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A864197.5, 6. where he saith, When ye fasted, did ye as all fast unto me, even to me?
A86419The Question was Whether Infants of beleeving parents were to be Baptized, ye ●, or no?
A86419Who hath required this at your hands?
A67377And if Children be thus capable, or their Parents for them, of entering thus into Covenant with God; why not of receiving the Seal of such Covenant?
A67377And why not that of Baptism now, as well as of Circumcision before?
A67377Or, the Academick must be a Philosopher, or Learned Man, before he may be admitted in the University?
A67377Or, the Citizen a skilful Merchant, before he may be bound Apprentice?
A67377Would any Man now think, that the Boy must first be a Latinist, before he may be taken into the School?
A25966Despise ye the Church of God?
A25966For as St. Paul( h) says, If the whole Body were an Eye, where were then the hearing?
A25966For where can it be so but in the midst: of the great Congregation?
A25966Nazianzen; who thus informs his Auditory:''T is ill to say, where is the Gift that I shall offer for my Baptism?
A25966We use no other ceremony in giving the Name, only to ask the Sponsors by what Name the Person brought to the Church to be Baptiz''d, is called?
A25966where are my new Cloths?
A25966where shall I have Provision for the Entertainment of my Gossips?
A47371Alas, they want Power to do it for themselves, and how then should they do it for others?
A47371And will any Mau( says he) yea, will Paul ascribe all this to those that did not so much as profess the things signified?
A47371Besides, we see they never mind nor regard their Covenant in the Case: and will not God one Day say, Who has required these things at your Hands?
A47371Can God be glorified by Man''s Disobedience, or by adding to his Word; by doing that which God hath not required?
A47371How can Water, saith Mr. Charnock, an external thing, work upon the Soul physically?
A47371How dare Men adventure, this being so, to change Baptism from Dipping into Sprinkling, and the Subject, from an Adult Believer, to an ignorant Babe?
A47371If any should say, Why did you not cite these Assertions of Mr. Baxter''s whilst he was living?
A47371In a Word; Can they make the Child or Children to repent and truly believe in Jesus Christ?
A47371Now can this be a Truth, since Christ who was more faithful than Moses, and delivered every thing plainly from the Father?
A47371What is required of Persons to be baptized?
A47371Would it be proper to say, He 〈 … 〉 them into Jordan?
A31094& 10. to be withall deceivablenesse; in whom?
A310943. and doth not rather, as he would teach his reader in the frontice- piece of his booke, walke in the old and good way, that he may finde rest?
A31094And why he doth not rather in a bason of water wash their feet?
A31094But Infants being a part of the Church and members thereof before Christ, what doth let them from being so still?
A31094But if it did not there continue, yet haply it might continue under the Greekes?
A31094But what are his Reasons that perswade him thus to judge?
A31094But what is all this to prove the baptisme of Infants which believe not, and therefore are none of Abrahams seed, who onely are to be baptised?
A31094I demand then, why contrary thereunto, he useth to sprinkle his infants faces, when he christeneth them?
A31094Is not this doctrine of his a very comfortable doctrine, for else what end doth he conceive was the preaching of the Gospell ordained?
A31094What is now to be done in this case?
A31094What, would he have us believe that which he can not believe himselfe?
A31094Who seeth not your folly?
A31094if he doe not, then I demand, why he so often urgeth the same for an example in this point?
A31094if he doe, then further demand why contrary thereunto in baptising his Infants( as hee would have it esteemed) he sprinkleth water in their faces?
A4178716. how- should any Man imagine, they gathered whole Nations?
A41787Before I answer your argument give me leave to ask you a Question ▪ How many Seals belong to the Covenant of grace, and what be they?
A41787Gentlemen, this doth not become the gravity of your Persons, did you come hither to make sport?
A41787Mr. F. What Author saies so?
A41787The Jaylor was baptised at midnight; and do you think he had a River in his house?
A41787Then you confess it was the practice of the first christians to dip in Rivers, and I ask you whether they did this by a command or not?
A41787What do you mean by the general duties of the new Testa ent?
A41787Whether Infants ought to be baptised?
A41787Whether your way of baptising, be the right way of baptising?
A41787Why so?
A41787Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the necks of the disciples?
A41787p. 297. who saith, as for the Question whether Infants have faith?
A9474137. when the Eunuch had said to Philip, What letteth me to be baptized?
A947415. what else doth it signifie, then[ is lawfully used]?
A94741And the Eunuch said, See here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?
A94741But infants may be disciples, for they may be sanctified by the Spirit?
A94741Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Ghost as we?
A94741For how knowest thou?
A94741Or, were you baptized into the name of Paul?
A94741Then you will say[ make disciples] in that place, may be so expounded, as that it may include infants?
A94741Wherefore hath God made one?
A94741Why doth innocent age hasten to the remission of sinnes?
A94741shall it be done more warily in things secular, that to whom earthly substance is not committed, divine should?
A94741shall we also baptize them?
A62868& c. How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?
A62868And before they actually baptized them, they asked them whether they believed in God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost?
A62868And he comes to the objection, How all that are baptized can be said to put on Christ, when baptism is not effectual with all?
A62868And how ill do you wrong the Church of God by seeking to make men believe that these things are new and strange?
A62868And it is certain that they promised for the future to live in new obedience, and thus they publickly entered the three stipulations; Credis?
A62868And why call ye me Lord Lord, and do not the things which I say?
A62868Doest thou believe?
A62868Doest thou promise?
A62868Doest thou renounce?
A62868If he say yea, how can he assure himself that any of our ancestors had right baptism?
A62868Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
A62868Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
A62868Master Cobbet[ cited by you] might well say, that primarily the Sacrament is Gods seal; but did he say that it is onely his, and not secondarily ours?
A62868Nor that which is true or rational, if they mean it absolutely as so spoken, else why should one be baptized more then another?
A62868Now I would know of Master Blake whether all the children of these Parents must be baptized again or not?
A62868Quare?
A62868Sure if he say no, how can he allow that baptism which is without a Profession of saving faith?
A62868The Galatians I find not called Saints, but to call them a Church of Christ or believers is equipollent: and what Saints were they?
A62868To contemn this order( as Master Baxter doth in Infant baptism) is to contemn all rules of order: For where can we expect to find it, if not here?
A62868What Divines are there that deny the Sacraments to be mutual signs, and seals signifying our part as well as Gods?
A62868Wherefore?
A62868[ Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a wedding garment?
A62868abrenuncio: Spondes?
A62868credo: Abrenuncias?
A62868doest thou believe?
A62868wilt thou be baptized?
A41783Are they by this habit so much as disposed to an actual belief without a new Master?
A41783But 3?
A41783But if we should allow the Topick to be good, yet how will it be verified?
A41783Either baptism produces spiritual effects, or it produces them not: If it produces not any, why is such contention about it?
A41783Have they received of the Holy Ghost since the believed?
A41783Hence observe a finall determination of the matter in question, If any ask when the gifts of prophysie, knowledge and tongues& c. Shall cease?
A41783If by the external work of th ● Sacrament alone, how does this diffe ● from the opus o ● eratum of the Papist ● save that it is worse?
A41783Must God be tyed, and Christian Religion transact her misteries by proportion and complyance with the Law of the Romanes?
A41783Now to what purpose is all this if these gifts be ceased and that the Church may not now expect them?
A41783Or who will tell us when these days expired?
A41783Quid ergo fostivat innoceus alis ad remissionem p ● ccatorum?
A41783What hinders any man from a quick consent at the first representation of these plain reasonings and authorityes?
A41783What is the due act, or outward form to be used in this sollemn rite of holy baptism?
A41783Yea but what is this to us?
A41783but third where doth the Scripture make an habit ● ● Faith that which intitles any person to ba ● tism?
A41783how can they prove it?
A41783must the child bear the unbelief of 〈 ◊ 〉 Parents?
A41783what Revela ● ion, or reason teaches such a thing?
A6285921. quaeritu ● an is possit baptizare eos quos ad Christum convert ●, cum ipse nunquam fuerit baptizatus baptismo aquae?
A62859After it was questioned, whether a threefold immersion were necessary, or one would suffice?
A62859Besides what is the term[ seale] there but a Metaphor?
A62859But how do you prove me to be a compleat Erastian?
A62859But what an illogical conceit is this?
A62859But what?
A62859Did not God make the chief promises of the New and Old Testament before ever any sign or seale was appointed, much more before baptisme?
A62859I wrote a letter to Mr. Rutherford, to certify me what became of my writing delivered to him?
A62859Is not the second sign as wel a sign and seal of them as the first?
A62859Now may not the chief promises of the New Testament be conceived without the first sign and seale?
A62859Now what doth Mr. Geree reply hereto?
A62859What joining in Communion do you require without which you will not b ● ptize any?
A62859Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the Law and the Prophets?
A62859— What resemblance of our burial or resurrection with Christ is there in sprinkling?
A95331And what hinders here?
A95331But how do we enter into this?
A95331For what need is there of that Baptism that can onely cleanse the flesh and the body?
A95331For why may not Infants be stipulated for as well as we?
A95331For, as the Eunuch said to Philip, What hinders them to be baptized?
A95331If they be renewed by the Spirit, what hinders them to be baptized, who receive the holy Ghost as well as we?
A95331In the mean time, to what Scriptures did they appeal?
A95331It remains now, that we inquire what concerns our duty, and in what persons, or in what dispositions Baptism produces all these glorious effects?
A95331Now how can they partake of Christs death, but by Baptism into his death?
A95331Or can not a gift be presented to God by the hands of the owners, and the gift become holy and pleasing to God without its own consent?
A95331This we are taught by S. Paul, Know ye not that so many of us as are baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
A95331by the analogy or proportion of what writings did they end their Questions?
A95331can not a creeple receive an alms at the Beautiful gate of the Temple, unless he go thither himself?
A95331pro, Annon ita credimus quia omn ● g ● nus peccati cùm ad salutare lavacrum venimus aufertur?
A95331what need Innocents hasten to the remission of sins?
A95331whence did they prove their Articles?
A63778And what hinders here?
A63778Annon ita credimur quia omne genus peccati cùm ad salutare lavacrum venimus aufertur?
A63778But how doe we enter into this?
A63778For what need is there of that Baptism that can onely cleanse the flesh and the body?
A63778For why may not Infants be stipulated for as well as we?
A63778For, as the Eunuch said to Philip, What hinders them to be baptized?
A63778If they be renewed by the Spirit, what hinders them to be baptized, who receive the holy Ghost as well as we?
A63778In the mean time, to what Scriptures did they appeal?
A63778It remains now, that we enquire what concerns our duty, and in what persons, or in what dispositions Baptism produces all these glorious effects?
A63778Now how can they partake of Christs death, but by Baptism into his death?
A63778Or can not a gift be presented to God by the hands of the owners, and the gift become holy and pleasing to God without its own consent?
A63778This we are taught by Saul, Know ye not that so many of us as are baptized into Iesus Christ were baptized into his death?
A63778by the analogy or proportion of what writings did they end their Questions?
A63778can not a creeple receive an almes at the Beautiful gate of the Temple, unlesse he goe thither himself?
A63778what need Innocents hasten to the remission of sins?
A63778whence did they prove their Articles?
A45397And again, in a farther process with those disputers, Dic mihi, obsecro te, parvulis baptizatis Christus aliquid prodest, an nil prodest?
A45397And now what force against any pretension of ours is there in Mr. T. his observation that Christ and his Apostles baptized Jewes as well as Gentiles?]
A45397And such he there produceth more then one, p. 34. out of Gemara 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 What did our Fathers?
A45397And why doth he dislike this interpretation?
A45397But I wonder what appearance of concludencie there is in that reason?
A45397By asking Mr. T. whether he be ready to pay that reverence to the authority of the Fathers, as to be concluded by their affirmations?
A45397Doth Christ profit infants that are baptized, or doth he not?
A45397Iesus answered, Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?
A45397May not any thing be from heaven or by God''s appointment, which is derived from a Iewish custome?
A45397What was done to you?
A45397Whether from thence Christ derived this rite of baptizing of Christians?
A45397Whether this of initiating into the Covenant by baptisme were a Jewish custome?
A6286916. what a ridiculous conceit is this?
A6286948. though they are as mean and contemptible as a little child?
A62869And are not their wives, and servants, hewers of wood, and drawers of water?
A62869And shall we presume to do more without any warrant of his, even to admit them into his visible Church by Baptism?
A62869And yet they were in covenant in his sense before, even the whole Nation?
A62869Answ: Where doth Christ ever bid us receive little children in age?
A62869Are all these in covenant with God?
A62869At which words it is true, I said, and that justly, O how unhappy are the People that are seduced with these Toys, Are you not ashamed?
A62869But doth Mr. Cragg think we must take that for true, which Protestants and Papists do avow without any proof from Scripture?
A62869But how doth it appear that{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman} signifies properly a young child?
A62869Does Mr. Cragg think that the unbelieving Jews had the promise?
A62869Doth Christ no more but take them up in his arms, lay his hands on them, and bless them?
A62869Doth he know they were hypocrites?
A62869For how were they Martyrs who testified nothing concerning Christ?
A62869God thereby judged against infant- sprinkling?
A62869How doth he know they were believers by outward assent and not by inward?
A62869How doth he prove they were believers infants?
A62869How should children be received but by providing Nurses?
A62869I reply 1. if they were by disposition, how were they not by inward assent?
A62869If it were, How was the Remedy as large as the Disease?
A62869Is this a thing fit to entertain an infant with?
A62869Jewes were baptized upon an incompleat repentance, when the text expressely saith, Then they that gladly received the word were baptized?
A62869May not we this way as well decide for Antipaedobaptists as against them?
A62869Now what is it to be admitted into the Covenant, but to be admitted to the promise or participation of the Covenant?
A62869Or doth he think that Christs bloud was not avenged on them?
A62869Or that the errour of Antiscripturians should spring from that tenet which doth so strictly insist on the Scripture?
A62869Should not the multitude of words be answered?
A62869Should thy lies( or devices) make men hold their peace?
A62869The Text makes it to belong neither to parents nor children, but those that God cals?
A62869To that of the verb of the present tense answer is before How doth Mr. Cragg prove that their children they had were young children?
A62869What act did they shew which expressed outward assent to the acknowledgement of Christ as their Lord?
A62869Where did he ever send them, that they might be received in his name?
A62869Which it is said they had before?
A62869Will any believe that from the tenet which doth so stifly maintain an Ordinance should spring the errour of being above Ordinances?
A62869Would he have us receive them in his Name, and yet not receive them into his visible Church,& c?
A62869Ye are circumcised with Circumcision made without hands, How is that?
A62869and should a man full of talk be justified?
A62869and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
A62869and would be have all put out of his visible Church?
A62869or that child is analogum to old and young?
A62869or that he took that as a sufficient qualification for baptism, and yet required more as previous to it?
A62869would Christ have us provide Nurses for little children?
A3166138?
A31661And can not God give Infants the Seed of Faith, and purifie their Hearts by so doing?
A31661And dare he to affix the Name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, to an Untruth?
A31661And what is this but Consequence?
A31661And why may not a Person be Baptized with pouring Water on his Face, as well as with pouring Water on his Hands?
A31661Are they capable to be Justified, Sanctified, Glorified; nay, to keep the Charge of the Sanctuary?
A31661But could not Water be brought to them in the Chariot, if a little were sufficient?
A31661But how can this be by the Ministery of Men?
A31661But how do you know any Infants were among these?
A31661But pray, Is nothing part of the Counsel of God, but what stands on Record as delivered by Paul?
A31661But where''s that greater Blessing vouchsafed to Infants?
A31661But why may not the Parents Baptism be imputed to Infants, as well as their Faith?
A31661Did he wonder, that Christ was not plunged over Head and Ears before Dinner?
A31661Did they plunge their Tables or Beds into Water?
A31661Do any of these say, that to Wash, is not the New- Testament sense of the Word?
A31661Do dead Men walk into the Grave, half bury themselves, and wait for the Sexton to bury their Head and Shoulders?
A31661Do you think this would have been a good Plaister for their wounded Hearts?
A31661Do you think, Iohn the Baptist and the Apostles, did so?
A31661Have all Church- Members then a right to the Covenant of Grace?
A31661If not ▪ why would you have us in this?
A31661If washing the Hands or Feet be Baptism, why may not washing ▪ the Head?
A31661In the Lord''s- Supper we are obliged to this Burial; Doth it therefore follow, that the Lord''s- Supper must represent a Burial?
A31661Is it proper to say, I will Dip you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire?
A31661Is not this Arguement as convincing as the other?
A31661Is our way attended with this Inconvenience?
A31661Is your way so well adapted to all these ends?
A31661May he not purge out old Principles by putting in new?
A31661Nor yet in Mercy to those Infants; for how could he in Mercy deprive them of so great a Blessing* except he gave them a greater in its room?
A31661Nothing; and therefore not Infant- Baptism?
A31661Or, Do they prove us in the Wrong?
A31661Pray shew me how Beasts may; Have Beasts the Seeds of Reason?
A31661Pray, how would you clear up your Right to future Happiness?
A31661To Baptize those at Mature Age, who by vertue of descent from professed Christians, were Baptized with a small quantity of Water, in Infancy?
A31661We ought so in Charity to judge, while they are rightful Members?
A31661Were they dip''d over Head and Ears when they did Eat?
A31661Were they fit to be brought to Christ for his Blessing?
A31661What then?
A31661When were any, who were Baptized in Infancy, Excommunicated upon their Apostacy, tho so many prove Wicked?
A31661Whether, according to our Lord''s Commission, Baptism ought to be administred by Dipping, Plunging, Overwhelming only, and not otherwise?
A31661Whether, according to the Commission of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Adult Believers only, are the Proper Subjects of Baptism, and not Infants?
A31661Why then should Arguments for the baptism of Believers Infants be slighted, because Consequential, when they are so many, and so clear from Scripture?
A31661Will you stand by the Authority of these Men in other Matters?
A30637A Sign of the Covenant then, there must be in the time of the Seed; Else, how shall the Seed keep it?
A30637And is this an absurdity?
A30637And who shall be believed?
A30637Besides, who will say the Females were Excluded the Passover?
A30637But shall the Seed indeed be within the promise and blessing, and not under the Duty and Obligation?
A30637But what if the Argument were New, and all as New as the Method?
A30637But what if they were here?
A30637For Mark it, shall the Blessing descend, and not the Proper Duty of that Blessing?
A30637How else was it that his Faith was Accounted unto him for Righteousness?
A30637I ask him; was not the Reward given to Abraham, for his Believing?
A30637I say there, that Signing is the Proper Duty of the Covenant; what is This to That?
A30637Implying, that they may have been, and are, by some, Observed, though, Happily, not by every Body: And who will say they were?
A30637Is not this an honest Disputant, or rather a cunning sophister?
A30637Is not to keep the Covenant, as much a Duty Bound upon the Seed, as the Promise, a Blessing made to it?
A30637That Canaan was the Reward of Abraham''s Faith, who but such a Sophister, dares soberly to Deny it?
A30637What in all This is to the Business in hand?
A30637What then?
A30637Would it to a Man of Conscience, a Seeker of Light, a Lover of Truth, go the less in Value but for That, if it is Good?
A30637and that Secondarily, which is not so Primarily?
A30637are not Christ and Believers considered as one Party?)
A30637are they Excluded any where?
A30637in that which here himself calls but a Conference; the softest word in the world?
A30637or Abuse put upon him?
A30637or what Application of it can be made to either Proposition?
A30637the least of any Insulting over him?
A30637thou Shalt keep my Covenant therefore, thou and thy Seed?
A30637verse?
A30637were they not of the Congregation of the Lord, and Members of the Families, or Houses, in which the Passover was Eaten, and by which?
A30637why had he not Argued it out?
A520518. no expresse law against Polygamy, no expresse command for the celebration of a weekly Sabbath; are therefore Christians free in all these cases?
A52051And concerning these, there are two sorts of questions: First, Whether any Infants at all are to bee Baptized?
A52051But what benefit comes to children by such kind of sealing as this is?
A52051Can any man forbid water that these should not bee baptized, who have rece ● ved the Holy Ghost as well as wee?
A52051Could every one of them promise to himself that Christ should be born of his flesh?
A52051Doe the Gods you have chosen to serve, provide better things then these, that you renounce Christ for their sakes?
A52051For as much as God gave them the like gift as hee did unto us, what was I that I could withstand God?
A52051How should this ingage all Christian Parents to look to the education of their Children, to bring them up in the nurture and feare of the Lord?
A52051Is there any Argument or proofe in this?
A52051Let me a little reason the case with you, Doe you know into what a Covenant the Lord hath taken you?
A52051Now tell me what is the reason of your unanswerable conversation, is it because you renounce the Covenant, as being made when you understood it not?
A52051Or every one of their women that she should be the Mother of Christ?
A52051Secondly, Supposing some have right to it, yet it''s greatly disputed, whose Infants may bee Baptized?
A52051What strength of reason is in this?
A52051Whether the Infants of beleeving Parents, the Infants of Saints, are to be admitted to the Holy Sacrament?
A52051can any sober Christian thinke this a small fault?
A52051can we think our condemnation not to be greater then theirs?
A52051have not your Ministers and Parents instructed you in it?
A52051or where and how do you hope to find better things, then God to be your Father, Christ Jesus to bee your Saviour, the Spirit to bee your Comforter?
A52051that he should bee your God, and you remain the Devils servant?
A52051that he should love you, and you hate him?
A52051that he should provide Heaven for you, and you walk in the way which leads to Hell?
A52051they having not the use of reason, and not knowing what the Covenant meanes?
A52051to have your sins pardoned and healed, to be adopted, justifyed, sanctifyed, and every way comfortably provided for here, and saved for ever?
A52051what disadvantage have you met withall?
A52051what he hath done for you, and expects from you?
A52051what hurt is there in it?
A52051〈 ◊ 〉 any at all are to bee Baptized?
A85777& c. whether he or shee desire to be Baptised?
A85777A Doe you think that the Opponent speaketh his own thoughts?
A85777A This was his detected heresie: What was the other suspected?
A85777As out of his Belly shall flow rivers of Living Water: where presently the TEXT adds, This spake he of the spirit?
A85777But did not the Opponent declare that he had more arguments; which he intended to have urged?
A85777But is it not very prejudiciall to the health of such persons who have not been accustomed to wet their feet in water?
A85777Denne, Henry, 1606 or 7- 1660?
A85777Do you know what is the Ethiopick word?
A85777Do you not remember that I gave you a general rule, in the answer to your first argument, very necessary for the right understanding of Scripture?
A85777Doth not the Ox in the pasture do the Master as reall service( though he do nothing but Eat and Drink) as the Ox that laboureth dayly at the Plough?
A85777Featly, Marshall, Goodwin, Fuller, Baxter, Audley, with others?
A85777Have not our Ears been filled, and our Eyes wearied with Hearing and Reading, touching this subject, Both Pro and Contra?
A85777Have the Protestants of late said any thing more then the Papists before them?
A85777Have we not had also many who have laboured not a little on the opposite party?
A85777Have we not often heard of it from the pens of the reformers; in the infancy of their reformation?
A85777Have you a Greek Testament?
A85777How long time may a Child be kept Vnbaptised without sin?
A85777IS there no end of writing Books?
A85777In the City of Samaria: were there no Children there?
A85777Is the Parenthesis noted in your Book?
A85777Namely, that we must consider of whom, and to whom, the Scripture speaks?
A85777Or doth he speak it for disputation sake, when he sayth Children can not be saved without Batisme?
A85777Or will this Book tell us one thing more then either Protestant or Papist, hath not formerly Declared?
A85777The Priest demandeth of the Child whether it do beleeve in God?
A85777What is the earnest of the inheritance?
A85777What manner of Spirit is this?
A85777What need then of this Book?
A85777What service do Unbaptised Infants do to God?
A85777Where lyes the difference, of these two propositions?
A85777Whether it do forsake the Divell?
A85777Whether the Children of Vnbeleevers may be Baptised?
A85777Whether they consent or not?
A85777Would you not have Christians to teach, and exhort, and edifie one another?
A85777was it possible they might sit at meat in the mountain of Galilae?
A85777whether he desire to be Baptised?
A596603.1, 2. what advantage hath the Iew, and what profit is there of Circumcision?
A596605.12 ▪ Do you not judge them that are within?
A59660And Children who will doubt were there?
A59660Annon pro Sanctis Ecclesia( mater) habebit, Quos sancti Sanctos vox ait esse Dei?
A59660Because such a rare thing as this may happen?
A59660Crispus, with Gaius, Stephanas, With others, were not all through Grace Baptis''d that of their Houshold were?
A59660I. THOMAS SHEPARDIVS Anagr: Paradisus hostem?
A59660If you lay that the Ephesians were in Covenant, but not their seed, and so they were not strangers?
A59660Paradisus alit Sanctis infantibus hostem?
A59660Q ● os Baptizar ● praecip ● ● ipse Deus?
A59660Q ● os Deus ambabus, clemens, amplectitur ulnis, Non sinet in gremio Tingur Ille suo?
A59660The Covenant which was confirmed afore by Christ, the Law 430 years after can not disanull: and what was that Covenant before?
A59660The Lord had a delight to choose the seed of your fathers, even you to be his people, as it is this day: what follow''s?
A59660What Churches shall we have?
A59660What could bee done to my vineyard, that hath not been done?
A59660What good( say you) is it, either for a wicked, or an elect Child, till he be converted, to be in the Church?
A59660What profit is it to persons grown up to yeares, and yet secretly hypocrites, who enter into the Church by profession of the faith?
A59660Whether the Infants of believers are holy before Baptisme?
A59660Why not?
A59660Yet are there some which them forbid( As once his weak Disciples did) To come to Christ, and ● cruple make, Whether therof they should partake?
A59660[ But who are they that shall go ●?]
A59660and is it no mercy or favour to have so much spiritual mercy bestowed on children aforehand, before they can be thankfull, or make use thereof?
A59660and is more carefull that they may be profitably used now?
A59660and then what Churches shall we have?
A59660by inward holiness?
A59660by professing their Faith?
A59660do you think the Lord exposed his holy ordinances then unto contempt?
A59660hath not God received much glory from you for it?
A59660hath this grace then think you, been unprofitably spent on Gods part?
A59660is it not good for God to be good to them that are evil?
A59660is it not good for God to glorifie& make manifest his grace to man, though man knowes not how to make use of his grace?
A59660or was it a way and meanes of holiness, and to keep them from being prophane?
A59660or what good may any have by being in the Church, till they can profit by what they enjoy?
A59660or whether the Church hath any part in him who hath no part or lot in them, or in these matters?
A59660so many, I mean, of his purchased ones, as the number of the infants and children of Believers( de ● d, and alive, and to be born,) amount''s unto?
A59660was it not rich grace for Christ to wash Peters feet, and yet he not know at present what it meant, only( saith Christ) thou shalt know it afterward?
A59660was there no good by Circumcision?
A59660what have you to do to Iudge me that am without?
A59660what use or profit could the Infants then make of their Church- Covenant, Membership, or Seal, who understood none of these things?
A59660why then should you think the way of Childrens Membership unlawfull because of the like rarity in such a dark and gloomy state of them as you mention?
A59660● ● all their unbelief make the Faith of God without effect?
A47391And if it seals the External Privileges of the Covenant to them, why are they denyed those Privileges?
A47391But, perhaps, some may Object, If Infants as such, were not included in the Covenant of Grace God made with Abraham, how can dying Infants be saved?
A47391Can Infants believe in God, as Abraham did?
A47391Did it not Profit them?
A47391Do not many of their Seed prove wicked and ungodly Persons, and so liveand dye?
A47391Do you build upon this?
A47391Doth he not clearly hereby intimate, that Circumcision of the Flesh was of the Law, and not of the Gospel?
A47391Doth it appear so?
A47391How then was it reckoned when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision, not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision?
A47391How then were any dying Infants saved before Abraham''s Days, or before that Covenant was made with him?
A47391I Answer, Must Infants of Believers be comprehended in that Covenant God made with Abraham?
A47391I pray, Whose should it be but ours?
A47391Is not Breaking of Bread, and Church- Fellowship, the chief external Privileges of the Gospel- Church?
A47391Is not Morality a civil and honest Life, Doing to all as you would be done unto, the Ground or Foundation of your Hopes?
A47391Nevertheless what saith the Scripture?
A47391Or are you Self- righteous Persons?
A47391The Truth is, it was not to be enquired, Whether the Parents were Believers or not?
A47391What Seed doth the Apostle mean?
A47391What can be more clear, Sirs, then this?
A47391What is the Reason that you come to my Baptism?
A47391What, had they Two Seals of one and the same Covenant?
A47391and do not the Godly Independants say the same?
A47391and if it seals not the Blessings of the Covenant, what doth it seal, or what spiritual Advantage do their Children receive thereby?
A47391and what was the Covenant of Works, which as such is taken away?
A47391but were they the natural Seed of Abraham?
A47391if the Condition be to be performed by us; and, Why is this put in?
A47391or else, Can not any dying Infants be saved?
A47391or, Can they walk in his Steps?
A47391or, Doth it not appear, to the contrary?
A47391or, Had they any Right unto it, tho''they might be in the Covenant of Grace?
A47391or, which is more, are their natural Off- spring as such, of the Election of Grace?
A47391shall not they be received into the Covenant also, if they believe, and close in with Christ?
A47391were godly, or not, before their Children were to be Circumcised?
A47391whether they had Abraham''s Faith, or not?
A47391— But doth a Gospel Precept oblige any to the perfect keeping of the whole Law: How then could this be a Gospel Precept?
A6287110. v. 1. desire, and pray for their conversion?
A62871A saving Faith; Must then a saving Faith be the rule of our Baptism?
A62871But I beseech you consider what Faith it is that is here meant?
A62871C. He enquired where?
A62871C. He replyed; at Ross you found fault with me for that translation, asking me, was I wiser than the translators?
A62871C. To which was replyed; what is this to an Infant of dayes, or a child dying a hundred years old?
A62871C. What fallacie?
A62871His Servants, his Children; for can we imagine so many families without a child?
A62871How can Infants be received in Christs Name, if they belong not visibly to him, and his Church?
A62871Nay, doth Christ account it a receiving of himself, and shall we then refuse to receive them, or acknowledge them the subjects of his visible Kingdom?
A62871Now the Quaere will be, what belief is here meant?
A62871Now the Quaere will be, what is meant by every Creature?
A62871Pelagius asks Austin where he places infants Baptized?
A62871Quo teneam vultus mutantem Protea nodo?
A62871T. Here is nothing to answer, is it not in the sixt verse, Who so shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me?
A62871T. Mr. Tombes Asked what that was?
A62871T. O how unhappy are the people that are seduced with these toyes, are you not ashamed?
A62871T. That''s Latine( sayes Mr. T.) what do you understand by it?
A62871T. What are these called{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}{ non- Roman}?
A62871T. What have they to doe to alter any thing from the form of Christs institution?
A62871T. Where?
A62871T. Wherein?
A62871The Anabaptists that night, and especially the next morning, triumphed, saying, where are your Champions now?
A62871Vaughan, Henry, Sir, 1587?-1659?
A62871Well then, doth Christ take Children in his armes, and would he have them all put out of his visible Church?
A62871Why, tempt yee God, and put a yoak upon the neck of the Disciples?
A62871Ye are circumcised with circumcision made without hands; How is that?
A62871may they not be Gods sons by adoption, and their own by naturall generation?
A62871so much lament their incredulitie?
A62871were they not believers?
A62871when they have sowed Darnel, and Cockle, may not we weed them out?
A62871whether the believing yoak- fellow might live in the enjoying and use of the unbelieving yoak- fellow?
A62871will it not follow then that whosoever refuseth them, refuseth Christ, and him that sent him?
A62871would he have us receive them in his Name, and yet not to receive them into his visible Church, nor as his Disciples?
A62870( For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to battel?)
A62870114. ad Antiochum, Whither go dying infants to punishment or the Kingdome?
A6287013?
A6287014. of infants Covenant- holinesse in his sense before Luther, and Zuinglius; and then askes, is this irue?
A6287016. which excludes infants from baptisme, should not also exclude them from salvation for want of believing?
A628702. and that Nations shall serve him?
A6287027. quis autem nesciat credere esse infantibus haptizari, non credere autem non baptizari?
A62870And after Who dare think that it is( of the Anabaptists) such an error as excludeth them from grace?
A62870And do you not see it fulfilled before your eyes?
A62870And that the Kingdoms of the world shall become the Kingdomes of the Lord and his Christ?
A62870And what need the people allow so much of their meanes then to maintain Ministers?
A62870Are Janizaries who were baptized children of Greek Christians therefore visible members of the Christian Church?
A62870Are you sure so many thousands are all unpardoned, or that God is not wo nt to pardon them and give them grace?
A62870For to what end?
A62870For what is a false Prophet but one that preacheth false doctrine?
A62870For what is wanting to him, who is once formed in the wombe by the hand of God?
A62870For wherein do I fight against heaven, and dispute againstmiracles rather then let go my error?
A62870Hath he noi commanded to Disciple Nations?
A62870His jest follows, A man was out of love with his wife,& c. and is not this the same kind of reasoning with yours?
A62870If they be to be believed in so many, why not in this, which they put first?
A62870In this manner, will not this man fight against heaven?
A62870In which words did I either weaken the credit of the testimony of God?
A62870Is it thereby to conclude against me the doctrine they held?
A62870Might I not have repented and altered my speech?
A62870Now what doth Mr. T. but bring this as the same tenet with mine?
A62870Or accused God as if he led his people into evil by his wonders?
A62870The cup of blessing which we blesse, is it not the Communion of the blood of Christ?
A62870Then he askes me, But what real Horeticks can Mr. T. name that had holy lives?
A62870They that passe such a censure must trust much to informations, which whether they be partial or impartial, true or false who can tell?
A62870To his question, Did no body contradict Infant- baptism for so many hundred years?
A62870What saies Mr. B.?
A62870When he saith, why may we not write plainly against one anothers judgement by a loving consent?
A62870Whence may it seeme I would have been hardened as Pharaoh, and judged God laid his wonders as stumbling blocks?
A62870Whether Hacket or any other were as wicked, who knowes but God?
A62870Who would not tremble to hear the holy God to be accused by man, as if he led his people into evil by his wonders?
A62870Yet if I had said so, that I would say so for the time to come who can say but God?
A62870and where are the infants of believers dying unbaptized disposed, with the believers or unbelievers?
A62870judge the contrary to Gods judgement?
A62870or rather judge the contrary to Gods judgement?
A62870or regard so carelessely Gods judgement?
A62870or sacrifice freely Gods glory to my fancies?
A62870own confession contradictory to the title of his book?
A62870regard carelessely Gods judgement?
A62870sacrifice freely Gods glory to his own fancies?
A62870the bread which we break, is it not the Communion of the body of Christ?
A62870weaken the testimony of God?
A62870who knowes not that to infants to believe is to be baptized, not to believe is not to be baptized?
A41781& c. Now whether this Discourse will not almost make a well Man sick( I mean a serious Christian troubled) to hear a wise Man talk at this rate?
A41781A Woman putting a Question, how she might know whether ever she had these Qualifications?
A41781And does he not also set up his Will as high as ever any did, in chusing or refusing God to be his God, his Portion by internal Covenant and Efficacy?
A41781And how he can tell when these Sins against the Covenant of Grace, are purged from Infants?
A41781And if God take them away before the 8th day, will God damn them because they were not Circumcised, when yet by his own Law they might not have it?
A41781And is there not the same reason Adam''s Children should do the like, as being sensible of the evil Consequences thereof?
A41781And shall they be under the Covenant so, as to be in a justified and saved state by it, and not have the Seal of the Covenant?
A41781And then, who made you a Judg of their Hearts, Sir?
A41781And whether he does not lay his Foundation upon his Qualification?
A41781And why does not Charity make you think the best of Infants, seeing you ought to think no evil of the weak actions of grown Persons?
A41781And yet so''t is, the seeds of those Impieties at least Mr. F. will have to be in them: And I demand of him, how he knows this?
A41781Are these the comfortable Strings you give Parents to the Bow of Infants Salvation?
A41781Are they all Justified and Saved?
A41781But come, Mr. Firmin, will the Doctrine of a chief Man of your own please you?
A41781Children being a great part of the World, shall the Spirit of God have nothing to do in their Hearts?
A41781Consider them acquitted of Original Sin, by the Mercy of God in their Redeemer; Who shall lay any thing to their charge?
A41781Did you never see Revenge, Wrath, Pride, Envy, Rebellion against, and Striking of Parents, acting in little Children?
A41781Do not you contradict your self, Mr. Firmin, in this?
A41781Do you ask what have they done?
A41781Does God damn Infants for dying before they be eight days old?
A41781Does the holy One make vain Covenants?
A41781Grantham and his Seed?
A41781Hath Man any liberty of Will, and any measure of Power thus to hate and forsake Sin?
A41781How do we find that the Sin of Progenitors was wo nt to be lamented by their Off- spring among the Israelites?
A41781I ask him whose Obedience then does cleanse Infants?
A41781I pray( saith he) whose Opinion are you of, Huberus?
A41781May not God sanctify Infants what way he pleaseth, but must be limited to your Methods?
A41781Must they not all perish?
A41781Now I would fain know who is active in all this, if the Party regenerate be not?
A41781Now with what Conscience then can you baptize an Infant, that never to your knowledg received this Seed at all?
A41781Or are you of Caelius Secundus Curio''s Opinion, That the number of the Elect and Saved is much greater than the number of the Reprobate and Damned?
A41781Our Lord charges not the sin of Unbelief, till means to believe was rejected; And will he be more unkind to the Infant, than to the grown Person?
A41781Our Saviour tells us, it is the Word of God, which Men hear preached unto them; Is this the Seminal Faith and Repentance which you talk on?
A41781Pray, Sir, what manner of Doctrine is this?
A41781Quando, Domine?
A41781Reply, How did Austin know that the Child was pale with Envy?
A41781Seeing he has told us they are not holy by their Birth, I would know whether they be purged before their Birth, or after?
A41781That which I infer hence is, that Children are capable of the Image of God, and receiving the Seeds of all Grace it was so then, why not now?
A41781To which of them did God say, I will be the God of thy Seed, and I will seal it?
A41781Was it God''s Will that Adam should fall, and bring himself and his Posterity into so many Miseries?
A41781Was it God''s Will, that when he brought Israel out of Egypt, that their Carcases should fall in the Wilderness?
A41781Well, art awake?
A41781What have they done?
A41781What is now become of the Birth- priviledg so much gloried in by Mr. Baxter, and others?
A41781What is this?
A41781What then is the Seed here spoken of?
A41781Will you chuse or refuse him?
A41781Yea, I lately asked a* Doctor of the Church of England very seriously, Whether he held Infant- Baptism to be of Divine Institution?
A41781You that make all Conversion miraculous, how can you tie Regeneration to Faith and Repentance, as it respects Infants?
A41781and art in earnest for Christ and the saving Blessings come by him?
A41781is it in the power of Infants to live till the 8th day?
A41781or for not having that done to them which by God''s Law ought not to be done before the eighth day?
A41781or, Whether the greatest, or any part of Dying Infants shall be damned in Hellish Torments?
A41781you know your Parents were Godly — will you stand to your Father''s Covenant?
A41781— What mean you by the third part of Repentance?
A4568126.17, 18. and hath the Gospel taken away the Parent''s Right in his Child?
A45681And will you dare to withhold from God his own?
A45681Are we to receive them in Christ''s name, and do they not belong to Christ, nor to his Church?
A45681Are your Children in Covenant?
A45681But an Infant was Head of the visible Church; for who will deny, but that Jesus Christ was Head of the visible Church in his infancy?
A45681But did not the Apostles baptize by dipping?
A45681Did Christ say all this to deceive us?
A45681From the multitude of people that were baptized: We do not find John had any to help him to baptize, and is it likely he could dip such multitudes?
A45681Have you done all those things that are necessary to an external visible Covenanting with Jesus Christ?
A45681Have you entered your selves into this Covenant by Baptism?
A45681Have you put your hand to the plow, and owned Christ in that Seal of the Covenant?
A45681Have you those internal Graces, and do you perform those internal invisible Duties the Covenant requires?
A45681He received the Sign of Circumcision as a Seal of the Righteousness of Faith: That is, Circumcision was 1. a Sign; of what?
A45681How can Infants covenant with God, or be engaged by this Sign?
A45681How doth that appear?
A45681How may I know whether I am in Covenant or no?
A45681How will you answer it at his Tribunal another day?
A45681IF it be God''s Will Infants should be baptized, Why is there no Command for it, as there was for their Circumcision?
A45681If Infants must be baptized, why may they not as well receive the Lord''s Supper?
A45681If Infants ought to be baptized, why is it left so dark in the New Testament?
A45681Let them shew what in Baptism tends to breed Ignorance; Is the entring a Boy''s name in the School the way to breed him in ignorance?
A45681May not a man covenant for himself and Heirs to pay a yearly Rent?
A45681Most we believe nothing but what we have totidem verbis, in just so many words in Scripture?
A45681Or was it in some Cloaths only?
A45681That a Christian may be a Magistrate?
A45681That a Woman may come to the Lord''s Table?
A45681The Gospel is the savour of death to many; had it been better then we had had no Gospel?
A45681The Question is not by what Sign, but at what Age, persons are to be admitted into the visible Church?
A45681Use of Examination, Is there a Covenant of Grace?
A45681Use of Exhortation, Is there a Covenant of Grace in which Believers and their Chidren are comprehended?
A45681What will not the wicked take hurt by?
A45681and what follows in case it be not paid, but forfeiture of his Lease, and that from the person that should have paid it?
A45681are not Children bound by those Ties?
A45681art thou in this Covenant?
A45681as some light Under garment, or something provided for the purpose?
A45681did not Philip and the Eunuch go down into the water?
A45681if a Child''s name be put into a Lease, is this like to hurt him?
A45681must they go home and fetch them, and provide them?
A45681or where doth God engage Parents to promise any thing for their Children?
A45681then dedicate them to Christ in the Covenant, has God taken them in?
A45681then how shall we prove the first day of the Week to be the Christian Sabbath?
A45681there would be much immodesty in it, and it would be little better than naked: Besides, Where must this multitude have Cloaths for the purpose?
A45681what harm is it to be in Christ''s Family from our youth?
A45681what honour was done to Christ in his infancy both by Angels and men?
A45681who buyeth Lands, and not for himself and Heirs?
A45681— He that receiveth one such child in my name, receiveth me,& c. Doth Christ take them into his Arms, and would he have them cast out of his Church?
A30628& c. Was the Church, the true Off- spring of God, founded in an Ungodly Seed?
A3062812. were it not for a Mystery?
A30628?
A30628Abraham was Heir of the World; and so are all Believers, as Abraham''s Seed; for All is Ours: But how?
A30628Again, How is the Unbeliever Legitimated in or by the Believer?
A30628And are there not in Christ, Branches that do not bring forth Fruit?
A30628And can they be so, and no ways Abraham''s Seed?
A30628And doth Isaac stand but for believing Jews, and not for believing Gentiles?
A30628And hath not God said,[ because] I will be a God to thee and to thy Seed, therefore thou shalt keep my Covenant, thou and thy Seed?
A30628And indeed, it is much, that the taking, and the putting of the Sign of the Covenant, should( as it is) be called keeping of the Covenant?
A30628And is it so?
A30628And is not Baptism it self, as external and visible a Thing as Circumcision?
A30628And now, Madam, Is not the Baptism of Infants, in the Notion I have of it, a thing of High and Spiritual Nature, and of great Significancy?
A30628And shall the Promise indeed abide, and not the Duty which arises from it?
A30628And think, Are not the believing Gentiles as much obliged to assign, and dedicate, and give all, as Abraham?
A30628And what is all this?
A30628And what was Circumcision for?
A30628And what was the Covenant, or Sign of the Covenant, which They( and not the Seed) were to keep then?
A30628And what, Dear Sir, was Isaac and the believing Jews, the only believing Seed of Abraham?
A30628And where his Goodness, if he ordained what he knew improper?
A30628And who but Argus, if even He with all his Hundred Eyes can spy a fault here?
A30628Are not the Children of Christians, as much Christians Externally; as the Children of the Jews, were Jews Externally?
A30628Ay?
A30628But do you find any mention, that the Apostles themselves, All of them were Baptized with Any, or Any of them with the Baptism of Christ?
A30628But how pertinently this is said, I do not see: For to what Proposition in my Argument can this your Answer be adjusted and applied?
A30628But if you do approve It, why, in your Answer, do you cloud and darken it with words, and make as if you disowned it as a False One?
A30628For are not the Children of Believing Parents some ways Christ''s?
A30628For is not this an Old- Testament Text, as well as Gen. 17?
A30628Have not I proved the Seed here is Isaac in the Spirit Principally?
A30628If any ask the Reason, why the Females are not taken notice of in the Old- Testament, as much as the Males?
A30628If you ask me, but is not God 〈 ◊ 〉 a Rewarder in and through Christ, and not otherwise?
A30628Include the Present as well as Future Seed?
A30628Must not we Now keep God''s Covenant?
A30628No other Covenant or Sign, than that of Circumcision?
A30628Or any positive literal Precept for either?
A30628Or that Women were admitted to the Supper of the Lord?
A30628The Covenant abide, and not the Restipulation, without which it is not a Covenant?
A30628Then you are Abraham''s Seed; and what if Abraham''s Seed?
A30628This is my Covenant which you[ or ye] shall keep between me and you; What you I pray now but the First?
A30628Thou shalt keep my Covenant therefore: Therefore, wherefore?
A30628To the Question, How I came to hit upon it?
A30628Were not the Patriarchs the Issue of Poligamy?
A30628What?
A30628What?
A30628Wherein ▪ In Poligamy as such?
A30628Who will say it?
A30628Why was it then?
A30628and is not this the first Issue, in which you have joyned?
A30628be also to be understood, of that only doth the Holy Ghost distinguish?
A30628but what then, if both[ the] and[ thy] too had been omitted, and[ His] put in?
A30628doth not God distinguish between ye and thy Seed?
A30628for the Spiritual Seed or believing Gentiles, what then?
A30628is not Circumcision enjoyned only on the natural Carnal Family of Abraham in the term ye as it is distinguished from the Seed?
A30628it is distinguished?
A30628of Genesis, that the Spiritual Seed of Abraham are to keep the Covenant in the sign of it?
A30628or did David, but in the Matter of Vriah?
A30628or did Jacob?
A30628or if he do not, how dare you?
A30628that sees or saw one for two, and two for one?
A30628verse signifie the same with the first[ ye or you?]
A30628verses as well as the Carnal?]
A30628what then?
A30628who is it now( to use your own Expressions) that is Dazled?
A396974.?
A39697A ● … now Sir, what course do you take 〈 ◊ 〉 avoid this Argument?
A39697Acts 2. had they no Relief from it, because their Lot fell not late enough in time?
A39697Alexander highly pleased with his Words, made him this Reply, Thinkest thou that this meeting of ours can be without fighting?
A39697And did not the Holy Ghost signifie the one by the other?
A39697And how many Millions of Persons will it nearly touch, both in point of Honour, and Inheritance?
A39697And then whither must you send all Gods People in the World that differ from you?
A39697And what is your Reply to this?
A39697And what, I pray you, was the Antitype but Christ''s Blood?
A39697And whether such an Act or Duty, being of a Suspending Nature to the Blessing promised, it have not the true and proper Nature of a Gospel Condition?
A39697And whether the Baptism here spoken of, wherewith they are said to be buried with him, be not meant of Christs personal Baptism too?
A39697And why did you hide this federal Holiness under an equivocal term, lest you should seem to yield the Controversie with a Word?
A39697And why is not this as clear as that would have been?
A39697But what then was their breaking off, and the Gentiles grafting in, which made this great alteration in the Church?
A39697But what''s the condition upon which this dreadful Sentence depends?
A39697But whither doth all this tend?
A39697But why must this be squeezed from you with so much difficulty?
A39697But ● … hat kind of Covenant then was this Co ● … enant that was sprinkled with Blood?
A39697But ● … hy then don''t you take the Restipula ● … on, verse 7, 8, 9, 10. to be a part of 〈 ◊ 〉?
A39697Did that Covenant discover native Corruption, and direct to its remedy in Christ as this did?
A39697Did that Covenant separate and distinguish one Person from another as this did?
A39697Did that pass to Adam in Christs Name too?
A39697Do n''t you question whether that Covenant that was typically sealed by Blood, was sealed by Christs Blood?
A39697Do n''t you there distinguish and confound all again?
A39697Does not that also there alter the nature of the Covenant, as well as here in the seventeenth Chapter?
A39697Does not this seem Harsh?
A39697Does the Promise ● … nd the Restipulation make two Cove ● … ants, or are they just and necessary parts ● … f one and the same Covenant?
A39697For how can you prove that the persons you Baptiz ● … are all or any of them really in Christ?
A39697For what is a Condition in the true Notion of it, but* the Suspension of a Grant until something future be done?
A39697Had Adam''s Covenant a Seal of the Righteousness of Faith annexed to it as this had?
A39697Have you the Concurrence 〈 ◊ 〉 Orthodox Expositors?
A39697Here you are too obscure and general; Do you mean all that would be owned by you, or by Christ?
A39697How doth this han ● … together?
A39697I ask you, Sir, whether it be possible to put Words into a Frame more lively expressive of a Condition than these are?
A39697Is the law then against the promise of God?
A39697May they not deceive you as Simon Magus did Peter?
A39697Or how shall they ordinarily be visibly admitted into the Visible Church without it?
A39697Or is it the rash ● … d bold Adventure of your own head?
A39697The Controversie betwixt us in this point, is not whether Circumcision were an Ordinance of God, annexed by him to his Covenant with Abraham?
A39697The King asked him how he would make him amends, if the Stranger should come again?
A39697Was there any such thing in Adam''s Covenant?
A39697Were the Penitent Jews in Moses and Peter''s days, all born out of due time, for this Promise to relieve?
A39697What Covenant then must this ● … e, seeing it could not possibly( as you ● … y) be the Sinai Covenant written in ● … ones?
A39697What good ● … ouchers have you for this Exposition ● … f the Text?
A39697What reason or occasion was there to bring in their Children at all?
A39697What remains now, to reply to these Arguments?
A39697What think you Sir, of the 3000 Jews prick''d at the Heart?
A39697Whe ● … he it pertain''d to the Ceremonial Law, and so must cease at the death of Christ?
A39697Whereas you question their present Right in the Kingdom of God, or whether it were not future by vertue of their Election?
A39697Whether Abraham''s ordinary and extraordinary Seed ought to be, and actually were signed by it?
A39697Whether any condition required by it, on our part, have any thing in its own nature Meritorious of the Benefits promised?
A39697Whether both these be called Co ● … enants in Scripture?
A39697Whether it were a Seal of the righteousness of Faith to any individual Person; for he allows ● … t to be so to Abraham?
A39697Whether the Gospel- Covenan ● … requires no duties at all of them tha ● … are under it?
A39697Whether the Scriptures do not many times speak of it in that very sense and notion wherein Carnal Justiciaries apprehend and take it?
A39697Whether the Sinai- law be not a Covenant of Works to some Men, by their own fault and occasion?
A39697Whether the very matter of the Law of Nature be not reviv''d and represented in the Sinai Law?
A39697Who is it Sir, that Fights against and changes this everlasting Covenant, you or we that are for its continuance to us and our Children?
A39697and by rejecting Christ make it so to themselves?
A39697and if within the Covenant, who can deny them the Initiating Sign, which is Baptism?
A39697are Works and Grace more consistent than Grace with Grace?
A39697blame and check Mr. Sedgwick without Cause, and commit a greater Absurdity presently than you charged him with?
A39697it was a Seal of the Covenant to ● … one but Abraham?
A39697the Covenant of God with Abraham and his Children in their Generations?
A39697was not that Blood Typ ● … cal Blood?
A39697was the Ceremonial Law dedicated by ● … lood?
A4178410, 11, 12. prove the contrary; let us hear your Text: How then was it reckoned?
A4178414. how does it reach to the Infants of the Gentiles which do not believe?
A4178414. yet who so rash to say that God did this in Justice against the Child?
A4178415. had lived holily, and done no Iniquity, would you not conclude with me, that none should have perished in Hell- Torments?
A4178415. yet where do we find any Sin which he afterward committed, imputed to any Part of his Posterity?
A4178431, 32. but his Deductions are unquestionable, yours are not, and why may not our Consequences be equally valuable with yours?
A41784And at what time before their Baptism, and also by whom this Name is put upon them, and in what manner it is done?
A41784And can it become any Christian to think that God will send Millions of poor dying Infants to Hell?
A41784And did not God in the Days of Noah destroy the Beasts and Fowls of Heaven, yet who so weak to think that he was offended with them?
A41784And if not, to what purpose has he brought these Scriptures?
A41784And shall mortal Man be more just than God, shall Man be more righteous than his Maker?
A41784And shall poor innocent Babes have no Benefit by it?
A41784And then how should we think that he should not be gracious to poor Infants, who never rebelled against him?
A41784And were by Nature Children of Wrath, even as others?
A41784And what good will it do you without Faith?
A41784And what is it that we may not believe, if we must believe such things as these?
A41784And why even of our selves do we not judg what is right?
A41784Are Infants so diversified in the Will of Christ, as that he has excepted some of them?
A41784But are all Children Infants?
A41784But as for poor Infants, what Evil have they done?
A41784But must all that are saved be Abraham''s Ecclesiastical Seed?
A41784But what a wretched Consequence is here?
A41784But what is all this to the innocent Babes of the Gentiles?
A41784But what is all this to your purpose?
A41784But what needs many words?
A41784But what shall become of the Infants of ill Men by Mr. Petto''s Doctrine?
A41784But, Sir, can you tell us what Service of God Infants are fit for?
A41784Christ our Lord may as soon be made null, as this Covenant: For what if some do apostatize, shall this make the Grace of God without effect?
A41784Could any Man from the Beginning to this Day, bring the least Charge against one Infant more than another?
A41784Did the Apostles put the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit upon any one Infant?
A41784For did not the same God suffer his Servant Sampson to die with the Fall of the Theatre, among the wicked Philistines?
A41784For such an high Priest became us who is holy: What must these Places prove?
A41784For tell me how many came under Condemnation by the Sin of Adam?
A41784Has the chief of Sinners this Benefit by the Covenant of Grace?
A41784How Mr. Petto knows them from others?
A41784How shall Baptism be the Answer of a good Conscience without a Principle of Faith?
A41784I consider again: Who must do this previous Work to Infant- Baptism?
A41784I desire to know of him what Ground any Man hath, his Parents or himself, to baptise any Person when they are asleep?
A41784If he means some Infants only are Christ''s by Redemption; how can he possibly know the Redeemed from the Damned?
A41784If then Cain had an Interest in the Grace of God, who can we suppose to be shut out of it?
A41784If there be no Ground to doubt the Salvation of their Infants, is there not some Hope?
A41784If thou dost well, shalt thou not be accepted?
A41784Is he not worse than the chief of Sinners, that is thus exposed to Damnation?
A41784Is not the Scripture silent as to this?
A41784Is the Covenant of Grace set upon such a little Point, as that the greatest Part of Infants can not possibly have any Benefit by it?
A41784Is there any one, or any Infant that can plead Impunity?
A41784Is this your tender Mercy to Infants?
A41784It''s not ● ● ● … ugh that it''s not forbidden, or what hurt is there in it?
A41784Must the same Minister do both?
A41784Now what do these Places prove?
A41784Or did they do this before they baptised them?
A41784Or did they put the Name& c. upon any to whom they preached, till they received their Doctrine?
A41784Or how should Infants be cast out of his Favour, till they with Cain shut themselves out of it?
A41784Or, has not God made good this Promise in the Gospel?
A41784Or, if there were any Infants, did they kneel down upon the Sea- shore and pray with Paul?
A41784Pray what have they done so highly to stirr up his Wrath against them?
A41784Should the French King destroy all the Infants of the Pagans, would not this be a Judgment?
A41784This I take to be the newest Piece of Doctrine in the World, and therefore must needs enquire what Infants these are?
A41784This is another Strain of new Doctrine; and will it not follow from your Doctrine that Sin hath the Name of Father, Son, and holy Spirit upon it?
A41784Was the Lord angry with the Beasts of the Field?
A41784What Man would kill his new- born Child, because it does not call him Father as soon as it is born?
A41784What if the French King should do thus?
A41784What shall we say?
A41784Why call you a Covenant made with Infants on such Terms a Covenant of Grace?
A41784Why do you thus abuse the Word?
A41784Will he never shew tender Mercy to Infants, who only lived to cry and die in this World, and must they now die eternally in Hell?
A41784Will you yet say a gracious God will be more harsh in Acts of Justice, than the Rules will bear which he hath given to Men?
A41784Yea, you that hold the eternal Damnation of Infants, ought you not to bring substantial proof for so dreadful a Doctrine?
A41784sure nothing less than that no Infants shall be saved, but the Infants of Believers,& c. and if not, how do they suit your Case?
A41784when he was in Circumcision, or in Vncircumcision?
A41784— The Seed of the wicked shall be cut off: But why must this be applied to Infants?
A9473317. quam invovoluta tandem ista?
A9473319. as if[ nations] there comprehended only such elect persons and true beleevers?
A947332. of his answer to my letter, page 13. that infants of beleevers have salvation if they dye in their infancy, by vertue of the Covenant?
A9473331. what made Abraham, Isaac and Jacob roots( as in nature, so holy roots) but the Covenant?
A94733Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
A94733And can an infant out of the mothers womb do it?
A94733Are the Janizaries any whit the more Christians because they were baptized infants of Christian Greekes?
A94733As if Gods dictum were not factum: if they were not cast out, why doth the Apostle alleage that text?
A94733Auferte hinc innocentes istos non est opus sanis medicus, sed male habentibus: non venit Christus vocare justos sed pecca ● ● res?
A94733Besides, if this be not allowed upon cogent reason, how shall Scriptures and Truths be cleared?
A94733But I aske Master Blake, whether Infant- Communion were not will worship?
A94733But how doth this follow from my words, with any shew of right deduction?
A94733But how knowes Master Vines this?
A94733But how will Master Blake understand them?
A94733But saith Master Blake where I pray you, do I make suoh Abrahams seed?
A94733But were it granted that it were meant of a little child in age, how doth it follow that such a one is there a Disciple?
A94733But what a ridiculous charge is this?
A94733But what is more usuall with Schollars, then to call a fiction a Chimaera, without the imputation of scoffing?
A94733But what one Text have I eluded in an, such manner?
A94733But what ridiculous arguing is this?
A94733But what sayes Mr Marshall to this?
A94733But what spirit is Mr Blake possessed with that he so unbrotherlike perverts my words to make me odious?
A94733Did not the like troubles happen in Queen Elizabeths daies in seeking to remove Episcopacy and ● eremoni ● s?
A94733Ecqis tam vecors ut ista admittat?
A94733For how shall we knowe when the analogy holds full propo ● tion?
A94733For if the Covenant onely entitle to outward priviledges how doth it entitle to salvation?
A94733For if we may do it in one thing, why not in another?
A94733For whose instrument should he be that is sanctified for begetting a holy seed but Gods?
A94733For why should lawes be made for it, but because many did neglect it?
A94733He askes, what were those divisions and miscarriages which brought them so low?
A94733How shall we avoyd idolizing of them that goe before us, and subjecting our judgments to them?
A94733How then do children Covenant at baptisme, or enter into Covenant who yeeld no consent?
A94733I ask whither the children have actuall standing in the visible kingdome of the Devill afore they are baptized or not?
A94733I grant the promise will bee extended to them and their seed, but how?
A94733I may well take up that speech of Absolom to Hushai, Is this thy kindnesse to thy friend?
A94733I oppose them, he saith, but how?
A94733I said, but have not the like ▪ of not the same things happened in other matters?
A94733I say that infants are sanctified by extraordinary power, not by ordinary means as hearing the word, doe I therefore make this unusual?
A94733Is Christ himselfe abrogated?
A94733Is all spirituall meat and drinke in Sacraments abrogated?
A94733Is circumcision of heart abrogated?
A94733Is it equivocation in me to take the word covenant of grace onely of the covenant of saving grace?
A94733Is the Apostle: 〈 ◊ 〉 Proposition of parents in generall, 〈 ◊ 〉 of 〈 … 〉 beleeving, and another unbeleeving in particular?
A94733Master Blake saith, And where I pray you doe you find those words that christianity is hereditary?
A94733Master Vines, Master Thomas Goodwin, and Master Marshall?
A94733Mr Blake askes, How is it that wicked parents are now brought in this dispute?
A94733Mr Blake saith, may we not require one other instance of a Popish truth standing up against an Orthodox errour, besides this incontroversie?
A94733Mr Marshall askes how I prove his Father was a Christian when he was born?
A94733Mr Marshall saith, who taught you it must be so interpreted?
A94733Quid de parvulis pueris, si ex Adam aegroti?
A94733Quid necessarium ergo habuit Infans Christum, si non aegrotat?
A94733The Anabaptists in Germany rose up, and with fire ● nd Sword pulled down Magistracy, Scholes,& c. did the like, if not the same things happen here?
A94733What should I say more?
A94733Who did ever talke of a command that a man should be animal rationale, or of a Sacrament that it should be a Seale of the Covenant?
A94733Why doest thou set at at naught thy brother?
A94733Why then doth Mr Marshall deale so with others?
A94733Yea, The second rule overthrowes all, For if we may not soly rest on the analogy; why at all?
A94733answer this?
A94733did not Master Marshall make sundry syllogismes in the same Sermon?
A94733or doe I any where say, that such only are Disciples and to be baptized?
A94733si sanus est qu ● re per eos qui eum diligunt medicum quaerit?
