...regeneration with Scripture or reason. That it is the doctrine of the church, that infants become heirs of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, in the administration of baptism, is undeniable. If the sign of the cross might be pardoned as a puerility,...

...the state of salvation by the holy rite of baptism, and are made, as our Catechism expresses it, " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of Heaven ;" but it is evident, that all mayfor-- Jeit these privileges by sin, apostacy, and disobedience. Contrasted...

...with his Holy Spirit." It is, moreover, very difficult to conceive how the great effects of being made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven—or in other words, the " children of grace," can take place by the mere outward washing of...

...or, which is the same, did they live up to their dignity, and every where consider themselves as " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven,".' what manner of persons,' yea, what angel • would they be in nil holy conversation !' Sometimes their...

...being a branch of the visible churcti in which innumerable immortal beings have been born again, made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven, it has diffused, among all ranks and classes, a knowledge of the leading truths of revelation. It has...

...consequently that as Baptism is the seal of these promises our assumption is false, that they are indeed " members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." And here I must plainly confess that to answer this objection with effectual suasion, so asto convince...

...incorporated into his family and household, by the Sacrament of Baptism. In this new relation they become "members of Christ," "children of God," and "inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." In this relation they ought steadily to be regarded by their parents 5 whose duty it is to see that they...

...nature of the great privileges of which they are actually possessed ; viz. that they are already " made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven." The formularies of the Church should not be slighted as obsolete, or such as might have sufficed for...

...prisons, &c. &c. Yet all these persons have been baptized, and (according to the above statement) made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven ! We have already slated that this error had its origin in the church at Carthage, in the latter end...

...their own venerable and apostolic church, that they were ' regenerated in baptism,' and thereby made ' members of Christ,' < children of God,' and ' inheritors of the kingdom of heaven;' confirmed afterwards in the delusion by the imposition of episcopal hands, recognized as Christians...