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§. 6. But (saith Mr. D.) Cassander testifieth in his Epistle to the Duke of Cleave that Peter Bruis and Henricus denied baptism to little ones, affirming that only the adult should be baptized.

§. 6. But (saith Mr. D.) Cassander testifieth in his Epistle to the Duke of Cleve that Peter Bruis and Henricus denied baptism to little ones, affirming that only the adult should be baptized.

Answ. Read but Cassanders Pref. and judge of the Credit of this mans accusations. 1. Cassander saith, that it was the Manichees and Priscillianists (who were Gnostics saith Sulpit. Severus who lived in Priscillians time) ⟨p. 385⟩that brought in the errors after mentioned by him, which swarmed in Bernards days; And that this Heresy bred them that were called Catharists, a name belonging to one of the three sects of Manichees: but in France they were called Albigenses, from the place, and that it was to these Manichean and Priscillian errors, that they added the denial of Infant-Baptism. […] He saith, Peter Bruis, and Henry, seem to have been the chief Authors of this addition; but in a far differing sense from the later Anabaptists; For Peter and Henry equally denied Baptism and salvation to Infants, or any but actual believers. 3. And for the surmise of Peter and Henry he taketh the word of Peter the Abbot Cluniacensis: so that Cassander doth but what Mr. D. doth, even report Cluniacensi. 4. And he professeth that the Waldenses called Picards, whose relicts were in Moravia and Bohemia to that day, [did approve and use Infant-Baptism as consentaneous to the Gospel] as I before cited him.

Answ. Read but Cassanders Pref. and judge of the Credit of this mans accusations. 1. Cassander saith, that it was the Manichees and Priscillianists (who were Gnosticks saith Sulpit. Severus who lived in Priscillians time) ⟨p. 385⟩that brought in the errors after mentioned by him, which swarmed in Bernards daies; And that this Heresie bred them that were called Catharists, a name belonging to one of the three sects of Manichees: but in France they were called Albigenses, from the place, and that it was to these Manichean and Priscillian errours, that they added the denyal of Infant-Baptism. He saith, Peter Bruis, and Henry, seem to have been the chief Authors of this addition; but in a far differing sense from the later Anabaptists; For Peter and Henry equally denyed Baptism and salvation to Infants, or any but actual believers. 3. And for the surmise of Peter and Henry he taketh the word of Peter the Abbot Cluniacensis: so that Cassander doth but what Mr. D. doth, even report Cluniacensi. 4. And he professeth that the Waldenses called Picards, whose relicts were in Moravia and Bohemia to that day, [did approve and use Infant-Baptism as consentaneous to the Gospel] as I before cited him.