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The holiness of infants explained and improved. Or, A vindication of the divine right of Christian infants, to the privileges of the church; and particularly to baptism, the initiating seal of the second covenant : In a sermon preached at Woodstock, Second Society, in the colony of Connecticut, to a numerous auditory, December 10th, 1765. By Isaac Foster, V.D.M. Pastor of a church in Stafford. Published at the desire of the hearers. [Five lines of Scripture texts].

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Main Author:	Foster, Isaac, 1725-1807
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Other Authors:	Fleet, Thomas, 1732-1797 (Printer), Fleet, John, 1734-1806 (Printer)
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Infant baptism. Electronic books. Sermons > 1765.
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