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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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So much for the Antecedent; now I come to the Consequence. viz. If it be connivance and negligence that is the cause of this Toleration [which I doubt is true in many] then the word doth no• bind me, or I may not lawfully Baptize.
If sinful admissions will not justify a Minister in administering the Ordinance of Baptism, then neither will sinful Tolerations justify a Minister in administering Baptism.
If sinfull admissions will not justifie a Minister in administring the Ordinance of Baptisme, then neither will sinfull Tolerations justifie a Minister in administring Baptisme.
But the Antecedens is true, Ergo, the consequent is true.
Sinful admissions will not:1 learned Gillespy saith: no Conscientious Minister would adventure to Baptize one, who hath manifest and infallible signs of unregeneration, we cannot be answerable to God if we should.