The History of the English Baptists From the Reformation to the Beginning of Th
The History of the English Baptists From the Reformation to the Beginning of Th
Thomas Crosby
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Smith's, which fome would make a proof out of his own mouth that he baptized himfelf: but being examined, it rather con- firms the contrary. He is juflifying, to the Brownifts, his authority to begin a new form of baptizing, from the fame princi- ples by which they j unified their begin- ning of new churches. And his words, according to their quotations, are thefe : * There is as good warrant for a man c churching himfelf ; for two men fingly * are no church, jointly they are a church ; c fo tw...o men may put baptifm on them- • WallV Baptifm enatomifed, p. M, 112. 6 felves. English Baptists. 99 < felves. Again, faith Mr. Smith, a man c cannot baptize others into a church, him- c felf being out of the church, or being c no member. * Here are two principles laid down by Mr. Smith, which contradict the account they give of him : That upon the fuppofi- tion of the true baptifnis being loft for fome time, through the difufe of it, 'tis necef- fary there fhould be two perfons who muft unite in the revival of it, in order to be- gin the adminiftration thereof: And that the firft adminijirator be a member of fome church, who fhall call and impower him to adminifter it to the members thereof.
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