The church-membership of children, and their right to baptism according to that holy and…The church-membership of children, and their right to baptisme according to that holy and…

1. Because it is unscriptural. In matters of Gods worship, a negative argument is conclusive; if that which is asserted; be not contained in the Scripture, expressly, or […] the consequence therefrom, it is to be rejected. To the Law and by the Testimony.

1. Because it is unscriptural. In matters of Gods worship, a negative argument is conclvsive; if that which is asserted; be not contained in the Scripture, expresly, or 〈…〉 the consequence therefrom, it is to be rejected. To the Law and by the Testimony.

The Scriptures alleged by some ••d thought to favour this notion of Felones de se, are only such as do but lay down before us the sins of some Church-members, and do not speak of the [Greek or Hebrew], (punishment or censure) as 'tis called, 2 Cor. 2.6. which in such cases is to be inflicted, and therefore are not ad rem: only that which seem's to have most weight in it, and to which therefore I shall briefly reply, is that in Acts 8.21. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: Answer. I would not say that this text, propounded with reference the children of the Church that are not in full communion, is not apposite, because the text speak's of a member in full communion: though to say so much is accounted by some a sufficient answer to such Scripture arguments, as conclude against felones de se, from Church-members that are in full Communion (quatenus Church-members) to such Church members as are not in full communion: But yet having gained this fort; that what is in Scripture spoken of a member in full communion, is applicable (as far as mere membership reacheth) to a member that is not in full communion, we may now the more easily proceed in the after discourse. To this Scripture (then) •lledged for children of the Church not in full communion; by their ⟨image 8⟩