Infant Sprinkling Proved to be a Human Tradition: Being the Substance of a Debate on Christian Baptism, Between Mr. John Walker ... and Alexander Campbell ... Held at Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the 19th and 20th June 1820 ... To which is Added, a Large Appendix |
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Page 12
... circum- cision in the character of its administrator ; parents , rela- tives , or civil officers , performed the rite of circumcision -thus Zipporah circumcised the loof Mosde son of Moses , Ex . 4 , 25. Joshua 12 SUBSTANCE OF A DEBATE.
... circum- cision in the character of its administrator ; parents , rela- tives , or civil officers , performed the rite of circumcision -thus Zipporah circumcised the loof Mosde son of Moses , Ex . 4 , 25. Joshua 12 SUBSTANCE OF A DEBATE.
Page 14
... parents , baptise your children as soon as you can . The reason why the Jews were not to circumcise till the eighth day , was that , according to the law , the Jewish mother was unclean seven days after the child was born , and could ...
... parents , baptise your children as soon as you can . The reason why the Jews were not to circumcise till the eighth day , was that , according to the law , the Jewish mother was unclean seven days after the child was born , and could ...
Page 18
... parent and the proper subjects of it . What circumcision was to one of Abraham's seed , it was to all his seed - ac- cording to the covenant made with him , Gen. 17 , it secu- red temporal blessings to them all . There is also anoth- er ...
... parent and the proper subjects of it . What circumcision was to one of Abraham's seed , it was to all his seed - ac- cording to the covenant made with him , Gen. 17 , it secu- red temporal blessings to them all . There is also anoth- er ...
Page 20
... baptist pleading for the baptism of infants upon the footing of the faith of the parents , that is on the footing of carnal generation ; it brings to my re- • collection the reply that John the Baptist made to 20 SUBSTANCE OF A DEBATE.
... baptist pleading for the baptism of infants upon the footing of the faith of the parents , that is on the footing of carnal generation ; it brings to my re- • collection the reply that John the Baptist made to 20 SUBSTANCE OF A DEBATE.
Page 33
... parents did for them in sprinkling . I have only to ask , what sort of an obligation is that , under which a sub- ject lives 10 or 15 years totally unconscious of it , and which , as virility , makes its appearance at a certain age ...
... parents did for them in sprinkling . I have only to ask , what sort of an obligation is that , under which a sub- ject lives 10 or 15 years totally unconscious of it , and which , as virility , makes its appearance at a certain age ...
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Popular passages
Page 110 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 36 - For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.
Page 160 - And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 140 - Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection...
Page 91 - And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised...
Page 87 - His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Page 86 - But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee : Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Page 168 - For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves, and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
Page 135 - And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they haVe received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables.
Page 169 - And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.