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The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner,…
The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entitled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templars sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.The questions between the conformist and nonconformist, truly stated, and briefly discussed Dr. Falkner, The friendly debate &c., examined and answered : together with a discourse about separation, and some animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's book entituled, The unreasonableness of separation : observations upon Dr. Templers sermon preached at a visitation in Cambridge : a brief vindication of Mr. Stephen Marshal.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1681
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A. Was the water, so baptizing in water, a Human Ceremony and Invention, or Christs own Institution? For dipping in the water, or pouring of the water upon the person, your Church allow both, because the word [Greek or Hebrew] signify both. If any did dip thrice, denying the Trinity of persons to be of the same essence, that was their Heresy: but if any did hold the Trinity of persons in the Unity of the essence, and yet would dip thrice, though I do not much like it, yet I should not condemn them of Heresy, the Text mentions nothing, whether once, or thrice. But prove Baptizing in water to be mans invention.
A. Was the water, so baptizing in water, a Human Ceremony and Invention, or Christs own Institution? For dipping in the water, or pouring of the water upon the person, your Church allow both, because the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifie both. If any did dip thrice, denying the Trinity of persons to be of the same essence, that was their Heresie: but if any did hold the Trinity of persons in the Unity of the essence, and yet would dip thrice, though I do not much like it, yet I should not condemn them of Heresie, the Text mentions nothing, whether once, or thrice. But prove Baptizing in water to be mans invention.
3ly. The Christians lawfully used those fountains where the Gentiles drew water for their Sacrifices, &c.
A. And why not? did the Heathen and Julian make those Fountains, or God make them for the use of Man and Beast? shall therefore an Idolater deprive the Christians of those which God made for the use and necessity of Man and Beast, What is sold in the shambles? 1 Cor. 12.25. But this you are to prove, if you will make an Argument of it, that when the Idolaters had taken water out of those Fountains, carried it to their Idol Temples, made use of it in their Idol worship, that then the Christians would take that water, and baptize believers in it; though yet there is more to be said for them, than for your Ceremonies, because to baptize in water, was Christs Institution. For the fountains, Julian might have Dedicated the Land thereabouts to Idols, and Devils, as well as the Fountains, and so the Christians should be afraid to sow Corn to maintain Life.