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The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness…
The true and only way of concord of all the Christian churches the desirableness of it, and the detection of false dividing terms / opened by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
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. Hereupon also among the Roman Doctors, it hath been a great debate, whether the Priests Intention was necessary to the validity of baptism: The true answer to which is this.
It is one question what is necessary to the justifying of the Priest, before the Church? and another before God? and another question what is necessary to the validity of baptism to the receiver before the Church? and another before God? And so I answer.
Supposing that no man shall suffer for another's fault, but for his own: 1. If the Priest profess and Intention to baptize in general, and express it in the true words of baptism, his act ex parte sui is valid coram ecclesiâ though he dissemble.
Supposing that no man shall suffer for anothers fault, but for his own: 1. If the Priest profess and Intention to baptize in general, and express it in the true words of baptism, his act ex parte sui is valid coram ecclesiâ though he dissemble.
2. If the Priest dissemble, his act is a crime and shall be punished by God.