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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.
1. If such Members as the question speaks of be continued such, 1through the Ministers negligence and contifulnce, then the word doth not bind Ministers to give the Seal of the Covenant to their Children, but the Antecedent is true, Ergo, the consequent is true.
1. If such Members as the question speakes of be continued such, 1through the Ministers negligence and contifulnce, then the word doth not bind Ministers to give the Seal of the Covenant to their Children, but the Antecedent is true, Ergo, the consequent is true.
- 11. Argumant.
The Antecedent I had rather have applied only to my self, then any other Ministers being far more holy then my self, I should think •ay self to have been guilty of connivance, but my question, and Mr. Caw. (as I said before) puts me upon this.
The Antecedent I had rather have applied onely to my selfe, then any other Ministers being far more holy then my selfe, I should thinke •ay selfe to have been guilty of connivance, but my question, and Mr. Caw. (as I said before) puts me upon this.
If the Antecedent be denied, I prove it.