A41329:355
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.
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.
For [Greek or Hebrew] which you say always signifies Authority, yet 1 Cor. 11.15. [I suppose you mean the tenth] it signifies a Veil.
For 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which you say alwaies signifies Authority, yet 1 Cor. 11.15. [I suppose you mean the tenth] it signifies a Vail.
Ans. Who translated the word so? I have viewed nine Translators, and they render it Power as we do. A Metonymy of the Subject, we know there is the meaning being, a covering in sign that she is under the Authority of her Husband. Gen. 24.65. A Phrase whereby the thing signified is ascribed to the Sign, the propriety of the word is here meant and intended; that she show her self to be under Authority. The Ethiopic Translation, to give the Sense, turn the Substantive into a Verb; but hour, this doth not at all suit your design. In the word Holy, here is no Metonymy, Sign, or thing signified.