A short catechism about Baptism. By John Tombes, B.D.

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A short catechism about Baptism. By John Tombes, B.D.
Author
Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.
Publication
London :: Printed by Henry Hills, next door to the sign of the Peacock in Aldersgate-street,
1659.
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Catechisms, English -- Early works to 1800.
Baptism -- Early works to 1800.
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"A short catechism about Baptism. By John Tombes, B.D." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A94739.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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Quest. 7. May not the sprinkling or powring water on the face, be the Baptism of Christ?

Answ. Neither the Scripture, nor any ancient Authour call sprinkling, or pouring water on the face, Baptism, nor any use of it in the primative times doth countenance it, and therefore such sprinkling or pouring water is not the Baptism which Christ appointed.

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