II. That man "made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an
inheritor of the kingdom of heaven," in and by holy Baptism, is renewed
from time to time in holy Communion.
III. That a "death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness" is
given to every adult, and every infant, in and by the outward visible
sign or form in Baptism, "water, in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost."
IV. That the gift may be received, in the case of adults, worthily or
unworthily, but that it is always received.
V. That the body and blood of Christ are given to every one who
receives the Sacramental Bread and Wine.
VI. That the gift may be received worthily or unworthily, but that it
is always received.
There is no mistaking the meaning of this. It is clear and explicit;
but wherein it differs from Romanism it would be difficult to tell.
Note 2. Heb. xii. 14.
Note 3. John iii. 6, 2.
Note 4. 1 Cor. i. 14-17.
Note 5. See also 1 Pet. i. 23. Luke viii. 4, 11, 15. Here the whole
process of conversion is described, and the grand instrumentality is the
word or seed, but not a syllable is said of baptism. Also James i. 18.
Note 6. 2 Tim. ii. 14.
Note 7. Jer. xxiii. 29.
Note 8. John xvii. 17.
Note 9. Psalm cxix. 11.
Note 10. 1 Tim. 4.
Note 11. Verbum Dei est medium salutis _efficacissimum_, quippe cujus
vis non est tantum objectiva, sed etiam effectiva.
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