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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
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.
If this be not a giving Holy things to Dogs (which Tertullian and Augustine give warning of even in Baptizing) I know not what is: Let a man be a notorious Ranter, Sodomite, Scoffer at Godliness, Drunkard, no matter what this is known and proved, yet a Christian nomine tenus, Therefore you must Baptize him.
If this be not a giving Holy things to Dogs (which Tertullian and Augustine give warning of even in Baptizing) I know not what is: Let a man be a notorious Ranter, Sodomite, Scoffer at Godlinesse, Drunkard, no matter what this is known and proved, yet a Christian nomine tenus, Therefore you must Baptize him.
That Repentance as well as Faith was looked to in Baptizing, it appears by the ages following the Apostles, for those who would live in their lusts, they deferred their baptism, knowing what that required. Soa Tertullian, andb Nazianzen intimate, who exhort them to confession of their sin from the example of John. Just. Mart. Apol. 2. is clear for more then you mention.
That Repentance as well as Faith was looked to in Baptizing, it appeares by the ages following the Apostles, for those who would live in their lusts, they deferred their •aptisme, knowing what that required. Soa Tertullian, andb Nazianzen intimate, who exhort them to confession of their sinne from the example of John. Just. Mart. Apol. 2. is cleare for more then you mention.
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