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 169
e doth God require theParent to engage his children ? or to Promife or Vow anything in their names ? Or, how can it be faid, that we madeany Covenant or Vow in Baptifm ? Could we vow or Cove-nant, when we could not underftand ? ■itofa. lam the more engaged to anfwer this, becaufeI was once fo… … - - — ■ m l Infants Church-memberjlnf and Baptifm. 113 and right thofc that heard me: (young and unftudyed Preachers will be venturing tofay that which, when they have ftudyed, they will fee muft be unfaid.) x. It is agreed on both fides, that Baptifm is ordained to be a mutuall engagingSign…
