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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 1: Wherein the Baptism of Water is proved to be that intended in the Commission, and so a…
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Answ. To be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ,1 is to be baptized as Christ Instituted, Commanded, and Ordained; and as a Learned Person saith, These words, In the Name of Christ, signifies no more that Baptism was administered only in the Name of Christ, not of the Father and the Holy Ghost, than these words, Paul a Servant of Jesus Christ, argues, that he was a Servant of Christ only, and not of the Father and Holy Ghost also: Or as if those words of Paul to the Keeper of the Prison, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, should be thought to free him from a necessity of believing in the other two Persons: for as he that believes aright in Jesus Christ, believes also in the Father and Holy Spirit; so he that is baptized in a right manner, is baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. But because the Lord Jesus more immediately, and as our Sovereign Lord, Law-giver and Mediator, instituted and gave forth this Command, they are said to be baptized in his Name, meaning, they were baptized by his Authority.
Answ. To be baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ,1 is to be baptized as Christ Instituted, Commanded, and Ordained; and as a Learned Person saith, These words, In the Name of Christ, signifies no more that Baptism was administred only in the Name of Christ, not of the Father and the Holy Ghost, than these words, Paul a Servant of Jesus Christ, argues, that he was a Servant of Christ only, and not of the Father and Holy Ghost also: Or as if those words of Paul to the Keeper of the Prison, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, should be thought to free him from a necessity of believing in the other two Persons: for as he that believes aright in Jesus Christ, believes also in the Father and Holy Spirit; so he that is baptized in a right manner, is baptized in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. But because the Lord Jesus more immediately, and as our Soveraign Lord, Law-giver and Mediator, instituted and gave forth this Command, they are said to be baptized in his Name, meaning, they were baptized by his Authority.
- 1Jewel B. of Sal. Sect. 9. in Conf•t. Harding.