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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 11: Wherein many other pretended Scripture-Poofs and Arguments for the baptizing of Infants…
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By Children, here saith, a Learned Man, is not meant their Infants, but the Posterity of the Jews: And so Dr. Hammond grants it, and therefore confesseth this place a very unconcluding Argument for Infant-Baptism.
And, says he, though by Children be here meant the Posterity of the Jews, yet not the natural or carnal Seed neither, but the Spiritual; as appears by the last words in the verse, viz. Even to as many as the Lord our God shall call.
So that it is very evident, that this Text is grossly abused, by such as infer from hence a title to Baptism, for Children of Believers, by virtue of a Promise to them as such; whereas it is manifest from the whole scope of the Context, that it is only an encouragement to the Jews ⟨p. 137⟩against Despair, by reason of their crucifying the Son of God, letting them know that yet there was hope of Mercy and Pardon for them and their Children,1 upon the respective Repentance of both, or either of them. And to the same purpose our late Annotators I find give it, speaking of this Text.
So that it is very evident, that this Text is grosly abused, by such as infer from hence a title to Baptism, for Children of Believers, by virtue of a Promise to them as such; whereas it is manifest from the whole scope of the Context, that it is only an incouragement to the Jews ⟨p. 137⟩against Dispair, by reason of their crucifying the Son of God, letting them know that yet there was hope of Mercy and Pardon for them and their Children,