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

Answ. Here again if by [Popery] and [it] you mean the same thing, You hold on the same course: Prove it true, and take the honour of once writing a true accusation. I have not hid my judgement about Popery, having written about seven or eight books against it in above twenty years time, by which you may see in comparing them whether I changed my judgement. If you cannot, refuse not to blush.

But I was and am a defender of that which is Popery and Antichristianity with you, the Church-membership, Covenant-interest and Baptism of Infants, and it's like many more parcels of the Treasures of Christ, which you zealously rob him off, and give to Antichrist; As too many Sectaries do, the greatest part (I doubt more than nine parts of ten) of his Kingdom or Church universal: And as Divines use to prove that carnal minds are enemies and haters of God, because they confess, honour and worship him both in Name, and in respect of many of his Attributes and relations and works, yet in respect of others they are averse to him; so I would be a monitor to you, and such like Sectaries, to take heed of going much further, lest before you know what you do, while you honour Christs name, and cry up some of his Grace, and doctrines, you should really hate, oppugn and blaspheme him, and take Christ himself for Antichrist, and his Churches and servants for Antichristian. If you will take him for Antichrist that taketh Infants into the visible Church, I think it will prove to be Christ himself.

§. 19. Reader, How big a volume wouldst thou have me write in answering such stuff as this? Tears are fitter than Ink, for such fearless, rash, continued, visible falsehoods, to be deliberately published to the world as truths, by one that calleth himself a man, and a Christian, and seemeth zealous to new Christen most of the Christian world. Unless I should tire my self and thee. I must stop, and cease this noisome ⟨p. 306⟩