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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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Nay, and by the same Argument (since Infant-Baptism was not instituted by Christ, no• practised in the Primitive Church) and yet may be admitted as a Divine Ordinance of Christ, and so practised by Christians▪ why may not ⟨p. 77⟩all, or many other Rites and Sacraments owned and maintained in the Romish Church, be admitted also? But,
Object. I have heard some say, Is it my where forbid?
Answ. To which I answer, where are such things as Crossings, Salt, Spittle, and Sureties, &c. forbid? At this Door what Inventions and Innovations may not come in, or be admitted, of such a dangerous Consequence is this, that it would undo us all!
Object. But say you at that time, i. e. at the first preaching the Gospel and planting Churches, Adult Persons were baptized only because they were before they believed either Jews or Heathens; but when they believed and were baptized, their Children had a right to Baptism likewise.