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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 place in Ephes. 2.14. to 20. showeth what the Church of Gods Redeemed be, and all the spiritual members thereof: but neither proveth that all the members of the Church are such, or that the Infants of believers are not such. The Church of God in Zion was built upon the foundation of the Prophets: and it was an habitation to the Lord. Psal. 102.13. yet infants were members of it. The place in John 4.23. showeth (as I said before) what God seeketh: not that he findeth all such in every Church: much less that he excludeth Infants out of the Church, till they can make it appear by open profession of their faith, that they do worship him in Spirit and truth. It hath bin proved above, that of Infants is the Kingdom of God (Mar. 10.14.) ⟨p. 104⟩that is, the Church: and yet they cannot profess and declare any such worship in their own Persons: though indeed the Acts of their godly parents in that case are there accepted of Christ, as the Acts of the Infants. For Christ accepted their Parents bringing of them to him, as if they had come to him in their own persons. Suffer (saith he) little children to come unto me: and yet they came not, but as they were brought.
The place in Ephes. 2.14. to 20. sheweth what the Church of Gods Redeemed bee, and all the spirituall members thereof: but neither proveth that all the members of the Church are such, or that the Infants of beleevers are not such. The Church of God in Zion was built upon the foundation of the Prophets: and it was an habitation to the Lord. Psal. 102.13. yet infants were members of it. The place in John 4.23. sheweth (as I said before) what God seeketh: not that hee findeth all such in every Church: much lesse that hee excludeth Infants out of the Church, till they can make it appeare by open profession of their faith, that they doe worship him in Spirit and truth. It hath bin proved above, that of Infants is the Kingdome of God (