sense be head thereof; but is that | potest Papa Romanus, qui est insigAntichrist, that man of sin and son nis ille Antichristus; homo ille peccati of perdition, that exalteth himself et perditionis filius; in Ecclesia sein the Church against Christ, and met efferens adversus Christum, et all that is called God.' supra quicquid dicitur Deus.' CHAPTER XXVI. Of the Communion of Saints. CAP. XXVI. De Communione Sanctorum. 1. All saints that are united to I. Sancti omnes, qui capiti suo Jesus Christ their head, by his Jesu Christo per Spiritum ejus ac Spirit and by faith, have fellow-per fidem uniuntur, gratiarum ejus, ship with him in his graces, suf-perpessionum, mortis, resurrectionis ferings, death, resurrection, and ac gloriæ ejus habent communioglory: and being united to one nem; atque inde etiam amore conanother in love, they have com- juncti sibimet invicem mutuam domunion in each other's gifts and norum suorum gratiarumque sociegraces, and are obliged to the tatem quandam ineunt, ac ad ejusperformance of such duties, pub-modi officia præstanda publica et lic and private, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.* II. Saints, by profession, are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification; as also in relieving each other in outward things, according to their several abilities and necessities. 3 privata obligantur, quæ ad mutuum eorum bonum conducant, cum quoad internum tum etiam quoad externum hominem. II. Qui sanctos sese profitentur, sanctam illi societatem et communionem inire tenentur et conservare, cum in divino cultu, tum alia officia spiritualia præstando, quæ ad mutuam eorum ædificationem conferre possint; Quin etiam porro sublevando se mutuo in rebus externis, pro ratione cujusque vel facultatum 'Matt. xxiii. 8-10; 2 Thess. ii. 3, 4, 8, 9; Eph. iv. 15, 16; 1 Cor. xii. 7; iii. 21-23; Rev. xiii. 6. 21 John i. 3; Eph. iii. 16-19; John i, 16; Eph. ii. 5, 6; Phil. iii. 10; Rom. vi. 5, 6; 2 Tim. ii. 12. Col. ii. 19. 1 Thess. v. 11, 14; Rom. i. 11, 12, 14; 1 John iii. 16-18; Gal. vi. 10. Heb. x. 24, 25; Acts ii. 42, 46; Isa. ii. 3: 1 Cor. xi. 20. Which communion, as God offer- vel indigentiæ. Quæ quidem cometh opportunity, is to be extended munio, prout opportunitatem Deus unto all those who, in every place, obtulerit, est ad eos omnes, qui ubivis call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.1 locorum Domini Jesu nomen invocant, extendenda.' III. Hæc autem communio qua sancti cum Christo potiuntur, eos III. This communion which the saints have with Christ, doth not make them in anywise partakers of substantia Deitatis ejus neutiquam the substance of his Godhead, or to reddit participes, nec ullo respectu be equal with Christ in any respect: æquales Christo: Quorum utrumvis either of which to affirm is impious affirmare impium est ac blaspheand blasphemous. Nor doth their mum; neque sane communio illa, communion one with another, as quæ iis secum mutuo quatenus sancsaints, take away or infringe the tis intercedit; cujusquam ad bona title or propriety' which each man et possessiones-suas jus privatum vel hath in his goods and possessions. tollit vel imminuit.* 2 CHAPTER XXVII. Of the Sacraments. CAP. XXVII. De Sacramentis. 6 I. Sacraments are holy signs and I. Sacramenta sunt fœderis gratiæ seals of the covenant of grace,' im- signa sacra et sigilla,' immediate a mediately instituted by God, to Deo instituta, ad Christum ejusque represent Christ and his benefits, beneficia repræsentandum, ad jus and to confirm our interest in nostrum in illo confirmandum,' prout him: as also to put a visible dif- etiam ad illos qui Ecclesiam spectant ference between those that belong a reliquis illis qui sunt e mundo, visiunto the Church and the rest of bili discrimine separandum, utque the world; and solemnly to en- i solenniter devinciantur ad obedigage them to the service of God in entiam et cultum Deo in Christo Christ, according to his Word.' juxta verbum ejus exhibendum. II. There is in every sacrament 5 II. In Sacramento quolibet est in 1 Acts ii. 44, 45; 1 John iii. 17; 2 Cor. chaps. Rom. iv. 11; Gen. xvii. 7, 10. viii. and ix.; Acts xi. 29, 30. "Matt. xxviii. 19; 1 Cor. xi. 23. 1 Cor. x. 16; xi. 25, 26; Gal. iii. 27. 