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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…
More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second defence of our infant rights and mercies in three parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for N. Simmons and J. Robinson, 1675
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.
Mr. T. That the fundamental Promise of Grace, Gen. 3.15. doth include Infants, was never denied by me, and therefore Mr. B. doth but waste paper and abuse me and his Readers by going about to prove it.
Reply. If we be really of one mind, it is pity we should make men think we differ: Mark this concession Reader, [The fundamental promise of ⟨p. 99⟩Grace doth include Infants.] The Grace of that promise is our Union Relative to Christ and his Church, and the benefits internal and external belonging to Christs members. Do you believe that our union with the visible Church as such, and participation in its privileges, is none of that Grace?
Reply. If we be really of one mind, it is pitty we should make men think we differ: Mark this concession Reader, [The fundamental promise of ⟨p. 99⟩Grace doth include Infants.] The Grace of that promise is our Ʋnion Relative to Christ and his Church, and the benefits internal and external belonging to Christs members. Do you believe that our union with the visible Church as such, and participation in its priviledges, is none of that Grace?
Mr. T. This I deny, that it includes all Infants, or all Infants of Believers, and that any Infant is made a visible Church-member by that promise as the next cause or sole efficient.]