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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 8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
But you strive to contradict the Holy Ghost, by making People believe, there was not much Water in that place, p. 59.
Because the Original reads not [Greek or Hebrew], much Water, but [Greek or Hebrew], many Waters; that is, (say you) many Streams or Rivulets.
Because the Original reads not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, much Water, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, many Waters; that is, (say you) many Streams or Rivolets.
Answ. What difference is there between much Water, and many Waters? If they were Streams and Rivulets, though not deep, yet if they were but a little while stopped with a Dam, they would soon rise to be deep enough to swim in, as Experience shows; but 'tis enough, there he baptized, saith the Holy Spirit, for there was much Water, or many Waters; there, [for or because] intimating plainly, that the Ordinance could no• be administered with a little Water, but that it required many Waters, or much Water, a great deal more than a Basin could hold, or you hold in your Hand.
Answ. What difference is there between much Water, and many Waters? If they were Streams and Rivolets, though not deep, yet if they were but a little while stopp'd with a Dam, they would soon rise to be deep enough to swin in, as Experience shews; but 'tis enough, there he baptized, saith the Holy Spirit, for there was much Water, or many Waters; there, [for or bebecause] intimating plainly, that the Ordinance could no• be administred with a little Water, but that it required many Waters, or much Water, a great deal more than a Bason could hold, or you hold in your Hand.