| Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...Sacrament? Ana. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Ques. How many parts are there in a Sacrament? Ana. Two : the outward... | |
| George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 pages
...word sacrament is, " an outward and " visible sign of an inward and spiritual " grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ " himself, as a means whereby we receive " the same, and a pledge to assure us " thereof." That is, a sacrament is made SERM. up of an outward part and an inward... | |
| Samuel Wright - Lord's Supper - 1802 - 236 pages
...Catechism, to be "the outward and "visible 'sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, " ordained by CHRIST himself, as a means whereby we..."the same, and as a pledge to assure us thereof." In this Sacrament of the Lord's Supper the Bread and Wine are the outward signs, signifying that Body... | |
| Thomas Haweis - Evangelicalism - 1803 - 344 pages
...concise Catechism, to be " the outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we...receive the same, and as a pledge to assure us thereof." In this sacrament of the Lord's supper, the bread and wine are the outward signs, signifying that body... | |
| Charles Buck - Christianity - 1807 - 508 pages
...sacrament is declared to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." — According to this definition, baptism and the Lord's supper arc... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...Sacrament ? Ans. I mean an outward .nd visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us ; ordained by Christ himself ; as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Quest. How nwny parts are there in a Sacrament:, Ana. Two ; the outward... | |
| Charles Buck - Theology - 1810 - 498 pages
...sacrament is declared- to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." — According to this definition, baptism and the Lord's supper are... | |
| Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 408 pages
...sacrament P Ans. I mean an ' outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual ' grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, *• as a means, whereby we receive the same and a ' pledge to assure us thereof.' — The outward sacrament then is a sign, a means, a pledge ; and... | |
| Edmund Gibson - Lord's Supper - 1813 - 130 pages
...sacrament in general ; namely, an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Accordingly, the sacrament of baptism, is not only a rite or ceremony,... | |
| William White - 1813 - 532 pages
...answer is — "I mean an outward and visible sign, of an in ward and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ himself; as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." The different clauses of this sentence seem to have been framed with... | |
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