Iewel. Pag. 206.The Sacramentes of the old, and of the nevv lavv, in truth, and sub∣stance are al one.
Harding.
I knowe not what you meane by Truth, and Substance. I confesse the effecte of them al tendeth to one ende: That is to ioyne vs with God, and with Christe, in harte, wil, and glorie. But after Christes incarnation, grace is more copiousely distributed by corporal instrumen∣tes, to the ende we maie learne to seeke our saluation by the fleash and body of Christe,* 1.1 who was made Man to saue vs. And therefore although grace be only in our soules, yet the ordinarie meane of receiuing grace, com∣meth to vs by the Sacramentes, accordingly as it is said, He that beleueth, and is baptised, shalbe saued. Baptismus (saith S. Chrysostom) corporis mundatio non est, sed animae. Baptisme is not the cleansing of the Body, but of the Soule. Now the Soule is cleansed only by grace. There∣fore baptisme geueth grace, as an instrument appointed therto by Christ. And al we being many are one bread, and one body, which partake of the one bread, to wit, of the body of Christ, saith S. Paule. Whose sinnes ye forgeue, they are for∣geuen. And he that is annointed with oile by the Priestes of the Church praying for him, in the name of our Lord, shal haue his sinnes forgeuen him, if he be in any.