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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.
A Second Argument is produced, viz. because the persons in question are visible Believers, which is demonstrated, 1. In that they are not Infidels, 2 dly. Else there is no hope of Salvation either of them or theirs. 3. They are partakers of those gifts of the Spirit which are peculiar to Christians. 4. The Scripture calls persons ⟨p. 9⟩so q•al […] in the Proposition expressed, believe• […] which is showed in sundry particulars. 5. […] persons in Question are Justly styled Disciples or Christians, and therefore are believers, and baptizable.
A Second Argument is produced, viz. because the persons in question are visible Believers, which is demonstrated, 1. In that they are not Infidels, 2 dly. Else there is no hope of Salvation either of them or theirs. 3. They are partakers of those gifts of the Spirit which are peculiar to Christians. 4. The Scripture calls persons ⟨p. 9⟩so q•al 〈…〉 in the Proposition expressed, believe• 〈…〉 which is shewed in sundry particulars. 5. 〈…〉 persons in Question are Justly stiled Disciples or Christians, and therefore are believers, and baptizable.
Having endeavoured to clear the first Argument, we proceed unto a second and that shall be, because the persons in Question are visible believers, The Argument stands thus, visible believers have right to Baptism for themselves and theirs. But the persons in Question are visible believers. Ergo.
Having endeavoured to clear the first Argument, we proceed unto a second and that shall be, because the persons in Question are visible believers, The Argument stands thus, visible believers have right to Baptisme for themselves and theirs. But the persons in Question are visible believers. Ergo.