A94733when is the proportion full, if onely when omnia sunt paria; this can never happen in analogies between the rites of Moses and rites of Christ?
A94733when nothing can be fairely brought against the one, but may be also concluded on the other?
A94733where shall we stay?
A94733whether any command about the Jewes Sacraments now bind us?
A94733whether baptizing of bells were not will- worship?
A94733whether there be the same Church- state now that was then?
A94733would any man construe the words[ 〈 … 〉 to Beleevers] any otherwise then thus, the promise of saving Grace is made by God to Beleevers?
A94733〈 ◊ 〉 had said, Did not divisions and other miscarriages and persecutions bring the Non- conformists of England as l ● w as the Anabaptists?
A4179211. Who would think that so wise a Man should believe that the Adoption of Grace is regulated by Water- Baptism?
A4179229?
A417929. and will he then establish this their Tradition( if indeed they had any such)?
A41792And I appeal to any considering Man, whether he was not as good to the Infants of the Righteous before Abraham, as he was to the Infants of Abraham?
A41792And can the Doctor once think that Let was now separated from the Covenant of Grace, because he was not in the Covenant of Circumcision?
A41792And do not the Learned Papists, and some Learned Protestants, acknowledg there is no Scripture for Infant- Baptism?
A41792And doth not the Cross touch the Water as near as the Wine doth touch the Bread?
A41792And hereunto agrees the Scriptures with full consent; What hinders that I may not be baptized, saith the Eunuch?
A41792And how could it be the Yoke of Bondage, or the Obligation to it, and a Seal of the Covenant of Grace too?
A41792And is it like that he would build the Gospel- Church with such Materials?
A41792And is not this a sad Story?
A41792And particularly if I desire him to resolve me but this one, What sort of Christians are this Catholick Church?
A41792And such a Law as must be supposed according to the Similitude, to oblige our David and Solomon, even Christ himself to observe it?
A41792And what Law was Abraham under, but the Law or Covenant of Circumcision?
A41792And what became of all Females and Male Infants throughout the World?
A41792And what then is he that should except them, as the manner of some is, and in their cruel Judgment send them by Millions to Hell Torments?
A41792And where is the new Birth made the Qualification for Circumcision?
A41792And who then will suffer us to say we borrow it from the Fathers, and not from him?
A41792And who will say that Abraham, or the Jewish Church either, had any Commission from God to teach all Nations, circumcising them?
A41792And why does Paul call it a beggarly Element?
A41792And why then does he presume to speak what neither he nor any Man else can ever prove to be true?
A41792And why?
A41792And will it not follow from the Doctor''s Opinion, that Infants are also reprobated in their Parents?
A41792Answereth the Doctor''s fifth and last Question; Whether it be lawful to Communicate with Believers, who were only baptized in their Infancy?
A41792Answereth the Doctor''s fourth Question, Whether it be a Duty incumbent upon Christian Parents to bring their Children to Baptism?
A41792Answereth the Doctor''s second Question; Whether Infants are excluded from Baptism?
A41792Are Infants indeed such attainted Persons?
A41792But how does he prove that Christian Parents are obliged to bring their Infants to Baptism?
A41792But is the Doctor sure that Infants are now Children of Wrath, that is, liable to Condemnation?
A41792But the Law of God and Nature has made the Man superiour in Marriage, and why are we to unman our selves to gratify a Ceremony?
A41792But the Rabbins upheld Joshua''s side, and what wonder was it?
A41792But what is all this to the purpose?
A41792But what needs many words?
A41792But why it doth not overflow all the Year long?
A41792Can it enter into the Doctor''s Heart to think that all the World was now left under Condemnation without Mercy, except Abraham and his Family?
A41792Did God leave them all under a Malady, without any Remedy?
A41792Do not the Protestants allow of all these among the Papists, though many Ceremonies be used therein which they dissallow?
A41792Do we not cry out upon the Dove, let down of old upon the baptized for a Sign of Regeneration by the Spirit?
A41792Does the Doctor exclude Children from the Lord''s Table, because he does not bring them to Communion there in their Infancy?
A41792Dost not thou also allow the Doctrine of Men in the case of Infant- Baptism?
A41792For as a good, Author observes of the River Nile ▪ we ought not to ask the Reason why Nile overflows so many days about the Summer Solstice?
A41792For can he give so much as one Instance of an Infant that received the Holy Spirit upon its being baptized?
A41792For what affinity is there between Lotion and Immersion?
A41792For what then took Original Sin from all Males that died before the eighth Day?
A41792For whence was this Talmud sent to us, — that we should give so much credit thereto —?
A41792How much innocent Blood has been shed about this sign of the Cross, is not easily to be estimated?
A41792How ought this to put an awe upon all that speak in the Name of the Lord about Religion?
A41792How should he despise the helpless Infant?
A41792How then can it enter into any Christian to think that God should have no pity for innocent Babes who never offended him?
A41792How was it then reckoned?
A41792I desire it may be considered, whether these unbapcized Infants whom Christ blessed, were of his mystical Body?
A41792I say again, Does not the Church of England hold the Ordination received in the Papacy to be valid?
A41792If our Opposites have found out since the Sign of the outward Cross in this pla ● e, I would they would tell us which way they came by it?
A41792Is he thus compassionate towards great Sinners, and is there no Help in him for poor Infants?
A41792Is not this the plain Consequence of this Opinion, that all Infants unbaptized, being not of Christ''s mystical Body, must perish?
A41792Is the Holy Scripture less able to make us wise to Salvation than the Talmud?
A41792Is this fair for the Doctor to pervert the Words of the Text?
A41792Neither Precept nor Practice in Scripture for Infant- Baptism?
A41792Not in the Word of God, the Doctor confesses that: Where then?
A41792Now I demand of any Man, whether the whole Number of the Saved ones be not all of Christs mystical Body?
A41792Now to whom shall I give credit?
A41792Shall these Objects of Pitty perish eternally too without Remedy?
A41792Teachest thou another, and teachest not thy self?
A41792That it is only a Church Rite, and not of Divine Institution?
A41792That it was brought in without the Commandment of Christ?
A41792The Fathers can be no Vizard for a Ceremony which has been abused since, or what though from the Fathers we take this sign?
A41792V. Answereth the Doctor''s third, Question, Whether it be lawful to separate from a Church which appointeth Infants to be baptized?
A41792What the Doctor means to compare Constantine with Moses, is very doubtful: Is it to make Christian Magistrates Legislators to the Church of Christ?
A41792What then can we suppose to be plain?
A41792When Christ puts the Question, How can ye escape the Damnation of Hell?
A41792Whence comest thou?
A41792Where is the previous Law that commanded Infants to be baptized?
A41792Where( I say) is this Law to be found?
A41792Whether Infants are capable of Baptism?
A41792Whether it be necessary that Marriages should be celebrated by a Minister?
A41792Who can brook the Efficacy which Tertullian gave it?
A41792Why do we seek to burthen our selves or others, in matters of Religion, with the Commandments and Doctrines of Men?
A41792and can any new print be added to the Seal of a King without Treason?
A41792and whether God was not as good to an Infant in Israel of 7 days old, as to an Infant of 8 days old?
A41792and whether they may be valid and lawful without them?
A41792or say, that the Child was not capable of the Sign, when he was capable of the chief thing signified thereby?
A41792or that it must needs wait on him when he sprinkles an Infant?
A41792or why should the Doctor think we ought to joyn Communion with his Party, more than others, unless they could not err as well as the rest?
A41792when he was in Circumcision or in Vncircumcision?
A41792— Is not Baptism the Seal of the Heavenly King?
A46634And do they think to bring me forth and expose me thus to make them Sport?
A46634And will he be a Champion for his Friends, right or wrong, though perchance he fight against the Truth?
A46634Are these the Bonds and Fetters Mr. Wells and his Friends have put upon me?
A46634But I would fain know, who of all Ashford Town can say, that ever R. M. was here at Board, during his Melancholy?
A46634But is not this a fine begging of the Question?
A46634But let them take heed; for how, as I said, can they prove our Lord himself was so Dipped?
A46634But now, what if the Case do not require all this?
A46634But shall we call in question at this day the Baptism of all those in former Ages who were not Dipp''d?
A46634But was it a total immersion, a Dipping the whole Person, certainly, infallibly, without Guesses, Conjectures, and Probabilities?
A46634But what did I persuade him him to?
A46634But what satisfaction shall I now have?
A46634But what, I pray, would this come to?
A46634But where is the Repeal of that Priviledge?
A46634But why doth Mr. Wells tell us of Genesis, and the Old Testament?
A46634But why falsely put upon you?
A46634But why that Parenthesis( if any fuch be?)
A46634But, Mr. Wells, did you observe this at London by your selfe, or did your Ashford Friends give you these Instructions?
A46634But, again, I pray, Mr. Wells, how was I conversant with him, as you write, p. 14. when I never spake to him but that one time in my life?
A46634Can it be thought when his Sister who kept his House was one of them, that in all his Trouble none came near him?
A46634Children of all Ages undoubtedly?
A46634Could they not possibly misinform him?
A46634Dipping a total immersion?
A46634Good Mr. Wells, how did you read this?
A46634How is it otherwise than so, seeing he knew not the contrary, never hearing but one side?
A46634How just like the Proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition?
A46634How vainly and wickedly then doth Mr. Wells suggest such Slanders?
A46634I pray how doth Mr. Wells know that I did thus?
A46634I pray in what Page or Line is this Appearance found?
A46634I pray what was there that I should seek occasion to clear my self, or find out some to take off any reproach might fall upon me?
A46634In what Volume do we read it?
A46634In whose House did he board or lodge?
A46634Is he not the God of the Christians also?
A46634Is his Mercy clean gone from our ● hildren?
A46634Is there any thing shewed, but only confidently said, and a gainsaying of what I had written?
A46634Is this a Reply?
A46634It must be concluded, you can not?
A46634May not a Minister spare Names in such a Case, but he must be cryed down for one that spreads Slanders?
A46634Methinks you read as badly as you writ: How could you say I repeated the Name Anabaptists?
A46634Must he publish the Names of every one concerned?
A46634Never but once in his Company, so as to be able to discourse with him?
A46634Now, as to my assigning the Criminals, I have already said a little in answer thereto; it is not always fit and meet, nor is it material: Cui bono?
A46634Now, what if I could not find out one Baptist had been with him?
A46634Of very late Years?
A46634Only the third Question is of any Moment, Thirdly, Whether the Sprinkling of Infants be the Baptism of Christ?
A46634Or what need I to fear any shame if he did not hearken to my Advice and comply therewith( Yea, how knows Mr. Wells but he did?)
A46634That he hath traduced me in a very shameful manner?
A46634To lay a malicious design to abuse a Party?
A46634To what good would it be?
A46634To whom, or to what?
A46634Was ever any matter turned so fouly against another?
A46634Were his Friends therefore Infallible?
A46634Were there not many Children, thousands of them, when the Men alone were above six hundred thousand?
A46634Wh ● ever denied Dipping to be Baptizing?
A46634What Anabaptist can stand forth, and help Mr. Wells, or his Friends, out of this Mire?
A46634What Holiness and Exemplariness in the ● ● Lives more than others, to convince you that they are the Peop ● ● of God above others?
A46634What Power and Demonstration of the Spirit is ther ● in their Preaching?
A46634What an implicite Faith was this?
A46634What can they?
A46634What if it were not applied?
A46634What need you say, Whatever they were, when I declared they were such as these?
A46634What trifling is it to Write and Print at this rate?
A46634What will become of Christians at this rate?
A46634What, can a Mode destroy the Essence of the Ordinance?
A46634What, did you mistake Atheists in the Lines before for Anabaptists?
A46634What, every Man, Woman and Child in Crete Lyars, beastly, and slothful, Pagans and Christians too?
A46634What, hath God less love for your Children than for those of his old People the Jews?
A46634What, must a Minister tell the Anabaptists, and all the World, what every one in trouble discover''d to him?
A46634What, to forge such matters as these?
A46634Where are the Proofs?
A46634Where is it said, I did indeed receive their Children, but as for yours I will not be so gracious to them?
A46634Where was this practiced in Primitive times?
A46634Which of the Ancients did ever do this?
A46634Who ever pleaded for it till of yesterday?
A46634Who speaks against the Antiquity of Dipping?
A46634Who thinks Baptism was the Sacrament then in use?
A46634Who will think, or suspect I wrote that Piece to reproach the Anabaptists?
A46634Will Mr. Wells confess his Fault as publickly, and declare himself in an Errour?
A46634Would he condemn them all for Judas, of whom it is written?
A46634Yea, but what if so?
A46634and a wonderful Care not to grieve me with what was Printed: But wherein doth it appear?
A46634and shall the Application of Water in a less quantity render it altogether ineffectual, and destroy its end and efficacy?
A46634and strike so many Saints and Martyrs out of the Roll of the Baptized, who are now in Heaven?
A46634and then in what a shameful Case will you appear?
A46634and what hope can Millions have, to whom it hath been applied in any other way than that of the Baptists?
A46634even such as one would not suspect of any who are not very obnoxious upon some evil account or other?
A46634proved his Party innocent; convincing me of Falshood in all I have written; making me a Slanderer, a Lyar, and what not?
A46634unchristian in Mr. Wells to surmize thus, and suggest such foul things as these ever and anon?
A46634what if it be not necessary or convenient?
A46634yea, that he hath wronged an innocent Person, and a Stranger?
A6286721. seems to triumph in this Argument, when he saith: Who then is not afraid to refuse them, who will receive Christ?
A6286737. where when the Eunuch asked Philip, What letteth me to be baptized?
A62867A barrell began to be made, why the wheel running doth a pitcher come forth?
A62867And againe, for as much as God gave them the like gift, as he did unto us, what was I that I could withstand God?
A62867And doth not 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 comprehend both Sexes?
A62867And if so, here is an expresse example in formall terms for womens receiving the Lords Supper?
A62867And why may not b ● a like allusion, uncleane be put for bastards, and holy for legitimate?
A62867Are all borne of those parents whereof one is not sanctified in the other begotten in the monethly courses?
A62867Are all borne of those parents whereof one is not sanctified in the other, without the Covenant of grace?
A62867B ● sides, are not sanctification, and cleannesse, and honour, all one in these passages?
A62867BVt what benefit comes to children by such kinde of sealing as this is?
A62867Besides, must children be baptized, because they are capable of Grace?
A62867But I pray you, whose Glosse was this?
A62867But are any other among men covenanters, but the elect who are purchased by the blood of the everlasting covenant?
A62867But are we not borne againe by the Word, and must that be but once preached?
A62867But doth he seeme onely to restraine it to the case of necessity?
A62867But have not the like, if not the same things happened in other matters?
A62867But how knowes Mr. Vines this?
A62867But this is bu ● a shift; for why may not an unbeliever he said, as w ● ll to possesse his vess ● ll in holines, is to be sanctified?
A62867But what is all this to prove your Minor, which is not of potentiall having inward grace, which is not denied, but of actuall having?
A62867But what is this instance to your purpose?
A62867But what saith the supposed Origen?
A62867But what then?
A62867But where is the command that he must be baptized first?
A62867But you say, it binds us virtually only to seale ours with the signe of Baptisme; I pray you then what meane you by this virtuall binding?
A62867Can any forbid water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the holy Ghost as well as wee?
A62867Cernimus, an qui amant ipsi sibi somnia fingunt?
A62867Could every one of them promise that Christ should be borne of his flesh?
A62867De ceremoniali illa sanctitate quid dicam?
A62867De faederali illa sanctitate quid dicam?
A62867Did not divisions and other miscarriages and persecutions, bring the Non- conformists of England as low as the Anabaptists?
A62867Did not some of them grow a dangerous and turbul ● nt Sect?
A62867Did not the like troubles happen in Q. Elizabeths dayes in seeking to remove Episcopacy& Ceremonies?
A62867Doe fornicating or unbelieving parents never beget children that shall be within the Cov ● nant of grace, or federally holy?
A62867Doe unbelieving husbands never use their wives but in their monethly courses?
A62867Doe we see?
A62867Doth it follow, that every one that was circumcised, was in the Covenant of Grace?
A62867For could every man in Covenant challenge these things at Gods hand, and that by vertue of the Covenant?
A62867For if we may doe it in one thing, why not in a nother?
A62867For to what end serves this your Narration of your adversaries, but to beget an Odium, hatred or prejudice at least in your Auditors?
A62867For what if that never be?
A62867For what?
A62867Hast thou kept the Lords day?
A62867Hath God cast away his people?
A62867Having sayd what heresie ever came abroade, without Verbum Domini in the mouth of it?
A62867How shall a minister do when he can not come to the knowledge of it?
A62867I delivered unto you that which I received from the Lord, was not that a command, and that to the whole Church, women as well as men?
A62867I do believe: Dost thou renounce?
A62867I may apply to you the words of Horace, Amphora coepit institui, currente rota cur ● ● recus exit?
A62867I pray you then tell me, wherein you make their condition different?
A62867I reply, Have none of the adversaries of the Anabaptists undermined Magistracy?
A62867If it be said, it is a believing nation, when the greatest part are Believers, how shall that be known?
A62867Imò ve ● ò nisi priùs docuisset in quem finem baptizaret, quis tandem ad ejus baptismum accessisset?
A62867Infants are not to be baptized, because that which is not in so many words commanded in the new Testament, ought not to be done?
A62867Is it a religious end and use, to refresh them who are the temples of the Holy Ghost?
A62867Is not sinne mortified, the Church sanctified by baptisme, and are not these often?
A62867Is there a command or institution of God, binding the Jews to call Circumcision so?
A62867Is there any argument or proofe in this?
A62867Is this then your meaning, that it doth not binde expresly and in terminis, but virtually, that is, implicitely, and by Interpretation?
A62867Know you not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
A62867No expresse Law against polygamie; no expresse command for the celebration of a weekely Sabbath; are therefore Christians free in all these c ● ses?
A62867Now then who are they on whom God should bestow faith and regeneration, but Gods Elect?
A62867Now what kinde of quiet would this have given them, to tell them that their children were not bastards?
A62867Nunquamne Infideles utuntur uxoribus nisi menstruatis?
A62867Of that Covenant- holinesse what shall I say?
A62867Of that ceremoniall holinesse what shall I say?
A62867Omnesne nati ex ijs parentibus quorum alter non santificatur in altero geniti sunt in menstruis?
A62867Omnesno nati ex ijs parentibus quorū alter non sanctificatur in altero sunt extra foedus gratiae?
A62867Or, what discomfort in truth, do they give them, which you do not?
A62867Quid enim?
A62867Quid ergo?
A62867The believing wife may with a good conscience keep company with the unbelieving husband( for why should anothers conscience defile her?)
A62867True, but whose consequence is this?
A62867We being many, are one bread, and one body; for we are all partakers of that one bread, and are not women as well of the body as men?
A62867What comfort then doe you give them indeed which the Antipaedobap ● ists doe not give as well as you?
A62867What doth the most grown man in any of these, more then an Infant may do?
A62867What say you to these things?
A62867What strength of reason is in this?
A62867What then?
A62867What then?
A62867When John did say, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, did he not teach those whom he was about to baptize?
A62867Who will not baptize them, that is willing to baptize disciples in the name of Christ?
A62867Why did not the Apostles so, nor any other Ministers to this day?
A62867Why tempt ye God to put a yoak upon the necks of the Disciples?
A62867children, or Samuels stood before God in Mr. Cottons sense?
A62867cum diceret Joannes, Poenitentiam agite, appropinquat enim regnum coelorum, non docebat quos erat baptizaturus?
A62867how strange?
A62867how strange?
A62867or a command or institution for us by vertue of the command to the Jews to call it so?
A62867or doe they that love, faine dreames to themselves?
A62867or every one of their women that shee should be the mother of Christ?
A62867quam aliena?
A62867quam aliena?
A62867that Marriage is honourable among all,( even Infidels) and the bed und ● filed?
A62867that she may be holy in body, is it not meant, that she may be chaste?
A62867was not the practise of Hacket and his companions like that of Iohn a Leyden at Munster?
A62867where shall we stay?
A62867which is, saith he, every way parallel, and answers in either of the branches?
A62867yea verily, unlesse he had first taught to what end he did baptize, who at last would hav ● come to his baptisme?
A63577And I offer it to the Consideration of the Learned, whether the prime Signification of the Word be a sufficient Argument in this case?
A63577And if Philip had not been to put the Eunuch into the Water, and cover him with it, why should they go down both into the Water?
A63577And then he bawls very loud, saying, Mr. Williams, will you suffer him to Preach?
A63577And when Silence was obtained, he addressed himself to the Ministers after this manner: Sirs, What is the matter with you?
A63577Are ye afraid of the Commission?
A63577Are you of Mr. Chandler''s Opinion?
A63577Are you of Mr. Chandler''s mind in this Matter?
A63577But do you believe it?
A63577But how do you know that the Word was so Rendred by the Septuagint?
A63577But what do you bring this for now?
A63577But what doth all this signify?
A63577But what then doth he mean by denying my Major?
A63577But why must you prevent Mr. Chandler?
A63577But why should Mr. Robinson think it strange that any body should have such a Conceit in their Minds?
A63577But would not the People conclude that Infants were intended, if I tell them it must be done after the manner of Moses?
A63577Did we say Incompleat Disciples are not in the Commission?
A63577Do you bring this to prove that these Children were Baptized?
A63577Do you not know your own Argument?
A63577Doth he not know that the Church of Rome baptize things of an inferiour Nature?
A63577Dr. Russel Answers, Have I not put it into an Argument, and you will not suffer him to answer it?
A63577Gentlemen, are you not asham''d?
A63577Hath Christ two sorts of Subjects that he commands to be Baptized in that Commission?
A63577Here are divers Men of Parts and Learning among you, can none of you produce so much as one Instance to prove it?
A63577Here the Doctor was interrupted again, and they cried out, What do you tell us of Dr. Hammond?
A63577Here( saith he) a Question may be made, whether washing the Body in Baptism, must be by Dipping or Sprinkling?
A63577How can this possibly be true?
A63577How doth that appear?
A63577How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
A63577I speak of Actual Disciples, made so by Teaching; are these such, who( by your own Confession) know not one Letter of the Book?
A63577I would know whether Infants are not as capable of Believing in Christ, as of coming to Christ?
A63577If Mr. Chandler can give no Instance, here are divers other Ministers, Gentlemen of Parts and Learning: Have none of them an Instance to produce?
A63577Is it Nonsense then to say, that any Infants belong to the Kingdom of Glory?
A63577Is it not the Subject contained in the Question; And will you( or dare you) deny that what I have said is in the Commission?
A63577Is not our Lord''s Commission of as good Authority as my Argument?
A63577Is not that the same which I say you said?
A63577Is this civil Treatment to a Stranger that comes so many Miles to meet you?
A63577Is this your Argument?
A63577Know ye not that so many of us as were dipt into Christ Jesus, we were dipt into his Death?
A63577May I not have leave to draw my Inference from the Text?
A63577Mr. Leigh said, How much Credit did we infer was granted by them to our Cause?
A63577Mr. Leigh was angry hereupon, saying, What do you talk of our being the keepers of them?
A63577Mr. Robinson, their Moderator, saith, Will you allow this of Consequence, or not?
A63577Mr. Williams ask''d him how many there was in the Covey?
A63577Must I be thus misrepresented to the People, because I say( that which you all know to be true) that Infants want the Use of Reason?
A63577Must I n ● ● be permitted to recite your own Authors, and some of the gre ● test Men that have written since the Reformation?
A63577Now was this before the Commission, or after it?
A63577Ofte en wetet ghy niet dat soo vele al''s wy in Christum Jesum dedoopt zyn, wy in Synen doodt gedoopt zyn?
A63577Or, rather, are some commanded, and others not commanded, and yet both to be Baptized; the one by a Command, and the other without?
A63577Sir, why do you hinder Mr. Chandler from speaking?
A63577Sir, you must bring in that Dipping is absolutely necessary( as in the Question) what do you talk of Sprinkling for?
A63577That the Ministers had granted out of their own mouths that we had gained the Cause?
A63577Then he puts this Question, Whether it ought to be performed by an Immersion, or an Aspersion,& c?
A63577This is not to the purpose, what have we to do with what Mr. Calvin says?
A63577Upon this Dr. Russel asked Mr. Leigh, what Relation this Argument of his had to the Commission?
A63577Was not the Mother of our Lord a Believer, when Christ was born?
A63577Wat verhindert my gedoopt te worden?
A63577What again Mr. Robinson?
A63577What do you mean by being recorded?
A63577What do you put that upon us for?
A63577What do you talk of Preaching?
A63577What do you talk of a Trick?
A63577What do you tell us of the Fathers?
A63577What have we to do with Dr. Hammond?
A63577What hinders me to be dipt?
A63577What is the Reason of all this?
A63577What is the Reason of this?
A63577What is this to my Argument?
A63577What need is there of so many Words about this?
A63577What then do you bring it for?
A63577What will all this People say, when they are gone?
A63577What, doth Colonel Self ride Lord General in the Town of Portsmouth to day?
A63577What, doth not Mr. Chandler know the difference between the Major and Minor?
A63577What, from the Commission?
A63577When you see you are like to be pinched upon an Argument, then you make it your business to hinder me from speaking: Doth this become a Moderator?
A63577Whereupon Mr. Sharp, the Moderator, call''d out aloud to still this great Noise, and spoke to this effect: What is the reason of this Hissing?
A63577Whereupon Mr. Williams askt him if he would do it to answer a Scrupulous Conscience without God''s Word?
A63577Whether according to the Commission of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Adult Believers are only the proper Subjects of Baptism: and not Infants?
A63577Whether the Ordinance of Baptism as appointed by Christ, is to be Administred by Dipping, Plunging( or) Overwhelming only, and not otherways?
A63577Who ever did so?
A63577Why may they not be said to Believe, when they do not actually Believe; if imputatively they are said to come when their Parrents brought them?
A63577Why must Erasmus be thus slighted?
A63577Will you allow genuine Consequences drawn from Scripture?
A63577Will you allow good Scripture Consequences in this Case, or do you expect plain Scripture Words?
A63577Will you assert that?
A63577Will you fly from the Light of the Commission of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ?
A63577Will you grant that it is not Recorded in the New Testament?
A63577Yes, I do believe it: What then?
A63577You say no Person can give an Instance in Scripture whereby we baptize Infants: How do you prove this?
A63577and how shall they hear without a Preacher?
A63577and what do you talk of all the New Testament?
A63577do you understand Dutch?
A63577is all the New Testament the Apostle Paul''s writings?
A63577must I always be thus broke in upon by you; What is the meaning of it?
A63577not the Assembly of Divines?
A63577what is to do now?
A8502011, 12. attest the same?
A8502013. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counseller, hath taught him?
A850202. Who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?
A8502047. Who knoweth what may come to pass?
A850207 to be connived at, God not only not punishing, but,( for ought appears in Scripture) not so much as reproving the same?
A850208. give an uncertain sound, who shall be prepared for the battel?
A85020Alas, how sad is my estate?
A85020And shall my unworthy pamphlet presume to follow such able works from the same place?
A85020But O how glorious in Heaven will S. Peter appear?
A85020But here the question will be, who shall be punished, this child or his parents?
A85020But quando, when, and quousque ▪ how long Lord holy and true, how long shall thy servants go on in their errours and ignorance?
A85020But these little Lambs wherein have they offended?
A85020But what shall he do that cometh after the King of Heaven?
A85020But where hath it the promise of this life?
A85020Can any man forbid water that these should not be Baptized, which have received the holy Ghost as wel as we?
A85020Can any man?
A85020Can any man?
A85020Can he?
A85020Could lesse be said then this, so short the words?
A85020Dina marks, but what?
A85020End?
A85020For Christ sent me not to Baptize, but to preach the Gospel: How much was the ministration thereof too mean for our Saviour?
A85020For that spiritual Artillery S. Paul ever carried about him: why then should he wish what he could work?
A85020Had ever any a Tooth drawn, and was insensible thereof?
A85020Here is a heavy punishment indeed; But who is the person, on whom it is to be inflicted?
A85020His pathetical expostulation, Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
A85020How unfit had it been for our Saviour thus to Baptize those Infants, I Jesus Baptize this Infant into the Name of Jesus?
A85020I had thought now my Father is turned Christian, that the Child should not be impaired because his father is improved?
A85020I thought the alteration of our condition by Christs coming was to perfect not diminish what we had before?
A85020IF any then ask, what advantage then hath a Christian, and what profit is there of pious parentage?
A85020If this child in his infancy may not be admitted to Baptism, what cause had it no lesse justly then Grievously to complain?
A85020Indeed I would have all of his opinion burnt; but how?
A85020Is a Christians son found in a worse case then a Jews son was left?
A85020Is it not enough that I be passive, and patiently carry it when it is laid upon me?
A85020Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
A85020Is original sin too little to condemn a child, but that parents must double- hatch their children with guilt of their adulterous nativity?
A85020Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day?
A85020Let them not sorrow that they are sold, but rejoyce that Abraham hath bought them; How had they been undone, if they had not been undone?
A85020Might it but borrow a tongue from the standers by, how pathetically would it expostulate his condition?
A85020Now if Christian children by the half- bloud be holy ▪ how clear is those Infants title Religiously descended on both sides?
A85020On what day did God reveal the Revelation to S. John?
A85020Otherwise, how cometh he, who upon the breach of the covenant of works, was left our enemy, our inraged judge, to be a God unto us?
A85020Peace?
A85020Quid teneri infantes in te committere tantum?
A85020Say not if so smal then, were they insensible of any benefit by the blessing?
A85020See here is water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?
A85020Some of them whilest they lie in the Cradle, how lie they on the rack?
A85020Soul, and bodie of Infants, thus being severally sinlesse, who can conceive that the union of two clean things, can produce one unclean?
A85020The Covetous man marks, but whom?
A85020The ambitious man, but whom?
A85020The lascivious man marks, but whom?
A85020This one fellow came in to sojourn and will he needs be a judg?
A85020Though they esteem us Bastards, we will esteem them children, but what children?
A85020Though they should account us Dogs, let us account them Sheep, but what Sheep?
A85020To prevent all miscarriages, and to intail the same on Abrahams posterity, how often doth he insert, and repeat him and his seed, Gen. 17?
A85020What a Constellation, what a Firmament of stars will he alone be?
A85020What a Tyranny is this for me to cross my self by taking up my own cross?
A85020What amounts from the mixture of light and darkness but twy- light?
A85020What became of the souls of such infants, who died before the eighth day, and so wanted Circumcision?
A85020What fitter matter to begin the new, then to treat of the direction to the living?
A85020What matters it then, though Children can not discover, and though men can not perceive their belief?
A85020What product from the blending of white and black but a motley?
A85020What result could be expected from the joyning of hot and cold but lukewarm?
A85020What said the rest of the Israelites, to the Reubenites?
A85020What sighing, what sobbing, what grieving, what groaning for their forlorn condition?
A85020What then when the beholder is all fire, I mean all passion and choller, is it probable that during this temper, the spirit will descend upon him?
A85020What, more Revelation still?
A85020When shall Christians come to an end?
A85020When shall they certainly know the full measure of all which they are to believe and practice as necessary to salvation?
A85020When shall we say, It is finished?
A85020Where hath it the promise of the life to come?
A85020Why dost thou such things?
A85020Yea, shall man be carelesse and cruel, where God hath been so kind and careful in his instituting of Baptism?
A85020can Subjects hope that their discoveries will be clearer then their Soveraigns?
A85020can he lawfully?
A85020can he so do it, as to avouch it to God and man, when he hath done it?
A85020desire what he could do?
A85020he could not meet with one good, where then shall we mark a perfect man?
A85020seeing betwixt both Circumcision is neglected?
A85020shall man living on earth see more then God looking from heaven?
A85020that is, can he justly?
A85020what can be finer ware?
A85020what can be larger measure?
A85020yet could more be said then this, so large the matter?
A47399( 3 dly,) If not, what kind of polluted Churches must thir''s be, who have not purged out such corrupt Members?
A47399( if he had any) do People carry their Infants to hear God''s Word?
A4739916. and to all that were in his house; can any suppose that he preached Christ to his In ● ants?
A47399And did not Philip require it of the Eunuch?
A47399And doth not the Apostle assert the same Thing?
A47399And especially when the Children''s Names were as expresly in John''s Commession as the Parents?
A47399And if the Sinai Covenant was not a Covenant of Works, Why do all our Brethren say, as it was a Covenant of Works,''t is done away?
A47399And if they did not take Care about them, was it not their Sin?
A47399Are not my Sons and Daughters my Children, when they are 20, 30, or 40, Years Old, as well as they were my Children when but Two days Old?
A47399But did not the Fathers then, by being Circumcised, acknowledge themselves Debtors to the Law?
A47399But now, because there were so many Additions, or Ministrations of the Gospel, or New Covenant, Doth it follow, there are so many New Covenants?
A47399Ca n''t you see from hence who are the Seed of the Promise?
A47399Can one thing come in the room, or place of another, till the other is actually, and legally removed, and took away?
A47399Can the weakness of Nature hinder the Operations of the Holy Ghost, in Infants, when the Power of the Devil ca n''t, in the Adult?
A47399Can there be fire, and no heat?
A47399Did Iohn turn any Children in their Infancy to the Lord?
A47399Did not Iohn require it when he said, bring forth Fruits meet for R ● pentance,& c ▪ A Confession is a Fruit of Repentance?
A47399Do not Saints freely and voluntarily by the help of the Spirit and Grace of Christ, will that which is good and well- pleasing to him?
A47399Do we not by our Obedience to God shew forth his Grace in us, as well as our Duty of Obedience to him; what New Divinity is this?
A47399Do you think Baptism turns People to the Lord?
A47399Doth not God wrong to Men, to require of him, that he is not able to perform?
A47399Doth not Iohn positively deny, that the Covenant made with Abraham''s natural Seed as such, did give them a Right to his Baptism?
A47399Doth not Iohn tell the People when they came to his Baptism, now the Ax is laid to the Root of Trees?
A47399Ergo, Can Baptism it self give remission of Sins?
A47399Ergo, What good did Simon Magus his Baptism do him, or Iudas''s, who, no doubt, was Baptised?
A47399He farther shews, That abundance of the natural Seed of Abraham, were broken off, How were they broken off?
A47399How can Water, an external Thing, work upon the Soul, in a Physical manner?
A47399How forcible are right words, but what doth your arguing reprove?
A47399How vain then are your Arguments?
A47399How was it then reckoned, when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?
A47399I answer first, who of us say that Circumcision was a Seal of the Covenant of Works?
A47399If Iohn baptized all the People of Ierusalem,& c. then how was the Ax laid to the Root of the Tree?
A47399Is not Faith required?
A47399Is not the matter well amended with us?
A47399Is this that the Mountains have brought forth?
A47399It is said, the People ask''d him, What shall we do?
A47399Must the Shadow or Sign be part of the Substance, or belong, or appertain to the Substance?
A47399Nor is this any strange Thing, For are not all now, in these Days, under the Dispensation of the Gospel?
A47399O, says one, the Covenant is theirs, it belongs to them, and shall we deny them the Seal?
A47399Or can not that which God commands us to do, be done freely and voluntary by us?
A47399Or, doth free Grace destroy the Noble Faculty of the Will, because it over- powers its vitious Habits, and strongly inclines it to that which is good?
A47399Or, is a Confession of Sin not good, or an Evangelical Duty?
A47399Or, must an External Confession of Sin make a Change, and so all other Duties, or else not be performed by us?
A47399See here is Water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?
A47399Sir, this being so, what is become of your Rational Arguments, for Infant Baptism?
A47399Sir, 〈 ◊ 〉 not the genuine signification of 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, alike?
A47399Then I would know whether they have their Names in their Church- Book, or Register, as Members?
A47399This being so, What is become of Mr. Flavel''s Argument, which he makes such boast of, as if unanswerable?
A47399This is strange, what People were these, and where dwelt they?
A47399What a Christian is he, whose vile Nature was never changed?
A47399What tho''''t is said Iohn was to turn the People to the Lord, and the Hearts of Children to the Fathers: was he able to change the Hearts of Infants?
A47399When God works, who can let?
A47399Who is able to know that?
A47399You make Baptism a very insignificant Sign, what good can Baptism do that Parson that has no Grace?
A47399You say right, we do not regard it indeed — Doth Baptism do all this?
A47399and how was the Chaff sanned- away out of the Floor?
A47399and their grievous Sin too?
A47399and they durst not say from Heaven, lest Christ should have ask''d them, why then do ye believe him not?
A47399and to be taught to take God''s Way as well as themselves?
A47399and whether were it some, for all?
A47399and, Why doth the Apostle say, Christ is the end of the Law, as touching Righteousness?
A47399but they would take Care about this, if they were truly awakened?
A47399can an Infant consess Sin?
A47399did Iohn baptize all and yet all come to Christ to be baptized?
A47399doth that import every Man?
A47399given on Mount Sinai?
A47399it being after Baptism, and was there any question to be made?
A47399or every individual, who can tell?
A47399or some of all degrees or sorts of Men?
A47399or were Infants Hearts turned from their Fathers, that they need, whilst Iufants to have their Hearts turned to them?
A47399or, Is thete any promise of Pardon, without unfeigned Repentance?
A47399to teach all Nations, Circumcising them; do you think they would have had ground from thence to have circumcised their Infants?
A47399was a Confession with the Mouth or Tongue, without considering any thing of the words?
A47399was that their great ● st Evil?
A47399what Privileges had the poor Gentiles under the Law, and their Children?
A47399what, not let them have a bit of Wax?
A47399when shall this Controversie cease?
A47399which is not denied: Yet, what of this?
A47399— We read of one Animal that spoke, must all Animals speak therefore?
A31663* A wise Answer from a silly Doctor; is it not?
A31663* What is a man''s Authority in this case but his Iudgment?
A31663* Where is dipping to be found in this Text?
A31663* Who doubts this, And what is it to the purpose?
A31663According to what you said just now, they were deny''d baptism, was that no Church priviledge?
A31663And can you think that the word Church- Members can not possibly admit of more senses than one?
A31663And how frivolously doth he afterwards talk of our having in our Custody any such unwritten Tradition?
A31663And if you can find one Person more besides Disciples and Believers, do it?
A31663And if you still ask why they went down?
A31663And may they not as well be said to be capable of Spiritual as of Corporal coming when they were brought to him?
A31663And then, whether, I may not argue from Christs own Words, For visible Church Membership and so for baptism?
A31663And was not that all that was fit to be allow''d him?
A31663Are those so capable of the Parent''s resignation and master''s acceptation as these?
A31663Besides might he not have adopted ones?
A31663But I wonder you should talk thus, when it was practised a great many years in the Church to give the Lord''s Supper to Infants* L. Was it?
A31663But can it be imagined that they were plunged over head and ears every time they went to meals?
A31663But is this an Answer to my Question, to say that Adult believers are only intended in the Commission?
A31663But the Question was not whether that was 〈 ◊ 〉 way: But whether Dipping, Plunging, Overwhelming was the only way?
A31663But what Room could there be in a Chariot, for these two Persons to place themselves in a Praying posture?
A31663But, What need of going down to the Water, unless he were to be dip''d?
A31663Can any believe any could question the one, and yet grant the other?
A31663Can this short record contain all the Sermons that he Preached to them in two Years?
A31663Constantine the great, as a Scripture Instance of a Believers Child Baptiz''d at Grown Years?
A31663Did Erasmus write in English?
A31663Did he speak pertinently or impertinently?
A31663Did his Parents Faith deprive him of Church- membership?
A31663Do all Prophecy?
A31663Do any of these say that to wash is not the New Testament sense of the word Baptize?
A31663Do you think you speak any thing to me?
A31663Epistle we find inscrib''d to them?
A31663Hath Christ two sorts of Subjects, one that he doth expresly command to be Baptized, and another that he doth not command?
A31663Have Infants any knowledge?
A31663Have Infants the use of reason?
A31663Have all the Gifts of Tongues?
A31663How could they come to Christ when they were brought?
A31663How do you mean prove?
A31663How impertinently doth he Trifle, when he over- loaded his 3d Argument with a multitude of Propositions?
A31663How is it then that he insinuates as if he answered a matter before he heard it?
A31663How well do these 2 verses Answer each other?
A31663I know not( says he) whether St. Paul, who had been taken up into the third Heavens, did by that Question of his; Where is the Disputer of this World?
A31663I may add, what express Command have they for singing Psalms in Rhime and Metre, which is the Practice of the most Orthodox Anabaptists at this day?
A31663I must appeal to these Honourable Persons, whether or no I did not tell Mr. Chandler, Compleat Disciples, such as are made by the Ministry of Men?
A31663I will have Mercy and not Sacrifice, To Justify their Baptizing with a little Water in these Cold Countreys?
A31663If Mr. Chandler can give an instance, why do you hinder him?
A31663If Paul did not, in what is on record to the Ephesians, what then?
A31663If he owns their Baptism Lawfull, Then why such a C ● amour and Noise about a Circumstance?
A31663If it be taken for the Happiness of the Kingdom of Glory, then I ask whether little Children are the Happiness of Heaven?
A31663If not, whether he would Baptize them again, or exclude them from the Church of Christ, as he doth us in his Closing Prayer of which more Anon?
A31663If not, why would you have us in this?
A31663In the words( all Nations)?
A31663In which of these senses do you deny they are Members of the Church?
A31663Is Erasmus in your esteem so mean a Schollar, that there must be such Laughing at the old Gentleman''s mentioning the Name of Erasmus?
A31663Is all the Councel, that the Apostle Paul wrote, in the New Testament?
A31663Is it as proper to take Pigs and Dogs to School, as little Children of a year and half old?
A31663Is it not enough, if Mr. Leigh shews that this Text will admit of no other sense?
A31663Is not this a fair sense of these words?
A31663Is there any Commission for Infant Baptism in the whole New Testament?
A31663Is this a good way of arguing?
A31663L. All Nations?
A31663L. How doth it appear that they were dip''d?
A31663L. Then do we send Children to School because they have learned, or that they may learn?
A31663L. Will you have it in express words, or good Consequence?
A31663Leigh to Mr. Sharp; we are not now talking about the management of Church Members, but who are the Persons which ought to be esteemed so?
A31663MUST I again, be call''d out to engage in this irksome and unpleasing Controversy?
A31663Mr. Robinson remembring what he had said before, admir''d to hear him quote Erasmus: and therefore ask''d him whether Erasmus ever wrote in English?
A31663Must and shall Mr. Moderator?
A31663Must it be said, that he was dipt there?
A31663Nay the rather do it, because he truly Fears God?
A31663Nay, might he not have Children, and be afterwards made an Eunuch?
A31663No?
A31663Nor if we can prove it, doth it follow we needs must?
A31663Now I ask you what was the manner of Moses?
A31663Now how did Christ Baptize with the Holy Ghost and Fire?
A31663Now therefore, why tempt you God, to put a yoke upon the necks of the Disciples?
A31663Now what is there in your Administration, that doth represent the likeness of Christs Death, his Crucifixion?
A31663Now, says the Apostle, How Knowest thou, O Man, but thou may''st save thy Wife?
A31663Or do any Answer those places we brought?
A31663Or how he knew that he so read the Commission?
A31663Or how many places can any bring where it necessarily signifys to dip?
A31663Or must it be by pouring Water on them& c.?
A31663Or prove us in the wrong?
A31663Pray Mr. Russel, which of Mr. Leighs propositions do you deny?
A31663Pray what is your Name?
A31663Rus What Precept?
A31663Shall we bear this?
A31663Sir, I would fain know whether no one may be accounted a Schollar, but he that is actually capable of Learning?
A31663So why may not Christian Infants Covenant in and by them?
A31663So why may they not be admitted into Gods Church on the same account?
A31663So why may they not be said Spiritually to come to Christ, in the Arms of their Parents Faith?
A31663Tell me where Christ''s School is for teaching Infants, and who is Christ''s School- Master?
A31663Then with respect to the first Question, Whether Adult believers only, or whether Infants also may be admitted to Baptism?
A31663There is 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, — L. What wash Beds, or Tables, by Dipping them under Water?
A31663They are capable of being Pardon''d, Justify''d, Sanctify''d and Clerified, and is it so with Brutes?
A31663They have a Principle of Reason, tho''they have it not perhaps in present exer ● ise: Now is there vet no disparity between them and Beasts?
A31663This also Mr. Russel hath deny''d; So that the whole Question result''s to this head: Whether any Infants be in Scripture call''d Disciples?
A31663VVill you allow good Scripture Consequence to be Proof in this case; or do you expect Scripture words expresly?
A31663Was he interrupted in reading the Text?
A31663Was he not not allow''d to argue from the Commission?
A31663Was the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ a believer?
A31663Was this before or after the Commission?
A31663We grant he was helpful to him, and was chosen for that purpose, and was not Mr. Williams also to the best of his skill helpful to Dr. Russel?
A31663Well, come, Tell me what he means by Compleat and Incompleat Disciples, by the Ministry of Men?
A31663Well, what must I do?
A31663Were they denied any priviledges?
A31663Were they griev''d to have it clear''d up and be furnish''d with Arguments for the defence of it?
A31663Wh ● might we not pray with, and for each other?
A31663What Apprehensions must thi ● man have of those that never were dipt?
A31663What Priviledges are the Infants of Believers Invested in by Baptism?
A31663What do they laught at?
A31663What do you mean by the Kingdom of Heaven?
A31663What doth he mean by Incompleat Disciples?
A31663What doth he mean by denying my Major?
A31663What doth the Man mean to Write at such a rate as this?
A31663What is it then?
A31663What is the word in the Hebrew?
A31663What is there in the notion of Infant Baptism that is inconsistent with the Fear of God?
A31663What then?
A31663What was the Offence?
A31663What''s all this?
A31663What''s the meaning of all this Noise about such little Children, do you think?
A31663What''s this to the purpose we are upon?
A31663What, will you not allow me to read my Masters Commission?
A31663What?
A31663What?
A31663When''t is joyn''d with an Accusative — Why pray Dr. what other case doth it any way admit?
A31663Whether he might not have spar''d all his Dutch?
A31663Whether his Anabaptist Friends at Amsterdam do practice a Right Baptism?
A31663Whether in the Administration of it, we be oblig''d to dip the Person wholly under Water?
A31663Whether this Ordinance of Baptism, as appointed by Christ, be to be administred by Dipping, Plunging, Overwhelming only, and not otherwise?
A31663Whether we may, and ought to devote our Infants to God in the Ordinance of Baptism?
A31663Whether, according to the Commission of our Lord Iesus Christ, Adult Believers only are the proper Subjects of Baptism, or their Infants also?
A31663Whether, both what Christ said and did, together with what the Apostles said and did, be the best explication of Christs Commission?
A31663Which of Mr. Chandlers propositions do you deny?
A31663Why can they not come Spiritually by Imputation, as before?
A31663Why may they not be said Imputatively to believe, as well as Imputatively to come?
A31663Why tempt ye God to put a Yoke upon the Necks of the Disciples, which neither our Fathers nor we were able to bear?
A31663Will you condemn us and not tell us why?
A31663Will you stand by the Authority of these Men in other Matters?
A31663and where''s the difficulty this wonderful Critic hath left upon us?
A31663as distinct from the Church- Militant, immediately upon his expiring is compleat, even an Infant 3 days old?
A31663did you read this in your Latin or Greek Grammar?
A31663leave out the first words, and assure the world he said, there is no God; would not this be call''d a Notorious Falshood?
A31663seeihg Doope in that Language signifies only to wash, and is us''d when they only pour on Water?
A85408& c. Yea, are not both women and children to be understood, where men only are named?
A854081, 2* even as Subjects are under the names of their Kings, and Families and Descents, under the names of their Heads?
A854081, 4?
A854083, or 4 ▪& c. would such an act as this be unlawful?
A85408And as for any competent ground otherwise to justifie the practice, hath such a thing ever seen the light of the Sun hitherto?
A85408And besides, is it not altogether irrational to imagine or think, that Faith should be required in order unto Baptism, simply for Faiths sake?
A85408Be no ways constrained, or solicited to communicate in this practice?
A85408If not, is it any ways necessary that we should believe, or ought it to be any Article of our Faith to believe, that they were baptized?
A85408If not, is not the practise of it traditional, and the product of humane discourse, as well, and as much, as the Baptizing of Infants?
A85408If so, how, or wherein doth the excess of the danger, or evil of the consequence appear?
A85408Or are such differences as these, of no authority, interest, or import, to umpire or decide the controversie depending between the two Baptisms?
A85408Or are there not many cases, wherein a man may break a Law,[ i. e. a standing Law, or a Law provided for ordinary cases] and yet be blameless?
A85408Or are there not several grounds, and these near at hand, very material and weighty, to strengthen this conjecture?
A85408Or doth not our Saviour in the Gospel justifie that action of theirs notwithstanding?
A85408Or hath the practice of admitting women to the Lords Table, any such, either precept, or example, to justifie it?
A85408Or is there any precept, which injoyns baptizing, or dipping, in the name of Christ, after a baptizing in infancy into this name?
A85408Or is there either vola or vestigium, little or much of such a practise as this to be found in the Scriptures, where they speak of Baptism?
A85408Or is there not as much difference between hot water, and cold, as is between a child, and a man?
A85408Or that God, or Christ, should enjoyn a requirement of them upon such a slender account as this?
A85408That the Apostle to the former writeth thus: Know ye not, that SO MANY OF US as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death?
A85408Whether did the Lord Christ, pointing to any river, or water, say, Vpon this water will I build my Church?
A85408or is there any such precept, as that mentioned, or example in Scripture, for the warrant of it?
A85408or profession of Faith, meerly for this Professions sake?
A85408that He was the Son of the living God, which Peter had confessed, say, Vpon this Rock will I build my Church a?
A85408that it became him to fulfil all RIGHTEOVSNES a?
A85408that there were no Beleevers unbaptized in the Apostles days,) the contrary being apparant( as may be touched hereafter?)
A85408why are they then baptized for the dead c?
A85408yea and some cases, wherein he may do it with commendation?
A665262dly, He confesseth that we have 30 Councils for Infants- Baptism; what then is become of his stout Assertion in his Treatise of Baptism?
A665263. of his Reply?
A665267, pertains not to the Carnal seed of Abraham, but to the Spiritual?
A66526And at this rate what Author can be secure from the Violence of his interpretations?
A66526And doth not Justin say it was lawful for all to receive the spiritual Circumcision, which is Baptism?
A66526And for quoting this Mr. Danvers is in a pet, and saith, I produce a spurious piece[ is the Magdeburgensian History such?]
A66526And how doth he clear himself of this?
A66526And how doth this prove Believers the only subjects of Baptism?
A66526And is it not a very great owning indeed, to say, he hath divers passages that seem to be against it?
A66526And is there any hurt in this?
A66526And truly if one were minded, how easy is it to retort upon him, and shew the vanity of his discourse in such a manner?
A66526And was it not a ridiculous reason which he gave why young men, and those who were newly married, and young widows should delay Baptism?
A66526And what do Osiander, Fuller and Bullinger say?
A66526And why may not the other expression be as well taken in a limited sense?
A66526And why may not this Council be supposed to be as inconsiderate?
A66526And why may we not suppose these Waldenses to be guilty of as much Impertinency and Nonsensicalness as the Assembly and Dr. Manton?
A66526Art thou afraid of the Seal( Mr. D''anvers will not have Baptism to be a Seal) because of the tenderness of his nature?
A66526Because there is not one wo ● d of Infants, nor of Infants- Baptism, nor its Apostolicalness: And what of that?
A66526But can Mr. Danvers find any- where in Rainerius where he positively saith, the Waldenses were against the practice of baptizing Infants?
A66526But do they say in all things?
A66526But hath he not forgotten what he speaks just before, That Cpyrian held Chrysin to be an Apostolical Tradition?
A66526But how doth M. D. prove this?
A66526But how doth Mr. Danvers make good what he affirms of Wickliff?
A66526But is not this more than Mr. Danvers can prove?
A66526But saith Mr. Danvers, Fabian hath fully hit Bede''s meaning: why?
A66526But suppose Bazil had said it, what will it amount to?
A66526But this Mr. D. likes not, and therefore, hath invented a way to reconcile the seeming difficulty( as he calls it) and what is that?
A66526But to come more closly to the matter, what express Command have we for the observation of the Christian Sabbath?
A66526But what are the weak grounds which Mr. Danvers mentions?
A66526But what can be said to that which is further urged from Bazil?
A66526But what doth this Council say against Infant- Baptism?
A66526But what makes Mr. Danvers judg otherwise as to these Britains?
A66526But what need more be said to this?
A66526But what saith Mr. Baxter in the forementioned place?
A66526But what sin have they commited?
A66526But what will he think of me now?
A66526But why should we question it?
A66526But will Mr. Danvers allow of no consequences, or are not implicit Commands obligatory?
A66526But, why should he fancy that this of Infants- Baptism, was one of those things fathered upon Cyprian?
A66526Did it not shadow forth the mortification of Sin, Regeneration, and Redemption by the blood of Christ?
A66526Do they indeed, saith he, believe the Lord''s Supper to belong in common with Baptism to all the Members of the Church?
A66526Dost thou ask me the question?
A66526Doth Mr. Danvers say, Circumcision was only a Seal to Abraham, not to Believers and their seed?
A66526Doth Mr. Danvers say, it could not be a seal to an Infant that had no faith?
A66526For now we shall want some Supreme Judg to determine, which are plain, which not; must we go to him and his party for resolution?
A66526For the Interrogation is, Must the Faithful be Sealed with Baptism?
A66526Hast thou a Child?
A66526He hath made a good beginning, hath he not?
A66526He saith, he quotes them not to prove Believers- Baptism was the only Baptism of those Centuries: Why then did he quote them?
A66526How came the Canon of the Church of Rome into Mr. Danvers''s mind, of Childrens being born of God by Regeneration?
A66526I let pass also Vice- comes, because he writes palpable lyes; how that Luther, Calvin, Beza, denyed Infants- Baptism; and why?
A66526It is not manifest that in case of death, he would have an Infant baptized?
A66526Marshal) the natural face of this Argument in a glass?
A66526Mr. D. translates it not[ so] publickly, because else it might be presently queried, how then could Guitmund tell?
A66526Mr. Wills, saith he, deals according to his wonted manner very disingenuously with me; but wherein I pray?
A66526Must the Faithful be sealed with Baptism?
A66526Nay, doth not Mr. Danvers himself tell us We admit of plain consequences?
A66526Now how doth Mr. Danvers clear himself of this?
A66526Now what shall I say to all this?
A66526Origen''s Writings( saith he) are corrupt: who denies it in some things?
A66526Tell me, I pray, and resolve the question, why are Infants baptized?
A66526That it is a meer Impertinency, and nothing to the purpose, why so?
A66526The Renovation of the Spirit, and Mortification of their Members?
A66526The sayings of those Men[ Pedobaptists] are expresly for his Opinion, though it may be[ O sad is it but a may be?]
A66526Then he comes to Infants, 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉,& c. Hast thou an Infant?
A66526Therefore, saith he, it must needs respect Infants- baptism; whether this be intended as an Argument, or a Conclusion, who can tell?
A66526To this Mr. Danvers answers p. 36. of his Reply, I do him manifest injury: How so?
A66526What if I say''t was at Carthage?
A66526What thinks Mr. Danvers of that passage of Nazianzen in his 5th Book of Theology?
A66526Where then is the manifest injury?
A66526Wherefore it should be carried through all: Art thou a young- Man?
A66526Who would not have judg''d Mr. D. by those lines a person able to command his Passion, yea a second Moses?
A66526Why, by inveighing against me Suo more, and telling the World, that I am an injurious Man, and charge on him a Falsehood of my own making; how so?
A66526Why?
A66526Will this think you do the business?
A66526Witnessing to what?
A66526You desire to know of me,( who should best know my own Opinion) whether or( how far) those things are true which they say, and cite in my name?
A66526and did they take up the practice with the Mass?
A66526and how irrational are the deductions of such an innumerable company of Doctors and learned Divines?
A66526and that against the express witness of so many worthy men, who lived a hundred years before them?
A66526and the Answer is, Faith must needs preceed and go before; and how absurd is it?
A66526and why may not this intend only the Adult as well as that above?
A66526can any man that is rational deny it?
A66526doth he not fly to rational Inference?
A66526doth he not know that omne universale continet in se particulare, every universal contains within it self the particular?
A66526doth not Dr. Owen positively assert it?
A66526hath he any other way for it than consequential Reasonings?
A66526head where the three last are his own?
A66526head, the four last lines being his own?
A66526how doth he know Baptizing is by Plunging?
A66526is any one loosed that is not bound?
A66526may we Baptize them?
A66526nor in the 4th head where the last is his own?
A66526p. 59) but do they say that none must be Baptized but such?
A66526purpose?
A66526shall I implore an Increpation from above, 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉?
A66526that he should not hold the same of Pedobaptism?
A66526was it to cast Dirt on his Witness?
A66526were then the subjects of Baptism?
A66526were they against Infant- Baptism before they declin''d?
A66526why all the sayings of the later Doctors and learned men( why not of the ancient ones too?)
A66526why then do not Infants partake of one as well as the other, since it belongs to them in Common, if Members of the Church?
A66526why then doth he call it an excellent History?
A66526will this prove that he owned no other Baptism but that of Believers in opposition to that of Infants?
A474481. of this Chapter; the Holy Apostle says thus, i. e. What shall we say then?
A4744812, 14, 39,& c. But do we reprobate our Children because we Baptise them not?
A4744812. to prove Baptism is Dipping or a figure of a burial?
A474483 saith he, know ye not that so many of us as were Baptised into Christ, were Baptized into his Death?
A474484. is not here more Covenants than one?
A4744841. proves no such, thing: What tho` the Babe leaped in the Womb of Elizabeth, doth that prove the Babe had faith or the habit of it?
A47448Again, he saith, how can any Man know they have faith, since he never saw any sign of it, neither was he told so by any that could tell?
A47448Again, he says, This deceitful Man hides the Sense and meaning of them from the World; Doth not this saviour of great malice?
A47448Alas, they want Power to do it for themselves, and how then should they do it for others?
A47448And brought them out and said, Sirs what must I do to be saved?
A47448And if this was so, how then was the way and ordinance of God in their Holy administration, one and the same in all the Churches of the Saints?
A47448And to these customs the Apostle alludes when he says, How shall we that are dead to Sin live any longer therein?
A47448And what would this Man make a new Bible, have a new rule, to tell us of things never heard of?
A47448And will any Man( says he) ye ●, will Paul ascribe all this to those that did not so much as profess the things signified?
A47448Answer, Are these Savoury expressions?
A47448Answer, Doth the Holy Ghost there refer to this change, or is Baptism a promise or a precept?
A47448Answer, Friend, may not you be found( as far as you know) to assert false things of Jesus Christ?
A47448Answer, I would know whether God is now in Covenant with Abrahams natural Seed as such; or are they not rejected?
A47448Answer, Is not the Jewish Church State dissolved, and doth not Dr. Owen tell you their Old Covenant is gone?
A47448Answer, Is this to shew your great wisdom?
A47448Answer, Must the Carnal Seed be Members of the Gospel- Church as under the Law, or is it else not a better Covenant that God has established?
A47448Answer, Sir, what reason do you give for this?
A47448Answer, Where did God expresly forbid Abraham to circumcise his Male Infants, on the 7th or 9th day, or not to circumcise Female Infants?
A47448Besides, we see they never mind nor regard their Covenant in the Case: and will not God one Day say, Who has required these things at your Hands?
A47448But Friend, how can you hold Communion with such persons who have a counterfeit Baptism?
A47448But Sir, are your Infants Church Members with you; doth the Church you belong unto consists of such as of the Adult?
A47448But are our Children a part of our selves and are we not believers without our Children?
A47448But sure, Sir, you mistake; your learning fails you: Will the food you eat feed your Wife?
A47448But which of all these shall we give credit to?
A47448Ca nt Men write upon controversible points without such bitterness, and reviling language?
A47448Can God be glorified by Man''s Disobedience, or by adding to his Word; by doing that which God hath not required?
A47448Can God be said to believe for us, or can there be faith in any subject, and yet no knowledg of the object, no nor one rational act exerted?
A47448Can a natural Church consisting of whole Parishes, Families, and Provinces, be all one with Gospel Congregational Churches of believers only?
A47448Can any of those that feed on the Flesh of Christ and drink his Blood, perish?
A47448Did ever any Man before now intimate that Baptism is the essential part of circumcision?
A47448Disprove it if you can?
A47448Do we say, the promise of the New Covenant God made to Abraham is dissolved?
A47448Doth Rantism or sprinkling bear any proportion to those great mysteries, here mentioned?
A47448Doth not that imply they went out of it?
A47448Doth she believe when you believe, because she is part of you, as here you intimate?
A47448Faith was reckoned to Abraham for Righteousness; how was it then reckoned, when he was in Circumcision, or in Uncircumcision?
A47448For''t is expresly said, Christ called that Child to him he was able to come, no doubt whom Christ called: Could an Infant do that?
A47448Friend, what Babes were they Peter Speaks of?
A47448Friend, what shall we think of you and your Papers?
A47448Hath he been as good as his word, or hath he not?
A47448How can Water, saith Mr. Charnock, an external thing, work upon the Soul physically?
A47448How can you presume to assert, that they did not go out of the House?
A47448How can you say Page 7. that they were all Baptized in his own House, when the Text speaks not any such thing?
A47448How dare Men adventure, this being so, to change Baptism from Dipping into Sprinkling, and the Subject, from an Adult Believer, to an ignorant Babe?
A47448How was it then reckoned?
A47448How will he escape, who says a Man should not Steal, if he Steals?
A47448I also ask you whether the Jewish Church that was founded upon that Old Covenant, is not gone and dissolved?
