A41329:354
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
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2. As the word Holy, is never taken in the Holy Page for Legitimacy, nor can you justify it by any Text, as we can the former, clearly by several Texts. A Seed according to God's Institution in Marriage, according to his appointment, Ordination in Mat. 2.15. and the Holy Seed. Ezra. 9.2. differ very much: besides, as I said, the Children of the Corinthians were Holy, if ⟨p. 108⟩that were the Sense before the Gospel came.
2. As the word Holy, is never taken in the Holy Page for Legitamacy, nor can you justify it by any Text, as we can the former, clearly by several Texts. A Seed according to God's Institution in Marriage, according to his appointment, Ordination in Mat. 2.15. and the Holy Seed. Ezra. 9.2. differ very much: besides, as I said, the Children of the Corinthians were Holy, if ⟨p. 108⟩that were the Sense before the Gospel came.
3. Nor is there the least pressing necessity why it should not be taken, as in the Scriptures I mention. Nay, there is a pressing necessity to force that it cannot be meant Legitimacy, because it follows upon the Faith of one Parent, which Legitimacy doth not.
3. Nor is there the least pressing necessity why it should not be taken, as in the Scriptures I mention. Nay, there is a presing necessity to force that it cannot be meant Legitimacy, because it follows upon the Faith of one Parent, which Legitimacy doth not.