A41329:167
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their…
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their right to church-member-ship with their parents, and consequently their title to baptism. The cause of publishing this discourse after so many learned men have laboured in this province, is declared in the preface to the reader. By Giles Firmin.
London: printed for Tho. Simons, 1683
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.
2ly, That if the Children of believing Parents, be Members of the Church with the Parents, then they must be baptized. For I grant, (saith he) that Baptism is the way and manner of solemn Admission into the Church, I mean the regular way.
Then the Question must be thus stated.
Quest. When the Jews believed in Christ, come, crucified, risen, and ascended, as the five thousand in Acts 4.4. Did the Lord now repeal his Covenant which he made with ⟨p. 52⟩Abraham and his Seed; admit only the Parents into the Gospel-Church, but bar the Doors against their Posterity, or Children?
I think I have stated the Question right, and if this cannot be proved, then I hope believing Gentiles shall find a way to bring in their Children too with the Jews, and find a Title to Baptism by Mr. Tombs's Concession.