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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.
1. That Baptism hath been still used, no one that knoweth Church history can deny.
2. That it hath been used to this end, to be the entrance into the Church universal and visible Christian state, is an undeniable. About Infant baptism the Anabaptists doubt; But they also deny Infants to be Christians or Church-members: and we prove to them both together, by Christs command to Disciple Nations baptizing them: They confess that Baptism is the Church-entrance as well as we.
2. That it hath been used to this end, to be the entrance into the Church universal and visible Christian state, is an undenyable. About Infant baptism the Anabaptists doubt; But they also deny Infants to be Christians or Church-members: and we prove to them both together, by Christs command to Disciple Nations baptizing them: They confess that Baptism is the Church-entrance as well as we.
3. And all that are truly baptized persons are Christians or visible Church-members, till they revolt or are cast out, all the Christian world from the days of the Apostles are agreed.
3. And all that are truly baptized persons are Christians or visible Church-members, till they revolt or are cast out, all the Christian world from the dayes of the Apostles are agreed.