A26965:427
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.
2. The Child is baptized upon the undertaking of these persons as sponsors or Covenanters, whose parts and duties are thus expressed, [To see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn, what a solemn Vow, promise and profession he hath here made by you; and that he may know these things the better, ye shall call upon him to hear sermons, and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed, the Lords prayer, and the ten Commandments, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health; and that this Child may be brought up to lead a Godly and a Christian life.]
2. The Child is baptized upon the undertaking of these persons as sponsors or Covenanters, whose parts and duties are thus expressed, [To see that this Infant be taught so soon as he shall be able to learn, what a solemn Vow, promise and profession he hath here made by you; and that he may know these things the better, ye shall call upon him to hear sermons, and chiefly ye shall provide that he may learn the Creed, the Lords prayer, and the ten Commandements, in the vulgar tongue, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his souls health; and that this Child may be brought up to lead a Godly and a Christian life.]
3. The Conformists here are not agreed themselves, what that subjective individual Faith, renunciation and desire are which the Infant at present PROFESSETH by his sureties: It is not that the Infant doth actually believe himself for the Catechism confesseth that he doth not. Nor is there any probability that he doth, unless by miracle unknown. And if it be any ones faith else that the Infant then Professeth which is Imputatively his own, it is not agreed whose faith that is or must be; whether the Godfathers, or the Churches, and what Churches; whether that Congregations, or the Diocesan Churches, or the National ⟨p. 145⟩Churches, or the Universal Church? or whether it must be the Parents, Adopters or Owners of the Child.