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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.
CHAP. XIII.
Yes,1 besides all the former Arguments which I have alleged (as I find them) against the Baptism of Infants, I have met with sundry evil consequences, which do unavoidably attend your Doctrine of Infants Baptism.
YEs,1 besides all the former Arguments which I have alledged (as I finde them) against the Baptisme of Infants, I have met with sundry evill consequences, which doe unavoidably attend your Doctrine of Infants Baptisme.
- 1Sylvester.Silvester.
First, it makes void the stability of Gods Covenant it self, thus, If the Covenant of Grace be absolute and stable, then all within the same must be saved. But all within the said Covenant were not saved: Ergo, the Covenant of Grace is not absolute and stable. The Major is confessed, that a believers seed is in the Covenant of Grace without exception. The Minor is proved from Ismael, Esau, and the rejected Jews: all which were the seed of believers, and yet all not saved.