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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.
But how can this collection arise out of this comparison of the first fruits? The first fruits of the field were visibly presented to the Lord in his Sanctuary, and being visibly accepted, appeared visibly to be holy. But as for the lump of the fruits of the field, there was no visible appearance, either of their presentation in the Sanctuary before the Lord, or of the Lords visible acceptance of them, but only in their first fruits. And so indeed it is here, the first fruits of Gods holy Covenant, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, being holy by faith, and accepted of God as holy to himself, they visibly appeared so to be. And through their holiness, and Gods acceptance of them, and of their seed in his holy Covenant, the lump of their posterity from their infancy upward, were holy also, though they did not appear in visible holiness, till in fullness of time they came to be presented before the Lord in his Temple. And neither then did they appear visibly holy by their own faith, but by the faith of their Parents presenting them to the Lord.
But how can this collection arise out of this comparison of the first fruits? The first fruits of the field were visibly presented to the Lord in his Sanctuary, and being visibly accepted, appeared visibly to be holy. But as for the lumpe of the fruits of the field, there was no visible appearance, either of their presentation in the Sanctuary before the Lord, or of the Lords visible acceptance of them, but onely in their first fruits. And so indeed it is here, the first fruits of Gods holy Covenant, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, being holy by faith, and accepted of God as holy to himselfe, they visibly appeared so to be. And through their holinesse, and Gods acceptance of them, and of their seed in his holy Covenant, the lumpe of their posterity from their infancy upward, were holy also, though they did not appeare in visible holinesse, till in fulnesse of time they came to be presented before the Lord in his Temple. And neither then did they appeare visibly holy by their owne faith, but by the faith of their Parents presenting them to the Lord.
But (say you) if there be not a visible holiness in the lump suitable to that in the first fruits, it maketh nothing for the thing in hand.