A26856:208
Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to…
Additions to the poetical fragments of Rich. Baxter written for himself and communicated to such as are more for serious verse than smooth.
London: printed for B. Simmons, 1683
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.
Its known an Infant hath no Will to choose. The Parents Will and Choice do stand for his. Till he be capable his own to use, He in the Power of his Parents is.
And God obligeth Christians to devote Themselves and Theirs, in Covenant, to Christ, This he accepts, as many Scriptures note, The Parent being Dedicated first.
But now some other doth the Parents part, Vows for the Child, and its due Education; And (though he never meant it in his heart) To see it Taught all needful to Salvation.
Atheists, and Infidels, and Sadducees, Their Children are all freely taken in, If they have but such Godfathers as these, Baptism is said to save them all from Sin.
Atheists, and Infidels, and Sadduces, Their Children are all freely taken in, If they have but such Godfathers as these, Baptism is said to save them all from Sin.