The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entituled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.
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- The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entituled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.
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- Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697.
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- M DC LXXXIX [i.e. 1689]
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"The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entituled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A85311.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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THE ANSWER OF Giles Firmin, TO THE Vain and Unprofitable Question put to him, and Charged upon him by Mr. GRANTHAM, In his Book, Entituled, The INFANTS ADVOCATE: VIZ. Whether the greatest Part of Dying Infants shall be Damned? Which Advocate, while he shuts all Infants out of the Visible Church, and denies them Baptism, opens Heaven to all Dying Infants, justifying those of his Party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without Regeneration. The Preface may be very Useful for the Children of Godly Parents.
Quo loco, illud praefandum esse videtur, Miserecordiam nostram erga parnulos jam defunctos, nihil eis prodesse, & contra nihil eisdem obesse, sententiae no∣strae severitatem: multum autem nobis obesse, si ob inutilem Misericordiam erga defunctos, pertinaciter aliquid contra Scripturas aut Ecclesiam de∣fendamus. Id circo non affectum quendam humanum, quo plerique moveri solent, sed Scripturae, Conciliorum, & Patrum Sententiam consulere debe∣mus. Bellar. Praef. To. 4. p. 145. a.
2 Ephes. 3. And were by Nature Children of Wrath, even as others.
3 Joh. 3.5. Except a Man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
12 Heb. 14. Follow—Holiness, without which no Man shall see God.
LONDON: Printed in the Year 1689.