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The rector rectified and corrected, or, Infant-baptism unlawful being a sober answer to a…
The rector rectified and corrected, or, Infant-baptism unlawful being a sober answer to a late pamphlet entitled An argumentative and practical discourse of infant-baptism, published by Mr. William Burkit, rector of Mildin in Suffolk : wherein all his arguments for pedo-baptism are refuted and the necessity of immersion, i.e. dipping, is evidenced, and the people falsely called Anabaptists are cleared from those unjust reproaches and calumnies cast upon them : together with a reply to the Athenian gazette added to their 5th volume about infant-baptism : with some remarks upon Mr. John Flavel's last book in answer to Mr. Philip Cary / by Benjamin Keach.The rector rectified and corrected, or, Infant-baptism unlawful being a sober answer to a late pamphlet entituled An argumentative and practical discourse of infant-baptism, published by Mr. William Burkit, rector of Mildin in Suffolk : wherein all his arguments for pedo-baptism are refuted and the necessity of immersion, i.e. dipping, is evidenced, and the people falsly called Anabaptists are cleared from those unjust reproaches and calumnies cast upon them : together with a reply to the Athenian gazette added to their 5th volume about infant-baptism : with some remarks upon Mr. John Flavel's last book in answer to Mr. Philip Cary / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed by John Harris, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
THE Rector Rectified, and Corrected: OR, Infant-Baptism Unlawful. › Chapter 2
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But now can the Infant-Seed of Believers, as such, be said to be the Seed of Abraham in any of these four respects? add, if you can, a fifth.
1. As the Promise refers to Christ, (so they cannot be included) who is Abraham's Seed in a special manner, to whom God promised he would be a God to, and impart all Blessings of the Covenant unto, according to that glorious Compact or Covenant of Redemption made between him and the Father before the World began, upon the account of his blessed Undertakings, as our Mediator and Surety, that so he might impart all those purchased Blessings and Privileges to all who believe in him, or where given to him by the Father.
1. As the Promise refers to Christ, (so they cannot be included) who is Abraham's Seed in a special manner, to whom God promised he would be a God to, and impart all Blessings of the Covenant unto, according to that glorious Compact or Covenant of Redemption made between him and the Father before the World began, upon the account of his blessed Undertakings, as our Mediator and Surety, that so he might impart all those purchased Blessings and Priviledges to all who believe in him, or where given to him by the Father.
2. As ••e Promise refers to the Elect Seed, or such who have the Faith of Abraham, and walk in his steps, it cannot include the Infant-Seed of Believing Gentiles as such.