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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 8: Proving Believers the only true Subjects of Baptism from the special ends of this holy…
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CHAP. VIII. Proving Believers the only true Subjects of Baptism from the special ends of this holy Sacrament.
What the special end and use of Baptism is, comes next in order to be considered, wherein it will more fully and clearly appear that no Infant in Non-Age ought by any means to be baptized.
WHat the special end and use of Baptism is, comes next in order to be considered, wherein it will more fully and clearly appear that no Infant in Non-Age ought by any means to be baptized.
First of all, it was ordained to be a Sign […] the Baptized of some inward […] viz. of the Person's Death unto […] to a new Life buried with […] i. e. Christ doth certainly […] •mmediately (if not wholly) in […] Scripture to that outward Sign […] that in which there is a plain Representation of the Mystery and inward Grace, we are said to be buried and risen both in Signification, and also in lively Representation of the inward and spiritual Burial and Resurrection with Christ.
First of all, it was ordained to be a Sign 〈…〉 the Baptized of some inward 〈…〉 viz. of the Person's Death unto 〈…〉 to a new Life buried with i. e. Christ doth certainly mmediately (if not wholly) in Scripture to that outward Sign that in which there is a plain Representation of the Mystery and inward Grace, we are said to be buried and risen both in Signification, and also in lively Representation of the inward and spiritual Burial and Resurrection with Christ.