A26864:490
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression…
Rich. Baxters apology against the modest exceptions of Mr. T. Blake and the digression of Mr. G. Kendall whereunto is added animadversions on a late dissertation of Ludiomæus Colvinus, aliaà Ludovicus Molinæs̳, M. Dr. Oxon, and an admonition of Mr. W. Eyre of Salisbury : with Mr. Crandon's Anatomy for satisfaction of Mr. Caryl.
London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, 1654
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Argu. 5. They that are required to believe sincerely in the Father, Son and Holy-Ghost, are required to believe to Justification. But such are all that come to baptism. Therefore. For the major, it requires no more proof, but to explain what it is to believe in the Father, Son and Holy-Ghost. And our Divines against the Papists have enough proved, that the phrase of Believing in, comprehendeth the act of the will as well as of the understanding. To believe in God, is to take him for our God: to take him for our God, is to take him for our Sovereign, Ruler and Chief good. This none but a sound believer can truly do. Mr. Bl. confesseth elsewhere, that •his is the sum of the Covenant, to take God for our God, & give up our selves to be his people.
Argu. 5. They that are required to believe sincerely in the Father, Son and Holy-Ghost, are required to believe to Justification. But such are all that come to baptism. Therefore. For the major, it requires no more proof, but to explain what it is to believe in the Father, Son and Holy-Ghost. And our Divines against the Papists have enough proved, that the phrase of Believing in, comprehendeth the act of the will as well as of the understanding. To believe in God, is to take him for our God: to take him for our God, is to take him for our Soveraign, Ruler and Chief good. This none but a sound believer can truly do. Mr. Bl. confesseth elswhere, that •his is the summe of the Covenant, to take God for our God, & give up our selves to be his people.
For the Minor: They that are to be baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost, are to believe in the Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost. But all that are baptized, are to be baptized into the name of the Father, Son and Holy-Ghost; therefore.