Peairtach
Puritan Board Doctor
What does Dabney mean by "judicial prosecution" of flagrantly sinning baptised - but non-communicant members - in his Systematic Theology on pp. 794-798? What is the nature of this "judicial prosecution" ?
If someone is placed in the visible church at birth and solemnly admitted by baptism, they are surely - to this extent at least- in the church and covenant of grace for life, illustrated in that even if they live a very flagrantly sinful life, if they trust in the Lord by His grace, and return to the church, they will not be rebaptised.
So presumably Dabney isn't talking about nullifying their baptism?
If someone is placed in the visible church at birth and solemnly admitted by baptism, they are surely - to this extent at least- in the church and covenant of grace for life, illustrated in that even if they live a very flagrantly sinful life, if they trust in the Lord by His grace, and return to the church, they will not be rebaptised.
So presumably Dabney isn't talking about nullifying their baptism?