 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 pages
...Supper of the Lord. Ques. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? Ana. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us,...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Ques. How many parts are there in a Sacrament? Ana. Two : the outward visible sign, and the inward... | |
 | George Haggitt - 1796 - 408 pages
...neglected, that God may pass over and pardon the omission. We are next told that the meaning of the word sacrament is, " an outward and " visible sign of an..." the same, and a pledge to assure us " thereof." That is, a sacrament is made SERM. up of an outward part and an inward part, something which is visible... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1807 - 508 pages
...England. By that church, the meaning of the word sacrament is declared to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us,...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." — According to this definition, baptism and the Lord's supper arc certainly sacraments, for each... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...Father, who is Quest. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament ? Ans. I mean an outward .nd visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Quest. How nwny parts are there in a Sacrament:, Ana. Two ; the outward visible sign, and the inward... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1810 - 498 pages
...England. By that church, the meaning of the word sacrament is declared- to be " an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us,...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." — According to this definition, baptism and the Lord's supper are certainly sacraments, for each... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1811 - 408 pages
...In the, &e.n ' QU What meanest ' thou by this word sacrament P Ans. I mean an ' outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual ' grace, given unto...receive the same and a ' pledge to assure us thereof.' — The outward sacrament then is a sign, a means, a pledge ; and nothing more. In this both baptism... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1812 - 402 pages
...and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace — given unions — ordained by Christ himselt, as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof*. Explanation.— An outward and visible sign, is something which we can see with our eyes — An inward... | |
 | Edmund Gibson - 1813 - 130 pages
...Catechism, where it tells us the meaning of a sacrament in general ; namely, an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Accordingly, the sacrament of baptism, is not only a rite or ceremony, by which we are admitted into... | |
 | William White - 1813 - 532 pages
...thou bythis word Sacrament?" And the answer is — "I mean an outward and visible sign, of an in ward and spiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Christ...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof." The different clauses of this sentence seem to have been framed with great care and circumspection;... | |
 | Church of England - 1815 - 450 pages
...the Lord. Question. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament? Answer'. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace given unto us,...receive the same, and a pledge to assure us thereof. Question. How many parts are there in a Sacrament ? 215 Answer. Two; the outward visible sign, and... | |
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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. 
