J. H. Titcomb
Published: 2017-11-26
Total Pages: 340
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Excerpt from Baptism: Its Institution, Its Privileges, and Its Responsibilities We have brought this state of things upon ourselves, and have no one else to blame. Whenever men are afraid to speak out plainly, they are sure to be mis understood; and thus the very object of their silence becomes defeated. It has been so with ourselves. The present work is, therefore, presented to the Church in vindication of What the author believes to be the Opinions of large numbers Of the Evangelical clergy on the doctrine of Baptism; and for the purpose, if possible, of bringing back the minds of our disaffected laity to see the true harmony which exists between the Bible and the Prayer-book in relation to it. Lest it should be said, however, that he has spoken in these pages more strongly upon Baptism than is consistent with the general Scope Of what is called Evangelical teaching, a few quotations shall be at once introduced from the writings of two men, who though now departed to their rest, will ever remain faithful and honoured types Of the school to which they belonged: viz., the Rev. Charles Simeon, of Cambridge; and the Rev. Edward Bickersteth, Rec tor of Watton, Herts. 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.