A26886:1280
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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Moreover if the Minister be infallible in this case, then either by an ordinary ability of discerning, or by extraordinary privilege; The latter is not pretended by any, Protestants or Papists, that I know of: The former cannot be said, unless it be also said, 1. That all other men as wise be Infallible as well as they. 2. And that therefore the case hath such evidence that no Minister can possibly be mistaken in it. But this cannot reasonably be said. For 1. If an Infidel or Pagan come in scorn to be Baptized, and profess a Dogmatical faith when he hath ⟨p. 385⟩it not, the Minister cannot know his heart. 2. And if Mr. Blake will say that the very scornful words of such a Professing Pagan, are a sufficient title coram Deo, yet the Minister may possibly mistake his words, and think he saith [I do believe,] when he saith [I do not believe.] 3. Or the Minister may easily mistake the extent and nature of Mr. Blake's Dogmatical faith, and think that the Infidel doth profess that Dogmatical faith, when it is but some faith yet lower than it, or but part of it.
Moreover if the Minister be infallible in this case, then either by an ordinary ability of discerning, or by extraordinary priviledge; The latter is not pretended by any, Protestants or Papists, that I know of: The former cannot be said, unless it be also said, 1. That all other men as wise be Infallible as well as they. 2. And that therefore the case hath such evidence that no Minister can possibly be mistaken in it. But this cannot reasonably be said. For 1. If an Infidel or Pagan come in scorn to be Baptized, and profess a Dogmatical faith when he hath ⟨p. 385⟩it not, the Minister cannot know his heart. 2. And if Mr. Blake will say that the very scornful words of such a Professing Pagan, are a sufficient title coram Deo, yet the Minister may possibly mistake his words, and think he saith [I do believe,] when he saith [I do not believe.] 3. Or the Minister may easily mistake the extent and nature of Mr. Blakes Dogmatical faith, and think that the Infidel doth profess that Dogmatical faith, when it is but some faith yet lower than it, or but part of it.