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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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and yet withal to grant election and regeneration to be of grace.
and yet withall to grant election and regeneration to be of grace.
But they seeing plainly these could not stand together, the utterly denied election to be of grace, but of foreseen faith or works. And they denied also regeneration to be of Gods free grace, but of mans free will: which whether it make void many heavenly and divine truths of grace, let the word and Spirit of grace judge. Well, thus at large we have examined the exceptions, which you wil•• to be considered against some of those proofs from Scripture, which were alleged to confirm, that as in the Old Testament God made a Covenant with Abraham and his seed, so now ⟨p. 72⟩in the New Testament, the faithful inherit the same Covenant with us and our seed. But you said above, you had heard sundry exceptions against the rest of the proofs from Scripture, which were alleged to the same purpose. If you please, then let us now consider of those other exceptions, if there be any more weight in them then the former.
But they seeing plainly these could not stand together, the utterly denyed election to bee of grace, but of foreseen faith or works. And they denyed also regeneration to bee of Gods free grace, but of mans free will: which whether it make void many heavenly and divine truths of grace, let the word and Spirit of grace judge. Well, thus at large wee have examined the exceptions, which you wil•• to be considered against some of those proofes from Scripture, which were alledged to confirme, that as in the Old Testament God made a Covenant with Abraham and his seed, so now ⟨p. 72⟩in the New Testament, the faithfull inherit the same Covenant with us and our seed. But you said above, you had heard sundry exceptions against the rest of the proofes from Scripture, which were alledged to the same purpose. If you please, then let us now consider of those other exceptions, if there be any more weight in them then the former.