The Doctrine of the Church (22): The Sacrament of Baptism

He, that is, Dr. Gill, refers for proof to the text in Matthew 19:14, which speaks of Christ's' blessing the little children, and tries to show that there is no precept in these words for infant baptism whatsoever. His arguments are as follows: 1) "Let the words be said to or of whom they may, they are not in the form of a precept, but of a permission or grant, and signify not what was enjoined 'as necessary, but what was allowed of, or which they might be." He, that is, Dr. Gill, refers for...