Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism : being the arguments prepared for (and partly managed in) the publike dispute with Mr. Tombes at Bewdley on the first day of January, 1649 .. (1651)
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 · London : Printed for Robert White · leaf 116
e Righteoufnefs of A-brahams faith, but no otherwife. A ftrange Anfwer, and very bold 11 hear that fincehe anfwereth, that it was onely fuch a feal of Abrahams righteoufnefs of faith, buuiotof others afterward. But 1. The Text feems to fpeak of the nature and ufe of Cir-cumcifion, and the end of… … x. Doth God inftitutea ftanding Church-Ordinance to endure till Chiift,to haveone end for him to whom it was fir ft given, and another to all others ? Is not thenature, end, and ufe of Sacraments, or holy engaging Signs and Seals, the fame toall ? though the fruit be not alway the fame. Thefc are…
