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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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Camtrarius in his Commentary upon this place also saith,1 (for the unbelieving Husband hath been sanctified, an unusual change of the Tense, that is) sanctified in the lawful use of Marriage; for without this, saith he, it would be that their Children should be unclean, that is, infamous and not legitimate, who so are holy, that is, during the Marriage are without all blot of Ignominy.
- 1Camerar.
Erasmus saith likewise,1 Infants born of such Parents as one being a Christian, the other not, are holy legitimately; for the Conversion of either Wife or Husband doth not dissolve the Marriage which was made when both were Unbelievers.
- 1Erasmus.
What Reason now had Dr. Featly and others to contemn this Exposition of the Text, considering what we and so many Learned Men have declared as touching this matter? for a ⟨p. 141⟩more fuller Answer read Mr. Danvers, p. 166, 167, 168, 169.