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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.
Touching the second instance, whereby you plead for dipping from the example of John Baptist and Philip, I willingly acknowledge, that Dipping is a lawful manner of Baptizing. Bu• if you contend from these example••, that dipping is the only way of Baptizing, and such a dipping as amounts to drenching, or dousing, that is, to dipping of the whole body over head and ears, those examples do not pr••se upon us either of these: For though John Baptist did bapti•e sometime in Jordan, sometime in Ae••n, where there might […] water enough to drench the baptized▪ yet where h•d th• Apostl•• water enough in the streets of Jerusalem to d••nch the […] p•rso••, whom they baptized in one day? Acts ⟨p. 109⟩2.41. It is much more probable, that they either sprinkled them with water, or poured water upon their face or heads. For it is not said, that the Apostles carried them away from thence to any pool, or river, where they might be drenched. In Philips baptizing of Eunuch, it is said, they went down both together into the water, to wit, both Philip, and the Eunuch, Acts 8.38. But their going down into the water was not part of the Baptism: For Philip went down into the water, as well as the Eunuch. And it was no part of Philips meaning to baptize himself. Besides, the words translated they went down, expresseth no more but that they descended out of the Chariot into the water: but how deep is not at all mentioned.
Touching the second instance, whereby you ple•d for dipping from the exmple of Iohn Baptist and Philip, I willingly acknowledge, that Dipping is a lawfull manner of Baptizing. Bu if you contend from these example, that dipping is the onely way of Baptizing, and such a dipping as amounts to drenching, or dousing, that is, to dipping of the whole body over head and eares, those examples doe not prse upon us either of these: For though Iohn Baptist did baptie sometime in Iordan, sometime in Aen, where there might water enough to drench the baptized yet where hd th Apostl water enough in the streets of Hierusalem to dnch the prso, whom they baptized in one day?