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And therefore they have no warrant to make any further scrutiny into the sincerity of a mans grace, as sine qua non to their administration of the Sacrament; seeing that a Verbal ⟨p. 237⟩profession not evidently contradicted and invalidated by words or life, is the means of discovery by which we must be satisfied. But yet I never dreamed that we must not require profession it self of saving faith, and that as a probable sign of the thing professed, but that we must look after another kind of faith.

And if Mr. Blake will not take up with bare profession of his dogmatical faith, he will oft profane the Ordinance too. For he knoweth not when it is in sincerity in any man. And we know by their Ignorance that multitudes are without it.

^†He addeth my Confession, [That the Ignorance of this point hindered me long from administering the Lords Supper.] But he tells not what point it was. Not that the ungodly might lawfully and rightfully claim it; nor that I might lawfully give it to the professedly ungodly, or to any that profess not saving faith; it was no such point. But that the Sacrament sealed not as from God, that [This or that man is a Believer] or [that he is actually pardoned] but only sealeth the conditional promise with such application to the person as is first to be made by his own Receiving; and therefore if there be an error and falsehood, it is committed only by himself, and the Minister is not guilty, nor the Ordinance wholly in vain. And what's this to the advantage of Mr. Blake's Cause? Yet he addeth [And I confess as ingeniously, that if he can work me to this opinion, I am resolved for present to baptize no Infant, as being unable to know the Parents faith to justification.] Answ. 1. But if you be brought to my opinion, this Resolution will be changed. 2. Are you resolved never to baptize more on the grounds that the Church of Christ hath always baptized on? 3. I here propound to you and the world the Reasons of my opinion. And then I shall leave to the judgement of wiser men then my self whether your rejection of this opinion be a greater disgrace to it or to you. 4. What if you cannot know the Parents justifying faith? Will it follow that you may not know a Profession of it? 5. You would do the world a courtesy to tell them, by what means you are more certain of the sincerity of a Dogmatical Faith, than we can be of a Justifying Faith? Or will you upon consideration