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 209
that Religion which is mod in credit;indthatfomcfewofthe 7caloushavebtcnalway fcandalous: But for fo great a pareof the t;;alous Profcflbrs of Religion to milcarry, and that avowing It, as thcfc beforementioned, Is a thing that the moft malicious Turk or Paplft could never yet makegood of the… … Will conclude with a little tryal of the ftrength of Mt. Tj.caufe in point of Antiquity^ which indeed in this cafe isof fome moment, not direftly to teach us, whether Infantsfhould be baptized ; but rfe/i(f2o, whether In the times nextafter the Apoftics they were baptized or noj which willmuch help…
Church of England · Baptism · Church membership
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