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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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Secondly, it is demanded, whether the children of professed Papists, are to be baptized? Answ. The parents are persons baptized in the name of the father, son, and holy Ghost. And though the Papacy be not the church of God, yet is the church of God hidden in the papacy, and to be gathered out of it: and §35for this cause, baptism remains still in the Church of Rome. For this cause I think, that infants of professed Papists may be baptized, two cautions observed: the first, that the foresaid parents desire this baptism: the second, that there be sureties ⟨p. 262⟩which promise the education of the child in the true faith.
Secondly, it is demanded, whether the children of professed Papists, are to be baptized? Answ. The parents are persons baptized in the name of the father, sonne, and holy Ghost. And though the Papacie be not the church of God, yet is the church of God hidden in the papacie, and to be gathered out of it: and §35for this cause, baptisme remaines still in the Church of Rome. For this cause I thinke, that infants of professed Papists may be baptized, two cautions obserued: the first, that the foresaid parents desire this baptisme: the second, that there be sureties ⟨p. 262⟩which promise the education of the child in the true faith.
Thirdly, it may be demanded, whether the children of wicked Christians, that is, of such as hold in judgement true religion, and deny it in their lives, may be baptized? Ans. They may; for all without exception, that were borne of circumcised lews, §5(whereof many were wicked) were circumcised. And we must not only regard the next parents, but also the ancestors: of whom it is said, If the root be holy, the branches are holy,