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THere be diuers opinions of Doctors,* 1.1 the first of certaine of our late writers, who hold, that pro∣perly the matter and forme in the Sacraments, is not the thing and wordes, but that some sensible thing is the matter, whether it be substance or word, or both: and that the signification is the forme. So Domini∣cus a Soto [vpon 4. dist. 1. q. 1. ar. 1.] and Caietane seemes to affirme the same with very little difference. Ano∣ther opinion is, of them which teach, that the very Sacrament it selfe, and not onely the materiall part of it, consists of the thinges, as the matter; and words, as the forme: So Saint Thomas 3. part. q. 60. ar. 6. and the auncient Diuines in common. Others a∣gaine hold, that all Sacraments doe not consist of things and words, but some onely: so Durandus [vp∣pon 4. dist. 1. q. 3.] and Adrianus [quaest. 2. of Baptis∣me] Others teach, that all Sacraments of the new law consist of thinges and wordes: so Alexander A∣lensis, 4. p. q. 8, &c. and the Diuines commonly. O∣thers lastly thinke, that all Sacraments doe consist of things and words, if they be taken in a large sense, else not. So Dominicus a Soto vpon 4. dist. 1. q. 1. art. 6. Bellarm. ibid. c. 18. pag. 84.