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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.
7. Saith he [That he slighted the Authority of General Councils, as Fuller out of Cochleus, &c.
Answ. 1. False again as to the Author. 2. But what is that to Infant-baptism?
But his direct proof is out of Waldensis saying that Wycliffe saith that children are not sacramentally to be baptized.
But his direct proof is out of Waldensis saying that Wickliff saith that children are not sacramentally to be baptized.
Answ. 1. I have not Waldensis at hand, but have little cause to believe Mr. D. 2. And Fuller who undertaketh to recite Waldensis charge, hath not a word of any such sense. 3. If bitter Papists so accuse him, is it therefore true? Judge by his own words. Indeed Wycliffe held that sacramental baptism saveth none (young or old) without the baptism of the spirit; and that it may be separated from it: And hence was the Papists noise against him.