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A sober discourse of right to church-communion
A sober discourse of right to church-communion wherein is proved by Scripture, the example of the primitive times, and the practice of all that have professed the Christian religion, that no unbaptized person may be regularly admitted to the Lords Supper / by W. Kiffin ...A sober discourse of right to church-communion wherein is proved by Scripture, the example of the primitive times, and the practice of all that have prosessed the Christian religion, that no unbaptized person may be regularly admitted to the Lords Supper / by W. Kiffin ...
London: printed by Geo. Larkin for Enoch Prosser, 1681
Chapter 5: Wherein the Objections against this Position viz. That none may be Regularly admitted t…
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Again, when the Text tells us, That Barnabas declared unto them, how he had seen the Lord in the way, and had spoken to him; can ⟨p. 148⟩it be thought he could say less then what it was, that the Lord had spoke to him? And if so, then how can it be thought but that the Relation of his being Baptized must needs come in at his Report to them? inasmuch as that Direction which the Lord gave Paul, about his going into a Straight street in order to his further Information, touching the Will of the Lord concerning him, to Rehearse the Carriage of Ananias towards Saul; and consequently his baptizing of him: unless it should be supposed, that Barnabas made a broken and imperfect Relation of the Lords dealing with him, which we cannot do without Judging Barnabas either weak or careless in that great business: For it cannot be thought that Barnabas used no more words in this Relation then what are here Recorded by Luke; since we have frequently, if not for the ⟨p. 149⟩most part; but the brief Heads of things. Recorded that were done, and spoken by Christ, the Apostles, and other Disciples, John 21.25. Act. 2.40.
Again, when the Text tells us, That Barnabas declared unto them, how he had seen the Lord in the way, and had spoken to him; can ⟨p. 148⟩it be thought he could say less then what it was, that the Lord had spoke to him? And if so, then how can it be thought but that the Relation of his being Baptized must needs come in at his Report to them? inasmuch as that Direction which the Lord gave Paul, about his going into a Straight street in order to his further Information, touching the Will of the Lord concerning him, to Rehearse the Carriage of Ananias towards Saul; and consequently his baptizing of him: unless it should be supposed, that Barnabas made a broken and imperfect Relation of the Lords dealing with him, which we cannot do without Judging Barnabas either weak or careless in that great business: For it cannot be thought that Barnabas used no more words in this Relation then what are here Recorded by Luke; since we have frequently, if not for the most