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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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§. 43. What kind of means of grace Baptism is.
§. 43. What kinde of meanes of grace Baptisme is.
II. Baptism is no physical or natural means of working 1grace, as if the grace which is sealed up thereby were inherent in the water, or in the Ministers act of sprinkling it (as in medicines, salves, herbs, meats, and the like, there is inherent that virtue which proceedeth from the use of them: and being applied, they have their operation, whether a man believe it, or no) but it is only a voluntary instrument which Christ useth, as it pleaseth him, to work what grace, or measure of 2grace seemeth best to him: so as grace is only assistant to it, not included in it: yet in the right use thereof, Christ by his Spirit worketh that grace which is received by it, in which respect the Minister is said to baptize with water, but Christ with the Holy Ghost and with fire, Matth. 3. 11.
II. Baptisme is no physicall or naturall meanes of working 1grace, as if the grace which is sealed vp thereby were inherent in the water, or in the Ministers act of sprinkling it (as in medicines, salues, hearbs, meats, and the like, there is inherent that vertue which proceedeth from the vse of them: and being applied, they haue their operation, whether a man beleeue it, or no) but it is only a voluntarie instrument which Christ vseth, as it pleaseth him, to worke what grace, or measure of