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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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Secondly, Another end of Baptism is, that it might be a signal Representation of a Believers Union with Christ, hence called a being baptized into Christ, and a putting on of Christ.
As many as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ, and are all one in Christ Jesus,1 saith Mr. Baxter, and are Abraham's Seed, and Heirs according to Promise, Gal. 3. 27, 28, 29.
- 1Baxter on Confirm. p. 32.
This speaks the Apostle of the probability grounded on a credible Profession, &c.
And further, saith he, our Baptism is the Solemnizing of our Marriage with Christ, and 'tis a new and strange kind of Marriage where there is no Profession of Consent.