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Aphorisms of Christian religionAphorismes of Christian religion
Aphorisms of Christian religion: or, a very compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.Aphorismes of Christian religion: or, a verie compendious abridgement of M. I. Calvins Institutions set forth in short sentences methodically by M. I. Piscator: and now Englished according to the authors third and last edition, by H. Holland.
London: printed by Richard Field and Robert Dexter, 1596
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Chapter 25 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISM.Chapter 25 › Aphorism 1: I. APHORISME.
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.
I. APHORISM.
I. APHORISME.
Because the Anabaptists do oppugn the Baptism of infants, as a point disagreeing with Christs institution: it is needful to know the reasons, whereby the Baptism of infants is proved by the scriptures: and next to show the vanity and weakness of the Anabaptists arguments which they bring to the contrary.
BEcause the Anabaptistes do oppugne the Baptisme of infants, as a point disagreeing with Christes institution: it is needfull to know the reasons, whereby the Baptisme of infants is proued by the scriptures: and next to shewe the vanitie and weakenesse of the Anabaptistes argumēts which they bring to the contrarie.
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Now then that the children of the faithful ought to be baptised may be showed out of Gods word by four special arguments. The first is from the example of Circumcision, which assuredly had the like areason & the same signification that baptism hath. For like as by Circumcision