A41329:14
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their…
The plea of the children of believing-parents for their interest in Abraham's covenant, their right to church-member-ship with their parents, and consequently their title to baptism. The cause of publishing this discourse after so many learned men have laboured in this province, is declared in the preface to the reader. By Giles Firmin.
London: printed for Tho. Simons, 1683
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.
As to this Letter, the Reader may please to understand, the Book which I borrowed had in the Title Page, only H.D. I could not tell whither D. stood for Den (whose name I had seen) or Dell, or Danvers, of whose name only I had heard, but never saw any thing of his; but whoever was the Author, I found fault with him. 1. For his Falsehood in the Historical part (which if my Memory fails me not, took up above half his Book.) 2ly, His fraudulent dealing. ⟨image 5⟩3ly, His raising a dust upon the Scriptures he quotes, to trouble his Reader. 4ly, For his Logic. But for any other Opinions, or any thing concerning his Conversation, I speak not one word: for how could I, when I knew nothing of him, and only heard three times (as I remember) there was one Colonel Danvers, an Anabaptist, and that was all; nor was I certain the Book was his.
As to this Letter, the Reader may please to understand, the Book which I borrowed had in the Title Page, only H.D. I could not tell whither D. stood for Den (whose name I had seen) or Dell, or Danvars, of whose name only I had heard, but never saw any thing of his; but whoever was the Author, I found fault with him. 1. For his Falshood in the Historical part (which if my Memory fails me not, took up above half his Book.) 2ly, His fraudulent dealing. ⟨image 5⟩3ly, His raising a dust upon the Scriptures he quotes, to trouble his Reader. 4ly, For his Logick. But for any other Opinions, or any thing concerning his Conversation, I speak not one word: for how could I, when I knew nothing of him, and only heard three times (as I remember) there was one Collonel Danvers, an Anabaptist, and that was all; nor was I certain the Book was his.
It was never my intent to answer every particular in his Book, partly because I would not spend the Lord's Day in Controversies, and partly because Catechizing was the thing I intended, being far more necessary, so that I did grudge the time I spent about this Book; out of which I only wrote the most material things, and the Book was sent for away.