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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 12: Containing an Answer to several other Arguments brought for Infant-Baptism.
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4. This renders the Service of Men abominable, when they make void the Commands of God by their Traditions, and all they do to be in vain, for so saith our Saviour, In vain they worship me, teaching for Doctrine the Commandments of Men.
Object. 3. But is it to be imagined, saith Mr. Smithies, that our Saviour, who took little Children up in his Arms, should allow no Ordinance for them by which they should be admitted into his Church?
Object. 3. But is it to be imagined, saith Mr. Smythies, that our Saviour, who took little Children up in his Arms, should allow no Ordinance for them by which they should be admitted into his Church?
Answ. Must he needs baptize them because he took them up in his Arms? and because he blessed them, must he receive them into his Church? We have proved that they are not capable Subjects of Gospel-Church-membership, neither did our Saviour baptize any with his own Hands, Joh. 4. 1, 2. therefore not those Children he took up into his Arms; nor is this any proof in the least, i. e. that Christ must allow them an Ordinance, because he showed them the favour to take them up into his Arms. 'Tis said he looked upon the young Man, and loved him; must he therefore make him a Member of his Church, whether he was fitly qualified for it or no? Christ showed many great Favours unto divers Persons, that we do not read he admitted into his Church. He may show one Favour to you, and yet deny you another which you may not be capable of receiving.
Answ. Must he needs baptize them because he took them up in his Arms? and because he blessed them, must he receive them into his Church? We have proved that they are not capable Subjects of Gospel-Church-membership, neither did our Saviour baptize any with his own Hands,