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The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wiseThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise
The Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Divided into three parts, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take great pleasure in the reading thereof. Translated out of French into English, by John Brooke of AsheThe Christian disputations, by Master Peter Viret. Deuided into three partes, dialogue wise: set out with such grace, that it cannot be, but that a man shall take greate pleasure in the reading thereoff. Translated out of French into English, by Iohn Brooke of Ashe
London: printed by Thomas East, 1579
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.
But that the Church holdeth him for baptised, because that by the same, he hath sufficiently witnessed, that he hath not despised baptism, but that he would willingly receive it, if it had been possible for him: Sith that he hath showed such faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
But that the Church holdeth him for baptised, bicause that by the same, he hath sufficiently witnessed, that he hath not dispised baptisme, but that he woulde willingly receiue it, if it had béene possible for him: Sith that he hath shewed such faith in the Gospell of Iesus Christ.
Eusebius. I grant that thou sayest, as touching men of age, unto whom the faith and repentance do recompense the want of baptism. But of young infants it is otherwise. For sith that there is neither •aith nor repentance in them, they cannot be saved without baptism. Therefore saith the master of the sentences, that those which dye without baptism, yea though 1one bring them to be baptised, shall be damned: and doth prove it by saint Augustine, saying: hold this for a surety and doubt nothing at all of it, that not only men having already reason, but also the young infants, which begin to live in their mothers belly, and do there die, without the sacrament of holy baptism which is given in the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost: or those which without the same do pass out of this world after that they are borne, shall be punished with eternal fire. For although that they have not had sin by their proper act and work, yet they have nevertheless drawn unto them by their conception and nativity, the damnation of original 2sin.
Eusebius. I graunt that thou saiest, as touching men of age, vnto whome the faith and repentaunce doe recompence the want of baptisme. But of young infantes it is otherwise. For sith that there is neither aith nor repentance in them, they cannot be saued without baptisme. Therefore saith the maister of the sentences, that those which dye without baptisme, yea though