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1 The errour of all those which eyther deuise new sacraments, or else doe add or detract something from those which be insti∣tuted of God.
2 The error of the Anabaptists, who affirme that the sacraments are onely an outward badge of Christianitie, and that they bee onely certaine remembrances, excluding the true giuing and spi∣rituall receiuing of the things signified: and lastly that in the sa∣craments
are onely contained figures and signes of the morall commaundements.
3 Of the Donatists, who hold that the Sacraments, being ad∣ministred by euill men, are of no efficacie or weight.
4 Of the Manichees, who taught that the signes being chan∣ged, the things were changed.
5 Of the Ebionites, who would haue the Iewish rites to bee retained, with the rites of Christians.
6 Of the schoolemen, who taught that the Sacraments of the olde law did no more but shadow out grace, but the sacraments of the new law doe conferre grace.
7 Of the Papists, who say. 1 That the Sacraments of the new Couenant doe containe, and by themselues conferre or merite grace, and iustifie or pardon sinnes; and sanctifie by the very deed doue, yea without the good affection of the partie vsing them, that is, without faith. 2 They appoint seauen sacraments, as ne∣cessarie, Baptisme, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, extream vnction: voluntarie Orders, and Matrimonie. 3 They think that by vertue of the words, as by a magicall charme, the natures of the things are changed, and cease to be that they were before. 4. In the administration of the Sacraments they vse an vnknowne tongue. 5. They giue the sacraments to thinges without life.
8 The errour of those who vse the name of a Testament properlye for a Sacrament; whereas this word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 doth signifie the same that 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, that is, a Couenant made between them that be at ods: which can be no more but one alone, and an euerlasting Couenant, to wit, the reconciling of the belee∣uers vnto God by the death of Christ. 2. Of them who tye the things signifyed to the signes by any meanes, or such as make a reall connexion and coexistence of the signe, and the things sig∣nifyed. 3. Which conclude, that the sacraments doe pertaine to the vnbeleeuers. 4. That the matter of the sacraments is com∣municated all well to the faithles, as the faithfull. 5. That will haue no figuratiue speaches in the sacraments. 6. Who giue lesse honour to the word of God, then to the sacraments, for that they imagine greater blessings are offered to men in the sacraments then in the word.
9 Of those who not being content with the heauenly simpli∣citie thinke that they can adorne the excellency of the sacraments with their owne ornaments.
10 Of many which liue in the outward assemblie of the Church, who being content with the vse of the outward signes, haue no care at all of the worke of Regeneration, of then communion with Christ our head, but remaine still in their sinnes: contrarie to that principle of Augustine: Not the Sacrament, but faith in the Sacrament doth iustifie.
11 Of the Papists who imagine without all warrant of the Scripture that there is offered in the Masse a true reall and out∣ward, though not a bloodie sacrifice, whereby the Priestes doe offer vnto God the bodie and bloud of Christ, vnder the kindes of bread and wine, which sacrifice is propitiatorie for the quick and dead. Of whom some hold that the oblation made in the Masse is the selfesame with the oblation which was made vp∣on the Crosse, and differs onely in the meanes, and the maner: then which what can be spoken more childish. And surely that oblation of Christ, of necessitie including his death, was so singular that it neuer could bee iterated. But others say it is in a remembrance, and representatiue: which opinion o∣uercommeth the former. For that which is the remem∣brance of another thing, is not the thing it selfe.