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The grounds and ends of the baptism of the children of the faithful. Opened…The grounds and ends of the baptisme of the children of the faithfull. Opened…
The grounds and ends of the baptism of the children of the faithful. Opened in a familiar discourse by way of a dialogue, or brotherly conference. / By the learned and faithful minister of Christ, John Cotton, teacher of the Church of Boston in New-England.The grounds and ends of the baptisme of the children of the faithfull. Opened in a familiar discourse by way of a dialogue, or brotherly conference. / By the learned and faithfull minister of Christ, John Cotton, teacher of the Church of Boston in New-England.
London: printed by R.C. for Andrew Crooke, 1646
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.
The second difference you put is, that that Covenant in the old Testament was in the flesh; this in the heart, Gen. 17.13. with Jer. 31.33. Rom. 2.28, 29.
Answ. This difference is put by you, but not by the Spirit of God in Scripture. For as that Covenant (that is, the sign of the Covenant) was in the flesh: so is Baptism (the sign of the Covenant now) upon the flesh.
Answ. This difference is put by you, but not by the Spirit of God in Scripture. For as that Covenant (that is, the signe of the Covenant) was in the flesh: so is Baptisme (the signe of the Covenant now) upon the flesh.
Secondly, as our Baptism signifieth and sealeth the washing away of the filth of flesh and spirit; so did their circumcision of the flesh signify and seal the circumcision of the heart, Deut. 30.6.
Secondly, as our Baptisme signifieth and sealeth the washing away of the filth of flesh and spirit; so did their circumcision of the flesh signifie and seale the circumcision of the heart, Deut. 30.6.