Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	baptize_v	church_n	infant_n	1,299	5	9.4082	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96712	The summe of diverse sermons preached in Dublin, before the L. Deputie Fleetwood, and the Commissioners of Parliament for the affairs of Ireland. wherein the doctrine of infant-baptism is asserted, and the main objections of Mr. Tombs, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Blackwood, and others, answered / by Samuel Winter ...	Winter, Samuel, 1603-1666.	1656 (1656)	Wing W3089; ESTC R43829	127,074	209

9_o in_o renounce_v their_o baptism_n they_o act_n satan_n part_n who_o will_v not_o make_v a_o league_n or_o covenant_n with_o any_o soul_n till_o he_o have_v renounce_v his_o covenant_n with_o christ_n first_o 10._o the_o church_n of_o christ_n have_v no_o such_o custom_n 1_o cor._n 11._o practice_n it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o ever_o the_o whole_a church_n of_o god_n err_v though_o council_n have_v it_o be_v true_a we_o grant_v that_o as_o nullum_fw-la tempus_fw-la accurrit_fw-la regi_fw-la so_o no_o prescription_n will_v lie_v in_o force_n against_o god_n and_o his_o truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ignatius_n rev._n 2.24_o hold_v fast_o i._n such_o doctrine_n rule_n ordinance_n as_o those_o primitive_a and_o apostolical_a church_n than_o have_v and_o do_v enjoy_v this_o injunction_n be_v in_o opposition_n to_o those_o who_o have_v begin_v to_o decline_v and_o degenerate_a to_o corrupt_v principle_n and_o practice_n which_o will_v appear_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_a and_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n till_o these_o late_a time_n justin_n martyr_n who_o live_v in_o all_o likelihood_n in_o john_n day_n as_o mr_n baxter_n well_o observe_v for_o he_o be_v convert_v to_o christianity_n in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 128._o and_o write_v his_o first_o apology_n in_o the_o year_n 150._o as_o helvicus_n from_o his_o own_o testimony_n gather_v say_v post_fw-la quam_fw-la veró_n per_fw-la christum_fw-la aditum_fw-la ad_fw-la deum_fw-la nacti_fw-la sumus_fw-la non_fw-la carnalem_fw-la suscepimus_fw-la circumcisionem_fw-la sed_fw-la spiritualem_fw-la quam_fw-la enoch_n &_o simile_n custodierunt_fw-la eam_fw-la verò_fw-la nos_fw-la per_fw-la baptismum_fw-la quandoquidem_fw-la peccatores_fw-la fuerimus_fw-la propter_fw-la misericordiam_fw-la ipsius_fw-la dei_fw-la accepimus_fw-la omnibusque_fw-la adeo_fw-la illam_fw-la accipere_fw-la integrum_fw-la est_fw-la thus_o irenaeus_n who_o live_v within_o some_o 43_o year_n of_o john_n omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la per_fw-la semetipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la renascuntur_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la in_fw-la deum_fw-la infant_n parvulos_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la juvenes_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la ideo_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la venit_fw-la aetatem_fw-la infantibus_fw-la infans_fw-la factus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la infant_n et_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la etc._n etc._n observe_v by_o the_o way_n that_o renasci_fw-la be_v a_o ordinary_a term_n among_o the_o father_n signify_v as_o much_o as_o baptizari_fw-la tertullian_n be_v clear_a in_o this_o point_n so_o be_v origen_n who_o say_v quid_fw-la causae_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la detur_fw-la secundum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismus_fw-la non_fw-la detur_fw-la lib._n 5_o cap._n 6_o ad_fw-la rom._n cyprian_n who_o live_v within_o near_o a_o hundred_o year_n of_o john_n with_o 66_o bishop_n in_o council_n determine_v that_o child_n may_v be_v baptize_v before_o the_o eight_o day_n higinus_n bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v first_o ordain_v godfather_n and_o godmother_n at_o the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n this_o higinus_n be_v near_o the_o apostle_n john_n time_n austin_n tell_v we_o it_o be_v such_o a_o church_n custom_n and_o withal_o it_o be_v a_o apostolical_a tradition_n