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Excerpt from Two Sermons on Baptism, Delivered to His Church, by the Rev. John Roaf Some persons think it an objection to the baptism of children, that when Christ was an infant he was not baptized; but they overlook the circumstance that, at that time, Christian baptism was not established; and though he would fulfil all righteous ness, he did not observe what was.not then appointed. In a similar manner. Abraham was not circumcised when an infant; but was, at the age of ninety-nine years; and yet the followers of Abraham circumcised their infants. Thus the household, in which our Saviour was born did not receive Christian baptism; but the household of his followers, as Lydia, and the J ailor, and Cornelius, and Stephanus did receive it But, say those who invent and cherish doubts on this matter, we have no express command for baptizing children. And what, if we have not, provided that we have the Lord's wig expressed in any other way? If he has, by any means, intimated our duty, shall we evade it, by saying I require an express command? If it is implied, where it is not stated, if it is setforth by example, where it is not given in the 'form of precept, be that enough for us who are pledged to follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. Says the scoffer at the mysterious tri unity of the Godhead. 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.