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 137
Mr.-T. will not interpret Ircnaus Sanftifying, as he doth S. Paul of Legi-timation.) Now let any judge whether it be probable, that if Chrift the Head of theChurch were an Infant, whether it be his will that no Infants fliould be Members.For my part, when / confider that I nfant-ftate of Chrift our… … Y twenty fourth Argument, Is from that full plain Text, i cor7.14. againft which men (iofo wilfully cavil in vain, aslftkeywere forry that God fpeaks it fo plainly, and were relclved toyicd neither to dark exprefllons nor to pain. [£/! mre yonrchildren unclean, but 7iorv are ihcy holy ]_ It is…
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