according_o the_o magdeburgenses_n in_o their_o century_n observe_v that_o in_o the_o first_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n infant_n be_v baptize_v lucius_n king_n of_o britain_n and_o the_o first_o christian_n king_n in_o the_o world_n who_o be_v convert_v by_o the_o prayer_n of_o the_o saint_n as_o matthew_n paris_n relate_v be_v baptize_v with_o his_o house_n and_o whole_a people_n therefore_o british_a child_n also_o which_o balaeus_n more_o full_o clear_v cent._n 1._o cap._n 27._o lucius_n say_v he_o send_v to_o rome_n the_o more_o speedy_o because_o he_o hear_v that_o many_o of_o the_o nobility_n especial_o at_o rome_n together_o with_o their_o wife_n and_o child_n be_v baptize_v learned_a doctor_n ussher_n in_o his_o book_n of_o he_o religion_n of_o the_o ancient_a irish_a ch_z 5._o say_v that_o t●●t_a irish_a do_v baptize_v their_o infant_n without_o crism_n i_o can_v never_o find_v say_v the_o lord_n brooks_n the_o beginning_n and_o rise_v of_o this_o practice_n namely_o baptise_v of_o child_n whereas_o it_o be_v very_o easy_a to_o tract_n heresy_n to_o their_o first_o rise_v up_o the_o waldenses_n say_v flac._n illyr_n semper_fw-la baptizarunt_fw-la infant_n catal_a testium_fw-la verit_fw-la p._n 434._o therefore_o we_o may_v conclude_v with_o calvin_n nullus_fw-la est_fw-la scriptor_n tam_fw-la vetustus_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la ejus_fw-la originem_fw-la ad_fw-la apostolorum_fw-la saecula_fw-la referat_fw-la cal._n in_o rom._n 4.11_o whereas_o some_o insist_v much_o upon_o the_o testimony_n of_o grotius_n against_o infant_n baptism_n who_o plead_v the_o canon_n of_o the_o neocaesarean_a synod_n art_n 315._o the_o word_n of_o the_o council_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d concern_v she_o that_o be_v with_o child_n that_o she_o may_v be_v enlighten_v or_o baptize_v when_o she_o will_v for_o she_o that_o bring_v forth_o do_v not_o communicate_v in_o this_o with_o the_o birth_n that_o be_v bring_v forth_o because_o every_o one_o manifest_v his_o own_o free_a choice_n in_o confession_n whence_o grotius_n observe_v proles_fw-la baptizari_fw-la non_fw-la solebat_fw-la nisi_fw-la propriâ_fw-la voluntate_fw-la &_o professione_n that_o the_o child_n use_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v but_o of_o its_o own_o proper_a will_n and_o profession_n i_o answer_v that_o grotius_n contradict_v himself_o in_o his_o annotation_n on_o mat._n 19.14_o for_o first_o he_o quote_v that_o say_n of_o irenaeus_n to_o confirm_v the_o custom_n of_o baptise_v infant_n ideo_fw-la per_fw-la omnem_fw-la venit_fw-la aetatem_fw-la &_o infantibus_fw-la infans_fw-la factus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la infant_n in_o parvulis_fw-la parvulus_fw-la sanctificans_fw-la hanc_fw-la ipsam_fw-la habentes_fw-la aetatem_fw-la etc._n etc._n huic_fw-la christi_fw-la dicto_fw-la inter_fw-la cetera_fw-la innititur_fw-la mos_fw-la etiam_fw-la infant_n baptismo_fw-la tingendi_fw-la quem_fw-la augustini_fw-la temporibus_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la fuisse_fw-la receptum_fw-la hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la satis_fw-la constat_fw-la quod_fw-la pelagiani_n cum_fw-la eo_fw-la argumento_fw-la ab_fw-la augustino_n &_o aliis_fw-la premerentur_fw-la nega●e_fw-la id_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la ausi_fw-la fuerint_fw-la sic_fw-la in_o epistolâ_fw-la cypriani_fw-la ad_fw-la fidum_fw-la a_o rectè_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la infant_n né_fw-fr dubitatum_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la a_o possint_fw-la baptizari_fw-la etiam_fw-la ante_fw-la octavum_fw-la diem_fw-la quosdam_fw-la haesitasse_fw-la but_o afterward_o this_o reconciler_n of_o protestant_n and_o papist_n unsay_v what_o former_o he_o have_v say_v allege_v the_o sixth_o canon_n of_o the_o aforesaid_a council_n that_o so_o he_o may_v unbottom_v this_o institution_n of_o god_n and_o put_v it_o upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o church_n which_o he_o so_o much_o admire_v as_o appear_v by_o his_o examen_fw-la ad_fw-la rivet_n ad_fw-la art_n 9_o p._n 47._o de_fw-fr baptismo_fw-la infantium_fw-la