Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…

Name: Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Author: Cotton Mather

Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726

[2], iv, 10, 207, [5] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo) · 57k words · Evans 2775

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We Proceed unto the Methods and Customs, IN THE CHURCHES OF New-Eng… › Article 4: ARTICLE IV. The Administration of the Sacred Baptism.

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There appears a Lively Emblem of this Matter in the Constitution of the English Government.

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But it has been said, — The Offspring of These. — The First Planters of New-England, having their Eye very much upon the Welfare of their Offspring, it can't be wondered at, if the Churches are for having their Offspring brought with them into the Covenant of their GOD. They find the Covenant of Grace under the Old Testament, extended unto the Offspring of the Faithful: And they have not yet seen any Scripture in the New to cut them off, or shut them out. No; But the Infants of the Faithful are there called, Holy Ones; And they think, Holy Ones ought to be Baptised, and come under a Baptismal Consecration. They do not know, That our Gracious GOD ever ⟨p. 70⟩took a People into His Covenant, but He took their Offspring with them.

But it has been said, — The Offspring of These. — The First Planters of New-England, having their Eye very much upon the Welfare of their Offspring, it can't be wondred at, if the Churches are for having their Offspring brought with them into the Covenant of their GOD. They find the Covenant of Grace under the Old Testament, extended unto the Offspring of the Faithful: And they have not yet seen any Scripture in the New to cut them off, or shut them out. No; But the Infants of the Faithful are there called, Holy Ones; And they think, Holy Ones ought to be Baptised, and come under a Baptismal Consecration. They do not know, That our Gracious GOD ever ⟨p. 70⟩took a People into His Covenant, but He took their Offspring with them.

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Wherefore,

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