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Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome…
Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Beadles upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.Certain discourses, viz. of Babylon (Rev. 18. 4.) being the present See of Rome (with a sermon of Bishop Bedels upon the same words) of laying on of hands (Heb. 6. 2.) to be an ordained ministry, of the old form of words in ordination, of a set form of prayer : each being the judgment of the late Arch-bishop of Armagh, and Primate of Ireland / published and enlarged by Nicholas Bernard ... : unto which is added a character of Bishop Bedel, and an answer to Mr. Pierces fifth letter concerning the late Primate.
London: printed for John Crook, 1659
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In the search of several Authors, I find these two expositions, most worthy of consideration.
In the search of several Authours, I find these two expositions, most worthy of consideration.
The first is, Confirmation of children after Baptism, which hath somewhat of Antiquity for it, most of the Writers of the Church of Rome incline that way, and even Calvin is of that mind also, and in his Comment upon this place, stands much for it, and wisheth it had not been laid aside; hodie retinenda pura institutio, superstitio autem corrigenda; and produceth this custom of confirming of children in the Primitive times, to be an argument ⟨p. 178⟩they were then baptized, but I conceive it cannot be the sense, for this reason; because 'tis not a Fundamental, and hard to prove, it was then (like Baptism and the rest) esteemed to be of a necessary use and belief in the Catholic Church, according to that of Vincentius Lyrinensis, 1That is, to be held for a Catholic verity, which hath been believed every where, always, and by all; And our Church saith, children baptized, have all things necessary to their salvation; The Papists that hold it to be a Sacrament, do not say 'tis a Fundamental, and when it was observed by us, we took it to be only an ancient laudable custom of the Church, and whether it was so in Saint Pauls time, in the Church of the Hebrews, it doth not appear.
The first is, Confirmation of children after Baptisme, which hath somewhat of Antiquity for it, most of the Writers of the Church of Rome incline that way, and even Calvin is of that mind also, and in his Comment upon this place, stands much for it, and wisheth it had not been laid aside; hodie retinenda pura institutio, superstitio autem corrigenda; and produceth this custome of confirming of children in the Primitive times, to be an argument ⟨p. 178⟩