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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.
THE Fifth exception against the Baptism received in England, 1taken from the false subject (meaning Infants) I am loth to trouble you any more with that, we have had already speech enough for the present about it. But because I meet with a further doubt about it, which stumbleth many, I pray you speak a word further to it. The true subject of Baptism, is believers: and though you add, their seed also, yet believers are the principal subject. But now all the people of England being Baptized in their Infancy, it is now come to pass, that the Baptism of believers ⟨p. 194⟩is utterly abandoned out of England. And if all other Churches did the like (as generally they do, except it be a few• whom the rest do commonly, but falsely call Anabaptists) then the Baptism of believers would utterly be abandoned out of the world.
THE Fifth exception against the Baptisme received in England, 1taken from the false subject (meaning Infants) I am loth to trouble you any more with that, wee have had already speach enough for the present about it. But because I meete with a further doubt about it, which stumbleth many, I pray you speake a word further to it. The true subject of Baptisme, is beleevers: and though you adde, their seed also, yet beleevers are the principall subject. But now all the people of England being Baptized in their Infancy, it is now come to passe, that the Baptisme of beleevers ⟨p. 194⟩is utterly abandoned out of England. And if all other Churches did the like (as generally they doe, except it bee a few• whom the rest doe commonly, but falsely call Anabaptists) then the Baptisme of beleevers would utterly be abandoned out of the world.
- 1Sylvester.Silvester.