A26911:541
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
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.
9. God hath made no promise of his acceptance, which you can show; therefore you cannot by his Word be certain of it.
9. God hath made no promise of his acceptance, which you can shew; therefore you cannot by his Word be certain of it.
10. God saith, that the Sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Him; much more when he doth it with an evil mind: And he expressly saith, [Else were your Children unclean (if one Parent were not a Believer) but now are they holy.] Therefore when both Parents are Unbelievers, the Children are not accepted of God as holy.
11. The question is, of all Baptized Children: For it is Quatenus Baptizati, that they are said to be saved; and à quatenus ad omne valet consequentia: And it's an Indefinite in re necessariâ: But we have too many scorners at Christianity, followers of Hobbes, Spinosa, Pomponatius, and Vaninus, who ⟨p. 140⟩for fashion sake, will bring their Children to Baptism: And certainly such are far worse than Heathens. If one believeth not in Christ, tell a wilful Lye, and say he believeth, can any Man think that his Child shall be ever the more saved for his Wickedness and Hypocrisy?
11. The question is, of all Baptized Children: For it is Quatenus Baptizati, that they are said to be saved; and à quatenus ad omne valet consequentia: And it's an Indefinite in re necessariâ: But we have too many scorners at Christianity, followers of Hobbes, Spinosa, Pomponatius, and Vaninus, who ⟨p. 140⟩for fashion sake, will bring their Children to Baptism: And certainly such are far worse than Heathens. If one believeth not in Christ, tell a wilful Lye, and say he believeth, can any Man think that his Child shall be ever the more saved for his Wickedness and Hypocrisie?