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The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in…
The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]The order of the Gospel, professed and practised by the churches of Christ in New England, justified, by the Scripture, and by the writings of many learned men, both ancient and modern divines; in answer to several questions, relating to church discipline / by Increase Mather, president of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and teacher of a church at Boston in New England. ; [Five lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1700
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.
QUESTION. VII. IS Baptism to be Administered to all Children, whom any Professed Christian shall engage to see Educated in the Christian Religion?
QUESTION. VII. IS Baptism to be Administred to all Children, whom any Professed Christian shall ingage to see Educated in the Christian Religion?
Answ. If the Question were only whether all Children Adopted by Believing Parents might not be Baptised, we should not oppose. For this is granted not only by the generality of Protestant Divines, but Eminent Writers of the Congregational Persuasion, particularly Dr. Ames, and Mr. Cotton, are for the Affirmative. But as the Question is worded, we defend the Negative. And say, that all such persons as are Comprehended in the Question, have not a right to Baptism, consequently it would be a Profanation of the Holy Institution of Christ to Administer Baptism to them. For,
Answ. If the Question were only whether all Children Adopted by Believing Parents might not be Baptised, we should not oppose. For this is granted not only by the generality of Protestant Divines, but Eminent Writers of the Congregational Perswasion, particularly Dr. Ames, and Mr. Cotton, are for the Affirmative. But as the Question is worded, we defend the Negative. And say, that all such persons as are Comprehended in the Question, have not a right to Baptism, consequently it would be a Profanation of the Holy Insti•ution of Christ to Administer Baptism to them. For,