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" It was as lawful to baptize in a tub of water at home or in a ditch by the wayside as in a font of stone in the church. The water in the font was but a thing conjured. "
History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth - Page 61
by James Anthony Froude - 1858
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The Harleian miscellany; or, A collection of ... pamphlets and ..., Volume 7

Harleian miscellany - 1808 - 644 pages
...than laymen. 3. That all things ought to be in common. 4. That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-stone in the church. 5. That it is as lawful at all times to confess unto a layman...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 7

1810 - 630 pages
...than laymen. 3. That all things ought to be in common. 1. That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a funt-stonein the church. •'•• That it is as lawful at all times to confess uuto...
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The Harleian Miscellany, Or A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 7

1810 - 620 pages
...than laymen. 3. That all things ought to be in common. 4. That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-slone in the church. ;• 5. That it is as lawful at all times to confess unto a...
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The Harleian Miscellany: A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and ..., Volume 7

1810 - 696 pages
...than laymen. 3. That all things ought to be in common. 4. That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-stone in the church. 5. That it is as lawful at all times to confess unto a layman...
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The History of Infant Baptism ...: To which is Added a Defence of ..., Volume 2

William Wall - 1819 - 458 pages
...house in condemning them. Some of them are these : — * 17. " That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a fontstone in the church." I think it may probably be concluded from their expressions,...
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The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year ...

Thomas Fuller - 1837 - 564 pages
...Item, That it is idolatry to make any oblations. " 17- Item, That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-stone in the church. " 18. Item, That the water in the font-stone is aloncly a thing...
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The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year ...

Thomas Fuller - 1837 - 562 pages
...Item, That it is idolatry to make any oblations. " 17- Item, That it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-stone in the church. " 18. Item, That the water in the font-stone is alonely a thing...
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The Forest of Arden: A Tale of the English Reformation

William Gresley - 1843 - 342 pages
...of thy consecrated fonts and holy water. I tell thee, thou mightest just as well christen thy child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as a font at the church. What is a font but a vessel to hold water 1 And, for the matter of that,...
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Publications, Issue 1

Hanserd Knollys Society for the Publication of the Works of Early English and Other Baptist Writers - 1846 - 580 pages
...inventions : the church is the congregation of good men only : that it is as lawful to christen a child in a tub of water at home, or in a ditch by the way, as in a font-stone in the church : it is sufficient for a man or woman to make their confession...
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A View of Congregationalism: Its Principles & Doctrines; the ..., Volume 2

George Punchard - 1856 - 538 pages
...but a piece of bread, or a little pretty piece round robin ? ' Of holy baptism it was said, that f It was as lawful to baptize in a tub of water at home,...conjured.' Priests, again, were thought to have no more authority to minister sacraments than laymen. Extreme unction was not a sacrament at all, and the hallowed...
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