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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
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.
Wendeline Christ. Theolog. l. 1. c. 22 pag. 455.1 Materia circa quam Baptismus versatur, vel à qua recipitur, secundum Institutionem sunt omne▪ & soli is homines qui probabiliter censentur esse in foedere Gratiae: quales sunt 1. Adulti ex Judaismo & Ge•tilismo ad Christian•smum conversi, doctrinâ Christianâ imbuti, & in Ecclesia Fidem & Poenitentiam professi &c. [Et pag. 461. Apostoli olim non baptizarunt, nisi eos qui jam actu erant fideles, vel ex judicio Charitatis pio verè fideles habebantur. Ergò baptismus ipsorum non suit organon quo Spiritus sanctus Fidem & Regenerationem in baptizatis inchoavit. Et proi•de tale org•non nec jam est.] This shows that he speaks of Faith and Repentance which accompany Regeneration. The Antecedent he proves, first by the example of Lydia. Cornelius, the Eunuch &c. and Act. 2.41. & 8 12, 37. Et post. [Sed quoad ipsam fidem eadem est ratio Adultorum & Infantum. Nam ut illi baptizabantur, qui s•cundum Confessionem ipsorum credebant, & per fidem in foedere D•t•erant: sic & hi baptizandi sunt, qui ex •ffectus Charitatus pr••fidelibus & verè foederatis habentur.] Leg. Arg. 2.
Wendeline Christ. Theolog. l. 1. c. 22 pag. 455.1 Materia circa quam Baptismus versatur, vel à qua recipitur, secundum Institutionem sunt omne▪ & soli is homines qui probabiliter censentur esse in foedere Gratiae: quales sunt 1. Adulti ex Judaismo & Ge•tilismo ad Christian•smum conversi, doctrinâ Christianâ imbuti, & in Ecclesia Fidem & Poenitentiam professi &c. [Et pag. 461. Apostoli olim non baptizarunt, nisi eos qui jam actu erant fideles, vel ex judicio Charitatis pio verè fideles habebantur. Ergò baptismus ipsorum non suit organon quo Spiritus sanctus Fidem & Regenerationem in baptizatis inchoavit. Et proide tale orgnon nec jam est.] This shews that he speaks of Faith and Repentance which accompany Regeneration. The Antecedent he proves, first by the example of Lydia. Cornelius, the Eunuch &c. and