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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 6: Proving Believers, or Adult Persons, only to be the Subjects of Baptism, from Christ's…
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2. In the second place, especially considering the Power and Authority he testifies the Father had given to him as Mediator, viz. to be Head and chief Governor of his Church; or King and Lawgiver in all Spiritual Things and Matters over the Souls and Consciences of Men, all Power to dispose of all things in Heaven and Earth, or Power over Men and Angels, i. e. Power to make and give forth Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances, how, and after what manner ⟨p. 65⟩God ought by us to be worshipped in Gospel days, a Power that is given to him alone, whose Laws and Appointments none have any Power to dispense with, nor change or alter the Administration of to the end of the World; Go ye therefore, teach all Nations, baptizing them, &c.
2. In the second place, especially considering the Power and Authority he testifies the Father had given to him as Mediator, viz. to be Head and chief Governour of his Church; or King and Lawgiver in all Spiritual Things and Matters over the Souls and Consciences of Men, all Power to dispose of all things in Heaven and Earth, or Power over Men and Angels, i. e. Power to make and give forth Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances, how, and after what manner ⟨p. 65⟩God ought by us to be worshipped in Gospeldays, a Power that is given to him alone, whose Laws and Appointments none have any Power to dispense with, nor change or alter the Administration of to the end of the World; Go ye therefore, teach all Nations, baptizing them, &c.
3. Observe what is Antecedent to Baptism, Teach all Nations; there must be teaching, they must be first Taught, or made Disciples, for the word [Greek or Hebrew], as is well known and confessed by all, doth signify, to discipulize, or make Disciples, and next baptize them. And this also we find was his own practice, first to make Disciples, and then to baptize them; John 4. 1, 2. Jesus ('tis said there) made and baptized more Disciples than John; it is not rantize them, and then teach or make Disciples of them, as the manner of some now-adays is, and for a long time has been.