A26965:494
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things…
The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacify such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.The nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of their judgment in certain things in which they are misunderstood written to reconcile and pacifie such as by mistaking them hinder love and concord / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benj. Alsop, 1679
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. Some of them hold that All Infants in the world Baptized or not, are saved by universal redemption, if they dye before actual sin: And that the Article therefore affirmeth it of the Baptized. ⟨p. 171⟩But others say, this cannot be the sense: For 1. To say [All baptized] and mean [All unbaptized] or any [not as Baptized] were not intelligible nor candid. 2. And the Burial Rubric excepting the unbaptized from that Christian burial, showeth the meaning of the Church in this Article.
6. Some of them hold that All Infants in the world Baptized or not, are saved by universal redemption, if they dye before actual sin: And that the Article therefore affirmeth it of the Baptized. ⟨p. 171⟩But others say, this cannot be the sence: For 1. To say [All baptized] and mean [All unbaptized] or any [not as Baptized] were not intelligible nor candid. 2. And the Burial Rubrick excepting the unbaptized from that Christian burial, sheweth the meaning of the Church in this Article.
7. Also about the [undoubted certainty] they differ; some think that the subscriber or Declarer doth not by these words, profess that he himself is [undoubtedly certain] of the salvation of all dying Baptized Infants; but only that the thing is certainly revealed to be so in Gods Word. But others say, that both objective and subjective (or personal) certainty must needs be meant: And that it were too hard an imputation to say that the Church commandeth uncertain, doubting men to profess that the thing is certain and undoubted of; for how can they tell that it is so? And if they know it not to be so why should they declare it to be so? The meaning is not [I declare that the Convocation saith it is certain;] for that were but the part of a crier or reader: Nor is it I declare that it is certain to others, though not to me.] For no man knoweth another's certainty; Therefore it must mean that [I am certain and past doubt by the Word of God] or [I see ascertaining evidence in Gods Word putting it past doubt.] So that no uncertain or doubting person can truly thus declare or subscribe.