Chapter 12
pp. 147–15451 passagespart 1 of 2
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CHAP. XII.
In Answer to Mr. Owen's 10th Chapter and 7th Argument viz. that the Infants of the Faithful, as such, ought to be baptized, because they can partake of those things prefigured in Baptism.
Take Mr. Owen's 7th Argument which runs thus, viz. If the Children of the Faithful can partake of the Blessings figured in Baptism, they ought to be Partakers of Baptism also; if the invisible Grace belongeth unto them, the visible Sign cannot be denied unto them, &c.
TAke Mr. Owen's 7th Argument which runs thus, viz. If the Children of the Faithful can partake of the Blessings figured in Baptism, they ought to be Partakers of Baptism also; if the invisible Grace belongeth unto them, the visible Sign cannot be denied unto them, &c.
Answ. If we should grant that the Children of the Faithful, as such, can and do partake of the Blessings figured in Baptism; yet it doth not follow they ought to be baptized, ⟨p. 148⟩because there is no Precept or Example for it in the New Testament.
For may not I argue thus, viz. If the Children of the Faithful can partake of the Blessing prefigured in the Lord's-Supper they ought to partake of the Lord's Supper; if the invisible Grace belongs to them, the visible Sign cannot be denied unto them? This Argument is therefore as forcible to bring our Children to the Lord's Table as it is to Baptism.