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The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom &…
The difference between the power of magistrates and church-pastors and the Roman kingdom & magistracy under the name of a church & church-government usurped by the Pope, or liberally given him by popish princes opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Nevil Simmons, 1671
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.
12. The first and great act of this Key-bearing power (never denied them from Christs time to this day) is the power of Baptizing and of judging who shall be admitted by Baptism into the Church or number of visible Christians, Mat. 28. 19, 20. Acts 2. 41. & 8. 12, 13, 38.
12. The first and great act of this Key-bearing power (never denyed them from Christs time to this day) is the power of Baptizing and of judging who shall be admitted by Baptism into the Church or number of visible Christians, Mat. 28. 19, 20. Acts 2. 41. & 8. 12, 13, 38.
13. This power is not arbitrary but Ministerial, regulated by Christs universal Laws; which describeth every mans Title to admittance; which is [his own (or Parents if an Infants) understanding, voluntary, serious Profession of Consent to the Baptismal Covenant.] Acts 2. 38. & 8. 12. & 10. 47, 48. M•r. 16. 16. Matth. 28. 20.