A39697:288
Vindiciæ legis & fœderis
Vindiciæ legis & fœderis: or, A reply to Mr. Philip Cary's Solemn call Wherein he pretends to answer all the arguments of Mr. Allen, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Sydenham, Mr. Sedgwick, Mr. Roberts, and Dr. Burthogge, for the right of believers infants to baptism, by proving the law at Sinai, and the covenant of circumcision with Abraham, were the very same with Adam's covenant of works, and that because the gospel-covenant is absolute. By John Flavel minister of the gospel in Dartmouth
London: printed for M. Wolton, 1690
A REPLY TO Mr. Philip Cary's Solemn Call. › Section 3 › Argument 5: Argument V.
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Reply. I have only seen Mr. Whiston's little Book against your Brother Grantham, wherein he hath baffled two of your principal Arguments; but you only come in collaterally there, and must not look upon it as a full Answer to your Book, but only as a Lash for your Folly en passant. And for our compassing you about like Bees, methinks you seem to be greatened in your own Fancy by the supposition or expectation of a multitude of Opponents. You know as well as I, who it is that glories in this Motto, Unus contra omnes. Sir, I think your Mind may be much at rest in that matter. Of all the six famous Adversaries mentioned ⟨p. 137⟩in your Title Page, there are but two living; and you know mortui non mordent; and of the remaining two, one of them, viz. Mr. Baxter is almost in Heaven, living in the daily Views and cheerful Expectations of the Saints everlasting rest with God; and is left for a little while among us, as a great Example of the Life of Faith: And it is questionable with me, whether such a great and Heavenly Soul can find any leisure or disposition to attend such a weak and trivial Discourse as this.
Reply. I have only seen Mr. Whiston's little Book against your Brother Grantham, wherein he hath baffled two of your principal Arguments; but you only come in collaterally there, and must not look upon it as a full Answer to your Book, but only as a Lash for your Folly en passant. And for our compassing you about like Bees, methinks you seem to be greatned in your own Fancy by the supposition or expectation of a multitude of Opponents. You know as well as I, who it is that glories in this Motto, Unus contra omnes. Sir, I think your Mind may be much at rest in that matter. Of all the six famous Adversaries mentioned ⟨p. 137⟩in your Title Page, there are but two living; and you know mortui non mordent; and of the remaining two, one of them, viz. Mr. Baxter is almost in Heaven, living in the daily Views and chearful Expectations of the Saints everlasting rest with God; and is left for a little while among us, as a great Example of the Life of Faith: And it is questionable with me, whether such a great and Heavenly Soul can find any leisure or disposition to attend such a weak and trivial Discourse as this.