A47448:612
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
Appendix: AN APPENDIX; BEING A Reply to Mr. Shute's last single Sheet, in Answer to Mr. Collins's…
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2. It was not for the Sins of little Babes, that the Legal Covenant and Legal Church was dissolved, at the coming in of the Gospel: But it was the will and pleasure of God to take that Covenant away, that he might establish the second and better Covenant. And God it appears hath done Infants no hurt hereby, since the promise of God made to Abraham, touching Salvation by Christ in the Covenant of Grace stands fast for ever, and is brought in, and established to all the Elect, both of Jews first; and also of the Gentiles. True, the unbelieving Jews were cast off for not believing, for had they believed they had partaken of like Gospel Grace with those that did believe: But the believing Jews and their Children did no longer abide in that national Church to which they once belonged, nor were their Children until they believed, received into the Gospel Church; yet I affirm that was no Spiritual loss to those Babes, seeing there was no righteousness nor Salvation to be had by the Law, Legal Covenant, nor circumcision.
2. It was not for the Sins of little Babes, that the Legal Covenant and Legal Church was dissolved, at the coming in of the Gospel: But it was the will and pleasure of God to take that Covenant away, that he might establish the second and better Covenant. And God it appears hath done Infants no hurt hereby, since the promise of God made to Abraham, touching Salvation by Christ in the Covenant of Grace stands fast for ever, and is brought in, and established to all the Elect, both of Jews first; and also of the Gentiles. True, the unbelieving Jews were cast off for not believing, for had they believed they had pertaken of like Gospel Grace with those that did believe: But the believing Jews and their Children did no longer abide in that national Church to which they once belonged, nor were their Children until they believed, received into the Gospel Church; yet I affirm that was no Spiritual loss to those Babes, seeing there was no righteousness nor Salvation to be had by the Law, Legal Covenant, nor circumcision.
Mr. Collin• will not say that believers and their Seed only were in the Legal Covenant and in the Legal Church, but all unbelievers also, and their Children who sprung from Isaacs Loins, were in the same Covenant, and were Church-members, and that by Gods appointment too; as far forth as were the godly or believing Jews, and their Children: And Friend, it should appear that among Abraham's Carnal Seed there were but a very small remnant that were believers; Tho' all were in the Legal Covenant then, and where Church members.