- #AOC61 Why cannot our good Works be Righteousness, or some part of Righteousness before God? Because that Righteousness which must stand fast before the Judgment of God, must be in all Points perfect and agreeable to the Law of God. Now our Works, even the best of them, are imperfect in this...
- #AOC62 How is it that our good Works merit nothing, seeing God promiseth that he will give a Reward for them both in this Life, and in the Life to come? That Reward is not given of merit, but of Grace.
- #AOC63 But doth not this Doctrine make Men careless and profain? No, For neither can it be but they who are incorporated into Christ through Faith, should bring forth the Fruits of Thankfulness.
- #AOC64 Seeing then that only Faith maketh us Partakers of Christ and his Benefits, whence doth it proceed? From the Holy Ghost who kindleth it in our Hearts by the preaching of the Gospel, and other Ordinances, and confirmeth it by the use of the sacraments.
- #AOC65 What are the sacraments? They are sacred Signes, and Seals, set before our Eyes, and ordained of God for this cause, that he may declare and seal by them the Promise of his Gospel unto us, to wit, that he giveth freely Remiss...
- #AOC66 Doth then both the Word and sacraments tend to that dnd, as to lead our faith unto the sacrifice of Christ finished on the cross as to the only ground of our salvation? It is even so; for the Holy Ghost teacheth us by the Gospel, and assureth us by the sacraments, that the salvation of all of us standeth in the only sacrifice of Christ offered for us upon the cross.
- #AOC67 How many sacraments hath Christ ordained in the new Testament? Two; Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper.
- #AOC68 What is Baptism? Immersion or dipping of the Person in Water in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, by such who are duly qualified by Christ.
- #AOC69 Who are the proper Subjects of this Ordinance? Those who do actually profess Repentance towards God, Faith in, and Obedience to our Lord Jesus Christ.
- #AOC70 Are no Infants to be baptized? None by no means; for we have neither Precept nor Example for that Practice in all the Book of God.
- #AOC71 Doth the Scripture any where expressly forbid the Baptizing of Infants? It is sufficient that the Divine Oracle commands the baptizing of Believers, unless we will make our selves wiser than what is written. Nadab and Abihu were not forbidden to offer strange Fire, yet fo...
- #AOC72 May not the Infant Seed of Believers under the Gospel be baptized as well as the Infant Seed of Abraham under the Law was circumcised? No; For Abraham had a Command then from God to circumcise his Infant Seed, but Believers have no Command to baptise their Infants Seed under the Gospel.
- #AOC73 Seeing the Infants of Believers are in the Covenant of Grace with their Parents, as some say, why may not they be baptized under the Gospel, as well as Abrahams Infant Seed was circumcised under the Law? By the Infants of Believers being in the Covenant of Grace, it must either be meant of the Covenant of Grace absolutely considered, and if so, then there is no total and final Apostacy of any Infant s...
- #AOC74 How art thou admonished and assured in Baptism, that thou art Partaker of the only Sacrifice of Christ? Because Christ commanded the outward washing of Water, adjoyning this Promise thereunto, that I am no less assuredly washed by his Blood and Spirit from the uncleanness of my Soul, that is, from all m...
- #AOC75 What is it to be washed with the Blood and Spirit of Christ? It is to receive of God Forgiveness of Sins freely, for the Blood of Christ which he shed for us in his Sacrifice upon the Cross; and also to be renewed by the Holy Ghost, and through his sanctifying...
- #AOC76 Where doth Christ promise us that he will as certainly wash us with his Blood and Spirit, as we are washed with the Water of Baptism? In the Institution of Baptism, the words whereof are these, Go, teach all Nations, baptising them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost: he that shall believe, and be baptised, shall...
- #AOC77 Is then the outward Baptism of Water the washing away of Sins? It is not; for the Blood of Christ alone cleanseth us from all Sin.
- #AOC78 Why then doth the Holy Ghost call Baptism the washing of the New-birth, and forgiveness of Sins? God speaketh so not without great cause, to wit, not only to teach us that as the filth of our Body is purged by Water, so our Sins also are purged by the Blood and Spirit of Christ, but much more to...
- #AOC79 What Principle of Christ’s Doctrine in the holy Scripture followeth Baptism in order? Laying on of Hands, as in Hebrews 6:1–2
- #AOC80 What is the form and end of this Ordinance? Christ’s Ministers laying their hands solemnly upon the Head of the Baptised, with Prayer to Almighty God for an increase of the Graces and Gifts of the Holy Ghost, to inable us to hold fast the Faith...
- #AOC81 Is it the Duty of every Christian to be under this Practice? It is so: And appeareth plainly, if we do first consider the Practice of the Primitive Saints, we may read in Acts 8:12–19, of Men and Women that were baptized by Philip in Samaria, which when the Chu...
- #AOC82 Did not the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit follow upon laying on of Hands in the Apostles time? It did so: But not simply as the end of that Ordinance. For that Ordinance was appointed for the Ordinary Gifts of the Spirit to the Worlds end; though it is true, God honoured and crowned that Ordina...
- #AOC83 How art thou in the Lords Supper admonished and warranted that thou art Partaker of that only Sacrifice of Christ offered on the Cross, and of all his Benefits? Because Christ hath commanded me and all the Faithful to eat of this Bread broken, and to drink of this Cup, distributed in Remembrance of him, with this Promise adjoyned, first, that his Body was as...
- #AOC84 What is it to eat the Body of Christ? It is not only to imbrace, by an assured Confidence of Mind, the whole Passion and Death of Christ, and thereby, to obtain Forgiveness of Sins, and everlasting Life, but also by the Holy Ghost, who dw...
- #AOC85 Where hath Christ promised that he will as certainly give his Body and Blood so to be eaten and drunken, as they eat this Bread broken, and drink this Cup? In the Institution of the Supper, the Words whereof are these. Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Night that he was betrayed, took Bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat, this...
- #AOC86 Are then the Bread and Wine made the very Body and Blood of Christ? No, verily; but as the Water of Baptism is not turned into the Blood of Christ, but is only a Signe and Pledge of those things that are sealed to us in Baptism; so neither is the Bread of the Lords Su...
- #AOC87 Why then doth Christ call Bread his Body, and the Cup his Blood, or the new Testament in his Blood; and St. Paul calleth Bread and Wine the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ? Christ not without great Consideration speaketh so, to wit, not only for to teach us that as the Bread and Wine sustain the Life of the Body, so also his crucified Body, and Blood shed, are indeed the...
- #AOC88 What Difference is there between the Supper of the Lord, and the Popish Mass? The Supper of the Lord testifieth unto us, that we have perfect Forgiveness of all our Sins, for that only Sacrifice of Christ, which himself once fully wrought on the Cross; then also that we by Fait...
- #AOC89 Who are to come unto the Table of the Lord? They only, who are truly sorrowful they have offended God by their Sins, and yet trust that those Sins are pardoned them for Christ’s sake; and what other Infirmities they have, that those are covered...
- #AOC90 Are they also to be admitted to the Lords Supper who in Confession and Life declare themselves to be Infidels, profane, and ungodly? No; For by that means the Ordinance of God is profaned, and the Wrath of God is stirred up against the whole Assembly, wherefore the Church by the Commandment of Christ and his Apostles, inspired by t...
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