Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	covenant_n	grace_n	seal_n	4,967	5	9.5543	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52394	Baptism discovered plainly & faithfully according to the word of God. Wherein is set forth the glorious pattern of our blessed saviour Jesus Christ, the pattern of all believers in his subjection to baptism. Together, with the example of thousands who were baptized after they believed. By John Norcott, late servant of Jesus Christ, and of his church. The third edition, corrected by Will. Kiffin, and Rich. Claridge. With an appendix by another hand.	Norcott, John, d. 1676.; Claridge, Richard, 1649-1723.; Kiffin, William, 1649-1723.	1694 (1694)	Wing N1227A; ESTC R213780	25,797	77

Covenant promises were made to Abraham and his spiritual seed that is Believers for they are the children of God and Heirs according to the promise Therefore saith the Apostle He said not and to seeds as of many but as of one and to thy seed which is Christ Gal. 3.16 Many Temporal promises were made to all the seed of Abraham natural and spiritual but his spiritual seed only that is Believers are intitled to the promises of the new Covenant For those promises being made to Christ namely to Christ first and then to all that are in Christ none can have an Interest in them but as they are considered in him because he is the great point or centre of the promises in whom they me●● and are established Object 3. 3. But the Infants of Believers are to be baptized because they have Habitual Faith I Answer If by Habitual Faith our Adversarys understand an Infused Habit of Believing and that all the Infants of Believers have this Infused Habit then let them produce some Argument either from plain Scripture good Consequence or rectified Reason for their Opinion For to tell us of Habitual Faith in Infants without any manner of Proof either Scriptural or Philosophical is meer begging of the Question But if by Habitual Faith they mean a Potentiality in the soul to believe this will no more qualify their Infants for Baptism than the Infants of Heathens because there may be a Potentiality in the one as well as the other to believe And seeing it is but a Potentiality they speak of I demand how they come to know that their Infants have this Power is it by Revelation or by Observation If by Revelation then surely they have some Text for it If by Observation then their Infants do demonstrate it by some Act or other of Believing but if neither of these ways then not at all Further we may not Baptize Infants upon a meer supposed power of believing because a bare supposition or Presumption is a groundless bottom to go upon For the Scriptures do no where countenance such a practice We do indeed baptize Grown Persons upon presumption that they are Believers they making to us a profession of their Faith in Christ and giving Testimonials of amendment in their Lives but Infants being not capable of professing Faith in Christ or testifying of Repentance from D●ad Works we must not baptize them upon a supposition that as Believers Children they have a potentiality to believe which others have not Object 4. Infants of Believers are capable of having the Seal of the Covenant of Grace which is Baptism applyed unto them I Answer Baptism is no Seal of the Covenant of Grace Christ is the Great Blessing of the Covenant and the Holy Spirit Sealeth him to the Souls of the Faithful In whom after that ye believed ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise Eph. 1.13 And grieve not the holy spirit whereby ye are sealed to the Day of Redemption 4.30 And as the Holy Spirit sealeth Christ to the Soul so Faith the fruit thereof sealeth the Soul to Christ He that hath received his Testimony hath set to his Seal that God is true John 3.33 But granting for Argument sake that Bapism is a Seal of the Covenant of Grace how come Infants to be capable of it Is there any Word of God in the New Testament for the Baptizing of them There is none How then are they capable of Baptism Why the Devisers of Will Worship have created them a Title to it against the Express Revelation of God FINIS 〈◊〉 lately Printed 〈◊〉 Will. Marshal at the Bible i● Newgate-street MR. Bunyans Works Printed in Folio price bound 14 s. Mr. Knowls his Exposition on the whole Book of the Revelations price bound 2 s. 6 d. Mr. Collin's Vindication of Believers Baptism price 4 d. How 's Spiritual Teaching price 6 d. Mr. Keeches Childs Delight containing a Scripture Catechism wherein all the chief Principles of Christian Religion are clearly though briefly opened necessary to establish young People in Gods Truths in Opposition to Popery in perillous Times together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the Christian Education of Youth with Letters to Parents Adorned with several Copper Cuts teaching to Spell Read and casting Accounts fitted for the use of Schools and very useful for all Families price bound 6 d.