Excerpt from The Duty, Circumstances and Benefits of Baptism: Determined by Evidence

There may be some matters of opinion, wherein a Man may safely suspend his judgement, if he finds them not clearly revealed, or too deep for his understanding or leisure, and may find no difficulties in acting as a good Christian, though he be not fully satisfied about the meaning of some such propositions. But in Baptism, which is a point of Practice, the cafe is otherwise, it is a thing which either ought to be practised, or it ought not: either Infants should be baptized, or it should be delay'd till they grow up: the method also either ought to be by dipping or not. Many such cafes might be put, wherein a man who is not satisfied which is right, will be in a great strait, if a cafe happens wherein he mud act either one way or other. It was chiefly on this account that I examined the matter, and in the search I aim'd to keep clear of all prejudice, which like an Ignis fatuus is so apt to mislead men, ask'd of God assistance in my enquiry, and endeavour'd to conform my opinion to the evidence, not to reconcile the evidence to my opinion.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.