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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 18
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You say, I can never prove that Christ forbade it: And yet you say before that, It's traitorous to have made a Sacrament (without Christ.)
You say, I can never prove that Christ forbad it: And yet you say before that, It's traiterous to have made a Sacrament (without Christ.)
But you affirm, That it's made but for the same use in Baptism, which I allow out. But why did you not give some answer to my express proof of the contrary? Or why put you me so oft to repeat it? It is an outward visible sign, by which in the solemnizing of the Covenant between Christ and us, the person is dedicated to God, by receiving the said sign of the Grace of the Covenant, and the obligation of the Covenant, and of the persons professed consent and engagement to the duties of it.
1. That it is a Badge of Christianity, the thirtieth Canon saith twice.
2. That it is an honourable Badge by which the Infant is dedicated to the service of God; the same Canon saith.