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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.
Your distinction of the word Saints I accept, and doubt not but your eyes are so good, that you can see a difference between a man who is but nomine ten•• a Christian and wallows in his filth, and another, who walks outwardly like a Saint, though he have not the real qualifications of a Saint.
Your distinction of the word Sains I accept, and doubt not but your eyes are so good, that you can see a difference betweene a man who is but nomine ten•• a Christian and wallowes in his filth, and another, who walkes outwardly like a Saint, though hee have not the reall qualifications of a Saint.
The second Argument must cost you two lines more before it be answered.
If a man be but Nomine tenus a Christian, though never so abominable in his conversation, yet must be admitted a Member, then he cannot be cast out of the Church for any vile sin, so long as he is nomine tenus a Christian, he is now as he was when you admitted him.
If a man be but Nomine tenus a Christian, though never so abominable in his conversation, yet must be admitted a Member, then hee cannot be cast out of the Church for any vile sin, so long as he is nomine tenus a Christian, he is now as he was when you admitted him.