A47448I ask you whether there was no Covenant made with Abraham, that belonged to his Natural Seed as such only?
A47448I wish he knew his own Spirit and Weakness better, and not thus to admire what he hath done: Doth he think there is none can answer his Arguments?
A47448I would know since you speak only of those habits to be in Believers Infants, whether they were infused before they were born or after?
A47448If Infants as such were not included in the Covenant of Grace God made with Abraham, how can dying Infants be saved?
A47448If Infants believe they know the object of their Faith; can any believe in him, whom they know not?
A47448If any should say, why did you not cite these Assertions of Mr. B ● ● tn''s whilst he was living?
A47448If we act according to the authority of Christ in Baptism, is not our Baptism good?
A47448If we have it not here, saith Mr. Richard Baxter, where have it we?
A47448In Page 82. he saith, speaking of Mr. Collins, was there ever such Legerdemain played with the Sacred Scripture?
A47448In a Word; Can they make the Child or Children to repent and truly believe in Jesus Christ?
A47448Infants have is it their own, do they believe themselves or their Parents for them?
A47448Is here a word of the Cross, or suffering for Christ, or that we are Baptized to shew we must suffer Martyrdom with Christ?
A47448Is it not gone, are his Carnal Seed as such still in Covenant with God, or are they not with their external legal Covenant cast out?
A47448Is it not of your own making and devising?
A47448Is it safe to Scoff and make a sport when we write about Sacred things?
A47448Is it said he blessed them with spiritual blessings?
A47448Is it said they were baptized in the Jaylors House?
A47448Is not that distinction Mr. Collins speaks of, clearly laid down in these Scripture?
A47448Is nothing required say I, of Adult believers but passive Obedience?
A47448Is the Apostle speaking here of a Legal Federal Holiness?
A47448Is this to make the Holy God, a God of order, or of confusion?
A47448My Answer is, Must Infants of believers, as such, be comprehended in that Covenant, God made with Abraham, or else can they not be saved?
A47448No saving our Baptism and Churches from sinking to the bottom, which he hath so furiously attacked?
A47448Now can any of these things concern, or belong to Abraham ● Spiritual Seed, as such, that is, do they concern us Gentiles who do believe?
A47448Now can this be a Truth, since Christ who was more faithful than Moses, and delivered every thing plainly from the Father?
A47448Now will you say, if the Face or Head only of a Dead Corps was covered with Earth, and not the whole Body, that the Corps was buried?
A47448Or do we say, those Jews that believed or their Elect Infants were cast out of the Covenant of Grace?
A47448Or, that a Man should not commit Adultery, if he commits Adultery?
A47448Our Saviour shews the danger of rash Judgment; and what have ● e to do to judge our Fellow Servant, much less Churches?
A47448Page of your Book?
A47448Question, What is an Instituted Church of the Gospel?
A47448Sir, What think you now of two Covenants, and of a Covenant of peculiarity with Abraham''s Carnal Seed?
A47448Sir, why did you not answer these arguments?
A47448Such we grant are not true Ministers; but doth not he, think you, refer to such who were not trained up in School Learning?
A47448That we impose those Doctrins upon the People: Dare you falsly charge and condemn the innocent?
A47448Then I hope you will only have Elect Infants to be Baptised, and how do you know which they are, since they can make no confession of Faith?
A47448These in plain words are not forbid, are they therefore lawful?
A47448This being so, to what purpose do you make such a stir about the word Everlasting?
A47448To this Mr. Shute says, pray where do you find this distinction concerning the everlasting Covenant God made with Abraham, and his Seed?
A47448Was God the God of all Abrahams Carnal Seed as such; by way of special interest?
A47448Was it from the pain that circumcision put the Infants to, that the Apostle calls it a Yoke, that neither they nor their Fathers could bear?
A47448What Enemy could reproach us worse?
A47448What Text can be wronged worse?
A47448What can not God do?
A47448What could Goliah of Gath, or proud Rabshaketh say more?
A47448What difference is there between Baptisma( Greek) and Baptism?
A47448What is become now of your everlasting Covenant, God made with all the People of Israel or natural Seed of Abraham?
A47448What is required of Persons to be baptized?
A47448What of this?
A47448What reason hath he also to affirm, that none believed but the Jaylor himself?
A47448What, a Church under the Law and not a legal Church?
A47448When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision?
A47448Where are you now with your humane invented, Lame, Decrepit Salvation,& c. Are not these Unchristian Reflections?
A47448Where did Christ forbid Infants of Believers, the Lords Supper?
A47448Where hath Christ forbid Baptizing of Turks, and Insidels, or the Children of unbelievers?
A47448Where is crossing in Baptism forbid, or Popists Salt Spittle, or Crisom or other Popish rites?
A47448Whether Children are in the Covenant of Grace, absolutely or conditionally?
A47448Whether in matters of meer positive right, such as Baptism is, we ought not to keep expresly and punctually to the revealed will of the Lawgiver?
A47448Whether our Baptism be a Truth of Christ, or a Counterfeit, will appear in our Answer; but why are we no Churches?
A47448Whether that can be an ordinance of Christ to which there is neither precept nor example?
A47448Why did this Man leave the Church of England?
A47448Why do we say that Irrational creatures are not fit Soil for the Seed of the word?
A47448Would you not have us give the true sense of the Word wherein we concur with all learned Men?
A47448Yet what is this to the Infants of Believers, as such?
A47448You confess he did not Baptize them; did he them give them habitual Faith for that blessing you plead for to be in Infants?
A47448You might have added many other Places of Scripture, where we read of Sprinkling: But what would it signify?
A47448and whether Circumcision did not belong to that Covenant, and so a Covenant of Peculiarity?
A47448are there any Acts precedent ▪ concomitant or consequent to this pretended habit?
A47448but since you know so well, pray what spiritual blessings were they?
A47448can a few drops on the Face represent that; or what representation is there in that of a Resurrection?
A47448did not God take away the first, that he might establish the second?
A47448doth not the Apostle exclude the Carnal Seed of Abraham as such; from being included in the Covenant of Grace?
A47448doth that figure o ● hold forth the burial of Christ, or that of the old Man?
A47448dying Infants in; differing in any point or part of it, from that wherein he saves Adult believers?
A47448have you any ground to run that parallel from any Text of Scripture?
A47448himself?
A47448how saith he, could this token of the Covenant be everlasting, if the Essence thereof was dissolved upon the coming in of the Gospel?
A47448how then could this be the unchangeable Covenant of Grace?
A47448how then were any dying Infants saved before Abraham''s days, or before the Covenant was made with him?
A47448i. e. in which Gentile believers, and their Seed were no ways concerned; was not Christ to come only of Abraham and his Seed, according to the flesh?
A47448if so what doth your arguing prove, nor is there a new Gospel national Church like the Church of the Jews instituted in the room of the old?
A47448if you should, would you not be laught at?
A47448is it not because they have no understanding?
A47448is that Branch of our Baptism a counterfeit also?
A47448is that in our power?
A47448is this the Spirit of Jesus Christ?
A47448know you not, that so many of us who were Baptized into Christ were Baptized into his Death, both in sign and signification?
A47448of Grace, yet how do you prove God doth regenerate Infants in the Womb or Cradle?
A47448or can Baptism bring into, or cast out of Gods election?
A47448or was it not rather because it lay them under an obligation to keep the whole Law?
A47448or will your Faith serve her?
A47448the Blessings of the Covenant of Grace made with the Root Abraham; but what is this to our Carnal Seed as such?
A47448the Old House and Old legal Right of Church- membership is overturned and r ● oted out for ever?
A47448tho''''t is thus in the Adult, must this Spirit of Faith or the Habit of Faith be therefore in Infants of Relievers also?
A47448what Covenant is that which the Apostle says, is took away and difanulled?
A47448where do you find any command for the Infant Seed of believers, to stay till they are Adult, to be Baptized?
A47448● ● y, ● ● w 〈 ◊ 〉 on know but that all Infants dying in Infancy may be elected?
A77497( saith the Anabaptist) what warrant hath it for it?
A77497( saith the Minister) I doe beleeve( saith the party) Dost thou renounce the Devill and his pompes?
A7749720.?
A77497Abrenuncias?
A77497All this while wee doe not read that Christ Baptized these Infants?
A77497And can not God as well make it good unto our children without this Sacrament?
A77497And did he shew such affection to them?
A77497And hath Christ thus honoured some of this tender age ▪ What shall new bee done to them, whom the King of Heaven delighteth to honour?
A77497And how could Christ have expressed greater affection to these babes then he did?
A77497And shall not grace doe it much more?
A77497And to whom did they bring them?
A77497And what Gospel should they preach?
A77497And what are they?
A77497And what could hee have done more for them?
A77497And what is it that so prevailes with them for the sucking in of this errour?
A77497And what lesse doth the Anabaptist in cutting off Infants from communion with Christ and his Church?
A77497And what rigour?
A77497And what see we here?
A77497And what?
A77497And wherefore displeased?
A77497And wherefore else should he give so strict a charge concerning them, that they should have free accesse unto him?
A77497And wherefore should Satan have such an evill eye at them?
A77497And wherfore of him?
A77497And who can do this but the Saviour of the world, the Lord Christ?
A77497And who were these poore Innocents?
A77497And who were they?
A77497And whom did they bring?
A77497And why not as capable of the one Sacrament, as of the other?
A77497And why not the other?
A77497And why not?
A77497And why?
A77497Answering to it?
A77497Are there not others of an implacable spirit?
A77497Are there not some amongst us, who care not what wrong, what injury they do to others, so they may but benefit and advantage themselves?
A77497Are there not some whose hearts are full fraught with rancour, malice, envy?
A77497Are we such?
A77497As little children?
A77497Being once offended, once provoked, they will never be reconciled; never forgive, much lesse forget injuries?
A77497Besides this( in the third place) who knoweth how, and in what way God may be pleased to concur, and worke together with his Ordinance?
A77497Besides this, I told you of a Ceremoniall Reason: Infants were not to be circumcised before the eight day: Why?
A77497But all this while, what is this to the purpose in hand?
A77497But by whom?
A77497But do we thus resemble them?
A77497But hath Grace made no difference?
A77497But how can Infants, have any interest in Christ, or receive any benefit by him, when as they can not come unto him?
A77497But how can this be( saith the Anabaptist) seeing that Infants doe not actually believe?
A77497But how commeth this Covenant to be transmitted from the parent to the childe?
A77497But how did they know, that that marke was given them for any such religious end, and purpose?
A77497But how prove they what they say?
A77497But how shall children afterwards know that they are made partakers of this Ordinance?
A77497But the question may be touching the reason of it; why God would have it so?
A77497But what holinesse then is it that that the Apostle here meanes?
A77497But what if I should be deceived herein?
A77497But what if the childe dye in the meane time?
A77497But what if the other Parent, the Mother be unwilling withall, not willing the childe should bee Baptized?
A77497But what if they doe come, and come willingly, offering, and tendering themselves to visible communion with Christ?
A77497But what is here meant by their Children?
A77497But what needeth this?
A77497But what outward Holinesse is it?
A77497But what qualities are these?
A77497But what say we then to the Argument?
A77497But what shall or what can the Parent do to bring the Childe under the Promise?
A77497But what then( it may be said) are all Infants of beleeving parents in Covenant?
A77497But what then, must men be forced to come unto Christ?
A77497But what was, or is this Confirmation?
A77497But which way shall this be done?
A77497But( saith the Anabaptist) what is all this to the point in hand?
A77497But( secondly) how can it be proved that Infants did eat the Passeover?
A77497But, alas, is it not far otherwise with some amongst us?
A77497Confirmation rightly administred and used?
A77497Confirmation what?
A77497Demanding of the Adversaries, what benefit Infants under the Old Testament had by Circumcision?
A77497Dost thou beleeve?
A77497Doth hee avow, and conferre the thing signified, who shall then deny them the signe?
A77497Doth hee invite them to communion with himselfe ▪ Who shall keepe them backe, by debarring them of the meanes of that communion?
A77497Even thus saith the Anabaptist, what should children be brought to Baptisme?
A77497For this Scripture is expresse: when the Eunuch put the question to Philip,[ See here is water ▪ what doth hinder me to be baptised?]
A77497For wherein lyeth the honour of a Prince more than in the multitude of Subjects?
A77497Gods time, I, but when is that?
A77497Here then the great Question now falls in: Who they are that in the judgement of charity are to bee thought to be within the Covenant?
A77497Herein how injurious are they to the Kingdome of Christ?
A77497Herein what doe they but as much as in them lyeth, debar them from comming unto Christ?
A77497How did the Israelites know that theirs was given them with such an intent?
A77497How many well- meaning soules are there every where, that bottome their faith upon the wisedome, or upon the piety and holinesse of men?
A77497How prove we that?
A77497How shall I build my faith upon it?
A77497How shall Parents bring their children unto Christ?
A77497How shall this be?
A77497How so?
A77497How so?
A77497How so?
A77497How so?
A77497How then can they be said to have any interest in Christ, or receive any benefit by him?
A77497How then dare any shew such dis- affection towards them, as to shut them out of the Church, whether triumphant, or militant?
A77497How?
A77497How?
A77497I, but quo jure?
A77497If it should, the evidence is clear ● ▪ wherefore else were they circumcised?
A77497In denying Baptisme unto Infants, what doe Anabaptists lesse than the Disciples here did?
A77497In this to receive the Kingdome of God as little children?
A77497Infants are not subjects capable of any benefit by baptisme, and therefore why should they be baptized?
A77497Infants eat the Passeover, why not then the Lords Supper, as well as be baptized, because they were circumcised?
A77497Is it so that we have done the like for our Infants?
A77497Is it transmitted by the way of naturall generation?
A77497Is not the promise it selfe sufficient?
A77497Is there yet no difference?
A77497Let it be demanded of them, what expresse precept do they finde there for the observation of a Christian Sabbath?
A77497Meere naturall men how contented doe wee finde them oftentimes in their meane conditions?
A77497No difference?
A77497Now in this case what should the husband doe?
A77497Now of which of these shall we understand our Saviour here in the Text?
A77497Now to keep them from coming unto Christ, what a dimunition was it to his Kingdome?
A77497Now what is this but to prejudice their children against that way, wherein they would have them to walke?
A77497Out of envie?
A77497Q. Holy?
A77497Quid tibi?
A77497Sanctifie them?
A77497Secondly, But so have not others, why then should they lay on hands?
A77497Seventhly, Againe, children being wronged and injured by others, what are their weapons?
A77497Shall we presently hearken unto them?
A77497So as if it hold in the one, why not in the other?
A77497That Infants should be in Covenant under the New Testament, because they were so under the old, it followeth not( say they;) why?
A77497The Question is, Who they are that may and ought to be baptized?
A77497These are their reasonings; and are they not( for substance) the very same with the supposed reasonings of the disciples here in the text?
A77497They can not lay hold upon Christ by faith; how then shall they receive any benefit by him?
A77497They would not have the Infants brought unto Christ, Why?
A77497This promise( say they) it belonged to them, and their children, and to those a far off, but how?
A77497Those which were a far off; But who were they?
A77497Those who are thus baptized in their Infancy, how shall they know, and be assured that they are baptized?
A77497Time convenient; when is that?
A77497To grant all, what advantage can hence be taken?
A77497To have communion with him in his Ordinances, though against, or without, their wils?
A77497To what purpose else should this subsequent act serve?
A77497True, but how?
A77497Were they unwilling that these Infants should receive any benefit from Christ?
A77497What Kingdome?
A77497What are they who( as much as in them lyeth) offer them up unto S ● ● ● ●?
A77497What did they it out of malice?
A77497What else( in the first place) meanes that of the Apostle St. Peter in that knowne place?
A77497What if a man should believe that he is baptized when he is not?
A77497What if an Hebrew childe dyed before the eight day?
A77497What if the mother bee unwilling?
A77497What is here meant by the latter of these?
A77497What is it then to cut off a lambe from the bodie of Christ?
A77497What is this but a dismembring of the bodie of Christ?
A77497What is this, but even( as it were) to pull Infants out of the armes of Jesus Christ?
A77497What must aged persons( according to Nicodemus his conceite of the doctrine of Regeneration) repuerascere, turne children againe?
A77497What see we here?
A77497What see we here?
A77497What then shall become of Infants ▪ may they not be baptized, and so must be damned?
A77497What then shall become of Infants, and sicke, and impotent persons?
A77497What then( saith the Anabaptist) was Circumcision a type of Baptisme?
A77497What then?
A77497What then?
A77497What then?
A77497What then?
A77497What unwarrantable, uncharitable, and unchristian rigour is this?
A77497Whence is it?
A77497Wherefore else should Christ call them unto himselfe?
A77497Wherein must Christians be like unto children?
A77497Wherein then?
A77497Whether Infants of beleeving parents be in Covenant or no?
A77497Whether children of the holiest parents, and in the purest Churches, may and ought to be baptized in their infancie?
A77497Whether necessary, or no, it is made a question?
A77497Whetherthen can poore necessitous creatures repaire better than unto Christ?
A77497Who is there that knoweth the way of his own naturall birth?
A77497Who shall abide in thy Tabernacle, who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
A77497Who then?
A77497Who then?
A77497Who were those a far off?
A77497Why no later?
A77497Why no later?
A77497Why no sooner?
A77497Why not?
A77497Why the eight day?
A77497Why?
A77497Will our Adversaries say the same of the children of Infidels and Pagans, that they are Holy?
A77497Without guile in their words?
A77497Witnesses to what?
A77497[ All that the Father giveth me, shall come unto me,& c.] Now, what is it to come unto Christ?
A77497[ And seekest thou great things for thy selfe?
A77497[ Behold the dayes come( saith the Lord) that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel,& c.] What Covenant?
A77497[ Did not he make one?
A77497[ Who maketh thee to differ from another?
A77497[ Who shall ascend into thy Hill?
A77497[: If any man l ● ● k wisdome, let him aske it of God ▪( saith St. James;) why?
A77497and born such?
A77497are they now to be received, admitted to the Ordinances?
A77497as it is possible I may be?
A77497but how holy?
A77497day?
A77497debar them from union and communion with him?
A77497how the body is framed and fashioned in the wombe?
A77497how, and when the soule commeth to be infused into it?
A77497is it not hereby damni ● ied or endangered?
A77497must they be starved?
A77497or for any?
A77497or what shall they doe to this end?
A77497the doctrine of Church- Discipline, Church Officers, Church- government,& c. what shall we call or count strong meat?
A77497their hearts, hands, tongues full of guile, full of deceitfulnesse, full of hypocrisie?
A77497to all that are in Covenant, Infants as well as others, what needeth any new order in this particular?
A77497what are all the Infants of beleeving parents inwardly inherently holy, truly sanctified by the Grace and Spirit of Christ?
A77497what doth it run along with the blood?
A77497what either precept or president doe they meet with for womens receiving of the Lords Supper?
A77497what maketh this for P ● d ● baptisme, the baptisme of Infants?
A77497what was it that hee tooke so ill at their hands?
A77497why he chooseth out that time, that day?
A77497why no later?
A77497why no sooner?
A77497why not the next moneth, the next yeare?
A4760216. he or she?
A47602Alas, they want Power to do it for themselves, and how then should they do it for others?
A47602Also why did Christ make Disciples first, and then baptize them?
A47602And a damning Sin?
A47602And also to say, I Baptize thee in the Name,& c. when indeed he doth not Baptize, but only Rantize the Child?
A47602And because they baptized Proselytes both Men, Women and Children, must Christians do so too?
A47602And doth 〈 … 〉 open a Door to other innovations?
A47602And if it was a human Jewish Tradition, what is become of one of the great Sacraments of the New Testament?
A47602And if some Additions were made to the old Custom, why might there not be some Diminutions also?
A47602And is not Faith turned there into Vision?
A47602And whether to allow the Church a Power to make such Alterations, be not dangerous?
A47602And will any Man( says he) yea, will Paul ascribe all this to 〈 ◊ 〉 that did no ● so much as profess the thing ● 〈 ◊ 〉?
A47602Are not the Papists Pedobaptists, and some of the first and chief Assertors of it, and what an erronious Crew are they?
A47602Besides, we see they never mind nor regard their Covenant in the Case: and will not God one Day say, Who has required these things at your Hands?
A47602But how dare you 〈 … 〉, the Church hath power to dispense 〈 … 〉 Dipping ▪ and change it into Sprinkling?
A47602But is it so indeed?
A47602But why do you say this is a circumstantial Thing?
A47602Can God be glorified by Man''s Disobedience, or by adding to his Word; by doing that which God hath not required?
A47602Can an Infant sent into a 〈 … 〉 be more confident for Christ 〈 … 〉 when he comes to be a Man, than ● ● ● e had not been baptized?
A47602Can any outward Act bring or introduce People either young or old into the Covenant of Grace, if they are brought thereby into the Covenant of Grace?
A47602Did not Moses make every Law, Precept or Command plain, that he that runs might read it?
A47602Did you never read of the Figure Sylepsis, or Conceptio, that comprehends the less worthy under the more worthy, indignioris sub dign ● ore?
A47602Do you not herein implicitly confess that Custom amongst the Jews was humane?
A47602Do you not intimate it was not instituted anew, but rather a Custom continued?
A47602Doth Baptism, Sirs, make either Children or others Disciples?
A47602Doth Sprinkling represent a Burial?
A47602Doth not the Apostle say, we shall behold Face to Face; and the pure in Heart shall see God?
A47602Doth not the Church of England say, that Baptism is the outward Sign of an inward spiritual Grace?
A47602Eleventhly; You ask whether Children have not as much right to their Baptism as that of Adult Females?
A47602Ergo, Infants ought not to be baptized ▪ If any should say, Why did you not cite these Assertions of Mr. Ba ● ter''s whilst he was living?
A47602For, as Mr. Baxter saith, If we have it not here, where have we it?
A47602Furthermore; because Believers are made holy by the Operations of the Spirit, are all their Children made holy in like manner also?
A47602Have not we shewed that the proper Antitype of Circumcision in the Flesh is that of the Heart?
A47602Have you proved that Custom among them was Jure Divino?
A47602How can Water, saith Mr. Charnock, an external thing, work upon the Soul physically?
A47602How dare Men adventure, this being so, to change Baptism from Dipping into Sprinkling, and the Subject, from an Adult Believer, to an ignorant Babe?
A47602I ask you, whether a Man may not be made a Disciple, and not be Baptized, or, be Baptized, and yet not be discipled?
A47602I query, whether this be good Divinity, not rather a strange Doctrine?
A47602If Children be saved whether baptized or not, what signifies Baptism?
A47602If so, I query, Whether Circumcision was an Ordinance that appertained to the Covenant of Grace, and was the Seal of it?
A47602If you should, whither would this ● ead you?
A47602In a Word; Can they make the Child or Children to repent and truly believe in Jesus Christ?
A47602Is it Wisdom in you in such a corrupt Age as this is, to lay down such Assertions?
A47602Is it not said, This Sect is every- where spoken against?
A47602Is not Faith the Evidence of Things not seen, and the Substance of Things hoped for?
A47602More, a Papist, was glad he had not proselyted Persons to his youthful Errors; must we therefore be afraid to promulgate a positive Truth of Christ?
A47602Moreover, how can they come to the knowledg of spiritual Things by Sense?
A47602Nay, and what Arguments do you bring to prove they thereby are introduced into the Covenant of Grace?
A47602Now can this be a Truth, since Christ who was more faithful than Moses, and delivered every thing plainly from the Father?
A47602Or, hath the Gospel- Church a greater dispensing Power in such Cases, than the Church had under the Law?
A47602Pray what Precept of the Mosaical Law lay so dark or obscure, that it could not be proved without Consequences?
A47602Pray, what an assurance can that give them of the Favour of God, unless he had appointed it, and imparted some spiritual Grace thereby to them?
A47602Pray, what was the Doctrine he preach''d?
A47602Shall that be such a sight that Moses had whilst on Earth?
A47602Sixthly; To what purpose do you mention Jairus''s Daughter?
A47602Tenthly; What signifies what some of the Ancient Fathers believed, i. e. That Federal Holiness of Parents made Children Candidates for Baptism?
A47602The Baptism of John, whether is it from Heaven, or of Men?
A47602The first Question you pretend to answer is this, i. e. Whether Baptism( as it is commonly taught) is the proper and natural Antitype of Circumcision?
A47602To contemn this Order, saith he, is to contemn the Rules of Order, for where can we find it if not here?
A47602Unless a Man be bor ● again; the Woman is included; or, have Women no Souls?
A47602Was it in being long before, and yet not instituted or appointed by Jehovah?
A47602Was it necessary then, that a human Tradition of the Jews should be continued?
A47602Was not Nadab and Abihu''s Transgression, and that of Uzzah''s, more like Circumstantials than this is?
A47602We grant they may have Faith hereafter; what tho?
A47602Were those Stories true of him and others?
A47602What is it they have not received in Heaven, which they trust in God for?
A47602What is required of Persons to be baptized?
A47602What kind of poisonous Stuff is this you trouble the World with?
A47602What think you of those that die in Infancy unbaptized?
A47602Where do you read of it?
A47602Whether Infant- Baptism is to be found in the Scripture?
A47602Whether have Children Faith or no, since Faith and Repentance are Prerequisites to Baptism?
A47602Whether the Church hath a good Warrant that will justify her before God, in changing the Mode from Dipping to Sprinkling?
A47602Whether the Faith of the Parent, or Gossip on the Child''s behalf, be required of God, or will be imputed to the Child by God?
A47602Who gave her such Power?
A47602Who to ● ● you so?
A47602Why Sprinkling, and not Dipping?
A47602Why do you attempt to blind the Eyes of the unwary Reader?
A47602Why was not Christ baptized before he was thirty Years old?
A47602Will you assert and stand by it, that Baptism was a Jewish Custom, and so no pure Gospel- Institution?
A47602Would it be proper to say, He sprinkled them into Jordan?
A47602You ask what Priviledg the Children of Believers have above Unbelievers?
A47602You would think it hard, if I should ask you what sort they were that Ralph Wallis used to expose, and fill his Carts with?
A47602and whether that Alteration doth so well answer the Design of the Holy God, as that Ceremony which himself appointed?
A47602are there any Acts precedent, concomitant or consequent to this pretended Habit?
A47602are they by this Habit so much as disposed to an actual Belief without a new Master?
A47602as for Example, ● uid tu& soror facitis, 〈 … 〉& mater miseri; perimus ● ● ●& uxor qui ad ● ● stis testes estote?
A47602doth it therefore contain the other two?
A47602for''t is no where said, she that believeth, and is baptized; where have we one Instance of Female- Baptism?
A47602have you found it out?
A47602how can they prove it?
A47602how often is that Word mentioned in other Places, to signify any manner of coming to?
A47602or could it be in the Commission, and yet the Apostlet never to mention it, but contrariwise, require Faith ● ● ● all they admitted to Baptism?
A47602or on the Church of the Coritthians, because if the incestuous Person?
A47602or, if so, that it remained and was continued by Christ?
A47602was it not Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins?
A47602what Revelation or Reason teaches any such thing?
A47602what doth there appear in Signification?
A47602when was thi ● ● ● aginary Faith infused into them?
A47602will this do your business?
A47602— are there not some bad Men of every Perswasion as well as good?
A47602〈 ◊ 〉 if they believe and repent, shall they not have the same Blessings& Priviledges of the Covenant also?
A62861& c. But to whom is it apparent?
A62861& c. teaching that infants of believers are ordinarily holy, and admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven, though dying unbaptized?
A62861( saith he) what ridiculous arguing is this?
A6286110. why tempt ye God to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our Fathers nor we were able to bear?
A6286115. that all Idolaters shall be without?
A6286116. the expression 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, For how knowest thou?
A6286119. they were to proceed according to the Commission about circumcising?
A628612. propounded this as a Catechism question to certain Disciples at Ephesus, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
A6286122, 23,& c. What is that which he saith appears?
A6286127. will ye be his disciples?
A6286135. were not the parents reputed in Gods account baptized because the children were against it?
A6286141.?
A6286174 asks who those be?
A6286176?
A628618. good, after other arguments against non- residence?
A62861All the creatures in the world may be Emblems of some good; and must they therefore permit the bringing of all to Christ?
A62861And could they know of Christs private intents and designs?
A62861And do you not see it fulfilled before your eys?
A62861And have they onely a right to this relation?
A62861And how could it be their fault to hinder people from bringing infants to Christ, if they might not know that they ought to be admitted?
A62861And if all of them be abrogated, how can it be true that the law about circumcising Infants still binds?
A62861And if you open this Gap, what a multitude of fopperies will rush in?
A62861And is it not then to tautologize to say, when it pleased God, that I should preach the Son of God to others that I might preach the Gospel?
A62861And is not here enough to satisfie us yet, that he doth not cast all infants in the world out of his visible Kingdom or Church?
A62861And is not that to give them the relation it self?
A62861And should it not be so in baptism also?
A62861And that I meant other humble ones, and not these?
A62861And that the method of preaching to us Gentiles must be fetch out of this place?
A62861And to his question, Are infants the Kings Subjects or servants in a passive sense onely?
A62861And to say that God commands Sacraments to seal the Covenant, what is this but to say that God commands himself?
A62861And was it not them that he bid should be suffered to come( that is to be brought) and was it not them that he blessed?
A62861And what a multitude of Ceremonies will this admit into the Church, to the burthening of mens consciences, and the polluting of Gods worship?
A62861And what if they can not at first learn to know Christ?
A62861And what was that yoke?
A62861And when a man hired a Philosopher to teach him and all his children, were they not all then Disciples of that Philosopher?
A62861And whom would they have perswaded thus to be circumcised?
A62861And why doth not Mr. Sidenham take the whole nation into a Church, when the whole nation was taken in formerly in Abrahams posterity?
A62861And why not by smiles, and kisses and whipping?
A62861And why not then to servants, and wives, and friends?
A62861And will he say that the Parents are onely passive servants?
A62861And yet dare you boast so confidently of your prepared confutation?
A62861Are Infants the Kings Subjects or Servants in a passive sense onely?
A62861Are not they of the houshold?
A62861Are the Heavens Gods servants, because he brought them out of Egypt, and separated them to himself as a peculiar People?
A62861Are the Heavens onely passive servants of God?
A62861As for Dr. Homes his question, Is any Anabaptist sure there were no infants in these families?
A62861As for Mr. Ms. frivolous question, Were not the infants of the Jews devoted to God by Circumcision, though they could not actually devote themselves?
A62861As for the question may they not be so called as destinated to his service for the future?
A62861Besides this contingent event here was uncertain as appears v. 16. what knowest thou?
A62861Besides, what sense is there in these words[ some of the nations of the heathen]?
A62861But at what age they are to be admitted members?
A62861But dare Mr. M. in good earnest say that John Baptist did admit persons to Baptism that were not in a state of repentance?
A62861But he adds, And doth not this plainly tell us, that the parents faith is the condition?
A62861But is this an express prohibition of it?
A62861But saith he, How have the believing Jews lost this privilege or Proselytes of the Gentiles?
A62861But saith he, or is it not evidently reducible to one of the former?
A62861But was Mr. T. of this minde when he wrote these words?
A62861But what kindness had this been to a little childe in age as an infant, that travayls not?
A62861But what saith Mr. T. against this?
A62861But what then?
A62861But where doth Mr. B. find this admission so fully determined in the old Testament?
A62861Can preaching the Gospel be fitly sayd to be the end or consequent of preaching the Son of God which is all one with preaching the Gospel?
A62861Did Mr. Blake?
A62861Did ever any wise man command to men that man should be a reasonable living body, or whitenesse a visible quality, or fatherhood a relation?
A62861Did he take any but infants into his arms?
A62861Did you over hear me talk of such a thing?
A62861Do not you care to smite through Christianity, so you may bring down infant- baptism?
A62861Doth he think they that deny infants to be Disciples allow brutes to be Disciples?
A62861Doth it follow that they are servants in the same sense, when the action is so unlike?
A62861Doth not Christ say, The Angel of the Church of Pergamus dwelt where Satans throne was?
A62861Doth not God bid his Apostles baptize those that were Disciples without distinguishing?
A62861Doth not God call them his servants himself?
A62861Esau was the childe of Isaac a believer, Ishmael of Abraham, yet neither entered into the Covenant of grace, neither justified by the parents faith?
A62861For how can that make a binding rule to us about another meer positive Rite without any other Institution, which it self is abrogated?
A62861For what do Papists persecute us for else, but because we reject their justification by works?
A62861For what is it to put Doctrine on any but to Teach him?
A62861For what is it to reveal his Son by him or through him to others, but to preach the Gospel to them?
A62861For what is the receiving?
A62861For what knowest thou O Wife whether thou shalt save thy Husband?
A62861For would Christ have blessed so a Sheep or Dove?
A62861Hath he a good wit now or a bad minde, that can raise a dust for the darkning of so express and plain a Text?
A62861How did the Disciples hinder Christs design?
A62861How doth Mr. Blake prove that it was called The Land of Immanuel, because the whole of the nation was in Covenant?
A62861How i ● one made a disciple, but by conversion?
A62861How silent is the N. T. concerning Christian magistracy?
A62861How silent is the New Testament concerning a Christian Magistracy?
A62861I demand of Mr. T. whether the Apostle speaks in the person of Christians or in the person of women?
A62861I might easily do) that the Heavens are Gods servants actively, and Christ also is called his servant actively?
A62861If Mr. B. should prove in like manner infants to be believers, what need the respondent shew any other cause than this, that they have not faith?
A62861If any ask whether a national covenant or a covenant of parents for children be now allowable?
A62861If it was to be so at first gathering of churches, why did not those in New England observe it then when they first gathered their churches?
A62861If par ratio will not serve turn to prove an ordinance of Christ, or at least to warrant a practice, how will our brethren prove baptizing of infants?
A62861If the parent be not a believer, the childe is left out: And what other condition can be imagined?
A62861If this were no fault in them, why should Christ be displeased, and much displeased at it?
A62861Is it not God that giveth them right to this relation?
A62861Is it not common to call the whole nation of the Turks both old and young by the name of Mahometans, or Disciples of Mahomet?
A62861Is it not enough that it was expresly decreed against, v. 24.?
A62861Is it the Commission of circumcising Gen. 17?
A62861Is it the same use that God maketh of both?
A62861Is it therefore in the same sense?
A62861Is not this the door that the body of Popish trash came in at?
A62861Is not this to make the same act and the same persons not the same, which is a contradiction?
A62861Is that good Philosophy?
A62861It is somewhat indeed that they can learn to kiss the mother, stroke her breasts,& c. but what''s this to make them Disciples of Christ?
A62861May I not make this a third Argument of it self?
A62861May I not take up the Poets words, Tantaene animis coelestibus irae?
A62861Mr. B. goeth on thus, So that if you ask me, whether it be certain or onely probable, that infants are members of the visible Church?
A62861Mr. B. himself, when in the next words[ And whom would they perswade to be circumcised?]
A62861Mr. M. himself paraphaseth thus, will ye be his disciples, will ye profess him?
A62861Must these usages of theirs be a patern to Christians?
A62861Must you not be compelled to go by a consequence to bring it in, which is ab I contend for?
A62861Now I demand of this pretended interpretation, whether it be possible Saint Pauls argument should conclude in this sense?
A62861Now is any man so sensless as to think they did these things to infants?
A62861Or how knowest thou O Husband whether thou shalt save thy Wife?
A62861Or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy Wife?
A62861Philip resolved the Eunuch demanding, What hindereth me to be baptised?
A62861Quis enim credat?
A62861Sacramentum institui et Ceremoniam non determinari?
A62861Saith Mr. B. Doth Christ say, To such as them in this or that respect onely, and not to them,( or saith he) not in general, To such?
A62861Saith Mr. B. Hath not God prevented all these Cavils by joyning Parents and Children together in the same title?
A62861Saith he, And where Mr. T. saith, It was not from any knowledg they had of their present visible title; I answer, Who said it was?
A62861Saith he, What if the Earth and Infants were both called Gods Servants onely in a passive sense, because God maketh use of them?
A62861Shall we say it were in no other sense than the Earth is so called?
A62861T is true, the main question is, whether infants are to be baptized?
A62861The main question is not, by what sign members are to be admitted into the Church?
A62861The second rule( he saies) overthrows all, for if we may not rest solely on the analogy, why at all?
A62861The third likewise saith he, is uncertain and vain; For how shall we know when the analogy holds full proportion?
A62861The unbelieving Husband hath been sanctified in the Wife, thus, For what knowest thou O Wife whether thou shalt save thy Husband?
A62861They are thy Servants; Are they therefore Disciples?
A62861To w th he replies in his Praefestinantis morator, What not yet?
A62861To what he saith, Will you allow of such an argument for infant- baptism as Christ brings for the Resurrection?
A62861To which I answer no, but what then?
A62861To which I replied, As if Gods dictum were not factum: if they were not cast out, why doth the Apostle allege that Text?
A62861Was it any other than the discovery of his mercy to the species of infants, and to those among others?
A62861Was it not plainly them that he did bid them receive( in the former Chapter) and was it not them that he would not have to be kept from him?
A62861Were ye baptized into the name of Paul?
A62861What Design was it that Christ had in hand?
A62861What are the heathen but the nations?
A62861What doth Mr. B. mean by this?
A62861What if Christ were called Gods servant for his suffering?
A62861What need any man assigne any cause at all why infants are not Disciples, but because the term[ Disciple] agrees not to them?
A62861What reason can he give why they may not be called Disciples in a passive sense as well as servants?
A62861Where find you a Christian in the New Testament that exercised the place of a king, a Parliament man, or Justice of Peace, or the like?
A62861Where is that distinction in the command?
A62861Whereto I reply, he may as well deny the Snow to be white, as deny it: Can any put Doctrine but on Persons that can be taught?
A62861Who dare say that this Synod did not decree against Circumcision and keeping the Law?
A62861Who dare say that this Synod did not decree against the command, doctrine, obligation, necessity, opinion of Circumcision, and and keeping the Law?
A62861Who dare think that the word[ to such] is not rather inclusive as to them than exclusive?
A62861Who denies it?
A62861Why doth he gather his Church with such choice distinguishing some from others?
A62861Why may they not be called Servants from the meer interest of Dominion that God hath to them?
A62861Will Mr. B. charge the Spirit of God with needless committing so many histories, sayings of Christ& c. to writing, because they were written before?
A62861Will any say that it was not infants in the former Text and this that Christ speaks of?
A62861Would Iohn admit manifest impenitents?
A62861Yea from manna and the rock to the Lords Table?
A62861Yea, if the analogy direct in the nature, use and extent of an instituted worship, what doth it else but make a new worship?
A62861and authority over them?
A62861and that they were not reputed of God to be baptized, because there is no mention of their childrens baptism?
A62861and the Argument that hardneth them in it, and hindereth their reformation to this day?
A62861and when is a man converted, but when he is brought to believe?
A62861and when, either sleeping or waking?
A62861and why?
A62861and why?
A62861and yet still call for Scripture proof?
A62861but because there was enough said of them in the old?
A62861but that it is his will they should be admitted?
A62861by calling on the name of the Lord, which is a work of their own: Do they therein turn the name of the glorious God into a Creature?
A62861even to such as he took in his arms and blessed?
A62861implies, thou canst not tell whether thou shalt save thy husband?
A62861nor the uncircumcised males in the wilderness?
A62861now this is as fully determined in the old Testament, as most things in the Bible, and therefore what need any more?
A62861now who were these disciples?
A62861or are they blessed of Christ, and yet not so much as visible members of his Church?
A62861or by what Emblem he would teach them?
A62861or doth he bid them baptize active Disciples, but not passive ones?
A62861or else how could it be a reason for releasing them in the year of Jubilee any more than for releasing any other?
A62861or if there must be more: may they not be called so, as being destinated to his service for the future?
A62861or others shewing; I asked once a Preacher at Bewdley where it was?
A62861or upon what terms he dealeth with them for life or death?
A62861or when he would do it?
A62861or whether by a sign or without?
A62861so of an oath before a Magistrate, of war, of the Sabbath,& c. how sparing is the new Testament?
A62861so of an oath before a Magistrate, of war, of the Sabbath,& c. how sparing is the new Testament?
A62861the Doctrine of Church- discipline, Church- officers, Church- goverment,& c. what shall we call o ● count strong meat?
A62861the same thing to be done twice, except men had questioned the authority of the old?
A62861the whole Scripture is the perfect word and law of God;& if he should reveal all his mind in one part, what use should we make of the other?
A62861what more should a man expect to warrant him to do so?
A62861when is the proportion full?
A62861when nothing can be fairly brought against the one, but may be also concluded on the other?
A62861when the use and sufferings are so unlike?
A62861where is the old Commission that we must understand this by, so as to proceed the way to the Gentiles that was taken among the Jewes?
A62861who then or what hindreth them from possessing the relation which they have right to?
A62861yet can you find no law that made women Church- members?
A27008( And are all the Anabaptists Graceless that are yet Unmartyred?
A27008( the Law which they were under?)
A270081. Who is it that this man converseth with whose confident reports he published?
A2700836, 37. and receive Children in Christs name, and as belonging to Christ, if none do visibly belong to him?
A27008Abuse not your selves and others: we are first to agree Whether Infants may be Church members, and under the Covenant of Grace with their Parents?
A27008All Promises of Pardon to the Adult are conditional, and some means for certain Title is prescribed?
A27008And by what means is it?
A27008And did Paul flee like a Hireling when he went from places of less liberty to other more commodious places to Preach?
A27008And do you think that Paul mentioneth that as a great and comfortable priviledge of Believers, which belongs to Heathens equally with them?
A27008And do you think then that they befriend Christ or his Church, who turn the Sacrament of our Union into the occasion of our great Division?
A27008And how proveth he that I was lowdly called to suffer?
A27008And how will men answer the non- performance hereof any more than their not Praying for them, or not feeding or Cloathing them?
A27008And if I give an hundred pounds to one man, when I owed him no more than others, doth that make him for the future become my Charge?)
A27008And if Infants be not added to the Church, are they not excluded from Salvation?
A27008And if so, alas, will he put no bounds to this sin, while he thinks that he cryeth down our sin?
A27008And is that a safe way of Repenting?
A27008And is your impatient and general Invectives, and your self- justifying, an infallible proof of your great Wisdome?
A27008And no one can know who any of these be?
A27008And what Law shall Infants then be judged by?
A27008And whether he did so from the beginning of the world, or after his Incarnation?
A27008And who can say in all the world, that any Child of his hath any part in such a Promise?
A27008And why should I suspect such incapacity?
A27008And why?
A27008And yet what other than this feigned Antinomian Justification do the Anabaptists allow to any Infants in the world?
A27008Answer, I am more willing to do it than not, but I am not able: I do believe( according to the measure of the aforesaid evidence) that it is a Truth?
A27008Are his Reporters infected with his Disease?
A27008Are they Justified or not Justified?
A27008Are this mans Citations to be credited?
A27008Ask any Impartial man whether you write like one that knoweth himself?
A27008But de facto, doth he deny the latter?
A27008But how shall other mens Experiences be known to me, but by Report or Fame?
A27008But if you will say that it is conditional, what is that Condition?
A27008But let the question be whether I did well to believe it?
A27008But should I not yet disbelieve it?
A27008But the last Question is, Have I not wronged their Cause by wronging the Persons, in believing Fame, that ever any of them Baptized naked?
A27008But what if I be foolish, and you be wise?
A27008But, Reader, what''s all this to the Question, Whether our Infants are in Covenant with Christ, or Visible Members of his Church?
A27008But, Sir, I am not so much as a Hireling?
A27008By what Law am I condemned to such a Drudgery?
A27008Can he prove that I said[ All Baptized naked?]
A27008Can not you suffer fools gladly, seeing you your selves are wise?
A27008Christ is the Owner?
A27008Dare you not own the Contraries, and yet continue your accusation of my words?
A27008Did I begin with Mr. D. or he with me?
A27008Did Paul sin for not scourging and imprisoning himself?
A27008Did you hear his case, or do you judge before you hear it?
A27008Do I need to answer my own words, before any Charge against them be proved, or proof once attempted?
A27008Do any Nations under Heaven level all Children, as if the Parents communicated neither good or evil to them?
A27008Do you mean that you doubt whether ever the Anabaptists will have Power enough to effect it?
A27008Either it is a Mercy or no Mercy to be in Christs Family or Church?
A27008Ergo I should not Preach in the Parish Churches?
A27008Ergo R. B. should not Preach in the Summer in the Country?
A27008Ergo he sinned in avoiding suffering oft before?
A27008Ergo we must make our own Cross, and take up that instead of Christs?
A27008From my Arguments, which take in the whole Party?
A27008Had he done it truly and fully, had that been any Argument against them?
A27008Have I said any thing offensive to him, besides the detecting of his marvellous audacity in strange heaps of untruths in matters of Fact?
A27008Have all the Anabaptists and Separatists lived all this while in sin, that lived out of Prison?
A27008Have they no need of Pardon, and a Saviour?
A27008Have they not Right of Inheritance and Honour; even of Crowns, Lordships, and Lands?
A27008He saith, it is my scope and design?
A27008How prove you that it was a flight?
A27008How prove you that it was from my Charge?
A27008I would I knew which of these two you judge your selves to be?
A27008If I did not,( as I know I did not) to say I did were to lie; and is it worthy his writing a Book to tempt a man to lie?
A27008If I had, is that any thing to the question in hand?
A27008If by any, by what?
A27008If by none, how know you it?
A27008If not to all, to whom, or to how many?
A27008If so, is it to all, or to some only?
A27008If they Baptize not next naked in one linnen Shift, I never heard it denyed till now?
A27008If they are under no Covenant of Promise that giveth them title to life, how can they have title by it, or be judged by it?
A27008If they be not so much as visible Members, who can say that they are invisible ones?
A27008If this be all one with him, are we not so to judge of his other Expositions?
A27008Is it Ergo R. B. did ill to come out of the Goal when he was put in?
A27008Is it a slander of Mr. Tombes his citing Vossius, or of Vossius cited by him, to say that some Baptized naked in former times?
A27008Is it not a meer Diversion?
A27008Is it then no slander of Mr. Danvers to say, and stiffly defend it, that the ancient Churches ordinarily did so?
A27008Is it to more than twenty in the world?
A27008Is there no means for the certain pardon of our Infants?
A27008Is yours so?
A27008Just thus the Quakers dreadfully adj ● re me to repent of all that''s against their way; and must I therefore do it?
A27008Must not the perusal of the full words decide the Case?
A27008Nay do you not do worse than deprive us of our hopes, even lay such grounds as destroy and exclude them, by a sentence of damnation?
A27008Not that I remember?
A27008O how far will partiality blind men?
A27008Or do you mean, that till we are Martyred we are not capable of your good Opinion?
A27008Or have more Anabaptists than Poedobaptists been Martyred in our times?)
A27008Or is it only your Prognostick on supposition of my Tryal?
A27008Or is it, Ergo I should have bound heavy burdens for my self?
A27008Or is it, that I should not ● ave made such for others?
A27008Or is the Promise of their Salvation without any Condition?
A27008Or shall the same man take me as injurious for believing the same of some of them for a very little time?
A27008Or that he did ill not to put himself in again?
A27008Or that it was the Cross of Christ that I avoided?
A27008Or whether CHRIST, the Saviour of the World, hath shut all Mankind out of his Visible Kingdom, and Covenant- Rights and Hopes,''till they come to Age?
A27008Or why more of yours than of theirs, if I have nothing from you but confident Gnerals, which they can say as well as you?
A27008Or, Ergo, Christ sinned in avoiding the Cross so oft before?
A27008Or, Ergo, R. B. must go into a Prison that he may give over Preaching the Gospel?
A27008Otherwise how could you and such others bring your Consciences to wrest and wrangle against such abundance of plain Scripture Texts?
A27008Shall not all that are judged, be judged by Gods Law?
A27008Shew us where in Scripture we may find it?
A27008The next Text speaketh of Pauls Preaching till midnight?
A27008The next Text tells us that we must take up our Cross and follow Christ,& c. And what thence?
A27008There is no Scripture president for Baptizing any Kings; must none therefore be Baptized?
A27008This Convenant is Vniversal to the Adult, as offered on the condition of Believing acceptance: And is there no Promise, no Covenant for Infants?
A27008This is a strange Promise, and is no mutual Covenant?
A27008This is too unsatisfactory an answering of Books, to Beseech us to repent of them?
A27008This were to make it run unto a Fleshly Line indeed?
A27008Was it not enough for me to lay down the Contraries to my Doctrines, and leave the Reader to choose which he seeth best?
A27008Was this no injury?
A27008Were all the Circumcised Israelites, and all the holy seed till Christ, at once both in the Church, and in Satans Kingdom?
A27008Were it but this one, what could be plainer?
A27008Were we agreed against Infants Covenant- Right, when should we ever be agreed at what Age it is that they are to be received?
A27008What a sin is it to rob Christ of so great a part of his Church?
A27008What a sin is it to teach men to be thus unnatural, and cruel to their Off- spring?
A27008What a sin so far to confound the state of Christians and Pagans, as to their Childrens blessing?
A27008What a sin so to deny the Gospel Grace and Promise, and to hide so much of the Love of God?
A27008What a sin so to enlarge and honour the Devils Kingdom, as to give him all mankind visibly, till they come to age?
A27008What a sin thus to change and take from the Word, yea from the very Covenant of God?
A27008What a sin to deprive so many millions of Covenant- pardon, Grace and Life, by hindering the acceptance and consent?
A27008What a sin to vilifie so great Mercy, as if it were none, and to preach such ingratitude?
A27008What doth he but recite some scrap of my words?
A27008What kin are they to the Text?
A27008What more should I answer?
A27008What reason then to suppose that Christ obliterateth even Natures Laws?
A27008What thence?
A27008What thence?
A27008Whether Mr. Tombes denyed it when I wrote it?
A27008Whether ever any Anabaptist that then was acquainted with me, yea or any one person denyed it to my hearing or knowledge?
A27008Why doth he Print this confident Report if not to be believed?
A27008Why so?
A27008Will not the presence of thousands of witnesses secure a man from the forgery of any unnamed Slanderer?
A27008Would you not take it for a Mercy if you believed that God in Scripture gave it, to all the Seed of the Faithful dedicated to him?
A27008Yea thus do the Infidels themselves now use me, and must I therefore yield?
A27008You here call us to Repent of a Position as Absurd and Heretical?
A27008You say, that It is now a common question whether ever I will die a Martyr?
A27008and his lamentable injury thereby to the Church of Christ?
A27008and is it not the common light of Nature, which teacheth all men so to esteem them?
A27008and may not a Family be Sanctified by dedication to God?
A27008and what guilt against Christ, and of furthering Infidelity, should I have incurred, under the pretense of promoting the purity of his Kingdom?
A27008and what is one Syllable?
A27008and when a Childs Profession were Valid?
A27008and why may they not as well be Christs Subjects as the Kings?
A27008are not Infants members of other Societies?
A27008are not Infants the Kings Subjects?
A27008are they not members of Families?
A27008are they not members of all the Kingdoms in the world?
A27008by any or none?
A27008if it be, why should we think that the Saviour of the world procureth it to no Infants?
A27008if none, why do you value it?
A27008much less the owner of the Sheep?
A27008or are they left remediless as the Devils?
A27008or more to Christians Children than others?
A27008or that Pagans have not as much of it as Christians?
A27008or that have had maintenance and quietness, while R. B. hath been laid in the common Goal, and hunted by one sort, and reviled by the other?
A27008pray doth he not disprove himself?
A27008they attempting what they did against me too late, just when they and their Co- partners were a pulling down themselves and others?
A27008when he tells men of my writing for Popery, Conformity,& c. can his yea or my nay go for proof with any that is in doubt which of us saith true?
A3530310, 12?
A3530316, 17. which nevertheless Peter expressly calls a Covenant?
A353035. why not that made with Abraham also, since the Terms are the same, as well as the Promises were the same?
A353037, 8, 9, 10. to be a part of it?
A353037, 8, 9, 10. to be a part of it?
A353039, 10?
A35303And I pray Sir, why not?
A35303And do not Righteousness and Peace sweetly Kiss and Embrace each other, through the satisfaction of Christ?
A35303And doth he not also tell us that''T is evident that no Man is justified by the Law in the sight of God?
A35303And how dare you then to say, that sure there is a Wide difference between the Covenant and Circumcision the Token of it?
A35303And how doth the Law work Wrath?
A35303And how is it then a Covenant of Faith, or a Gospel Covenant, as you affirm it is?
A35303And how is it then a Covenant of Faith?
A35303And how is it then a Covenant of Faith?
A35303And how was the Law then of the same Nature with the Promise?
A35303And if so, How was the Law added as an Appendix to the Promise?
A35303And is an absolute and a conditional Covenant, the same for Substance?
A35303And now, Sir, say you, what course do you take to avoid this Argument?
A35303And shall we presume to affirm notwithstanding that the Law is of Faith, yea a Covenant of Faith in Christ Jesus?
A35303And that is, First, Whether the Sinai Covenant was a Covenant of Works, or a Covenant of Faith?
A35303And then, where lies the ground of your Confidence, when you say, What can possibly be more plain?
A35303And there being no such thing there expressed, how can that alter the Nature of that Covenant from being a Gospel Covenant?
A35303And what hath any Man that he hath not received?
A35303And what is the ground of this Objection?
A35303And what more convincing Testimony, or Evidence can we desire, that the Covenant of Circumcision was not a Covenant of Faith, but of Works?
A35303And what shall relieve us under the guilt of such Daily Covenant Breaches?
A35303And who doubts of that( say I?)
A35303And why is it called the First or Old Covenant, but because it was the first Covenant Transaction that ever passed between God and Man?
A35303And why?
A35303And why?
A35303And why?
A35303And will you call this an Incompleat Gospel Covenant, when it was that through the Faith of which the Heathen were to be Justified?
A35303And yet do you not as positively assert in your forementioned Book, That the Law admitted no Repentance?
A35303Are not Mercy and Truth here met together?
A35303Are not these two verses wholly taken up with the promises on God''s part?
A35303Are there not here many particular Blessings, and those great enough, and good enough, Promised to him and them?
A35303Are they not sufficiently Blessed whom God thus Promiseth to Bless?
A35303Are ye so foolish, having begun in the Spirit, are you now made Perfect by the Flesh?
A35303But Sir, do you think you speak sense in this Passage?
A35303But can we think that Men of Reason will be so easily baffled?
A35303But do I therefore say, that there was Pardon on Repentance in either of these Covenants?
A35303But if it have the Name, where is the thing?
A35303But is the Law then against the Promises?
A35303But then I ask you again; How came he to be Circumcised?
A35303But what plain Scripture Testimony may not be after this sort Evaded and Eluded?
A35303But who told you so( say I) that it was the same Covenant for Substance with this now entred with him?
A35303But why had not Mr. Flavell evinced this, and so knockt them down, as he saith, at one Blow?
A35303But yet nevertheless; In the first place''t is Evident, that the Gospel Covenant in the First Discovery thereof, is wholly Free and Absolute?
A35303But, Sir, can you, indeed, upon second thoughts, think this to be a fit or proper Answer?
A35303Can you justly and truly say, That the Law was not such in its first Institution, as you there affirm concerning it?
A35303Did Christ Die to purchase a Reconciliation betwixt the Covenant of Works, as such, and the Covenant of Grace?
A35303Did not Christ satisfie the Law on our behalf?
A35303Did not God himself, in the first Promulgation of it, pronounce a Curse upon the least transgression thereof?
A35303Does not that also there alter the nature of the Covenant, as well as here in the 17 th chapt?
A35303Does the Promise and the Restipulation make two Covenants, or are they just and necessary Parts of one and the same Covenant?
A35303Does the Promise and the Restipulation make two Covenants?
A35303Doth he insist upon his own Covenant Engagements, and the Faithfulness of their Performance?
A35303Doth it therefore follow that the full Age and capacity of the Heir, are Causes or Antecedent Conditions of his Title to the Estate?
A35303Doth not the Apostle expressly, designedly, industriously affirm and prove it, that the Law is not of Faith?
A35303Doth not the Law it self that was before our Enemy, against us, and contrary to us, stand up as our Friend, through the Mediation of Christ?
A35303Doth or can the Law it self Impeach those for whom Christ Died, and whom God himself pronounceth Righteous?
A35303Doth the same Fountain, at the same time, send forth bitter Waters and sweet?
A35303Expresly call this Covenant, the Covenant of Circumcision; the Sign of Circumcision, being that which gives the Denomination to the Covenant it self?
A35303For I testify to every Man that is Circumcised, that he is a Debtor to do the whole Law?
A35303For can you say that God never made any Covenant of Works with Abraham, and the rest of the Fathers?
A35303For if Abraham were justified by Works, he hath whereof to glory, but not before God: For what saith the Scripture?
A35303For is there nothing but Restipulation in the following verses?
A35303Had he not two Sons, the one by a Bond- maid, the other by a Free- woman?
A35303Hath he spoken it, and will he not peaform it?
A35303He therefore that Ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh Miracles among you, doth he it by the Works of the Law, or by the hearing of Faith?
A35303How comes it to pass that the Apostle doth so directly oppose the Righteousness of Faith, to the Righteousness of that Covenant?
A35303How comes it to pass, say you, that the Covenant to Abraham himself was a pure Gospel Covenant?
A35303How could God make of Abraham a great Nation, but with reference to his Seed, whether Natural, or Spiritual, or both?
A35303How notoriously false and absurd is that Doctrin which asserteth the possibility of Believing without the efficacy of Supernatural Grace?
A35303How then were they Saved?
A35303If a Man redeem a Captive from Slavery, and lays down the Price, will any Man call his bare acceptance of Liberty, the Condition of his Ransom?
A35303If not; what was it then, I ask you, that Paul there means, when he speaks of Abraham''s being in Circumcicion?
A35303Is the Law then against the Promise?
A35303Is the Law then against the Promises?
A35303Is there any Scripture that gives the least ground for such a Supposition?
A35303Is there not here a Perfect Reconciliation betwixt the Two Covenants?
A35303Is this by manifestation of the Truth, to commend your self to every Man''s Conscience in the sight of God?
A35303May we not make any thing or nothing of the Scripture, after this rate of Reasoning?
A35303Nay what truths of the Gospel can we be sure of, if this Course be allowed?
A35303Now I pray Sir consider, which of the Two Covenants is the more compleat?
A35303Now what doth Mr. Whiston reply in the dark, without once mentioning what it is that he gives Answer to?
A35303Now whom shall we believe, Paul or you?
A35303Now whomshall we believe, whether Paul or you?
A35303Or are they just and necessary parts of one and the same Covenant?
A35303Or that which concerned Abraham''s Natural Posterity only?
A35303Or upon what account was he Circumcised?
A35303Or was it possible for them so to be, since this was Abraham''s peculiar Prerogative to be so entituled?
A35303Or was it reckoned to him by vertue of some Promise, or any Covenant he was then under?
A35303Or what does he take Comfort in, when he comes to the winding up of his Days?
A35303Or what moves them to keep it, and hold it fast, though they run the hazard of all that is near and dear unto them?
A35303Or will he alter the thing that is gone out of his Lips, that he will write his Laws in the Hearts of those whose Sins he pardoneth?
A35303Secondly, Whether the Covenant of Circumcision was not of the same Nature?
A35303Shall they fly from one part of the Covenant to the other, from the Bitter Waters to the sweet Waters of the same Fountain for Relief?
A35303So that I perceive, he is not fixed in his Mind, whether Abraham''s Covenant be an Entire or Partial Foundation onely?
A35303So then Abraham was not justified by Works before God, but by Faith alone ▪ But how doth that appear?
A35303That he thus expresseth himself, only to shew the Sence of the Jewish Teachers, or the Opinion that they had concerning the Nature of Circumcision?
A35303Thirdly, Whether the Gospel Covenant is wholly Free and Absolute; or Conditional?
A35303This is evident,( saith the Apostle) and why?
A35303This is my Covenant which ye shall keep; every Man child among you shall be Circumcised?
A35303This only would I Learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the Works of the Law, or by the Hearing of Faith?
A35303To affirm that these words must needs be understood of the Covenant of Circumcision?
A35303Was he not made of a Woman, made under the Law, to Redeem them that were under the Law, that we might receive the Adoption of Sons?
A35303Was not Justification by Faith a Spiritual, as well as a Particular, Blessing to those that should be the Proper Subjects thereof?
A35303Was not the Gospel the Covenant, and the Covenant the Gospel?
A35303Was the Law capable of being altered or changed in respect of its true and proper Nature and Institution, by the Ignorance and Infidelity of Men?
A35303Was there not a Covenant of Works made with our first Father, and in him with all his Posterity?
A35303Well, but what then?)
A35303Well, how will you reconcile these two passages?
A35303Well, suppose it do not, what then?
A35303Were not Abraham, Isaac and Jacob children of wrath by nature, as well as others, and consequently then under the First or Old Covenant?
A35303What a hard shift will some Men make to maintain their Opinions?
A35303What if some did not believe, shall their unbelief make the Faith of God without effect?
A35303What shall we say then that Abraham our Father, as pertaining to the flesh hath found?
A35303What then?
A35303What think you, Sir, was not this the Gospel Covenant which God made with Abraham?
A35303Wherefore then serveth the Law?
A35303Wherefore then serveth the Law?
A35303Whether that which comprehends the Elect of God in all Nations, both Jews and Gentiles?
A35303Who will call this a Condition?
A35303Will you make the Promises of God to be of none effect?
A35303Will you say, or can it be immagined that God never made any Gospel Covenant with Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob, or the rest of the Fathers?
A35303Ye shall therefore keep my Judgments and my Statutes, which if a Man do, he shall live in them?
A35303Yea, do you not see that the very same Absurdities are far more justly and truly chargeable on your Doctrin than on mine?
