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The church-membership of children, and their right to baptism according to that holy and…The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme according to that holy and…
The church-membership of children, and their right to baptism according to that holy and everlasting covenant of God, established between Himself and the faithful ... cleared up in a letter, sent unto a worthy friend of the author ... / by Thomas Shepard ...The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme according to that holy and everlasting covenant of God, established between Himself and the faithfull ... cleared up in a letter, sent unto a worthy friend of the author ... / by Thomas Shepard ...
Cambridge: printed by Samuel Green, 1663Cambridg: printed by Samuel Green, 1663
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3. Suppose they do prove profane, and corrupt Churches; yet ⟨p. 16⟩even then, when they are corrupt, they are such Churches, where ordinarily God gathers out his Elect, and out of which (till purer are gathered, or these wholly rejected) there cannot be expected ordinarily any salvation: for so saith our Saviour, salvation is of the Jews, John 4.22. even in that very corrupt, and worst estate of the Church that ever it was in.
3. Suppose they do prove prophane, and corrupt Churches; yet ⟨p. 16⟩even then, when they are corrupt, they are such Churches, where ordinarily God gathers out his Elect, and out of which (till purer are gathered, or these wholly rejected) there cannot be expected ordinarily any salvation: for so saith our Saviour, salva•ion is of the Iews, Iohn 4.22. even in that very corrupt, and worst estate of the Church that ever it was in.
Object. 4. If children be members, then they must come to the Lords Supper, for you know no difference between member and member, in point of privilege, unless they be under some sin.
Object. 4. If children be members, then they must come to the Lords Supper, for you know no difference between member and member, in point of priviledge, unless they be under some sin.