vfe o(the Sacra•nenr. Thus much ofthe parrs ofthe Sacrament: now fo!loweth the vnioo ot the pares. Thisfacr.1m~nrall vnion, i. ls not natura!I :tccording to place : for there JS no mutation of the ft.gne into the thing Ggned , neither is the tbing Ggned,either including in, or flfi. ned vpon the figne.But IL It is refpediue,~c. caufe there is accruine 2gt cement and pro– portion ofthcextcrnJll things with rhe inter– -nal!, aod oftheadions ofone with the ,a;. ons ofthe other:wherby it co11merh to pa!fe, that th~;: fignes,as it wer-e ccrten vifible ~·ords incurring into theexteraall fenfes, doeby a certaine proportionable relemblance drawa Chrillian minde ro rhe confid<ratioo of the tbings fignified,and robe applvcd, , This mutuall,and, a. I may f•y, facramen– tat retation,is the caufe offo many figuratiue rpeechcs and M<tonymies which are vfed : as ,when one thin~ in the S1crament is put for another. As. I. The figne is v(ed for thething fignified. Ioh.6.st. I am the liHjng hre4d, ~\lhi'h camt do\\me from heauen:ifany MU this brMd)u PJ4l /fUCfor tUCr- )(§- tbt brtad wbi,/) r ~j/1giue,i51fl) j!eji,,'Whicb I \hlgiue forthe life •JtiJ6 'World,r. Cor. S·7 Chriftonr Pajfeo"" Hja,nfi,edfor'VJ t.Ctir.w. 17. We th~t aremany,areom brc~td, & om body,btc•u(e \Pe are 41parrak!_r-s ~fonebrt4d. I I. The name ofthe thing fignified, isgi– "'" to the figne: as, Tht bre•dis Chrijlsbod7, thecup iJ Chrifls blood.,. Cor.1 1.24. Mot.>6. 28.Ye fi,.N "'"'(namely the Llmbe) i• h•fl, for it is the Lords PAffiOHtr,Exod I 1,1 1. - 0 A is',r .forthe better confirmationOf ccr faith: for by it,asbycerrait\e plcdgos giucn,God of htsgreat mercy, dcth as it wt. re, binde him felfe vntovs.Now a Sacrament doth confit me ourfaith,not by any inherent or prcper po.. wer it ~ath in ic fclfc,as hath afoueraigne mt.. dicinc receiued by a paticnr, the ll•hich, whe.. 'ther a man !lcepe or wake, con6rmtth his firength:buc ratherby reafoning, and vfirrg the !ignes; when the holy Ghofi fi1a!l frame in our hearts fuch :1 conclufion as this: Altfiteh & are comurted,rigkt!J vfing the Sa~ ' 'r:~mmtJ,flMll ftetiue Ch1ijf and hugrtt&ts. But I Am 'olfmrtrd,muithher ntH\' dfl,or bif,rt hmtt r~htly 'Vftd the S.ttrllmcntJ? B Thertftrr8,/pJitUrc,eiue ChrJjl m1d hUgr4Cts. I l. Th.lt ttrnay bee a bad~e ar•l 11cte of that prof,fsion, bywhich the ttuc Churrh of God is dininGuifi1ed ft om oth<r congregati– ons. I I I. That itn1ight be a: meanc:s to pre– ferue and fpread abroad rhe dothine of rhe Gofpell. l V. lr ferucrh to blnde the fJith– fu!l, tlm they doe continue both loy•ll and gratefull to their Lord \Jod. V.lt is the bond ofnmtuall amity betwixt the faithful!. How a Sacrament is necdfary to faluation. The conenant ofgrace is abfolutely nee<Oa. ry to f3]Ultion:for ofnecelsityaman mufibe within the couenant,and receiue Chrifl: Je-fu~ thevery fubfl>nce thereof; or pcrifl1 eternal– ly: but aSacrament is not abfolutely nccelfaC ry,but only as iris aproppeand flay for faith ro leane vpon.For it: cannotentitlcvs inro the inheritance ofthe fons of God , asthe coue. nantdoth,but ooelyby reafooof fairhgomg before,it doth feaJe that whichbefore ~~:·as be... flowed vpon vs. Aswee fee in hurrane con. tracts the bond arifeth fromthen:uru:dJcon– Cent ofthe parries; but the inflrument or bill, &the fctting tooftncreale,they do not make butrathcr confirme rhe bond muwally be· fore made: the which mutu:lll c'onftnt remai. ning firme,the contratl flandeth flill in force, though the inflrumentor fcalc be waming. I Therefore the want ofa Sacramont doth I not condernne>but the contempt is that which willcondcmncaman. Thcw::mtofa. SacraD ·rncnt is, when \\-'Carciufl:lyhit1drcd from the I rc:cciuing oftbe fame: as l.l-'henone is preuen~ red by death, or liueth in fuoh oplace where he: cannot rcceiue theSacrament. An<.~ 2s for the negletl ofa Sacramc:nt,3lbeic·,it be a very grieuous !i:lne, yet it is fuch an one~ as for which hee that is heartily penitent for the fame,moy well hope for pardon. The holy vfc ofa Sacrament is, when fcch I I l. The elf:<t of the thing figetficd, is giuen to the figne, as circumcifion i~ acoue– nanr, Gen. t 7· to Act 7.8. 'The cnpU tlu ne\\• T efl4mentiNChr;_jlsbJo,J.Luk.z2. 2.0,B4prijme Uthe wajl,ingo{thf nfW b~rth. Tir.,.f. I V. That which properly bdon~eth to the figne is attributed to rhc thing fignified. Dent. 1 o.r 6. Circr1mcifo theforts k.f.mu ofyour he<rts !oh.,. 53· P'nltJ!iyeem the fhjl>"{ the SGnnesfman, Anddrin~t hU blood!]e ji1111Lh11Nt ,1)/sfe inyoN. Theend why aSacrament wa! ordained, as are truly conuerted,dovfe rhofe riteswpich God bath prefcribed vnto thetru~ et:dsof th~ Sacrament.Thcrforc: I .the reprobatC', though God offer the whole Sacrament vPtO them, yet they recciuc the figncsalone without the things figni fiedby rhe figns:becaufe the figne\' without thrt right vfe thereof, is not aSacra– ment to the rcceiuerofit So P.:<#J(airh,Ro'm. 1. 2 $-CircMmcifiO vtri!J UprflfitRble if thou kftp the
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