More proofs of infants church-membership and consequently their right to baptism, or, A second…

God being a King de jure before his Government is Consented to, maketh a Law to man to command them to consent and be his voluntary subjects: To those that consent (as the condition) he promiseth the interest and blessings of his Covenant, viz. Christ and Life; and threateneth the privation of those benefits, and sorer punishment to refusing rebels: He is Lawgiver and will be Judge of Non-consenters; called, Unbelievers and refusers of Christ and Salvation: When men do consent they are under his further Administering Laws. The said efficient causes are Gods Actions, 1. As Omnipotent Owner, 2. As Benefactor, 3. As Sapiential Rector. 1. According to the first, he giveth us our Being and preserveth ⟨p. 41⟩it, and in him we Live, and Move, and Are. 2. As our Benefactor antecedent to his Administration, he gave the world a Redeemer absolutely, and reprieved the world and us, and giveth us all common Antecedent Mercies. 3. As the Rector de jure of men not yet consenting, he maketh the Law of Grace absolutely and antecedently to any condition (of making it) on our part. This Law hath the preceptive part, commanding consent (faith and repentance). 2. The Donative or promissory part, giving us Christ in Relation, and right to his present benefits, if we consent; which is the condition. 3. And the penalty aforesaid.

God being a King de jure before his Government is Consented to, maketh a Law to man to command them to consent and be his voluntary subjects: To those that consent (as the condition) he promiseth the interest and blessings of his Covenant, viz. Christ and Life; and threatneth the privation of those benefits, and sorer punishment to refusing rebels: He is Lawgiver and will be Judge of Non-consenters; called, Ʋnbelievers and refusers of Christ and Salvation: When men do consent they are under his further Administring Laws. The said efficient causes are Gods Actions, 1. As Omnipotent Owner, 2. As Benefactor, 3. As Sapiential Rector. 1. According to the first, he giveth us our Being and preserveth ⟨p. 41⟩it, and in him we Live, and Move, and Are. 2. As our Benefactor antecedent to his Administration, he gave the world a Redeemer absolutely, and reprieved the world and us, and giveth us all common Antecedent Mercies. 3. As the Rector de jure of men not yet consenting, he maketh the Law of Grace absolutely and antecedently to any condition (of making it) on our part. This Law hath the preceptive part, commanding consent (faith and repentance). 2. The Donative or promissory part, giving us Christ in Relation, and right to his present benefits, if we consent; which is the condition. 3. And the penalty aforesaid.