A47448:708
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. 12. That cannot be an Ordinance of Christ, for which there is neither Command nor Example in all God's Word, nor Promise to such who do it, nor Threatenings to such who neglect it. But there is no Command or Example in all the Word of God for the baptizing of little Babes, nor Promise made to such who are baptized, nor Threatenings to such who are not. Ergo.
Arg. 12. That cannot be an Ordinance of Christ, for which there is neither Command nor Example in all God's Word, nor Promise to such who do it, nor Threatnings to such who neglect it. But there is no Command or Example in all the Word of God for the baptizing of little Babes, nor Promise made to such who are baptized, nor Threatnings to such who are not. Ergo.
That the Child lies under a Promise who is baptized, or the Child under any Threatening or Danger that is not baptized, let them prove it, since it is denied.
That the Child lies under a Promise who is baptized, or the Child under any Threatning or Danger that is not baptized, let them prove it, since it is denied.
Arg. 13. If no Parents, at any time or times, have been by God the Father, Jesus Christ, or his Apostles, either commended for baptizing of their Children, or reproved for neglecting to baptize them; then Infant-Baptism is no Ordinance of God. But no Parents at any time or times have been by God commended for baptizing of their Children, &c. Ergo, Infant-Baptism is no Ordinance of God.