quid_fw-la responderi_fw-la possit_fw-la disc●t_fw-la qui_fw-la volet_fw-la ex_fw-la cardinali_n peronio_fw-la responsione_n ad_fw-la epistolam_fw-la casauboni_n cap._n 8._o ego_fw-la in_o ecclesia_fw-la authoritate_fw-la cvi_fw-la deus_fw-la sacramenta_fw-la &_o aliquod_fw-la in_o ea_fw-la jus_o dedit_fw-la acquiesco_fw-la 2._o i_o answer_v theodore_n balsamon_n in_o his_o scholia_fw-la upon_o that_o canon_n say_v some_o in_o the_o council_n say_v that_o woman_n with_o child_n which_o come_v from_o the_o infidel_n as_o mr_n c._n well_o observe_v to_o join_v with_o the_o church_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v baptize_v but_o to_o stay_v till_o the_o babe_n they_o go_v with_o be_v bring_v forth_o lest_o that_o when_o she_o be_v baptize_v it_o may_v seem_v that_o the_o child_n in_o her_o womb_n be_v baptize_v with_o she_o as_o be_v altogether_o unite_v to_o she_o whence_o it_o will_v come_v to_o pass_v that_o after_o the_o babe_n be_v bear_v either_o it_o may_v be_v leave_v unenlighten_v or_o unbaptise_v or_o if_o it_o be_v baptize_v it_o may_v be_v think_v that_o it_o be_v rebaptise_v this_o he_o make_v the_o occasion_n of_o that_o ancient_a canon_n and_o it_o be_v very_o observable_a what_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o it_o 1._o that_o they_o may_v avoid_v that_o mischief_n of_o leave_v babe_n unbaptise_v 2._o that_o they_o may_v avoid_v the_o other_o extreme_a of_o rebaptisation_n but_o let_v we_o see_v what_o balsamon_n add_v far_o speak_v of_o such_o infant_n that_o they_o can_v not_o make_v promise_n etc._n etc._n f●r_v how_o it_o be_v with_o the_o babe_n in_o the_o womb_n none_o can_v inquire_v nor_o be_v surety_n for_o say_v he_o but_o infant_n sc_n that_o be_v bear_v do_v affirm_v by_o those_o that_o be_v their_o susceptor_n and_o be_v account_v to_o be_v actual_o enlighten_v or_o baptize_v with_o divine_a illumination_n or_o divine_a baptism_n they_o then_o account_v baptism_n of_o infant_n not_o antichristian_a baptism_n but_o divine_a baptism_n therefore_o i_o conclude_v the_o testimony_n of_o grotius_n be_v altogether_o

several_a age_n in_o which_o infant_n baptism_n be_v oppose_v it_o be_v by_o such_o as_o be_v gross_o erroneous_a in_o o●her_n thing_n now_o what_o probability_n be_v there_o that_o the_o lord_n shall_v conceal_v his_o truth_n from_o his_o faithful_a servant_n in_o all_o age_n be_v eminent_a for_o piety_n in_o their_o generation_n and_o reveal_v it_o to_o such_o as_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n his_o enemy_n and_o opposer_n of_o the_o crown_n and_o dignity_n of_o his_o son_n jesus_n see_v then_o the_o church_n have_v be_v possess_v of_o this_o divine_a institution_n for_o these_o fifteen_o hundred_o year_n and_o upward_o and_o their_o possession_n not_o question_v till_o of_o late_a let_v we_o contend_v earnest_o for_o it_o and_o not_o suffer_v our_o little_a one_o to_o be_v cast_v out_o of_o their_o church-membership_a till_o our_o dissent_v brethren_n come_v with_o their_o ejectione_n firmâ_fw-la according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o christ_n which_o they_o neve●_n will_n obj._n if_o this_o be_v not_o the_o way_n of_o god_n how_o come_v i●_n to_o pass_v that_o so_o many_o go_v that_o way_n ans_fw-fr universality_n be_v no_o sign_n of_o the_o truth_n for_o all_o the_o tree_n say_v to_o the_o bramble_n come_v thou_o and_o rule_n over_o we_o but_o they_o say_v not_o so_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o tree_n the_o ground_n of_o the_o mistake_n be_v 1._o because_o this_o truth_n be_v not_o so_o clear_a truth_n lie_v as_o we_o say_v at_o bottom_n and_o be_v not_o easy_o find_v out_o but_o by_o diligent_a search_n and_o enquiry_n make_v the_o essential_o to_o salvation_n be_v clear_a and_o evident_a but_o other_o truth_n not_o so_o 2._o many_o have_v not_o find_v that_o benefit_n by_o their_o baptism_n they_o may_v have_v have_v because_o they_o have_v not_o endeavour_v to_o improve_v it_o for_o their_o spiritual_a advantage_n therefore_o it_o be_v no_o marvel_n though_o with_o profane_a esau_n they_o say_v what_o profit_n shall_v this_o birth-priviledge_n do_v to_o i_o gen._n 25.32_o i_o shall_v never_o forget_v