DOCT. XI. That Christ is the Authour and true dispenser of the Sacraments.
ANd, as we acknowledge onely one Authour of the Sacraments: So also we acknowledge one onely true dispenser of the same, to wit, our Lord Iesus Christ: who dispenseth indeed the outward elements and vi∣sible signes by the ministerie of man, Instrumentally; but himself doth true∣ly and properly communicate the matter it self of the Sacraments, or the thing signified, by himself and his holy Spirit efficiently. According to what Iohn the Baptist said, that he indeed did Baptizea 1.1 with water; but Christ with the holy Ghost. And there∣fore as it is lawfull for no man to in∣stitute and ordaine new Sacraments, so neither can any man boast that he