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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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My second Argument was this.
Such Parents if now they were to be Baptized, ought not to be Baptized, Ergo, they cannot challenge it for their Children: Baptism belongs primarily to the Parent.
Such Parents if now they were to be Baptized, ought not to be Baptized, Ergo, they cannot challenge it for their Children: Baptisme belongs primatily to the Parent.
You again deny the consequence and the prose of it.
You againe deny the consequence and the proose of it.
First you say: It is a received maxim amongst the Lawyers, quod fieri non debuit, factum valet: Suppose an unfit person Baptized, his Baptism is not null, be is a Member till legally excluded, and so hath right for himself and his to be consequent Privileges.