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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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A sixth Proof of Infant-Baptism is grounded upon Mark 16. 16. He that believeth, and is baptized, ⟨p. 142⟩shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned.
Now they affirm that Infants are Believers, and therefore are to be baptized.
Mr. Smithies says, Infants are Believers in a sense, or else they could not be saved,1 nor have right to the Promises of Christ in the Gospel; and if they are in any sense such Believers as are entitled to Salvation, they are such Believers as have a right to Baptism; if the Estate belongs to a Child in the Cradle, the Indentures and Seals of that Estate belong to him likewise: the Child of a Believer may as well be called a Believer, as the Child of a Proselyte was called a proselyte: if God gives Children but the denomination of Believers, it is sufficient to entitle them to Baptism. Thus Mr. Smithies.
Mr. Smythies says, Infants are Believers in a sense, or else they could not be saved,1 nor have right to the Promises of Christ in the Gospel; and if they are in any sense such Believers as are intitled to Salvation, they are such Believers as have a right to Baptism; if the Estate belongs to a Child in the Cradle, the Indentures and Seals of that Estate belong to him likewise: the Child of a Believer may as well be called a Believer, as the Child of a Proselyte was called a proselyte: if God gives Children but the denomination of Believers, it is sufficient to entitle them to Baptism. Thus Mr. Smythies.