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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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1I Have met with this as a second argument against the Baptism of Infants, That in the Baptism of infants there is an high contempt and injury offered to Christ, as he is the husband of the Church, (his holy Spouse) to force upon him a natural wife, himself being spiritual, and desireth the like associate; whereas such a Church is founded upon the natural bight, namely Infants; because commonly to one that is born of the spirit, there is twenty born of the flesh.
1I Have met with this as a second argument against the Baptisme of Infants, That in the Baptisme of infants there is an high contempt and injury offered to Christ, as hee is the husband of the Church, (his holy Spouse) to force upon him a naturall wife, himselfe being spirituall, and desireth the like associate; whereas such a Church is founded upon the natural bith, namely Infants; because commonly to one that is born of the spirit, there is twenty born of the flesh.
- 1Sylvester.Silvester.
1Christ did not take it as such an high contempt or injury offered to him by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the whole house of Israel, that the infants of his people, and of the Proselytes that joined to them, were received into Covenant with him, and admitted to the seal thereof; when as yet himself was as spiritual then as now he is. You do herein apparently charge Christ himself with folly, and with indignity offered to himself; that he should so much forget himself, that he being spiritual, should take so many thousand Infants into the Covenant with him, who for the most part are natural, and (as you say) for one that is born of the Spirit, there were twenty born of the flesh.