thy_o word_n say_v david_n for_o hereby_o thou_o have_v quicken_v i_o that_o word_n that_o humble_v the_o soul_n and_o that_o word_n that_o raise_v and_o quicken_v the_o soul_n will_v not_o easy_o be_v forget_v even_o so_o those_o ordinance_n which_o christian_n have_v reap_v good_a by_o they_o will_v not_o sudden_o cast_v off_o and_o renounce_v but_o if_o they_o reap_v no_o fruit_n by_o they_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o they_o forsake_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d assemble_v themselves_o together_o which_o the_o apostle_n hold_v forth_o as_o the_o high_a road_n to_o the_o great_a transgression_n heb._n 10._o not_o forsasake_v the_o assemble_v of_o ourselves_o together_o into_o the_o synagog_n for_o if_o we_o sin_v wilful_o after_o we_o have_v receive_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n there_o remain_v no_o more_o sacrifice_n for_o sin_n 3._o many_o have_v not_o be_v so_o root_v and_o ground_v in_o the_o principle_n of_o religion_n in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o begin_n of_o christ_n heb._n 6.1_o in_o the_o present_a truth_n of_o this_o age_n ay_o the_o truth_n that_o be_v so_o much_o oppose_v hence_o it_o be_v that_o they_o be_v but_o child_n be_v toss_v to_o and_o fro_o and_o carry_v about_o with_o every_o wind_n of_o doctrine_n by_o the_o slight_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o cog_a of_o the_o die_n of_o man_n and_o cunning_a craftiness_n whereby_o 〈◊〉_d they_o lie_v in_o weight_n to_o deceive_v eph._n 4.14_o it_o be_v the_o complaint_n of_o gildas_n that_o the_o arrian_n heresy_n and_o other_o poisonous_a error_n infect_v the_o ancient_a britain_n because_o they_o be_v a_o people_n always_o desirous_a of_o novelty_n 4._o the_o polity_n and_o industry_n of_o the_o adversary_n they_o will_v compass_v sea_n and_o land_n to_o make_v one_o proselyte_n to_o themselves_o and_o their_o way_n rather_o than_o win_v one_o soul_n to_o christ_n 5._o the_o not_o receive_v the_o truth_n in_o the_o love_n thereof_o therefore_o god_n have_v give_v they_o up_o to_o strong_a delusion_n to_o believe_v a_o lie_n when_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n be_v kindle_v against_o a_o people_n there_o be_v no_o error_n so_o absurd_a but_o satan_n can_v persuade_v it_o as_o we_o may_v see_v in_o the_o doctrine_n of_o mahomet_n that_o great_a quaker_n and_o the_o first_o of_o that_o sect_n since_o christ_n who_o be_v raise_v to_o scourge_v the_o church_n for_o her_o apostasy_n rev._n 9_o ult_n especial_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n 6._o their_o affection_n bribe_v their_o judgement_n it_o esa_n 7._o nisi_fw-la credideritis_fw-la non_fw-la intelligetis_fw-la as_o the_o old_a translation_n render_v it_o which_o be_v do_v several_a way_n the_o heart_n of_o many_o i_o fear_v be_v engage_v to_o that_o way_n for_o carnal_a and_o by_o respect_n of_o rom._n 1.24_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o thei●_n lust●_n he_o deliver_v they_o up_o to_o a_o reprobate_a mind_n that_o be_v a_o mind_n not_o approve_v of_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n therefore_o not_o to_o be_v approve_v of_o that_o they_o may_v rise_v in_o the_o world_n therefore_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o their_o judgement_n be_v captivate_v and_o they_o bring_v under_o the_o power_n of_o error_n rom._n 1.24_o 28._o so_o much_o for_o the_o first_o argument_n namely_o anabaptism_n be_v not_o the_o way_n of_o god_n i_o shall_v be_v brief_a in_o the_o rest_n second_o consider_v the_o neglect_n of_o this_o ordinance_n of_o christ_n do_v argue_v the_o church_n be_v still_o in_o the_o wilderness_n and_o for_o this_o and_o other_o wilderness_n sin_n may_v continue_v long_o in_o that_o state_n for_o their_o rebellion_n of_o old_a the_o lord_n be_v angry_a with_o israel_n and_o seem_o do_v discovenant_v they_o and_o cast_v they_o off_o as_o none_o of_o his_o people_n make_v they_o like_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o heathen_a who_o all_o than_o die_v uncircumcised_a as_o the_o prophet_n ezekiel_n speak_v and_o be_v not_o the_o lord_n angry_a 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