A35303but on the contrary that the Man that doth these things shall live by them?
A35303do contain any thing of Restipulation on their part?
A35303say I, what is the meaning then of that Promise, I will make of thee a great Nation?
A35303the 7 th ▪ he proceeds to speak of another Covenant than what he had been speaking of before?
A35303this only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the Works of the Law, or by the Hearing of Faith?
A35303was their Restipulation?
A35303what do I meet with but Ridiculus Mus?
A35303what shall such poor weak Souls do?
A9304411. with many others, true Believers in Christ?
A9304415. for if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall their receiving be but life from the dead?
A9304423. Who can forbid Water, that these should not be baptized, that have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
A9304427, 28. and he said unto them, Will you be his Disciples?
A93044Among all that Multitude are they sure there were no Orphans that were uncapable of actual Faith?
A93044And are not all true Believers in Christ real Christians?
A93044And can they( after all this) sin themselves out again, and become Reprobates?
A93044And did Mr. Earl indeed baptize Mr. Fox by dipping, as you confess, by saying, he was dipp''d at Havant?
A93044And did he make one,( i. e. one Wife) yet he had the residue of the Spirit; and wherefore one?
A93044And do you( after all) tacitly acknowledg that there is a total silence of Scripture in this matter?
A93044And if the whole Church were baptized, what doth it teach but that all Gospel- Churches ought to be baptized?
A93044And if they are, where be the Attestations under their hands, that you obtained an intire Victory at the Dispute?
A93044And is it not about the Subjects in particular that we were then speaking of?
A93044And must not that all be so restrained, where it is said, he was baptized and all his straightway?
A93044And shall the Mother of our Lord be denied this Appellation?
A93044And what can you shew in the Commission that will authorize you to baptize the Infant of a Christian more than the Infant of a Heathen?
A93044And what have we in the room of the Feast of First- fruits, and of the Feast of Ingatherings?
A93044And what were the Disciples that came together to break bread?
A93044And who fairly improved it to the World, you or we?
A93044Are Infants capable of apprehending Christ in his Natures, and in his Offices, for so he must be apprehended as the Object of Faith?
A93044Are not these bold Men, to charge Paul with writing false Greek?
A93044Are there any Lies that are not false?
A93044Are they sure there will be need of it?
A93044But further, Pray, worthy Sir, must your Forgetfulness be charged as my Lie?
A93044But must this be your way of ridiculing the Ordinance of Christ( as by us pleaded for?)
A93044But pray how doth he acquit himself from being 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, condemned in himself?
A93044But say these Gentlemen, can not God give Infants the Seed of Faith, and purify their Hearts by so doing?
A93044But suppose I had been at a loss, can the Reader think I would have told them so, and ask''d their Advice what to do?
A93044But what can they mean, but that God did account the Infants Believers for their Parents Faith?
A93044But what if this that they say should obtain, that all things pertaining to an Ordinance need not be expressed in the Institution?
A93044But what may not Uncharitableness and Ill- will do, when such Men are resolved to pervert the words of him they contend with?
A93044But where is the good Consequence to prove from hence Infant- Baptism?
A93044But why is this done?
A93044But why must this be done, and marked with an Asterisk?
A93044But why must this be put in here?
A93044But why must you prevent Mr. Chandler?
A93044But why should I think it strange for them to belie me, when Mr. Leigh hath been so bold to belie the Lord Jesus?
A93044Can Christ fail in his Undertaking?
A93044Can Infants make a Resignation of themselves to Christ to be taught by him, and saved by him, and ruled and governed by him?
A93044Can not God make the Soul in those little weak Organs act as gloriously as in the Organs of a Giant?
A93044Can they think that will credit their Cause, or make them look greater?
A93044Can you put them( whilst Infants) into the Covenant of Grace, and turn them out again( when they come to be Adult) as you think fit?
A93044Children are as capable now of Baptism, as they were formerly of Circumcision; and why then should they be denied?
A93044Consider, a little delay in this matter hath met with a Reprehension; Why tarriest thou?
A93044Could they not much easier have overturned their Arguments without so many Reflections?
A93044Dare they tell the World such stuff to bolster up a tottering Opinion?
A93044Did the Baptism of the Female come in the room of Circumcision, when Circumcision had never any place with the Female?
A93044Did they draw back the Chariot, that they might come unto it a second time, and not go down into it at all?
A93044Did they speak to Infants?
A93044Do these look like Believers, that have neither Eyes to see, nor Hearts to consider?
A93044Do they think that Peter said this from Revelation?
A93044Do you believe that all the Infants that you baptize shall be saved?
A93044Do you know Jesus Christ?
A93044Do you know him in his Offices, Prophet, Priest and King?
A93044Doth this agree with that Charity you speak of( to those you call mistaken Brethren) in the beginning of your Book?
A93044Doth this also agree with Mr. Chandler''s short Request, p. 2. that God would grant that Truth may prevail?
A93044Dr. Russel, What do you talk of a Trick?
A93044Except they wash( i. e. baptize) they eat not: Were they dipped over head and ears when they did eat?
A93044Fifthly, What by these words, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost?
A93044For do n''t you know, when brought to the Test, your Party could not be kept within bounds?
A93044Fourthly, What are we to understand by this word Them?
A93044Further, how do these their Reflections aforementioned, and the Introduction to their Narrative agree together?
A93044Gentlemen, will you thus adventure to charge the Governor and Mayor with Promise- breaking?
A93044Had they not a fit opportunity to produce a Scripture- instance if they had been able?
A93044Have you that Gift by which you understand the Mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven?
A93044He doth also misrepresent my words in telling the World I said, How do you mean prove,& c?
A93044Here I warrant it is probable there were Children: But is it not as probable that there were none?
A93044Here they sham a Forgery upon me, bringing me in saying, Well, what must I do?
A93044Hereupon Mr. Robinson rudely said, What, Sir, the New Testament in Genesis?
A93044How are these visibly then the Children of God?
A93044How comes Infant- sprinkling to be appropriated( by you) to the Reformed Churches?
A93044How comes it to pass that the Apostles Peter, James, John and Jude, who wrote such excellent Epistles, should not say one word about it?
A93044How could 〈 ◊ 〉 ● e otherwise, if the same Blessings had been put into this Covenant, as are put into the new Covenant?
A93044How frivolous is this?
A93044How is baptizing Infants a resigning them to God?
A93044How shall we that are dead to Sin, live any longer therein?
A93044How then can they be fit to teach others their Duty concerning it?
A93044How then have you the confidence to tell these Honorable Persons, and the whole World, it is the common Cause of the Reformed Churches?
A93044How will these Gentlemen define an Infant?
A93044I answer, If the order of words signify nothing in the Commission as they feign, Why do they not baptize the Adult first, and teach them afterwards?
A93044I ask now those reverend Gentlemen, the Authors of this Dialogue, whether those that heard the word from his mouth were Infants?
A93044I ask''d you whether you did own them Church- Members de facto?
A93044I ask, had they visibly a right to th ● Blessings of the Covenant?
A93044I ask, when they washed, whether they did only sprinkle a little water, or pour a large quantity that did overwhelm them?
A93044I asked him then, how it was in the Hebrew in that place?
A93044I can not but wonder( Gentlemen) that you should thus proceed in this manner, what can it be that thus moves you to speak against the Doctor?
A93044I demand here, whether it is impossible for God to bring an Infant to Glory?
A93044I deny that the word Baptize signifies to dip, in any place of Scripture?
A93044I wonder they omitted their celebrated Distinction of compleat and incompleat Disciples: What can that do nothing now, that did so much before?
A93044If Christ hath undertaken the Tutorage of all such, whence is it all such do not learn of him?
A93044If I suppose the former, what advantage will they get?
A93044If the Question then be, What must those do to whom the Promise is?
A93044If the coldness of the Climate be such that it will not admit of dipping, why do you do any thing in the room thereof?
A93044If they could not be made Disciples by the Ministry of Men, yet this Text would not exclude them from Baptism; but with what reason do they do this?
A93044If this be granted, where shall the ● lame be laid?
A93044In like manner, if you ask these Presbyters, Whether Jesus Christ gave Commission to his Ministers to baptize Believers?
A93044In that he calls them a Generation of Vipers; who can think that he would have branded them with so black a Mark, and afterwards baptize them?
A93044Is it said, all the Children of Israel passed by Faith?
A93044Is not Deputy- Governor as honourable a Title as Lieutenant?
A93044Is not this alone a great Argument against your Practice?
A93044Is not this great partiality?
A93044Is there any mention of the Imputation of the Parents Faith to their Children?
A93044Is there any room to form an Argument here, if it were granted that they came one in the room of another?
A93044Is there so much as a probability for such a thing, or any good Consequences?
A93044Is this agreable to their Title, An Impartial Account?
A93044Is this all the Respect and Honour they can afford to give them?
A93044Is this indefinite Proposition equal to an universal?
A93044Is this the way to early Piety?
A93044Is this their Charity and Good- will towards us?
A93044Is this your Impartial Account?
A93044Is this your Impartial Narrative?
A93044It may be you will say, you do but suppose it; or, why may it not be so?
A93044John baptized them in the River of Jordan; how could that be, unless they went down into the River?
A93044Know you not, that as many of us as were baptized into Christ, were baptized into his Death?
A93044Let these Gentlemen prove when they write next, that there is an Indulgence given to Infants in respect of their receiving Baptism if they can?
A93044May not I with as much Justice charge the Abstract of your Account upon you?
A93044May we not say by all Infants, they are no more included than where''t is said, Go preach the Gospel to every Creature, Stones and Trees are included?
A93044Mr. Chandler, who was it that trifled with incompleat Disciples, you or we?
A93044Nay, should you understand thus, that the Church redeemed by Christ hath some such as these, what is this to Baptism?
A93044Now I would have you, Readers, to consider, Is not this a very easy way of refuting to condemn all, when they are not able to answer one of them?
A93044Now can it be supposed, that a Person hated of God had an Interest in the Promise?
A93044Or, is there any else hath done it?
A93044Or, is there any necessity of such an Inference?
A93044Pray, Sirs, when did you ever read or hear of a true Lie, that you tell the World this is a false Lie?
A93044Pray, wherein doth the holy Spirit in this place teach us that the Beasts of the Field may be our Masters?
A93044Secondly, Do the Parents dedicate their Children to be taught while Infants, when they desire you to baptize them?
A93044Seeing the Cup was not mentioned in the Institution for the Passover, how did these Gentlemen know that it was used as part of that Ordinance?
A93044Sirs, I desire you seriously to consider, what you have said herein against your own Practice: Is it not a part of Divine Worship?
A93044The Acts of the Apostles make no mention of it when they set down in writing so many thousands of Men and Women that were baptized?
A93044The Dispute here is, Whether by Kingdom of Heaven, be meant the Church, or Kingdom of Glory?
A93044The Scripture doth not tell us that any Christian Parent did ever offer his Infant Seed to Baptism; how should it then tell us such were denied it?
A93044The vilest Wretches that are, and the blackest Heathens in the World are part of a Nation; will you baptize such?
A93044Then said he to those tha ● came out to be baptized of him, O Generation of Vipers, w ● hath warned you to flee from the Wrath to come?
A93044There went up also a mixt Multitude, had they all the Faith of Miracles, and was their Faith imputed to their Infants?
A93044Thirdly, What are we to understand by this word teaching?
A93044Upon which Mr. Leigh answered, What do you tell us of the Fathers?
A93044WE being enquiring, Why they should deny our Practice, and yet practise it themselves?
A93044Wallen, whom you produce as Witnesses in your Book: And if so, how can these be the principal Gentlemen present?
A93044Was Baptism an Ordinance appointed for a Viperous Brood?
A93044Well Gentlemen, what are the Infants of the called Jews or Gentiles stript of?
A93044Well then, how do these Gentlemen know whether in Heaven there be such little Creatures as Infants?
A93044Were not these Believers?
A93044Were these Mens Eyes in their heads, that bring Scripture to confute themselves?
A93044What Fools were the Jews to say, We are Moses''s Disciples?
A93044What Scripture or Reason for this?
A93044What Stuff is this?
A93044What advantage have your Children by their Baptism, as you call it, and feigned Church- membership, above ours?
A93044What can be more contrary?
A93044What can be the reason why those holy Men should not make some mention of it in the many Books they have purposely written for our Instruction?
A93044What difference is there between an unbelieving Jew, and an unbelieving Gentile, that the one must be accounted a Church- member, and not the other?
A93044What does this import but that they had learned the Doctrine of Moses, and that they would not learn of Christ?
A93044What is this to the Baptism of Infants?
A93044What may the Reader expect to find in the whole body of it, if there be so many Faults in the very Entrance?
A93044What must the Reader conclude from hence?
A93044What reason had Mr. Leigh to allow the Eunuch to be a Christian, and consider him as such, altho( as he faith) he was but a Proselyte of the Gate?
A93044What then?
A93044What, are they all so ignorant of the holy Scriptures, that not one of them can tell what is written in the New Testament about holy Baptism?
A93044What, do these Men think no body understand Greek but themselves?
A93044What, from the Commission?
A93044Where did God ever declare that Baptism should be administred in the room of Circumcision?
A93044Where is your Authority for that?
A93044Where shall we find on whom the Duty of Infant- Baptism is incumbent, if there be any such thing?
A93044Where were these Mens Wits when they made this Observation?
A93044Wherein lies the Contradiction?
A93044Whether he might not have spared all his Dutch?
A93044Whether the Ordinance of Baptism, as appointed by Christ, is to be administred by dipping, plunging( or) overwhelming only, and not otherways?
A93044Whether, according to the Commission of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Adult Believers are only the proper Subjects of Baptism, and not Infants?
A93044Who denies these things?
A93044Who gave Mr. Ridge''s matter a full account, you or we?
A93044Who was it that trifled about the Mother of our Lord being a Believer, you or we?
A93044Whose Faith then was imputed to them?
A93044Why did Christ send them?
A93044Why did not our Lord command it if he intended it should be practised?
A93044Why did not the Apostles set it down in their Writings?
A93044Why did the four Evangelists conceal it?
A93044Why do ye not plead for the Supper for your Children in the room of the Passover, as well as for Baptism in the room of Circumcision?
A93044Why tempt ye God to lay a Yoke on the neck of the Disciples?
A93044Why tempt ye God to lay a yoke upon the Neck of the Disciples, which neither we nor our Fathers were ever able to bear?
A93044Will these Gentlemen affirm that bodily Strength is one of the Blessings of Heaven?
A93044Will these Gentlemen then baptize promiscuously all Adult Persons not before baptized( as they phrase it) because they are capable?
A93044Would all the Water in Jordan have washed it off again?
A93044Would it be sufficient to interest them and their Children in the Covenant of Grace?
A93044Would not the Proposition be true if only a thousand of them were Believers?
A93044Would such a Faith serve the turn?
A93044You hope, but are not sure; Hope that is seen is not Hope; for what a Man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
A93044and so for other places, as of Tables, Beds, is it likely it was done by sprinkling a few drops of water on some part of them?
A93044and where is this teaching restrained to the Children of Believers?
A93044did Infants hear the word of the Gospel and believe?
A93044do these Gentlemen believe really that to be the sense of the place?
A93044do we say any real good is taken from them?
A93044had they for many hundred years enjoy''d Church- Privileges?
A93044if it would, why will not the like dogma ● ical Faith serve now?
A93044is it not that Holy Ordinance of Baptism as instituted by Christ, that is the matter( in general) of our Disputation?
A93044or can the Baptism of the Female be argued from the Circumcision of the Male?
A93044or do you undertake to teach them while Infants, or do you ever look after them, indeavouring to teach them?
A93044shall we say that we are losers by the coming of Christ in respect of outward Privileges, because we have nothing in the room of these Feasts?
A93044those of the Gentiles also?
A93044will they tell us it is a Creature rational, but not capable of using Reason?
A47535''t is a positive Law, we must go to the Pleasure, and Will, and Design of the Law- maker: what may not Men infer after this sort?
A47535( instead of saying, Who can forbid Water?)
A47535( when they asked what they should do?)
A4753517. and that he thanked God he baptized no more of them than Crispus and Gaius, and the Houshold of Stephanus?
A475352. or by preaching the Word of Christ?
A4753528. or act and do contrary thereto, who requires all Disciples to be baptized?
A4753532, 34. these two Verses being a Key to the 33d Verse,( saith he) and this Houshold a Key to all the other?
A47535And are not Males and Femals all o ● ● in Christ Jesus?
A47535And are there not many very learned Men who are against baptizing them?
A47535And do you not think that many of the Females of Abraham''s off- spring were in that Covenant of Grace?
A47535And doth not these things hinder that glorious Reformation we all long for, and encourage Papists?
A47535And that Baptism is absolutely necessary to Church- Communion, or an initiating Ordinance?
A47535And why should a Tradition of the Antichristian State, be so zealously defended?
A47535And, were they not to teach the same Doctrine, and administer the same Ordinances alike where- ever they come?
A47535Aquinas asserts, which is intailed upon all within the pale thereof?
A47535Are Infants capable thus to covenant with God?
A47535Are not Sureties in Baptism a meer human Invention?
A47535Are not Women as well as Men, comprehended and meant in those places as well as Men, tho not expressed?
A47535Are they not both expresly given forth and joined together by our Saviour in this his last and great Commission?
A47535As if he had said, if there be no Resurrection, Why are we baptized?
A47535Ay, this is good News indeed, they might say; But what will become of our Children, our Off- spring?
A47535BVT what harm is there in Baptizing of Children?
A47535Besides, are Bells forbidden to be baptized?
A47535Besides, doth not our Saviour plainly intimate, that John''s Baptism was directly from Heaven, and not of Men?
A47535Besides, were not the Pharisees and Lawyers learned Men, who rejected the Counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized?
A47535But all this while, who has required any thing of this at our Hands?
A47535But are they uncapable because there is no word of Institution, nothing from the Mouth of Christ or his Apostles, to justifie such a Practice?
A47535But do you not acknowledg Baptism to signify our being washed in the Blood of Christ?
A47535But does not Baptism come in the room of Circumcision, the one being a Figure of the other?
A47535But doth not Christ say, that the Doctrine he taught, he received from the Father who sent him?
A47535But had not John an express Commission to baptize?
A47535But how dare any presume to Rantize a Babe that is uncapable to be taught or made a Disciple by teaching?
A47535But how does it appear that Infants are Believers in any sense?
A47535But since the practice of Baptism in Water was lost in the Apostacy, how could it be restored again without a new Mission?
A47535But whereas you say, Baptism was always done by dipping the Body all over in Water, how can that be, since some were baptized in Houses?
A47535But why are they not?
A47535But why may ● ot Infants be baptized now as well as Children were circumcised heretofore?
A47535But why must the whole Body be dipp''d?
A47535But yet this Baptism however was by a pouring forth of the Spirit, and why may not Baptism be administred so?
A47535But you lay too much stress upon Baptism?
A47535But, Sirs, who- ever washes Hands, Cups, Pots, or Beds, by sprinkling a few Drops of VVater upon them?
A47535Ca n''t God save poor Infants without they also do believe?
A47535Ca n''t God save poor dying Infants, unless the same change by the Spirits Operations pass upon them?
A47535Can any Man forbid Water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
A47535Can any Man forbid Water, that these should not be baptized?
A47535Can any believe God would command any such thing to be done, that should endanger the Life of a Child?
A47535Can they answer a good Conscience, by believing the Resurrection of Christ?
A47535Can they covenant with God?
A47535Come put it to your Consciences; Can you suppose any should be baptized by virtue of the words of Christ in the Commission, but Disciples only?
A47535Could the Apostle in plainer words have detected the Error of these Men, if he had met with them in his day?
A47535Did God forbid Abraham to circumcise his Female Children, or forbid him to circumcise his Male Children on the ninth day?
A47535Did Moses deal thus with the Children of Israel?
A47535Did any Man assert till now the Baptism of Christ to be a Legal Rite, or rather that it sprung from Human Tradition?
A47535Did the Apostle intend hereby, do you think, to press them all to die to Sin, and live to God?
A47535Did the whole Church of the Romans reckon themselves, think you, to be dead to Sin, and bound to live no longer therein?
A47535Do not secret things belong to him, what Vanity is there in the minds of some Men?
A47535Does not this Argument make void the Baptism of Infants, as well as Adult Unbelievers, by the Ancients?
A47535Doth he baptize?
A47535Doth it follow that we must Baptize so now?
A47535Doth not our Blessed Saviour''s Words immediately following fully answer this Objection, and, lo I am with you always to the end of the World?
A47535Doth not the Apostle shew that Men had Power to give the Spirit?
A47535Fifthly, Doth Baptism confer Grace or regenerate the Child?
A47535For was that Rubbish gone, what a glorious Harmony would follow, even such a Day as would make all our Souls rejoyce?
A47535Grant she had Children, how unlikely a matter is it, saith he, that she should carry them about with her, trading so many miles distant?
A47535Has God ordained Baptism to be an Ordinance to save the Souls of any Persons, either the Adult or Infants?
A47535Has not Christ Power to preserve, protect, and uphold all such Persons which he commands to be Baptized?
A47535Has the Holy Trinity given you any Authority so to do?
A47535Hath Christ any where required it?
A47535Hath Christ, I say, or his Apostles, as you read, forbid these things, and many more of like nature?
A47535Have they a justifying Faith, as Mr. Baxter intimates?
A47535Have you a Dispensation to make the Commandments of God void by your Traditions?
A47535How can Water, a material thing, work upon the Soul in a Physical manner?
A47535How can Water, an external thing, work upon the Soul in a physical manner?
A47535How dare you deny a Man admittance into the Church, who is truly Godly, and hath a lively Faith?
A47535How dares any Man, who fears God, attempt to do any thing contrary to the Holy Pattern left in Christ''s New Testament?
A47535How little is the Institution or Practice of the Primitive Christians minded amongst many good Men?
A47535How often must we tell you that Baptism wholly depends, as to Subject, Time, End, and manner of Administration, on the words of Institution?
A47535How palpable is it that Godly Men have wicked Children now adays as well as in former times?
A47535How then can you justify your selves in such a Practice?
A47535I am, saith Christ, to be baptized with Blood, overwhelmed with Sufferings and Afflictions; are you able so to be?
A47535I have heard some say, Is it my where forbid?
A47535I wonder what Faith''t is you suppose to be in Infants?
A47535If God should have sent a Saint from the Dead, to let us know what we should do, would we not give all diligent heed to him?
A47535If he hath a right to Christ, who is signified in the Lord''s Supper, may be be denied the Sign, because he is not baptized?
A47535If you ca n''t prove this, what signifies all you say?
A47535In the Name of the Glorious Trinity, can they say and prove it, Christ hath given them any such Authority?
A47535In the Rubrick, What is required of Persons that are to be baptized?
A47535Is it necessary you should alter any of his Holy Laws, and make void one of the great Sacraments of the New Testament by your Traditions?
A47535Is it not a false thing to say, Persons may believe and be saved by the Faith of others?
A47535Is it not a foolish thing and a Lye, to say, Children have Faith, and are Disciples, who are not capable of Understanding?
A47535Is it not a foolish thing to cry out against Traditions, and all Inventions of Men, and yet strive to uphold and maintain them?
A47535Is it not a weak thing, to open a Door into the Church, which Christ hath shut up?
A47535Is it not an evil and false thing to say, Persons may have Grace and Regeneration before they know God, or are called by his Word and holy Spirit?
A47535Is it not an evil and harmful thing, and a great error to say, Baptism takes away Original Sin?
A47535Is it not an hurtful and evil thing, to defile and p ● lute the Church, by bringing in the Fleshy Seed which Christ hath cast out?
A47535Is it not necessary for you to do what Christ hath commanded, and when at no time there is any danger of the Lives of Persons?
A47535Is it not strange that you should say, That none but the Children of Believers ought to be Baptized?
A47535Is not God a free Agent?
A47535Is not Truth and Righteousness to be joyned with Peace and Love?
A47535Is not Woman as well as Man intended there?
A47535Is not this a meer trifling Vanity, and nought but a piece of Foolery and Deceit, to darken Counsel with words without Knowledg?
A47535Is this good Divinity with Mr. Smythies?
A47535Is this the way to that longed- for Reformation?
A47535It was not too low for him, and is it too low for thee?
A47535May I not argue thus; If Teaching continues to the end of the World, Baptism continues?
A47535Moreover, what express word against Infants receiving the Sacraments?
A47535Must Christ forbid Infant- Baptism?
A47535Must he needs baptize them because he took them up in his Arms?
A47535Nay, can we think Christ would institute an Ordinance to destroy the Lives of any Persons?
A47535Nay, worse, a Tradition of Men?
A47535Now do you see that all the Children of Believers have the Grace of God bestowed upon them, so that they are new Creatures?
A47535Now the Question is, What we are to understand to be meant by the Baptism of the Holy Ghost?
A47535Now, are Children capable to do any of this?
A47535Or is it an Imputitive Faith from the Parents in Covenant, as Musculus and others maintain?
A47535Or, did God forbid Nadab and Abihu to offer strange Fire, who were destroyed for doing it?
A47535Or, did he tell them they should Baptize those in hot Countries that were Disciples, and Rantize such who received the Word in cold Countries?
A47535Or, is it the Faith of the Gossip or Surety, as many of your Church say, i. e. others believe for them?
A47535Or, is not that they call Baptism, in your Consciences a Nullity?
A47535Or, were they in it, and are they now fallen out of it?
A47535Ordinances or Sacraments of Christ?
A47535Ought you not to make God''s VVord your Rule?
A47535Secondly, But why do you say Children must be Believers, or else they ca n''t be saved?
A47535Secondly, We ask, whether God hath left it in the Power of the Parent to save or destroy the Soul of his Child, which your Doctrine doth import?
A47535Sir, I will appeal to you, is not this Inference as good and as justifiable as yours?
A47535Sirs, How dare you, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, say, I Baptize thee,& c. when you do but Rantize the Person?
A47535Sirs, wherefore do you judg it reasonable, and not necessary?
A47535Sometimes there has been some such like Action done I must confess: But does not the Prince actually consent so to be married?
A47535Speak, are they Baptized?
A47535The Minor is easily proved: Can any thing reflect more upon the Honour of Christ,& c. than this?
A47535Thirdly, We demand what hopes are intended, and by what Scriptures the same are annexed to the Administration of an Ordinance in Infancy?
A47535This savours of horrible Pride: Shall Man prescribe unto God ways how he shall be worshipped?
A47535To contemn this Order,( saith he) is to contemn all Rules of Order: for where can we expect to find it, if not here?
A47535To which I answer, where are such things as Crossings, Salt, Spittle, and Sureties,& c. forbid?
A47535VVere they not to go into cold Countries as well as Hot?
A47535Was not Lot a Godly Man, and in the same Covenant of Grace?
A47535Was not that Church set up to be a Patern, or perfect Copy, after which all succeeding Churches were to write?
A47535Well, what tho?
A47535Well, what though that be so?
A47535Were any ever baptized with the Holy Spirit in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost?
A47535Were not Women Disciples, and commanded to be made discipline by the preaching of the Gospel in the Commission, as well as Men?
A47535Were not Women Members of the Chur ● ● ▪ and does not the Holy Supper belong to all ● ● ● ● lar Members thereof?
A47535Were not Women as well as Men( who believed) Baptized?
A47535Were these little Children be ye sure the Children of Believers?
A47535What Confusion is here among the Pedo- Baptists?
A47535What Ordinance hath he ordained to signify the sprinkling of the Blood of Christ?
A47535What a Covenant then do you make that sure and everlasting Covenant of Grace to be?
A47535What abundance of Betrayers of the Truth and Church too have we in these days?
A47535What is this but to intail Grace to Nature, and Regeneration to Generation?
A47535What resemblance of the Burial and Resurrection of Christ is in Sprinkling?
A47535What was that?
A47535What will they answer him when he visiteth them?
A47535What will they say when God rises up?
A47535When shall we see the like proof for Babes Baptism?
A47535Who can justifie you in this Practice?
A47535Who can require Water, that these Persons should be Baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?
A47535Who now can conclude rationally, that any Children were in any of these Housholds?
A47535Who tells them so?
A47535Why do you not believe the Apostle who tells you the quite contrary, and that he said not of Seeds as of many, but to thy Seed, which is Christ?
A47535Why may not that Text be a Proof that Bells in Churches should be baptized, and so made holy likewise?
A47535Why may they not deny Preaching to continue, as well as Baptizing, since Teaching is commanded by no other Authority than this?
A47535Yet are not you contented to lie short in doing this according to the Sentiments of your Minds and Understandings?
A47535You may as well ask, why Nadab and Abihu might not have offered strange Fire, or why might not the Priest?
A47535You will object, May be that Bells are not ● it nor capable Subjects of such an Ordinance?
A47535and because he blessed them, must he receive them into his Church?
A47535and have not our Brethren cast it away as such?
A47535and might he therefore do these things — because God did no where tell him he should not do so?
A47535and to make the Church National, which ought to be Congregational?
A47535and where is the Spirit of Reformation?
A47535and yet they were not, from that Ground, to be circumcised, nor were they at all circumcised, because God did not command them so to be?
A47535as if John should say, that is a sign he is sent of God: and do all Men come to him?
A47535believing Men and Women; is it not necessary for you to do Christ''s Work, as Christ has required?
A47535can it do the Child any hurt?
A47535can we think that others ever attained to the like, much less to greater Light and Knowledg than they?
A47535do they rather go to him to be baptized than come to me?
A47535doth he say they ought, or that it belongs to them?
A47535has God told you he can not, or will not save them except they believe?
A47535hath Christ said indeed, ye shall not baptize Bells?
A47535in token of such a Communion with the Power of his Death, as to kill Sin, and crucifie the old Man, so that henceforth we should not serve Sin?
A47535is it not an innocent thing?
A47535is it therefore lawful to baptize them?
A47535is that requisite, or would it make the Estate the more firm or sure to him?
A47535is the Opus operatum of Baptism, think you, a likely way or means to beget or bring forth Children to Christ, or make Disciples of them?
A47535is there any Argument or Scripture brought by this Man to prove them so to be?
A47535may he not do what he pleases, and magnifie his Grace to poor dying Infants, through the Blood of his Son, in other ways than we know of?
A47535may not the Head be sufficient, that being the principal Part?
A47535might there not be a Pond, or some River near?
A47535must he declare in plain words they ought not to be baptized, or else may they, ought they to be baptized?
A47535nay, a prophanation of the Sacrament of Baptism?
A47535or a dogmatical Faith only, as in Mr. Blake''s Sense?
A47535or can Baptism appear to be a Symbol of it to them?
A47535or those extraordinary Gifts or miraculous Effusions of the Holy Ghost only, which many received in the Primitive Times?
A47535such and such good Men and able Ministers did say this was a Truth and my Duty?
A47535that ye shall not go on Pilgrimages, nor pray for the Dead?
A47535therefore we are buried with him in Baptism into Death,& c. Else what shall they do that are baptized for the Dead, if the Dead rise not at all?
A47535to assert a thing that no Man has any ground to believe, nor ca n''t, without offering violence to his Reason?
A47535together with Melchisedec and others I might mention?
A47535what else is the meaning of these words, he therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit?
A47535wherein are they uncapable?
A47535whether the sanctifying Gifts and Graces of the Spirit are intended hereby, which all the Godly receive?
A47535which being so ▪ how uncertain is your Inference?
A47535who made you one of his Privy- Council?
A47535who say''t is an Invention of Men and no Ordinance of Jesus Christ?
A47535who told you so?
A47535— How can outward Water, saith Mr. Charnock, convey inward- Life?
A47535● ut why will not our Brethren keep to the great Insti ● ution, and exact Rule of the Primitive Church?
A89563( saith Paul) what were you then baptized into?
A8956316. but doth it prove that his Baptisme and Prayer was all one?
A895636, 7, 8. and all experience proves the contrary; is not this as much against the one as the other?
A895638. where the Greeke word comprehends both sexes, but doth that Greeke word, where ever it is used, signifie both sexes?
A895639. as such who hold forth to us the soveraigntie of God in election and reprobation?
A89563Afterwards Augustine put off his own Baptism till he was about 30 years, and upward, and what marvaile?
A89563Alasse Sir, why doe you run into this needlesse and erroneous digression?
A89563And further I pray you tell mee, was not all done among them as much by the free election of grace, as among us?
A89563And what saith Augustine of that Epistle?
A89563And what''s the reason of his delay?
A89563And why so I pray?
A89563As for your fourth, were not the Infants of the Jews devoted to God by Circumcision, though they could not actually devote themselves?
A89563As to the thing it selfe, I answer, was not Circumcision Gods signe and seale?
A89563Bernardus non vidit omnia: why may not some things in the vast monuments of Antiquity passe unseene by you?
A89563But Sir is there not in the Text, all that are afarre off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call; and doth not that reach to all ages?
A89563But Sir, did not you formerly grant, that upon the proving of my two first Conclusions the whole cause depended?
A89563But Sir, what need all these things?
A89563But Sir, why doe you call it a little relish?
A89563But Sir, why doe you judge my heart to intend amisse, in using an expression which your self can not mislike?
A89563But did all the Fathers fore- mentioned judge and practise so?
A89563But if we Gentiles have it not, then are not wee I pray you, straitned in that particular?
A89563But is this an expresse prohibition of it?
A89563But what is your Argument from hence, Augustine held it fit to give Infants the Lords Supper, Ergo, What?
A89563But what poore exceptions are these?
A89563But what''s this to the question before us?
A89563But whereas you adde, And why also should not the Lords Supper succeed Circumcision as well as Baptisme?
A89563Did God ever say that if you will performe these and these conditions, then I will regenerate you, give you a new heart, and put my spirit within you?
A89563Doe not Tertullian, Cyprian,& c. argue from Circumcision unto Baptisme as wee now doe, and others of them from Covenant- holinesse?
A89563Doe you not thinke your Reader would smile at the vanity of these questions?
A89563Doth not this plainly hold forth, that if they were re- baptized, it was because Paul thought their former baptism to be insufficient?
A89563Epiphanius you say, sayes nothing of it in a place, which you cite: and are you sure he sayes nothing any where else?
A89563Ergo, the Lords Supper is a humane invention?
A89563First, if it had been known among them; you wonder why I finde nothing for it in Eusebius, Ignatius, Clemens Alexandrinus, Athanasius, and Epiphanius?
A89563Fourthly, what is the sense of these words, Circumcision confirmed the yoake of the Law?
A89563Have not multitudes of ours swallowed down all Arminianism, as well as they?
A89563How doe you prove that Arminius meanes the words which you cite, of Jewish Proselytes?
A89563How faine would you say somewhat which might reproach this Argument?
A89563I answer, this I wonder at, where is Circumcision compared to buriall, and wherein I pray you lyes the analogie between them?
A89563I know you will owne that expression of Augustine, Qnid agit liberum arbitrium?
A89563I reply, who ever said that this administration is the same with theirs?
A89563If Fidus did Judaize in both these, or either of them, what''s that to mee, who say he denyed not Baptisme to bee administred to Infants?
A89563If Mr. Tombes say that it is better to term them seed by calling, then seed by profession; if it bee but an outward call, where lyes the difference?
A89563If they were, how doth this distinction help you?
A89563Infants as well as growne men?
A89563Is not here then good consequence, that therefore they are to have the Seale administred to them?
A89563Martyr did not beare witnesse to the divine Nature of Christ, because hee lived before Arius started up?
A89563Now I demand of you, do not all these Authors call Baptisme a new Birth, which you would fasten onely on Feuardentius?
A89563Nulli filii carnis censentur in semine, saith Arminius; doth hee meane that no proselytes were the seed of Abraham according to the flesh?
A89563Or is marriage a businesse more concerning Religion, then these are?
A89563Paul demands of them, Have you received the holy Ghost since you were baptized?
A89563Plead not some of ours for the mortality of the soule, as well as they?
A89563Quid enim necesse est, si non cam necesse, sponsores etiam periculo ingeri?
A89563Secondly, how prove you this which you say?
A89563Secondly, what meane you when you say, all is done in the Church according to the f ● ● ● election of grace?
A89563Shall I adde other Witnesses who lived in the same Century with him?
A89563Sir, are you perswaded in your own conscience these things are so?
A89563Sir, is this to joyne with Arminius in his interpretation of the ninth to the Romans?
A89563Sir, was this the Covenant of works?
A89563The holy Ghost: what meane you by the holy Ghost?
A89563Thirdly, did circumcision confirme these things to all Abrahams naturall posteritie?
A89563Thirdly, how do Vives and Strabo know what was done in the ages next the Apostles, when the eldest of them lived almost 800 years after that age?
A89563What advantage then both the Jew, or what profit is there of Circumcision?
A89563What did the Non- conformists ever endeavour to doe beyond prayers and teares?
A89563What if you have not found it, will you therefore say it is not to be found in their writings?
A89563What multiplicity of imaginary senses, and consequences of senses are here poured out on an heape?
A89563What need you keepe such a coyle in asking whether beleevers had then no children?
A89563What''s the washing of Regeneration but Baptisme?
A89563Where is this distinction of yours found, or founded in the Word of God?
A89563Yet I beseech you tell me, doth he not therein intimate that it was the custome of the Church in his age to baptize the one as well as the other?
A89563You desire to know what Clemens Alexandrinus saith?
A89563You say he was the sonne of a Christian Bishop, but how doe you prove it?
A89563all which I now passe over: and are not all these Witnesses of the practise of the Church?
A89563and did any Orthodox Divine before your self charge this to be Arminianism, to say that the Gospel runs upon conditions?
A89563and if they bee unchaste, how doth this make them chaste?
A89563and that the method of preaching to us Gentiles must bee fetch''d out of this place?
A89563and that therefore the Baptizing of Infants doth not frustrate that end of initiating them to bee Disciples or Professors?
A89563and was there no food among them all that time, but the Sacramentall food?
A89563and when any of them had embraced the faith, why might they not be catechized, and so prepared for Baptisme, and when they were sound fit baptized?
A89563could any of the ancients reasonably grant the one, and deny the other?
A89563could the ● arest Chymick have extracted any more?
A89563did ever any before you conceive so many and great evills to follow upon the baptizing the children of beleevers?
A89563doe not many of ours conceit a perfection of grace?
A89563doe they not cry downe our Ministry as no Ministry?
A89563doe they not oppose the Christian Sabbath?
A89563doth he not confine himselfe to answer cases betwixt beleevers, and their unbeleeving wives and husbands?
A89563have not many of ours drunke in the conceits of immediate revelations and Enthysiasmes as much as they?
A89563have not some of ours laid downe their Armes out of opinion that even in a just cause warre is unlawfull?
A89563is it a Sacrament?
A89563may I not also exact of you to shew when and where this was taken away?
A89563must you not bee compelled to goe by a consequence to bring it in, which is all I contend for?
A89563or doe both these cases require one and the same answer?
A89563or how else, is it more holy then these other civill things?
A89563or whether the Apostles had no commission?
A89563or whether wee have a Commission if they had not?
A89563our Churches as no Churches?
A89563that such Monsters should be bred in the wombe of it, or conceive that the removing of this would bee the healing of all?
A89563the conveyance and seal annexed to it, are no part of the purchased inheritance, but doe they not belong to it?
A89563unlesse your Compassionate Samaritan bee Authentick with you?
A89563was it by faith, or the profession of faith?
A89563was it certain or probable?
A89563was it not a seale of the righteousnesse of faith, of circumcision of heart,& c. doth not the seale belong to the thing sealed?
A89563was it to be true at any time, that all who beleeve should receive the extraordinary gifts of the holy Ghost?
A89563was the posteritie of Ismael and Esau to come out of Egypt; possesse Canaan, ● ee yoaked with the Law?
A89563wee never so much as heard whether there be an holy Ghost: No?
A89563were not children then admitted in by birth- right, and yet was not grace then as free as it is now?
A89563were the uncleane and uncircumcised in their families to fast all that time?
A89563were they all inwardly holy, or effectually called?
A89563what Doctrine, or Faith were you instructed in before your baptisme?
A89563what Scripture ever denyed it?
A89563what evidence doe either of them produce out of Antiquitie to make their assertion good?
A89563what priviledge or gaine is it to bee a visible professor, a visible member of the Jewish Church?
A89563what strange kind of baptisme have you received?
A89563what turbulent Sect was ever found among them?
A89563what were those divisions and miscarriages which brought them so low?
A89563why may I not have as good hopes of Heathens children, if Gods promise helpe not here?
A89563yea doth not Ambrose call the Fon: Baptisterium regeneration is lavacrum, the lavacre of Regeneration?
A58206* Corpus Christi naturale fuit verè sepultum; an putandum est nostra corpora eodom modo sepeliri in administratine baptismi?
A582061,& c. what, would you have your disciples baptized with the sprie of two neighboring seas, and a cloud of fresh water raining on their heads?
A582061. quis enim potest dare quod ipse n ● n habeat?
A5820610. who( of any sense) doth not understand that of those that can, and will not?
A5820614. pronounceth in the present) by a designation to the service of Jesus Christ, and the future participation of the promises?
A5820621. of what?
A582063 20, 21. what, must the type and truth agree in all things?
A5820636: see here is water, what doth let me to be baptized?
A582064 When the Apostle saith the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife; if any ask, what wife?
A582065 If the matter must be put upon express words of Scripture, let our Antagonists shew us where they are expresly forbidden to baptize Infants?
A58206A gallant flourish indeed: but seriously; Did Christ take them up in his arms, and bless them; and are they not blessed?
A58206Again, Baptism is administred with the words of institution by Christ appointed; take away the Word, and what is the Water but ordinary water?
A58206And I pray how could the Priest under the Law know the minds of children to be circum ● ● sed?
A58206And again, who is eaten with the zeal of Gods house?
A58206And if a quality, of what kind it is?
A58206And what solidity is there on these conjectures, to conclude that Hieroms parents, though Christian, defer''d his baptism until he was 30 years old?
A58206And where is then their answer of a good conscience toward God?
A58206And who is so ready to cast this odious Livery upon others, as the most Antichristian?
A58206And why can not God as well do his mercies to infants now immediatly, as he did before the institution either of circumcision or baptism?
A58206And why is it more proportionable to an act of reason and humanity to defer childrens baptism, then in due time to baptize them?
A58206But let us hear the rest of Tertullians advice; was it only concerning the deferring infants baptism?
A58206But to what purpose do you propose any of these examples to your clients imitation?
A58206But what follows?
A58206But what if they never marry, must they never be baptized?
A58206But what is crucifying again?
A58206But what other battalio''s come next up?
A58206But you demand, if it implies a duty on our part; how then can children receive it, who can not do duty at all?
A58206But you say, Circumcision left a Character in the flesh, which being imprinted upon Infants, did it work upon them when they came to age?]
A58206But you say, — The infant is not capable of believing, and if he were, he were also capable of dissenting; and how then do they know his mind?]
A58206By demanding, quanta est major Propositio?
A58206Can any be saved without such grace?
A58206Can there be a sound conclusion from rotten premises?
A58206Can you be assured that none of these who are baptized in infancy, and no otherwise, are regenerate and saved?
A58206Could they if sent into Painim- Countreys with all the terms of your supposition, have been more disposed to an actual belief without a new Master?
A58206Did their Baptizers profane Baptism?
A58206Do any creatures under the degrees of man, bear the image of their Creator, in immortality, sanctity and light of understanding?
A58206Do they say so when they speak of infant- baptism?
A58206Do we then complain against God, when we complain of the Anabaptists abridging children of that which God hath allowed them?
A58206Do you account obedience to God and his holy ordinances, to be a tempting of God?
A58206Do you also call the truth thereof in question?
A58206Do you mean by the Holy Ghost, the gifts and graces of Gods holy Spirit regenerating the elect to the Kingdome of Heaven?
A58206Do you think there is no danger from infants original guilt which maks them stand in need of the laver of regeneration for the remission of their sin?
A58206Doth God save any Infants?
A58206Doth it follow therefore a man may make confession of Christ with his mouth to salvation, before he believeth in him in his heart?
A58206Doth not Gods blessing give both end and means that we may be so?
A58206Doth the Scripture, 21 ● saying all flesh dyed — every man — meane onely all of reason and age?
A58206God created him- male and female created be them: both one flesh, and so but one — and wherefore one?
A58206God hath appointed baptism to be a seal and token of our receiving and entrance into the Church; is it to no purpose to obey him in his Ordinances?
A58206How can any meer man know whom to baptize, though of years, and whom to put by?
A58206How doth that appear?
A58206How invalid is the Moderators Agument, à non scripto, ad nonfactum?
A58206How know you that John B. or the Apostles never baptized any Infants?
A58206How many impertinences are here twisted up together?
A58206How many ridiculous consequences would you thence inferre?
A58206How much more rationally may he make covenant with infants, though yet without the actuall use of reason?
A58206How often hath Satan in tempting to sin, misled the incaucious with this suggestion, there can be no danger in it,''t is the surer way?
A58206How poor a spirited mother art thou, and of how little faith?
A58206How then shal we be renewed after our falling into sin?
A58206How vain and ma ● tious is this calumny of yours?
A58206I appeal to your own conscience, may we as well conclude against Gods word, as for it?
A58206I demand then, Do infants believe?
A58206I demand, Doth God perform every one of his promises?
A58206I demand, quojure, by what right is the Kingdom of Heaven theirs?
A58206I wonder what they will be ashamed to say, who blush not at such assertions?
A58206I would gladly be resolved, quanta est illa propositio?
A58206If any ask, why it comes out so late to publike view?
A58206If giving the Seal to those who can not be profited thereby, be profanation of the same, how often do you prophane the holy Seal?
A58206If it be a ceremony only, how doth it sanctifie us, or make the comers thereunto perfect?
A58206If it be a duty on our part to administer it ● how can children receive it, who can not do any duty at all?
A58206If it be necessary to baptism that the baptizer know the mind of the person to be baptized, how can you baptize men of years?
A58206If it implys a duty on our part, how then can children receive it, who can not do duty at all?]
A58206If not, how maliciously is this objected against us, baptizing Infants of Believers, Christ himself expresly avowing them as subjects of his Kingdom?
A58206If not, why inferre you them?
A58206If this argument were good, how many men and women of age, must by the same reason be denyed baptism?
A58206If you do not, why do you urge against us an authority which your self consenteth not unto?
A58206If you mean the second, that is, that we less know the truth then the evidence; what blame you in our cause, or advantage your Clients?
A58206If you say we see no evidence, nor can the blind see the Sun; what can you gain hereby?
A58206If you will have none baptized before the works of the Spirit, before the operations of grace,& c. when and whom may you baptize?
A58206If( you say) by the external work alone, how doth this differ from the opus operatum of Papists, save that it is worse?
A58206In which it seemeth to us a very weak querie, And why can not God as well do his mercies to Infants now immediately?
A58206Is not the Scripture evident?
A58206Must this be by vertue of baptism by water onely, or the externall ministration thereof?
A58206Nay but tell me, if you can, by all your reason, how could infants receive baptism except we did administer it?
A58206No man rationally asketh, What need we two eyes who can see with one?
A58206Onely this( you say) that God hath as great a care of Infants, as of others,& c.] Here is another argument as fe ● ble as the fore- going: What?
A58206Or spake Christ onely concerning the carnall seed of Abraham, and not of the spirituall when he said, Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven?
A58206Popery and Pelagianism twisted together?
A58206Possibly Joash would here have replied to such a short Scheme of plea, — will ye plead for Baal?
A58206Qui rebaptizatur, jam Christianus fuerat: quomodo dici potest iterum Christianus& c?
A58206Restore such a one — but how?
A58206Scire autem?
A58206Scripture beyond the Apostles scope and purpose, rather to that which seems to favour your fancy and practise of immersion, then to another sense?
A58206Shall not they therefore that have the use of reason be baptized?
A58206Since faith is necessary to the susception of baptism,& c.] True in adult is; what is this to our present question concerning infants?
A58206So when the Prophet would recall the Jews from Polygamie to pure wedlock, he said, did not he( that is God the Creator) make one?
A58206So, v. 1. the maimed or Eunuch shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord& c. what?
A58206Speak you this as a matter doubtfull?
A58206That is the act of understanding, faith and repentance?
A58206That would be a rare invention indeed: but if to call Anabaptists Anabaptists, be just, why find you fault with it?
A58206The old Academicks were wo nt to question the testimonie and evidence of their own senses with a quid si falleris?
A58206This weakly follows from unsound premises; was there no word added to Circumcision?
A58206This you will put upon necessary consequence, where you have no express word: And why shall we not have the like liberty for Infant- Baptism?
A58206This( say you) is the greatest vanity in the world] What vanity?
A58206To the Parents or to the children?
A58206To what children was that promise made?
A58206Was not the reason of the Covenant declared to Abraham?
A58206Was that faith which the Apostle commended onely there, or then when Hierom wrote in all the Western Church?
A58206Was there not a word of Institution?
A58206We know the word( children) importeth not alwayes infants; what then?
A58206Were it good Georgicks to say, Trouble not your self to fodder your cattle, or loose them from their stall that they may drink?
A58206What Word?
A58206What are these real services, and whose?
A58206What are we nearer heaven if we are baptized?]
A58206What did vidual continency, or conjugal fidelity concern infants, as such?
A58206What do you herein say which might not as well have been objected against the circumcision of infants?
A58206What must they be interessed onely when they come to that act of which by nature they have the faculty?
A58206What need all this stirre?
A58206What promise?
A58206What the Citie of Rome?
A58206What then?
A58206What think you of the validity of that Argument which is from Gods power to his will?
A58206What think you then of our Christian Sabbath?
A58206What was it which he called Peters Chair?
A58206What yoke?
A58206What, by descent from naturall parents?
A58206What; because''t is not written?
A58206What?
A58206What?
A58206Whence have you either such knowledg or commission so to judg?
A58206Where can you shew us in terminis, Thou Thomas, John, Andrew,& c. shalt be baptized and saved?
A58206Whether a quality, action, or passion?
A58206Whether it be a figure or form?
A58206Whether it be an ens rationis, or a relatio realis?
A58206Whether the Sacraments of the old Testament made the like impress?
A58206Whether the subject thereof be the soul, or some active or passive faculty thereof?
A58206Who affirms that which you suppose?
A58206Why I write after so many, so much more able to defend the truth, might possibly put me to the Oratours quaere ● y What is left for me to do?
A58206Why did you not rather say that this device was P. Lombards( who mentioneth the Imputative faith you speak of) or some of the following Schoolmen?
A58206Why do ye deny them baptism?
A58206Why might you not say the same also concerning circumcision?
A58206Why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the DISCIPLES?
A58206Why trouble you your self with our stir to do that which Christ commandeth us?
A58206Would you have our fall in Adam, and repair in Christ run literally parallell, even to circumstances?
A58206You say more, To whom is the commandement given?
A58206and how can you who baptize discern this?
A58206and why not now?
A58206and why not so in believing and repenting, seeing that God requireth impossibilities neither in things temporal nor spiritual?
A58206and why seek ye further, omitting the type of Circumcision?
A58206are children in their nonage excluded from the blessing in Christ?
A58206because God hath as great a care of them as of others, therefore we must have no care of them in the application of the ordinary means?
A58206because it doth not in every place of Scripture signify infants, therefore doth it not any where, no not where infants are spoken of?
A58206because those of years professed their faith, and confessed their sins?
A58206but what evidence can there be in those things, whose authority can not be proved, and whose truth can not be infallible?
A58206but you say, this pertains to children when they are capable, but made with them assoon as they are alive( that is in the mothers womb) what this?
A58206can the holy Ghost be inactive, and without effectuall influence in any soul?
A58206de necessitate medii, in respect of infants salvation, as if they could not be saved without it?
A58206deale ingenuously then; do you affime that by whole, or all, the Scripture doth alwayes meane, persons of reason and age?
A58206doe you affirme that by whole families, is ever meant all persons of age within the family, and such only?
A58206doth the incapacity in respect of one command, conclude an incapacity of all?
A58206hath a stone or tree any habitual faith, or reason, or any capacity of the holy Ghost, illumination, or sanctification?
A58206how could infants receive circumcision, who could do as little duty as infants now can?
A58206hum,& quid est aquae nisi aqua?
A58206if evill or unjust, why consult you how to imitate it by way of revenge?
A58206if of children, what can they, as such, perform?
A58206is it not a shame to be such, as we are or may well be ashamed to be called?
A58206is not this froathy- Rethorick?
A58206is your meaning, Some of them that are capable of the same grace, are not alwaies capable of the signe thereof?
A58206might he not be sealed or saved?
A58206must all the world be drown''d, and only eight persons saved?
A58206nay, but no man can be edified by that which is destructive; or in Enthusiasms and Revelations?
A58206or a Boyish manner of contest, to call Whore, and all ill names, where they have not other power to prevail?
A58206or because they have not faith, do you conclude them all damned who die in their infancy?
A58206or deny it to any within the Church, needing Regeneration, that they may be saved?
A58206or did he at first make any more then one husband and one wife?
A58206or did not Tertullian know what he wrote?
A58206or doe you not take a child of eight dayes old( when it was by Gods command and covenant to receive the seal) to be an infant?
A58206or what wil it advantage you if it were true?
A58206say you, how can he be passive who can not be active at all?
A58206so hath he a care for their bodily preservation and sustenance; doth that prove that we ought not to feed or cloath them?
A58206that is, did he make any more wives for Adam then one?
A58206the Apostle saith, much every way: and what is the advantage of the believing Christians child, and Gods covenant with them?
A58206the seal of circumcision?
A58206therefore Infants who can not so do, may not be baptized?
A58206they only who can actually for the present repent?
A58206this covenant?
A58206to whom?
A58206were it not rather to tempt God, if( as much as in us lies) we should shut up the doore and inlet into his kingdome against infants?
A58206were the infants excepted?
A58206were they no wayes liable to this double precept, repent and be baptized every one of you?
A58206what are they damn''d?
A58206what doth God, when he said to Abraham — and in thee all the families of the earth shall be blessed; doth he meane only all persons of age?
A58206what in Traditions and unwritten verities?
A58206what, is it of force only to men and women of yeares; where''s the infants part?
A58206what, no more then of Turkes, and Jewes?
A58206what, to those who had been children, but were now of years to be taught, believe and repent?
A58206when?
A58206where have they any express precept for dipping over head and ears?
A58206where have they any express precept for their long prayers, for baptizing women, or administring the communion to them?
A58206where is any precept obliging to a place?
A58206where is his priviledge of federall holynesse, as being borne of believing parents?
A58206where is there any syllable express, or probable for re- baptizing any?
A58206where shall we feek these, among our adversaries?
A58206wherein appears either matter or form thereto pertinent?
A58206which of all the reformed Churches ever did so?
A58206who know''s not, that God commanded severall things with respect to severall capacities?
A58206who knows not that these and the like things are left under the general rule, Let all things be done decently, and in order?
A58206who?
A58206you confesse baptisme to be the ordinary inlet into the kingdome of heaven; and is an ordinary thing a signe or miracle?
A58206— Why were it not as good they stayed to make it, till that time, before which time if they do make it, it is to no purpose?
A58206— Would it not as well follow à non scripto?
A58206〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 At ver ● num á nostris operibus pende ● sa ● ● is nestra?
A58207* Corpus Christi naturale fuit veré sepultum; an putandum est nostra corpora eodom modo sepeliri in administratine baptismi?
A582071,& c. what, would you have your disciples baptized with the sprie of two neighboring seas, and a cloud of fresh water raining on their heads?
A582071. quis enim potest dare quod ipse non habeat?
A5820710. Who( of any sense) doth not understand that of those that can, and will not?
A5820714. pronounceth in the present) by a designation to the service of Iesus, Christ, and the future participation of the promises?
A5820721 ● saying all flesh dyed — every man — meane onely all of reason and age?
A5820721. of what?
A582073 20, 21. what, must the type and truth agree in all things?
A5820736: see here is water, what doth let me to be baptized?
A582074 When the Apostle saith the unbelieving husband is sanctified in the wife; if any ask, what wife?
A582075 If the matter must be put upon express words of Scripture, let our Antagonists shew us where they are expresly forbidden to baptize Infants?
A58207A gallant flourish indeed: but seriously; Did Christ take them up in his arms, and bless them; and are they not blessed?
A58207Again, Baptism is administred with the words of institution by Christ appointed; take away the Word, and what is the Water but ordinary water?
A58207All these vain and injurious expressions, are meer aspersions: and call you this an Argument considerable?
A58207And I pray how could the Priest under the Law know the minds of children to be circumci ● ed?
A58207And again, who is eaten with the zeal of Gods house?
A58207And if a quality, of what kind it is?
A58207And what solidity is there on these conjectures, to conclude that Hieroms parents, though Christian, defer''d his baptism until he was 30 years old?
A58207And where is then their answer of a good conscience toward God?
A58207And who is so ready to cast this odious Livery upon others, as the most Antichristian?
A58207And why can not God as well do his mercies to infants now immediatly, as he did before the institution either of circumcision or baptism?
A58207And why is it more proportionable to an act of reason and humanity to defer childrens baptism, then in due time to baptize them?
A58207But let us hear the rest of Tertullians advice; was it only concerning the deferring infants baptism?
A58207But to what purpose do you propose any of these examples to your clients imitation?
A58207But what follows?
A58207But what if they never marry, must they never be baptized?
A58207But what is crucifying again?
A58207But what makes this against baptizing infants of parents known to be within the Church?
A58207But what other battalio''s come next up?
A58207But you demand, if it implies a duty on our part, how then can children receive it, who can not do duty at all?
A58207But you say, Circumcision left a Character in the flesh, which being imprinted upon Infants, did it work upon them when they came to age?]
A58207But you say, — The infant is not capable of believing, and if he were, he were also capable of dissenting; and how then do they know his mind?]
A58207By demanding, quanta est major Propositio?
A58207Can any be saved without such grace?
A58207Can there be a sound conclusion from rotten premises?
A58207Can you be assured that none of these who are baptized in infancy, and no otherwise, are regenerate and saved?
A58207Could they if sent into Painim- Countreys with all the terms of your supposition, have been more disposed to an actual belief without a new Master?
A58207Did their Baptizers profane Baptism?
A58207Do any creatures under the degrees of man, bear the image of their Creator, in immortality, sanctity and light of understanding?
A58207Do they say so when they speak of infant- baptism?
A58207Do we then complain against God, when we complain of the Anabaptists abridging children of that which God hath allowed them?
A58207Do you account obedience to God and his holy ordinances, to be a tempting of God?
A58207Do you also call the truth thereof in question?
A58207Do you mean by the Holy Ghost, the gi ● ts and graces of Gods holy Spirit regenerating the elect to the Kingdome of Heaven?
A58207Do you think there is no danger from infants original guilt which maks them stand in need of the laver of regeneration for the remission of their sin?
A58207Doth God save any Infants?
A58207Doth it follow therefore a man may make confession of Christ with his mouth to salvation, before he believeth in him in his heart?
A58207Doth not Gods blessing give both end and means that we may be so?
A58207God created him — male and female created he them: both one flesh, and so but one — and wherefore one?
A58207God hath appointed baptism to be a seal and token of our receiving and entrance into the Church; is it to no purpose to obey him in his Ordinances?
A58207How can any meer man know whom to baptize, though of years, and whom to put by?
A58207How doth that appear?
A58207How invalid is the Moderators Agument, à non scripto, ad non factum?
A58207How know you that Iohn B. or the Apostles never baptized any Infants?
A58207How many impertinences are he ● e twisted up together?
A58207How many ridiculous consequences would you thence inferre?
A58207How much more rationally may ● e make covenant with infants, though yet without the actuall use of reason?
A58207How often hath Satan in tempting to sin, misled the incaucious with this suggestion, there can be no danger in it,''t is the surer way?
A58207How poor a spirited mother art thou, and of how little faith?
A58207How then shall we be renewed after our falling into sin?
A58207How vain and malitious is this calumny of yours?
A58207I appeal to your own conscience ▪ may we as well conclude against Gods word, as for it?
A58207I demand then, Do infants believe?
A58207I demand, Doth God perform every one of his promises?
A58207I demand, quo jure, by what right is the Kingdom of Heaven theirs?
A58207I wonder what they will be ashamed to say, who blush not at such assertions?
A58207I would gladly be resolved, quanta est illa propositio?
A58207I. Quid igitur?
A58207If any ask, why it comes out so late to publike view?
A58207If giving the Seal to those who can not be profited thereby, be profanation of the same, how often do you prophane the holy Seal?
A58207If it be a ceremony only, how doth it sanctifie us, or make the comers thereunto perfect?
A58207If it be a duty on our part to administer it, how can children receive it, who can not do any duty at all?
A58207If it be necessary to baptism that the baptizer know the mind of the person to be baptized, how can you baptize men of years?
A58207If it implys a duty on our part, how then can children receive it, who can not do duty a ● all?]
A58207If not, how maliciously is this objected against us, baptizing Infants of Believers, Christ himself expresly avowing them as subjects of his Kingdom?
A58207If not, why inferre you them?
A58207If this argument were good, how many men and women of age, must by the same reason be denyed baptism?
A58207If you do not, why do you urge against us an authority which your self consenteth not unto?
A58207If you mean the second, that is, that we less know the truth then the evidence; what blame you in our cause, or advantage your Clients?
A58207If you say we see no evidence, nor can the blind see the Sun; what can you gain hereby?
A58207If you will have none baptized before the works of the Spirit, before the operations of grace,& c. when and whom may you baptize?
A58207If( you say) by the external work alone, how doth this differ from the opus operatum of Papists, save that it is worse?
A58207In which it seemeth to us a very weak querie, And why can not God as well do his mercies to Infants now immediately?
A58207Is not the Scripture evident?
A58207Must this be by vertue of baptism by water onely, or the externall ministration thereof?
A58207Nay but tell me, if you can, by all your reason, how could infants receive baptism except we did administer it?
