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The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him,…
The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entitled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entituled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.
London: printed for John Lawrence, 1689
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The Covenant I mention is, as I said, that Covenant which God made with our Father Abraham, and his Seed, 17 Gen. 7. which Covenant holds *still with Believers and their Seed, and shall hold so long as there are Believers in Christ [Abraham's Seed, 3 Gal. 29.] upon Earth; unless the Anabaptists can show us where God hath expressly Repealed that Covenant, as he hath done other Covenants. To which I have spoken†.
The Covenant I mention is, as I said, that Covenant which God made with our Father Abraham, and his Seed, 17 Gen. 7. which Covenant holds *still with Believers and their Seed, and shall hold so long as there are Believers in Christ [Abraham's Seed, 3 Gal. 29.] upon Earth; unless the Anabaptists can shew us where God hath expresly Repealed that Covenant, as he hath done other Covenants. To which I have spoken†.
- *I gave him six Scriptures to prove it, but he not one on the contrary.
- †See Scripture Wor. p. 8, 9, 10. 17 Prov. 16.
My Father then being a Son [as my Mother a Daughter] of Abraham, this Covenant ran down to his Seed: He could plead this Covenant for us; and when I came to Understanding, I did plead it for my self. Here was a Price in my Hand, and I resolved to improve it. Besides this Covenant, I read other Promises made to the Seed of Godly Parents, as 20