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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
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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 ⟨p. 147⟩God testified to the people of Israel the bremission of sins and cregeneration: so by Baptism doth he promise the very same things unto the Christians. If therefore their infants then, at Gods dcommandment were Circumcised: it is a good consequent that the children of the faithful under the Gospel be baptised.
Now then that the children of the faithfull ought to be baptised may be shewed out of Gods word by foure speciall arguments. The first is from the example of Circūcision, which assuredly had the like areason & the same signification that baptisme hath. For like as by Circumcision ⟨p. 147⟩God testified to the people of Israell the bremission of sinnes and c