A27004:1539
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural…
The reasons of the Christian religion the first part, of godliness, proving by natural evidence the being of God ... : the second part, of Christianity, proving by evidence supernatural and natural, the certain truth of the Christian belief ... / by Richard Baxter ... ; also an appendix defending the soul's immortality against the Somatists or Epicureans and other pseudo-philosophers.
London: printed by R. White for Fran. Titon, 1667
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.
§. 69. 3. The succession of Pastors and Preachers in all generations, is another proof: For it was their office to read publicly, and preach this same Scripture to the Church and World, as the truth of God.
§. 69. 3. The succession of Pastors and Preachers in all generations, is another proof: For it was their office to read publickly, and preach this same Scripture to the Church and World, as the truth of God.
I speak not of a succession of Pastors in this one City or that, or by this or that particular way of ordination, having nothing here to do with that: But that a certain succession there hath been since the days of the Apostles, is past question: For 1. Else there had been no particular Churches: 2. Nor no baptism: 3. Nor no public Worship ⟨p. 337⟩of God. 4. Nor no Synods, or Discipline: But this is not denied.
I speak not of a succession of Pastors in this one City or that, or by this or that particular way of ordination, having nothing here to do with that: But that a certain succession there hath been since the dayes of the Apostles, is past question: For 1. Else there had been no particular Churches: 2. Nor no baptism: 3. Nor no publick Worship ⟨p. 337⟩of God. 4. Nor no Synods, or Discipline: But this is not denyed.
§. 70. 4. The continuance of Baptism, which is the kernel or sum of all Christianity, proveth the continuance of the Christian Faith. For all Christians in Baptism, were baptized into the vowed belief and obedience of the Son and Holy Ghost as well as of the Father.