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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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3. When he hath renewed his profession by repentance, and so the Church received him again, he is not re-baptised: but this doth not prove that therefore whilst he is extra Ecclesiam, that he can give title to a privilege of the Church: it is not his being baptised that is the ground of his child's baptism whilst he is in the Church, therefore that cannot give the title when he is out of the Church.
3. When he hath renewed his profession by repentance, and so the Church received him againe, he is not re-baptised: but this doth not prove that therefore whilst he is extra Ecclesiam, that he can give title to a priviledge of the Church: it is not his being baptised that is the ground of his childs baptisme whilst he is in the Church, therefore that cannot give the title when he is out of the Church.
But Heathens must be baptised when they are admitted: the other is received again, not therefore baptised. That his baptism is not the ground of his child's baptism, I shall prove afterward.
But Heathens must be baptised when they are admitted: the other is received again, not therefore baptised. That his baptisme is not the ground of his childs baptisme, I shall prove afterward.
But I will come to Argument.