A85311:65
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
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Sixthly, Whereas we say, That which will be a Thorn, will soon prick; So we find how quickly this thorny, corrupt Nature in Infants, begin to prick, and show itself in actual Sin, so far as they are capable, in Revenge, Envy, Pride, Rebellion against Parents, which lately I observed to my sorrow. These Acts you excuse, 1and give to the example of ill Tutors. But I pray, whence is it they are so apt to learn? Pelagius indeed would have Sin come in by imitation, not propagation. But Tully that Learned Heathen tells us: 2Simul ac Editi sumus in Lucom, &c. As soon as ever we are born, we are presently exercised in all manner of Evil. Ut paene in lacte Nutricis Errorem suxisse videamur: As if we sucked down Error with the Nurses Milk. Compare this Heathen, with Mr. Grantham the Christian.
Sixthly, Whereas we say, That which will be a Thorn, will soon prick; So we find how quickly this thorny, corrupt Nature in Infants, begin to prick, and shew itself in actual Sin, so far as they are capable, in Revenge, Envy, Pride, Rebellion against Parents, which lately I observ'd to my sorrow. These Acts you excuse, 1and give to the example of ill Tutors. But I pray, whence is it they are so apt to learn? Pelagius indeed would have Sin come in by imitation, not propagation. But Tully that Learned Heathen tells us: 2Simul ac Editi sumus in Lucom, &c. As soon as ever we are born, we are presently exercised in all manner of Evil. Ʋt paene in lacte Nutricis Errorem suxisse videamur: As if we sucked down Errour with the Nurses Milk. Compare this Heathen, with Mr. Grantham the Christian.
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