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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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And 4. q. 9. Concl. 1. fol. 152. he saith [Baptismus indiget fide, (quae est dispositio & fundamentum omnium sacramentorum) vel in se, ut in adultis; vel in alio, ut in parvulis, pro quibus sunt ⟨p. 51⟩Fide-jussores Paternus & Materna.] And if so, what undoubted certainty is there of thousands whose God-Fathers themselves have no true Faith.
And, Quod ficte recipientes Baptismum non habent gratiam Baptismi, dicunt Scholastici. vide Brianson, in 4. q. 4. Doct. 1. Fol. 34.
And even Pope Gregory 7. (Hildebrand) in Roman Council saith, [That neither feigned Faith in Baptism, nor feigned Repentance in Penance, do save any.] I know what some say for the saving of all Heathens, Infidels, or Atheists Infants, snatched perhaps by military force to Baptism, viz. Ex fide Ecclesiae, of which I have spoken elsewhere (in Christ. Directory.) But their proofs I take for Error and worse.
And even Pope Gregory 7. (Hildebrand) in Roman Council saith, [That neither feigned Faith in Baptism, nor feigned Repentance in Penance, do save any.] I know what some say for the saving of all Heathens, Infidels, or Atheists Infants, snatcht perhaps by military force to Baptism, viz. Ex fide Ecclesiae, of which I have spoken elsewhere (in Christ. Directory.) But their proofs I take for Error and worse.