A26886:301
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
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.
Saith Piscator in loc. Sicut olim Circumcisio signum fuit federis gratiae, & sigillum quo credentibus obsignata fuit Justitia fidei, hoc est quo illi certiores sunt redditi, sibi rem•ss• esse peccata prepter futuram satisfactionem Christi, ac proinde see habere Deū prepitū ac saventeē; it• •ctera quoque sacramenta, &c. similiter & finis seu scopus ⟨p. 90⟩omnium sacramentorum unus idemque est, viz. Obsignatio justitiae Fidei, quae vulgo dicitur fidei confirmatio.]
Saith Piscator in loc. Sicut olim Circumcisio signum fuit federis gratiae, & sigillum quo credentibus obsignata fuit Justitia fidei, hoc est quo illi certiores sunt redditi, sibi rem•ss• esse peccata prepter futuram satisfactionem Christi, ac proinde se habere Deū prepitū ac saventeē; it• •ctera quoque sacramēta, &c. similiter & finis seu scopus ⟨p. 90⟩omnium sacramentorum unus idemque est, viz. Obsignatio justitiae Fidei, quae vulgo dicitur fidei confirmatio.]
Paraeus in loc. saith, [Ita signum fuit dantis & accipientis respectu, &c.] Et [justitia fid•i est Remissio peccatorum fide accepta propter redemptionem Christi] Et [sic sacramenta non sunt instituta justificandis, sed justificatis, h. e. non infidelibus, sed conversis. Non igitur nisi conversione & fide sumi debent; secus sigilla justitiae esse cessant. Quid enim non hathentibus fidem & justitiam obsignarem?] Yet following Calvin, he next showeth, that sometime Righteousness doth follow after and not precede, instancing in Isaac, which none denieth. For Infants are baptized on the account of their Parents faith, and not their own; and the adult oft profess the faith which they have not.