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A short treatise
A short treatise: containing all the principal grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for householders..A short treatise: containing all the principall grounds of Christian religion. By way of questions and answers: very profitable for all sorts of men, but especially for housholders..
London: printed for William Welby, 1617
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.
Q. What is Baptism?
Q. What is Baptisme?
A. A 12 Sacrament eof our ingrafting into Christ, communion with him, and entrance into the Church.
Expos. 12. The seed of Abraham, Gal. 3. 7. or children of Christian Parents, are within the covenant, are Christians and members of the Church, 1. Cor. 7. 14. Rom. 11. 16. Baptism therefore doth not make them Christian souls, but doth solemnly signify, and seal their ingrafting into Christ, and that communion which the members of Christ have with him their Head, and doth confirm that they are acknowledged members of the Church, and entered into it. 1. Pet. 3. 21.