9 Rom. vi. 3, 4; 1 Cor. x. 16, 21. a spiritual relation or sacramental ter signum et rem significatam relaunion, between the sign and the thing tio quædam spiritualis, sive Sacramentalis unio; unde fit ut alterius nomina et effectus alteri quandoque tribuantur. signified; whence it comes to pass that the names and the' effects of the one are attributed to the other. III. The grace which is exhibited III. Quæ in Sacramentis sive per in or by the sacraments, rightly ea rite adhibita exhibetur gratia, per used, is not conferred by any power vim aliquam iis intrinsecam non in them; neither doth the efficacy confertur, neque ex intentione vel of a sacrament depend upon the pietate administrantis pendent Sapiety or intention of him that doth cramenti vis ac efficacia; verum ex administer it, but upon the work operatione Spiritus, ac verbo instiof the Spirit, and the word of in- tutionis, quod complectitur cum præstitution, which contains, together ceptum, unde celebrandi Sacramenti with a precept authorizing the use potestas fit, tum etiam promissionem thereof, a promise of benefit to de beneficiis digne percipientibus exworthy receivers." hibendis." IV. Sacramenta duo tantum sunt IV. There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord a Christo Domino nostro in Evanin the gospel, that is to say, Baptism gelio instituta, Baptismus scilicet, et and the Supper of the Lord: nei- cœna Domini; quorum neutrum dether of which may be dispensed by bet nisi a ministro verbi legitime orany but by a minister of the Word dinato dispensari." lawfully ordained." V. The sacraments of the Old V. Sacramenta Veteris TestaTestament, in regard of the spir- menti si res spirituales per ca signiitual things thereby signified and ficatas exhibitasque respiciamus, exhibited, were, for substance, the quoad substantiam eadem fuere cum same with those of the New." his sub Novo." 2 Gen. xvii. 10; Matt. xxvi. 27, 28; Tit. iii. 5. Matt. xxviii. 19; xxviii. 19, 20. 7 1 Cor. x. 1-4; [Am. ed. 1 Cor. v. 7, 8]. 2 New Testament, ordained by Jesus | Novi Testamenti, a Jesu Christo inChrist,' not only for the solemn ad- stitutum,' non solum propter solenmission of the party baptized into nem persona baptizata in Ecclethe visible Church,' but also to be siam visibilem admissionem, verum unto him a sign and seal of the etiam ut signum eidem sit, et sigilcovenant of grace,' of his ingraft- lum cum fœderis gratiæ, tum suæ ing into Christ, of regeneration, in Christum insitionis, regeneraof remission of sins, and of his tionis," remissionis peccatorum, ac giving up unto God, through Jesus sui ipsius Deo per Christum dedicaChrist, to walk in newness of life: tionis, ad ambulandum in vitæ nowhich sacrament is, by Christ's vitate. Quod quidem Sacramentum own appointment, to be continued e Christi ipsius mandato est in Ecin his Church until the end of the clesia ejus ad finem usque mundi world." retinendum." II. The outward element to be II. Elementum externum in học used in this sacrament is water, Sacramento adhibendum est Aqua; wherewith the party is to be bap-qua baptizari debet admittendus, a tized in the name of the Father, ministro Evangelii legitime ad hoc and of the Son, and of the Holy vocato, in nomine Patris et filii et Ghost, by a minister of the gospel Spiritus Sancti.o lawfully called thereunto." of one or both believing parents etiam infantes qui a Parente vel alare to be baptized.' tero vel utroque fideli procreantur, sunt baptizandi.' V. Although it be a great sin to contemn or neglect this ordinance,' yet grace and salvation are not so inseparably annexed unto it, as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it,' or that all that are baptized are undoubtedly regenerated. 2 V. Quamvis grave peccatum sit institutum hoc despicatui habere vel negligere; non tamen ei salus et gratia ita individue annectuntur, ut absque illo nemo unquam regenerari aut salvari possit, aut quasi indubium omnino sit regenerari omnes qui baptizantur. VI. The efficacy of baptism is VI. Baptismi efficacia ei temporis not tied to that moment of time momento quo administratur non adwherein it is administered; yet, stringitur. Nihilominus tamen, usu notwithstanding, by the right use debito hujus instituti non offertur soof this ordinance the grace prom- lum promissa gratia, verum etiam ised is not only offered, but really omnibus (tam infantibus quam adulexhibited and conferred by the tis) ad quos gratia illa e consilio Holy Ghost, to such (whether of Divinæ voluntatis pertinet, per Spiage or infants) as that grace be- ritum Sanctum in tempore suo conlongeth unto, according to the stituto realiter confertur et exhibecounsel of God's own will, in his tur." appointed time." VII. The sacrament of baptism VII. Sacramentum Baptismi ei is but once to be administered to dem persona non est nisi semel adany person.' CHAPTER XXIX. ministrandum." CAP. XXIX. De Coena Domini. Of the Lord's Supper. I. Our Lord Jesus, in the night I. Dominus noster Jesus eadem wherein he was betrayed, instituted qua prodebatur nocte instituit cor Rom. iv. 11; Acts x. 2, 4, 22, 31, 45, 47. 5 John iii. 5, 8. 1 Gen. xvii. 7, 9, with Gal. iii. 9, 14, and Col. ii. 11, 12, and Acts ii. 38, 39, and Rom. iv. 11, 12; 1 Cor. vii. 14; Matt. xxviii. 19; Mark x. 13-16; Luke xviii. 15; [Am.‘Gal. iii. 27; Tit. iii. 5; Eph. v. 25, 26; Acts ed. Acts xvi. 14, 15, 33]. 2 Luke vii. 30 with Exod. iv. 24-26. ii. 38, 41. VOL. III.-U U |