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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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The second Work is, To Baptize them; whereto is annexed the Promise of Salvation.
The third Work is,1 To teach them all other things, which are after to be learned in the School of Christ. To contemn this Order, (saith he) is to contemn all Rules of Order: for where can we expect to find it, if not here? I profess my Conscience is fully satisfied from this Text, that there is one sort of Faith even Saving, that must go before Baptism, the profession whereof the Minister must expect: What can any Baptist say more?
- 1See Danvers on Baptism, p. 2, 3.
Let Mr. Baxter tell us what difference there is between contemning that Order Christ hath left in his great Commission, and a direct derogating from it, or acting quite contrary to it: And is not this so, viz to Rantize or Sprinkle, instead of Baptize and Sprinkle first, before they are taught or made Disciples? nay, and such too, who are not capable to be taught or made Disciples of: Is no• this to flight, is not to contemn Christ's Order in his Commission? for sith Christ appoints such, that by Teaching are made Disciples ⟨p. 69⟩to be Baptized, he excludes all other the institution of Christ in this his Commission, being doubtless a perfect Rule; and those who do otherwise, follow their own Inventions.