N00045:26
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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The main pillars of Anabaptism being no better▪ then ⟨image ?⟩some of the Old rotten-studs and principles of P•pery, •••cht at first from thence in all likely hood, and so inclining thitherward again▪ The Dialect of the Anabaptist is generally (and too much by some) understood, and therefore I forbear quotations out of their own writings▪ possibly some may not have so much taken notice of the like, from the Papist, and therefore I shall briefly manifest the same, by showing where we shall find some of the chief of those Worthies that fought the Lords Ba••les against Antichrist, opposing, and confuting them both, therein: I will cite a few Particulars this way among many the like which might be produced from several other eminent Authors, Holy, burning, and shining lights in the churches of Christ, who have been the Lords Witnesses against the […] Spiritual Egy••; and whose Testimony in this matter concludes as strongly against the Anabaptists, having espoused those Antichristian notions so nearly to themselves.
The mainpillars of Anabaptisme being no better▪ then ⟨image ?⟩some of the Old rotten-studs and principles of P•pery, •••cht at first from thence in all likely hood, and so inclining thitherward again▪ The D•alect of the Anabaptist is generally (and too much by some) understood, and therefore I forbear quotations out of their own writings▪ possibly some may not have so much taken notice of the like, from the Papist, and therefore I shall briefly manifest the same, by shewing where we shall find some of the chief of those Worthies that fought the Lords Bales against Antichrist, opposing, and confuting them both, therein: I will cite a few Particulars this way among many the like which might be produced from severall other eminent Authors, Holy, burning, and shining lights in the churches of Christ, who have been the Lords Witnesses against the Spirituall Egy; and whose Testimonie in this matter concludes as strongly against the Anabaptists, having espoused those Antichristian notions so nerly to themselves.