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I. Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, (Rom 4:11; Gen 17:7, 10); immediately instituted by God, (Mat 28:19; 1Co 11:23); to represent Christ, and His benefits; and to confirm our interest in Him, (1Co 10:16; 1Co 11:25-26; Gal 3:27; Gal 3:17): as also, to put a visible difference between those that belong unto the Church, and the rest of the world, (Rom 15:8; Exd 12:48; Gen 34:14); and solemnly to engage them to the service of God in Christ, according to His Word, (Rom 6:3-4; 1Co 10:16, 21).
II. There is, in every sacrament, a spiritual relation, or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified: whence it comes to pass, that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other, (Gen 17:10; Mat 26:27-28; Tts 3:5).
III. The grace which is exhibited in or by the sacraments rightly used, is not conferred by any power in them; neither doth the efficacy of a sacrament depend upon the piety or intention of him that doth administer it, (Rom 2:28-29; 1Pe 3:21): but upon the work of the Spirit, (Mat 3:11; 1Co 12:13); and the word of institution, which contains, together with a precept authorizing the use thereof, a promise of benefit to worthy receivers, (Mat 26:27-28; Mat 28:19-20).
IV. There be only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any, but by a minister of the Word lawfully ordained, (Mat 28:19; 1Co 11:20, 23; 1Co 4:1; Hbr 5:4).
V. The sacraments of the old testament, in regard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were, for substance, the same with those of the new, (1Co 10:1-4).
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