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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
A DEFENCE OF THE NON-CONFORMIST'S Plea for Peace, AGAINST Mr. J. CH… › Chapter 18
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And, Quod ficte recipientes Baptismum non habent gratiam Baptismi, dicunt Scholastici. vide Brianson, in 4. q. 4. Doct. 1. Fol. 34.
And even Pope Gregory 7. (Hildebrand) in Roman Council saith, [That neither feigned Faith in Baptism, nor feigned Repentance in Penance, do save any.] I know what some say for the saving of all Heathens, Infidels, or Atheists Infants, snatched perhaps by military force to Baptism, viz. Ex fide Ecclesiae, of which I have spoken elsewhere (in Christ. Directory.) But their proofs I take for Error and worse.
And even Pope Gregory 7. (Hildebrand) in Roman Council saith, [That neither feigned Faith in Baptism, nor feigned Repentance in Penance, do save any.] I know what some say for the saving of all Heathens, Infidels, or Atheists Infants, snatcht perhaps by military force to Baptism, viz. Ex fide Ecclesiae, of which I have spoken elsewhere (in Christ. Directory.) But their proofs I take for Error and worse.
And as to this and their Causality Ex opere operato, Suarez saith, (de Legib. li. 9. c. 6. pag. 748. Col. 2. de Circumcis.) Nam etiam ipsa fides parentum erat conditio necessaria, & sine qua'non; & tamen de illa non dici potest quod gratiam daret Infanti ex opere operato, nec quod gratiam contineret; imò nec causa justificans parvulos dici potest, nisi latè aut improprio modo, sicut dicitur de quolibet remedio seu conditione sine qua non.] Whence he inferreth, that Circumcision did not justify Infants.
And as to this and their Causality Ex opere operato, Suarez saith, (de Legib. li. 9. c. 6. pag. 748. Col. 2. de Circumcis.) Nam etiam ipsa fides parentum erat conditio necessaria, & sine qua'non; & tamen de illa non dici potest quod gratiam daret Infanti ex opere operato, nec quod gratiam contineret; imò nec causa justificans parvulos dici potest, nisi latè aut improprio modo, sicut dicitur de quolibet remedio seu conditione sine qua non.] Whence he inferreth, that Circumcision did not justifie Infants.