Baby-baptism meer babism, or, An answer to nobody in five words to every-body who finds himself concern'd in't by Samuel Fisher.

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Title: Baby-baptism meer babism, or, An answer to nobody in five words to every-body who finds himself concern'd in't by Samuel Fisher.
Author: Fisher, Samuel, 1605-1665.
Publication: Lond. :: Printed by Henry Hills and are to be sold by Will. Larner and Richard Moon,; 1653.
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Subject terms: Baptism.; Society of Friends -- Apologetic works.; Infant baptism.
Cite this Item: "Baby-baptism meer babism, or, An answer to nobody in five words to every-body who finds himself concern'd in't by Samuel Fisher." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39573.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.

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The minor proved.

It destroyes the hope that parents can have of the salvation of their children, for it makes them in no better condition then Turks and Pagans, and so our Re∣spondent himself professed, and when the Apostle saith 1 Thess. 4. 13. I would not have you sorrow as those without hope, the grieved parents might reply; what hope can we have of our child, who is in no better condition then the children of infidels? what comfort can we have from the Covenant made with, and the pro∣mises to our children &c? therefore why should we not sorrow as those without hope?

Our Respondent replyed to this, that for ought he knew the children of Turks and Pagans might be all saved, and one replyed, Perhaps he thought the devils might also, which was the end of the argument, there being no other answer gi∣ven, nor to be expected.