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Gold refined, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy…Gold refin'd, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy…
Gold refined, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy institution of Jesus Christ ... : wherein it is clearly evinced that baptism ... is immersion, or dipping the whole body, &c : also that believers are only the true subjects (and not infants) of that holy sacrament : likewise Mr. Smithies arguments for infant-baptism in his late book entitled, The non-communicant ... fully answered / by Benj. Keach ...Gold refin'd, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy institution of Jesus Christ ... : wherein it is clearly evinced that baptism ... is immersion, or dipping the whole body, &c : also that believers are only the true subjects (and not infants) of that holy sacrament : likewise Mr. Smythies arguments for infant-baptism in his late book entitled, The non-communicant ... fully answered / by Benj. Keach ...
London : Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Nathaniel Crouch ..., 1689
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Chapter 5: Proving Baptism to be Immerging or Dipping, from those Typical and Metaphorical Baptism…
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But certainly if they did consider the ground and reason why Persons were said to be baptized with the Spirit, they would soon perceive this Argument would utterly fail them likewise, or stand them in no stead.
For we do affirm that every Believer who hath the Holy Spirit,1 cannot be said to be baptized with the Spirit; like as every one that is under Afflictions and Sufferings, cannot be said to be baptized with Sufferings, as we have showed.
For we do affirm that every Believer who hath the Holy Spirit,1 cannot be said to be baptized with the Spirit; like as every one that is under Afflictions and Sufferings, cannot be said to be baptized with Sufferings, as we have shewed.
- 1What it is to be baptized with the Spirit.
But in the first place, it is necessary to understand the difference between the Baptism commanded and the Baptism promised; the Baptism commanded is that of Water, the Baptism promised was that of the Spirit. Our Saviour after his Resurrection gave forth his Commission to his Disciples, to teach and baptize, and then being assembled together with them, 1commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait fo• the Promise of the Father, which, said he, ye ha•• heard of me,