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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
Chapter 2: Wherein Mr. Shutes Reply to Mr. Hercules Collins Answer about habitual Faith is conside…
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2. We desire it may be considered and carefully heeded, lest we still are abused as Mr. Collins hath been, that we steadfastly believe and readily grant it, as an Article of our Faith, That all Infants are under the Guilt and stain of original Sin as they come into the World, and that no Infant can be saved but through the Blood and Imputation of Christs righteousness: And also we do believe, That all those dying Infants who are •aved, God doth in some way or another (which is not known to us) Sanctify them; for no unclean thing can enter into the Heavenly Jerusalem. See our confession of Faith.
2. We desire it may be considered and carefully heeded, lest we still are abused as Mr. Collins hath been, that we stedfastly believe and readlly grant it, as an Article of our Faith, That all Infants are under the Guilt and stain of original Sin as they come into the World, and that no Infant can be saved but through the Blood and Imputation of Christs righteousness: And also we do believe, That all those dying Infants who are •aved, God doth in some way or another (which is not known to us) Sanctify them; for no unclean thing can enter into the Heavenly Jerusalem. See our confession of Faith.
3. We do believe, that no dying Infant can be saved that is not in the Covenant of Grace, for tis (through or) by the Grace, Mercy and Inconceivable Love of God, as 'tis contained in the Covenant of Grace, that Christ, and all Blessings of Christ, are made over to all the Elect, whether Adult or little Infants. We therefore never asserted, That no Infants of Believers, or of unbelievers either, are in the Covenant of Grace; but we do assert, all Elect Infants are in it; Yet we do deny, that the Infants of Believers as such, or as so considered, as bring their Natural Offspring, are in the Covenant of Grace. Having noted these three Things, I shall proceed. First, take what Mr. Collins hath asserted in his Answer to Mr. Shutes pretended Antidote; See Page 3. viz. That Infants are saved by Christ we have asserted, because we know of no other Name but Jesus; but that they are saved by Faith, habitual Faith in Christ, I must confess I never read in all the Book of God; I could wish he could show me the Chapter where Christ said any such thing, i. e. that Infants are saved by habitual Faith. And what would this Man make a new Bible, have a new rule, to tell us of things never heard of? These are Mr. Collins's words, Take Mr. Shutes reply; pray look into that Chapter, saith he, where you find that God hath declared two ways for saving Elect persons; one for the saving of aying Infants, without the Grace of Faith; and the other for saving adult Believers by Faith: And then he asketh two other as impertinent Queries. But […] last he sixes upon one Text to prove habitual Faith in Infants, viz