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The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in…
The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Showed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferior Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.The inexcusableness of neglecting the worship of God, under a pretence of being in an unconverted condition. Shewed in a sermon preached at Northampton, the 17th. Decemb. 1707. being the time of the sitting of the Inferiour Court. / By Solomon Stoddard, Pastor of Northampton. ; Imprimatur, J. Dudley.
printed by B. Green. Sold by Samuel Phillips, 1708
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1. Baptism. In Adult persons, it is needful that there be a profession of Faith & Repentance, morally sincere, in order to their being Baptised. Mat. 3. 6. They were baptised of John in Jordan, confessing their Sins: So the Eunuch before his Baptism, made confession of Christ: Act. 8. 37. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. But Baptism may be administered to those who are not Regenerate: It is not to be imagined that all that were Baptised by John were Regenerate, or judged by him to be so; If Regeneration had been necessary unto Baptism, Christ would not have committed that Work to his Disciples, who were then exceeding raw, Job. 4. 1, 2. The Pharisees heard that Jesus made & baptized more Disciples ⟨p. 11⟩then John, though Jesus himself baptised not but his Disciples So there were multitudes Baptised by Philip in Samaria; and Simon Magus among the rest, Act. 8. 12, 13. And it is the appointment of God that the Children of his visible People, should be Baptised, who are generally at that time in a natural condition. If Unregenerate Persons might not be Baptised, the Pharisees would not have been blamed for neglecting Baptism: they would have been excused, as not prepared for it: but they are condemned for not being Baptized, Luk. 7. 30. The Pharisees & Lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, not being Baptized of him.
1. Baptism. In Adult persons, it is needful that there be a profession of Faith & Repentance, morally sincere, in order to their being Baptised.