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An apologetical reply to a book called an answer to the unjust complaint of…An apologeticall reply to a booke called an ansvver to the unjust complaint of…
An apologetical reply to a book called an answer to the unjust complaint of VV.B. Also an answer to Mr. I.D. touching his report of some passages. His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants. His protestation about the publishing of his writings. By John Davenport BD.An apologeticall reply to a booke called an ansvver to the unjust complaint of VV.B. Also an answer to Mr. I.D. touching his report of some passages. His allegation of Scriptures against the baptising of some kind of infants. His protestation about the publishing of his wrightings. By Iohn Davenporte BD.
Rotterdam: printed by Isaac van Waesberghe, 1636Rotterdam: printed by Isaack van Waesberghe, 1636
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.
And howsoever, in those times, some superstitious rites were used in baptism, and some errors in Doctrine are to be found concerning the absolute necessity of baptism to salvation, yet not one of them, so far as my small reading hath enabled me to discover, defended such a promiscuous administration of it (as that writing of the five Ministers required) as necessary or lawful. But if any man will wrest that conclusion of those Ancients in Cyprian, to patronize this course, (whereof Cyprian speaketh thus,1 haec fuit in concilio nostra sententia. A baptismo atque a gratiâ Dei, qui omnibus misericors, & benignus, & pius est, neminem per nos debere prohiberi.) Let him know, that those words, if they be taken apart from the rest, may seem to favour the error of universal grace, as well as promiscuous baptising.
And howsoever, in those times, some superstitious rites were used in baptisme, and some errours in Doctrine are to be found concerning the absolute necessity of baptisme to salvation, yet not one of them, so farr as my small reading hath inabled me to discover, defended such a promiscuous administration of it (as that wrighting of the five Ministers required) as necessary or lawfull. But if any man will wrest that conclusion of those Ancients in Cyprian, to patronize this course, (whereof Cyprian speaketh thus,1 haec fuit in concilio nostra sententia. A baptismo atque a gratiâ Dei, qui omnibus misericors, & benignus, & pius est, neminem per nos debere prohiberi.) Let him know, that those words, if they be taken apart from the rest, may seeme to favour the errour of universall grace, as well as promiscuous baptising.
- 1Cyprian. lib. 3. epist. 10.
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