. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . AUGUSTINE HERMa RMAN ^ MAP, 1670. Pennsylvania-German in Settlement of Maryland. 25 believer. They did not believe in infant baptism because it couldnot be foretold w^hether the child would grow up in the fear ofGod or in sin. To them baptism was the sealing of a new covenantwith God and insured the washing away of sins. They held thatthe believers and unbelievers should be kept apart, and carried thisdoctrine to such a length that they believed it was the duty of ahusband and wife to separate if either were not of the elect.
. The Pennsylvania-German in the settlement of Maryland . AUGUSTINE HERMa RMAN ^ MAP, 1670. Pennsylvania-German in Settlement of Maryland. 25 believer. They did not believe in infant baptism because it couldnot be foretold w^hether the child would grow up in the fear ofGod or in sin. To them baptism was the sealing of a new covenantwith God and insured the washing away of sins. They held thatthe believers and unbelievers should be kept apart, and carried thisdoctrine to such a length that they believed it was the duty of ahusband and wife to separate if either were not of the elect. Theyheld themselves as freed from allegiance to any law. Labadism, says James,^^ was essentially a mysticalform of faith, teaching supreme reliance upon the inwardillumination of the Spirit. And yet the works of theLabadists disclose a high form of Christian faith and aspi-ration. Whatever its defects, and the opportunities forhypocritical pretence which it offered, Labadism was yeta standard of faith and conduct which no one could con-form to without at the same time exemplifying hi
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