A41329:379
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.
Hence Alcinus's Baptism was signified in the passion of Christ, by the Water and Blood which came from his side; Several Verses he hath upon it. [Cent. 6. p. 112.]
In That Tract which go under Cyprian's Name. Baptizabantur in nube, & marry Hebraei, & jam Spiritu sancto & sanguine Christi, mundatur a peccatis populus Dei. [De Resur. Chri.]
In That Tract which go under Cyprian's Name. Baptizabantur in nube, & mari Hebraei, & jam Spiritu sancto & sanguine Christi, mundatur a peccatis populus Dei. [De Resur. Chri.]
Hence Ambrose speaking of Baptism— Ideoqque legisti, quod tres Testes in Baptismate unum sunt, aqua, sanguis; & spiritusqui si unum horum detrahas, non stat Baptismatis Sacramentum: quid enim est aqua sine cruce Christi? [Deris qui c. 4.]
Hence Luther, Baptizari nihil aliud est quum reseo illo, & precioso sanguine Christi, lanari, & mundari.