In my reading on one of the Reformed Church Blogs, I encounter periodically quotes from the early reformers on baptism. And more specifically on baptism our “covenant” children. Here is a recent example…
To follow that up on the same site I found this earlier post….
§ This is the short statement:
The Abrahamic covenant is still in force. The administration of the Abrahamic covenant involved believers and their children (Gen 17). That’s why Peter said, “For the promise to you and to your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call” (Acts 2:39). That’s a New Testament re-statement of the Abrahamic promise of Genesis 17 and in the minor prophets (e.g., Joel 2). Only believers have ever actually inherited, by grace alone, through faith alone, the substance of the promise (Christ and salvation) but the signs and seals of the promise have always been administered to believers and their children. It’s both/and not either/or.
There is a tremendous amount of information for those who wish to read further into the subject…
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