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TREATISE
CONCERNING THE
LAWFUL SUBJECT OF BAPTISM
Wherein are handled these Particulars:
1.The Baptizing of Infants Confuted.2.The Covenant God made with Abraham and his seed handled.3.The Baptism administered by an Antichristian power confuted, as NoOrdinance of God.4.If either Church, or Ordinance be wanting, where they are to be found,and how recovered.5.The Covenant, and not Baptism, forms the Church, and the mannerhow.
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 There is no Succession under the New Testament, but what is spirituallyby Faith in the Word of God The Second Edition Corrected and enlarged by the Author
 
 John Spilsbery------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Go Teach all Nations, Baptizing them, Matt. 28:19.He that Believes, and is baptized, shall be saved, Mark 16:16.For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, I Cor. 12:13.Prove all things, and hold fast that which is good, I Thess. 5:21.Lord God, the strength of my salvation, cover thou my head in the day of battle, Psa.140:7.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
London, Printed and are to be sold by Henry Hills in Fleet-Yardover against the Prison,
1652Table of ContentsIntroduction
Infant's baptism The Distinction of the Covenants
Spilbery, p. 1/82
 
Baptism by an Antichristian PowerIf Either Church or Ordinance be Lacking The Covenant, Not Baptism, Forms the Church The Succession of Faith
The Epistle To the Reader
1. Causes of This Work, Those Suffering in New England2. The State of Infants3. Concerning Baptism Administered by an Antichristian Church4. The Definition of Baptizo5. Truth was Before Error6. No Biblical Example for Infant's Baptism, it is Will Worship7. Do not Oppose the Gospel as the Jews did8. The Gentiles are the Greatest Enemies of Christ and His Gospel9. Gentile Acts Against the New Jerusalem, the Mystical Body of Christ, His GospelChurch10. The Coming Judgments of God Against the Gentiles
A Treatise Concerning the Subject of Baptism
1. Basic Truths2. The Abolition of All Types and Shadows3. The Objection-Children are Capable of the Spirit and Grace4. The Answer-What is Mean by Children?5. What is Mean by being Capable to Comply with the Spirit?6. The Blessings of Grace Under the New Covenant
Spilbery, p. 2/82
 
7. The Visible Declarations of the Covenant8. Objection- Concerning John the Baptist Being Filled With the Holy Spirit from hisMother's Womb9. The Answer-10. What Is Understood by Our Union with Christ?11. Union With Christ Concerns Three Things12. Objection-If Infants are not Capable of These Graces, Then They are not Elect13. The Answer14. Election to a Means as Well as to an End15. The Salvation and Resurrection of Infants16. Objection-Baptism is Not the First Grace, but the Second, therefore faith andgrace must be presupposed17. The Answer-Baptism Confirms and Seals18. Objection- Now in Baptism More is Required of Adults Than of Infants19. The Answer-God only Requires Repentance and Faith20. Pedobaptists Claim the Covenant is Now the Same as In The Old Times21. The Answer-Effectual Believing of the Gospel, not the Preaching of It ProvesPersons Are In The Covenant22. Believing Gentiles are the Seed of Abraham as well as Believing Jews23. Objection-We Gentiles as Well as The Jews All Stand The Same as Abraham24. The Answer-This Teaches Falling Out of God's Eternal Covenant25. When God Made the Covenant with Abraham there was a Double Seed26. Some of the Branches of the Old Covenant27. Objection-Covenant Made Only With One Seed in Abraham28. The Answer-Fulfilled Only in Christ and Believers in Him
Spilbery, p. 3/82
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