Richard Baxter's Understanding of Infant Baptism.(Book Review)

by Hans Boersma, (Princeton: Princeton Theological Seminary, 2002; pp. 106. N.p.).

Professor Boersma follows up an earlier study of Richard Baxter's doctrine of justification--A Hot Pepper Corn (Zoetermeer, The Netherlands: Boekencentrum, 1993)--with this analysis of his views on infant baptism. The later work replicates the earlier one in its strengths and weaknesses. He draws in the main upon printed pamphlets, supplemented by the calendared Baxter correspondence, to focus upon one aspect of Baxter's thought. His theological grasp is good; his reading list is comprehensive; his exposition is lucid. But this time there is no index, which is a pity. A weakness, from …