A58207No man rationally asketh, What need we two eyes who can see with one?
A58207Onely this( you say) that God hath as great a care of Infants, as of others,& c.] Here is another argument as feeble as the fore- going: What?
A58207Or spake Christ onely concerning the carnall seed of Abraham, and not of the spirituall when he said, Of such is the Kingdom of Heaven?
A58207Popery and Pelagianism twisted together?
A58207Possibly Ioash would here have replied to such a short Scheme of plea, — Will ye plead for Baal?
A58207Qui rebaptizatur, jam Christianus fuerat: quomodo dici potest iterum Christianus& c?
A58207Quis comeditur z ● ● ● ● mus Dei?
A58207Restore such a one — but how?
A58207Shall not they therefore that have the use of reason be baptized?
A58207Since faith is necessary to the susception of baptism,& c.] True in adultis; what is this to our present question concerning infants?
A58207So v. 1. the maimed or Eunuch shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord& c. what?
A58207So when the Prophet would recall the Jews from P ● lygamie to pure wedlock, he said, did not he( that is God the Creator) make one?
A58207Speak you this as a matter doubtfull?
A58207That is the act of understanding, ● aith and repentance?
A58207That would be a rare invention indeed: but if to call Anabaptists Anabaptists, be just, why find you fault with it?
A58207The old Academicks were wo nt to question the testimonie and evidence of their own senses with a quid si falleris?
A58207This weakly follows from unsound premises; was there no word added to Circumcision?
A58207This you will put upon necessary consequence, where you have no express word: And why shall we not have the like liberty for Infant- Baptism?
A58207This( say you) is the greatest vanity in the world] What vanity?
A58207To the Parents or to the children?
A58207To what children was that promise made?
A58207Was not the reason of the Covenant declared to Abraham?
A58207Was that faith which the Apostle commended onely there, or then when Hierom wrote in all the Western Church?
A58207Was there not a word of Institution?
A58207We know the word( children) importeth not alwayes infants; what then?
A58207Were it good Georgicks to say, Trouble not your self to fodder your cattle, or loose them from their stall that they may drink?
A58207What Word?
A58207What are these real services, and whose?
A58207What are we nearer heaven if we are baptized?]
A58207What did vidual continency, or conjugal fidelity concern infants, as such?
A58207What do you herein say which might not as well have been objected against the circumcision of infants?
A58207What must they be interessed onely when they come to that act of which by nature they have the faculty?
A58207What need all this stirre?
A58207What promise?
A58207What the Citie of Rome?
A58207What then?
A58207What think you of the validity of that Argument which is from Gods power to his will?
A58207What think you then of our Christian Sabbath?
A58207What was it which he called Peters Chair?
A58207What yoke?
A58207What, by descent from naturall parents?
A58207What; because''t is not written?
A58207What?
A58207What?
A58207Whence have you either such knowledg or commission so to judg?
A58207Where can you shew us in terminis, Thou Thomas, John, Andrew,& c. shalt be baptized and saved?
A58207Whether a quality, action, or passion?
A58207Whether it be a figure or form?
A58207Whether it be an ● ns rationis, or a relatio realis?
A58207Whether the Sacraments of the old Testament made the like impress?
A58207Whether the subject thereof be the soul, or some active or passive faculty thereof?
A58207Who affirms that which you suppose?
A58207Why I write after so many, so much more able to defend the truth, might possibly put me to the Oratours quaere y What is left for me to do?
A58207Why did you not rather say that this device was P. Lombards( who mentioneth the Imputative faith you speak of) or some of the following Schoolmen?
A58207Why do ye deny them baptism?
A58207Why might you not say the same also concerning circumcision?
A58207Why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the DISCIPLES?
A58207Why trouble you your self with our stir to do that which Christ commandeth us?
A58207Would you have our fall in Adam, and repair in Christ run literally parallell, even to circumstances?
A58207You say more, To whom is the commandement given?
A58207and how can you who baptize discern this?
A58207and why not now?
A58207and why not so in believing and repenting, seeing that God requireth impossibilities neither in things temporal nor spiritual?
A58207and why seek ye further, omitting the type of Circumcision?
A58207are children in their nonage excluded from the blessing in Christ?
A58207because God hath as great a care of them as of others, therefore we must have no care of them in the application of the ordinary means?
A58207because it doth not in every place of Scripture signify infants, therefore doth it not any where, no not where infants are spoken of?
A58207because those of years professed their faith, and confessed their sins?
A58207but what evidence can there be in those things, whose authority can not be proved, and whose truth can not be infallible?
A58207but you say, this pertains 〈 … 〉 when they are capable, but made with them assoon as they are alive( that is in the mothers womb) what this?
A58207can the holy Ghost be inactive, and without effectuall influence in any soul?
A58207de necessitate medii, in respect of infants salvation, as if they could not be saved without it?
A58207deale ingenuously then; do you affime that by whole, or all, the Scripture doth alwayes meane, persons of reason and age?
A58207doe you affirme that by whole families, is ever meant all persons of age within the family, and such only?
A58207doth the incapacity in respect of one command, conclude an incapacity of all?
A58207hath a stone or tree any habitual faith, or reason, or any capacity of the holy Ghost, illumination, or sanctification?
A58207how could infants receive circumcision, who could do as little duty as infants now can?
A58207if evill or unjust, why consult you how to imitate it by way of revenge?
A58207if of children, what can they, as such, perform?
A58207is it not a shame to be such, as we are or may well be ashamed to be called?
A58207is not this froathy- Rethorick?
A58207is your meaning, Some of them that are capable of the same grace, are not alwaies capable of the signe thereof?
A58207might he not be sealed or saved?
A58207must all the world be drown''d, and only eight persons saved?
A58207nay, but no man can be edified by that which is destructive; or in Enthusiasms and Revelations?
A58207operám ne perdemus?
A58207or a Boyish manner of contest, to call Whore, and all ill names, where they have not other power to prevail?
A58207or because they have not faith, do you conclude them all damned who die in their infancy?
A58207or deny it to any within the Church, needing Regeneration, that they may be saved?
A58207or did he at first make any more then one husband and one wife?
A58207or did not Tertullian know what he wrote?
A58207or doe you not take a child of eight dayes old( when it was by Gods command and covenant to receive the seal) to be an infant?
A58207or what wil it advantage you if it were true?
A58207say you, how can he be passive who can not be active at all?
A58207so hath he a care for their bodily preservation and ● ustenance; doth that prove that we ought not to feed or cloath them?
A58207that is, did he make any more wives for Adam then one?
A58207the Apostle saith, much every way: and what is the advantage of the believing Christians child, and Gods covenant with them?
A58207the seal of circumcision?
A58207therefore Infants who can not so do, may not be baptized?
A58207they only who can actually for the present repent?
A58207this covenant?
A58207to whom?
A58207were it not rather to tempt God, if( as much as in us lies) we should shut up the doore and inlet into his kingdome against infants?
A58207were the infants excepted?
A58207were they no wayes liable to this double precept, repent and be baptized every one of you?
A58207what are they damn''d?
A58207what doth God, when he said to Abraham — and in thee all the families of the earth shall be blessed; doth he meane only all persons of age?
A58207what in Traditions and unwritten verities?
A58207what, is it of force only to men and women of yeares; where''s the infants part?
A58207what, no more then of Turkes, and Iewes?
A58207what, to those who had been children, but were now of years to be taught, believe and repent?
A58207when?
A58207where have they any express precept for dipping over head and ears?
A58207where have they any express precept for their long prayers, for baptizing women, or administring the communion to them?
A58207where is any precept obliging to a place?
A58207where is his priviledge of federall holynesse, as being borne of believing parents?
A58207where is there any syllable express, or probable for re- baptizing any?
A58207where shall we seek these, among our adversaries?
A58207wherein appears either matter or form thereto pertinent?
A58207which of all the reformed Churches ever did so?
A58207who know''s not, that God commanded severall things with respect to severall capacities?
A58207who knows not that these and the like things are left under the general rule, Let all things be done decently, and in order?
A58207who?
A58207— Auxentius solvit baptismum Christi — curigitur rebaptizan ● dos Auxentius fideles populos putat baptizatos in nomine Trinitatis,& c?
A58207— Why were it not as good they stayed to make it, till that time, before which time if they do make it, it is to no purpose?
A58207— Would it not as well follow à non scripto?
A26961( And should it not be considered, whether the contrary hath not far less evidence and likelihood of Truth?)
A26961( What fruit of these things?)
A26961( and how far is the whole Church from being dissolved?)
A26961( which all the Jews, with all their little ones, were enter''d into with God) a Covenant of Grace,( as distinct from the Laws which was repealed?)
A2696117, 19, 24?
A2696119, 20. where Christ adjoyneth Baptizing immediately to Discipling?
A2696119. which is Ministerial Teaching?
A2696137. p. 14. and in other places?
A2696139. p. 31. Who is against as early an engagement of children to God, as can lawfully be made?]
A269614, 8,& c. And is not the thing signified set forth by the phrase of Washing or Sprinkling?
A269615, 6, 7, 8. out of this very Covenant?
A26961Again, can it be, that Infants are not Disciples, because God will not shew them such Mercy?
A26961Again, may not children be visible Church- members, and yet perhaps children of wrath too?
A26961Again, seeing such do not usually know themselves when they were first disciples( in this sense) how much less can others know it?
A26961And all this in contending, that your own children are out of Christs visible Church?
A26961And be devoted to Learning, if they live, and consecrated to him as their Master?
A26961And can that be according to the mind and will of Christ?
A26961And can you say, that this was proper to the Jews?
A26961And consequently, that Believers and their seed were not broken off?
A26961And did not their own Church ever contain Infants, as Members?
A26961And does not the Greek word signifie to Wash, as well as to Dip?
A26961And does not the Law take it as his Act?
A26961And does not this nurture belong to them, as Schollars of Christ?
A26961And does there need any more to prove, that they ought to be Baptized?
A26961And doth not that shew, God hath given Parents their interest and authority?
A26961And doth not the Scripture fully shew, that all the people of Israel did( by Gods appointment) enter their children into the Covenant of God?
A26961And from constant example in Scripture, explaining the Commission?
A26961And from the end and use of Baptism?
A26961And further, doth not experience confirm it, that God frequently blesseth this means?
A26961And further, doth the Apostle speak one word against the priviledge of those Infants, whose Parents violated not Gods Covenant, nor fell away?
A26961And had the Jews, Gods own people, less mercy than those that were thus adjoyned to them?
A26961And hath God no mercy for Infants?
A26961And have not many said so about the religious Education of children, that it is but the way to make them Hypocrites?
A26961And how many Scriptures are there that prove Infants must be admitted Church- members?
A26961And if Infants in the Jews Church were Servants, and Disciples, doth not God shew as great and greater mercy to his Church now under the Gospel?
A26961And if it was otherwise, might it not be only occasional, from a Reason proper to those hot Countries?
A26961And if it was part of the Ceremonial Law, what was it a type of?
A26961And if their Church admitted Infant- Members, and ours be the same, must not ours admit of Infant- Members also?
A26961And if they were in the Truth here, yet is not that Truth a snare to them?
A26961And if to be holy in the Apostles sense here, be no more than to be lawfully begotten, then may we not call all persons holy, that are not Bastards?
A26961And is it likely that he would have unchurched all their Infants, when he would have gathered to him whole Jerusalem, or the whole Nation?
A26961And is it not a far worse condition to be out of the visible Church, than in it?
A26961And is it not a plain natural duty of Parents to covenant for their children, when it is for their good?
A26961And is it not a spirit of rashness and headiness, that runs men presently upon new untried ways, upon every doubting about the old?
A26961And is it not considerable, that all the three former Evangelists make full mention of these passages of Christ?
A26961And is it not most probable that the Apostle speaks of the same kind of holiness, which was the ordinary priviledge of the faithful before?
A26961And is it not such, to Baptize Women naked, or next to naked?
A26961And is it their certain Salvation, or their Church- Membership, that we dispute for( in regard of Individuals?)
A26961And is not Christs Church both his Kingdom and his School, and every Member of it under him, both as King and Prophet?
A26961And is not the Gospel to many, The Savour of Death unto Death, and to the Jews a stumbling- block, and to the Gentiles foolishness?
A26961And is not the former instituted plainly for all disciples?
A26961And is not this the case of many, even of the godly, that are but children in knowledge?
A26961And is not this the very case here?
A26961And is there any Scripture that speaketh of delivering any from this sad estate, but Church- Members?
A26961And let them know, that their meer Baptism( whether in Infancy, or at Age) is not sufficient?
A26961And might it not become customary, formal, and consistent with great ignorance?
A26961And must the Gospel be blamed for this?
A26961And since we find that they were once in it, what need we any more proof, that they remain in, till it can be shewn where it is revoked?
A26961And that every one that is a Member of a particular Church, is also a Member of the Universal?
A26961And that in the Churches, and amongst the best Ministers and Christians?
A26961And that perswade people, that it is a sin to hear our pretended Ministers,( as they have been called) because they were never Baptized?
A26961And that the Jews Infants were Members of the Universal?
A26961And that this Universal Church is not dissolved?
A26961And then proved,[ That Infants are Church- Members:] is not this as much, as to prove, They must be Baptized?
A26961And to Dip persons cloathed, will it not overthrow the Argument usually brought for the necessity of washing the whole Body?
A26961And was not Christ himself Baptized, when yet he was not capable of many of the great ends of Baptism?
A26961And was not Infants Church- membership revealed clearly there?
A26961And were by nature the children of wrath, even as others?
A26961And were not Infants engaged to God by the Seal of his Covenant,[ Circumcision?]
A26961And were not the Infants of the faithful Church- members, and so holy, before Christs time?
A26961And what a case was the Land in, if all did believe, as some of you teach?
A26961And what if Infants can not at first learn to know Christ?
A26961And what if many amongst you think to be saved, because they are Baptized again?
A26961And whatsoever it may be to strangers, yet how can it seem such a mercy to Parents, to have their Children put out of the Church?
A26961And when God addeth to the Church such as shall be saved, can it be any known way of mercy, to be cast, or put out of the Church?
A26961And where are we taught to doubt the Salvation of the Infants of Pagans?]
A26961And whether that Blessing did not belong to their Infants?
A26961And whether the difference between the Baptists and Paedobaptists, be not chiefly( if not only) about imposing Ceremonies upon Infants?
A26961And whether the most of you do well, that have made your Doctrine a ground of separation?
A26961And whether these which Christ took up in his Armes, and Blessed, were not Members of his visible Church?
A26961And whether this be not to put the Salvation of Infants out of his own hand?]
A26961And whether this do not give the Parents power to save, or damn their Infants?
A26961And who can imagine, that God should cast out the Infant,( that came in for the Parents sake) while the Parents remain in the same Church?
A26961And who denies Infants to be capable of Infant- Relation, Obligation, or Right?
A26961And why should any be more vigorous with Christ in this case, than with Men?
A26961And will you leave us no sound grounded hope of the justification, or salvation of any dying Infants in the world?
A26961And will you tell us, what operation Circumcision had on the Infants of Church- members formerly?
A26961And would it not have occasioned great disputes and debates?
A26961And yet were they not children of wrath by nature, as we are?
A26961And yet, had they any more Faith or knowledge of the significancy, than ours have now?
A26961And yet, were not they as uncapable of understanding either the significancy, or engagement, as ours are?
A26961Another common objection is, if Infants must be Baptized, why may they not as well receive the Lords Supper?
A26961Are any visibly Blest without the visible Church?
A26961Are not Infants capable of being Subjects of Christs Kingdom?
A26961Are not all Divines agreed in the definition of the Church, That it is a Society of persons separated from the world to God?
A26961Are not all Subjects of Christ in his visible Kingdom or( Church) Christians?
A26961Are not evident consequences, or Arguments drawn by reason from Scripture, as true proof, as the very express words of a Text?
A26961Are not they a spiritual Seed that are of Christs Body, and saved by him?
A26961Are the children of Believers holy in state?
A26961Are there not many weighty Controversies more difficult than this?
A26961As for the gracious Covenant made with Adam, do we not grant that it extends to Infants?
A26961Because Bastards are called clean, will it therefore follow, that the legitimate may be called holy?
A26961Being ordinarily and generally used, doth it not tend directly to overthrow peoples health and lives?
A26961But hath God appointed any Ordinance contradictory to his great Moral Commands?
A26961But if Infants be not Members of the Visible Church, how can you prove they are Members of the Invisible Church?
A26961But is not the other such as they are, naturally incapable of in their first Infancy?
A26961But may not that be the Childs Action Morally, and in Law- sence, which is onely the Fathers Action Physically?
A26961But to come a little nearer to you; would you have none but Men and Women Baptised?
A26961But utterly improbable that he should speak of no other holiness here but legitimation,( which is common to the children of Pagans?)
A26961But what Scripture saith, that all Disciples as such, should presently receive the Lords Supper?
A26961But would not this naturally, and necessarily produce them?
A26961Can we say, the Scripture is dark, or sparing in that?
A26961Can ye suppose the believing Jews children( and so the Parents in point of comfort) to be in a worse condition since Christ, than they were before?
A26961Can you find out a third cause, which is not reducible to one of these?
A26961Can you prove, that Christ will save those that are no Christians?
A26961Can you shew( any of you) what there is in the nature of the thing, that should be hurtful to any?
A26961Could there be a visible breaking off, or removal from an invisible term?
A26961Cursed shalt thou be in the Fruit of thy Body: Thy Sons and thy Daughters shall be given to another people: They shall go into Captivity?]
A26961Dare you say, that God hath repealed Infants Church- Membership to their hurt, in justice?
A26961Did Christ come in tho flesh to put Infants out of his Church in mercy?
A26961Did Christ come to make Believers or their children miserable, or bring them into a worse condition?
A26961Did he ever revoke his Mercies in Justice to the parties hurt, till they first brake Covenant with him, and so procured it by their own desert?
A26961Did not the Jews take it for unquestionable, all their Infants having actual possession, and that upon Gods own grant and Ordination?
A26961Did not the Parents there enter their children into the Covenant, and not the Infants themselves?
A26961Do not Ministers indeavour to take men off from such formality and self- delusions?
A26961Does not the New- Testament speak more sparingly of that which is more fully discovered in the old?
A26961Doth not the Apostle say it of that Church, whereof Infants were Members with their Parents, that but some were broken off from this Church?
A26961Doth not the Doctrine, which puts Infants out of the visible Church of Christ, leave them in the visible Kingdom of the Devil?
A26961Doth not the Holy Ghost call them Disciples?
A26961Doth not the World and the Church contain all mankind, according to the ordinary Scripture- distribution?
A26961Doth not the seventh Commandment forbid all incitements to uncleanness, and all immodest actions?
A26961Doth not your Conscience tell you, that the Baptism of Men and Women upon profession of faith and repentance, is beyond the reach of contradiction?]
A26961Further, what if it were more obscure than it is?
A26961Had it been better therefore, the World had been without him?
A26961Hath God entred into such a Covenant with any since the Fall, but in Christ, and upon terms of Grace?
A26961Hath he appointed any Ordinance in his Church, which will destroy men, except they be preserved by Miracle?
A26961Hath not Christ appointed the first to be such, as Infants are capable of?
A26961Hath not Christ made larger promises to his Church Visible, than to any in the world that are not of the Church?
A26961How can Infants be said to be a spiritual Seed: Are any but a spiritual Seed, Members of the Invisible Church?
A26961How can it be a mercy to take away a mercy, except it be to give a greater mercy instead of it?
A26961How properly may these be called Anti- queries?
A26961How then could these or their Infants, be put out of the Church in justice to their hurt?
A26961How then is it, or their Church- Membership grounded on it repealed?
A26961How vain is it to say, that many are appointed the use of Bathing, as a Remedy against Diseases?
A26961I will not dispute it with you, whether these of yours be properly called, Antiqueries?
A26961If God would have Infants to be Church- members, and so entred by Baptism, are not all these objections against God, and a carping at his way?
A26961If Infants are capable of being servants of God, how can they be thought incapable of being Disciples?
A26961If a Child that can not read, be entred into the School, that he may learn to read, is there any thing in this that tends to delusion?
A26961If a Childs name be put into a Lease, is there any thing in this to do him hurt?
A26961If a Jew had been forced into a strange Country, yet had not both he and his children there been Members of the Universal Church?
A26961If a man should affirm, That all the Infants of the faithful( so dying) are certainly saved, is there a syllable in the Text against him?
A26961If it was an high favour to them to be entred in Infancy into the Church and Covenant, how comes it to be an hurt or wrong to us now?
A26961If never so clear evidence of Truth be produced, will it not still be dark to them that are uncapable of discerning it?
A26961If no Infants are Disciples, what is the cause?
A26961If some priviledges were taken away, as the Release of the Jews servants,& c. yet are there not far greater given in their stead?
A26961If the Gospel occasioneth contentions, doth it any more than occasion them?
A26961If there be no ground to doubt of the Salvation of their Infants?
A26961If this Ordinance and merciful Gift be repealed and revoked, whether is it in Mercy, or in Justice?
A26961If you can not, how can you say that yours is the Scripture- way?
A26961If you had learned what this meaneth, I will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless?
A26961If you object, How can an Infant Covenant with God, or be engaged by this Sign?
A26961If you say, That this merciful gift of God to Infants, and ordinance for their Church- Membership is repealed, does it not lie on you to prove it?
A26961If you will make a difference, is not more required to a Servant, than to a Disciple?
A26961In lesser points?
A26961In points not then questioned?
A26961In speaking of those to whom it speaks not, as concerning the Heathen, and concerning Infants?
A26961Is it a fundamental point, and duty, of absolute necessity to salvation,( why then was not Baptism in the Creed called the Apostles?]
A26961Is it an Universal Remedy?
A26961Is it any other than a shift, to say, that it was only such a Seal of Abrahams righteousness of Faith?
A26961Is it because they are not capable?
A26961Is it not Christs Rule, that persons shall be Baptised without delay, when they are first made Disciples?
A26961Is it not a breach of the seventh Commandment,[ Thou shalt not commit Adultery] to Dip persons naked, or next to naked?
A26961Is it not clear, that there is an Universal Church visible?
A26961Is it not common to call the whole Nation of the Turks, both old and young, by the name of Mahometans, or Disciples of Mahomet?
A26961Is it not evident, that they were taken for Doctrines of moment for the Churches information?
A26961Is it not evident, that those on whose necks the false Teachers would have laid the yoke, were Disciples?
A26961Is it not restrained to those, that can first examine themselves, and can discern the Lords Body, and keep in remembrance his Death?
A26961Is it not sinful to neglect and put it off, when once it might lawfully be done?
A26961Is it not somewhat, if they can be taught any of the duty of a rational creature?
A26961Is it plain, or so much as probable, that the Jaylor was dipt over head, who was Baptized in the night in his house?
A26961Is not one found Argument enough to prove any thing true?
A26961Is not that a Covenant of Grace, wherein God taketh them to be his people, and engageth to be their God?
A26961Is not the Scripture more sparing in such cases as these?
A26961Is not the constant sense of the word[ holy] a separation to God?
A26961Is not the nature, end, and use of Sacraments, or holy engaging Signs and Seals, the same to all, though the fruit be not alway the same?
A26961Is not their own Olive their own Church?
A26961Is not this the use of Baptism, to be the sign of their first Covenant with Christ, and solemn admission into the Church?
A26961Is not your way inconsistent with obedience to the Rule?
A26961Is that the first Lesson?
A26961Is the overthrow of a mans former weak grounds, the overthrow of the Truth which he held?
A26961Is this Controversie in it self considered, of so great moment, as some make it?
A26961Is this dark or doubtful?
A26961It it not enough that they are revealed in the Old Testament?
A26961May it not be said of you, you know not what Spirit you are of?
A26961May not they be washed as well as the Aged?
A26961May we tempt God?
A26961May you not as well take upon you, to lay hands on the Sick to heal them?
A26961Now can you shew one word of command or example here?
A26961Now to the Question,[ whether some Infants ought not to be Baptized?]
A26961Now what plentiful proof may be brought, that some Infants ought to be admitted visible Church- Members?
A26961Now what word, what Example can you produce out of Scripture, to satisfie Conscience how early you may do it?
A26961Now, how may divers of your own party( such as you call Baptists) justly object that to you, which without ground they are wo nt to object against us?
A26961Now, if Christ would have dispossessed them, should he not somewhere have discovered it?
A26961Now, is it not a sorer curse to be put out of the whole Visible Church of Christ, than to go into Captivity?
A26961Now, is there any greater mercy given to Infants than Church- Membership?
A26961Now, must not he that will affirm, the whole species of Infants are cast out of the Universal visible Church, prove it well?
A26961Now, were there not many Jews that believed, and did not forsake the Covenant of God?
A26961Of such is the Kingdom of God,] whether this be not more, than they may be visible Church- Members?
A26961Or can you say, that it is in Mercy for their good?
A26961Or is the overthrow of other mens weak arguments a weakning of the Truth which they maintain?
A26961Or to get off, will you say, you consent to the Covenant of grace for the Infants?
A26961Or who opposeth their being devoted to God in their capacity?
A26961Or will you bear the blame for them?
A26961Otherwise how could it be a reason for releasing them in the year of Jubilee, any more than for releasing any other?
A26961Ought not all Christs Disciples ordinarily to be Baptized?
A26961Ought not all ordinarily to be Baptized, that ought to be admitted visible Church- Members?
A26961Shall we therefore say, that Christ should have let it alone till afterwards?
A26961Shall we thus make God the deluder, and blinder of the Jews, and accuse his Sacred Laws and Institutions of Errour?
A26961Should not you bring some Scripture for your way, who require such express proof from us?
A26961Since Baptism was instituted, have we any Precept or Example of admitting visible Members any other way?
A26961That none of the Jews were broken off but for unbelief?
A26961The Apostle Peter tells us many things are hard to be understood, even in Pauls Epistles; yet are they not truths for all that?
A26961The Beasts that chewed the Cud, and had cloven feet, were clean, will you therefore say, they were holy?
A26961The main Question not being[ By what sign Members are to be admitted into the Church,] or[ whether by a sign, or without?]
A26961Then do you not forget your self again?
A26961Then for any thing the Apostle saith, or this Synod, all Infants might be circumcised still: and is not this absurd?
A26961Then how is it taken down any further than as to ceremonial accidentals?
A26961Then is it not to be used at their first Admission?
A26961Then is not almost all the world holy?
A26961Though the garment be washed, yet may it not hinder the washing of some parts of the Body?
A26961To be in Captivity is but a Bodily judgment directly, but is it not directly a Spiritual judgment to be out of the Church?
A26961To which, may not the very external nature of the several Sacraments satisfie you?
A26961To which, will you not grant, that all Church- members must be admitted by Baptism?
A26961Was it given to them only; that is, only to Isaac and his Seed, on whom the Jewish priviledges were entailed?
A26961Was it not a Seal of the righteousness of Faith?
A26961Was it not an engaging sign?
A26961Was not Church- membership a mercy?
A26961Was that the reason of the delusion, and gross ignorance of the Jews, that they did not stay till they were at Age?
A26961Were not Infants in the Jewish Church Servants and Disciples of Christ,( tho not so fully, and explicitly as now?)
A26961Were not all the children of Church- members among both Jews and Proselites Church- members?
A26961Were they not aged unbelievers that the Apostle excludeth here?
A26961Were they not to circumcise them, which God calleth[ his Covenant] and[ the sign of the Covenant?]
A26961What great comfort would follow this conclusion, That all your Infants are out of Christs visible Church?
A26961What is it that Wicked men will not take hurt by, and make an occasion of their destruction?
A26961What is the Antitype that hath succeeded it?
A26961What think you?
A26961What though we are by nature the children of wrath; Doth it follow, that we may not be otherwise by grace?
A26961What was the youngest Age that ever any Christians child was Baptised at?
A26961When a man puts his Childs name in a Lease, and binds himself and his heirs, is not the Child thus entred into Covenant and Bond?
A26961When the case is so difficult that we can not attain to a clearness and certainty, must we not follow the more probable way?
A26961Where are Christian Parents required to devote their children, by consenting to any Covenant for them?
A26961Where do we find mention of any one person, that was Baptized long after being discipled?
A26961Whether God hath not said, that His ways are all equal?
A26961Whether all men that follow the rules of Morality, are not within the reach of these Blessings also?
A26961Whether it be his will, that the grace of that Covenant should depend upon others observation of the condition for them?
A26961Whether the Baptists do not as clearly assert Infants right to the grace of God in the first Edition of the Covenant made with Adam as any whatsoever?
A26961Whether the Blessing of Abraham( if you understand it of Eternal Life) was not the Blessing of the Fathers that were before him?
A26961Whether the Parents consent to wickedness is the childs consent?]
A26961Whether the meritoriousness of Christ is not as available to save Infants, without any mans acceptance thereof for them?]
A26961Whether were not some Infants once to be admitted Members of the visible Church, by the merciful gift and appointment of God, not yet repealed?
A26961Whether you do not greatly wrong your self, and those you call Anabaptists, in saying, they vehemently plead against devoting their Children to God?
A26961Why may not this engage them, as well as if they were Baptized then?
A26961Will not the second Adams obedience salve the first Adams disobedience?
A26961Will not this Text prove children holy, by a stated separation to God?
A26961Will the difficulty of a point, that it is not so easie or clear as we would have it, prove, that it is not Truth?
A26961Will you allow of such an Argument for Infant- Baptism as Christ brought for the Resurrection?
A26961Will you herein imitate the Apostles?
A26961Will you not grant, that all visible Church- Members must be admitted by Baptism?
A26961Will you say, he could more fitly save them out of his Church, than in it?
A26961Will you say, he hath tied himself to a constant working of Miracles,( which he hath not done, except the Doctrine of Transubstantiation be true?)
A26961Will you say, if it be Gods way, he will prevent the danger, how great soever?
A26961Will you say, it was part of the Law of Works, which knows no mercy to those who have once offended?
A26961Will you say, that the Apostle speaketh there of the Invisible Church?
A26961Will you warrant them, that they never need to repent for their sinning against their Baptism, and the Covenant then made?
A26961Would not Christ have gathered Jerusalem,( which is usually put for all Judea, and the Jewish Nation?)
A26961Yet is it not plain, that Infants are capable of being Gods Servants?
A26961and need the Sign exceed the thing signified?
A26961and was not that the Visible Church?
A26961but not as a thing required?
A26961but[ At what age they are to be admitted Members?]
A26961doth make the children of Covenant- breakers to be in?
A26961for how can it then be the initiating sign to those that have been long in the Church before?
A26961godly education?
A26961how comes that Church- Membership of Infants to be repealed?
A26961is not here some hope?
A26961not so much as visibly or seemingly Subjects of his Kingdom?
A26961or any hurt to the Church to see them Members here?
A26961or because God will not shew them such mercy?
A26961or can he not shew mercy to the whole Church in an easier way, than by casting out all their Infants?
A26961or will you call that weak arguing, which is like his?
A26961that those that keep the Covenant are blessed in the fruit of their Body?
A26961then how is Gods Ordinance for their Infant Church- Membership repealed?
A26961then ought they not to be admitted visible Church- members?
A26961was it not from the Visible Church directly?
A26961was not Christ then the King of the Church, as Mediator, upon undertaking to pay our debt?
A26961what if all the Texts that are brought were put by, save one, is not that enough?
A26961what promise is there to others, except the conditional upon their coming in?
A26961whether is it for their good, or for their hurt?
A26961which is as fully determined in the old Testament, as most things in the Bible; and therefore what need any more?
A26961why then hath God made such promises to Parents for their Seed; as if much of the Parents comfort lay in their Childrens Welfare?
A26961yea, how few Diseases have cold Baths appointed them?
A26961yet how will you fail herein; whereas it is easie to prove the contrary?
A26961— If you say, they may stay till the heat of Summer, where have you any Scripture for that?
A26961— What shall I say?
A26961〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, make ye Disciples, Baptizing them,) And are not some Infants Christs Disciples?
A41786& c. And whether this might not be done without setling any of the Practical Ordinances upon Infants as under the Law?
A41786( And whether this be not as much our Duty still?)
A41786( Whether it be no advantage for children to be under an early engagement to God, and Jesus Christ?)
A41786( for otherwise we say Infants are of the Redeemed Church?
A41786( may we not think, that they rob Christ of more them nine Parts of ten of his Kingdom, or Church universal?
A4178614, What need of this Query?
A4178617. who yet were not under their Government?
A4178619. do take in the Practice of the Apostles in pursuance of that Commission to the Acts of the Apostles, and the Exposition of the Baptists?
A4178619. warrant you to baptize Infants, sith its plain that discipling goes before baptizing?
A417862. be not ambiguous, insomuch that your own Doctors are not agreed about the Exposition thereof?
A417863 Tribes, Kindreds, Families, do not most certainly comprehend Infants?
A417863. therein?
A417868, 9 and 65 23& c)?
A41786A ● d does it not hence appear, that the Church- Priviledges of that People did not begin with or from Abraham, but that they were b ● for ●?
A41786Also where hath God required the Adult to consent for their Insant Church m ● mbership in this new frame?
A41786Also whether we may not also conclude, that many are of the universal Church, which do not communicate with us or your selves?
A41786Also whether your pretending the Authority of the universal Church, be not the same figment, with which the Papists deceived themselves and others?
A41786An Infant of the VVoman be not Promised to be General, and Head of the Church?
A41786And Sith the Scripture is wholly silent of any such thing, whether this do not more strongly conclude against Infant- baptism then for it?
A41786And can such Councils stand with the Wisdom, Justice, or Mercy of God?
A41786And can you believe, that there is no way to devote children to God but in your way?
A41786And did not the Covenant made to Abraham and his Seed, comprehend Infants?
A41786And did they not thereby prosess to take God for their God?
A41786And do not the Adult blemish the Church with more carnal sins then Infants do?
A41786And do not they that say there is no Law in this case, say there is no Transgression?
A41786And do they not unchurch almost all the Churches on Earth?
A41786And doth it not deserve to be called the unthankful Error, that opposeth Childrens Rights, and Blessings?
A41786And have not Infants guilt and misery from their Parents?
A41786And how can any thing be concluded from such an imagination, as imitable for us about Infant Church- membership?
A41786And how can you pretend the universal Church, when the Primitive Church is on our side?
A41786And how could the Jews lawfully be married to Christ, if Moses was not now removed, without being called an Adulteress?
A41786And how great is the misery of a contrary state?
A41786And how was it the same Church that was of S ● m, and of Abraham, if it had not the same sort of Members or Materials?
A41786And how were Infants Members of the society of the seed of Adam, more then of the society of the Baptists?
A41786And how, I pray you, did Abraham, Isaac and Jacob dedicate their female Infants to God, sith we finde no Practical Ordinance for them in Infancy?
A41786And if by the Redeemed Church, you mean the whole number of the saved, who doubted but Infants were of the Redeemed Church?
A41786And if by the Seed of the Woman you understand all that are saved, who then questions Infants belonging to that seed?
A41786And if not, then, why may not the Infants of the Gentiles partake of the blessing of Abraham, though not concern''d in Rites or Ceremonies?
A41786And if so, what is become of all their Infants ever since?
A41786And if there was any such Promise, or Covenant- Grant of Infant''s Church- Membership, when, or where was it revoked?
A41786And if you say, you speak not these things of Infants quatalis; Then whether you have not transferr''d the Question, and so it is impertinent?
A41786And is it not certain, that they are actually Members of all the Commonwealths in the World?
A41786And is it not then rational, that the Churches concern''d under these Ministrations respectively should differ aecordingly?
A41786And is it not unnaturally sinful for a Parent to refuse to do such a thing, when it is to the great benefit of his own child?
A41786And is it not well known, that this was to be circumcised, they and their little ones,( as the Proselites were) and so to keep the Law of Moses?
A41786And it would do well also if you could shew us how they consented to any Covenant for their Infants, more then we do?
A41786And may not poor Infants better plead in the day of Judgement what Christ did for them, then what your Godfathers or Proparents did for them?
A41786And may we not well justifie all men, for not doing that which the Law of God never required?
A41786And name one if you can, that was bettered in Christian vertue by Pedobaptism?
A41786And shew us what command we have omitted, in not bringing our Infants to the Font as you do?
A41786And should not the same Promise, expressed more concisely be expounded by the same expressed more sully?
A41786And so may they not enter them into Covenants accordingly?
A41786And so should not every repenting believing Jews Infants be Church- Members?
A41786And so whether Infants might not be Church- members, that were not of the Jews Common- wealth?
A41786And then whether his example be not flat against you?
A41786And then whether that state of Infant Church- Membership did not also cease?
A41786And though Christ was once an Infant, yet where do you finde tha ● he was then a Member of the Gospel Church?
A41786And was not circumcision a covenanting Act?
A41786And what Law of God requires this, and whether this may not be called the unreasonable errour?
A41786And what Law( save the La ● of Circumcision) did ever require Infants to be brought to Practical Ordinances in the Church of God?
A41786And what Right or Hope doth this give to Christians for their children more then to Pagans?
A41786And what if some of the Jews had failed to consent for their children, were they therefore not in Covenant?
A41786And what is that benefit that all who are sprinkled by the Papists ▪ do receive, which you ratifie for good Baptism?
A41786And what society was Infants capable of with Adam, by vertue of any Covenant made with him after his fall?
A41786And where are we taught to doubt the salvation of the Infants of Pagans?
A41786And where did God ever since the beginning of the World, give any Ordinance to be necessary to the salvation of any Infant in the World?
A41786And where is the institution of your publick way?
A41786And whether Dr. Taylor, a Learned Pedobaptist do not ingeniously confess, That the Wit of Man is not able to shew a difference in these cases?
A41786And whether Parents could be innocent for their Infants, if their Infants were not innocent as well as they?
A41786And whether any other are by Christs Order to partake in Gospel- Ordinances, then such as therein worship God spiritually?
A41786And whether hence it be not clear, that the way of making Infants Church- members do not detract from the spirituality of the new frame of the Church?
A41786And whether in this the new frame of the Church do not greatly differ from the old?
A41786And whether it be reasonable for a Parent to oblige his Infant to be of his opinion and practice, and to suffer for the same?
A41786And whether it were not as reasonable for Parents to be baptized in the childs stead, as to profess faith and repentance for him?
A41786And whether it will not as well hold retro, that the Parents consenting to wickedness is the Childs consent?
A41786And whether mercy be not Promised to the children of the F ● ithsul as such?
A41786And whether no Infants might be said to be Members of the universal Church, who were not Members of the Jewish Church?
A41786And whether our children when grown up, have not a fairer way to the Purity of Christianity, in that they are not entangled with such Traditions?
A41786And whether that Book was ever answered by Mr. Baxter, or ever will by any other?
A41786And whether that blessing did not belong to their Infants?
A41786And whether the Baptist do not better prove the Antiquity of their faith and practice in baptism then any Aedo baptist in the world?
A41786And whether the Baptists have not offered this, and bin rejected by you in such their tenders of friendship?
A41786And whether the Infants of believing Parents are not thus willing?
A41786And whether the Infants of these devout Gentiles was not free from any obligation to Circumcision, or any other external Ceremony?
A41786And whether the Jewish Church- state did not cease de jure, when Circumcision so ceased?
A41786And whether the difference between the Baptists and P ● dobaptists be not chi ● fly( if not only) about imposing Ceremonies upon Infants?
A41786And whether the latter part of this Query do not shew, that to follow the greatest number is not always the best way?
A41786And whether the renting of the Vail of the Temple, did not shew the abrogation of the Covenant and the Legal Ministry?
A41786And whether the ● amnation of Infants depend on the wickedness of their Parents?
A41786And whether their Infants were Partakers with them in any Rites or Ceremonies of instituted worship?
A41786And whether there was not yet a further difference b ● tween these and the Covenant as made with Abraham?
A41786And whether these be not unreasonable and unscriptural conceits?
A41786And whether this be an advised speech, that the Parent hath the whole disposal of his Child in matters of Religion?
A41786And whether this be not as much weakness of the one hand, as the case put by you on the other?
A41786And whether this be not the state of the Church under the Gospel, according to Gods Appointment?
A41786And whether this be not to put the salvation of Infants out of his own hand, and into the hand of such as commonly neglect their own?
A41786And whether this do not give the Parents the power to save or damn their Infants?
A41786And whether this do not secure Infants of Gods mercy, though not baptized?
A41786And whether this would not do more to decide the Controversie, then all the Books that are written by any of you?
A41786And whether those Infants before Abraham were not a happy as the Infants of Abraham?
A41786And whether thus boldly to suppose a thing without the least shew of proof, be not a plain begging the main thing in Question?
A41786And whether under Moses they were not admitted to other Rites also, as the Pass ● over, Sacrifices and other holy Feast, of the Jews?
A41786And whether we are not like to have a bad superstructure, when the foundation is a meer fancy?
A41786And whether you may not tremble to presume to do more then he did, or appointed to be done?
A41786And who denies Infants to be capable of Infant- relation, obligation or right, or who opposes their being devoted to God in their capacity?
A41786And who doubts but the Church was always of Gods Institution?
A41786And who must judge what is good for his Infant in religious matters?
A41786And why is the order of Commonwealths so much insisted on in this case?
A41786And why may not a Parent accept a Donation for his Child, who hath no will to accept it for himself?
A41786And why may not a reputative Baptism serve as well as a reputative Covenant, sith the Covenant is greater then Baptism?
A41786And why then would you discourage us by our Paucity?
A41786And why?
A41786And would not renouncing God have cut them off?
A41786And ● o of the Infants, if they were sold in Infancy?
A41786Are all the blessings of God to the Infant Off- spring of those that fear him,& c. bound up in your supposed Church- membership and Baptism?
A41786Are not these meer words without Authority of Scripture?
A41786Are they all excluded?
A41786Are they worse then their Parents?
A41786Are we to fetch our Rules for dispensing Ordinances in the Church, from the Civil Policie of Nations?
A41786Are you wiser then he?
A41786As it was to such Families that the Promise was made before Christ, as to the Jewish Church?
A41786But doth it therefore follow, that the Ordinances Instituted therein, belongs to Infants?
A41786But how can Abrahams Rites and C ● remonie ● be part of this blessing to the Gentiles, which are abrogated long ago?
A41786But how doth it follow, that all that are to be saved, ought to be mitted to practical Ordinances in the visible Church?
A41786But in some things clearlier opened?
A41786But what is this to he order and state of the Church under the Gospel?
A41786But where did the Church ever admit one Member to her communion by Baptism without Profession?
A41786But where do yo ● find, that any, either Jews or Gentiles, when they were baptized, had any, obligation to baptize their children and servants also?
A41786But whether any thing be done to purpose in your judgement( when yet all is done that can be done) unless it be rantized in your way?
A41786But who denies any Blessing to Infants under the Gospel, which was their portion under the Law made with Adam?
A41786Can you believe that the cutting off of the uncircumcised Man- child, was a cutting off from salvation?
A41786Dare any maintain that all the World is sinless in this respect?
A41786Do not the adult come in by ● he same kind of consent for themselves, as they make for their Infants?
A41786Do you indeed believe, that any person being of the Nation, entitles them to ● b ● ptism?
A41786Does not Eusebius Pamphilius count Christianity as old as Adam?
A41786Does not Nature teach all Kingdoms on Earth, to take them f ● r Members, though but Infant- Members?
A41786Does not the Law of Nature bind us to give to every one his own due?
A41786God would not have Parents devote their children to him, and enter them according to their capacity in his Covenant?
A41786How are they living stones, built up a spiritual house; to offer spiritual sacrifices in a Gospel sense?
A41786How doth Infants Relation detract from its Spirituality?
A41786How inconsiderable a Part of the universal Church do the Anabaptists hold Communion with?
A41786How then did Adam, Enoch, Scth, Noah,& c. devote their children to God?
A41786How think you?
A41786How will any prove that it was a blemish to the old frame, that Infants were Members?
A41786If it be no blemish, why must it be done away?
A41786If it was a mercy, how did the Christians Children forfeit it?
A41786If not, then whether were not the Children of all believing Jews Church- members in Infancy?
A41786If otherwise, why have you not shewed us where Christ hath required Parent ● to get their Infants baptized?
A41786If the Jews were broken off by unbelief, should they not be graffed in again upon their Repentance of Faith?
A41786In what regard were the new frame better, supposing the casting out of Infants, which were in the old?
A41786Is both the Law of God and Nature broken by all that bring not their Infants to be crossed or sprinkled as you do?
A41786Is it not a great Benefit and Priviledge to be a visible Church- Member of Christ as Head of the Church, and of his Church as visible?
A41786Is it not abenefit in it self( besides the Consequents) to be visibly united and related to Christ and his Body?
A41786Is it not certain that Infants are capable of this benefit, if God deny it not, but will give it them as well as the aged?
A41786Is it not evident, that they were to profess consent to Gods Covenant, which who so denied Asa would put to death?
A41786Is it not unquestionable, that the Covenant of Grace made to Abraham the Father of the Faithful, comprehended Infants for Church- Members?
A41786Is not such a Relation to God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, and to the Church, an honor?
A41786Must not Gods Word do this?
A41786Or do you think that your instance of a Lease, is sufficient to rectifie mens consciences in matters of this nature?
A41786Or from the Creation till this day; except the Anabaptists, who reject the benefit, whose case we will not presume to determine?
A41786Or how are their Infants Church- members more then ours?
A41786Or how are your Infants a more spiritual seed then our Infants?
A41786Or how can Infants be said to be a spiritual seed?
A41786Or is every renewing the Covenant,( as in the case of Asa,) making men Members of the Church?
A41786Or is he not concerned in the Donation at all?
A41786Or otherwise how would their graffing in answer to their breaking off, should they be but in part graffed in?
A41786Or otherwise, was it not somewhat else then Vnbelief that brake them off?
A41786Or shall he have that gift absolutely which is conditional to all others?
A41786Or what do you mean by Gods natural Order?
A41786Or whether they have been since revoked?
A41786Or why should God promise it as a new thing?
A41786Or would God else have taken them for his People?
A41786Shall he be certainly shut out unto damnation?
A41786Suggest how Infants should be concern''d or not concern''d in matters of Religion?
A41786That the Jews Infants should be Members, and not Gentiles?
A41786The like of Infants born in his House?
A41786The other was made with Abraham and his Seed, distinct from the rest of Mankind, but as they should be Profelited thereto?
A41786VVere not the Infants of free Proselites Church- Members too?
A41786VVere not the Israelites Children Members of the universal visible Church, as well as of the Congregation of Israel?
A41786VVhat warrant have we to understand Families or Tribes otherwise, when the same Promise is made to the Gentiles?
A41786VVhether any without the Church are secured of Gods mercy by P ● omise?
A41786VVhether it may be thought, or any dare maintain, that the Covenant of Grace giveth no conditional Right to any Infant in the World?
A41786VVhether the blessing of Abraham consists not chiefly in this, that God Promised to be a God in Covenant with him, and his Seed?
A41786Was he not born under the L ● w?
A41786Was it only the Infants of the Hebrews, or of those that were at their absolute dispose, that were Church- Members?
A41786Was not Christ Church Spiritual before his Incarnation( when it took in Infants) and gathered in a spiritual way?
A41786Was not Moses Christs Vsher, and Moses Church and Christ''s Church one according to God''s Institution?
A41786Was not the Jewish Church denominated the Tents of Sem?
A41786Was there ever any true Church, or Ecclesiastical Worshipping Society appointed by God in all the World since the Fall, but the Church of Christ?
A41786We desire you still to show us what the Law of Nature obligeth us to do for our Infants, which we do not?
A41786Were not Infants therefore either Members of Christs Church, or of no Church of Gods Institution?
A41786Were not both these the Covenant of Grace and free Justification by Faith in the Redeemer?
A41786Were not the Israelites Infants Church- members, who consented not actually in their own persons, but virtually, and reputatively?
A41786Were the Jews Infants twice made Members of their Church?
A41786What benefit is it to bring Infants to that which God requires not of them?
A41786What is become now of your Infant Church- membership; if when grown up they cease to be Members upon that account?
A41786What was the Church the worse for Infants Rights?
A41786Whether Christ in his Infancy was not as truly God as Man?
A41786Whether God hath not said that his ways are all equal?
A41786Whether Gods Law obligeth not Persons to devote themselves, and their Infants to God, by consenting to Gods Covenant for themselves and them?
A41786Whether Infants be not included in the first Edition of the Covenant of Grace made with Adam?
A41786Whether a Gift that was never given be not a contradiction?
A41786Whether if there be any such Law, you would not have she we d us where it is, longere this day?
A41786Whether it be not the duty of Parents by the Law of Nature, to accept of any allowed or offered benefit for their children?
A41786Whether it was not the duty of the Israelites to engage and devote their children to God in Covenant?
A41786Whether it was not the same Church be ● or ●, and after Abrahams time; that was called the Tents of Sem?
A41786Whether the Anabaptists schism, or separation from Communion with our Churches be not worse yet then their simple Opinion?
A41786Whether the Covenant doth not make their salvation certain, if they so die?
A41786Whether the Invest ● ure and Solemnization of their Covenant with Christ should not be made in Infancy,& c?
A41786Whether the blessing of Abraham,( if you understand it of eternal life) were not the blessing of the Fathers that were before him?
A41786Whether there be any that question whether Parents be Parents still, or what need of such Enquiries?
A41786Whether there be not far more hope of their salvation, then of those without?
A41786Whether these Promises in the making of them were limited to a certain time when they were to cease?
A41786Whether these things be surely suggested against Mr. T, and whether you ought not to have set down his opinion in his own words?
A41786Whether they are not as certainly Members, according to an Infant- capacity, of the visible Church, as they are of all Kingdoms under Heaven?
A41786Whether this Query be not either captious, or else impertin ● nt?
A41786Whether this Query be not the same in effect, which we have had again and again?
A41786Whether this Query be not the same we had before?
A41786Whether this be in effect to say, What will these feeble Jews do?
A41786Whether this be not a groundless and unlearned Query?
A41786Whether this be not a very unwise Query?
A41786Whether this be not evident from the Penalty( even to be cut off from his People) annexed for the non- Performance?
A41786Whether unless it can be proved that Infants are none of the Womans S ● ed, we must not take that Fundamental Promise to extend to Infants?
A41786Whether upon Luthers revolt from the Pope, you were not upbraided with holding communion with an inconsiderable part of the universal Church?
A41786Whether was Abraham made a Member of the Church by Circumcision, or circumcised because a Member of the Church?
A41786Whether was those that cried, His blood be upon us and our Children, thereby rejecting the great Mess ● nger of the Covenant, ● ustly broken off?
A41786Whether we do not as much to our Infants( in our capacity) as Christ did to the Infants which were brought to him?
A41786Whether you ought not to distinguish in this great Promise, the things which are eternal from the things that were but for a time?
A41786Whoever doubted but that Infants are advantaged many ways, in the blessings which God bestows on them that fear him?
A41786Will any say, that neither they nor their Parents were obliged to thankfulness upon this account?
A41786Will not the second Adams obedience salve the first Adams disobedience?
A41786Would any Kingdom be more excell ● nt, if all Infants were disfranchised?
A41786Would it not be to confound the Decree of God with his Covenant?
A41786and are not Infants God''s own due?
A41786and how can Infants be said to be in the Church, as Abraham then was, seeing they have no faith as he had?
A41786and if not, how shall they be saved, seeing Christ is only the Saviour of his body finally?
A41786and if not, how should their consenting to grace be the Childs consent?
A41786and if not, then you either deny us to be of the universal Church, or else you have not the Exposition of the Church universal?
A41786and if not, why do you make them the Seed of the Serpent, and Fighters against the Kingdom of Christ?
A41786and if there be other Qualifications necessary, whether to be taught be not one of the chief of them?
A41786and not only so, but so as to be accepted of God, as far( at least) as the Righteousness of the Law would avail the Jew?
A41786and therefore whether the wonder which he makes about the Jews Infants which believed, be not groundless?
A41786and whethen you do not now grant in effect there is no such written Law?
A41786and whether both ought not to be amend ● d?
A41786and whether there be any Parity between the Infants you speak of and Christ, seeing he was able even then to vanqu ● sh the greatest Adversary?
A41786and whether this be not a meer noise of words, as if all that do not as you do, do lay a side their care and duties towards Infants?
A41786and whether what is said to it, may not also suffiee to this?
A41786and why do you say we take Infants away from Christs Church, because we baptize them not; are they in it before baptized?
A41786and will not that sati ● fie, unless we go from him to follow you?
A41786and yet whether the separation from many Pedobaptists will not justifie our separation from you more clearly?
A41786are you sure they are not within the verge of Christs Redemption?
A41786as to the age of the Subjects?
A41786certainly, if Gods Word assign any Ordinances in lieu of the former, the place where''t is written would have b ● en known to this day?
A41786commanded his Ministers, as much as in them lieth, to disciple all Nations baptizing them,& c?
A41786do we not grant that it extends to Infants, yea, we say with Mr. Baxter, it was never abrogated?
A41786how then were all the Infants saved which were born to the Israelites for fourty years together, such of them, I mean, as died during that time?
A41786if so, how do we take them away?
A41786or be pleased to come and make my Infants disciples if you can, and I promise you I will assist you what I can in the baptizing them?
A41786or how come they to be concern''d so much in that one duty of Baptism, and no other whatsoever?
A41786or is there any other way to be graffed in to the Church of Christ, but by faith?
A41786or prove if you can, that you your selves do consent to the Covenant of Grace for your Infants, more then we whom you call Anabaptists?
A41786or to conclude ours only are in the state of salvation?
A41786or where did Infants ever fight for, or against the Serpent?
A41786or where did she ever decree, that those who would not submit to her new frame should be put to death?
A41786or whether it be any loss to them till God requires it?
A41786or whether was the Infants of the Jews exposed to damnation by their Parents unbelief?
A41786or whether you think the blessing of Abraham is confined to Ceremonies in respect of Infants, if so, shew us what Ceremonies these are?
A41786or who goes about to justifie the World, if they do not as the Law of God and Nature wills them to do for their Infants?
A41786or will you say Infants can not partake with their Parents of salvation without Baptism?
A41786seeing then all Infants( for ought you know) have the same right, which yet you d ● ny; but why so?
A41786to be brought to partake of Ordinances Practical in the Church, save only from Abraham to the end of the Law?
A41786whether was Saul broken off when he persecuted the Church causing many to blaspheme?
A41786who doubts but that as many others as became Jews by being Proselited to the Law, were Circumcised according to the Law?
A41786why do you take up the Papists weapons?
A41786why then who is not a fit subject, seeing all Infants ● nd men too are of one Nation or another?
A41786yet what makes this for any actual Participation of Ordinances in the Church, and what one Ordinance did the Infants of these Sons of God partake of?
A41786you deny them the one, why may not we as well deny the other?
A47605& c. Can your Conclusion be good, when your Propositions are bad and defective?
A47605& c. Was it his Mind that Infants should be baptized, and yet say nothing of it, because it was a common Custom and Practice among the Jews?
A47605( for that he did not) and shall we attempt to Baptize them, as if we were wiser than he?
A476051. Who is so blind as he who is not willing to see?
A4760512.13?
A476053. Who told you Baptism is Christ''s Ear- mark, by which Christ''s Sheep are distinguished from the Devils Goats?
A476059.7?
A47605; Have they a justifying Faith, as Mr. Baxter intimates?
A47605Also where are Infants excluded from the Lord''s- Table?
A47605And are Infants able so to do?
A47605And are not Infants of Unbelievers, nay, Turks and Pagans, capable of the Spiritual Benefits signified in Baptism?
A47605And could not the twelve Apostles, and the seventy Disciples, dip more than 3000 Persons in one day?
A47605And do not you herein make your selves wiser than God?
A47605And for all Male- Children that open the Womb, to be holy to the Lord?
A47605And how came Baptism to have such Power in it?
A47605And if the Laws and Institutions of Christ in their own nature are not unchangeable, what may not Men do and yet be blameless?
A47605And is it so indeed?
A47605And is not that, as Mr. Baxter saith, a strange Marriage, where there is nothing signified of Consent?
A47605And that their Infants who die, may go to Heaven, tho not circumcised nor baptized?
A47605And though in the same Hour of the Night it was done also: What of that, might there not be a River or Pond near his House?
A47605And to these Customs the Apostle alludes, when he says, How shall we that are dead to Sin, live any longer therein?
A47605And us to what you speak concerning Adultery, that shews the like envious, bitter and vile Temper; who do you charge?
A47605And was not Circumcision them in full force too, and so abode till Christ took it away by nailing it, with all other Jewish Rites, to his Cross?
A47605And what became of their Male Infants, who died before eight days old?
A47605And what tho the Greek word doth signify in so many places you mention, spiritual Sanctification and Separation to God?
A47605And when did God ever honour Infant- Baptism?
A47605Are not Male and Female all one in Christ Jesus?
A47605Are not these perjured also?
A47605Are not they and all others told, that old things are passed away, and all things are become new?
A47605Are not they capable of Redemption from Sin and Wrath, by the breaking of Christ''s Body, and shedding of his Blood?
A47605Are you not ashamed thus to go about to blind and deceive the poor People?
A47605Are you not blame- worthy to write after this sort?
A47605As if he had said, If there be no Resurrection, why are we baptized?
A47605Baptism washes not away the Filth of the Flesh?
A47605Besides, did not the same Fathers hold other Errors?
A47605Besides, have you not granted the Case so far, that in hot Countries they did dip?
A47605Besides, was Baptism to be preached or practised by none but the Jewish People?
A47605But alas, how few are there of that sort?
A47605But is it so indeed, did our Saviour say nothing of Infant- Baptism?
A47605But is not this next to Blasphemy?
A47605But now can the Infant- Seed of Believers, as such, be said to be the Seed of Abraham in any of these four respects?
A47605But now, because there were so many Additions of the Gospel Promise and New- Covenant; are there so many New Covenants?
A47605But since he speaks the quite contrary, who shall we believe, you, or the great Apostle of the Gentiles?
A47605But the Rabbins upheld Joshuah''s side, and what wonder was it?
A47605But well saith Tertullian, Is it lawful, because it is not forbidden?
A47605But what good doth your baptizing them do them?
A47605But what ground have you to deny any who are true Members of the Church, the Eucharist, or Lord''s Supper, or any other Priviledge whatsoerver?
A47605But who do you( by arguing thus) reflect upon and reproach?
A47605But why do you confound things together, I mean, Initiation and Baptism?
A47605But, Sir, how doth this comport with the Rantism of Infants?
A47605But, Sir, how inconsistent are you with your self?
A47605But, Sir, speak, doth Baptism change the Nature, or regenerate the Child, or doth it not?
A47605But, Sir, what must the Gentiles do to know this to be their Duty?
A47605But, Sir, when did you see any to come out of the bottomless- Pit, that you know so well how they look?
A47605Can Infant- Baptism be more useful than that of Believers, and yet Baptism an Ordinance of the Soul''s Marriage with Christ?
A47605Can Infant- Baptism be more useful than that of Believers, and yet Baptism called the Answer of a good Conscience?
A47605Can Infant- Baptism be more useful than that of Believers?
A47605Can a little Babe answer a good Conscience by being baptized in Obedience to Christ, and to shew forth his Death and Resurrection?
A47605Can an humane Rite or Tradition, think you, save poor Children, or a little Water sprinkled on the Face, wash away Original Sin?
A47605Can any Body believe( in or near Jerusalem, that great City) there was not Water enough to baptize so many Persons?
A47605Can any Man in his right Wits think our Lord Jesus should confirm a vile Tradition and Innovation of the Jews?
A47605Can not God save dying Infants, unless they were included in that Covenant made with Abraham?
A47605Can that be a useful thing that frustrates the sacred and spiritual Ends of Baptism?
A47605Can that be of any Use to an Infant, which you, nor no Man else can prove from God''s Word to have any Use and Blessing in it to them?
A47605Can that have any Usefulness in it, that brings Guilt upon the Parents in doing it, making them guilty of Will- Worship, or of a humane Tradition?
A47605Can you be so ignorant as to affirm this Covenant and Contract made with Abraham, was made with the Natural Seed of believing Gentiles?
A47605Christ no doubt came to save some of all sorts of Men; and who doubts but he came to save Infants and little ones, young and old?
A47605Could Jesus be said to be sprinkled into the River Jordan?
A47605Did Baptism confer Grace, and arm their Souls, it was something; but who dares assert that?
A47605Did not our Lord Jesus Christ send his Disciples to Teach and Baptize in all Countries, not to Rantize in cool Countries and baptize in hot?
A47605Did not our Saviour command his Disciples to go into all Nations, and make Disciples and baptize them?
A47605Did this stumble them in the Apostolical Days, who were told, that Circumcision availed nothing, nor Vncircumcision?
A47605Do not all Expositors tell you, by Lambs in these places are meant young Converts, who are by St. Peter called new- born Babes?
A47605Do not these Men teach such a kind of Doctrine as that is?
A47605Do you know they are all Elect Persons, and so such that God will in time call, give Grace to, and so change their evil and depraved Natures?
A47605Do you not place that Vertue in an external Rite, that only belongs to the Blood of Christ, and sanctifying Grace of God''s Spirit?
A47605Do you not positively now confess by the order of the words in the Commission, Teaching ought to go before Baptizing?
A47605Do you think there is not need that Infant- Baptism should be mentioned in the holy Scripture, had it been a Truth?
A47605Does Christ own Infants to be Subjects of his Kingdom, and yet did not baptize them?
A47605Does God give himself, all he is, and all he has, to every Believer, and to all his fleshly Seed?
A47605Doth Christ( say you) take Children into his Arms, and shall his Church cast them out of her Imbraces?
A47605Doth not History tell us the Fathers used other Rites also, and that in Baptism?
A47605Doth not our blessed Saviour say, that they had made void the Commandments of God through their Traditions?
