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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
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.
Which is an abuse of that Text; for as the Apostle speaks not of Infants, so he speaks of Gods Grace and Favour, in opposition to works o• merits, according to that in Eph. 2. 8. by Grace you are saved; he puts Faith in the place of Grace: We say no Infant can be saved but by Grace; yet we do say we see not how it can be said that Infants do or can believe.
And now let me infer from his notion, viz. if Infants cannot believe, they must all perish and be damned, this follows clearly from what he asserts: He had need to see he is certain of what he affirms.
In Page 92. (he says,) it is common for Men of our opinion to bring in, and set up our own Carnal Reason, in opposition to the Wisdom of God; is not this an Unchristian charge? Besides, he proves not what he says, nor attempts to do it.
Sure some gracious Person or Persons he is concerned more particularly with in Churchfellowship, will look upon themselves bound in duty to inquire into some of these grand enormities, false accusations, and other evils this Man is found guilty of in his Writings.