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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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Baptism, saith Bullinger, 1is an Agreement or Covenant of Grace which Christ enters into with us when we are baptized, &c.
- 1Bullinger upon Acts 2. 38.
Fourthly, Baptism is called the Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins; one end of this Ordinance therefore is this, viz. To testify the Truth of our Repentance, and to engage us thereby to bring forth Fruits meet for amendment of Life.
As their Sins are not forgiven them,1 saith Mr. Baxter, till they are converted; so they must not be baptized for the Forgiveness of Sins, till they profess themselves converted, seeing to the Church non esse & non apparere is all one. Repentance towards God, and Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ, is the sum of ⟨p. 83⟩that preaching that makes Disciples, Acts 20, 21. Therefore both these must by Profession seem to be received, before any at Age are Baptized. And that no other, say I, besides them at Age ought to be baptized, by this very Argument is very clear and evident.
- 1Baxter on Confirm. p. 30, 31.