A47605Doth not the Apostle declare, that a general Apostacy from the true Apostolical Faith and Doctrine would after his days ensue?
A47605Doth this Text, in the order of words, say, John taught Persons to be baptized, and then to repent?
A47605For who shall put a Bound to Mens feigning Analogies, when they go beyond the Lord''s Precepts, and the Apostles Examples?
A47605God will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice?
A47605Had God given the Jews any such Law or Precept?
A47605Had God required Infants to be baptized, who could argue against their being capable of it?
A47605Had it been such a Pond as you say, do you suppose we would have baptized People in it, in the open sight of such a mixt Multitude?
A47605Had it been the constant Custom of the Godly to baptize Infants, would not these, think you, have been in their Infancy baptized?
A47605Had it not been in the words of his Commission, durst he, think you, have done it?
A47605Have all their Children, or every one of them, Christ, Grace, Holiness here, and Glory and eternal Happiness hereafter?
A47605Have they kept their Vow and Covenant?
A47605How dare you change a Divine Institution of Jesus Christ?
A47605How far did some of the Jews go to worship God at Jerusalem?
A47605How is it then that the Apostle Paul says, The Law is not of Faith; also the Covenant of Grace giveth Life?
A47605How little is the Institution of Christ, or Practice of the Primitive Churches, minded by many good Men?
A47605How now, are you wiser than the Church?
A47605How shall we that are dead to Sin, live any longer therein?
A47605How then could the dying Infants of the Godly, who lived before that Covenant was made with Abraham, be saved?
A47605How were they broken off?
A47605I answer first of all, that your Argument is not true in form; Is Circumcision in your Minor?
A47605I answer, first, how inconsistent is this with what just before you asserted?
A47605I demand,( say you now) whether any one can truly say, that this Action was insignificant to the Child, because he did not understand it?
A47605I wonder( as I have formerly said) what Faith''t is you suppose to be in Infants: When will your Trumpet give a certain Sound?
A47605I would know how you prove Baptism to be the Medicine appointed to cure the Soul of the Plague of Sin?
A47605If not thus, how can it be Cruelty, yea Murder, in Parents, to deny the Application of Baptism to their Children?
A47605If not, do you not heap up a Multitude of Evils upon them, and hereby make their Condition worse, or aggravate their Sin and Misery for ever?
A47605If only conditionally, 〈 ◊ 〉 ● ● ther Privilege have they then 〈 ◊ 〉 the Children of Unbelievers?
A47605If so, why were not they Circumcised?
A47605If the Parents Faith will serve for the Child, why not the Parents Baptism serve for the Child as well?
A47605If these Men speak right or truly, what a Multitude in thee have been made to enter into this Covenant, who never performed it?
A47605If you do not say this, why do you affirm, that the Children of Believers were always, or ever in Covenant as well as their Parents?
A47605If you insist not on internal Privileges, nor on external Privileges that are sealed to Infants that are baptized, what does their Baptism signify?
A47605If you would include the Controversy, ought you not to have said, All they who?
A47605In some shallow Rivolets, we daily see, that in some Places the Water is deep: and might it not be so in that?
A47605Is it not sad, that you should give cause to your Children to think they are guilty of Perjury?
A47605Is it not said, They went both down into the Water, both Philip and the Eunuch, and he( that is, Philip) baptized or dipped him?
A47605Is it then a shameful Scandal to neglect a Tradition of Man?
A47605Is not God''s Word to be our Rule in all Points of Faith and Practice, to the End of the World?
A47605Is not the Son of a Free- man a Free- man as well as his Father?
A47605Is not the Woman comprehended as clearly as the Man?
A47605Is not the whole Mind of Jesus Christ, even all his Laws and Precepts, or his whole Counsel plainly contained in his blessed Word?
A47605Is not this to blind the Eyes of poor People, and make them think that an external Ordinance saves the Soul?
A47605Is not this to heal the hurt of your People slightly, and to cry, Peace, Peace, when there is no Peace?
A47605Is this an Answer?
A47605Is this indeed the Love you Pedo- baptists have to your poor Infants?
A47605Know ye not that so many of you that have been baptized into Christ, were baptized into his Death?
A47605Might not I state another Argument as good as yours, nay, may be better, yet both prove nothing?
A47605Must we believe God''s Word, or a lying Traveller?
A47605Nay, and were it so, all that are baptized would be saved; Shall one Soul who passes through Regeneration miss of Salvation?
A47605Nay, if 〈 ◊ 〉 was by my Great- Grandfather, will not that do, as well as if my mo ● ● 〈 ◊ 〉 Father was ▪ in Covenant with God?
A47605Nay, may be they might say they had not the other to do it, and therefore built their Altars of Brick: but would this Pretence do?
A47605Nay, more, be so bold as to say, these are more useful, and answer better the End of God, than those which he himself instituted?
A47605Nay, or that it was made to Abraham''s Spiritual Seed?
A47605Nevertheless, which saith the Scripture?
A47605Now how doth this appear in Infants as such, as it does in Believers?
A47605Now must this be a Covenant of Faith or Grace?
A47605Now what Arminianism is here fomented, if once you say or think they are capable to perform this Obligation?
A47605Now what need is there that the same thing be repeated over again in the New- Testament?
A47605Now( say you) is not this a pure Gospel- Phrase, and shews it to be a Covenant with Abraham in Christ?
A47605O Sir, what Priviledges had the Gentiles or their Children then?
A47605Or a dogmatical Faith only, as in Mr. Blake''s sense?
A47605Or are you not to be justly blamed thus to jumble things confusedly together?
A47605Or is it an imputative Faith from the Parents, as Musculus, you, and others maintain?
A47605Or is it the Faith of the Gossips or Sureties, as your Church says, i. e. others believe for them?
A47605Or is not Original Pollution a Filth of the Flesh?
A47605Or might there not be a great Confluence of Water then,( as Dr. Hammond words it) and yet but little or shallow Water now, or when Sandys was there?
A47605Or, dare you say, our New Testament is not authentick, or sufficient to teach us the whole of Gospel- Duties and Obedience, without the Jewish Talmud?
A47605Or, doth it follow, because the Clothes were buried, the Body of the Man or Woman was not buried also?
A47605Or, were they Infants that Christ is said to carry in his Bosom?
A47605Ought not we to keep the Ordinances as they were first instituted and given to the Saints?
A47605Ought 〈 ◊ 〉, nay, may they lawfully M ● rry, this being considered, and such drea ● ● ul 〈 ◊ 〉 following?
A47605Pray, did God by Moses give forth any Law, or positive Rite or Precept so darkly, that it could not be proved but by Consequences?
A47605Pray, was that Custom among the Jews, of Baptizing Infants, when any of the Gentiles were admitted into the Jewish Church, commanded of God?
A47605Pray, what became of the Jews Female Infants, were they damned?
A47605Reply; How doth it appear the Infants of the Godly before Abraham''s time, had any right to visible Church- Membership?
A47605Should we not all unite together in Love and Affection, and strive to promote Peace and Concord, and not tear one another in pieces after this manner?
A47605Should you dictate to your earthly Prince, would he allow it?
A47605Sir, What think you now of the Testimony of the Ancient Fathers, and of the Practice of the Churches after the Apostles days?
A47605Sir, must we believe it is so, because you speak and write it?
A47605Sir, what think you now of your Jewish Custom, of baptizing the Heathens and their Children who were admitted to their Church?
A47605Sir, who questions the Power of God, who is a free Agent, and may do what he pleases?
A47605Sir, you are to be rectified, Do we deny the Omnipotency of the holy Spirit?
A47605Speak; Doth Baptism take away Original Sin, or free them of that Malady, or not?
A47605That Sin by the Commandment( or Law) might become exceeding sinful?
A47605The Apostle resolves them, that they ought not; for, saith he, The unbelieving Wife is sanctified to the believing Husband: how sanctified?
A47605Therefore we are buried with him in Baptism, into his Death,& c. Else what shall they do, that are baptized for the Dead, if the Dead rise not?
A47605This is like the rest: But, Sir, by what Authority do you assert all these things?
A47605To contemn this Order, is to contemn the Rules of all Order; for where can we find it, if not here?
A47605To which I reply ▪ How dare any Man to seal the Covenant of Salvation to such, who have not that Faith Abraham had before he received that Seal?
A47605To whom shall I give Credit, to Eliezar, who asserts what the Scripture confirms; or to Joshua, who affirms what is no where to be found in Scripture?
A47605VVere not the Saints to keep the Ordinances( and commanded so to do) as they were first delivered to them?
A47605Was ever any Man thus bold before?
A47605Was not Baptism in full force from the time that John received it from Heaven, and administred it on the People?
A47605Was not Simon Magus baptized?
A47605Was the Royal Grant made so, that it included Ishmael and Esau?
A47605Was this the Privilege of any save Abraham only?
A47605We ought to go to the Original Copy, to the Primitive, or first Institution and Practice; Is not Christ''s Precept our only Rule?
A47605Were it not thus, how could we deny or oppose the Papists seven Sacraments?
A47605Were not the Jews Female Children saved?
A47605Were the Promises and Priviledges of the Covenant of Grace belonging to them?
A47605Were there none among the Gentiles, think you, in the Old- Testament- time, that were Believers and Godly Persons?
A47605Were there not many other Rites and Ordinances under the Law, or Old Testament, besides Circumcision?
A47605Were they in Covenant, as they are the Natural- Seed of Believers?
A47605What Advantage then hath th ● Jew?
A47605What Credit is to be given to such Fathers?
A47605What Figure of a Burial of Christ, or of the Old Man, is there in sprinkling a few Drops of Water on a Person''s Face?
A47605What can be a more full Confutation of what you affirm?
A47605What can be more plain?
A47605What difference is there between much Water, and many Waters?
A47605What if I agree with the last, and say, Abraham is the Root?
A47605What if 〈 ◊ 〉 that no Ordinance succeeds in the room of Circumcision?
A47605What is not commanded, I say again, is forbid, especially in all Instituted Worship, or else whither shall we run?
A47605What is this your Argument good for?
A47605What need we have Wine?
A47605What saith Almighty God?
A47605What then, were not Grave- Clothes always buried with the Person that was laid in the Grave?
A47605What then?
A47605What then?
A47605What though the one be a Sacrament of Initiation, and the other of Confirmation?
A47605What 〈 ◊ 〉 had there been for them so to have done, had Baptism been Sprinkling?
A47605When God commanded Abraham to circumcise on the eighth day, did he not virtually forbid him to do it on the seventh or ninth day?
A47605Where are we forbid to baptize Bells, and consecrate Water, as the Papists do to make it holy Water?
A47605Where is the Spirit of Reformation?
A47605Where is the extream Vnction forbid, or Auricular Confession, or to use Beads in Prayer, and a hundred more such Romish Popperies?
A47605Whether the Children of Belie ● ● rs are in the Covenant of Grace absolutely, or but conditionally?
A47605Whether the being the male Children of Abraham, as such, gave them a right to Circumcision, or not rather the mere positive Command of God to Abraham?
A47605Whither will this lead you?
A47605Who commanded you this way to dedicate your Children to the Lord?
A47605Who taught you thus to argue, what do you prove?
A47605Why do you not from hence give Infants the Lord''s Supper?
A47605Why do you say of no Rite but this?
A47605Why may not the Infants of Unbelievers have the same habitual Faith, as well as the Infants of Believers?
A47605Why might not Ministers plead for all their Sons to have right to the Ministry, since that Priviledg was given them in the Old- Testament?
A47605Why our Saviour did not particularly name Infants when he instituted Baptism in the room of Circumcision?
A47605Will you make Baptism their Saviour?
A47605Will you teach him Wisdom?
A47605Will you, Sir, build your practice of baptizing of little Babes from such uncertain Conclusions, when''t is uncertain whether she had Children or no?
A47605Would it not be a miraculous thing to see a Babe of two or ten days old, to have such Knowledg of God and of Jesus Christ?
A47605You ask many Questions, Why may not this be so: and, Why may not that be so?
A47605You have no Warrant to baptize a Child; but who of the Anabaptists ever said such words as you here mention?
A47605You may after this rate bring them under an hundred Engagements and Covenants, nay, may be more plausible ones too, may you not?
A47605You may be as capable to be a Justice of Peace( as far as I know) as you are to be a Preacher?
A47605You say the Church of England is for Infant- Baptism, Article 27. also the French, Dutch, Bohemian, Helvetian Churches: What of all this?
A47605You say, the Adult are here intended; we say so too: Whither then will you go for your Infants Right to Baptism?
A47605and did not Christ, by the hands of his Disciples, baptize many Persons?
A47605and do you not acknowledg in the Primitive Times, and in hot Countries, Baptism was done by Dipping?
A47605and do you say, the Ordinance better suits with ignorant Babes?
A47605and his own Practice our sure and certain Pattern?
A47605and shall the Church refuse to receive all such into her Imbraces?
A47605are these thy Teachers, O England?]
A47605as Members of the visible Church, what ground have you to believe God will hear you, since he never made them Members thereof?
A47605but if it were so, Do you think it was their Duty to circumcise them?
A47605but if they do not do it, woe be to them?
A47605but what Root?
A47605ca n''t you take a Woman by the Hand without having unclean Thoughts in your Heart?
A47605can Baptism save them?
A47605can Infants do that?
A47605change his Law and holy Ordinance, and substitute another thing in its stead and room?
A47605dare you accuse your Neighbours falsly?
A47605doth he require you so to do?
A47605doth it not belong to the Gentiles too?
A47605is it then in the Power of Parents to save or damn their Children?
A47605is not the case mended with us?
A47605is this Sin the damning Sin?
A47605may these things be therefore done?
A47605may you therefore give forth Warrants, and exercise that Office?
A47605must all that die in their Infancy go to Hell for an Impossibility?
A47605nay, more Disciples than John?
A47605no not from the time of John Baptist, to the Death of John the Evangelist?
A47605or condemn Salt, Oil Spittle to be used in Baptism, which they use in it, seeing these are not forbid?
A47605or do you pray God would work Miracles?
A47605or if he does, who will or can believe him?
A47605or if she had, whether they were with her at that time or not?
A47605or take His great Ordinance and Sacrament of Baptism from the superstitious, fabulous and erronious Custom of their Doctors and Rabbins?
A47605or they have been born with, in pleading, it might as well answer Circumcision in Signification?
A47605or what Profit is there in Circumcision?
A47605or what Representation is there in that Act of a Resurrection?
A47605or what Seal had they?
A47605or who made that a Channel of Grace to dying Infants?
A47605or, are you wiser than he?
A47605pray, was not that a hot Country?
A47605set Baptizing before Teaching?
A47605sure, as considered in themselves, they are: and why then may they not be baptized also?
A47605that they ought to baptize their Children, who did not know nor ever heard of that Jewish Custom?
A47605that those Men and Women who were baptized, did subject to Laying on of Hands, being Believers, as such?
A47605the Church came together on the first Day of the Week to break Bread?
A47605the truth is, if Circumcision availed nothing, but was a Yoke of Bondage, then why should that stumble them?
A47605they were not circumcised; and were not their Male Infants saved, who died before the eighth Day?
A47605was it not in Judea, the same Country our Saviour lived when on Earth?
A47605was that a Mark to know he was a Sheep of Christ?
A47605was that the thing, or is it not another Act?
A47605were but Infants capable of Knowledg, how much would they dread being born of wicked Parents?
A47605what Priviledge of the Church do you allow them?
A47605what hopes hath the impious prophane and ungodly Parent of the Salvation of his dying Children?
A47605what is the difference between Holy and sanctified?
A47605which Blessing belonged to them under the Law, and also plead for the Tenths and First- fruits?
A47605whither would this lead us?
A47605why did you not put in the Church of Rome with them?
A47605why the Faith of the immediate Parents?
A26959( But thou that abhorrest Idols, dost thou more than commit Sacriledge?
A2695911. be not high- minded but fear?
A2695919,& c. Visible Church- membership what it is?
A269592. the saying of Osiander, Fuller, Bullinger, that the Donatists and the Anabaptists held the same opinions?
A269593. and Christ''s words to the Sons of Thunder, ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of?
A26959Again he tells us of Thuanus, and tells not where, as if we must read over five volumes in folio to be able to disprove such a Tale- teller as this?
A26959And I pray you tell me yet a little better, how an act can make a man a Church- member that was one long before that was done?
A26959And are not the Independents more against Traditions now than the Britains were?
A26959And are these Waldenses and this man to he believed of them too?
A26959And are they therefore Anabaptists?
A26959And are we therefore against Infant- baptism?
A26959And can Mr. Danvers now tell us that they held that which for a thousand years hath lain unknown?
A26959And can we think that Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea and many more, were not timerous faint- hearted Christians?
A26959And consider whether you deny not Christ in Infancy to have been the Son of God according to his humane nature?
A26959And could it not be the Instrument of conveying right to them as soon as they were born?
A26959And did former Laws oblige to Circumcision till Christ?
A26959And did the man think that this is any thing to his purpose?
A26959And did they not Plead Tradition for their difference from Rome?
A26959And did they not thereby profess to take God for their God?
A26959And do we live upon these terms, that any Railer can call us off from our better services when ever He and Satan please?
A26959And do you call a man[ lost] that loseth the thoughts or the breath of man?
A26959And do you damn all Infants?
A26959And do you gather by Gildas that they were such as you dream?
A26959And do you think this the common sense of the word?
A26959And doth Mr. D. the great enemy of Antichrist perswade poor Anabaptists to believe such fellows and tales as these?
A26959And doth he think that Antichrist was before Tertullians time?
A26959And doth it follow( in despite of their own professions and practises) that all these and the rest such, were against Infant- Baptism?
A26959And doth not he that saith there is no law, say there is no transgression?
A26959And doth that prove that Mr. Wills knew it, who never saith, that he ever saw Cluniacensis book?
A26959And have we here any honester dealing than before?
A26959And how audacious to talk thus of what he knoweth not?
A26959And how proveth he this?
A26959And if Cyprian was Antichristian, where then was the Church of Christ?
A26959And if they say as he reporteth, they belied the Donatists; and why then should I believe them?
A26959And if they understand, they must have grief or pleasure: But who can know more than God revealeth?
A26959And indeed is this all at the upshot?
A26959And is it a contradiction to say that a doctrine that hath Plain Proof, may be assaulted by difficult ob ● ections?
A26959And is it no benefit in it self besides the consequents to be visibly united and related to Christ and his body?
A26959And is it not shame and pity that so publick matters of fact must be handled at this rate?
A26959And is not the cause in order of nature, though not of time before the effect?
A26959And is not this worthy of your zeal?
A26959And is there a syllable in this story that Infant- baptism is concerned in?
A26959And is there no intimation in this that Seth was an Infant member of the visible Church?
A26959And is this a good proof for Prideaux to tell you what a forged writing saith, which Crab and Binius and Bellarmine eject or take for false?
A26959And is this a witness against Infant- baptism?
A26959And is this loathing, and opposition and fighting against truth the way to know it?
A26959And it was Cresconius words to Austin[ Vna Religio, eadem Sacramenta, nihil in Christiana observatione diversum:& adhuc adversus invicem laboramus?
A26959And might not right have been falsly pleadded or usurped by a counterfeit Jew?
A26959And must he be believed against Wickliff?
A26959And must we know of Mr. Tombes what Dr. Hammond held?
A26959And now where is this mans clear proof that the Britains were Anabaptists?
A26959And so of the Infants if they were sold in Infancy?
A26959And so should every repenting believing Jews Infants be Church- members?
A26959And suffer his Church to be wrong framed till now?
A26959And tell me Sir, for what prize or gain do you think I am lost with all my friends?
A26959And that all the ancient writers and Churches sinned that so spake?]
A26959And that he maketh final impenitence the sin against the Holy Ghost; And that none can know what sin is mortal in us, and what not?
A26959And the English Nonconformists too?
A26959And then indeed Where was our Church and the Kingdom of Christ before Luther, or rather before those whom he opposed?
A26959And then what brought in your denial of spiritual membership to the non- elect?
A26959And then what was the physical act which is called Gods taking?
A26959And then, how can you say that any Infants shall be damned, or not saved?
A26959And though under the most extraordinary necessities of avoiding marriage, he find such confirmation of his Resolutions needful?
A26959And to the next qu ● stion, Whether Infants unbaptized when Baptism could not be had, be all damned?
A26959And unchurch almost all the Churches on Earth?
A26959And was it not a Moral Donation then, if it gave Right?
A26959And was not the Church before Christs incarnation a society of faithful men, when yet you confess that Infants were visible parts of is?
A26959And were not the Scots then of their mind, and as much against Traditions as they?
A26959And what a lamentable confusion are we now brought into by these?
A26959And what a poor put off to the point in hand?
A26959And what doth he but hence take advantage to tell the world how loose my doctrine was, and what sinful persons I thought had grace?
A26959And what hole was it that I came out of, with their Indulgence?
A26959And what if one give land to you and your heirs?
A26959And what is here of Infant- Baptism?
A26959And what meaneth the man in labouring to prove it?
A26959And what right or hope doth this give to Christians for their Children more than Pagans?
A26959And what say they?
A26959And what use was here for a plea from Tradition for Infant- baptism, which was not denied?
A26959And what will the Papists desire more?
A26959And what''s that to prove, that he was against Infant- Baptism?
A26959And what''s this to the question of Infant- Baptism?
A26959And what''s this 〈 ◊ 〉 our controversie?
A26959And whether God call not them that are visible members to that state?
A26959And whether I may not as groundedly make a fact sufficient for this purpose of the acts of an hundred or two hundred years only?
A26959And whether he like his other reason, Quid festinat innocens aetas ad remissionem peccatorum?
A26959And whether he that saith, There is no Law of God binding to do thus for his children, do not infer that they sin not by not doing it?
A26959And whether it be lawful for me to take all sorts then living for lyars, rather than this one man that hath written us such a book?
A26959And whether none but the Elect are visible members?
A26959And whether they received not the Scriptures and Religion as certainly from the Asiatick Churches, and so from the Apostles, as the Britains did?
A26959And whether they that dare use souls at this rate, are so much better than us, as to be above our communion?
A26959And whether this will prove that at that time they were against Infant- Baptism?
A26959And whether you may not as well make all the acts from Abrahams call till Christ to be one fact, and assign it to this office?
A26959And whom is this against, me or him?
A26959And why have we no satisfactory answer to these things so oft replyed?
A26959And why might not this Covenant[ I will save my Elect] be made with Cain, or Cham, or Judas, as well as with Abraham?
A26959And why not also from all the rest that have written against me?
A26959And why should my impartiality in acknowledging the Churches liberty as to the time of Baptism, at first, be so unkindly received?
A26959And why talketh he of this one reason against him in so publick a matter of History?
A26959And why then do they not insist only on the Argument and neglect the Author?
A26959And why?
A26959And will not the Reader be satisfied with these concessions?
A26959And will not the ungodly put in for the like hopes?
A26959And would not renouncing God have cut them off?
A26959And would their seed then have had any right for being theirs?
A26959And yet is Infant- Baptism a sin?)
A26959And yet just now, Church- membership in Israel was a thing that none could usurp, or have without right?
A26959And yet were all the Britains then of another mind?
A26959And yet were the old Britains against Infant- Baptism?
A26959Annon gravis demolitio ista?
A26959Annon opera vulpium haec?]
A26959Are all Protestants against Infant- baptism, that are against the Popish Sacrament of Confirmation?
A26959Are these likely means to propagate truth?
A26959Are they all excluded?
A26959Are they worse than their Parents?
A26959Are you really for Rebaptizing; and are you justifying it?
A26959As the Sichemites must do, so other nations must do: For what priviledge had the children of the Sichemites above the rest of the world?
A26959Before any such accusations on the Albigenses?
A26959But ask the man whether Asia it self long before the dayes of Gregory had not Infant- Baptism?
A26959But did they say that the Novatians were against Infant- Baptism?
A26959But do you write a book to prove the Tradition of Adult Baptism from Christs time to ours, and when you have done renounce and scorn it?
A26959But how came Dr. Prideaux so to mistake?
A26959But how far might this have extended?
A26959But if I have lost so much as you intimate, you would perswade me that my service is more than I take it to be?
A26959But if it had, I ask, was it no mercy to be a member both of the Jews Church and the universal?
A26959But if they had, would that prove that the Novatians were, seven hundred or eight hundred years before?
A26959But it is others that he tells it to ▪ Those others will read my own words or, they will not?
A26959But must they therefore be so used by all?
A26959But see the misery of a Sectarian spirit, that taketh it for a contradiction to be a friend to Calvin and Arminius both?
A26959But what all this is to the case of Infant- baptism, what man besides himself can tell?
A26959But what doth he mean by[ sheltering my self in a storm in their tents]?
A26959But what if that Council had so accused Bruis and Arnold, are they to be( believed of them?
A26959But what is all this to Infant- baptism?
A26959But what is it then?
A26959But what is that to Infant- baptism?
A26959But what man else could have gathered, that then this must be the only or chief end, and more in Gods eye than the saving of a sinner?
A26959But what need we ask Cassander what Guitmund said?
A26959But what shall we be agreed in that are ignorant and differ here?
A26959But who but the Owners of the child are capable of making such a promise?
A26959But who can answer words not cited?
A26959Can you prove any Roman Ordination of it before all these?
A26959Church, that used Reliques so strangely for working miracles?
A26959Could a Bishop of so great a City and Diocess have been against Infant- baptism and none to be able to prove it, even in envious accusations?
A26959Could he be in such a station as he was, and have so many writings, and so many adversaries, and yet hold such an opinion and never be suspected?
A26959Could you think now that you did not cheat your poor Reader, if partiality had not shut one of your eyes?
A26959Dare you maintain that all the world is sinless in this respect?
A26959Did Nicephorus write in Dutch?
A26959Did he tell the Reader where by one( in any words) I contradict the other?
A26959Did he think that it was flatly unlawful for maids and young widdows to be Baptized?
A26959Did not I know what I had written till he told me?
A26959Did nothing in Christ himself in Infancy agree with visible membership?
A26959Did the Nonconformists shelter me?
A26959Did the bringing out of Aegypt concur to make Moses a Church- member when he was in the basket on the waters?
A26959Did they not precisely observe Easter, and place Religion in keeping it on their own dayes?
A26959Did they not use the Asiatick Ceremonies?
A26959Do the Anabaptists no better own their cause?
A26959Do they know what[ a transeunt fact is, that without Law or Covenant makes Church- members?]
A26959Do they say that those fifteen are all?
A26959Do you and your Companions know that you are renouncing your Baptism, and Christianity, and the Cross of Christ, while you would rebaptize us all?
A26959Do you believe that our union with the visible Church as such, and participation in its priviledges, is none of that Grace?
A26959Do you know the History of the Council of Calcedon and Dioscorus, and the Nestorians?
A26959Do you know what most Protestants think that hear them?
A26959Do you think it is to get other friends that I more value?
A26959Doth God say, that the seed of the righteous are not blessed till they come to age?
A26959Doth Mr. D. himself know it, of a book never read?
A26959Doth a dumb man signifie his consent to the Covenant by any signs or not?
A26959Doth it not rather imply that there was no controversie between him and the Britains about Infant- Baptism, seeing he never mentioned any such thing?
A26959Doth not the promise give them an established right in this blessing?
A26959Doth that prove that others were not baptized in Infancy?
A26959Doth the word[ taking] signifie a meer physical taking or fact; or a moral, such as among men we call, a civil action?
A26959Elsewhere indeed Socrates and many more say so: But doth that prove they were against Infant- baptism?
A26959Even teach men so to do, and say It is no Sacriledge?
A26959For doubtless Marriage is a sin accidentally to some, though not in its own nature, and far from being a duty to all?
A26959From what, and how?
A26959HAve you well considered of the fruit of your ways apparent in England and Ireland at this day?
A26959HOw prove you that it was a blemish to the old frame, that Infants were members?
A26959Had it not been for the Separatists and you?
A26959Had not the Conformists tents been likelier?
A26959Had the Apostles so little charity as not to endeavour to rectifie any of their errors?
A26959Had they not Bishops, and were they not Monks?
A26959Had you or I more hand in these matters?
A26959Hath not many a Minister among us been so accused?
A26959Have our worst Parish Churches many greater scandals?
A26959Have these things toucht your heart?
A26959He addeth[ Sometimes a violent impugner of Popery, and yet at last who hath spoken more in favour of it?]
A26959He did not publish this his opinion, but held it unpublished: And how then did Guitmund know it?
A26959He feigneth this to be said of the Waldenses, which is expresly said in the history to be spoken of the Manichees?
A26959He knoweth that Cluniacensis — hath given no such wicked and false testimony,& c. And how proveth he that?
A26959He that would not consent to the Covenant was by Asa to be put to death: And was not Circumcision a covenanting act?
A26959His Catalogue containeth three Columns: The first of the Baptism of the Adult: And what Christian ever denied this?
A26959How great a number would your untruths appear, were they all gathered and enumerated to you?
A26959How inconsiderable a part of the universal Church they hold communion with?
A26959How know you another mans knowledge?
A26959How know you that they so vehemently rejected humane Traditions in the worship of God?
A26959How proveth he that that was meant by the Roman manner or fashion of Baptizing?
A26959How shall I know that they will any more read the last than the first?
A26959How weak a minded mother art thou, and of how little faith?
A26959I say, do they know this?
A26959I take a visible Church- member to be a visible member of Christ as Head of the Church and of his Church as visible?
A26959I will not turn to see whether it be so ▪ but what''s this to the purpose?
A26959I would desire him if he can, to tell me, whether both Cain and Abel were not visible Church- members in Adams family?
A26959IF unbelief brake them off, will not repentance graff them in?
A26959IN what regard is the new frame bettered by casting out Infants which were in the old?
A26959IT is a thing that all are not duely informed of, How far Controversial Writings and Disputes are to be practised by pious and peaceable men?
A26959If God had made no other Law, Promise or Covenant, with the adult, but[ I will save whom I will save] who would have taken this for a Law or Covenant?
A26959If besides those that Gods Laws condemn or justifie, God will save many in a neutral state, why may he not, saith the ungodly, save me also?
A26959If bitter Papists so accuse him, is it therefore true?
A26959If by writing, is not the act transeunt?
A26959If he be to be believed in this, why not in the first article, of the lawfulness of abusing all women commonly?
A26959If he did, then how much more flagitious is his practice, thus to tell the world an untruth so notorious to himself?
A26959If he did, was he against it then?
A26959If he hold not the contrary doctrines, why doth he exclaim against mine, as heynous?
A26959If he rejoyce in these Witnesses, is here a word of Infant- baptism?
A26959If he understand not Latine, how unfit is he to give us the History of these antiquities?
A26959If it be by voice, is not that transeunt?
A26959If it be this same, then how comes a meer transeunt fact to work effectually so many hundred years after it is past?
A26959If it were asked what benefit had the Circumcision?
A26959If not, how is he one of these covenanting and separated people?
A26959If not, the Jews lost nothing by being broken off?
A26959If not, what a man is this that dare talk thus confidently and falsly of what he knew not?
A26959If not, what did the man think that a recitation should do with me?
A26959If not, what meaneth[ barely] but the nakedness of your ill cause?
A26959If not, why cheat you your simple followers by this talk?
A26959If not, why cite you instances of Rebaptizers?
A26959If not, why will it prove the same of the Britains?
A26959If the case were, whether the Lords Supper might be Administred with Beer, or Milk, where there is no Wine?
A26959If therefore God have made general promises as to age and person, who is he that dare limit it, without just proof that indeed God hath limited it?
A26959If this prove that the Waldenses were against Infant- Baptism, it will prove that Papists, Protestants and all are so?
A26959If we be but such Antichristians say they, as holy Cyprian and the primitive Churches were, we will prefer it before the Anabaptists Christianity?
A26959If yea, how did the Christians Children forfeit it?
A26959If you do, we are agreed, and why contend you?
A26959If you except Liberty, Health, Life, you are hypocrites: And can you except Children?
A26959In all things or some?
A26959In what?
A26959Infants have none of these in act, and yet who doubteth but Infants are members of the Kingdom( of every Kingdom under Heaven that I have read of?)
A26959Is Dallaeus that hath written so large a disputation of Confirmation, an Anabaptist?
A26959Is all this then no promise, but a transeunt fact?
A26959Is dipping any thing to the case of Infants?
A26959Is here a word that he was against Infant- baptism?
A26959Is it a physical action though a moral causation of some physical effect?
A26959Is it at all by the Covenant as Evangelical?
A26959Is it like that God will bless such unmanly scandals, to the Churches good?
A26959Is it mens praise or good thoughts of me?
A26959Is it not so as to the Jews policie and peculiarity?
A26959Is it not so?
A26959Is it the Papists?
A26959Is not Church- membership contained in, Gods being their God, and taking them for his people thus in Covenant?
A26959Is not the Action ut agentis naturally antecedent to it as in patiente?
A26959Is not this an excellent Prover?
A26959Is that a point that they differed from all the Apostolick Church in?
A26959Is the poor Church to be thus abused, and holy things thus played with?
A26959Is the subject of Baptism, the Manner?
A26959Is this a good witness that the Waldenses were against Infant- Baptism?
A26959Is this a safe ground to build so great a weight on?
A26959Is this establishing Covenant on Promise but a transeunt fact?
A26959Jews Infants should be members and not Genties?
A26959Just as Wickliff ▪ Judge now of this mans words?
A26959Keturahs children were Church- members in infancy: I enquire of you by what act they were made such?
A26959Let him shew you if he can, where or when I have changed my judgement about Conformity, or exprest a change since 1640?
A26959Let him tell you where and when I ever defended that Episcopacy which I had opposed?
A26959Long before what?
A26959Lot came out of Ur with Abraham, yea, and from Haran, and lived with him: were not Lot and his Infants Church- members then?
A26959Mark Reader, what an issue our Controversies with these men come to?
A26959Me thinks these Professions should put off the chief matter of offence and exception against each other, as to the ill consequents of our opinions?
A26959Mr. T. can not see how this promise can be repealed: what, not an universal promising Law, or Covenant or Instrument?
A26959Much more that this calumny should be thus over and over audaciously justified?
A26959Must such dealing as this go for an answer?
A26959Must the Christendom of Kingdoms be impetuously questioned by men that know not such rudiments as these?
A26959Must we read all his works again to see if there be such a word, as oft as such a man will talk to us at this rate?
A26959Neither do we say that Infants are learners in actu exercito; and so what is this to the matter?
A26959No such thing in the Asiaticks Churches?
A26959No wonder if all Christians Infants must be shut out, if Innocent Adams must have been shut out?
A26959No wonder therefore if Augustin so long after say that no Christian taketh it to be in vain?
A26959No, but by the Priests and Worshippers?
A26959None of them in Infancy?
A26959None of this ever came into my thoughts which he untruly saith I drive at,& c. What sober man could imagine either of these assertions?
A26959Now do you think that the reason of Physical Qualities and Moral Rights, Relations and duties is the same?
A26959O cease from man whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
A26959O wh ● t pleasure is this to Papists?
A26959O what a Church might we have had, and were likely to have had?
A26959O what work have you made your self?
A26959Or have you not seen enough to make you suspect and fear whether indeed God own your way or not?
A26959Or how could it be any part of the cause?
A26959Or is he not concerned in the donation at all?
A26959Or shall he have that gift absolutely which is conditional to all others?
A26959Or that Christs Church then and now are of two frames in regard of the subjects age?
A26959Or that it shall be one of a million at least that shall not?
A26959Or the children of Apostates?
A26959Or the children of such?
A26959Or the profession of a saving faith?
A26959Or was Hinomarus against adult Communion because envy said he let some die without it?
A26959Or whether Baptism might be Administred by Milk or Wine, where there is no water?
A26959Or why should God promise it as a new thing?
A26959Prove what you say by any words of mine?
A26959Quid fidelius?
A26959Quis hoc dixerit?
A26959Reader, How big a volume wouldst thou have me write in answering such stuff as this?
A26959Reader, are not the Anabaptists ductile men where they like, as well as intractable where they dislike, that they will follow such a Leader as this?
A26959Reader, dost thou not marvail to find him so plead for me against himself, or speak nothing to the case?
A26959Reader, is here a syllable against Infant- baptism?
A26959Reader, is not all here unsaid again by this concession?
A26959Reader, will not this kind o ● arguing make thee an Anabaptist?
A26959Saith Austin, Quare ergo rebaptizas Christianum?
A26959See Reader, how he valueth his own work?
A26959See here what a witness he hath brought?
A26959See how he feareth not to make reports of the dead by this hearsay?
A26959See how this accuser proveth Lyes?
A26959Shall I answer them that never speak or write to me?
A26959Shall I take this mans accusation for a confutation or conviction?
A26959Shall he be certainly shut out unto damnation?
A26959Shall we not have one true word?
A26959Should one ask him whom he heard this from, do you think we should get a satisfying answer?
A26959Si haberi foris potest, etiam dari cur non potest?
A26959So that our enquiry must be, whether the Congregation and the Commonwealth be the same thing in your sense?]
A26959So they use to say, that Death and the Grave are sanctified by Christ: How?
A26959Speak once like a man: And was not that till the fourth Century?
A26959Stay Reader a little, and tell me whether it call not for shame and tears that one such Book should be written by a Christian?
A26959Still such untruths?
A26959Such as I believe the Sun never saw, nor the wisest Lawyer in England ever read before?
A26959THE next Question that I spould speak to is, whether these Laws, or Covenants, or Promises, are capable of a revocation, or repeal?
A26959That Infants unbaptized are damned; which in charity he thinks is to be denyed: And what''s this against their Baptism?
A26959That Tertullians words prove that Infant- Baptism was then in use: And it is the matter of fact that we are searching after?
A26959That all Infants are made Church- members by it, did any of us ever affirm?
A26959That believers must be baptized in pure water,( And what are these to the purpose?)
A26959That died a Martyr for Christ; 4. Who is so great a part of the pure antiquity; that if you cast him away, what will the rest be for a great time?
A26959That either Christ did not joyn with the Jews in worship which had Musick( in the Temple) or else he sinned in so doing?
A26959That is, None would make schisms if they were not blinded by the hatred of their brethren: Is there not the hatred of brethren in Schism?
A26959That it is no wrong to Ignorant Christians to put such whimsies and scruples into their heads?
A26959That it was not whether Infants should be Baptized that was the question, but whether it should be done before the eighth day?
A26959That most of them speak to the Question[ What is the kind of Covenant consent required in baptism?
A26959The Pope bids Baptize Infants: Ergo not only the Manichees but the Waldenses denyed it?
A26959The adult blemish the Church with more carnal sins than Infants do?
A26959The adult come in by the same kind of consent for themselves, as they make for their Infants?
A26959The adult have souls and bodies, and so have Infants?
A26959The eighth question,[ Which are the Texts of Scripture that contain or express the said laws, precepts, or grants which I maintain?]
A26959The fifth question,[ Whether there be such precepts and promises as you grant,( or as I shall prove) which yet make not Infants Church- members?]
A26959The first question in order fit to be resolved is,[ whether Infants before Christs incarnation were Church- members, or not?]
A26959The ninth question,[ Whether such laws, preceps or grants as I shall prove, are capable of a repal or revocation?]
A26959The second question and the first resolved, is[ what Church it is that Infants were members of?]
A26959The seventh question,[ Whether those which you have assigned be such facts?]
A26959The tenth question,[ Whether they are actually revoked or repealed?]
A26959The third question is, what it is that gives the Israelites that denomination of[ the Congregation of Israel] of which Infants were members?
A26959This is not the Controversie: Is your judgement alike right of persons as of Doctrines?
A26959To the Minor, If his bare affirmation would prove that Infants were not to be baptized, what need he write his books?
A26959Utterly false: And how doth he prove it?
A26959WAs not Christs Church before his incarnation spiritual, and gathered in a spiritual way?
A26959WHether any Jew at age was a member of the old Church without professing faith( in the Articles necessary to salvation) repentance and obedience?
A26959Was ever such a reporter as this man before taken for a credible person?
A26959Was it better to be of no visible Church, than of the universal?
A26959Was that an honest man that would secretly hold an opinion which he knew he had no Scripture for?
A26959Was there ever a Law or Covenant made in the world any other way than by a transeunt fact?
A26959Was there never but One Parliament and One Cause?
A26959Was there no such thing?
A26959Was this an Anabaptist?
A26959Was this great Pope an Anabaptist?
A26959Were not this a contemptible arguing?
A26959Were not this as good an argument?
A26959Were these Persecutors think you blind or merciful herein?
A26959What a Knave do they make him that so say?
A26959What a bare put off is that, of a man that must say something?
A26959What a deal of the Gospel and the Churches mercys do these men deny?
A26959What a prover is this man?
A26959What a wide gap doth that[ at least] make you, yet to say, They were a Church or no Church, as you please?
A26959What aptitude hath the leading to Padan Aram, or removal to Aegypt, to make Infants Church- members?
A26959What aptitude hath the setling of an Army to be any part of the causation of Infants Church- membership?
A26959What childish play is this?
A26959What durst I not subscribe to, if I durst do all this?
A26959What have I got by them but silencing and the loss of all Ministerial maintenance, these twelve years?
A26959What have I lost Sir?
A26959What is it that a sanctified man must not devote to God that is His?
A26959What is that to Church — membership?
A26959What is the matter that men that can do all this, can not Conform?
A26959What man will say so?
A26959What not so notorious a Law, and Covenant, and Benediction?
A26959What pains is taken in the Epistle to the Hebrews to prove the change of the Covenant as faulty in comparison of that which had better promises?
A26959What pittiful abuse of ignorant Readers is this?
A26959What should I say to him and them?
A26959What will not partiality say?
A26959What wonder then if disputes be endless?
A26959What''s the difference?
A26959What, doth Infants Relation detract from its spirituality?
A26959When a storm fell on the Nonconformists, were their tents a likely place for shelter?
A26959When in all the lines which I have examined I have met with so few that are not guilty of them?
A26959When shall I come to a sentence that is true?
A26959When you should prove to us the revocation of Infants Church- membership, to tell us that they had it only by a transeunt fact?
A26959Whether a man may not oblige himself to a duty meerly by his consent?
A26959Whether a meer dogmatical faith professed?
A26959Whether it is sinfully used in Scripture?)
A26959Whether then were not the children of the Disciples and all believing Jews Church- members in Infancy?
A26959Whether there were any Ordinances or Law of God that Infants should be Church- members?
A26959Who be they?
A26959Who c ● uld hence have found out that God hath various degrees of intention?
A26959Who then is this Man a Factor for?
A26959Who was the accuser here?
A26959Who would not receive them, though we approve not of their way?
A26959Why did you cite neither words, page nor Book?
A26959Why must we be told what Dr. Prideaux saith of the acts of an old Council, as easily known by us as by him?
A26959Why some of the wisest of them that I know did read them over, and approved them before they were printed?
A26959Why then dost thou rebaptize a Christian( that differeth not from them?)
A26959Will he make the Church of his mind by such palpable falshoods as these?
A26959Will you not confess your self that Cyprian and that Carthage Council, Nazianzene, Basil, Augustine& c. were for Infant- Baptism?
A26959With what scorn will they deride such men?
A26959Would not every week detect it?
A26959Would you be believed in other things that can deliberately, in two Editions, do thus?
A26959Would you have made your Reader believe that it was any thing to the question?
A26959Would you tempt me to look to the hypocrites reward?
A26959Yea even Independents and Presbyterians and all that prize and cleave to them now in England?
A26959Yea whether he hath not all along confirmed it?
A26959Yea, to justifie all Jews against this charge, that should neglect or refuse to engage their children to God in Covenant as members of his Church?
A26959You see what he hath brought the ancient and later Church- membership, Circumcision and Baptism to?
A26959[ Baptizing after the manner of Rome] And what''s that to his question?
A26959[ Cum autem dicatur, Qui vero non crediderit condemnabitur, quid hic dicimus de parvulis, qui per aetatem adhuc credere non valent?
A26959[ That Christs Ministers rightly ordained and dedicated to God in that sacred office, are not so much as Relatively holy as separated to God therein?
A26959[ That Church Musick( and consequently singing which is the prime Musick) is no help to any man in the service of God?
A26959[ That anointing, using the white Garment, Milk and Honey, were Blasphemous rites, and Popish before Popery was existent?
A26959[ That it is in no Case lawful to keep a Vow of Chastity, at least among the Papists?
A26959[ That no Reverence is due to Ministers and Church utensils?]
A26959[ That though he find it a help, it is sin for any man to use it?
A26959[ To be uncovered in the Church; and use reverent carriage and gestures there, doth not at all tend to preserve due reverence to God and his worship?
A26959[ 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 —[ Hast thou an Infant?
A26959and every one of my Nonconforming brethren?
A26959and is here no Covenant, where the mutual Covenant is described?
A26959and many another Text, mean no such thing as they speak, as if to be the seed of the faithful were no condition, but only[ I will save my elect?]
A26959and more against vice and formality in and after Colmans and Columbanus dayes?
A26959and so that almost all Christians in the world are no Christians?
A26959and what a sort of new political Doctrine shall we have from you, when these things are accomplished according to the frame you have begun?
A26959and what constituteth it formally?
A26959and what you imagine that precept or promise to be which I assert?
A26959and whether only with the punishment of loss, or also of sense?]
A26959and whether the moral action of that law were permanent or transeunt?
A26959as if he knew not what abundance more may easily be produced, if it were of any need?
A26959as if were but one Tomb or Volume, that long ago was eleven great Volumes, and now many more?
A26959as to the matter believed and the sincerity of the belief and consent?]
A26959except the Anabaptists, who reject the benefit; whose case( as I said before) I will not presume to determine?
A26959hath no more?
A26959is one question: Whether this be repealed?
A26959no not when God himself is the separater and man the unjust alienater?
A26959or a fit reason of your application of it to the thing in hand?
A26959or doth not this confirm their right to the benefit promised, which was received before by the same means?
A26959or else make thee pitty the seduced party?
A26959or from the creation till this day?
A26959or if not, what sense it hath?
A26959or if otherwise, that All Christs Church was Popish then?
A26959or only less safe, and eligible, except in danger of death?
A26959or would God else have taken them for his people?
A26959p. 142. in favour of Tradition a heynous provocation, to say no more of them?]
A26959party?
A26959sure this was not so long after, a Manner peculiar to Rome?
A26959that is, as soon as they were subjects capable?
A26959that is, in the point of Rebaptizing persons before baptized( do you own that indeed?)
A26959the approbation of man?
A26959to be relatively a member of the Houshold of God?
A26959unless it made a Law or Covenant which doth the deed?
A26959were all these Papists, or Romans?
A26959what proving is this?
A26959what unlikely things( yea against evidence) can some believe?
A26959when about the Manner indeed there were then so many and different ceremonies?
A26959whereto will not men run left to themselves?]
A26959whether all equally or unequally?
A26959which no man that ever breathed till now, nor ever man will know again?
A26959who did not send men of their own company?
A26959who yet were born of Abrahams seed, and in that Land?
A47591& c. Was it in his Mind that Infants should be baptized, and yet say nothing of it, because it was a common Custom and Practice among the Jews?
A47591''T is strange the Apostles should preach to little Children, o ● … er Christ to them, what preach Christ to the Infant in the Cradle?
A47591( You say) God can easily give holy Qualities to the Souls of Children: Can not God restore his own Image to little Children?
A47591( for that he did not) and shall we attempt to baptize them, as if we were wiser than he?
A47591( i. e. one Wife) yet he had the residue of the Spirit; and wherefore one?
A47591( say you) that Rebecca went down into the Well, Does it follow that she was plunged in it?
A475911, 2. and was not Circumcision then in full force too, and so abode till Christ took it away by nailing it with all other Jewish Rites to his Cross?
A4759111, 12, 13. and will any Man, says he, yea will Paul ascribe all this to those that did not so much as profess the things signified?
A4759111. and will he not care for his Lambs and Weaklings of his Flock?
A4759113. before we Believed, this was our Condition, and are not our Children naturally in this state?
A4759113?
A4759116. and how is that Covenant a ground of strong Consolation to all the Heirs of the Promise?
A4759118. and doth not this open likewise a Door to any other like innovation?
A4759119. where sprinkling is mentioned?
A475914. Who gave Men power to change his Commission, Baptizing into Rantizing or Sprinkling?
A475914. for the Promises of God belonged to them; but if the Covenant be shortened in Privileges, how is it a better Covenant?
A475915. and is not the Promise sure to all the seed?
A475916,& c. But, say you, if the Children of the Faithful are excluded from the Covenant, then the Covenant is worse, and not a better Covenant?
A47591Also where are Infants excluded from the Lord''s- Table?
A47591Also who of us could say when our Servant- Maid went to draw Water, or fetch Water from a River, she went into the River?
A47591And are not you in Union with that Church, and all Churches that own Infant Baptism in the World?
A47591And can it be thought he refused little Children?
A47591And did he make one?
A47591And did not Christ by his Disciples baptize many Persons, nay more Disciples than John?
A47591And doth not St. Paul assert the same thing?
A47591And has God made such a Covenant with you, or with any Believer now?
A47591And how came Baptism to have such power in it?
A47591And if so, why dare any now a days admit of Infants, who are uncapable to make profession?
A47591And if this be considered, what doth this Text do to prove the Natural Seed of Believers, as such, are in the Gospel- Covenant?
A47591And if this be so, wo to the poor Babes of unbelievers, must they be all Damned?
A47591And shall the Church refuse to receive all such into her Imbraces?
A47591And to these Customs the Apostle alludes, when he says, How shall we that are dead to Sin, live any longer therein?
A47591And why this Privilege only?
A47591And will any Man,( saith he,) yea will Paul, ascribe all this to those that did not profess the things signified, or the necessary Condition?
A47591And with shame you may speak it, unless you had Authority to Christ so to do: Who hath required this thing 〈 ◊ 〉 our Hands?
A47591Another may say, what Sin have our Sons committed, that this great priviledge is denyed them, since Christ came?
A47591Are Infants capable to hear the Word, and partake of the Sacraments?
A47591Are Infants fruitful to Christ?
A47591Are Infants of Believers, as such, the Seed of Christ, and in the Covenant of Grace?
A47591Are all the Infants of Believers given unto Christ, and so not of this World?
A47591Are all their Children elected, and none but theirs?
A47591Are his Bowels straitned towards them?
A47591Are not all Men in the VVorld, especially where the Gospel is preached, in or under the outward Dispensation of the Gospel, or Covenant of Grace?
A47591Are not all the infants of Believers regenerated, and in Covenant with God?
A47591Are not many Children of Unbelievers elected?
A47591Are not the Saints to be all Volunteers?
A47591Are not they and all others told, that old things are passed away, and all things are become new?
A47591Are not we and our Children distinct Persons?
A47591Are our Infants Lambs in Christ''s Fold, or feeble and afflicted Christians in Christ''s Spiritual Family?
A47591Are there not many Children of Unbelievers elected?
A47591Are they little Infants that Promise refers to, i. e. Thy Children shall be all taught of God?
A47591Are they not Spiritual Blessings?
A47591Are you an Arminian?
A47591As if he had said, If there be no Resurrection, why are we baptized?
A47591As to your second Reason, Do all the Children of Believers that die go to Heaven?
A47591Baptism washes not away the filth of the Flesh; Or is not Original Pollution a filth of the Flesh?
A47591Baptism?
A47591Because he can not prove Infant Baptism from Arguments from Heaven will he go for Arguments to prove it to be Christs Ordinance taken from Hell?
A47591Because you know not upon when the Election falleth, it is the Will of God that you should baptize all that are under the Promise?
A47591Besides, Do you think it never rained upon the ● … ites before they passed through the Sea?
A47591Besides, did not the same Fathers hold other Errors?
A47591Besides, the Baptismal Vow you brought them under being not by God''s Appointment, what Blessing can you expect from thence?
A47591Besides, was Baptism to be preached or practised by none but the Jewish People?
A47591Besides, we see they never mind nor regard their Covenant in the case; and will not God one day say, who has required these things at your hands?
A47591Brethren, Can any think that Abraham could purchase Men with Money, and that way bring them into the Covenant of Grace?
A47591But Sir, by what Authority do you assert all these things?
A47591But alas, how few are there of that sort?
A47591But can any think this Promise is limited to the Carnal Seed of Believers or runs so?
A47591But do you baptize no Children of Believers but such that die?
A47591But doth Baptism therefore belong to them all?
A47591But doth Mr. Owen think, that all the Children of the Faithful, as such, are the Seed or Children of the Second- Adam?
A47591But how can you prove Baptism washes your Infants from Sin?
A47591But how do they prove it?
A47591But how will it appear that they( i. e. that Children) are holy, say you?
A47591But is it so indeed, did our Saviour say nothing of Infant Baptism?
A47591But is not this next to Blasphemy?
A47591But now can the Infant- Seed of Believers, as such, be said to be the Seed of Abraham in any of these four respects?
A47591But now, because there were so many Additions of the Gospel- Promise and new Covenant, are there so many new Covenants?
A47591But since he speaks the quite contrary, who shall we believe, you, or the great Apostle of the Gentiles?
A47591But the Rabbins upheld Joshua''s Side, and what Wonder was it?
A47591But the worst is behind, who is it you cast this reproach upon?
A47591But well saith Tertullian, Is it lawful because''t is not forbidden?
A47591But were not the Beasts and the Fowls baptized and saved by the Ark as well as Noah and his Children, and his Son Cham?
A47591But what Root?
A47591But what is the purport of this Argument of yours for Infant- Baptism?
A47591But what is this to their Children, as such, or to the positive Right any of our Infants have to Baptism?
A47591But what of this?
A47591But what stress do you lay upon Baptism?
A47591But, Sir, is the Gospel Covenant worse than that Legal Covenant, because we and our Children have not such Promises and external Privileges?
A47591But, Sir, what''s this to the Business?
A47591But, pray, what must the Gentiles do to know this to be their Duty?
A47591But, what tho?
A47591Ca n''t you take a Woman dressed in modest and decent Cloaths by the Hand, without having an unclean thought in your Heart?
A47591Can Baptism save them, And is it so indeed?
A47591Can God be glorified by Man''s Disobedience, or by adding to his Word; by doing that which God hath not required?
A47591Can Infant Baptism be more useful then that of Believers, and yet Baptism an Ordinance of the Souls Marriage with Christ?
A47591Can Infant Baptism be more useful then that of Believers, and yet Baptism call''d the Answer of a good Conscience?
A47591Can Infant Baptism be more useful then that of Believers?
A47591Can Infants be willing?
A47591Can Infants do that?
A47591Can Parents by baptizing their Infants save them?
A47591Can a little Babe answer a good Conscience by being baptized in Obedience to Christ, and to shew forth his Death and Resurrection?
A47591Can an humane Rite or Tradition, think you, save poor Children, or a little Water sprinkled on the Face, wash away Original Sin?
A47591Can any Man forbid Water, that these should not be baptized?
A47591Can any Man in his right Wits think our Lord Jesus should confirm a Tradition and Innovation of the Jews?
A47591Can any Perish that are in the Covenant of Grace?
A47591Can not God save dying Infants unless they were included in the Covenant made with Abraham?
A47591Can such that are no more Strangers to God,& c. ever perish?
A47591Can that be an useful thing that frustrates the Sacred and Spiritual ends of Baptism?
A47591Can that be of any use to an Infant which you, nor no Man else can prove from Gods Word, to have any use and Blessing in it to them?
A47591Can that have any usefulness in it, that brings guilt upon the Parents in doing it, making them guilty of Will, Worship, or of a humane Tradition?
A47591Can they bring forth Twins?
A47591Can those that are the Children of the Covenant of Grace, cease to be such?
A47591Can those things for which you have made this division, justifie your Sel ● ● m?
A47591Can we suppose she carried her little Babes so far to Market?
A47591Can you be so ignorant as to affirm, this Covenant- Contract made with Abraham, was made with the Natural Seed of believing Gentiles?
A47591Certainly all may easily see it: Doth it not tend to prove that all ungodly and unbelieving Men and Women are to be baptized as well as Infants?
A47591Christ, no doubt, came to save some of all sorts of Men, and who doubts but he came to save Infants, and little ones, Young and Old?
A47591Command was to Males, and on the eighth day?
A47591Could Reverend Mr. Jones find no better a Pen to defend his Cause of Pedo- Baptism?
A47591Could they not go into the Water without plunging in it?
A47591D. Williams confirms Mr. Baxter''s Notion: Take his words, What doth the Covenant bind thee to( speaking of Infants Baptismal- Covenant)?
A47591Dare you add and diminish to God''s Word, nay alter Christ''s last Will and Testament in his grand Commission?
A47591Dare you affirm, that all Unbelievers Children that die are damned?
A47591Dare you invert, nay subvert the sacred Commission, and so make void the Command of God to uphold your own Tradition?
A47591Did Baptism confer Grace and Arm their Souls, it was something, but who dares assert that?
A47591Did ever any Man argue after this manner before?
A47591Did not John Baptist say, Think not to say within your selves we have Abraham to our Father?
A47591Did not our Lord Jesus Institute this Ordinance of Baptizing, i. e. of dipping the Bodies of Men and Women in water?
A47591Did not our Saviour command his Disciples to go into all Nations, and make Disciples, and baptize them?
A47591Did they preach Salvation to Believers, and to all their Children, as such, whether elected or not, called by the Word or Spirit, or not?
A47591Did this stumble them in the Apostolical Days, who were told that Circumcision availed nothing, nor Uncircumcision?
A47591Do not all the Children of God partake of God''s Divine Nature, and are not they all Heirs of God?
A47591Do we deny that the Promise of Pardon and of the holy Spirit doth belong to our Children or Off- spring that ● o believe, or are called by the Lord?
A47591Do you believe it?
A47591Do you cut off your Infants from the Covenant of Salvation, because you will not give them the Blood of the Covenant( I mean the Lord''s Supper)?
A47591Do you indeed own the Popish Church, or is not the Church of Rome in your Judgment, however part of the Body of Christ?
A47591Do you know they are all Elect Persons, and so such that God will in time call, give grace to, and so change their evil and depraved Natures?
A47591Do you not confess by the Order of the Words in the Commission, Teaching ought to go before Baptizing?
A47591Do you not place that Virtue in an external Rite, that only belongs to the Blood of Christ, and sanctifying Grace of God''s Spirit?
A47591Do you plead for final falling out of God''s Covenant, or from a State of t ● ue Grace?
A47591Do you think there was not need that Infant- Baptism should be mentioned in the Holy Scripture, had it been a Truth?
A47591Does Christ own Infants to be Subjects of his Kingdom, and yet did not baptize them?
A47591Does Christ, says he, own them for Subjects in his Kingdom, and shall we allow them no better standing than in the Devil''s Kingdom?
A47591Does God give himself, all he is, and all he has, to every Believer, and to all his Fleshly Seed?
A47591Dost thou not desire to be saved?
A47591Doth Baptism confer Grace?
A47591Doth Baptism wash away Original Corruption?
A47591Doth Christ say baptize, and so make them Disciples?
A47591Doth Christ( saith he) take Children into his Arms, and shall his Church cast them out of her Imbraces?
A47591Doth Mr. Owen think that we deny that any our Children have right to the Covenant of Grace?
A47591Doth he mean every individual Person, or some of all sorts, of Jews and Gentiles?
A47591Doth it follow, because many Thousands that were baptized( as you call it) when Infants, were after they come to Age truly converted?
A47591Doth it not belong to the Gentiles too?
A47591Doth not History tell us the Fathers used other Rites also, and that in Baptism?
A47591Doth not our blessed Saviour say that they had made void the Commandments of God through their Traditions?
A47591Doth not the Covenant and Promise to Adam run only to Christ Jesus, or referr to him, who is there meant by the Seed of the Woman?
A47591Doth that intend all universally?
A47591Doth the Constitution of the Spiritual Gospel- Church run as in Human and National Constitutions?
A47591Doth the baptizing of Infants make them Disciples?
A47591Doth your Baptism save your Infants?
A47591Et quid vobis visum est non post nos sed post trinitatem baptisma geminare?
A47591Find the Woman that had the Issue of Blood no Command no Example, nor no Promise to believe Christ would ● … er?
A47591First, If Persons may be said to be baptized when it rains upon them, How many times have you and I been so baptized?
A47591For this you must prove, or you say nothing; and how absurd would that be should you affirm any such thing?
A47591For what need had he to baptize himself, were there none called Anabaptists in Holland nor Germany before that time?
A47591Had God given the Jews any such Law or Precept?
A47591Had Lydia and her Family a right to Baptism because a Proselyte?
A47591Had it been the constant custom of the Godly to baptize Infants, would not these, think you, have been in their Infancy baptized?
A47591Had not Abraham an Ishmael, Isaac an Esau, and David an Absalom?
A47591Had they ever any ground of strong Consolation?
A47591Hath not God freely left us and our Children to choose to be his Servants, or to choose our Religion?
A47591Hath not God ways enough, and such that are sufficient to Oblidge our Children to die to Sin, and live a new Life?
A47591Have Infants, as such, Union with Christ?
A47591Have all their Children, or every one of them, Christ, Grace, Holiness here, and Glory and eternal Happiness hereafter?
A47591Have they kept their Vow and Covenant?
A47591Hence he says, What then?
A47591How are they broken off?
A47591How can it be an Evidence of Faith in Infants who are not capable to believe?
A47591How can water( saith Mr. Charnock) an external thing, work upon the Soul Physically?
A47591How can you make Baptism a Condition of Salvation to Infants who are no ways capable to answer it?
A47591How dare Men adventure, this being so, to change Baptism from Dipping into Sprinkling; and the Subject, from an Adult Believer, to an Ignorant Babe?
A47591How dare any Man Seal the Covenant of Salvation to such, who have not that Faith Abraham had, before he received that Seal?
A47591How doth God prevent them with blessings of Goodness, by your Rantizing them?
