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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 14: Proving Baptism a great and glorious Ordinance, and that 'tis initiating or an In-let i…
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1. Consider with what Authority our Saviour gave it forth; All Power is given to me in Heaven and Earth: Go ye therefore, teach all Nations, baptizing them, &c.
2. In that it was one of the last things he gave in charge to his Disciples before he went to Heaven. And,
4. In that no Ordinance is to be administered in a more solemn manner than this is, viz. in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.
4. In that no Ordinance is to be administred in a more solemn manner than this is, viz. in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit.