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The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacify such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacifie such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1679
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.
III. All persons that have Children to be baptized must conform as followeth 1. They must procure three persons to be Godfathers and Godmother, who must personally present the Child to be baptized, and must promise and Vow to God in the Child's name the duties of the Covenant, and must in the name of the Child say [that he renounceth the Devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world &c, and that he steadfastly believeth all the articles of faith, that he will he baptized and that he will obediently keep Gods holy will and Commandments, &c.] Not that they believe, consent &c, but that he (the Child) doth believe, desire, &c. And it is not a mere promise for the future [I will believe and renounce, &c.] but a profession for the present time [I do believe steadfastly and I do renounce] And in the Catechism it is said that ⟨p. 144⟩[Repentance whereby they forsake sin, and faith whereby they steadfastly believe &c, are required of persons to be baptized (and not only that have been baptized) And yet that Infants that cannot do this are to be baptized, because [they promise them by their sureties,] and it is not said because they profess to do them at present by their sureties.
III. All persons that have Children to be baptized must conform as followeth 1. They must procure three persons to be Godfathers and Godmother, who must personally present the Child to be baptized, and must promise and Vow to God in the Childs name the duties of the Covenant, and must in the name of the Child say [that he renounceth the Devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world &c, and that he stedfastly believeth all the articles of faith, that he will he baptized and that he will obediently keep Gods holy will and Commandments, &c.] Not that they believe, consent &c, but that he (the Child) doth believe, desire, &c. And it is not a meer promise for the future [I will believe and renounce, &c.] but a profession for the present time [I do believe stedfastly and I do renounce] And in the Catechism it is said that ⟨p. 144⟩[Repentance whereby they forsake sin, and faith whereby they stedfastly believe &c, are required of persons to be baptized (and not only that have been baptized) And yet that Infants that cannot do this are to be baptized, because [they promise them by their sureties,] and it is not said because they profess to do them at present by their sureties.