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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.
2. Circumcision did sign Christ to come in the flesh. So saith my Author; and Baptism signs he is come in the flesh.
3. Circumcision did signify [you may say Seal] the Righteousness of Faith: So doth Baptism.
3. Circumcision did signifie [you may say Seal] the Righteousness of Faith: So doth Baptism.
4. Circumcision signified Sanctification: so do Baptism.
5. Circumcision signified and sealed the Covenant between God and the Seed of Abraham, Gen. 17.7, 8, 9, 10, 11. So doth Baptism.