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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
Appendix: AN APPENDIX; BEING A Reply to Mr. Shute's last single Sheet, in Answer to Mr. Collins's…
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.
Therefore there was two Covenants held forth in Gods Transactions with Abraham.
First a formal Covenant made with him and all his Fleshly Seed, of which circumcision was a Sign at their entrance into it, which they thereby subscribed unto.
Secondly, The Covenant of Grace held forth only in Gods free promise to him.
3. Whilst the Church enjoyed all the Spiritual benefits of the promise (faith he) wherein the substance of the Covenant of Grace was contained, before it was confirmed and made the sole Rule of Worship, unto the Church, it was not inconsistent with the Holiness and Wisdom of God, to bring any other Covenant (Mark it) or prescribe unto it forms of Worship he pleased: Page 228.
Then he proceeds further.