A41329:373
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.
3ly, Why are we said in Baptism to have Communion with Christ in his Death, and buried with him in Baptism? Rom. 6.3. It should rather be said buried with the Spirit, if the Spirit only be signified. Doth not the Death of Christ comprehend in it, the effusion of his Blood?
3ly, Why are we said in Baptism to have Communion with Christ in his Death, and buryed with him in Baptism? Rom. 6.3. It should rather be said buryed with the Spirit, if the Spirit only be signifyed. Doth not the Death of Christ comprehend in it, the effusion of his Blood?
4ly, It is certain, that in the Types of the Old Testament, by Water the blood of ⟨p. 116⟩Christ was signified. Numb. 19.9. The Water is said to be a Purification for Sin. In the Hebrew it's a Sin, the word often used for a Sin Offering, the Dutch render it, It is an Expiation. Have not that Fountain, Zech. 13.1. set open a respect to the blood of Jesus? all the Interpreters I see, respect both his Blood and Spirit: Why not then so in Baptism.
4ly, It is certain, that in the Types of the Old Testament, by Water the blood of ⟨p. 116⟩Christ was signifyed. Numb. 19.9. The Water is said to be a Purification for Sin. In the Hebrew it's a Sin, the word often used for a Sin Offering, the Dutch render it, It is an Expiation. Have not that Fountain,