Section 9

SECT. IX.

R. B. When Jonah preached to Nineveh, it was all the race of man among them, without exception, from the greatest to the least, that was to fast and join in the humiliation: ⟨p. 25⟩Ergo, all, even Infants as well as others, were to partake of the remission. If you say, the beasts were to fast too: I answer, as they were capable in their kind of part of the curse, so were they of part of the benefit, but their capacity was not as mans: They fasted to manifest mans humiliation. And if by the humiliation of the aged the beasts sped the better in their kind, no wonder if Infants sped the better in theirs, and according to their capacities, and that was to have a remission suitable to their sin.

R. B. WHen Jonas preached to Ninive, it was all the race of man among them, without exception, from the greatest to the least, that was to fast and join in the humiliation: ⟨p. 25⟩Ergo, all, even Infants as well as others, were to partake of the remission. If you say, the beasts were to fast too: I answer, as they were capable in their kind of part of the curse, so were they of part of the benefit, but their capacity was not as mans: They fasted to manifest mans humiliation. And if by the humiliation of the aged the beasts sped the better in their kind, no wonder if Infants sped the better in theirs, and according to their capacities, and that was to have a remission suitable to their sin.

Mr. T's Answer. Neither aged nor infants were visible Church-members, &c.