“Faith as the sole instrument of justification refers to faith as the sole primary instrument. There are plenty of lesser instruments, lesser means—preachers, tracts, sermons, mothers, mission agencies, the Lord’s Supper, soup kitchens, baptism, and bumper stickers.”

The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 471

“This means that Westminster teaches that when someone, baptized in infancy, is converted in college, his baptism is still to be reckoned as one of the means involved. That is what the words say.”

The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 468

[Regarding WSC #91 & WLC #161] “We are talking about the baptized regenerate. The blessing of Christ, and the working of the Spirit, enable someone who receives the sacrament in true evangelical faith to rightly consider those sacraments to be numbered among the effectual means of their salvation.”

The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 466

“Remember that the whole imbroglio started with a Morecraftian heresy trial on the cheap, and a ‘may God have mercy on their souls’ dismissal of us, followed thereafter by a massive internet slander campaign. Someone gave a signal, and one portion of the Reformed world began heaving tin cans, bottles, dead cats, mature vegetables, and old boots at another portion of the Reformed world. ‘Heretics! Deniers of the gospel! False teachers!’ Then halfway through the barrage, another signal was given and in the lull that followed, another argument was thoughtfully advanced. ‘Gee, why are you guys so defensive?’”

The Auburn Avenue Chronicles Vol. 2, p. 465