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A discourse concerning the subject of baptism wherein the present controversies, that are agitated…A discourse concerning the subject of baptisme wherein the present controversies, that are agitated…
A discourse concerning the subject of baptism wherein the present controversies, that are agitated in the New English churches are from Scripture and reason modestly enquired into / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Sixteen lines of quotations]A discourse concerning the subject of baptisme wherein the present controversies, that are agitated in the New English churches are from Scripture and reason modestly enquired into / by Increase Mather, teacher of a church in Boston in New-England. ; [Sixteen lines of quotations]
printed by Samuel Green, 1675
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.
It is further objected by some, that if such persons have right to Baptism, then also to the Lords Supper, as those that had right to Circumcision were admitted to the Passover. But it may be Answered that it doth in no wise follow, that if these persons have right to Baptism, that then they have right to the Lords Supper. For no Paedo-Baptist will affirm, that the same Qualifications are required for Baptism which are required for Admittance to the Lords Table; The Scripture maketh a plain difference here, for Disciples [m]as such have right to Baptism, John 4. 1, Mat. 28. 19, 20. Hence all, and every disciple hath so: when as they are not simple disciples, but self examining disciples, that have right to partake of the Lords Supper, 1 Cor. 11. 28. Covenant Interest alone giveth right to Baptism, but not to the Lords Supper. Hence persons may have Immediate right to Baptism both for themselves and theirs, and yet not of that other Ordinance, as (according to the opinion of some) is proved by the Instance of a Believer not actually joined to a particular Church, hence also it cometh to pass, that, that may prevent the Administration of the Lords Supper in Churches, which is not a sufficient Cause to hinder the Administration of baptism, E. G. in Case of Schism, we see the Administration of one of these Ordinances is suspended but not of the other.
It is further objected by some, that if such persons have right to Baptisme, then also to the Lords Supper, as those that had right to Circumcision were admitted to the Passover. But it may be Answered that it doth in no wise follow, that if these persons have right to Baptisme, that then they have right to the Lords Supper. For no Paedo-Baptist will affirm, that the same Qualifications are required for Baptisme which are required for Admittance to the Lords Table; The Scripture maketh a plain difference here, for Disciples [m]as such have right to Baptisme, Iohn 4. 1,