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The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n]…The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n]…
The other part of Christian questions and answers which is concerning the sacraments, writ[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latin into English by John Field.The other parte of Christian questions and answeares which is concerning the sacraments, writte[n] by Theodore Beza Vezelian: to which is added a large table of the same questions. Translated out of Latine into Englishe by Iohn Field.
London: printed by Thomas Dawson for Thomas Woodcocke, 1580
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.
154. Question.
I beseech thee therefore, if the baptizer use a strange tongue not understood of any, whether is the baptism ratified or no?
I beseech thee therfore, if the baptizer vse a straunge tongue not vnderstood of any, whether is the baptisme ratified or no?
Answer. The efficacy or virtue of Baptism doth not depend of the Baptizer, so that he (as I have said) want not a vocation although it be faulty. And seeing that Infants have as much intelligence ⟨image 110⟩(if thou speak in a strange tongue, as if thou shouldest speak in thine own language) of the fruits of Baptism which belongeth unto them, which afterwards are come to their groweth, do depend upon preaching and Faith, which do succeed in their time. But the calling upon the name of the Lord in others can not be in vain, although it be wonderfully defiled by their fault who preaching the word, or administering the Sacrament in the Church, use a strange tongue.
Answeare. The efficacy or vertue of Baptisme doth not depend of the Baptizer, so that hee (as I haue sayde) want not a vocation although it bee faultie. And seeyng that Infantes haue as muche intelligence