A47448:681
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
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Arg. 6. If the Church of England says, that Faith and Repentance are required of all that ought to be baptized, and in so saying, speak truly, and yet Infants can't perform those things; then Infants ought not to be baptized. But the Church of England says, that Faith and Repentance are required of all such, &c. and speak truly, and yet Infants cannot perform these things. Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized.
Object. If it be objected, That they affirm they do perform it by their Sureties.
Answ. If Suretyship for Children in Baptism is not required of God, and the Sureties do not, cannot perform those things for the Child: then Suretyship is not of God, and so signifies nothing, but is an unlawful and sinful Undertaking. But Suretyship in Children's Baptism is not required of God, and they do not, cannot perform what they promise. Ergo.
Answ. If Suretiship for Children in Baptism is not required of God, and the Sureties do not, cannot perform those things for the Child: then Suretiship is not of God, and so signifies nothing, but is an unlawful and sinful Undertaking. But Suretiship in Childrens Baptism is not required of God, and they do not, cannot perform what they promise. Ergo.