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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.
It is utterly untrue, that Baptism never signifieth sprinkling,1 but dipping. It signifieth generally washing, whether by dipping or sprinkling: infusion, or affusion. In Acts 22.16. Be baptized and wash away thy sins, the latter word interpreteth the former. In 1 Cor. 10.2. the Israelites are said to have been all baptized in the• cloud, and in the sea: Wherein nevertheless they were not dipped, nor drenched, nor doused, but only sprinkled, for they went over dry-shod, Exod. 14.22. In Heb. 9.10. where it is said in the Greek the service stood in divers Baptisms, the translation readeth i•, in divers washings. In Dan. 4.33. where it is translated he was wet with the dew of Heaven, the Greek Septuagint expresseth it in the same word, whereof Baptizing is derived.
It is utterly untrue, that Baptisme never signifyeth sprinkling,1 but dipping. It signifyeth generally washing, whether by dipping or sprinkling: infusion, or affusion. In Acts 22.16. Bee baptized and wash away thy sinnes, the latter word interpreteth the former. In 1 Cor. 10.2. the Israelites are said to have been al baptized in the• cloude, and in the sea: Wherein neverthelesse they were not dipped, nor drenched, nor doused, but onely sprinkled, for they went over dry-shod, Exod. 14.22. In