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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.
For so Paul and Silas preached the gospel to the Jailer, Believe in the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, and thine house, Act. 16.31. And so when Zacheus was become a child of Abraham (to wit, by faith) the Lord Jesus promised salvation to him and his house, Luke 19.9. And this was the very same gospel which God preached before unto Abraham, when he gave him that Covenant of grace to be a God to him and his seed; for this was the Covenant which was before confirmed of God in Christ, Gal. 3.16, 17. And the Covenant confirmed by Christ, is no other then the gospel of Christ. And this Covenant to a believer and his seed, is glad tidings, not only to the believer touching himself, but touching his seed also. As it was indeed exceeding glad tidings unto David, that God had promised not only mercy to himself, (but as if that had been a small thing in Gods sight) to his house also for a great while to come, 2 Sam. 7.19. which though it concerned a Kingdom, yet that also was a branch of the Covenant of grace, and concerned the spiritual kingdom of Christ. And surely the promise of salvation, and of the kingdom of heaven, which ⟨p. 23⟩by the Covenant of grace is granted to us, and our children, is a greater blessing then the Kingdom of Israel, and maketh us partakers of the kingdom of Christ.
For so Paul and Silas preached the gospel to the Jaylor, Believe in the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved, and thine house, Act. 16.31. And so when Zacheus was become a child of Abraham (to wit, by faith) the Lord Jesus promised salvation to him and his house, Luke 19.9. And this was the very same gospel which God preached before unto Abraham, when he gave him that Covenant of grace to be a God to him and his seed; for this was the Covenant which was before confirmed of God in Christ,