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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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3. Object. Many who long after their baptism, have lived like swine in sin, and so have not been cleansed or sanctified, yet divers years after have been effectually called: what means hath baptism been hereof?
3. Obiect. Many who long after their baptisme, haue liued like swine in sinne, and so haue not beene cleansed or sanctified, yet diuers yeeres after haue beene effectually called: what meanes hath baptisme beene hereof?
Answ. The use and efficacy of baptism is not as the act ⟨p. 62⟩thereof, transient, but permanent and perpetual so long as the party baptized liveth. Whensoever a sinner unfeignedly repenteth, and faithfully layeth hold on the promises of God, baptism, which is the seal thereof is as powerful and effectual as it could have been when it was first administered. For the efficacy of baptism consisteth in the free offer of grace. So long therefore as God continueth to offer grace, so long may a mans baptism be effectual. On this ground we are but once for all baptized: and as the 1Prophets put the people in mind of their circumcision, so the Apostles of their baptism long after it was administered. Yea, they speak of it (though the act were long before past) as if it were in doing, in the time present, Baptism saveth.2
Answ. The vse and efficacie of baptisme is not as the act ⟨p. 62⟩