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A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by…
A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Giles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, showing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Gyles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, shewing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for H. Bernard, 1694
Chapter 4: Wherein Mr. Shutes arguments to prove our Churches no Churches, and our Baptism a count…
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In Page 186. first, because, saith he, they disown the Covenant God made with Abraham, in which the very foundation; for Baptism, was laid; let them find another foundation for it, if they can; for that Covenant is founded upon Christ himself, &c.
1. Answer, This in the first place is not that he charges us with, viz. that we disown […] Covenant God made with Abraham; for the Covenant of Grace, God promised to him […] contend for it as far forth as any can—But we do say the Covenant of circumcision is disannulled; that we do disown to be in force now.
1. Answer, This in the first place is not that he charges us with, viz. that we disown 〈…〉 Covenant God made with Abraham; for the Covenant of Grace, God promised to him 〈…〉 contend for it as far forth as any can—But we do say the Covenant of circumcision is disannuled; that we do disown to be in force now.
2. Could he prove that Baptism is founded upon the Covenant made with Abraham, he would seem to say some thing: But we deny that utterly; for had not Christ Instituted or given it forth in the New Testament, none could have known that Baptism had been an Ordinance; it was not Imprinted on the Hearts of Men, but it is a mere positive precept.