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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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1. It is here apparent that it is the outward Profession of no other then a saying faith that he meaneth. As also he shows afterward. 1. By opposing such Professors as Hypocrites, (when […] ⟨p. 219⟩have not the thing professed) to the Elect and Justified, as here he doth the (half to the Corn; and 2. by his Description of the faith professed, [The Church doth not only baptize those that are grown and of years, if any such being bred Pagans be brought up within the pale of the Church, and testify their competent understanding of Christianity; and profess their faith in the Lord Jesus, and Gods precious Promises of Remission of sins by his blood, and their earnest desire to be s•aled with Baptism for the strengthening of their souls in this faith.] Quest Doth the inward Grace alway accompany the outward sign? Answ. No: but only when the Profession of their faith is not outward only and counterfeit, but sincere and hearty, &c.] Here then is no third sort that are hearty professors of a lower kind of faith.
1. It is here apparent that it is the outward Profession of no other then a saying faith that he meaneth. As also he shews afterward. 1. By opposing such Professors as Hypocrites, (when 〈…〉 ⟨p. 219⟩have not the thing professed) to the Elect and Justified, as here he doth the (half to the Corn; and 2. by his Description of the faith professed, [The Church doth not only baptize those that are grown and of years, if any such being bred Pagans be brought up within the pale of the Church, and testifie their competent understanding of Christianity; and profess their faith in the Lord Jesus, and Gods pretious Promises of Remission of sins by his blood, and their earnest desire to be s•aled with Baptism for the strengthening of their souls in this faith.] Quest Doth the inward Grace alway accompany the outward sign? Answ. No: but only when the Profession of their faith is not outward only and counterfeit, but sincere and hearty, &c.] Here then is no third sort that are hearty professors of a lower kind of faith.