Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism : being the arguments prepared for (and partly managed in) the publick dispute with Mr. Tombes at Bewdley on the first day of Jan. 1649 : with a full reply to what he then answered and what is contained in his sermon since preached ... with a reply to his valedictory oration at Bewdley and a corrective for his antidote (1653)
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691, Tombes, John, 1603?-1676, Bedford, Thomas, d. 1653 · London : Printed for Robert White · leaf 109
e, then their chil-dren ought ftiU to be Church-members. ( And conffquentlythe Gift and,Ordinance is not repealed.; But certainly thebelieving Jews children { and confequently the Parents in pointof comfort^ are not in a wo rfe condition fiiiceCh.ift then they were before; Thereforetficir children… … Infants Church-piemherjhif and B aptifht, 5 j rfiem into aworfe condition. This were to make Chrlft adtftroyer, and not a SayUour 5 He that came not to deftroy mens litres but to fave them, came not to deftroymens happinefs, but to recover them. He that would not accufe the adulterous wo-man, will…
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