A41329:361
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.
That the Holy Ghost is signified you tell us; and three times Baptising with the Holy Ghost, is expressed by powering of the Holy Ghost.
That the Holy Ghost is signified you tell us; and threetimes Baptising with the Holy Ghost, is expressed by powering of the Holy Ghost.
What our Authors have said about their practice in hotter Countries, where Baptism was first Instituted, you know; there they did commonly wash, you were bound by the Law to wash. 2 Sam. 11.•.4. with Levit. 15.19. and 18, 19. So Pharaoh's Daughter. Exod. 2.5. but in our cold Climates, this is not so common.
However, to me it seems strange, that there should be so much stress put upon Baptism, and so much upon the manner of Baptising, as the Anabaptists lay, and yet the Holy Page hath not Recorded how it should be performed. To Baptise an Infant, I could do as Mr. Chancy did in New-England, and as of old they did in England; as an Ancient Gentleman, of good quality in Suffolk told me, He remembered the practice, by a good token, One Infant was so fowled with its green Excrement, when it came to be Dipped, [a handsome sight in a Congregation, when we are about Holy Things] that he could not forget it; but how to Baptise an ⟨p. 111⟩Adult person, and heavy Body, I cannot tell. If they go into the Water, into the Element, they Baptise themselves so far as their body is in the Water; The Baptist doth not Dip that part.