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The church-membership of children, and their right to baptism, according to that holy and…The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme, according to that holy and…
The church-membership of children, and their right to baptism, according to that holy and everlasting covenant of God, established between himself, and the faithful and their seed after them, in their generations: cleared up in a letter, sent unto a worthy friend of the author, and many years ago written touching that subject; / by Thomas Shepard, sometimes Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridge in New-England. ; Published at the earnest request of many: for the consolidation and encouragement [sic], both of parents and children in the Lord. ; [Twelve lines of Scripture texts]The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme, according to that holy and everlasting covenant of God, established between himself, and the faithfull and their seed after them, in their generations: cleared up in a letter, sent unto a worthy friend of the author, and many yeares agoe written touching that subject; / by Thomas Shepard, sometimes Pastor of the Church of Christ at Cambridg in New-England. ; Published at the earnest request of many: for the consolidation and encouragemenr [sic], both of parents and children in the Lord. ; [Twelve lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green, 1663
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1. The Lord engageth himself to them, that they shall be called by his Name, or his Name shall be called upon them, as 'tis Isay. 63. 19. They shall be called the Sons of God, Hos. 1. 10. and the People of God, Deut. 29. 12. 13. Thou becamest mine, Ezek. 16. 8. They may not be his Sons, and People really, and savingly, but God will Honour them outwardly (at least) with this name, and privilege: they shall bear his name, to be called so, and consequently to be accounted so by others, and to be reckoned as of the number of his visible Church, and People; just as one that Adopts a young Son, he tell's the Father if he carry it well toward him when he is grown up to years, he shall possess the inheritance it self, but yet in the mean while he shall have this favour to be called his son, and be of his family, and household, and so be reckoned among the number of his Sons: see Rom. 9. 4.
1. The Lord engageth himselfe to them, that they shall be called by his Name, or his Name shall be called upon them, as 'tis Isay. 63. 19. They shall be called the Sons of God, Hos. 1. 10. and the People of God, Deut. 29. 12. 13. Thou becamest mine, Ezek. 16. 8. They may not be his Sons, and People really, and savingly, but God will Honour them outwardly (at least) with this name, and priviledg: they shall bear his name, to be called so, and consequently to be accounted so by others, and to be reckoned as of the number of his visible Church, and People; just as one that Adopts a young Son, he tel's the Father if he carry it well toward him when he is grown up to years, he shall possess the inheritance it selfe, but yet in the mean while he shall have this favour to be called his son, and be of his family, and houshold, and so be reckoned among the number of his Sons: see