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A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…
A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By John Ball.A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By Iohn Ball.
London: printed by William Stansby for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly, It is also a pledge of the virtue of Christs life, and of our communion with him therein. The life of Christ is the life of every believer, who liveth in Christ, and shall live for ever with him, and in him: a certain pledge whereof he hath given us in this Sacrament.1 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death: we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. Buried with him in Baptism, 2wherein also you are risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Fourthly, It is also a pledge of the vertue of Christs life, and of our communion with him therein. The life of Christ is the life of euery belieuer, who liueth in Christ, and shall liue for euer with him, and in him: a certaine pledge whereof he hath giuen vs in this Sacrament.1 For if wee haue beene planted together in the likenesse of his death: we shall be also in the likenesse of his resurrection. Buried with him in Baptisme, 2wherein also you are risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Fifthly, Baptism is a pledge of our adoption in Jesus ⟨p. 424⟩