A47448:703
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.
Arg. 9. If Infant-Baptism was an Institution of Christ, the Pedo-Baptists could not be at a loss about the Grounds of the Right Infants have to Baptism: But the Pedo-Baptists are at a great Loss, and differ exceedingly about the Grounds of the Right Infants have to Baptism. Ergo, 'tis no Institution of Christ.
As touching the Major, I argue thus; That which is an Institution of Christ, the Holy Scripture doth show, as well the End and Ground of the Ordinance, •s the Subject and Manner of it. But the Scripture speaks nothing of the End or Ground of Pedo-Baptism, or for what reason they ought to be baptized. Ergo, 'tis no Institution of Christ.
As touching the Major, I argue thus; That which is an Institution of Christ, the Holy Scripture doth shew, as well the End and Ground of the Ordinance, •s the Subject and Manner of it. But the Scripture speaks nothing of the End or Ground of Pedo-Baptism, or for what reason they ought to be baptized. Ergo, 'tis no Institution of Christ.
The Minor is undeniable, Some affirm, as we have showed, p. 15. it was to take away Original Sin. Some say it is their Right by the Covenant, they being the Seed of Believers. Others say, Infants have Faith, and therefore have a Right. Others say, They ⟨p. 4⟩have a Right by the Faith of their Sureties. Some ground their Right from an Apostolical Tradition; others upon the Authority of Scripture. Some say, All Children of professed Christians ought to be baptized; others say, None but the Children of true Believers have a Right to it. Sure, if it was an Ordinance of Christ, his Word would soon end this Controversy.