The grounds and ends of the baptism of the children of the faithful. Opened…The grounds and ends of the baptisme of the children of the faithfull. Opened…

But to come to your mistake of our Doctrine, which lieth not in this: That by virtue of a believers estate, we hold all his fruit to be holy. For we acknowledge, that (rightly understood, as you know we express our selves) that by virtue of a believers estate, together with the virtue of the Covenant of grace to him and his seed, all his fruit is holy. But when you add (and partake in the same estate of grace with him) there you quite mistake us. For though all the fruit of a believer be holy: yet all of them do not partake with him in the same estate of all kinds of holiness, which their believing Father enjoyeth: much less so ⟨p. 125⟩far as he doth. For whereas there be three sorts of holiness (as hath been touched above) 1. One by imputation from Christ. 2. Another by regeneration from the Spirit. 3. A third by separation to God and to his Worship, and to participation of the Ordinances through the Covenant: The believing Parent enjoyeth all these; but not so all his seed. All of them indeed partake of the last: Of the first, only the elect; but not of the second, till they be regenerate. And against our Doctrine thus declared, your arguments fall like Dagon before the Ark of the Covenant.

But to come to your mistake of our Doctrine, which lyeth not in this: That by vertue of a beleevers estate, wee hold all his fruite to bee holy. For wee acknowledge, that (rightly understood, as you know wee expresse our selves) that by vertue of a beleevers estate, together with the vertue of the Covenant of grace to him and his seed, all his fruite is holy. But when you adde (and partake in the same estate of grace with him) there you quite mistake us. For though all the fruite of a beleever bee holy: yet all of them doe not partake with him in the same estate of all kindes of holinesse, which their beleeving Father injoyeth: much lesse so ⟨p. 125⟩farre as he doth. For whereas there be three sorts of holinesse (as hath been touched above) 1. One by imputation from Christ. 2. Another by regeneration from the Spirit. 3. A third by separation to God and to his Worship, and to participation of the Ordinances through the Covenant: The believing Parent enjoyeth all these; but not so all his seed. All of them indeed partake of the last: Of the first, onely the elect; but not of the second, till they be regenerate. And against our Doctrine thus declared, your arguments fall like Dagon before the Arke of the Covenant.