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Another essay for investigation of the truth, in answer to two questions, concerning I.…
Another essay for investigation of the truth, in answer to two questions, concerning I. The subject of baptism. II. The consociation of churches. / By John Davenport B. of D. and Pastor of the Church of Christ, at New-Haven, in New-England. ; [Twenty-four lines of quotations]
printed by Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663
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.
Reply. The Parents acting in Covenant for their Infant-seed, hath been before proved to be the Procreant cause of the child's Membership: nor are the children said to enter into Covenant, Deut. 29. 11. otherwise then in and by their Parents Covenant. Yet, as if all they have said were clear, they demand,
Reply. The Parents acting in Covenant for their Infant-seed, hath been before proved to be the Procreant cause of the childes Membership: nor are the children said to enter into Covenant, Deut. 29. 11. otherwise then in and by their Parents Covenant. Yet, as if all they have said were clear, they demand,
What is it that children w•nt unto […] actual, complete, proper, absolute, and immediate Membership, &c? Is it Covenant-interest, which is the formalis ratio of membership? No, they are in Covenant. Is it Divine Grant and Institution, which is the Principal Efficient? No; he hath clearly declared himself, that he grants unto the children of his people a portion in his Church, and appoints them to be members thereof. Is it an act of Covenanting, which is the Instrumental Means? No; they have this also reputatively, by Divine Appointment, making the Parent a public person, and accounting them to Covenant in his covenanting.
What is it that children w•nt unto 〈…〉 actual, compleat, proper, absolute, and immediate Membership, &c? Is it Covenant-interest, which is the formalis ratio of membership? No, they are in Covenant. Is it Divine Grant and Institution, which is the Principal Efficient? No; he hath clearly declared himself, that he grants unto the children of his people a portion in his Church, and appoints them to be members thereof. Is it an act of Covenanting, which is the Instrumental Means? No; they have this also reputatively, by Divine Appointment, making the Parent a publick person, and accounting them to Covenant in his covenanting.