A26886:575
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.
ANSWER.
1. I have no need to deny the Major; but it is not sound: for they are called the Circumcision, i. e. the Circumcised; because they were actually Circumcised, and not because that all that were so had right to it. 2. To the Minor, I grant it; but with this note, that it is not because of their short faith that they were to be circumcised, but upon the Parents or their own profession and sincere consent to the Covenant. The Conclusion again containeth not your Thesis. There's nothing in it about [giving title] or any thing of necessary connection.
1. I have no need to deny the Major; but it is not sound: for they are called the Circumcision, i. e. the Circumcised; because they were actually Circumcised, and not because that all that were so had right to it. 2. To the Minor, I grant it; but with this note, that it is not because of their short faith that they were to be circumcised, but upon the Parents or their own profession and sincere consent to the Covenant. The Conclusion again containeth not your Thesis. There's nothing in it about [giving title] or any thing of necessary connexion.