M. 2. It is this. He that saith a thing is undoubtedly certain by God's word which God's word contradicteth, doth certainly speak falsely. But so doth he that maketh this profession.
That God's word contradicteth it, I have proved so fully in my two Disputations of original sin, and my Treatise of Infant Baptism, and Methodus Theologia, that I must not here repeat it, viz. by abundance of plain Texts that appropriate the Covenant-blessings to the Faithful and their Seed, and exclude or curse the seed of the wicked, at least as out of the Covenant of God: I will now repeat but one. 1 Cor. 7. 14. Else were your children unclean, but now are they holy. If the children of Infidels are not holy but unclean, they have no right to the promise of Life, or to the Seal and Investiture by Baptism. But, &c. Ergo.
I know Dr. Hammond will have Holiness here to be nothing but [the Church useth to baptize such on presumption that they will be educated to Christianity:] and uncleanness to be but [the Churches use to refuse such, supposing they will not be so educated. And so that the Seed of the Faithful have no special promise of pardon and life. But, 1. I have as aforecited and to Mr. Tombs proved many such promises to the Seed of the Faithful, which Divines should not unthankfully like Anabaptists deny.
2. And I ask such Doctors what baptism doth for the Infants at present and on what account? Doth it put them ⟨p. 55⟩in a present right to Salvation? If not, why are they at present baptized, when God instituted no baptism but one, which is for signification and investiture in the present remission of sin•: And so saith the Liturgy: And if so then on what account is an Infant saved? Is it merely because another undertaketh to teach him hereafter? No man can undertake that he shall believe or live. If he could, that would but prove that he shall be pardoned when be believeth and not before. And if all Infants, whom any Christian will undertake hereafter to teach, though they never live to be taught, or will never believe, be by this put into a present right to Salvation, a stranger's undertaking of mere teaching upon utter uncertainty of life and success, is supposed to have such a promise which yet these Doctors deny to be made on the accounts of their own parents interest in Christ and them; and his dedicating them to Christ.
M. 2. It is this. He that saith a thing is undoubtedly certain by God's word which God's word contradicteth, doth certainly speak falsely. But so doth he that maketh this profession.
That God's word contradicteth it, I have proved so fully in my two Disputations of original sin, and my Treatise of Infant Baptism, and Methodus Theologia, that I must not here repeat it, viz. by abundance of plain Texts that appropriate the Covenant-blessings to the Faithful and their Seed, and exclude or curse the seed of the wicked, at least as out of the Covenant of God: I will now repeat but one. 1 Cor. 7. 14. Else were your children unclean, but now are they holy. If the children of Infidels are not holy but unclean, they have no right to the promise of Life, or to the Seal and Investiture by Baptism. But, &c. Ergo.
I know Dr. Hammond will have Holiness here to be nothing but [the Church useth to baptize such on presumption that they will be educated to Christianity:] and uncleanness to be but [the Churches use to refuse such, supposing they will not be so educated. And so that the Seed of the Faithful have no special promise of pardon and life. But, 1. I have as aforecited and to Mr. Tombes proved many such promises to the Seed of the Faithful, which Divines should not unthankfully like Anabaptists deny.
2. And I ask such Doctors what baptism doth for the Infants at present and on what account? Doth it put them ⟨p. 55⟩in a present right to Salvation? If not, why are they at present baptized, when God instituted no baptism but one, which is for signification and investiture in the present remission of sin•: And so saith the Liturgie: And if so then on what account is an Infant saved? Is it meerly because another undertaketh to teach him hereafter? No man can undertake that he shall believe or live. If he could, that would but prove that he shall be pardoned when be believeth and not before. And if all Infants, whom any Christian will undertake hereafter to teach, though they never live to be taught, or will never believe, be by this put into a present right to Salvation, a stranger's undertaking of meer teaching upon utter uncertainty of life and success, is supposed to have such a promise which yet these Doctors deny to be made on the accounts of their own parents interest in Christ and them; and his dedicating them to Christ.
