A85311:106
The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him,…
The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entitled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.The answer of Giles Firmin, to the vain and unprofitable question put to him, and charged upon him by Mr. Grantham, in his book, entituled, The infants advocate : viz. whether the greatest part of dying infants shall be damned? : Which advocate, while he shuts all infants out of the visible church, and denies them baptism, opens heaven to all dying infants, justifying those of his party, who admit them all as he doth, into Heaven without regeneration.
London: printed for John Lawrence, 1689
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.
The Major you prove thus: They do not resist the Holy Ghost.
I answer: The work of the Spirit in the business of their Salvation, is their Regeneration, their Sanctification: then we are agreed, you yield me the Question against your own Party; and this shall not displease me, if they be all saved, as you falsely tell your Reader. Yet I am not satisfied in your Discourse.
I answer: The work of the Spirit in the business of their Salvation, is their Regeneration, their Sanctification: then we are agreed, you yield me the Question against your own Party; and this shall not displease me, if they be all saved, as you falsly tell your Reader. Yet I am not satisfied in your Discourse.
Infants have sufficient assistance, because they do not resist, say you. This is something odd methinks.
First, What then are Infants active, tho' weak, and so the Spirit assist them; for so I conceive assistance doth properly respect one that acts, but is too weak to perfect his act. Are we said properly to assist them who do nothing at all? we assist weak men, not dead men.