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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.
156. Question.
But what thinkest thou of these same speeches, I baptise thee: or by ⟨image 111⟩the servant of Christ be Baptized.
But what thinkest thou of these same speeches, I baptise thee: or by ⟨image 111⟩the seruaunt of Christe bee Baptized.
Answer. Christ hath not prescribed unto his Ministers what or how many words they should use in the function of his ministry, but he hath defined the act it self, when he commandeth them to Baptise into the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the holy Ghost. Therefore they neither add nor diminish from the word of God, but satisfy their office: when they expound the institution of our Lord it self unto the bearers. And when they be come unto the actual form it self (as I may say) of the administration, whether they say, I baptise thee: or whether, let the servant of Christ be baptized, it maketh no matter, so that the form of the action it self which they exercise be kept. But notwithstanding that I may speak plainly as the matter is, the form kept in the Latin Churches seemeth unto me to come more nearly to the commandment of the Lord,