Ne suitor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrativeNe sutor ultra crepidam, or, Brief animadversions upon the New-England Anabaptists late fallacious narrative

One thing more, and he will dismiss us: Mr. Mather chargeth them with a pernicious Principle in their Confession of Faith, viz. That Believers Baptized are visible Christians, and fit matter for a visible Church.) How may the altering of a word or two change the sense? the words of their Confession are, Believers, being Baptized are visible Saints, and true matter of a visible Church. Hence (if the Anabaptists would give leave to draw consequences, (but then they would never have done with us, and that is the reason they cannot receive our Arguments for Infant Baptism, because they are nothing but a few consequences, and that is nothing to the purpose:) a man might argue that Believers being unbaptized are not visible Saints; & we know they acknowledge n•ne Baptized but themselves: and that will bring in another consequence, that there are no visible Saints but Anabaptists, But suppose a man cannot reach them a blow with a consequence; let them yet say, is Baptism administered to persons within the visible Church, or without it? Besides, they say, Baptized ⟨p. 27⟩persons are true matter of a visible Church, and they say those that were only sprinkled in their Infancy, were never Baptized: and will not this undermine the foundation of all the Churches in the world, but theirs? and what more pernicious? They had even as good cry with Edom's Sons, Raze it, Raze it to the Foundation.

One thing more, and he will dismiss us: Mr. Mather chargeth them with a pernicious Principle in their Confession of Faith, viz. That Believers Baptized are visible Christians, and fit matter for a visible Church.) How may the altering of a word or two change the sence? the words of their Confession are, Believers, being Baptized are visible Saints, and true matter of a visible Church. Hence (if the Anabaptists would give leave to draw consequences, (but then they would never have done with us, and that is the reason they cannot receive our Arguments for Infant Baptisme, because they are nothing but a few consequences, and that is nothing to the purpose:) a man might argue that Believers being unbaptized are not visible Saints; & we know they acknowledge nne Baptized but themselves: and that will bring in another consequence, that there are no visible Saints but Anabaptists, But suppose a man cannot reach them a blow with a consequence; let them yet say, is Baptisme administred to persons within the visible Church, or without it? Besides, they say, Baptized