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Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness
Practical truths tending to promote the power of godliness: wherein several important duties, are urged, and the evil of divers common sins, is evinced; delivered in sundry sermons. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Ten lines of Scripture texts]
printed by Samuel Green upon assignment of Samuel Sewall, 1682
Baptised Persons are under Sacred and Awful Obligation to the Lord.
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.
Consider, they are blessed that do thus. They that answer the obligation which by being made subject unto such an Ordinance of Christ, they are brought under, shall have all the grace and good which is signified thereby, most certainly performed to them. All that is contained in that comprehensive word, Salvation, shall be vouchsafed to them, 1 Pet. 3. 24. As sure as they have been baptised, so surely shall they be saved with an everlasting Salvation. They that have the inward as well as outward Baptism, have really put on Christ, who will be a blessed Garment, to hide them nakedness, and cover their shame, a glorious Robe, to adorn their Souls with. The Wedding Garment, the righteousness of Justification and of Sanctification is theirs.
Consider, they are blessed that do thus. They that answer the obligation which by being made subject unto such an Ordinance of Christ, they are brought under, shall have all the grace and good which is signified thereby, most certainly performed to them. All that is contained in that comprehensive word, Salvation, shall be vouchsafed to them, 1 Pet. 3. 24. As sure as they have been baptised, so surely shall they be saved with an everlasting Salvation. They that have the inward as well as outward Baptisme, have really put on Christ, who will be a blessed Garment, to hide them nakedness, and cover their shame, a glorious Robe, to adorn their Souls with. The Wedding Garment, the righteousness of Justification and of Sanctification is theirs.
Q. How should Baptism be improved? unto what ends should we make use of our Christian Baptism?
Q. How should Baptisme be improved? unto what ends should we make use of our Christian Baptisme?
Ans. In general unto all those ends which the Lord hath appointed it for. We are to improve our Baptism for our help and furtherance in those things, which that Ordinance doth put us in mind of. Concerning the obligations, which Christians are brought under thereby, we have already spoken. Let me here add.