DOCT XIII. That grace is not tyed and bound to the Sacraments.
UPon the same grounds and foun∣dations we are confirmed in the
The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
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- The whole body of Christian religion, by Hieron. Zanchius. Translated out of Latine by D. Ralph Winterton.
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- Zanchi, Giralamo, 1516-1590.
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opinion which is received and main∣tained by all the godly, That grace is not tyed and bound unto the Sacra∣ments, to wit, so that he which re∣ceiveth them, doth necessarily, yea though he want faith, receive also the thing it self thereby signified and offered: as if (ex opere operato as they speak) upon the outward act of receiving the Sacraments barely con∣sidered a man might attain unto the signified. For Christ doth not abso∣lutely say,a 1.1 He that is Baptised shall be saved, but he saith in the first place, He that believeth and is, &c. Andb 1.2 Si∣mon Magus also was Baptised; but yet he attained not unto the thing it self signified by Baptisme: For, as Peter witnesseth, he was stillc 1.3 in the gall of bitternesse and in the bond of iniqui∣tie, being held entangled in diabo∣licall malice, and so having no part in the Kingdome of Christ. Andd 1.4 Many there are which eate the bread of the Lord, but not the bread the Lord. For as they which hear the Gospell preached unto them are not made partakers of remission of sins, unlesse they repent them of their sins past,
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and believe in Christ: so neither are they which receive the Sacrament made partakers of those things which are thereby represented and offered unto them unlesse unto to outward receiving there be also added repen∣tance and faith.
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a 1.1
Mark 16.16.
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b 1.2
Act. ••.13.
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c 1.3
23.
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d 1.4
Au∣gust.