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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.
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You say no, not for Temporal punishment [Gehezi, Achan, Corah, &c. their ⟨p. 34⟩children did] nor spiritual. To this I answered [they cannot be abstracted from their parents in this, and therefore may: as the child comes to have its right by a parent, so the child may lose by a parent: it doth not lose salvation nor regeneration by it.
You say no, not for Temporall punishment [Gehezi, Achan, Corah, &c. their ⟨p. 34⟩children did] nor spirituall. To this I answered [they cannot be abstracted from their parents in this, and therefore may: as the child comes to have its right by a parent, so the child may lose by a parent: it doth not lose salvation nor regeneration by it.
You answer 4. ways: 1. From the Jews; which doth not avail with me, there was something peculiar to them in administration of Circumcision, as is clear before, and shall be made clear hereafter.
You answer 4. waies: 1. From the Jewes; which doth not availe with me, there was something peculiar to them in administration of Circumcision, as is cleare before, and shall be made cleare hereafter.
2. Your second is the distinguishing between a persons general state and personal wickedness; his state is a christian, &c.
2. Your second is the distinguishing betweene a persons generall state and personall wickednesse; his state is a christian, &c.