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

And 1. His very words prove that this is no contradiction: For these very words I will make plain to a boy of ten years old, and yet the world must know in print that he is not able to understand them, and that this is worthy the consideration of his proselytes. 2. My meaning I opened long ago, which he concealeth: The Proofs of Infants Church-membership are Plain: the proof therefore of their right to Baptism is plain though not in the same degree? but there are objections of difficulty which may be brought against it, which every weak Christian (nor Minister neither) cannot answer. And the hardest is that which is little taken notice of by themselves, but I (impartially) opened in my Christian Directory. And is it a contradiction to say that a doctrine that hath Plain Proof, may be assaulted by difficult objections? And yet such as a sober Christian should not be changed by, unless on the same reasons he will forsake all Christianity, and his everlasting hopes: For I take the doctrine of the Souls Immortality to be such as may be Plainly proved: But truly I take it to be five degrees above the ability ⟨p. 307⟩of this Writer, to answer solidly all that can be said against it. I take it to be Plainly provable that the Scripture is certainly true: And yet I take it to be quite above this confident mans ability well to solve all the difficulties objected? were it but those poor ones of Benedictus. Spinosa in his late pestilent Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. I think I have plain proof that God is not the Author of sin, and man is not moved in it and all his acts as an engine by unavoidable necessitation: But I despair that ten years study more should enable this Writer, clearly to solve the objections of Hobbes or Camero about it. In a word, though we have Plain proof that Christ is the Son of God, I should be loth that the faith of this Nation should lie upon the success of a dispute about it, between a crafty Infidel and this self-conceited man.

And 1. His very words prove that this is no contradiction: For these very words I will make plain to a boy of ten years old, and yet the world must know in print that he is not able to understand them, and that this is worthy the consideration of his proselytes. 2. My meaning I opened long ago, which he concealeth: The Proofs of Infants Church-membership are Plain: the proof therefore of their right to Baptism is plain though not in the same degree? but there are objections of difficulty which may be brought against it, which every weak Christian (nor Minister neither) cannot answer. And the hardest is that which is little taken notice of by themselves, but I (impartially) opened in my Christian Directory. And is it a contradiction to say that a doctrine that hath Plain Proof, may be assaulted by difficult obections? And yet such as a sober Christian should not be changed by, unless on the same reasons he will forsake all Christianity, and his everlasting hopes: For I take the doctrine of the Souls Immortality to be such as may be Plainly proved: But truly I take it to be five degrees above the ability