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Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending…
Certain disputations of right to sacraments, and the true nature of visible Christianity defending them against several sorts of opponents, especially against the second assault of that pious, reverend and dear brother Mr. Thomas Blake / by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by R.W. for Nevil Simmons, 1658
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Arg. 1. If the Parent have given just cause for us to question his own Christianity, and Right to Christian communion thereupon, then hath he given us sufficient cause to question his child's right to Baptism: (and so to suspend the baptizing it:) But the Antecedent is confessed: For our dissenting Brethren in this case will suspend, yea excommunicate the Parent. Ergo.
Arg. 1. If the Parent have given just cause for us to question his own Christianity, and Right to Christian communion thereupon, then hath he given us sufficient cause to question his childs right to Baptism: (and so to suspend the baptizing it:) But the Antecedent is confessed: For our dissenting Brethren in this case will suspend, yea excommunicate the Parent. Ergo.
The reason of the Consequence is clear, in that the Right of the Infant to Baptism is merely on the Parents account, and on supposition of his Right to Membership of the Universal Church. If therefore his Right be justly questioned, and •e suspended, then the Infants Right must be questioned, and it suspended on the same ground. For Baptism Sealeth a right of Union, and putteth into actual communion of the Body Catholic.
The reason of the Consequence is clear, in that the Right of the Infant to Baptism is meerly on the Parents account, and on supposition of his Right to Membership of the Universal Church. If therefore his Right be justly questioned, and •e suspended, then the Infants Right must be questioned, and it suspended on the same ground. For Baptism Sealeth a right of Union, and putteth into actual communion of the Body Catholick.
Argum. 2. We ought not to dispense Gods Seals and Church-Privileges to any without a produced Title: (Else we must give them to all, that we can.) But for the baptism of such mens children, as are aforementioned, there can be, or is, no Title produced; Ergo.