A17599:793
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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Fourthly, whereas they say that Christ hath cleansed ahis Church by the washing of water, and that infants have no need of this cleansing, because they be not unclean: again, the assumption is false: for bDavid confesseth that he was conceived in sin: and for that the infants of the faithful are members cof the Church: i• ⟨p. 151⟩followeth that they also are purged by the blood of Christ: and therefore we must grant them the seal thereof which is Baptism.
Fourthly, whereas they say that Christ hath cleansed ahis Church by the washing of water, and that infantes haue no neede of this cleansing, because they be not vncleane: againe, the assumption is false: for bDauid confesseth that he was conceiued in sinne: and for that the infants of the faithfull are members cof the Church: i• ⟨p. 151⟩