the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Q. 3. What is here meant by Salvation?
A. By Salvation is meant our compleat and final deliverance from sin and misery, both temporal and eternal. From sin, Matth. 1.21. —For he shall save his people from their sins. From misery, 1 Thess. 1.10. —Even Iesus which delivereth us from the wrath to come.
Q. 4. What is a mean of Salvation?
A. A mean of Salvation signifies any appointment of God, whereby he promotes and accomplishes his design of saving our Souls, so the word is a mean, Rom. 1.16. For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto sal∣vation, to every one that believeth.
Q. 5. How doth the Word and Sacraments differ as means of Sal∣vation?
A. The Word is appointed to be the first means of beget∣ing Faith; 1 Cor. 3.5. Who then is Paul? or who is Apollo? but ministers by whom ye believed, &c. Sacraments are to seal and confirm it, Rom. 4.11. And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of faith, &c.
Q. 6. What is meant by an effectual mean of Salvation?
A. By an effectual mean, is meant such a mean as fully ob∣tains and accomplishes the end it was appointed for, 1 Thess. 2.13. —Because when ye received the word of God, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men; but (as it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Q. 7. Don't all the means of Salvation prove effectual to men?
A. Though the means of Salvation prove effectual to all Gods Elect, yet they are so to no others, Acts 28.23, 24. And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, per∣swading them concerning Iesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not.
Q. 8. Do not the Sacraments save all that partake of them?
A. No, they do not; Baptism may pass on a cast-away, Acts 8.23. For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. And the Lords Supper may be received unworthily, 1 Cor. 11.27. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.