of God are sanctified. For it is the sanctifying washing of the new birth by the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5), in which we are cleansed and washed by the Holy Spirit from sin and death as in the pure, holy blood of the Lamb of God. Where you see this mark, there, be assured, must certainly be the church or the Christian holy people. “Third, God’s people, or the Christian holy people, are recognized by the holy Sacrament of the Altar wherever it is administered, believed, and received according to Christ’s
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