Lay baptism invalid : an essay to prove that such baptism is null and void when administered in opposition to the divine right of the Apostolical succession . THE AUTHOR T O T H E READER. HE Occafionof Writing this Efayis fufficiently declared in the Title-Pages ^^d the Deftgn thereof is tocontribute fomething towards the Re-covery of thofe^ who are almoft drown^ed in the fatal Error^ of thinking that they receiveChriftian Sacraments^ when in Truth and Realitythey receive none at all I dont doubt but I fiallprocure to my felf many Enemies by this Attempthut no matter for that^ if this my poor
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Lay baptism invalid : an essay to prove that such baptism is null and void when administered in opposition to the divine right of the Apostolical succession . THE AUTHOR T O T H E READER. HE Occafionof Writing this Efayis fufficiently declared in the Title-Pages ^^d the Deftgn thereof is tocontribute fomething towards the Re-covery of thofe^ who are almoft drown^ed in the fatal Error^ of thinking that they receiveChriftian Sacraments^ when in Truth and Realitythey receive none at all I dont doubt but I fiallprocure to my felf many Enemies by this Attempthut no matter for that^ if this my poor Endeavour , cm but prove efe6lual to fttr up the Clergy {whofcOffice it is) to Preach and Write frequently^ todifabufe Mankind info weighty anJffair.. ii To the Reader. / am well aware^ bow diligent the Adverfarieiwill be to find what Faults they can j and 1 amnot fo vain, as to think my [elf to have efcaped al-together free from fome in this EJfay. And there-fore, that I might take away allOccafion of unne-ceffary Difpute, and fave my [elf the trouble offutureJnfwers to what may be caviWd at by fome-yJ once for all declared, in the Second Edition ofthis Book, what I thought necefjary for the moreclear Explanation of my Defign and Meaning infome Pafjages, which otherwife I feared mighthave given Offence. In this Fourth Edition, all thofe Places are morecorreal in the Body of the Book it felf, and there-fore not necejfary here to be particularly explained, except in the Appendixy Page 128. and forward, where, in Anfwer tothe lOthObje^iion^ I have attempted to prove theValidity of Holy Orders conferred on Unbaptiz^dPerfons: What I have proposed in order thereto, I deftre the Judicious Lovers of Truth to interpretonly as an EfTay. I am n