A26886:372
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.
Here is a full Report of the use of Baptism and the Profession of all that are Baptized, and the state that they are supposed to be in: so that I cannot speak it plainlier than the words themselves do. Calv. on the Text saith, [Extra Controversiam est induere nos Christum in Baptismo, & hâc lege nos baptizari, ut unum cum ipso simus. — Imò docet hanc mortis societatem praecipuè in Baptismo spectandam esse. Neque enim ablutio sola illic, sed mortificatio quoque & veteris hominis interitus proponitur: Unde palàm fit, ex quo recipimur in Christi gratiam, mortis ejus efficaciam statim emergere. Porro quid valeat hae• cum morte Christi societas, continuo sequitur; — ut scilicet nobis emortui si amus novi homines: Nam à mortis societate transitum merito facit ad vitae participationem: quia haec duo inter se individuo nexu cohaerent, veterem hominem Christi morte aboleri, ut ejus resurrectio justitiam instauret, nosque efficiat novas creaturas. — Haec autem est Doctrina; Quod Mors Christi efficax est ad nequitiam carnis nostrae extinguendam ac prostigandam: Resurrectio vero ad suscitandam melioris naturae novitatem: quódque per Baptismum in istius gratiae participationem cooptamur. — In summa; Qualis sit Baptismi ritè suscepti veritas docet.
Here is a full Report of the use of Baptism and the Profession of all that are Baptized, and the state that they are supposed to be in: so that I cannot speak it plainlier than the words themselves do. Calv. on the Text saith, [Extra Controversiam est induere nos Christum in Baptismo, & hâc lege nos baptizari, ut unum cum ipso simus. — Imò docet hanc mortis societatem praecipuè in Baptismo spectandam esse. Neque enim ablutio sola illic, sed mortificatio quoque & veteris hominis interitus proponitur: Vnde palàm fit, ex quo recipimur in Christi gratiam, mortis ejus efficaciam statim emergere. Porro quid valeat hae• cum morte Christi societas, continuo sequitur; — ut scilicet nobis emortui si amus novi homines: Nam à mortis societate transitum merito facit ad vitae participationem: quia haec duo inter se individuo nexu cohaerent, veterem hominem Christi morte aboleri, ut ejus resurrectio justitiam instauret, nosque efficiat novas creaturas. — Haec autem est Doctrina; Quod Mors Christi efficax est ad nequitiam carnis nostrae extinguendam ac prostigandam: Resurrectio vero ad suscitandam melioris naturae novitatem: quódque per Baptismum in istius gratiae participationem cooptamur. — In summa; Qualis sit Baptismi ritè suscepti veritas docet.