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We do not affirm, that they were added to that particular church by baptism immediately, without any other act inter∣vening;
An ansvver to Mr. J.G. his XL. queries, touching the lawfulness, or unlawfulness of holding church-communion, between such who have been baptized after their beleeving, and others who have not otherwise been baptized, then in their infancie. As likewise touching infant, and after baptism. In which answer, the undueness of such mixt communion is declared, the unlawfulness of infant-baptism, and the necessity of after baptism is asserted. By W.A.
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- An ansvver to Mr. J.G. his XL. queries, touching the lawfulness, or unlawfulness of holding church-communion, between such who have been baptized after their beleeving, and others who have not otherwise been baptized, then in their infancie. As likewise touching infant, and after baptism. In which answer, the undueness of such mixt communion is declared, the unlawfulness of infant-baptism, and the necessity of after baptism is asserted. By W.A.
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- Allen, William, d. 1686.
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- London, :: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Hen. Cripps, and L. Lloyd, at their shop in Popes head-Alley.,
- 1653.
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- Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. -- Philadelphia.
- Infant baptism -- Early works to 1800.
- Baptism -- Early works to 1800.
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"An ansvver to Mr. J.G. his XL. queries, touching the lawfulness, or unlawfulness of holding church-communion, between such who have been baptized after their beleeving, and others who have not otherwise been baptized, then in their infancie. As likewise touching infant, and after baptism. In which answer, the undueness of such mixt communion is declared, the unlawfulness of infant-baptism, and the necessity of after baptism is asserted. By W.A." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A74992.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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but we say, they were not added without baptisme, and so much is in effect acknowledged by the Querist himself, in that he sayes, this addition is not mentioned till after their being baptized, and therefore their baptism must needs go be∣fore their addition to the church, unlesse we will suppose Luke to have begun at the wrong end of this part of his Narrative, in mentioning that first, which was last done, and that last, which was first done, and if so, then according to the order of things done, they were first added to the church, and then af∣terward did gladly receive the word to conversion, and were baptized, which I suppose no man is so void of common sense as to believe.
And if their baptisme did precede their addition to the church, then why does the Querist strive so as he does, to in∣teresse their believing or Discipleship, with exclusion of their baptism, as the reason and ground of Lukes saying, they were added to the church? For if he does not exclude baptisme in recounting the reason of that addition, then we are agreed; for there is no question, but that their gladly receiving the Word, or believing the Word, or becoming Disciples by the Word, was one reason or grou••d of their addition to the church, but not the only one, f••r Luke mentions their being baptized, as well as that; and why should any man go about to seperate them? The question is not, whether faith or baptisme is the originall, main, and principall ground of the holy bro∣ther-hood amongst the Saints, as he calls it; we willingly grant, (and therefore could have spared him the labour of pro∣ving) that faith hath the precedency herein: But what will it therefore follow, that because believing is the originall and principall ground of the holy brother-hood, or church-relati∣on, that therefore baptism is none at all? does he not know, that though the Apostle gives repentance from dead works, and faith towards God, the first place in the foundation, yet he assigns baptism its place, and standing next to them in the same foundation, Heb. 6.1.2.