An Attempt to Answer the Question, Whose Children are Entitled to Baptism?John Moffet, 1841 - 135 pages |
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... father ; or that universally , at any subsequent age , they were the regenerated sons of God . It was enough that they were the sons of Abra- ham , to bring them within the scope of the covenant . The church was not constituted to be an ...
... father ; or that universally , at any subsequent age , they were the regenerated sons of God . It was enough that they were the sons of Abra- ham , to bring them within the scope of the covenant . The church was not constituted to be an ...
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... father and the children , upon the same principle . " I will be a God to thee ; " there- fore be circumcised . " I will be a God to thy seed ; " therefore let them be circumcised . If the ordinance was a seal of the righteousness of ...
... father and the children , upon the same principle . " I will be a God to thee ; " there- fore be circumcised . " I will be a God to thy seed ; " therefore let them be circumcised . If the ordinance was a seal of the righteousness of ...
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... Father , so the baptism of an infant goes just as far , and makes it as much a member , as the other . To commune is the duty of those who are members , and con- fession is a suitable means to satisfy the offi- cers of the church that ...
... Father , so the baptism of an infant goes just as far , and makes it as much a member , as the other . To commune is the duty of those who are members , and con- fession is a suitable means to satisfy the offi- cers of the church that ...
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... father the worthy Hezekiah , from whom did the good Josiah , the son of the unworthy Am- mon , derive his right ? It would perhaps be unfair , to assume that the circumcision of Josiah was as canonical as that of Manasseh , though I ...
... father the worthy Hezekiah , from whom did the good Josiah , the son of the unworthy Am- mon , derive his right ? It would perhaps be unfair , to assume that the circumcision of Josiah was as canonical as that of Manasseh , though I ...
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... father . But it is not the less true , that in all that respected their connection with the visible church , and the ... father's sake . When the people were ready to perish in the wilderness , " God remembered his holy promise , and ...
... father . But it is not the less true , that in all that respected their connection with the visible church , and the ... father's sake . When the people were ready to perish in the wilderness , " God remembered his holy promise , and ...
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Abra Abrahamic covenant administered admitted adult Apostle argument baptism baptized believe belongs blessing born ceived CHAPTER character chil children of Israel Christ Christian church membership circumcision confession constitution conveyance cove covenant relation disciples disciples of Christ Dispensation divine doctrine dren duty ecclesiastical entitled Esau established everlasting covenant exist fact father favour fruit God's gracious Hezekiah holy idea infant infant baptism initiatory ordinance initiatory rite institutions Jewish Jews JOHN MOFFET kingdom leges Lord Lord's Supper Manasseh means of grace ment nant natural ordi parent in covenant partake Passover peculiar Pedo-Baptist piety pious parents present a child present their children principle privileges professed promise prove question reason receive refuse regard religious right to present righteousness of faith sacrament Scripture seal seed sense signification sion spiritual spoken stitution supposed Testament thing tion tized tree true truth unbelieving UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN visible church Wardlaw
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Page 90 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
Page 117 - And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses.
Page 117 - And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Page 53 - And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem...
Page 63 - Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, that thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them...
Page 74 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not ; for a blessing is in it : so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.
Page 20 - And he [Abraham] received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the Faith which he had yet being uncircumcised...
Page 53 - Although my house be not so with God, yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure ; for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
Page 49 - And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.