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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.
§. 10. As to them that say, [the thing further necessary as the condition of the Infants acceptance and salvation is [A promise to educate the Child as a Christian if he live] I answer, 1. That promise indeed is included in his dedication and consent; 2. But who but the Owners of the child are capable of making such a promise? (unless as seconds promising that the Owners shall do their duty): For only he that owneth him can educate him (by himself or others) or dispose of him for his education: who hath power to dispose of another mans child, and educate him? They that undertake as sureties to do it, in case the Parents apostatize or die, do plainly imply, 1. That till then it is the Parent that is entrusted to do it; and therefore that the Parent must consent to do it; and therefore that the Parent must enter his child in the Covenant of Christ: 2. And that if the Parents apostatize or die, they will take the child themselves as their Own; or else by what power can they educate him or dispose of him?
§. 10. As to them that say, [the thing further necessary as the condition of the Infants acceptance and salvation is [A promise to educate the Child as a Christian if he live] I answer, 1. That promise indeed is included in his dedication and consent; 2. But who but the Owners of the child are capable of making such a promise? (unless as seconds promising that the Owners shall do their duty): For only he that owneth him can educate him (by himself or others) or dispose of him for his education: who hath power to dispose of another mans child, and educate him? They that undertake as sureties to do it, in case the Parents apostatize or die, do plainly imply, 1. That till then it is the Parent that is intrusted to do it; and therefore that the Parent must consent to do it; and therefore that the Parent must enter his child in the Covenant of Christ: 2. And that if the Parents apostatize or die, they will take the child themselves as their Own; or else by what power can they educate him or dispose of him?
§. 11. They that say, God did not save one for the faith or consent of another; must remember, 1. That we are all saved for the meritorious ⟨p. 204⟩