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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
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Answ. 3. Civill State and Government is but an accessary to the Covenant; And though the people of God in the new Testament should never enjoy it, (which is not to be granted:) yet what is this to the main promise of the Covenant, That God will be a God to his people, and to their seed, throughout all generations?
Answ. 3. Civill State and Government is but an accessary to the Covenant; And though the people of God in the new Testament should never enjoy it, (which is not to be granted:) yet what is this to the maine promise of the Covenant, That God will bee a God to his people, and to their seed, throughout all generations?
The seventh and last difference which you put is as little pertinent to the cause, as all the former. For what if that Covenant held forth Christ in the flesh to an heart veiled? And this holdeth him forth in the Spirit to a face open, 2 Cor. 3.
The seventh and last difference which you put is as little pertinent to the cause, as all the former. For what if that Covenant held forth Christ in the flesh to an heart vailed? And this holdeth him forth in the Spirit to a face open, 2 Cor. 3.
Yet this argueth only a different dispensation of the Covenant by Moses and by Christ; But the Covenant of Abraham which was given 430 years before the Covenant of Moses, did not so veil, nor darken the face of Christ, but that Abraham saw Christ, though afar off, yet clearly, and rejoiced, John 8.56. And so did all his ⟨p. 64⟩