I intend not to meddle with the Opinion, only this I say, They who do believe Jesus Christ to be God-man in one Person truly Immanuel, do reverence the Institution of Christ, and do acknowledge a necessity of the Ordinance, both a Necessitas modii & praecepti, nor dare we omit it: Yea, some of the Socinians, [which I note because of the Quakers, some of which I know to be rather worse than Socinians, as to the Person of Christ, and deny Baptism altogether; as also the Lord's Supper, and no wonder] do acknowledge Baptism not to be a thing indifferent, but necessary, as Martin. Crechonicius, and a means of Salvation, as Schlichtingius, That no man is to be esteemed a Member of the Church of Christ without Baptism, as Ostorodus. Therefore he thinks, ⟨p. 20⟩and Socinus, 1That Infants may be baptized. All quoted with the Pages of their Books, by Calonius; and tells us also, That in a Socinian Synod, held Anno 1636. in Transylvania, [as I understand it was] the Synod concluded for Water-baptism, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So that the Quaker as to Gospel Ordinances, and other greatest Gospel-truths, are the worst Enemies Christ hath among them who own the Gospel, which they do after a fashion.
I intend not to meddle with the Opinion, only this I say, They who do believe Jesus Christ to be God-man in one Person truly Immanuel, do reverence the Institution of Christ, and do acknowledge a necessity of the Ordinance, both a Necessitas modii & praecepti, nor dare we omit it: Yea, some of the Socinians, [which I note because of the Quaquers, some of which I know to be rather worse than Socinians, as to the Person of Christ, and deny Baptism altogether; as also the Lord's Supper, and no wonder] do acknowledge Baptism not to be a thing indifferent, but necessary, as Martin. Crechonicius, and a means of Salvation, as Schlichtingius, That no man is to be esteemed a Member of the Church of Christ without Baptism, as Ostorodus. Therefore he thinks, ⟨p. 20⟩and Socinus, 1That Infants may be baptized. All quoted with the Pages of their Books, by Calonius; and tells us also, That in a Socinian Synod, held Anno 1636. in Transilvania, [as I understand it was] the Synod concluded for Water-bapism, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. So that the Quaker as to Gospel Ordinances, and other greatest Gospel-truths, are the worst Enemies Christ hath among them who own the Gospel, which they do after a fashion.
- 1Socin. Proflig. de Baptis.