A47591How doth it appear the Infants of the Godly before Abraham''s time, had any Right to visible Church- Membership, or what Seal had they?
A47591How imperfect is my Brother Owen?
A47591How is it then that the Apostle Paul says, the Law is not of Faith; also the Covenant of Grace giveth Life?
A47591How little is the Institution of Christ, or Practice of the Primitive Churches minded by many good Men?
A47591How sanctified?
A47591How shall we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?
A47591How then could the dying Infants of the Godly, who lived before that Covenant was made with Abraham, be saved?
A47591However this Testimony is given only by Witches and Sorcerers, and what ground have we to believe them?
A47591I answer, Pagans and Infidels may be regenerated''t is possible, what can hinder God''s working upon their Hearts?
A47591I answer, are we not to be commended for not believing that to be a Truth, for which there is neither Command nor example?
A47591I answer, first, how inconsistent is this with the words of the Commission?
A47591I ask Mr. Owen how he can prove that the Seal of the Covenant of Grace doth belong to them who are only in the outward Dispensation of the Gospel?
A47591I could tell you of many evil and foul things and practices done by some Presbyterians, but should I brand the whole Brotherhood from thence?
A47591I know not whether you be of this Pedo- baptists mind, or not, but I think this Doctrine does not fit a Christian Catechism?
A47591I know the Papists assert it doth do this, but how do they or you prove it?
A47591I say again, Are all our Children in the Election of Grace, or doth Election run only in that Line?
A47591I will be a God to you Gentiles, but not to your Seed; is this Abraham''s Blessing, how unlike to it?
A47591I would know how they prove Baptism to be the Medicine appointed to cure the Soul of the Plague of Sin( or, as Mr. Owen says, for their Salvation)?
A47591If a Woman should sprinkle her foul Linen with a few drops of Water, would that be deem''d a washing of them?
A47591If all your Children have the Seal of the Covenant of Grace, or all the blessings thereof, sealed up to them, shall they not be all saved?
A47591If any should say why did you not cite these assertions of Mr. Baxters whilst he was living?
A47591If so, are they not holy also?
A47591If the Baptism of Infants be evil, why doth the Devil( say you) Tempt Witches or Sorcerers to deny that Baptism?
A47591If the Covenant of Grace God made with Adam, was also to all his Seed, How happy is the whole VVorld?
A47591If the Covenant of Grace was made with Adam, and his Natural Seed as such, will it not follow that he owns Universal Salvation?
A47591If this he so, your Cause is gone: How?
A47591If this you intend not, yet is every Believer a like common or publick Head to his natural Off- spring, as Adam was to his?
A47591If you insist not on internal priviledges nor on external priviledges, that are Sealed to Infants that are Baptized, what does their Baptism signifie?
A47591In a word, can they make the Child, or Children, to repent and truly believe in Jesus Christ?
A47591In some shallow Rivolets we daily see, that in some places the Water is deep, and might it not be so in that?
A47591In whose Authority and Power then must stand their Faith in this matter?
A47591Is Absolution and the Seal of it offered unto Infants, and do they refuse to receive it?
A47591Is Baptism Circumcision?
A47591Is he more unready to administer Spiritual Blessings, than he was in administring Temporal Blessings to the Children of the Faithful?
A47591Is it a Sin to cast off Mens inventions?
A47591Is it a great Sin to refuse to agree to the Covenant to which thy Baptism engaged thee?
A47591Is it a sin to divide from the Church of Rome, or from the Church of England, or not to continue of their Communion?
A47591Is it in the power of Parents to save or damn their Children?
A47591Is it not Go therefore, teach all Nations, baptizing them,& c.?
A47591Is it not Spiritual and Heart- Holiness?
A47591Is it not sad, that Men should give cause to their Children to think they are guilty of Perjury?
A47591Is it then a shameful scandal to neglect a Tradition of Man?
A47591Is it thus with your baptized Infants in respect of Original Sin?
A47591Is it upon us?
A47591Is not God''s Word to be our Rule in all Points of Faith and Practice to the End of the World?
A47591Is not that an everlasting Covenant, well ordered in all things and ● ● re?
A47591Is not the whole Mind of Jesus Christ, even all his Laws and Precepts, or his whole Counsel, plainly contained in his Blessed VVord?
A47591Is not this to blind the Eyes of the poor People, and make them think that an external Ordinance saves the Soul?
A47591Is not 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 à 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 Greek?
A47591Is their a necessity for it?
A47591Is there no hope therefore left us of the Salvation of our dying Infants?
A47591Is this an answer?
A47591Is this that Covenant confirm''d by the Oath of God, that gives you such strong Consolation touching your Infants, as such, as before you pleaded for?
A47591Is this the Blessing of Abraham that is come upon the Gentiles?
A47591Is this the Promise that belongs to the Faithful and their Children?
A47591Is this to act like a wise and learned Man?
A47591It is plain, say you, that Baptism belongeth to them that believe: but say you, how doth it appear that Baptism doth belong to the Seed of such?
A47591Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his Death?
A47591Know ye not that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his Death?
A47591Know ye not, that so many of you that have been baptized into Christ, were baptized into his Death?
A47591May not the Papists say as well, that those Persons they bring under their voluntary Vows, are thereby Dedicated unto God?
A47591May not the Papists say to them also, Where do you read holy Water and holy Garments are forbid?
A47591May not we by your Argument baptize Unbelievers in whom no Grace appears, because we do not know how the Election runs?
A47591May the Children of God degenerate into Dogs, Wolves, and Vipers?
A47591May we baptize such therefore?
A47591Moreover, why do you speak of Persons being not willing to be baptized, when the Subject of Baptism you contend for is a poor ignorant Babe?
A47591Mourn O England and lament, sad is thy Case?
A47591Must God save all the Children of the First- Adam by the Obedience of the Second, because, if Adam had stood none of his Children had fallen?
A47591Must our Faith stand in the Wisdom of Men in this matter, or in the Power of God, and in the Authority of his Sacred Word?
A47591Must they have the same Rites and Privileges, and yet not the same?
A47591Must we all who deny Infant Baptism, be Condemned as utter cast aways, and not be lookt upon so much as Members of the Universal Church?
A47591Must we believe God''s Word, or a lying Traveller?
A47591Must we deny Original Sin, or own Infant- Baptism does cleanse from it?
A47591My Faith may be said to unite me to Christ; but doth it also unite my Child to Christ?
A47591Nay, may be they might say, they had not the other to do it, and therefore built their Altars of Brick: But would this Pretence do?
A47591Nay, more, be so bold as to say, these are more useful, and answer better the End of God, than those which he himself instituted?
A47591Nay, or that it was made to Abraham''s Spiritual Seed?
A47591Nevertheless, what saith the Scripture?
A47591No doubt but Christ is able to do it: But doth he in a secret way administer Instruction to Infants?
A47591No doubt but the Lord loved his Elect before they were born, even from Everlasting, but what of this?
A47591No, no, what saith the Almighty God?
A47591Now can this be a Truth, since Christ was more Faithful than Moses; and delivered every thing plainly from the Father?
A47591Now did not the Children partake of the Lord''s Supper, I mean that Typical Lord''s Supper?
A47591Now do all the Children of the Faithful come to Christ, and shall they all be saved?
A47591Now if I prove there were two Covenants made with Abraham, what is become of all you have said in respect of this matter?
A47591Now must this be a Covenant of Faith or Grace?
A47591Now to what purpose do you mention this Covenant, or the temporal Salvation of Noah''s Family in the Ark?
A47591Now what Arminianism is here fomented, if once you say or think, they are capable to perform this Obligation?
A47591Now what is the Sign without the Thing signified?
A47591Now( say they) is not this a pure Gospel- Phrase, and shews it to be a Covenant with Abraham in Christ?
A47591Now, Sir, was there any Person either young or old, before the Law or under the Law, thus baptized?
A47591O that God would appear and give you a better temper of Heart: Who is uncharitable now, if Charity be the Bond of perfectness?
A47591Or are they Dogs, and must be damned if their Parents baptize them not, and dare not do it because Christ hath not commanded them to baptize them?
A47591Or dare you say our New Testament is not authentick, or sufficient to teach us the whole of Gospel- Duties, and Obedience, without the Jewish Talmud?
A47591Or hath the Church or Ministers, power to alter Christ''s great Commission?
A47591Or have you any power to force, or compel your Children to be of what Perswasion in Religion you please?
A47591Or is it not upon Christ himself?
A47591Or is it not, make Disciples, and baptize them?
A47591Or might there not be a great Confluence of Water then,( as Dr. Hammond words it) and yet but little or shallow Water now, or when Sandys was there?
A47591Or take his great Ordinance of Baptism from the Superstitious, Fabulous and Erroneous Custom of their Doctors and Rabbins?
A47591Or was it not wholly done by the Power of God''s Word preached to them, through the mighty Power and Operations of the Holy Ghost upon their Souls?
A47591Or what Representation is there in that Act of a Resurrection?
A47591Or would Abraham have been circumcised himself, because in the Covenant of Grace, had he not received a positive Command so to be?
A47591Or, are they not to be justly blamed who jumble things so confusedly together?
A47591Or, is there any such Covenant- Head under the Gospel, save Jesus Christ alone?
A47591Ought not we to keep the Ordinances as they were first instituted and given to the Saints?
A47591Ought we not to believe( say you) for our Children, that Christ will receive them?
A47591Pray ask this Man what it is that Baptism seals to Infants?
A47591Pray, was that Custom among the Jews of baptizing Infants, when any of the Gentiles were admitted into the Jewish Church, commanded of God?
A47591Pray, what became of the Jews Female Infants, were they damned?
A47591Shall not a whole Believer be saved?
A47591Sir were not those Men and Women that were Baptized in the Apostolical times Dipped?
A47591Sir, Are all Believers Children in the Covenant of Grace?
A47591Sir, Is not Baptisin a Greek VVord?
A47591Sir, What think you now of the Testimony of the ancient Fathers, and of the practice of the Churches after the Apostles days?
A47591Sir, What think you now of your Jewish Custom of baptizing the Heathens, and their Children, who were admitted to their Church?
A47591Sir, Why dare you leave out part of the Words?
A47591Sir, are not these part of the Nations?
A47591Sir, are the Infants of Believers near one half part of the Nations?
A47591Sir, no doubt elect Infants that die have Union with Christ in a way we are ignorant of, but what is this to the Infants of Believers as such?
A47591Sir, what is become of your sprinkling of Cups, Pots and Brazen Vessels among the Jews, when''t is said they washed or baptized them?
A47591Sirs, who hath required this at your Hands?
A47591Speak, Doth Baptism take away Original sin, or free them from that Malady or not?
A47591That Children were baptized into the Covenant under the Law; What Pedo- baptist ever asserted this before?
A47591That in the Primitive Times, when the Gospel was first preached and?
A47591That that blessed work of Grace upon their Hearts was by virtue of their Infant- Baptism, or from any Motive that arose from thence?
A47591The Minor is undeniable: Was not Baptism in full force from the time that John received it from Heaven, and administred it on the People?
A47591The truth is, if Circumcision availed nothing, but was a Yoke of Bondage, then why should that stumble them?
A47591Therefore we are buried with him in Baptism into his Death,& c. Else what shall they do that are baptized for the Dead, if the Dead rise not?
A47591Therefore you object, How can Children be bound to that which they are ignorant of?
A47591To contemn this Order( saith he) is to contemn the Rules of Order; for where can we find it if not here?
A47591To this you answer and say, How doth that follow?
A47591VVhat difference between Baptism and Baptisma?
A47591VVhat need of Consequences here?
A47591VVhat need we have VVine?
A47591VVhat of this?
A47591VVhy are not Men ashamed thus to go about to blind and deceive the poor People?
A47591VVill God own or bless an humane Tradition?
A47591VVill you confound the Use and End of one Sacrament with the other, to maintain your own Innovation and Abuse of Christ''s holy Baptism?
A47591Was not the Moral Law from the beginning?
A47591Was this the priviledge of any save Abraham only?
A47591We say the Papists call for Scripture where those things are forbid which they have among them, or when God cast them out of the Church?
A47591Were ever any Men thus bold before?
A47591Were it not thus, how could we deny or oppose the Papists seven Sacraments?
A47591Were there not many other Rites and Ordinances under the Law, or Old Testament, besides Circumcision?
A47591Were these such, think you, that ever were in the Covenant of Grace God ma ● e with Abraham?
A47591Were they in Covenant as they are the Natural Seed of Believers?
A47591Were they only the Children of Believers that Herod Murthered, how will you prove that?
A47591What Advantage then hath the Jew?
A47591What Covenant is it he means?
A47591What Credit is to be given to such Fathers?
A47591What Doctrine is this?
A47591What Figure of a Burial of Christ, or of the old Man is there in sprinkling a few drops of VVater on a Person''s Face?
A47591What Human Tradition may not be let into the Church at this Door?
A47591What Notions do you impose upon your unwary Readers?
A47591What a preposterous way of arguing is this of yours?
A47591What an abominable Innovation had he been guilty of should he have done this thing, which you seem posicively to affirm?
A47591What an account can you give to him of this at the great Day?
A47591What assurance can he give to Infants, or to their Parents that the Children they baptize shall be better Christians thereby?
A47591What difference is there between much VVater, and many Waters?
A47591What doth hinder me to be baptized?
A47591What doth this prove touching the Lawfulness of Infant- Baptism?
A47591What if I affirm, that no Ordinance succeeds in the room of Circumcision?
A47591What if I agree with the last, and say Abraham is the Root?
A47591What if a Child, thro the love of Sin, or vanity of Mind, will not agree to this Covenant?
A47591What is a simple external Profession good for, without true Grace and a saving Interest in Christ, and Assurance of Eternal Life?
A47591What is an Ordinance without the God of the Ordinance?
A47591What is required of Persons to be baptized?
A47591What is the Sign without the Thing signified?
A47591What is the difference between holy and sanctified?
A47591What more doth it serve to do than to blind and deceive the Souls of such external and carnal Professors?
A47591What need had there been for them so to have done, had Baptism been sprinkling?
A47591What signifies Federal External Holiness without true Spiritual Holiness?
A47591What stuff is this you would force upon us and the World?
A47591What then?
A47591What tho the Hebrew word signifies cleansing or washing with Water, was it therefore formally the Ordinance of Baptism?
A47591What tho the one be a Sacrament of Initiation, and the other of Confirmation?
A47591When God commanded Abraham to circumcise on the eighth day, did he not virtually forbid him to do it on the seventh or ninth day?
A47591When the Eunuch ask''d Philip, See, here is Water, what doth hinder me to be baptized?
A47591Where is the Immutability of God''s Counsel?
A47591Where is the Spirit of Reformation?
A47591Where is the extream ● unction forbid, or auricular Confession, or the use of Beads in Prayer, and a hundred more such Romish Fopperies?
A47591Where is the strong Consolation?
A47591Whether such as had Heathen and Infidel Wives ought to put them away with their Children, as in the days of Ezra?
A47591Whether the being the Children of Abraham, as such, gave them a right to Circumcision, or rather the meer positive Command of God to Abraham?
A47591Whether the believing Husband might live or cohabit with the unbelieving Wife?
A47591Whither will this lead you?
A47591Who commanded you this way to Dedicate your Children to the Lord?
A47591Who commanded you to baptize or dip Believers in the Name of the Father,& c. and you rantize or sprinkle Infants?
A47591Who tells you so?
A47591Who told you what you say is the sense of our Saviour?
A47591Why can not they receive a Blessing from him now, as in the days of his Flesh?
A47591Why do you not use Crossing in Baptism, nor Oyl nor Honey as the Papists do?
A47591Why do you say of no Right but this?
A47591Why doth Innocent Age hasten to the Remission of Sins?
A47591Why doth you not from hence give Infants also the Lord''s Supper?
A47591Why may we not give credit to the Papists, as well as unto Witches and Sorcerers?
A47591Why must not the Gentiles and their Children that are grafted in, as you suppose, in their room, receive all the Privileges as well as one or two?
A47591Why tempt ye God, to put a yoke on the necks of the Disciples?
A47591Why then are such not to be baptized, as well as the Children of the Faithful?
A47591Why then despisest thou one of the Means of Salvation?
A47591Why then do you baptize all, even such that have not the thing signified when baptized, nor ever after till they die?
A47591Why were they brought to Christ?
A47591Why?
A47591Will Baptism save your Infants?
A47591Will Christ accept of Prest- Souldiers into his Service?
A47591Will God own and bless a voluntary Vow, or approve of an Humane Tradition?
A47591Will Pedo- Baptists make Baptism their Saviour?
A47591Will you Teach the Almighty, or are you wiser than he?
A47591Will you be wiser than God?
A47591Will you charge the Holy Apostles, and all the Ministers of the Primitive Churches with Adultery?
A47591Will you direct the Almighty, or have Christ to bless an Human Invention?
A47591Will you exclude all from Salvation that are not Members of your Church?
A47591Will you say with the Old Erroneous Fathers, and Blind Papists, that Baptism washes away Original Sin?
A47591You argue as many 〈 ◊ 〉 have done before you, Children of Believers were once in Covenant, who dares be so bold as to say they are cast out?
A47591You may think that was no great Error, instead of Gold or Stone, to make Altars of Brick: but what saith God?
A47591You( say you) appeal to the Consciences of those that are rebaptized, is not the thing thus?
A47591actual Sin they have none: Doth it wash away Original Sin?
A47591and also of the Doctrine of final Perseverance?
A47591and are Infants able so to do?
A47591and are the Children they had when they were vile and wicked Persons, bad, nay so bad as they are to be counted Dogs?
A47591and do none of the Children of Unbelievers go thither?
A47591and if so, why not baptized as well as your Infants, by your Argument from hence?
A47591and is it not in English to dip?
A47591and is not that( as Mr. Baxter saith,) a strange Marriage, where there is nothing signified of consent?
A47591and that their Infants who die may go to Heaven, tho not circumcised, nor baptized?
A47591and were not those that were circumcised bound to keep the Moral as well as the Ceremonial Law?
A47591and what became of their Male Infants, who died before eight days old?
A47591but doth he need Man''s Supplements, shall man teach God?
A47591but what hope have the Impious, Prophane, and ungodly Parent of the Salvation of his dying Children?
A47591dare you say that?
A47591do not many of them live and prove ungodly when grown up, that you baptize?
A47591had not the Jews and their Children many other external Privileges besides Circumcision?
A47591how could they change their Apparel?
A47591how many of them do perish eternally?
A47591if not thus, how can it be Cruelty, yea Murder in Parents to deny the Application of Baptism to their Children( as Mr. Burkit says)?
A47591is not the case mended with us?
A47591is there no Salvation out of the Visible Church?
A47591is this Sin the damning Sin?
A47591nay of the Promises and Oath of God?
A47591or condemn Salt, Oil, Spittle to be used in Baptism, which they use in it, seeing these are not forbid?
A47591or have we no perfect Rule left us in the Gospel?
A47591or what Profit is there in Circumcision?
A47591or who made that a Channel of Grace to dying Infants?
A47591should you dictate to your Earthly Prince, would he allow it?
A47591that they ought to baptize their Children who did not know, nor ever heard of that Jewish Custom?
A47591the Sign of Regeneration, but not Regeneration it self, a sign of Grace, but not Grace it self?
A47591they want power to do it for themselves, and how then should they do it for others?
A47591they were not Circumcised; And were not their Male Infants saved, who dyed before the Eighth Day?
A47591was that the thing, or is it not another Act?
A47591were but Infants capable of knowledge, how much would they dread being born of wicked Parents?
A47591where is it written?
A47591would that have justified them if they had presumed to have done it without God''s Command?
A47591you seem to assert this, for else how hath God by Baptism prevented them?
A47591— Is it not great ingratitude in us to despise our birth- right?
A47591● nd are not they, say you, unthankful to the Grace of G ● … which offereth them a Seal of Absolution, and they ● … ll not receive it?
A47591〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉?
A62864& the Apostles constantly practised?
A62864( For what is the externall administration of the covenant of grace; but the seals, as they call them, and the rest of the service of the Sanctuary?)
A62864( not 7. as it is printed) If some believed not, shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
A628641 saith he, How Bain and Ame ● come to the name of Remonstrants?
A628641. it seems he will not see i ●, and then wee may apply to him the Proverb, Who so blinde as hee that will not see?
A628641. to Harding, saying, Were the hundred thousand Bores of Germany consumed by the sword of the Nobility there for their obecience?
A6286410. answers; nor doth Mr. M. or Dr. Homes deny it, but Mr. M. asks What is your argument hence?
A6286410.1, 2, 3, 4. compared with chap 11 3, 14, 15, 18. yea but if the command bound them, why were they circumcised?
A6286410.16, 17. to have a meer visible Churchstate?
A62864122. tell us, that Moses did cause them oft to enter and renew the Covenant?
A628642 To his second question, Are the naturall seed of Abraham and legall justiciaries one and the same?
A628642. l. 1 c. 42. saith, qu dam nullo judicio videntur con cripta quae se satis produn?
A628642. saith M. Drew, Are not Gentiles the seed of Abraham?
A6286431.36, 37. which seemed to promise they should be his people to be justified and saved by Christ?
A6286438. of the gift of the holy Ghost, some of other promises?
A628647.22?
A6286478. we read of some that have been sanctified from the womb, were they visible Churchmembers in the womb?
A628648. but is not all that included in this, I will be your God?
A6286484?
A6286485. enquires, What is the formal reason and ground that any hath right to Baptism?
A62864Alas Sir, why do you run into this needless and erroneous digression?
A62864And 1. what means Mr. T. to talk of mercy to others, when our question is, Whether it be a mercy to themselves to be unchurched?
A62864And 6. whether he mean that call by which particularly they were at first made a Church?
A62864And I demand further, when we are graffed in and so naturalized with them, do we not partake of all the fatness or priviledges of the Olive with them?
A62864And Noah pray, that God would perswade Japhet to dwell in the tents of Sem?
A62864And are not the Sacraments Signa conditionalia, conditionall signes and Seals?
A62864And by way of retortion, I do s ● riously ask Mr. B. how he will expound the word all nations?
A62864And can any man of common sence and conscience expound this of his casting all their infants out of his family?
A62864And did former Laws oblige to Circumcision till Christ?
A62864And do you think this the common sense of the word?
A62864And does not this vail so far blind their eyes that they see not so much as with faith historical?
A62864And doth Mr. T. thinke that no wicked men perish as Covenant- breake ● s with Christ?
A62864And doth not he that saith there is no law, say there is no transgression?
A62864And how else then should the nature and use of it be held out?
A62864And how is this proved?
A62864And if he did not, why doth he talk of proving it here where he disputes against me?
A62864And if it neither determine the person, nor give 〈 ◊ 〉 ground to determine, how then doth it become probable to that person?
A62864And if so, whether of Abraham onely?
A62864And if so, whether that which was proper to the Jews posterity?
A62864And if the Covenant of grace be a birth- priviledge, how are they children of wrath by nature?
A62864And is it not also of the promise foregoing?
A62864And is not this from as great a mistake as the other, to think that Gods command is no part of his Covenant?
A62864And is there no intimation in this that Seth was an infant member of the visible Church?
A62864And it being with their consent that the nation were church members, may not the like be done now?
A62864And now must I be fain to shew, that churchmembership is neither sucking the brest of a godly woman, nor being brought in the family?
A62864And shall we think the Apostle so foolish as to be thus troubled for such a loss?
A62864And should not every King and Magistrate do the like?
A62864And so should every repenting believing Jews infants be Churchmembers?
A62864And the whole speech considered, the words import no more then this, can I bring him back again to life?
A62864And then for Moses what more did he?
A62864And then what was the physical act which is called Gods taking?
A62864And then why should we doubt but the Apostles mission extended to them also?
A62864And were they all elected and partakers of saving graces, or outward priviledges onely?
A62864And were we not once all infants?
A62864And what a lamentable confusion are we now brought into by these?
A62864And what call had these infants that can not understand a call?
A62864And what he means by a Church call to infants that can not understand, I know not; except by a call he meaneth circumcising them?
A62864And what hope is it?
A62864And what is it?
A62864And what is to be expected from children of that age?
A62864And what means Mr. T. to talk of here one and there one?
A62864And what of it had been true if the whole Kingdome?
A62864And whence hath Master Cobbet warrant to say that the promise belongs one way to the Jewes, and another way to the Gentiles?
A62864And where did Mr. T. learn in Scripture to call the Jews churchstate carnal?
A62864And whether I may not as groundedly make a fact sufficient for this purpose of the acts of an hundred or two hundred years onely?
A62864And who shall descend into the deep] that is to bring Christ again from the dead?
A62864And will not parents mourn for their children?
A62864And would not Mr. T. now have a whole family made a Church in a day?
A62864And yet of all such who will say, they were all in a saving estate?
A62864And yet( would any man think it?)
A62864Are all those glorious things spoken of the City of God, and is it now better to be out of any Church then in it?
A62864Are not the aged worse then they?
A62864Are not the infants of Adam deprived of life in justice to their hurt, without their breaking Covenant with God, or their personal desert?
A62864Are not these Kingdomes added to the Church as well as Israel?
A62864Are not these cross caper ●?
A62864Are the head and members at such odds, that one must give place, and be gone when the other comes?
A62864Are the n ● ● urall seed of Abraham and legall justiciaries one and the same?
A62864Are they children to whom the adoption pertains, and yet no children?
A62864Are you sure that which Abraham did in it was as a Magistrate?
A62864Art thou called being a servant?
A62864As the Sichemites must do, so other nations must do: For what priviledge had the children of the Sichemites above the rest of the world?
A62864As we know not what he means by[ constitution] as is said before; so who knows what he meaneth by[ their Church call?]
A62864Be wiser then our Fathers?
A62864Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
A62864Besides what ground hath Mr. G. to call this promise the Gospel- covenant?
A62864Besides what interfering is there in Paedobaptists?
A62864But are the promises to all professors because they are conditionally proposed to them?
A62864But did God promise spiritual grace to the Jews after the captivity and not before?
A62864But do I call any where the Gospel mixt?
A62864But doth Nazianzen give us there any Scripture for this differing?
A62864But doth he say this of the Israelites then living whose case he bewailed?
A62864But he further demands, Or what doth he mean by churchstate?
A62864But if it be not a distinction of a genus into its species, what distinction is it?
A62864But let us consider a little what is the Church?
A62864But may I not require Mr. B. to shew me by what actions I have done any of these things?
A62864But shall we make no difference between the children of believers and unbelievers?
A62864But was not it true also of the Ierusalem that was when Christ was?
A62864But waving this, is the fault mended in his Defence?
A62864But what a dotage is this?
A62864But what if all this were true?
A62864But what is it then?
A62864But what is this to those who do not deny Christ, and therefore are both Children of the flesh, and of the- promise?
A62864But what non- sense scribling is this, to term preaching or hearing covenanting?
A62864But what saith M. C. to the instance of the males of 7. days only to infringe his rule?
A62864But what saith it?
A62864But what text do you think he brought?
A62864But what text do you think he brought?
A62864But what then?
A62864But whence doth he gather that Circumcision of right ended, when Baptism began to be an initial Sacrament?
A62864But who so bold as blinde bayard?
A62864But whose Logick rule is that he mentions?
A62864But will you yeeld that they are so much as seeming probable members of the invisible Church?
A62864But, What may I do to escape the wrath due to me?
A62864But, saith he, doth not this contradict what went before?
A62864By asking Mr. T. whether he be ready to pay th ● t reverence to the authority of the Fathers, as to bee concluded by their affirmations?
A62864By demand; Is there any such decree as to cast out of the Church invisible?
A62864By w ● at law becomes he a lawful proxy?
A62864By what means is it visible or discernable that a believers infant is fetcht out of Satans visible kingdome and 〈 ◊ 〉 an unbelievers?
A62864By what rule those who are acknowledged visible Church- members in infancy c ● n be denied the Lords Supper?
A62864Can Mr. B. say they are not among his party?
A62864Can any man think that this was any part of the ● ondage?
A62864Can he prove that their churchmembership was a type of Christ, that must cease when he was come?
A62864Can he say this of the Jewish Church, and their call?
A62864Can you bring us proof of any one infant of true Church- members, that was not rightfully a Churchmember himself from the creation till Christs dayes?
A62864Can you imagine what shift is left against this plain truth?
A62864Christ wonders at Nicodemus, that he understood it not: Art thou a ruler in Israel and knowest not these things?
A62864Christs Church is his family; and doth the Heir use to be freed by being cast out of the family?
A62864Concerning Athanas ● us he speaks thus, What say you to that passage in Athanasius?
A62864Credis?
A62864D ● th he perswade them?
A62864Dare any say of no unbelievers infants is Christs Kingdome?
A62864Dare you maintain that all the world is sinlesse in this respect?
A62864Did I ever grant that the Jewish baptism of any infants is to be our pattern, or was Christs pattern?
A62864Did I ever say there is less hope of their salvation, then fear of their damnation?
A62864Did circumcision seal no other promise but that?
A62864Did none but Abraham give an example unto others of believing?
A62864Did the adding of these Laws and ceremonies take down any former part of the Church?
A62864Did the bringing out of Aegypt concur to make Moses a Churchmember when he was in the basket on the waters?
A62864Did the faith of God take effect in that which was never promised?
A62864Did they begin to be a Church in the Wilderness?
A62864Do not Tertullian, Cyprian,& c. argue from Circumcision unto Baptism 〈 ◊ 〉 we now do, and others of them from Covenant holiness?
A62864Do not these things happen to the most godly Saints?
A62864Do they know what[ a trans ● unt fact is, that without law or Covenant makes Churchmembers?]
A62864Do yo ● understand what it is to be a member of a City, or of a family?
A62864Do you understand what is totum aggregatum& pars totius?
A62864Doest thou renounce?
A62864Doth Christ cast any out of the Church, onely that he may succeed them?
A62864Doth God say, that the seed of the righteous are not blessed till they come to age?
A62864Doth Mr. B. interpret this of infants?
A62864Doth he circumcise them?
A62864Doth he command them to obey the commands of God?
A62864Doth he give any reason?
A62864Doth it follow, that because I assigne Ev ● ngelical benefits to Abrahams spiritua ● seed, I deny any of his natural seed to be his spiritual?
A62864Doth not Mr. B. acknowledge, that Abrahams Circumcision did seal the righteousness of saith which he had being yet uncircumcised?
A62864Doth not Mr. T. confess that the Jews infants were in Covenant?
A62864Doth not Scripture term the Jewish Church or people, the Circumcision, because those that were in that Church, if male, were circumcised?
A62864Doth not the promise give them an established right in this blessing?
A62864Doth not the seal belong to the thing sealed?
A62864Doth not thus plainly assert that the Jews then were righly judged by Peter to be in the promise, and their right thereby to batism?
A62864Doth the covenant appertain to them, and they stiled the children of the covenant, and yet are they out of covenant?
A62864Doth the word[ taking] signifie a meer physical taking or fact; or a moral; such as among men we call, a civil action?
A62864Doth visible Churchmember praedicari de pluribus specie differentibus in quid?
A62864Else is not this as great a mercy to the poor off cast Jews?
A62864Else why do Ministers exhort men to joyn with some particular Church, and to submit to their Pastors?
A62864Ergo, Now what doth Mr. C. answer?
A62864Far would any that knowes the meaning of words, take this for a right paraphrase?
A62864First hee says, if by standard bee meant Baptism, who makes a Thesis of his Hypothesis?
A62864First, whether the first verse of this second chapter be meant onely of invisible members?
A62864For Adam and Eve were eyed, saith Mr C. as a seminall visible Church?
A62864For I would know what the faith of God was whether it were the Covenant of saving grace, or the outward Covenant?
A62864For examining of which I set down something about priviledges, which Mr. M. grants, and saith, what''s all this to the purpose?
A62864For how doth it administer it but as a means of applying it?
A62864For is the one to be defined by the other?
A62864For the Apostle extendeth redemption here to those that were under the Law; and who knoweth not that infants were under the Law?
A62864For the minor was,[ that here is no greater mercy given to infants in stead of Churchmembership:] Doth not Mr. T. acknowledge this?
A62864For were not the Jews infan ● s by their visible Churchmembership bound to be circumcised, and to keep Moses Law?
A62864For what are those outward priviledges in respect of which they are the same but outward administrations?
A62864For what consequence?
A62864For what else can be the reason of those terms[ at least as well] which are not like the expressions of a man that is well resolved what to hold?
A62864For what fruit or accompt can else be given of all Christs preaching and pains bestowed in that city?
A62864For what is a Covenanter but one that makes a promise?
A62864For what is addition to a company but a joyning or bringing one more to them then was before?
A62864For what is covenant- interest, but interest in the covenant, and covenant- right, but right from the covenant?
A62864For what is it to seal and not to confer grace, but onely to assure?
A62864For where is this distinction of yours found or founded in the word of God?
A62864For who knows not that Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David, with million ● more are dead, and are now no members in any visible Church?
A62864For, 1. how were the promises made indefinitely, and yet to all the Israelites?
A62864From Cyrus, Arta ● ● rxes, Darius, Ab ● su ● rus?
A62864Go disciple all nations,& c. Is not this brave proving the repeal before mentioned?
A62864God saith you stand all here,& c. to enter into the Covenant, and oath,& c. And you say, it can not be all, whom shall we believe God or you?
A62864Hath he not a good wit, that can prove that Christ hath repealed his merciful gift, because he hath redeemed us from under our bondage and tutorage?
A62864Hath the mercfull God revealed no ordinary help for them?
A62864Have not I also granted this thing, and that upon the same reasons?
A62864Have you well considered of the fruit of your way ● apparent in England and Ireland at this day?
A62864He addeth the very exposition to every sentence:[ who shall ascend into heaven] that is, saith he, to bring Christ down from above?
A62864He adds, Besides is there not 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 mystery in the original?
A62864He adds, If he be not, why doth he mention this as usefull in this matter?
A62864He adds, May not I boldly say, that once the infants of all covenanters had this priviledge?
A62864He circumcised them when God had commanded; And was circumcising the call?
A62864He goes on, And what is this Syntax that is so clear?
A62864He ● aith, If he be wonder why the uniform consent of them that infants are to be baptized should not prevail with him?
A62864Here then the Question between us is not, Whether the natural issue of Abraham by Isaac and Jacob were taken into Covenant?
A62864His house are we; wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if yee will hear his voyce,& c. So as if the question bee what voice?
A62864How are ye?
A62864How came there to be so strict a conjunction between Priesthood, Temple, Sanhedrim,& c. as that the Church must needs fall when they fall?
A62864How came there to be so strict a conjunction between the Church and their membership, as that the Church must needs fall when they fall?
A62864How can Christ bid them, Go and disciple all Nations, if infants and so all the Nation are utterly uncapable of being disciples?
A62864How comes any man ● o bee a childs proxy, who doth not make hi ● so?
A62864How could you allege Dr. Field without considering how you wrong''d your self?
A62864How doth it appear that what the Jews did we may do?
A62864How is it proved that any are visible members of the Christian Church, but by profession of faith?
A62864How is the word vindicated from all necessity that it should be confined to grown men?
A62864How little know they the difference between Christ and Moses, that think they might then be churchmembers and not now?
A62864How oft would I have g ● thered?
A62864How prove you that it was a blemish to the old frame, that infants were members?
A62864How then is it true which here he saith they ceased to have a visible right to the promise till they raigned repentance?
A62864How they can make good the regularity of Church- consti ● ution, and the ordination of Elders, who have no other baptism but that in infancy?
A62864How understand you Pauls discourse about the members and body?
A62864How unequal would the distribution ● e of this verse, not suitable to the lawes of expression among rational men?
A62864I answer, saith he, fully: If this be the question, what is the condition on which God in Scripture bestoweth this infant holiness?
A62864I had thought they had been on the party that are called Contra- remonstrants?
A62864I say, do they know this?
A62864I suppose we are agreed what a Church visible is?
A62864I ● it not a mercy to be freed from it?
A62864If I did not, why doth hee suggest as if in this conclusion hee asserted more then I do?
A62864If a wicked man ea ● his meat without seeking a blessing on it, or giving thanks, will any one say that he hath not a lawfull use of the creature?
A62864If by writing is not the act transeunt?
A62864If he and Mr. Rogers can so easily say and unsay, who can give credit to men that can thus blow hot and cold wi ● h the same breath?
A62864If he mean it of that species or sort of Ministerial call, then what sort is that?
A62864If i ● be( saith he) no carnal Churchstate to have infants in heaven, why is it a carnal Churchstate which containeth infants in it on earth?
A62864If it be asked what is an invisible Churchmember, will any that is in his wits say hee is a visible Churchmember?
A62864If it be by voice is not that transient?
A62864If it be this same, then how comes a meer transeunt fact to work effectually so many hundred years after it is past?
A62864If it determine not the kind of good formally nor virtually, nor contain it generically; then how doth it make it probable?
A62864If it intend more then this, then it is not verified or fulfilled in this much; if it intend no more, then how doth it make their salvation probable?
A62864If it were only the outward, how did it take saving effect in the elect?
A62864If only of Jews, how must the Gentiles be saved?
A62864If plain Scripture will not satisfie these men, why then do they call for Scripture?
A62864If the Jews Church constitution before Moses time was such as took in infants, why not after Moses time?
A62864If the adding of all these ceremonies did not make a new Church, or overthrow the old, why should the taking of them away overthrow it?
A62864If the special priviledge to the children doth suppose the parents call, why not also the childrens call?
A62864If the succession be broken off upon the Jews unbelief, why not upon the unbelief of each ancestor?
A62864If there were, is there no other promise to be ratified by such a Seal but that?
A62864If therefore God have made general promises as to age and person, who is he that dare limit it, without just proof that indeed God hath limited it?
A62864If they of N. E. do fold them up in the Church, why do they keep them from Church- communion till they bee made members by Church- covenant?
A62864If this doctrine be true, why may we not expect to be taught, that infants must also be cast out of heaven, in mercy to the whole catholick Church?
A62864If unbelief brake them, will not repentance graff them in?
A62864Imo haec omnia praedestinationis effecta sunt: quomodo igitur possunt statui praedestinationis causae?
A62864In what regard is the new frame better ● d by casting out infants which were in the old?
A62864Is Mr. B. allowed to accuse in generals, and not to instance in particulars?
A62864Is a Scottish Covenanter any other then one that makes a promise or subscribes to the Covenant?
A62864Is all this then no promise, but a transeunt fact?
A62864Is any man called being uncircumcised?
A62864Is any man the wiser for a meer Negative?
A62864Is baptizing all one with sealing?
A62864Is infants church- membership essential to Church constitution?
A62864Is it a physical action though a moral causation of some physical effect?
A62864Is it in the word Church?
A62864Is it meant first of Gods Law or Covenant enacting ▪ making, and constituting them a Church?
A62864Is it not the body of Christ?
A62864Is it not the body of Christ?
A62864Is it sense to call that a covenant without a Trope, which is neither a promise nor a condition of a covenant?
A62864Is not Churchmembership contained in[ God''s being their God, and taking them for his people thus in Covenant?]
A62864Is not here comfort( but by a silly comforter) to all the Jewes themselves?
A62864Is not the nature, end, and use of Sacram ● ● ts or holy engaging signs and seals, the same to all?
A62864Is not the wonderfull success of the Gospel one of our strong arguments for the truth of the Gospel and our Christian Religion?
A62864Is not this a contradiction, to say all invisible members are visible?
A62864Is not this enough to make his cause suspicious?
A62864Is not this the manner of quakers and scolds?
A62864Is nothing written in Scripture but expresly?
A62864Is that a ceremony to a thing which is the substance of it?
A62864Is that his charity?
A62864Is the substance of a being a distinct thing from it?
A62864Is there any Translator or Commentator afore him that hath thus expounded it?
A62864Is this a safe ground to build so great a weight on?
A62864Is this establishing Covenant or promise but a transeunt fact?
A62864Is this such doctrine as were enough to break their hearts?
A62864Is this the Gospel- covenant to make a people only reputatively and outwardly, but not really adopted: Is this that which circumcision did seal?
A62864Is this the covenant of grace which the seal is to follow?
A62864It is: But wh ● se is it?
A62864Keturahs children were Churchmembers in infancy: I enquire of you by what act they were made such?
A62864Lot came out of Ur with Abraham, yea and from Haran, and lived with him: were not Lot and his infants Churchmembers then?
A62864Master Sidenham will have infants by the words[ your children] will he say the promise was then offered to them, and they then under the call of God?
A62864May I not also exact of you to shew when and where this was taken away?
A62864May he have liberty, as in a Chancery bill hath been wo nt, to put in all he can imagine, whether true or false?
A62864May not any thing be from heaven or by Gods appointment which is derived from a Jewish custome?
A62864Mr M. adds, And did any orthodox Divines before your self, charge this to be Arminianism, to say that the Gospel runs upon conditions?
A62864Mr. B. adds, But why do I expect th ● ● when hee suspendeth his judgement?
A62864Mr. B. adds, If it were asked what benefit had the Circumcision?
A62864Mr. C. in this passage speaks so obscurely that it is hard to say what he drives at, and I may take up the saying, reed me a riddle what''s this?
A62864Mr. M. asks, But if we Gentiles have it not, then are not we, I pray you, straightned in that particular?
A62864Much more to call this the Copy of Abraham the Father of believers?
A62864My answer was right, and to his Demand, where it is found in the word of God?
A62864Name mee one place in the New Testament, that more evidently speaks in an expository way of any Text in the Old?
A62864No; Or do they baptize them out of Covenant?
A62864Now can this be good sense to be all the world, the Kingdomes of the world, and to be called or separated from or out of the world?
A62864Now doth Christ break off all infants from his body, that he may come in the flesh to be a greater mercy to them?
A62864Now how doth Mr. Geree wipe this away?
A62864Now is not that a strong ground of hope, that so dying, they shall not be damned?
A62864Now must I throw away that which is past doubt because of that which is doubtfull?
A62864Now were all these members elected will any say?
A62864Now what doth Mr. C. answer?
A62864Now what is the blessing of Abraham?
A62864Now what promise was that?
A62864Now what saith Mr. Bl to this?
A62864Now what saith Mr. Geree to this?
A62864Now what saith Mr. Sidenham to this?
A62864Now who are this seed of Abrhaam?
A62864Now who dare expound thi ● thus?
A62864O what a Church might we have had, and were likely to have had?
A62864O what work have you made your self?
A62864Or did every new ceremony that was added make a new Church, or constitution of the Church?
A62864Or have you not seen enough to make you suspect and fear whether indeed God own your way or not?
A62864Or how could it be any part of the cause?
A62864Or if infants were Church- members long before either Temple, or Sanedrim, or High Priest,& c. Why may they not be so when these are down?
A62864Or is it in the term[ member?]
A62864Or is it meant of Gods immediate call from heaven to Abraham or any others to bring them into the Covenant?
A62864Or what day?
A62864Pag 153. what saith Mr. B. to this?
A62864Qu 1. did ● o ● o nomine cease to be Churchmembers, though they forsook not God?
A62864Quid festinat innocens aetas ad remissionem peccatorum?
A62864Quo teneam nodo?
A62864Saith he, And I pray you tell me yet a little better, how an act can make a man a Churchmember that was one long before that was done?
A62864Saith he, Are not little ones here named?
A62864Saith he, But I further answer: What if this were not understood?
A62864Saith he, I demand did they continue in the Church visible, when upon execution of such a decree they were cast out of the Church invisible?
A62864Saith he, Why should Moses say, here stand your children and wives, that not they but you might enter into Covenant?
A62864Sir, was this the Covenant of works?
A62864Sir, was this the covenant of works?
A62864So Mr. T. saith, It is a mercy to the whole catholicke Church: But what is that to infants who are unchurched?
A62864So that our enquiry must be Whether the Congregation and the Commonwealth be the same thing in your sense?]
A62864Such as I believe the Sun never saw, nor the wisest Lawyer in England ever read before?
A62864Suppose I could not assign the day, is not the thing true?
A62864That I raise a doubt whether[ any] covenant made with Abraham be simply Evangelical?
A62864That baptism seals that promise in which God engageth himself to be the God of believing Christians, and their seed?
A62864That infants of beleevers have salvation, if they die in their infancy, by ver ● ue of the Covenant?
A62864That the Jews and their rejection was the ground of the Gentiles?
A62864That they know not what mercy it is that is here promised, whether common or special: To which I answer: what if they know not?
A62864That 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉, such children should stay till three or four years old more, or less?
A62864That[ he will be their God] is his promise: but is that all the Covenant?
A62864The absolute promise is to give faith: Is not God and Man in like manner engaged by baptism in sealing this as well as the other?
A62864The first question in order fit to be resolved is[ whether infants before Christs incarnation were Churchmembers?
A62864The objection still holds, How can baptism seal to an infant?
A62864The question between us is no ● so mu ● h Whether infants may be baptized?
A62864Then I would fain be resolved in this whether Christ took upon him onely the nature of the Jews, or of the Jews and Gentiles both?
A62864Then it was no mercy to the Jews you think, but to us Gentiles: But our question is, whether it be a mercy to the unchurched infants?
A62864Then the Gentiles, Pagans infants now, are happier then the Jews were then; for the Pagans and their infants are out of the Church?
A62864There is no common nature of a Sacrament expressed in Scripture, therefore Baptism is not a Sacrament, more then in this?
A62864There shall be no more thence an infant of days; How can thi ● be understood litterally?
A62864There was no such question as Mr. B. would impose on mee, as if I doubted whether any infant should bee saved?
A62864They have the word or promise, which is the greater; who can inhibite the sign which is the less?
A62864This very reply what is it but a vain shift?
A62864This was the way which he often attempted, which is implied in the phrase, how often would I?
A62864To his qustion, If all members of the visible Church be not Abrahams seed, what right have they to the seal of the covenant made to Abrahams seed?
A62864To some a person may seem to be of the invisible Church, to others not, is he of the visible Church or not?
A62864To speak so contemptuously in such disparaging language of the Kingdome and Gospel of Christ?
A62864To the Kings Supremacy what is parity among Elders in the Church?
A62864To this Mr, M. But is not this the same sense with mine?
A62864To this Mr. M. Where i ● Circumcision compared to burial, and wherein I pray you lies the analogy between them?
A62864To this he replies, How doth that follow?
A62864To this the Dr. saith, But I wonder what appearance of concludency there is in that reason?
A62864To what other end should God command them?
A62864To which I answer, they were; and ask him, Whether they were not without a saving faith?
A62864To which I answer: There are abundance far greater given in their stead: And what is that then to those that have nothing in their stead?
A62864To which I reply, Did he ever hear me deny it?
A62864True: But do ● h hee term any infant so in those places?
A62864True: but was this goodness or severity in respect of a meer visible Churchstate?
A62864Was it but here one and there one when three thousand were converted at once, and five thousand afterwards?
A62864Was it ever heard before from the mouth of man, that Christ succeeded churchmembership, as a thing that was to give place for him?
A62864Was not Christs Church before his incarnation spiritual, and gathered in a spiritual way?
A62864Was not Cornelius taken for unclean, and not of that Church, because uncircumcised?
A62864Was not the Jewish people a Church before they had either a Temple, or Sanhedrim, or High Priest, or any of the ceremonies of the Law of Moses?
A62864Was not the promise, saith he, made to them that then were?
A62864Was there ever a Law or Covenant made in the world any other way ● hen by a transeunt fact?
A62864Well, But may it not yet lie in the second point[ that they were all taken in to be a Church in one day?]
A62864Were infants of Proselytes to be baptized because they were infants?
A62864Were not they, saith he; captivated oft in the time of the Judges, and so it might at least be made good then?
A62864Were not this a contemptible arguing?
A62864Were they not aliens and strangers so much as from the Commonwealth of Israel?
A62864What Commission, whence have the Church power to exchange and commute ones profession for anothers?
A62864What Ordinance is there then which may be abused by receiving visible Church- membership?
A62864What a hard word is this[ Churchmember?]
A62864What a powerfull argument is here for a man to venture upon to unchurch all the infants in the world?
A62864What advantage hath the Jew, and what profit the circumcision?
A62864What aptitude hath the leading to Padan Aram, or removal to Aegypt, to make infants Churchmembers?
A62864What can I i ● agine but that Mr. T. knowingly fastens this gross untruth upon mee?
A62864What can be said against this that is sense or reason?
A62864What day was that?
A62864What he adds, I say therefore as Peter whither shall we go, if we forsake the Church?
A62864What he adds, Indeed God chose the seed of Abraham ● n a special manner?
A62864What if Mr. T. should use Magistrates as he doth infants( as former Anabaptists have done) hath he not as good ground?
A62864What if all this were true?
A62864What is Christs Kingdom but his Church?
A62864What is that to Churchmembership?
A62864What is the Church the Doctour means, that accepts a proxies profession in st ● ad of the childe?
A62864What is the Church?
A62864What is the meaning of that expression, the privileges of the Covenant were made to all?
A62864What is this to a ministerial call?
A62864What is this to them that are put out of that carnal Churchstate, and kept out of this spiritual Churchstate too?
A62864What kind of juggling is there with these men?
A62864What need I, when I grant the conclusion?
A62864What ordinary way& state of salvation external have they more than Mahometanes?
A62864What promise?
A62864What real Evangelical promise or blessing do infan ● s of believing Jews now lose, by not being Christian visible Churchmembers?
A62864What saith Mr. B. now?
A62864What saith this Text to any such matter?
A62864What strange kinds of Heretiques were the Quartodecimani, Aerians, Helvidians, and many more?
A62864What strange mysterious tautologies would be in this one verse?
A62864What then doth Mr. Blake take my meaning to be?
A62864What then is this making them a Church in one day that Mr. T. so cloudily talks of?
A62864What then remains to be denied?
A62864What was by Magistrates?
A62864What was it that Abraham did?
A62864What was that to an Eunuchs case and others which never sojourned with them for any space?
A62864What was wo nt to be opposed against the reformation of Popish and Prelatical corruptions, shall we go against all antiquity?
A62864What''s that, but to be a greater mercy then himself, who is the life, and welfare of the body?
A62864What, are they exhort ● d to look least they bee cut off from Gods election,& c?
A62864What, may not any or all the nations of the world be added to the Church, if they will consent, and enter the Covenant?
A62864What?
A62864What?
A62864What?
A62864When they say, it is the administration of the Covenant, do they mean the Covenant or promise of the baptized to God, or Gods promise to the baptized?
A62864When they say[ it is the administration of the Covenant] do they mean the outward or inward Covenant?
A62864Where did God allow him to become a proxy or su ● ety for an infant?
A62864Where is there mention of a seal?
A62864Where then lies this peculiar call by the Magistrate?
A62864Whether a man may not oblige himself to a duty meerly by his consent?
A62864Whether any Jew at age was a member of the old Church without professing faith( in the Articles necessary to salvation) repentance and obedience?
A62864Whether from thence Christ derived this right of baptizing Christians?
A62864Whether it be nor against the Gospel to entitle p ● rsons to the Church visible Christian by their natural generation of beleevers?
A62864Whether it be not a profanation of Baptism to use it otherwise then Christ appointed?
A62864Whether it be not manifest hypocrisie to oppose the Cross, Surplice,& c. and to be zealous for Infant baptism?
A62864Whether then were not the children of the Disciples and all believing Jewes Churchmembers in infancy?
A62864Whether there were any Ordinance or Law of God that infants should be Churchmembers?
A62864Whether they who do so, do not break the solemn Covenant of endeavouring reformation according to Gods word?
A62864Whether this of initiating into the Covenant by baptism were a Jewish custome?
A62864Who dare believe such fancies, without one word of Scripture?
A62864Who dare make God the author of confusion which is the God of order?
A62864Who denies it?
A62864Who gave them or that person the name of the Church?
A62864Who saith it doth?
A62864Why does innocent age( meaning children in their infancy) make hast for remission of sins?
A62864Why doth he not prove it then from some Scripture or reason?
A62864Why else doth God so oft compare his love to that of a mother or father to the childe?
A62864Why else doth the Jewish Church pray for her little sister that had no breasts?
A62864Why may he not as well say, that all the body of the Jewish nation are now delivered by being cast out of the Church or Family of Christ?
A62864Why should Paul thus break out in his affections, for the loss of outward privileges, if it were not such a mercy to be under them?
A62864Why should the strangers stand there, v. 11. and yet Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob not their fathers?
A62864Why then doth Mr. B. suggest, to draw par ● is hearts from me to him, as if he said more in this then my self?
A62864Why then is not the churchmembership of men and women to give place to Christs comming in the flesh?
A62864Why, Sir, where is the difficulty?
A62864Will M. T. turn a downright Arminian, that hee may have any plea against the baptising of poor infants?
A62864Will Master Cobbet assert, the promise must be as large as the curse?
A62864Would it be proper to say in his Pulpit( when he was speaking of the nature of holiness and chastity) sanctified Socrates, holy Aristides?
A62864Would not a Scholler say he played the fool?
A62864Yea but have they not a promise on which to ground this charitable presumption?
A62864Yea, do I not dispute against it?
A62864Yea, to justifie all Jews against this charge, that should neglect or refuse to engage their children to God in Covenant as members of his Church?
A62864Yea; If by being out of Covenant be meant, that the Covenant of salvation is not made by God to them; then how come any to fall off and be damned?
A62864Yet again saith Mr. B. like a brave Goliath, And are not all professors of Christianity in England, as truly in the Church as all in Israel were?
A62864Yet again, What was it then that Abraham did more then now may be done?
A62864Yet further, saith he, why then hath God made such promises to the parents for their seed?
A62864[ Whether such laws, preceps, or grants as I shall prove, are capable of a repeal or revocation?]
A62864[ Whether there be any transeunt fact of God, which without the efficiency of precept or promise did make the infants of Israel Churchmembers?]
A62864[ Whether there be such precepts and promises as you grant( or as I shall prove) which yet make not infants Churchmembers?]
A62864[ Whether they are actually revoked or repealed?]
A62864[ Whether those which you have assigned be such facts?]
A62864[ Which are the Texts of Scripture that contain or express the said laws, precepts, or grants which I maintain?]
A62864[ Whosoever believeth not shall bee damned] that all infants are certainly damned?
A62864a seal of the righteousness of faith?
A62864and doth grace increase it?
A62864and hath advanced us in his family, as the Heir at age is advanced?
A62864and hath he not done so?
A62864and how Christ can bid them disciple infants without making Christ a fool and a tyrant in commanding that which is ridiculous and impossible?
A62864and how?
A62864and if circumcised at any time by any of the godly Church guides consent, what gave them right to it?
A62864and if no ●, how shall we know which is true, which not?
A62864and is here no Covenant, where the mutual Covenant is described?
A62864and many myriads or ten thousands even of the Jews that continued zealous of the Law did believe?
A62864and not as a Prophet?
A62864and so approve of the natural birth priviledge of our children in civil things?
A62864and suffer his Church to be wrong framed till now?
A62864and the Scripture encourage it?
A62864and tho first unresolved, is[ what Church it is that infants were members of?]
A62864and to how many generations?
A62864and was the uncircumcised Host onely in the Wilderness the Church?
A62864and what a sort of new political Doctrine shall we have from you, when these things are accomplished according to the frame you have begun?
A62864and what constituteth it formally?
A62864and what seed of Abraham did it come on?
A62864and what th ● t was?
A62864and what the substantial terms of the Covenant?
A62864and what you imagine that precept or promise to be which I assert?
A62864and whether the moral action of that law were permanent or transient?
A62864and whether you may not as well make all the acts from Abrahams call till Christ to be one fact, and assign it to this office?
A62864and why not of a Church?
A62864and would they take it well?
A62864and yet are they excluded?
A62864and yet is it, that they may be turned from their iniquity?
A62864and yet must they take it for a mercy, that their children are put out?
A62864are any of these essential to their Church constitution?
A62864are infants such ● ● ads or Vipers in comparison of men of years, that it is a mercy to the whole catholicke Church to have them cast out?
A62864as Whether they are in the number of Christians, and to be added as members to the visible Church?
A62864as if it were but to one infant in a nation in reprieving him a day from damnation?
A62864at least you understand it?
A62864baptize baptizing, from inept ● autology?
A62864because the whole city was moved, saying, who is this?
A62864besides all Gentiles?
A62864besides here is a new creation of a new generation[ son of years] who ever heard such a Syntax?
A62864can not we have a room in the body without being cast out at the comming of the head?
A62864condemn all the Churches?
A62864credo ▪ Spondes?
A62864did he make them members without their consent?
A62864did not infants after as well, as un ● er the captivity make up their weeke of dayes, months of weeks?
A62864did the son beget t ● e bow, perdition, the earth, or the bow, perdition, the earth the son?
A62864did the son beget the years, or the years the son?
A62864doth he conclude definitely of baptism here?
A62864doth he not expresly term them Saints by their calling not by their Baptism?
A62864doth here, Here''s a new creation of a new generation[ son of the bow, of perdition, of the earth] who ev ● r heard such a syntax?
A62864doth it follow that is not the meaning which I give?
A62864except the Anabaptists, who reject the benefit; whose case( as I said before) I will not presume to determine?
A62864had it not been for the Separatists and you?
A62864how absurd were that?
A62864how can these two be right?
A62864how do men enter into covenant, but by some act testifying assent to a promise?
A62864if God hath given them the like gift as unto us that believe on the Lord J ● sus Christ, who was I that I could forbid God?
A62864if ungodly progenitors intervene?
A62864infants were moved saying, who is this?
A62864is Covenant- fellowship all one with the Covenant?
A62864is it not for their advantage?
A62864is it to as many as the Lord shall call, or convert, or cause to repent?
A62864is it to persons called, and yet also to uncalled persons?
A62864is it to them that they may be called, yet the persons to whom the promise is, are as many as are supposed to be called?
A62864is meant of Christs entring into his rest?
A62864is there the least colour for the consequence from hence?
A62864know that this or that infant is in covenant and to be baptized?
A62864l ▪ 2 ● art ● th 6. p. 153. is right; For who can at this day discern what passages were the brats of Origen or his paraphrasts?
A62864make rents in the Church?
A62864may he without control accuse and not prove?
A62864may it not be a Church without these?
A62864may ● it not be a Church without these?
A62864more then from infants toward baptism?
A62864must wee therefore reject that which may bee understood?
A62864nor Master of family?
A62864nor Priest?
A62864or Moses onely?
A62864or affirms that by standard is meant Baptism?
A62864or all after?
A62864or any carnal ordinances of worship which were accidental to it?
A62864or any hurt to the Church to see them here members?
A62864or are both true?
A62864or both?
A62864or did Moses onely express the Covenant to them more fully, and cause them oft to renew the Covenant, and so onely confirm them a Church?
A62864or do I preach any such mixture?
A62864or doth not this confirm their right to the benefit promised, which was received before by the same means?
A62864or from the creation till this day?
A62864or give them those titles barely from Baptism?
A62864or how will Mr. T. expound the word all nations?
A62864or if not, what sense it hath?
A62864or is it not rather a baculo ad angulum?
A62864or not?]
A62864or of a promise sealed or to be sealed as he speaks?
A62864or some call common to both?
A62864or that Christs Church then and now are of two frames in regard of the subjects age?
A62864or that God where hee mentions the effect of his his great Covenant of the Gospel, means no more but such an estate?
A62864or that also by which in every generation their posterity were so made, or entred members?
A62864or that he hath shut out all infants from his Church, because he hath delivered them from the inconveniences of their minority?
A62864or that the promise belonged to the Jew and his child in respect of external right and administ ● ation, though uncalled?
A62864or that which was proper to converted proselyted members?
A62864or to whom is this Covenant or the promise ● of it made by God?
A62864or was he ever in the Jewish Church after his Baptism?
A62864or was it not also in respect of their state in the invisible Church?
A62864or whether Aaron and all other be excluded or not?
A62864or whether is elder?
A62864or whether is elder?
A62864or why should God pr ● ● ise it as a new thing?
A62864puts these frivolous questions to mee, Were they not without a dogmatical ● aith?
A62864q 94. is not that testimony plain?
A62864question why are belie ● ers children then excluded the Covenant?
A62864reason intimates?
A62864regenerate parents have issue unregenerate?
A62864resolution is upon that ground, and to be limited to those onely?
A62864saith he, that I should speak to is, whether these Laws, or Covenants, or promises, are capable of a revocation, or repeal?
A62864saith not a word to infirm my alleging them?
A62864saith, who knowes not that holy fathers have unholy children?
A62864that all things come alike to all?
A62864that the Jewish Church visible persecuted the Christian Church visible?
A62864the Apostle saith, Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not?
A62864the conveyance and seal annexed to it are no part of the purchased inheritance, but do they not belong to it?
A62864the first call?
A62864the substance of a man a distinct thing from a man?
A62864to say that the covenant contains or comprehends evangelical administrations, and yet to call it the administration it self?
A62864to say, this administration was administred, and not something by the administration administred?
A62864to this?
A62864unless it made a Law or Covenant which doth the deed?
A62864v 18. let him not become uncircumcised: Is any called in uncircumcision?
A62864v. be to be thus limited; Whether the Apostle makes doubt in that manner, whether they had tasted that the Lord is gracious?
A62864was not the circumcised seed of Abraham a Church in Aegypt?
A62864was not thi ● an heavie and intollerable yoke?
A62864was that only in their flesh?
A62864were they then unlawfully circumcised?
A62864what Scripture ever denied it?
A62864what mercy it is particularly?
A62864what need such a circumlocution?
A62864what saith the Scripture?
A62864what stands it for but a stone of offence to consciencious hearts?
A62864wherein lieth the difference in these two arguments?
A62864whether the essential nature of the Church it self?
A62864which no man that ever breathed till now, ner ever man will know again?
A62864which opposeth his speech here of a new way?
A62864why else were they circumcised, which is the seal of the Covenant?
