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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 7: Proving Believers to be the only true Subjects of Baptism, from the Apostles Doctrine,…
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Pray observe the Footsteps of this Flock, I mean the manner of the Constitution of this Church, it being the first Church that was planted in the Gospel-days, it was the Church at Jerusalem, and indeed the Mother-Church; for evident it is, all other Gospel-Churches sprang at first from this, and hence some conceive the Apostle calls this Church Jerusalem above,*, being the Mother of us all, said to be above, not only because she was in her Constitution from Heaven, or by Divine and Evangelical Institution, but also might be said to be above in respect of Dignity or Privilege, being first constituted, and having the first Fruits of the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit poured out upon them; and besides, having all the great Apostles at first as Members with her; and hence 'tis that all other Churches were to follow the Church of God that was in Judea, and were commended in so doing, and certainly 'tis the Duty of all ⟨p. 72⟩Churches so to walk unto the end of the World.
Pray observe the Footsteps of this Flock, I mean the manner of the Constitution of this Church, it being the first Church that was planted in the Gospel-days, it was the Church at Jerusalem, and indeed the Mother-Church; for evident it is, all other Gospel-Churches sprang at first from this, and hence some conceive the Apostle calls this Church Jerusalem above,*, being the Mother of us all, said to be above, not only because she was in her Constitution from Heaven, or by Divine and Evangelical Institution, but also might be said to be above in respect of Dignity or Priviledg, being first constituted, and having the first Fruits of the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit poured out upon them; and besides, having all the great Apostles at first as Members with her; and hence 'tis that all other Churches were to follow the Church of God that was in Judea, and were commended in so doing, and certainly 'tis the Duty of all ⟨p. 72⟩Churches so to walk unto the end of the World.