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More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…

Name: More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…
Author: Richard Baxter

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.

Richard Baxter 1615–1691London: printed for N. Simmons and J. Robinson, 1675

[14], 414 p. · 106k words · Wing B1312 · ESTC R17239

Title page: Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

PART I. My private Letters to Mr. Tombs proving the Church-members… › Letters 1 › Section 118,119 › A Confutation of Mr. Tombs's Reasons Sect. 52. by which he pretend…: A Confutation of Mr. Tombs's Reasons Sect. 52. by which he pretendeth to prove that In…PART I. My private Letters to Mr. Tombes proving the Church-members… › Letters 1 › Section 118,119 › A Confutation of Mr. Tombes's Reasons Sect. 52. by which he pretend…: A Confutation of Mr. Tombes's Reasons Sect. 52. by which he pretendeth to prove that In…

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Answ. 1. Christ and his Disciples did not partake of it before the institution: 2. No baptized persons partake of it in the interspace between the two Sacraments: which with some is a long time: 3. A baptized person may die before he drinketh that Cup; or may live where it is not lawfully to be had. 4. Church-members may be suspended from the Lords Table. Therefore the text speaketh not of every member, but of the ordinary communion of capable persons.

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Mr. T. Eph. 4.5. The whole Church is one body, and hath one Lord, and one faith: But no Infant hath one faith]

Mr. T. Eph. 4.5. The whole Church is one bodie, and hath one Lord, and one faith: But no Infant hath one faith]

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Answ. 1. It is spoken of the generality of the noblest and capable members, denominating the Church: The Apostle saith not that every member hath all these, but [There is one Lord, one faith, &c.] Christ had not one Lord (being Lord himself as here understood) and yet was a member: Christ in the womb cannot be proved to have actually h•d that one faith; and he was long the chief member before he was baptized: And whether ever the twelve Apostles were, is uncertain.

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