{"number":91,"title":"How do the Sacraments become effectual Means of Salvation?","part":null,"questions":[91],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"How do the Sacraments become effectual Means of Salvation?","answer":"The Sacraments become effectual Means of Salvation, not from any Virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them, but only by the Blessing of Christ, and the Working of the Spirit in them that by Faith receive them.","segments":[{"text":"The Sacraments become effectual Means of Salvation, not from any Virtue in them, or in him that doth administer them, but only by the Blessing of Christ, and the Working of the Spirit in them that by Faith receive them.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Do the Sacraments certainly save all that partake of them?","answer":"No. They that were rejected of Christ could say, We have eaten and drunk in thy Presence,","segments":[{"text":"No. They that were rejected of Christ could say, We have eaten and drunk in thy Presence,","proofs":["Luke 13:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:26","osis":["Luke.13.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are they then effectual by any Virtue in themselves?","answer":"No. For bodily Exercise profits little,","segments":[{"text":"No. For bodily Exercise profits little,","proofs":["1 Timothy 4:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 4:8","osis":["1Tim.4.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do they of themselves confer Grace?","answer":"No. For if thou be a Breaker of the Law thy Circumcision is made Uncircumcision,","segments":[{"text":"No. For if thou be a Breaker of the Law thy Circumcision is made Uncircumcision,","proofs":["Romans 2:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:25","osis":["Rom.2.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the Thing signified of greater Consequence than the Sign?","answer":"Yes. For Circumcision is that of the Heart, in the Spirit, and not in the Letter,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For Circumcision is that of the Heart, in the Spirit, and not in the Letter,","proofs":["Romans 2:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:29","osis":["Rom.2.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth the Efficacy of the Sacraments depend upon the Minister?","answer":"No. For who is Paul, and who is Apollo, but Ministers by whom ye believed?","segments":[{"text":"No. For who is Paul, and who is Apollo, but Ministers by whom ye believed?","proofs":["1 Corinthians 3:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 3:5","osis":["1Cor.3.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth the Goodness of the Minister invigorate the Sacrament?","answer":"No. For Philip baptized Simon, who yet was in the Gall of Bitterness,","segments":[{"text":"No. For Philip baptized Simon, who yet was in the Gall of Bitterness,","proofs":["Acts 8:13, 23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 8:13, 23","osis":["Acts.8.13","Acts.8.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth the Badness of the Minister invalidate the Sacrament?","answer":"No. For Judas was number’d with us, and obtain’d part of this Ministry,","segments":[{"text":"No. For Judas was number’d with us, and obtain’d part of this Ministry,","proofs":["Acts 1:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 1:17","osis":["Acts.1.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth the Efficacy of Sacraments depend upon the Blessing of Christ?","answer":"Yes. Lo I am with you always,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Lo I am with you always,","proofs":["Matthew 28:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 28:20","osis":["Matt.28.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And upon the working of the Spirit?","answer":"Yes. For it is the Spirit that quickneth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For it is the Spirit that quickneth,","proofs":["John 6:63"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 6:63","osis":["John.6.63"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are they effectual to those only that by Faith receive them?","answer":"Yes. He that believes, and is baptiz’d, shall be sav’d,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He that believes, and is baptiz’d, shall be sav’d,","proofs":["Mark 16:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Mark 16:16","osis":["Mark.16.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}