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Henry said:

Trust me, you don't want to go there, because we have been, more then once. Our friend seems content to continue to proclaim these kinds of statements (i.e. regeneration being by "word and sacrament") as unarguable truth long after they have been dicsussed, refuted, and shown to be in patent error. Even just do a search on the phrase "word and sacrament," and you should find some of these threads I speak of.

Chapter 10: All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation, by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God, taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills, and, by his almighty power, determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ: yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace.

Chapter 28: The efficacy of Baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited, and conferred, by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongs unto, according to the counsel of God's own will, in His appointed time.