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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.
6. It is one thing to speak of the condition, in which God approveth Church-members; another thing to speak of the condition, in which God approveth the receiving of Church-members. God never approved the condition of Judas in his Apostleship, ⟨p. 135⟩or in his Church-membership; and yet he approved the receiving of him into both.
6. It is one thing to speake of the condition, in which God approveth Church-members; another thing to speak of the condition, in which God approveth the receiving of Church-members. God never approved the condition of Judas in his Apostleship, ⟨p. 135⟩or in his Church-membership; and yet hee approved the receiving of him into both.
But to proceed to the difference which you make of the subjects of the two Testaments, though that be a point scanned before, and needlessly repeated here: When you make the Old Testament to bequeath Legacies to a male of eight days old, or to a Proselyte, and for that end quote Gen. 17.10, 14, 23, 25. with other Scriptures; and the New Testament to bestow Legacies (as the Privileges and blessing of Abraham) only to such as believe, and none else.
But to proceed to the difference which you make of the subjects of the two Testaments, though that bee a point scanned before, and needlesly repeated here: When you make the Old Testament to bequeath Legacies to a male of eight dayes old, or to a Proselyte, and for that end quote Gen. 17.10, 14, 23, 25. with other Scriptures; and the New Testament to bestow Legacies (as the Priviledges and blessing of Abraham) onely to such as believe, and none else.