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A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by…
A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Giles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, showing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.A counter-antidote, to purge out the malignant effects of a late counterfeit, prepared by Mr. Gyles Shute ... being an answer to his vindication of his pretended Antidote to prevent the prevalency of Anabaptism, shewing that Mr. Hercules Collins's reply to the said author remains unanswered : wherein the baptism of believers is evinced to be God's ordinance, and the baptized congregations proved true churches of Jesus Christ : with a further detection of the error of pedo-baptism : to which is added, An answer to Mr. Shute's reply to Mr. Collins's half-sheet / by Benjamin Keach.
London: printed for H. Bernard, 1694
Chapter 3: Proving that Infants of Believers, as such, are not in the Covenant of Grace God made w…
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Answer, This I have fully answered in those Sermons called, the Axe laid at the Root, see page 14, 15, 16, 18. Second Part. Thus you will find I express my self, viz. Tho' there is but one Covenant of Work's yet there was more than one Addition or Administration of the said Covenant. This is evident, although' given upon a different End, Purpose, and Design by the Lord: The Covenant of Works was primarily made with Adam; yet another addition or ministration of it, was given on Mount Sinai, and to that Covenant, I there prove Circumcision did appertain, Axe 2d. Part page 17, 18. Also I there showed that tho' there is but one Covenant of Grace, yet there were several distinct Additions or Administrations of that. Also, in page 125. he misrepresents my words again, he cites an Objection I mention in page 25. part 1. viz.
Answer, This I have fully answered in those Sermons called, the Ax layd at the Root, see page 14, 15, 16, 18. Second Part. Thus you will find I express my self, viz. Tho' there is but one Covenant of Work's yet there was more than one Addition or Administration of the said Covenant. This is evident, altho' given upon a different End, Purpose, and Design by the Lord: The Covenant of Works was primerly made with Adam; yet another addition or ministration of it, was given on Mount Sinai, and to that Covenant, I there prove Circumcision did appertain, Ax 2d. Part page 17, 18. Also I there shewed that tho' there is but one Covenant of Grace, yet there were several distinct Additions or Administrations of that. Also, in page 125. he misrepresents my words again, he cites an Objection I mention in page 25. part 1. viz.
Object. If Infants as such were not included in the Covenant of Grace God made with Abraham, how can dying Infants be saved?
My Answer is, Must Infants of believers, as such, be comprehended in that Covenant, God made with Abraham, or else can they not be saved? how then were any dying Infants saved before Abraham's days, or before the Covenant was made with him?