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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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And furthermore, If a Faith defective in the Assenting part, about the Essentials of its Object, serve not to denominate a man justly a Christian; then a faith defective in the Consenting or Accepting part about the Essentials of the Object, serveth not to denominate a man a Christian: But the Antecedent is true: therefore so is the Consequent. By [Defective] I mean not only in the matter of perfection of degree, but that wanteth the very Act it self.
The Antecedent is proved, because else the Turks are Christians; because they believe so many and great things of Christ; and else a man might be a Christian that denied Christs death, or resurrection, or other Essentials of Christianity.
The Antecedent is proved, because else the Turks are Christians; because they believe so many and great things of Christ; and else a man might be a Christian that denyed Christs death, or resurrection, or other Essentials of Christianity.
The Consequence is good: For Christianity is as truly and necessarily in the will as in the understanding; consent is as essential an Act of covenanting as any. So that I may conclude, that as he is no Christian that professeth not to believe that Christ is the Priest, Prophet and King; so he is no Christian that professeth not to consent and accept him for his Priest, Prophet and King: But so doth not Mr. Blake's Professor of another faith: therefore he is no Christian, nor to be baptized.