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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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Argum. 5. If it be the very nature and use of baptism to signify and Seal both the present putting off the body of sin, and present putting on Christ, then the profession of true Repentance must needs precede or concur with baptism: but the former is certain: of which more anon.
Argum. 5. If it be the very nature and use of baptism to signifie and Seal both the present putting off the body of sin, and present putting on Christ, then the profession of true Repentance must needs precede or concur with baptism: but the former is certain: of which more anon.
I conclude then that both Scripture, and the very signs themselves, and the common consent of the Church (of which more after) do show that true Repentance, and present Repentance must be professed by all those that we may baptize, or whose children we may baptize on their account: And consequently that true saving faith which is Inseparable from it (and some think is the same thing) must needs be Professed too; and not only Promised.
I conclude then that both Scripture, and the very signs themselves, and the common consent of the Church (of which more after) do shew that true Repentance, and present Repentance must be professed by all those that we may baptize, or whose children we may baptize on their account: And consequently that true saving faith which is Inseparable from it (and some think is the same thing) must needs be Professed too; and not only Promised.
We should before we leave this Argument hear what the Opposers say against it: but they are all in pieces (the Papists I mean) among themselves about it, some of them confessing what we plead for, and others of them (Especially the New ones) contradicting it, but by such reasons as I think not worth the while now to discuss.