A17192:104
A most sure and strong defence of the baptism of children, against [the] pestiferous…A moste sure and strong defence of the baptisme of children, against [the] pestiferous…
A most sure and strong defence of the baptism of children, against [the] pestiferous sect of the Anabaptists. set forth by that famous clerk, Henry Bullynger: & now translated out of Latin into English by John Veron SenonoysA moste sure and strong defence of the baptisme of children, against [the] pestiferous secte of the Anabaptystes. set furthe by that famouse clerke, Henry Bullynger: & nowe translated out of Laten into Englysh by Ihon Veron Senonoys
printed by John Oswen, 1551printed by Ihon Oswen, 1551
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JO. By Jesus Christ the ceremonies are abolished and ⟨image 22⟩the figures fulfilled,1 but the covenant made with Abraham, standeth still. Else god were not our god, and the God of our seed, and should be made by Christ more unmerciful and more strange, than he was to the ancient fathers before Christ. Which to think, were a foolish thing, that I should not say an ungodly, specially sith that in the new Testament,2 also the faithful are called the children of Abraham. Rom. iiii. Gal. iiii Mat. viii. Luk. xiii. & .xix. Chap. Besides these, Christ with express words, doth say: Suffer young children to come unto me, for to such doth belong the kingdom of heaven. Paul speaking of the children of the christians, saith: Your children are clean: How should that be, onlesse it were through grace, mercy, & the promise of god? It followeth then, that the children of the christians, are of god, & ought to be numbered among the children of god.
IO. By Iesu Christ the ceremonies are abolished and ⟨image 22⟩the figures fulfylled,1 but the couenaunte made with Abraham, standeth styll. Elles god were not our god, and the God of our sede, and shuld be made by Christ more vnmerciful and more straunge, thē he was to the aunciaunte fathers before Christ. Which to thynke, were a foolysh thyng, that I should not say an vngodly, specially syth that in the newe Testamente,2 alsoo the faythfull are called the chyldren of Abraham. Rom. iiii. Gal. iiii