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An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointedAn accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed
An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
London : s.n., 1661
THE EXCEPTIONS Against the BOOK OF Common-Prayer. › Of the CATECHISM. › Rubric
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.
19. Quest. What is required of persons to be Baptized?
Ans. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and Faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God, &c.
Ans. Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and Faith, whereby they stedfastly believe the promises of God, &c.
20. Quest. Why then are Infants baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them?
Ans. Yes: they do perform by their Sureties, who promise and vow them both in their names.
We desire that the entering Infants into Gods Covenant may be more warily expressed, and that the words may not seem to found their Baptism upon a really actual Faith and Repentance of their own; and we desire that a promise may not be taken for a performance of such Faith and Repentance: and especially, that it be not asserted, that they perform these by the promise of their Sureties, it being to the seed of Believers that the Covenant of God is made; and not (that we can find) to all that have such believing Sureties, who are neither Parents, nor Pro-parents of the Child.