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A sober reply to the sober answer of Reverend Mr. Cawdrey, to A serious…
A sober reply to the sober answer of Reverend Mr. Cawdrey, to A serious question propounded viz. whether the ministers of England are bound by the word of God to baptise the children of all such parents, which say they believe in Jesus Christ, but are grossly ignorant, scandalous in their conversations, scoffers at godliness, and refuse to submit to church discipline ... : also, the question of Reverend Mr. Hooker concerning the baptism of infants : with a post-script to Reverend Mr. Blake / by G.I. Firmin ...A sober reply to the sober answer of Reverend Mr. Cawdrey, to A serious question propounded viz. whether the ministers of England are bound by the word of God to baptise the children of all such parents, which say they believe in Jesus Christ, but are grosly ignorant, scandalous in their conversations, scoffers at godliness, and refuse to submit to church dicipline ... : also, the question of Reverend Mr. Hooker concerning the baptisme of infants : with a post-script to Reverend Mr. Blake / by G.I. Firmin ...
London: printed by J.G., 1653
A SOBER REPLY TO A SOBER ANSWER, &c.A SOBER REPLY TO A SOBER ANSVVER, &c.
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.
But suppose I yield this, yet you trouble me not at all but save my question, for if I baptize it not as it is the immediate Seed of these Scandalous parents, but the mediate seed of a godly grand father or grandmother, ⟨p. 30⟩who take it as theirs and engage for Education, then I do not Baptize the children of such as the question mentions by virtue of them. This will serve to take off many of your Answers.
But suppose I yeeld this, yet you trouble me not at all but save my question, for if I baptize it not as it is the immediate Seed of these Scandalous parents, but the mediate seed of a godly grand father or grandmother, ⟨p. 30⟩who take it as theirs and engage for Education, then I doe not Baptize the children of such as the question mentions by vertue of them. This will serve to take off many of your Answers.
But then I come again, What shall I do with the Infants of such whose parents are such as the Q. mentions, and so are, and were their pro-parents? I have divers such, of whom I have enquired.
But then I come againe, What shall I doe with the Infants of such whose parents are such as the Q. men•ions, and so are, and were their pro-parents? I have divers such, of whom I have enquired.
Thus then I could easily depart from this, but for discourse sake, to beat it out more clearly, I will try what you have said.