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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 9: Containing several other Arguments, proving, why not Infants, but Believers only, are t…
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As to the Minor, 'tis evident, and owned by the Learned, that those who are enjoined to be baptized, in the Commission, Matth. 28. are first to be taught, or made Disciples: But Infants cannot be made Disciples, being uncapable of teaching; therefore there is nothing in that Commission of Infant-Baptism: If they have any other word of Institution or Commission, let them produce it, we profess we know of none.
Object. Christ commanded his Disciples to baptize all Nations; Children are part of the Nations, therefore may be baptized: Thus you see we have Authority to baptize Children from the great Commission.
Answ. Let me have the same liberty to argue, and see what will follow, viz. Christ commanded his Disciples to baptize all Nations; but Turks, Pagans, and Infidels, with their Children, are part of the Nations, Ergo, Turks, Pagans, and Infidels, and their Children, may be baptized also. Sir, I will appeal to you, is not this Inference as good and as justifiable as yours? Come put it to your Consciences; Can you suppose any should be baptized by virtue of the words of Christ in the Commission, but Disciples only?