How Do the Sacraments Become Effectual Means of Salvation?

Answ. 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 his Spirit in them that by faith receive them

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Q. Dcth the trulh or virtue of sacraments in the least depend on the intention or holiness of the administrator?

A. No j for this would place the power of giving grace ?nto the hands of men, and make us uncertain whether we had received the sacraments or not,

Q. By what then are the sacraments made effectual for salvation? A. Only by the blessing of Christ, and

the working of Iris Spirit, 1 Cor. iii. 6, 1.

Q. What doth this teach us? A. To cry earnestly for Christ’s presence in the sacraments, and to be-Vs’are of resting in them, Song iv. 16. Psal. ci. 2.