A47448:735
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. 2•. If there is but one Baptism of Water le•t by Jesus Christ in the New Testament, ⟨p. 7⟩and but one Condition or Manner of Right thereto▪ and that one Baptism is that of the Adult; then Infant-Baptism is no Baptism of Christ. But there is but one Baptism, in Water lest by Christ in the New Testament, and but one Condition and Manner of Right thereto, and that one Baptism is that of the Adult. Ergo, Infant-Baptism is no Baptism of Christ.
Mr. Baxter saith, Faith and Repentance is the Condition of the Adult, and as to any other Condition, I am sure the Scripture is silent; the Way of the Lord is one, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, Ephes. 4. 4.
If Profession of Faith were not necessary, saith Mr. Baxter, coram Ecclesiâ, to Church-Membership and Privileges, then Infidels and Heathens would have Right; also, saith he, the Church and the World would be confounded. He might have added, but Infidels and Heathens have no Right to Church-Membership, &c. Ergo, 'Tis a granted Case among all Christians, saith he, that Profession is thus necessary, the Apostles and Ancient Church admitted none without it; pag. 2•. And if so, why dare any now a days admit of Infants, who are capable to make no Profession. He adds, Y•• Christ in his Commission directeth his Apostles to make Disciples, and t•en baptize them, promising, He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved,