A26965:492
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.
4. Some say that it is implied that Children that had no right to Baptism are excepted. But others say 1. That ubi lex non distinguit non est distinguendum. The Church could have excepted if they would. 2. And that quod fieri non debet factum valet. 3. Yea that all Children have right to Baptism, if any Christians offer them to it.
5. Some confound the Ministers right to Baptize them, and the Infants right to be Baptized; And this right as only in foro Ecclesiae, and as in foro Caeli; As if all Baptized upon any of these rights were undoubtedly saved. But others distinguish these, and say, 1. That the Minister may have right to Baptize one if offered, that yet ought not to have been offered; which will not save an uncapable subject: 2. That the Children of Hypocrites have right Coram Ecclesia, and that their Baptism ascertaineth to them no more than external or common privileges; 3. And that only the Children of true believers have such a right coram Deo as certainly saveth them. But others say that both the last sort are saved.
5. Some confound the Ministers right to Baptize them, and the Infants right to be Baptized; And this right as only in foro Ecclesiae, and as in foro Caeli; As if all Baptized upon any of these rights were undoubtedly saved. But others distinguish these, and say, 1. That the Minister may have right to Baptize one if offered, that yet ought not to have been offered; which will not save an uncapable subject: 2. That the Children of Hypocrites have right Coram Ecclesia, and that their Baptism ascertaineth to them no more than external or common priviledges; 3. And that only the Children of true believers have such a right coram Deo as certainly saveth them. But others say that both the last sort are saved.