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

and all that are by sanctification at an hearty enmity (habitual or actual) with the Kingdom of Satan, are members of the Church called mystical or invisible. This I put as granted. 9. Those that violate this fundamental obligation, and to their natural pravity shall add a fighting against Christ and his Kingdom for Satan and his Kingdom, are become themselves the seed of the Serpent. And though they had the natural enmity with the rest of mankind in general against Satan, yet have they therewithal the habitual enmity against Christ. This much I suppose as out of controversy. But whether also the first original corrupted nature it self (before any sin against recovering grace) did contain an habitual enmity against the Kingdom of the Redeemer? Or whether the sins of later Parents may propagate this as an additional corruption in our nature, I will not now ⟨p. 96⟩stand to discuss. Only as to our present business, it is certain that the general natural enmity to Satan, may consist with an habitual friendship to his ways and cause. And though as men they may have the first common advantage of nature, and as subjects de jure may be under the common obligation, yea, and as listed in Christs army may have many of its privileges; yet for the enmity of disposition to Christ, they may be under a greater curse. 10. As it is certain, that it is not only Christ himself that is here made the object of this promise, and is here called [the seed of the woman,] (as is before proved, and may be more, and is commonly granted;) so it is to be noted, that those others in whom this enmity is put, are called here [the seed of the woman,] and not the seed of Christ (though the chief of them are his seed.) And so though the promise is made to none but the woman's seed, and no exception put in against Infants, or any age of all her seed: Till you can prove that Infants are none of her seed, we must take this fundamental promise to extend to Infants, and that very plainly, without using any violence with the Text.

and all that are by sanctification at an hearty enmity (habitual or actual) with the Kingdom of Satan, are members of the Church called mystical or invisible. This I put as granted. 9. Those that violate this fundamental obligation, and to their natural pravity shall add a fighting against Christ and his Kingdom for Satan and his Kingdom, are become themselves the seed of the Serpent. And though they had the natural enmity with the rest of mankind in general against Satan, yet have they therewithal the habitual enmity against Christ. This much I suppose as out of controversie. But whether also the first original corrupted nature it self (before any sin against recovering grace) did contain an habitual enmity against the Kingdom of the Redeemer? Or whether the sins of later Parents may propagate this as an additional corruption in our nature, I will not now