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The foundation of Christian religion gathered into six principles and it is to be…
The foundation of Christian religion gathered into six principles and it is to be learned of ignorant people that they may be fit to hear sermons with profit, and to receive the Lords Supper with comfort. : [Two lines from Psalms] / By William Perkins.
printed by Samuel Green, 1682
The Exposition of the Six Principles. › Exposition 5: The fifth Principle Expounded.
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.
Q. How c•meth it to pass, that many after their Baptism, for a long time feel not the effect and fruit of it, & some never?
A. The fault is not in God, who keeps his Covenant, but the fault is in themselves, in that they do not keep the condition of the Covenant; to receive Christ by faith, and to repent of all their sins.
Q. When shall a man then see the effect of his Baptism?
A. At mwhat time soever he doth receive Christ by faith, though it be many years after, he shall then feel the power of God to regenerate him, and to work all things in him, which he offered in Baptism.