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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…

Name: The grounds and ends of the baptism of the children of the faithful. Opened…
Author: John Cotton

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.

John Cotton 1584–1652London: printed by R.C. for Andrew Crooke, 1646

[12], 72, 77-196 p. · 86k words · Wing C6436 · ESTC R201141

Title page: John Carter Brown Library copy, digitized by the Internet Archive (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

The Grounds and Ends of Baptism OF THE CHILDREN OF THE FAITHFUL,… › Chapter 1: CHAPT. I. Declaring and Maintaining the first ground for the Baptism of Children.The Grounds and Ends of Baptisme OF THE CHILDREN OF THE FAITHFVLL,… › Chapter 1: CHAPT. I. Declaring and Maintaining the first ground for the Baptisme of Children.

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In the Apostles Commission, by Disciples is meant believers,¹ for so when the Evangelist Mark recordeth the same Commission he rehearseth it thus, Go (saith Christ) into all the world and preach the Gospel unto every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark. 16.15, 16. So that unless children were believers, they are not subjects capable of Baptism: no Faith, no Baptism.

In the Apostles Commission, by Disciples is meant beleevers,¹ for so when the Evangelist Marke recordeth the same Commission he rehearseth it thus, Go (saith Christ) into all the world and preach the Gospel unto every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: he that believeth not shall be damned. Mark. 16.15, 16. So that unlesse children were believers, they are not subjects capable of Baptisme: no Faith, no Baptisme.

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:55p. 11–12§2

If children have no Faith to be baptized,¹ then have they no Faith to be saved. For the words of the Apostles commission are as plain and pregnant for the one as for the other. He that believeth and is baptized (saith Christ) shall be saved, he that believeth ⟨p. 12⟩not shall be damned,

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The book

Title as printed

Author

John Cotton 1584–1652

Place

London

Printer

R.C.

Bookseller

Andrew Crooke

Year

1646

Size

[12], 72, 77-196 p.

Words

86,006

Catalogue

Wing C6436 · ESTC R201141

Text

EEBO-TCP A80622

Passages

693

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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