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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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Lydia's Heart was opened before she was baptized, and was one the Apostle judged faithful, Acts 16. 14.
So he goes over with all the Scriptures we have mentioned, proving they were Believers, and none else, that all along in the New Testament were baptized; 'tis strange to me that the Man should have such clear Light and plead for the Commission, and the Practice of the Primitive Christians, and yet dare attempt to sprinkle Children, having neither a Command from Christ, or a Precedent from the Apostles for any such thing.
Object. I know 'tis objected Baptism was administered only to Believers in the Apostles time, but that was the Infancy of the Church.
Object. I know 'tis objected Baptism was administred only to Believers in the Apostles time, but that was the Infancy of the Church.
Answ. I am not a little troubled to hear any Man to argue after this manner; for though it be granted in the Apostles days the Church