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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.
And is it not universal? It is not special, for it is neither particular, nor proper, then it must be universal. It is Axioma, [Greek or Hebrew]. Mr. Grantham then it must be universal: For here praedicatum reciprocatur cum subjecto, ita ut ex praedicato fieri possit subjectum: As in this proposition, Homo est animal rationale & Animal rationale est Homo. So here, they that have the whole have the parts, and they who have the parts have the whole.
And is it not universal? It is not special, for it is neither particular, nor proper, then it must be universal. It is Axioma, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Mr. Grantham then it must be universal: For here praedicatum reciprocatur cum subjecto, ita ut ex praedicato fieri possit subjectum: As in this proposition, Homo est animal rationale & Animal rationale est Homo. So here, they that have the whole have the parts, and they who have the parts have the whole.
A Proposition may be universal in the form of it, tho' it be not true, but this is both universal and true, till you can prove your two Regenerations.
2. The second fault is Ignoratio Elenchi.