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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.
Surely all the Israelites in the wilderness were sometimes admitted into Covenant with God: yet with many of them God was not pleased, 1 Cor. 10.5. What though those whom God electeth he calleth (to wit, by an effectual calling, according to his purpose:) yet may he not, yea, doth he not call many to place in his vineyard, (the Church) yea, to office also whom he hath not chosen? Mat•h. 20.16. What though the elect obtain (what they seek for) the sure mercies of the Covenant, and the rest come to be hardened? May not therefore the non-elect partake in the outward dispensation of the Covenant, and yet afterwards be hardened in hypocrisy? What though the elect only come on to believe, though not with a justifying faith, yet with an historical and temporary faith? May they not be holy by Covenant, who yet are not holy by the Spirit of Regeneration? May they not be sprinkled with the blood of sprinkling unto the common graces of the Spirit (Heb. 10.29.) who yet are not sprinkled therewith to the remission of their sins? Finally, what though it be said, the Lord added to the Church daily such as should be saved, Acts 2.47? were not Ananias and Sapphira added also, and Simon Magus too, who yet (for ought that appeareth) were none of them saved?
Surely all the Israelites in the wildernesse were sometimes admitted into Covenant with God: yet with many of them God was not pleased, 1 Cor. 10.5. What though those whom God elcteth he calleth (to wit, by an effectuall calling, according to his purpose:) yet may hee not, yea, doth he not call many to place in his vineyard, (the Church) yea, to office also whom he hath not chosen? Mat•h. 20.16. What though the elect obtaine (what they seek for) the sure mercies of the Covenant, and the rest come to be hardened? May not therefore the non-elect partake in the outward dispensation of the Covenant, and yet afterwards bee hardened in hypocrisie? What though the elect onely come on to believe, though not with a justifying faith, yet with an historicall and temporary faith? May they not bee holy by Covenant, who yet are not holy by the Spirit of Regeneration? May they not be sprinkled with the blood of sprinkling unto the common graces of the Spirit (