A62864why must they needs fall with them when they did not rise with them?
A62864why then doth Master Blake so ineptly intimate me to be singular in my conceit?
A62864why, do you not know what a[ member] is?
A62864will it follow, if a Covenant was made to no more then before, therefore not to all that were before?
A62864would not have the faithfull mourn for the dead as those that are without hope: now what dead are these?
A62864yea doth it not prove the visible Church to be in Satans visible kingdome?
A62864yea is not that Scripture proof, and plain proof, which shews plainly from Scripture the grounds reasons and causes of the necessity of the practise?
A62864yet in practice we know they did eat it?
A62864yet it is mercy ▪ and more then corporal if not special; what if God promise onely in general to bee to them a merciful God?
A62864yet who dare say that this is meerly judicial?
A62864● an any be admitted into a Charch, that whole Church being ignorant thereof?
A62864● ere not the natural branches which were broken off partakers of the fatness of the root?
A62864● nd so of the infants if they were sold in infancy?
A39566& 18. infants have an hearing the spirit opens their ears, quo magistro, quam cito discitur, quod docet?
A39566& c. after he had washed their feet he saies to them: know you what I have done to you?
A39566& c. to particularize more punctually then we?
A39566( have a care of your shinnes( good now) by all means) do the children of believers fall from it?
A39566( quid rides?
A39566( saies he) no nor so much as heard of it,( say they) no?
A39566( saies the Pope) when you question him for his Dedicative holiness, if so once why not now?
A39566* Whether the magistrate be the minister of Christ, as God onley, or as Mediatour also, I mean God man?
A395661. can you blame us therefore if we contend for the right baptism?
A3956612, 10. and holy i. e. qualitative, though not quantitative, in the same manner, though not the same measure?
A3956616. verse, who ever believeth not shall be damned, that all infants are certainly damned?
A3956616. when brought by us against infant baptism) where are the Scriptures that do mention infants, so as to institute their baptism?
A3956617. that they laid their hands on them, doth not them denote out the very same?
A3956618. a den of theeves?
A3956618. and excommunicated, if need be, in case of obstinacy, if under no Ecclesiasticall Government?)
A395662. by the halves, saying repent, repent?
A395662. which I direct to as a second place wherein we may find it preached?
A3956622. and also in the Rubrick where it being askt what is required of persons to be baptized?
A3956622: without gross absurdity having christn''d them all long before he ever preacht to them?)
A395663 Why are they not after admitted to the supper?
A395664.1, 2, 3, saying in malice and mockage, What do these feeble folk?
A39566?)
A39566Again you had much need( had you not think you?)
A39566Again, I would ask what warrand they have for dipping, or baptizing garments more then the Papists have for baptizing bells?
A39566Again, who holds or practises such a thing as naked dipping of women and maids?
A39566An deus potius non fuisse?
A39566And Thirdly be taken up again as A. R. and you seem to reason?
A39566And as Peter in his first preaching the praeceptory part of Christs Gospel to the Jews, when they enquired what they should do?
A39566And how no answer, but no answer, Dr. Chamberlain had from Dr. Gouge to this question, Whether the sprinkling of Infants were of God or man?
A39566And lastly whereas Mr. Baxter queries so oft when Mr. Tombs would have such baptized, the set time of whose conversion?
A39566And lastly, whereas he challenges us to shew where ever God pronounced any blessed, and yet took them for none of his visible Church?
A39566And now because you ask how we know they have faith whom we baptize?
A39566And now why tarriest thou?
A39566And what mean you by your Pastors leaving you to take up some other call or imployment?
A39566And what then?
A39566And whereas he saies of infants may they not be called Gods servants from the meer interest of dominion that God hath to them?
A39566Are soules all equal in their Creation, and are souls which are all equal the subject of faith?
A39566Are these your Examples of baptizing otherwaies then by dipping?
A39566Are you not ashamed of such a blind businesse as this?
A39566Buried?
A39566But Sirs is it so in earnest in your opinion, that no baptism no hope of salvation?
A39566But Sirs, will this hold a triall think you by the word?
A39566But by what proofs do they confirm they have the true Church?
A39566But if you stand so much on the signification of the word, why do you not drown persons when you baptize them?
A39566But is it so Sirs?
A39566But is it so that 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 signifies in and is so rendred in that place, and many more?
A39566But quorsum haec?
A39566But should you help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord?
A39566But then what simple stuff were this?
A39566But what if this be but a meer Chimaera of these mens coining, how much lesse are we then excused in our non- submission?
A39566But what of this?
A39566But where was your Church then all this while till these latter times?
A39566Can any man forbid water why these should not be baptized, which have received the holy spirit as well as we?
A39566Can you be baptized in a better manner think you then that wherein Iohn baptized Christ, and Philip the Eunuch?
A39566Coventry, Cheapside, Charing,& others?
A39566Daniel was thrown into and taken up out of the Lyons den, does not that shew plainly enough that he was in it?
A39566Did I give, and grant so much?
A39566Did not Philip baptize the Samaritans and the Eunuch?
A39566Do not the infants of unbelievers very often prove believers, and so elect, and precious?
A39566Do you know any thing against the particular infant of an heathen?
A39566Doth not Philip to one that askt him this question, why may I not be baptized?
A39566Easter, Christmas, Whitsunday,& c. didst not thou O Presbyter?
A39566Fifthly, any where viz: at home or abroad, in Inns or other places, as occasion is, but onely or for the most part in your great stone houses?
A39566Fiftly, if as to the time of those two services, the question be askt Quando?
A39566First do you conclude that all the children of believing parents have it now?
A39566First which way come your natural seed, you being but Gentiles in the flesh, to be the seed of Abraham?
A39566First, Risum teneatis amici?
A39566First, Si aliquid quare non quicquid?
A39566First, if we ask( as de subjecto) this question quis?
A39566First, is it so that the command to circumcise infants is vertually a command to us to baptize them?
A39566For First, is there no Medium between being a reprobate, and a present having the holy spirit?
A39566Fourthly, if, as to the quality, special properties, uses, ends and offices of these two dispensations, the question be asked in quale quid?
A39566Go teach all Nations baptizing them, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I command you, and now why tarriest thou?
A39566God forbid: know ye not that every one that''s baptized into Christ, is baptized into his death?
A39566Good Lord how is the practise of the truth made a reproach unto thy people, and a derision dayly?
A39566Good Sirs, what mean you by this?
A39566He answers, the commission being for all Nations disciples were made in all Countreys; how soone saith he came the word to this Nation?
A39566Here reason demands of you why after baptism you admit not infants to the supper?
A39566Holland, Germany,& c. and bring the word unto us, that we may hear it and do it?
A39566How can a man escape choaking Sirs, if he be put and kept under the water?
A39566How do those men and women that are baptized at years make it appear to those that baptize them, that they have faith and the holy spirit?
A39566How often shall I adjure you the next time you write to write no more then truth at least in matter of fact?
A39566How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
A39566How you gather from these places a dipping of the whole man over head and under water?
A39566How?
A39566I am sure it was a custome before we were born; how shall our children come to have names, if they be not Christned?
A39566I answer how many and in how short a time does the man mean?
A39566I answer, who doubts of that?
A39566I beseech you Sirs, upon what grounds?
A39566I demand therefore yet once again, what seed of Abraham your infants are, in that thereupon you undertake( as so) to baptize them?
A39566I pray Sirs, what''s become of the odd five and a half?
A39566I reply thus, were not Abraham, Isaac and Iacob their fleshly fathers?
A39566I say what a bald way of arguing is this?
A39566I wonder who baptized Iohn the Baptist, that was the greatest administrator that ever was?
A39566I wonder who those are?
A39566I would know with these new dippers saith Mr. Cook, whether the parties to be doused and dipped may be baptized in a garment, or no?
A39566I''le saie it again that you may consider it, for sure you did not consider what you said when you said it, what children of day old?
A39566Iesus Christ is in you except ye be Reprobates?
A39566If any should ask this question, what hinders why I may not eat the supper?
A39566If it be further askt, how faith is bread in them?
A39566If it be inquired how faith can be said to be in them without their consent?
A39566If it was so?
A39566If under the Law, why not under the Gospel?
A39566If you will have any thing holy with that Ceremonial holiness now, why not every thing that then was so?
A39566Impertinency?
A39566Is it not the work of the spirit to infuse faith?
A39566Is it so Sirs, that the spirit is not tyed to work by means in little children, in the same cases, wherein he works by means in men, and women?
A39566Is not faith a work as well as repentance, and the rest?
A39566Is that Scripture think you intended to infants?
A39566It makes them count the blood of the Covenant an unholy thing, for if it be holy, what need they repeat it?
A39566It s own name?
A39566Just so Sirs, and not a jot otherwise?
A39566Let them gain what they can, whom can they gain?
A39566Let us search, and try, and turn, was there ever any confession of sin without it?
A39566Moreover if the Apostles did lay on hands at years, though Christ in infancy ▪ what if Christ had baptized those infants in infancy also?
A39566Mothers, as well as by the hands of the Pries ● s onely?
A39566Must they not go down to the water( saith he) if they would use it?
A39566No Sirs?
A39566No Sirs?
A39566No certainly, And why not?
A39566No?
A39566No?
A39566Nothing more ordinary then to have words out of their prime signification?
A39566Now if it be the sincerity that is looked after, who knoweth what day or year the child began to be sincere in his profession?
A39566O ye house of Levi is the spirit of the Lord thus streitned?
A39566Quis?
A39566Reason say you?
A39566Rivers, Iordan, Enon, many waters, and why?
A39566Secondly be kept under water to signifie his burial?
A39566Secondly kept under water to signify his burial?
A39566Secondly why do you, or how can you sign them as heirs of the Gospel promise so simply upon that account only?
A39566Secondly( Risum teneatis amici?)
A39566Secondly, Si aliqualitèr, quarè non aequalitèr?
A39566Secondly, all male servants upon the masters single faith, as well as male children on the fathers?
A39566Secondly, are you sure they were infants of believers of whom Christ saies, whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in me?
A39566Secondly, do you know so precisely which infants are Elect, and which Reprobate, as to take upon you to distinguish them by baptism?
A39566Secondly, how doth it appear at all that godly and believing parents children then had faith more usually then children of ungodly parents?
A39566Secondly, how far forth do they make it appear to you?
A39566Secondly, if( as to the nature, matter and essential form or being of the Rites themselves) we ask the question quid?
A39566Secondly, let me ask you, is Gods witness, Gods testimony true, or is it false?
A39566Secondly, what are these littles to the lump?
A39566Secondly, when had they it begotten in them?
A39566Secondly, whereas t is askt what persons are to say or do,( at the administration of laying hands) that they may be found faithful in that point?
A39566Seventhly, if( as to the account and warrant) it be demanded Cur?
A39566Si aliquando quare non nunc?
A39566Sirs where is the blessedness you speak of?
A39566Sirs, let me ask you two questions, first are you sure these are infants indeed?
A39566Sirs, what children of the Jews had faith in their infancy witnessed by Circumcision, were they the children of the believing or unbelieving Jews?
A39566Sirs, what pretty intricate blind bo- beep Divinity is this of yours?
A39566Sixthly, if, as to the administrator, it be ask quibus auxiliis?
A39566Some who are those I trow?
A39566That the Covenant of grace is for substance not two but in all ages one and the same within it self who denies?
A39566There may he washings though, and dippings too, but what needs such a totall dipping as you use?
A39566Therefore S ● rs, how hath Satan bewitched you that you can not believe and obey the truth?
A39566They lose it again when they come to more years, else why are they taught the element of faith?
A39566Thirdly if, as to the place where, we ask the question ubi?
A39566Thirdly, is it any more evident to you that all believers infants are taught of God, then t is that unbelievers infants are taught by him?
A39566Thirdly, on the eighth day onely, and neither sooner nor later, nor one day before it nor behind it?
A39566Thirdly, was Circumcision Gods witness, yea Gods seal to assure men of thus much, that those children to whom it was set had faith?
A39566Thirdly, what judgement do you passe upon believers infants to be the subjects of baptism, rather then other infants?
A39566This is aliud a negato; a plain absurd a berration from the question, which is not whether it be a sin ordinarily to dip naked or no?
A39566Thou tellest us, Suppose the Saints and churches ought to have held fast their administration of ordinances to this day, yet what of that?
A39566To those without?
A39566To which I reply, saith he, where is your Scripture for that?
A39566Totally drowned?
A39566Unless they be baptized in their infancy?
A39566Was not that of Paul spoken of man onely at years?
A39566Well then they were broken off: but why?
A39566Well what if it was so in the primitive times, that total dipping was the custome, must it therefore needs be so now?
A39566What Infants of a day old?
A39566What Sirs is the Gospel, the plain simple gospel, such a maeander as this?
A39566What a strange conceit is this?
A39566What again?
A39566What again?
A39566What again?
A39566What an egregious untruth is there?
A39566What force therefore is in this Argument to conclude against the truth of our way?
A39566What frivolous quibling is all this?
A39566What is that Analogy and Agreement which is between the sign and the thing signifyed in baptism?
A39566What is the result of this discourse, to forbid all disputation with HHHim?
A39566What is this to the present question and position concerning no more inclinablenesse to holy actions in children of Christians, then of infidels?
A39566What pretty Checker work is there in your judgements about one and the same thing?
A39566What prety Gim- cracks are here?
A39566What quarrels and jarres between the Fryers of several orders?
A39566What saith he if we could not prove that the English Church was before Luther, Must it needs follow that the doctrine we hold is untrue?
A39566What still Sirs?
A39566What then?
A39566Where should this bath be prepared?
A39566Where was your Church before Luther?
A39566Whether infants were the true subject?
A39566Whether it be just to load them that still stick to the truth, with the blame of all their blasphemies that go off from it?
A39566Whether sprinkling were the true manner of baptizing?
A39566Whether their profession, since it is possible they may lie, can make it appear infallibly?
A39566Which of all these three are to be found in your aspersion?
A39566Who sees not the weaknesse, the wretchednesse of this consequence?
A39566Why then should not children under the Gospel receive baptism, which the Adversaries confess to be the Seal of the Gospel- Covenant?
A39566Yea Sirs?
A39566Yea Sirs?
A39566Yea say you so?
A39566Yea surely Sirs, why not?
A39566above all men, who so strenuously contends that by the word Kingdoms of this world is meant not in part only, but the whole kingdom?
A39566all the dying infants of unbelievers?
A39566all your skill in Physiogmony can never find it: or can you argue ad negationem habitus, to no holiness in an infidels infant more then in anothers?
A39566and I said what shall I do Lord?
A39566and also concerning a people, that were already baptized with the spirit, asks who can forbid water why these may not be baptized?
A39566and also to what purpose did she perform it?
A39566and are not soules which are all equall in their creation the subject of it?
A39566and as ordinarily believers infants( when they come to years I mean) prove reprobates?
A39566and doth not that imply that else he might not?
A39566and doth not this evince as much for women?
A39566and have not works,& c. whereby onely faith is proved to be true indeed as it is professed, can that faith save him?
A39566and how can they be sent to preach to infants that understand not what is said?
A39566and how can they hear without a preacher?
A39566and how can they preach except they be sent?
A39566and how hear without a Preacher?
A39566and how much more the losse of Christ himself?
A39566and how much more then ours?
A39566and if no analogie why are we said sacramentally in baptism to be buried, and raised?
A39566and if not, why not be satisfied that it was preacht by some at least of Christs Apostles to all baptized believers?
A39566and if so, then must not this unbelieving parent being a Root, have the same kind of holiness the child hath?
A39566and if so, why he blames us more then himself, that, do what we can, so many run to ruin?
A39566and if you do, is this habit innat ● s, acquisitus or infusus, by birth, or begotten in them by frequent acts of holiness, or infused from above?
A39566and is it the consequent that the children of believing parents have it now?
A39566and is not swilling under water a more effectuall way of washing and clensing then sprinkling?
A39566and is that seal of his firm to, i. e, so sure that it can not fail?
A39566and row why tarriest thou?
A39566and so upwards till we come thither, are you able if we ask you who sprinkled you?
A39566and such judgement is as due to one of these as to the other?
A39566and such like how little do these look each like the other?
A39566and suppose liberal and bountiful maintenance, and rich Revenues to be the chief corner stone in their church work?
A39566and that a similitude of Christs death, burial and rising again, to be represented by dipping in water, is signified here?
A39566and the trembling and astonished said Lord what wilt thou have me to do?
A39566and though remote ones, yet were they not their true fathers after the flesh still as much as ever?
A39566and to the company at Cornelius''s house, and Ananias in his to Paul, when he quaeried what he should do?
A39566and what need at all that the Committees be so cumbered with the care of such affairs?
A39566and whether because they all desired to go to heaven, therefore they were at heaven?
A39566and who hath brought up these?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who him?
A39566and who ordained those that ordained you?
A39566and who them?
A39566and who them?
A39566and who them?
A39566and why not male servants though unbelieving Moores, Turks or Pagans if of believing masters?
A39566and why should not this administration of the covenant in outward ordinances be after the manner of that of old?
A39566and why then?
A39566and yet do these include and comprize infants as much as men at years?
A39566and you Presbyterians where was your Church before Calvin?
A39566are infants of a day old capable of Baptism, that can not so much as be instructed in principles much less be begotten to the true Religion?
A39566are not repentance from dead works, and belief towards God with all the heart, and confession of sins, and calling on God such kind of matters?
A39566are not these priviledges belonging to men, why then( if yours and Mr Marshalls assertion be true) not to infants as well as men?
A39566are the seed of true believers true converts mostly by birth?
A39566are these your doings?
A39566are they not among the number of souls capable to eat, every one pro suo modulo, according to the measure of his eating and digestion?
A39566are they not mercies, administrations, merciful administrations of God, extended to all nations?
A39566are they shut out of the kingdom of heaven?
A39566are we more tied to follow his example in that, then in the dispensation of laying on of hands?
A39566are you able to assign who began our way of baptism first of all in the world, unlesse you begin as high as Iohn the baptist?
A39566are you not then condemned out of your own mouths to perpetual abhorring?
A39566are your Pastors also such Idol shepheards, as it may be supposed now and then will leave their flocks for any other imployment?
A39566as I am sure we can not warrantably, because not congruously, do otherwise?
A39566baptism for the Hot Countryes; and Rantism for the Cold?
A39566baptism, may stand in some proportion to its signatum, as well as the other i. e. circumcision?
A39566because he had told them above that there should come one, that should delude many with lyes?
A39566because the kingdomes of this world are, or else shall be the kindomes of God and Christ?
A39566behold I was left alone, these where have they been?
A39566besides what more to believers than unbelievers infants?
A39566both branded for reprobates?
A39566both which men direct their different doctrines to Mr. Tombes in order to his direction: but how shall that man be resolved?
A39566but if they had none in infancy, then how can you deny but that they had none?
A39566but may they thereupon be called disciples, and be baptized?
A39566but no marvel if the Cat winckt, when both her eyes were out?
A39566but what of that?
A39566but what then?
A39566but whether Rome be that universal Church or no that can not erre?
A39566but whether we ordinarily use that kind of dipping?
A39566by believing: nay the spiritual seed: quid ni?
A39566by fleshly descent?
A39566by whose hands these ordinances are to be administred?
A39566can some scores of well meaning Priests give the denomination of an holy PPriesthood, godly Ministry to those legions of them that lie in wickednesse?
A39566commission plain enough to baptism infants, where all nations are bid to be discipled and baptized?
A39566could that water that toucht his legs while he waded, be more mischievous to him, then the water that washed the blood of his stripes?
A39566creed that God hath promised to be merciful to Godly mens seed in general, in contradistinction to the seed of the wicked?
A39566cu ●?
A39566cui nativitas ei facultas auctrix, nutrix; et quare non nutrimentum?
A39566denies it, with whom how often is it exprest that baptism is the first visible entrance into it?
A39566did he build them upon one part of the foundation, and not on the other part?
A39566did he constitute them partly upon it, and partly beside it?
A39566did he no more then sprinkle, or pour a few drops of water on him?
A39566did not some of you Masters, Provosts, Fellowes of Colledges and such like?
A39566did not ye O Presbyterians?
A39566did you press them to death i th''Press, or lose them i th''Ashes, whetein you had a design to have smothered it all?
A39566do we not in common loquution say the same, while we say sprinkled in a font, or in a Bason?
A39566do you believe in God the Father, and Christ& c. and will you be baptized in this faith?
A39566dost thou forsake the divel?
A39566doth it prove baptism to be the cause of that grosness that often followes, when a person is baptized?
A39566doth our denying baptism to an infant before he dies send him to hell sooner then your delaying it till he be dead?
A39566doth that phrase( I say) they which be of faith signifie believers infants?
A39566drowning, racking, fleaing, stabbing, tearing with hot pincers, and( to use his own phrase) the severest punishments they could devise?
A39566first I wonder how they came by it, sith the word saies faith comes by hearing, and how can there be believing on him of whom they have not heard?
A39566for 42. months, or a 1260 years, as theirs was for 70 years?
A39566for either he was baptized surely, or else he was not, if he was ever baptized at all, who baptized him?
A39566for how does he speak, and that out of these Scriptures we are upon, that we ought thus to be baptized?
A39566for none denies but that it hath, but whether the Pope be at all that head?
A39566for the living to the dead?
A39566for what else can they pretend?
A39566for when he queries who can?
A39566from the Gospel to a law long since ended?
A39566from the living to the dead?
A39566from the substance to the shadow?
A39566from the truth to the type?
A39566have any of the Rulers of the Pharisees believed on him?
A39566have not you the CCClergy?
A39566have ye received the holy spirit since ye believed?
A39566he to infants, and they onely to persons past infancy?
A39566how are thy depths, even thy downright deliveries of soul saving truth in plainess of speech by the mouths of stammerers stark duncery to them?
A39566how can Turks and Pagans infants be saved?
A39566how can they be saved if they die unchristned?
A39566how can they believe on him of whom they have not heard?
A39566how crookedly close do you keep to your own coppy?
A39566how different are they?
A39566how else could they have known it?
A39566how far do they differ?
A39566how far do you fall short of the Jewes in this also?
A39566how farre is he from it as now he stands, whilst he saies plainly he will have no baptism?
A39566how greatly doth your manner of baptism differ from it?
A39566how hear without a preacher?
A39566how is it possible that it should not signifie washing so long as it signifies dipping, dipping being no other then a kind of washing?
A39566how miserably do you your selves misse of hitting right with it here too?
A39566how pretily have you put these terms[ practised by the Church of God] into the very question, and that too as it stands stated beeween us?
A39566how so?
A39566how the bells began to play their parts against our preaching, when you had done, by the appointment of who knows not whom?
A39566how then came it to pass that the most of the Iews and their children sucessively in all generations had not faith when they came to years?
A39566how then dare you aver so peremptorily, so universally that every administration that extendeth to all nations, belongeth to infants as well as men?
A39566how those men and women whom I had baptized did make it appear that they had faith, and the holy spirit?
A39566how will not a poor, marred, mocked, misreputed Saviour, and gospel in any wise down with them?
A39566how will you ever be able to make that good?
A39566i. e. the supper as well as baptism?
A39566i. e. to ungodly mens children as well as to those of godly parents?
A39566if no exemption from a hotter service, why from a colder for the lifes sake?
A39566if not where is then the analogie?
A39566if so, how is it that when they are grown, the children of unbelievers have holiness very often, when as oft the other prove wicked, and have not?
A39566if so, why not to repentance, and self denial also?
A39566if unholy, how do they prophane it?
A39566if unholy, in so saying oh how do you prophane it?
A39566if you must keep so strictly to one and the same subject in circumcision, and baptism, why do you alter the subject your selves?
A39566if you will needs Iudaize at all, why not in all as well as the Pope?
A39566if you will needs utter falsehood in matter of Doctrine?
A39566in as much as there s that required in order to baptisme which infants can no more do, then they can do what''s required to the supper?
A39566in the womb?
A39566in vvhich of all these places dare they allovv us the prime signification of the vvord?
A39566infallibly?
A39566is Christ thus divided?
A39566is he not as holy as the child is, and so as capable of being baptized, and in covenant thereby?
A39566is it not very fit therefore that they should still be used, the Church being yet under age?
A39566is meant of more layings on of hands, when it expresly speaks but of one?
A39566is not innocency in the whole state of infants, even in unbelievers infants as much to the full as in the other?
A39566is not the story of Naamans washing himself seven times in Iordan full enough to our use, because there is no mention of his putting off and on?
A39566is not this the Carpenter?)
A39566is plain, and now why tarriest thou?
A39566is their any worldly imployment to which the Pastors office must give way so to as to cease for its sake, when it comes in place?
A39566is there any more Specimen or shew of holiness in them then in these?
A39566is there any promise of God, whereby he stands ingaged to infuse holiness into these infants in infancy, when he will not infuse it into the other?
A39566is there any such manglements as these to be found there?
A39566little ones literally taken in the sixth?
A39566meaning trow, that therfore it doth not go before it?
A39566men of strife and contention to the whole earth?
A39566must not all people search it?
A39566no: who doub ● s of that?
A39566not one scruple?
A39566now therefore Quid rides?
A39566on baptized believers be ever the more excluded, or the more incuded rather in all likelyhood among the rest?
A39566or I would I knew what you mean by constitution?
A39566or any other part*?
A39566or are all infants of unbelievers reprobate, so that you may accordingly denominate them for such by whole sale as you do?
A39566or believing infants?
A39566or but probably?
A39566or have you not rather taken it for granted from me whether I will, or no?
A39566or if after birth, on what day on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th?
A39566or if there were no more then this half an hours reading, how is it you give so large an Account of it here?
A39566or if they can not, can not your Churches see to them a little what they lack?
A39566or in baptism ask, how the baptizer must handle the person baptized, and where he must take hold on him, when he dips him?
A39566or in token of his resurrection to a new life?
A39566or is aspersion an action as answerable to a burial and resurrection, and painting it out as lively as submersion and emersion do?
A39566or may the spirit blow no where, but where thou listest?
A39566or must a man bring you another, and that a better kind of faith to the one, than he had need care for toward the other?
A39566or must they search and find no more truth in it then thou findest?
A39566or not?
A39566or rather by who knows not whom?
A39566or shall the doctrine of Rome be ever the truer because of Antiquitie only?
A39566or that of certainty?
A39566or the Major part of it?
A39566or those thousands Peter promised the holy spirit to, were they all reprobates, because they yet had it not, when he spake to them?
A39566or to prove believers infants to have it exclusively of the infants of unbelievers?
A39566or wast thou set to keep people out from it under lock and key?
A39566or what is it you would have?
A39566or whether Christ hath not more water baptismes then one?
A39566or whether dipping in Rivers be so necessary to baptism, that none are accounted baptized, but those that are dipped after such a manner?
A39566qualis?
A39566quando?
A39566quibus auxiliis?
A39566quid?
A39566return this answer, if thou believest with all thy heart thou mayest?
A39566saiest where is the promise of his coming?
A39566secondly, whether they ever had it if you ask whether they ever had any?
A39566shall the Parliament and their Committees never have their liberty to attend onely, and perfectly the true liberties of the subject?
A39566shall we impute that fault to his being baptized?
A39566shall we think that Peter taught the principles of the doctrine of Christ, all which he was to lay as one foundation among them, by the halves?
A39566shall we think that all Christs ministers descend lineally from the loines of Antichrist?
A39566shall we think that so many learned Orthodox divines would practise it if it were not the truth?
A39566shall we( saith he, for so his sense is) continue in sin, i. e. we that are dead to it, and have been all baptized into Christ in token of it?
A39566sith the cause of all such sacramental locution is because the sacraments are( as Austin saies) pictures of the things signified in them?
A39566so that by the same Reason that we deny one of these to be in them, it may be therefore denied that they have the other?
A39566some people believe therefore all must be baptized, Secondly, had the Jews children faith?
A39566tells us that some branches only were broken off, therfore not infants, It is true all were not broken off, and why?
A39566that have bought it for money?
A39566that have have gotten it by brawling in the law?
A39566that is strange: what parts of Christendome have you lived, or do you live in?
A39566that is worse then all the rest: but I wonder what is if that be not the prime?
A39566that it is a miracle to be dipped and not destroyed, then what a strange man is he to say so?
A39566that of charity?
A39566that there is now no iniquity at all?
A39566that they were all the children of God by faith in Christ: and how doth he prove it that they were so?
A39566that words are oft used out of their prime significations?)
A39566the Apostles themselves?
A39566the Swine ran into the sea, were they not then in it?
A39566the duty and ordinance of baptism?
A39566the first Gospel ministry bap ● ized, were in immediately before they baptized them?
A39566the visible church of Christ or the visible kingdome of the devil believers infants are visibly in before baptism?
A39566the way of faith?
A39566then Sirs why do you not keep close to your command, and by Analogy baptize precisely on the eighth day, but on any other as you see good?
A39566then pray how doth the promise of the Gospel appear to belong one jot more to believers children, then to unbelievers?
A39566therefore is it not rather think you a Civil and Matrimonial then an Ecclesiastical,& faederall sanctity?
A39566therefore why should we not sorrow as those without hope?
A39566they are the children of believers?
A39566they went down both of them unto the water, both Philip and the Eunuch?
A39566till they visibly appear to have them, yet under the Law they were in covenant, and inchurched for all that and why?
A39566to come out of Babilon, and be separate?
A39566to testifie to the world that they had faith?
A39566to the Jaylor asking Sirs what must I do to be saved?
A39566to the parents upon their own faith, to the children upon the parents faith?
A39566to what purpose doth he with such prolixity proceed to prove, what no sober minded man of either party doth deny?
A39566ubi?
A39566unto what then were you baptized( saies he) if at least you have not so much as heard of it?
A39566was he sprinkled into Iordan?
A39566was it set to Ishmael as Gods witness that Ishmael had faith?
A39566watchman what of the night?
A39566we have Abraham to our father?
A39566were there ever such contradictions as these committed to paper before?
A39566were they not the seed of Abraham still, that stood without faith in the old visible Church to the very end of it?
A39566what Commission have any to baptize in that manner?
A39566what a logical lump of artificial non- sense?
A39566what a pittious plaister is here applied to men wounded in conscience, and smarting under the direfull apprehensions of Gods wrath?
A39566what a poor shift is this?
A39566what a strange extraordinary expression is that?
A39566what again Sirs, what again?
A39566what circumcision was, and what your baptism?
A39566what comfort can we have from the Covenant made with, and the promises to our children& c?
A39566what communion, what part hath light with darknsss, Christ with Belial, the Temple of God and Idolators, believers and infidells?
A39566what do you speak suppositively of it still?
A39566what dribling Divinity is this?
A39566what hinders why I may not be baptized?
A39566what hopes of our infant salvation without baptism?
A39566what if the Committee should chance to be Heterodox it self?
A39566what imployment may they lawfully leave their flocks for, with whom they are in fellowship so as to stand Pastors no more among them?
A39566what inveteracy between the C C Clergy of the severall F F Formes of Government?
A39566what is the gleaning to the vintage?
A39566what is the reason that you exclude infants here?
A39566what is the visible sign or form in baptism?
A39566what made Bernard complain that t was laught at among other ridiculosities as praying to, and for the dead?
A39566what made Imperiall lawes, and Synodical cannons enjoin it under such strict penalties?
A39566what man that devotes himself to the comparing of Scripture with Scripture can imagine it?
A39566what more to any then to all?
A39566what never?
A39566what not one way, nor other otherwise, then of old?
A39566what not water enough in nor yet about all Ierusalem to dipp a man over head in?
A39566what ore& ore, and ore again?
A39566what pretty, cutted stuff is here?
A39566what then?
A39566what things persons were specially obliged to by them?
A39566what was specially signified to persons in them?
A39566what was the Scripture given for thee only to look in?
A39566what were the special properties, purposes, uses, ends, and offices of these two several administrations?
A39566what whole Countrey clashes, and consumptions have been made in Germany between the Calvinists and Lutherans?
A39566what will you onely think things, and thrust your thoughts of them as oracles upon all others?
A39566what''s this I trow toward the eviction of the other?
A39566when circumcision, and when your baptism are by right to be dispensed?
A39566when he visiteth what will you answer?
A39566where circumcision was dispensed, and where your selves say baptism ought to be?
A39566where had thy message by the mouth of Paul lesse acceptance then at the university of Athens?
A39566where hath the word now lesse then in the Academies, Christian Academies, seemingly reforming Academies?
A39566where is the Cherub that covereth?
A39566whether God could have chosen, whether he would have been God or no?
A39566whether no other baptizing then that which Christ and the Eunuch had is lawful?
A39566whether the ordinances of Christ, that were in use of old, are of right to be practised still?
A39566whether they have it?
A39566which is as much as to say, whether another water baptism may not serve the turn as well?
A39566which of the two think you doth it expresse, such persons at years onely, as are in the faith, or onely the natural fleshly seed of such?
A39566which shall he cleave to?
A39566who altered the holy Altars, and alienated to other use the holy Altar Clothes?
A39566who but ye O Priests have been in these things more sacrilegi church- robbers, then sacerdotes, or givers of holy things?
A39566who can require these persons to be baptized in water that have received the spirit, and are baptized with the spirit as well as we?
A39566who councel''d away the curious crucifixes?
A39566who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children?
A39566who hath broken the Laws, changed the ordinances, broken the everlasting Covenant, for which a curse now is devouring the earth?
A39566who hath made void Christs commands by their own traditions?
A39566who hath taken away from the sacraments, the right subjects, and manner of administration?
A39566who hath trodden down the holy City?
A39566who have justified the wicked for reward, and taken away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him?
A39566who prophaned the holy Fonts in all the holy Churches and Chappels, because they found the people Idolizing them?
A39566who pul''d away the holy railes from before the sanctum sanctorum in every holy quire where they were stated?
A39566who shall descend into the deep to bring Christ to us from the dead?
A39566who shall go into Scotland and brings us a directory and platform of government from them?
A39566who slew the parsons of the witnesses?
A39566who so far as they incourage us to no more then what there is a written word for, must be heeded by us in these daies, as those Prophets were by them?
A39566who spoiled the holy Cathedrals of their holy Organs, and Popish pipes and pictures?
A39566who would think a mininister should be so moped as to make these two a like warrantable?
A39566whose words shall he take, the Doctors or the Divines?
A39566why baptize you any females, when God commanded males onely to be circumcised?
A39566why else did they both do and desire it?
A39566why even this, if the whole kingdom be the Lords, then infants must unavoidably be members of Christs Church, and if we ask how comes this about?
A39566why more ad negationem baptismi?
A39566why taught in order to the receiving it?
A39566why then do you say sometimes again, that from a holiness which is in both they are co- contributers of holiness to the Infant?
A39566why then not exempted from that for the sake of their incapacity, as well as from other things?
A39566why then( if that be the ground you will needs go upon) must not these be baptized as well as the other?
A39566why they circumcised infants, and why you baptize them?
A39566will it follow that we must follow their fashion in that particular?
A39566will it not appear much more plainly then, that infants are not capable to be made disciples?
A39566will it therefore follow that it is to be omitted, and not made use of at all?
A39566will they fortify themselves against our Orthodox Divines?
A39566will they make an end in a day to reform, which is many a years work for a learned Synod?
A39566will they revive the stones, even the dead bones of old Hereticks, out of the heaps of rubbish that are burnt?
A39566will they sacrifice without a Priest among them?
A39566will you alwaies affirm things so to be, and venture to make them known, and yet confess they can not be known too?
A39566will you bind him to all the infants in Christendome, and barr him from doing any other infants in the world?
A39566will you gather Churches of Christ out of Churches of Christ what rule have you for that?
A39566wilt thou be baptized& c?
A39566would not this grate harshly upon charitable ears?
A39566would the water come up to them in the Chariot any sooner for sprinkling then for dipping?
A39566would the water have come up to them in the chariot any sooner for sprinkling then for dipping?
A39566yea is not preaching an administration to every creature that extends not to infants?
A39566yea who so blind as those that seem to themselves to be the onely Seers both for themselves and others?
A39566yea, when he asks who hath required this at your hands?
A39566yes no doubt, why then were they not broken off before?
A39566yet is it reckoned by you exclusive of infants, and why not Philips also?
A39566you know your people are not all in the faith, why else do you preach to them as prophane to the end you may convert them thereunto?
A39566your trivial new way, or rather no way of baptism?
A39566your very selves acknowledge you can not: if not, why more I wonder ad negationem spiritus?
A39573& 18. infants have an hearing the spirit opens their ears, quo magistro, quam cito discitur, quod docet?
A39573& c. after he had washed their feet he saies to them: know you what I have done to you?
A39573& c. to particularize more punctually then we?
A39573( have a care of your shinnes( good now) by all means) do the children of believers fall from it?
A39573( quid ● … ides?
A39573( saies he) no nor so much as heard of it,( say they) no?
A39573( saies the Pope) when you question him for his Dedicative holiness, if so once why not now?
A39573* Whether the magistrate be the minister of Christ, as God onley, or as Mediatour also, I mean God man?
A395731, 2, 3, saying in malice and mockage, What do these feeble folk?
A395731. can you blame us therefore if we contend for the right baptism?
A3957312, 10. and holy i. e. qualitative, though not quantitative, in the same manner, though not the same measure?
A3957312. in vvhich of all these places dare they allovv us the prime signification of the vvord?
A3957314. and have 〈 ◊ 〉 works,& c. whereby onely faith is proved to be true indeed as it is professed, can that faith save him?
A3957314. how can they believe on him of whom they have not heard?
A3957316. and now why tarriest thou?
A3957316. as I am sure we can not warrantably, because not congruously, do otherwise?
A3957316. is plain, and now why tarriest thou?
A3957316. verse, who ever believeth not shall be damned, that all infants are certainly damned?
A3957316. when brought by us against infant baptism) where are the Scriptures that do mention infants, so as to institute their baptism?
A3957317. that they laid their hands on them, doth not them denote out the very same?
A3957318. a den of theeves?
A3957318. and excommunicated, if need be, in case of obstinacy, if under no Ecclesiasticall Government?)
A3957318. saiest where is the promise of his coming?
A3957319. commission plain enough to baptism infants, where all nations are bid to be discipled and baptized?
A395732. by the halves, saying repent, repent?
A395732. have ye received the holy spirit since ye believed?
A395732. is meant of more layings on of hands, when it expresly speaks but of one?
A395732. which I direct to as a second place wherein we may find it preached?
A3957321. who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children?
A3957322. and also in the Rubrick where it being askt what is required of persons to be baptized?
A3957322. without gross absurdity having christn''d them all long before he ever preacht to them?)
A3957325.?)
A395733 Why are they not after admitted to the supper?
A395733. is not this the Carpenter?)
A3957333. to the Jaylor asking Sirs what must I do to be saved?
A3957339. and also concerning a people that were already baptized with the spirit, asks who can forbid water why these may not be baptized?
A3957342. cui nativitas ei facult as auctrix, nutrix; et quare non nutrimentum?
A3957342. the first Gospel ministry bap ● … ized, were in immediatly before they baptized them?
A3957347. who can require these persons to be baptized in water that have received the spirit, and are baptized with the spirit as well as we?
A395735. and pose liberal and bountiful maintenance, and rich Revenues to be the chief corner stone in their church work?
A395736. on baptized believers be ever the more excluded, or the more incuded rather in all likelyhood among the rest?
A395739. and the trembling and astonished said Lord what 〈 ◊ 〉 thou have me to do?
A39573A ● … deus potius non suisse?
A39573Again you had much need( had you not think you?)
A39573Again, I would ask what warrand they have for dipping, or baptizing garments more then the Papists have for baptizing bells?
A39573Again, who holds or practises such a thing as naked dipping of women and maids?
A39573And Thirdly be taken up again as A. R. and you seem to reason?
A39573And as Peter in his first preaching the praeceptory part of Christs Gospel to the Jews, when they enquired what they should do?
A39573And how no answer, but no answer, Dr. Chamberlain had from Dr. Gouge to this question, Whether the sprinkling of Infants were of God or man?
A39573And lastly whereas Mr. Baxter queries so oft when Mr. Tombs would have such baptized, the set time of whose conversion?
A39573And lastly, whereas he challenges us to shew where ever God pronounced any blessed, and yet took them for none of his visible Church?
A39573And now because you ask how we know they have faith whom we baptize?
A39573And now why tarriest thou?
A39573And what mean you by your Pastors leaving you to take up some other call or imployment?
A39573And what then?
A39573And whereas he saies of infants may they not be called Gods servants from the meer interest of dominion that God hath to them?
A39573Are soules all equal in their Creation, and are souls which are all equal the subject of faith?
A39573Are these your Examples of baptizing otherwaies then by dipping?
A39573Are you not ashamed of such a blind businesse as this?
A39573Buried?
A39573But Sirs is it so in earnest in your opinion, that no baptism no hope of salvation?
A39573But Sirs, will this hold a triall think you by the word?
A39573But by what proofs do they confirm they have the true Church?
A39573But if you stand so much on the signification of the word, why do you not drown persons when you baptize them?
A39573But is it so Sirs?
A39573But is it so that 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 〈 ◊ 〉 signifies in and is so rendred in that place, and many more?
A39573But quorsum haec?
A39573But should you help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord?
A39573But then what simple stuff were this?
A39573But what if this be but a meer Chimaera of those mens coining, how much lesse are we then excused in our non- submission?
A39573But what of this?
A39573But where was your Church then all this while till these latter times?
A39573Can any man forbid water why these should not be baptized, which have received the holy spirit as well as we?
A39573Can you be baptized in a better manner think you then that wherein Iohn baptized Christ, and Philip the Eunuch?
A39573Coventry, Cheapside, Charing,& others?
A39573Daniel was thrown into and taken up out of the Lyons den, does not that shew plainly enough that he was in it?
A39573Did I give, and grant so much?
A39573Did not Philip baptize the Samaritans and the Eunuch?
A39573Do not the infants of unbelievers very often prove believers, and so elect, and precious?
A39573Do you know any thing against the particular infant of an heathen?
A39573Doth not Philip to one that askt him this question, why may I not be baptized?
A39573Easter, Christmas, Whitsunday,& c. didst not thou O Presbyter?
A39573Fifthly, any where viz: at home or abroad, in Inns or other places, as occasion is, but onely or for the most part in your great stone houses?
A39573Fiftly, if as to the time of those two services, the question be askt Quando?
A39573First do you conclude that all the children of believing parents have it now?
A39573First which way come your natural seed, you being but Gentiles in the flesh, to be the seed of Abraham?
A39573First, Risum teneat is amici?
A39573First, Si aliquid quare non quicquid?
A39573First, if we ask( as de subjecto) this question quis?
A39573First, is it so that the command to circumcise infants is vertually a command to us to baptize them?
A39573For First, is there no Medium between being a reprobate, and a present having the holy spirit?
A39573Fourthly, if, as to the quality, special properties, uses, ends and offices of these two dispensations, the question be asked in quale quid?
A39573Go teach all Nations baptizing them, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I command you, and now why 〈 ◊ 〉?
A39573God forbid: know ye not that every one that''s baptized into Christ, is baptized into his death?
A39573Good Lord how is the practise of the truth made a reproach unto thy people, and a derision dayly?
A39573Good Sirs, what mean you by this?
A39573He answers, the commission being for all Nations disciples were made in all Countreys; how soone saith he came the word to this Nation?
A39573Here reason demands of you why after bap ● … ism you admit not infants to the supper?
A39573Holland, Germany,& c. and bring the word unto us, that we may hear it and do it?
A39573How can a man escape choaking Sirs, if he be put and kept under the water?
A39573How do those men and women that are baptized at years make it appear to those that baptize them, that they have faith and the holy spirit?
A39573How often shall I adjure you the next time you write to write no more then truth at least in matter of fact?
A39573How shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?
A39573How you gather from these places a dipping of the whole man over head and under water?
A39573How?
A39573I am sure it was a custome before we were born; how shall our children come to have names, if they be not Christned?
A39573I answer how many and in how short a time does the man mean?
A39573I answer, who doubts of that?
A39573I beseech you Sirs, upon what grounds?
A39573I demand therefore yet once again, what seed of Abraham your infants are, in that thereupon you undertake( as so) to baptize them?
A39573I pray Sir ● …, what''s b ● … me of the odd five and a half?
A39573I reply thus, were not Abraham, Isaac and Iacob their fleshly fathers?
A39573I say what a bald way of arguing is this?
A39573I wonder who baptized Iohn the Baptist, that was the greatest administrator that ever was?
A39573I wonder who those are?
A39573I would know with these new dippers saith Mr. Cook, whether the parties to be doused and dipped may be baptized in a garment, or no?
A39573I''le saie it again that you may consider it, for sure you did not consider what you said when you said it, what children of day old?
A39573Iesus Christ is in you except ye be Reprobates?
A39573If any should ask this question, what hinders why I may not eat the supper?
A39573If it be further askt, how faith is bread in them?
A39573If it be inquired how faith can be said to be in them without their consent?
A39573If it was so?
A39573If under the Law, why not under the Gospel?
A39573If you will have any thing holy with that Ceremonial holiness now, why not every thing that then was so?
A39573Impertinency?
A39573Is it not the work of the spirit to infuse faith?
A39573Is it so Sirs, that the spirit is not tyed to work by means in little children, in the same cases, wherein he works by means in men, and women?
A39573Is not faith a work as well as repentance, and the rest?
A39573Is that Scripture think you intended to infants?
A39573It makes them count the blood of the Covenant an unholy thing, for if it be holy, what need they repeat it?
A39573It s own name?
A39573Just so Sirs, and not a jot otherwise?
A39573Let them gain what they can, whom can they gain?
A39573Let us search, and try, and turn, was there ever any confession of sin without it?
A39573Moreover if the Apostles did say on hands at years, though Christ in infancy, what if Christ had baptized those infants in infancy also?
A39573Mothers, as well as by the hands of the Priests onely?
A39573Must they not go down to the water( saith he) if they would use it?
A39573No Sirs?
A39573No Sirs?
A39573No certainly, And why not?
A39573No?
A39573No?
A39573Nothing more ordinary then to have words out of their prime signification?
A39573Now if it be the sincerity that is looked after, who knoweth what day or year the child began tobe sincere in his profession?
A39573O ye house of Levi is the spirit of the Lord thus streitned?
A39573Quis?
A39573Reason say you?
A39573Rivers, Iordan, Enon, many waters, and why?
A39573Secondly all male servants upon the masters single faith, as well as male cchildren on the fathers?
A39573Secondly be kept under water to signifie his burial?
A39573Secondly kept under water to signify his burial?
A39573Secondly why do you, or how can you sign them as heirs of the Gospel promise so simply upon that account only?
A39573Secondly( Risum teneatis amici?)
A39573Secondly, Si aliqualitèr, quarè non aequalitèr?
A39573Secondly, are you sure they were infants of believers of whom Christ saies, whoever offends one of these little ones that believe in me?
A39573Secondly, do you know so precisely which infants are Elect, and which Reprobate, as to take upon you to distinguish them by baptism?
A39573Secondly, how doth it appear at all that godly and believing parents children then had faith more usually then children of ungodly parents?
A39573Secondly, how far forth do they make it appear to you?
A39573Secondly, if( as to the nature, matter and essential form or being of the Rites themselves) we ask the question quid?
A39573Secondly, let me ask you, is Gods witness, Gods testimony true, or is it false?
A39573Secondly, what are these littles to the lump?
A39573Secondly, when had they it begotten in them?
A39573Secondly, whereas t is askt what persons are to say or do,( at the administration of laying hands) that they may be found faithful in that point?
A39573Seventhly, if( as to the account and warrant) it be demanded Cur?
A39573Si aliquando quare non nunc?
A39573Sirs where is the blessedness you speak of?
A39573Sirs, let me ask you two questions, first are you sure these are infants indeed?
A39573Sirs, what children of the Jews had faith in their infancy witnessed by Circumcision, were they the children of the believing or unbelieving Jews?
A39573Sirs, what pretty intricate blind bo- beep Divinity is this of yours?
A39573Sixthly, if, as to the administrator, it be ask quibus auxiliis?
A39573Some who are those I trow?
A39573That the Covenant of grace is for substance not two but in all ages one and the same within it self who denies?
A39573There may he washings though, and dippings too, but what needs such a totall dipping as you use?
A39573Therefore Sirs, how hath Satan bewitched you that you can not believe and obey the truth?
A39573They lose it again when they come to more years, else why are they taught the element of faith?
A39573Thirdly if, as to the place where, we ask the question ubi?
A39573Thirdly, is it any more evident to you that all believers infants are taught of God, then t is that unbelievers infants are taught by him?
A39573Thirdly, on the eighth day onely, and neither sooner nor later, nor one day before it nor behind it?
A39573Thirdly, was Circumcision Gods witness, yea Gods seal to assure men of thus much, that those children to whom it was set had faith?
A39573Thirdly, what judgement do you passe upon believers infants to be the subjects of baptism, rather then other infants?
A39573This is aliud a nogate; a plain absurd aberration from the question, which is not whether it be a sin ordinarily to dip naked or no?
A39573To those without?
A39573To which I reply, saith he, where is your Scripture for that?
A39573Totally drowned?
A39573Unless they be baptized in their infancy?
A39573Was not that of Paul spoken of men onely at years?
A39573Well then they were broken off: but why?
A39573Well what if it was so in the primitive times, that total dipping was the custome, must it therefore needs be so now?
A39573What Infants of a day old?
A39573What Sirs is the Gospel, the plain simple gospel, such a maeander as this?
A39573What a strange conceit is this?
A39573What again?
A39573What again?
A39573What again?
A39573What an egregious untruth is there?
A39573What force therefore is in this Argument to conclude against the truth of our way?
A39573What frivolous quibling is all this?
A39573What is that Analogy and Agreement which is between the sign and the thing signifyed in baptism?
A39573What is the result of this discourse, to forbid all disputation with HHHim?
A39573What is this to the present question and position concerning no more inclinablenesse to holy actions in children of Christians, then of insidels?
A39573What pretty Checker work is there in your judgements about one and the same thing?
A39573What prety Gim- cracks are here?
A39573What quarrels and jarres between the Fryers of several orders?
A39573What saith he if we could not prove that the English Church was before Luther, Must it needs follow that the doctrine we hold is untrue?
A39573What still Sirs?
A39573What then?
A39573Where in the Cherub that covereth?
A39573Where should this bath be prepared?
A39573Where was your Church before Luther?
A39573Whether infants were the true subject?
A39573Whether it be just to load them that still stick to the truth, with the blame of all their blasphemies that go off from it?
A39573Whether sprinkling were the true manner of baptizing?
A39573Whether their profession, since it is possible they may lie, can make it appear infallibly?
A39573Which of all these three are to be found in your aspersion?
A39573Who sees not the weaknesse, the wretchednesse of this consequence?
A39573Why then should not children under the Gospel receive baptism, which the Adversaries confess to be the Seal of the Gospel- Covenant?
A39573Yea Sirs?
A39573Yea Sirs?
A39573Yea say you so?
A39573Yea surely Sirs, why not?
A39573above all men, who so strenuously contends that by the word Kingdoms of this world is meant not in part only, but the whole kingdom?
A39573all the dying infants of unbelievers?
A39573all your skill in Physiogmony can never find it: or can you argue ad negationem habitus, to no holiness in an infidels infant more then in anothers?
A39573and I said what shall I do Lord?
A39573and also to what purpose did she perform it?
A39573and are not soules which are all equall in their creation the subject of it?
A39573and as ordinarily believers infants( when they come to years I mean) prove reprobates?
A39573and doth not that imply that else he might not?
A39573and doth not this evince as much for women?
A39573and how can they be sent to preach to infants that understand not what is said?
A39573and how can they hear without a preacher?
A39573and how can they preach except they be sent?
A39573and how hear without a Preacher?
A39573and how much more the losse of Christ himself?
A39573and how much more then ours?
A39573and if no analogie why are we said sacramentally in baptism to be buried, and raised?
A39573and if not, why not be satisfied that it was preacht by some at least of Christs Apostles to all baptized believers?
A39573and if so, then must not this unbelieving parent being a Roo ● …, have the same kind of holiness the child hath?
A39573and if so, why he blames us more then himself, that, do what we can, so many run to ruin?
A39573and is it the consequent that the children of believing parents have it now?
A39573and is not swilling under water a more effectuall way of washing and clensing then sprinkling?
A39573and is that seal of his firm to, i. e, so sure that it can not fail?
A39573and so upwards till we come thither, are you able if we ask you who sprinkled you?
A39573and such judgement is as due to one of these as to the other?
A39573and such like how little do these look each like the other?
A39573and that a similitude of Christs death, burial and rising again, to be represented by dipping in water, is signified here?
A39573and though remote ones, yet were they not their true fathers after the flesh still as much as ever?
A39573and to the company at Cornelius''s house, and Ananias in his to Paul, when he quaeried what he should do?
A39573and what need at all that the Committees be so cumbered with the care of such affairs?
A39573and whether because they all desired to go to heaven, therefore they were at heaven?
A39573and who hath brought up these?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who him?
A39573and who ordained those that ordained you?
A39573and who them?
A39573and who them?
A39573and who them?
A39573and why not male servants though unbelieving Moores, Turks or Pagans if of believing masters?
A39573and why should not this administration of the covenant in outward ordinances be after the manner of that of old?
A39573and why then?
A39573and yet do these include and comprize infants as much as men at years?
A39573and you Presbyterians where was your Church before Calvin?
A39573are infants of a day old capable of Baptism, that can not so much as be instructed in principles much less be begotten to the true Religion?
A39573are not repentance from dead works, and belief towards God with all the heart, and confession of sins, and calling on God such kind of matters?
A39573are not these priviledges belonging to men, why then( if yours and Mr Marshalls assertion be true) not to infants as well as men?
A39573are the seed of true believers true converts mostly by birth?
A39573are these your doings?
A39573are they not among the number of souls capable to eat, every one pro suo modulo, according to the measure of his eating and digestion?
A39573are they not mercies, administrations, merciful administrations of God, extended to all nations?
A39573are they shut out of the kingdom of heaven?
A39573are we more tied to follow his example in that, then in the dispensation of laying on of hands?
A39573are we wiser then our forefathers?
A39573are you able to assign who began our way of baptism first of all in the world, unlesse you begin as high as Iohn the baptist?
A39573are you not then condemned out of your own mouths to perpetual abhorring?
A39573are your Pastors also such Idol shepheards, as it may be supposed now and then will leave their flocks for any other imployment?
A39573baptism for the Hot Countryes; and Rantism for the Cold?
A39573baptism, may stand in some proportion to its signatum, as well as the other i. e. circumcision?
A39573because he had told them above that there should come one, that should delude many with lyes?
A39573because the kingdomes of this world are, or else shall be the kindomes of God and Christ?
A39573behold I was left alone, these where have they been?
A39573besides what more to believers than unbelievers infants?
A39573both branded for reprobates?
A39573both which men direct their different doctrines to Mr. Tombes in order to his direction: but how shall that man be resolved?
A39573but if they had none in infancy, then how can you deny but that they had none?
A39573but may they thereupon be called disciples, and be baptized?
A39573but no marvel if the Cat winckt, when both her eyes were out?
A39573but what of that?
A39573but what then?
A39573but whether Rome be that universal Church or no that can not erre?
A39573but whether we ordinarily use that kind of dipping?
A39573by believing: nay the spiritual seed: quid ni?
A39573by fleshly descent?
A39573by whose hands these ordinances are to be administred?
A39573can some scores of well meaning Priests give the denomination of an holy PPriesthood, godly Ministry to those legions of them that lie in wickednesse?
A39573could that water that toucht his legs while he waded, be more mischievous to him, then the water that washed the blood of his stripes?
A39573creed that God hath promised to be merciful to Godly mens seed in general, in contradistinction to the seed of the wicked?
A39573cur?
A39573denies it, with whom how often is it exprest that baptism is the first visible entrance into it?
A39573did he build them upon one part of the foundation, and not on the other part?
A39573did he constitute them partly upon it, and partly beside it?
A39573did he no more then sprinkle, or pour a few drops of water on him?
A39573did not some of you Masters, Provosts, Fellowes of Colledges and such like?
A39573did not ye O Presbyterians?
A39573did you press them to death i th''Press, or lose them i th''Ashes, whetein you had a design to have smothered it all?
A39573do we not in common loquution say the same, while we say sprinkled in a font, or in a Bason?
A39573do you believe in God the Father, and Christ& c. and will you be baptized in this faith?
A39573dost thou forsake tho divel?
A39573doth it prove baptism to be the cause of that grosness that often followes, when a person is baptized?
A39573doth our denying baptism to an infant before he dies send him to hell sooner then your delaying it till he be dead?
A39573doth that phrase( I say) they which be of faith signifie believers infants?
A39573drowning, racking, fleaing, stabbing, tearing with hot pincers, and( to use his own phrase) the severest punishments they could devise?
A39573first I wonder how they came by it, sith the word saies faith comes by hearing, and how can there be believing on him of whom they have not heard?
A39573for 42. months, or a 1260 years, as theirs was for 70 years?
A39573for either he was baptized surely, or else he was not, if he was ever baptized at all, who baptized him?
A39573for how does he speak, and that out of these Scriptures we are upon, that we ought thus to be baptized?
A39573for none denies but that it hath, but whether the Pope be at all that head?
A39573for the living to the dead?
A39573for what else can they pretend?
A39573for when he queries who can?
A39573from the Gospel to a law long since ended?
A39573from the living to the dead?
A39573from the substance to the shadow?
A39573from the truth to the type?
A39573have any of the Rulers of the Pharisees believed on him?
A39573have not you the CCClergy?
A39573he to infants, and they onely to persons past infancy?
A39573how can Turks and Pagans infants be saved?
A39573how can they be saved if they die unchristned?
A39573how crookedly close do you keep to your own coppy?
A39573how different are they?
A39573how else could they have known it?
A39573how far do they differ?
A39573how far do you fall short of the Jewes in this also?
A39573how farre is he from it as now he stands, whilst he saies plainly he will have no baptism?
A39573how greatly doth your manner of baptism differ from it?
A39573how hear without a preacher?
A39573how is it possible that it should not signifie washing so long as it signifies dipping, dipping being no other then a kind of washing?
A39573how miserably do you your selves misse of hitting right with it here too?
A39573how pretily have you put these terms[ practised by the Church of God] into the very question, and that too as it stands stated beeween us?
A39573how rhe bells began to play their parts against our preaching, when you had done, by the appointment of who knows not whom?
A39573how so?
A39573how then came it to pass that the most of the Iews and their children sucessively in all generations had not faith when they came to years?
A39573how then dare you aver so peremptorily, so universally that every administration that extendeth to all nations, belongeth to infants as well as men?
A39573how those men and women whom I had baptized did make it appear that they had faith, and the holy spirit?
A39573how will not a poor, marred, mocked, misreputed Saviour, and gospel in any wise down with them?
A39573how will you ever be able to make that good?
A39573i. e. the supper as well as baptism?
A39573i. e. to ungodly mens children as well as to those of godly parents?
A39573if no exemption from a hotter service, why from a colder for the lifes sake?
A39573if not where is then the analogie?
A39573if so, how is it that when they are grown, the children of unbelievers have holiness very often, when as oft the other prove wicked, and have not?
A39573if so, why not to repentance, and self denial also?
A39573if unholy, how do they prophane it?
A39573if unholy, in so saying oh how do you prophane it?
A39573if you will needs Iudaize at all, why not in all as well as the Pope?
A39573if you will needs utter falsehood in matter of Doctrine?
A39573in as much as there s that required in order to baptisme which infants can no more do, then they can do what''s required to the supper?
A39573in the womb?
A39573infallibly?
A39573is Christ thus divided?
A39573is he not as holy as the child is, and so as capable of being baptized, and in covenant thereby?
A39573is it not very fit therefore that they should still be used, the Church being yet under age?
A39573is not innocency in the whole state of infants, even in unbelievers infants as much to the full as in the other?
A39573is not the story of Naamans washing himself seven times in Iordan full enough to our use, because there is no mention of his putting off and on?
A39573is their any worldly imployment to which the Pastors office must give way so to as to cease for its sake, when it comes in place?
A39573is there any more Specimen or shew of holiness in them then in these?
A39573is there any promise of God, whereby he stands ingaged to infuse holiness into these infants in infancy, when he will not infuse it into the other?
A39573is there any such manglements as these to be found there?
A39573little ones literally taken in the sixth?
A39573meani ● … g trow, that therfore it doth not go before it?
A39573men of strife and contention to the whole earth?
A39573must not all people search it?
A39573no: who doub ● … s of that?
A39573not one scruple?
A39573now therefore Quid rides?
A39573or I would I knew what you mean by constitution?
A39573or any other part*?
A39573or are all infants of unbelievers reprobate, so that you may accordingly denominate them for such by whole sale as you do?
A39573or believing infants?
A39573or but probably?
A39573or have you not rather taken it for granted from me whether I will, or no?
A39573or if after birth, on what day on the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th?
A39573or if there were no more then this half an hours reading, how is it you give so large an Account of it here?
A39573or if they can not, can not your Churches see to them a little what they lack?
A39573or in baptism ask, how the baptizer must handle the person baptized, and where he must take hold on him, when he dips him?
A39573or in token of his resurrection to a new life?
A39573or is aspersion an action as answerable to a burial and resurrection, and painting it out as lively as submersion and emersion do?
A39573or may the spirit blow no where, but where thou listest?
A39573or must a man bring you another, and that a better kind of faith to the one, than he had need care for toward the other?
A39573or must they search and find no more truth in it then thou findest?
A39573or not?
A39573or rather by who knows not whom?
A39573or shall the doctrine of Rome be ever the truer because of Antiquitie only?
A39573or that of certainty?
A39573or the Major part of it?
A39573or those thousands Peter promised the holy spirit to, were they all reprobates, because they yet had it not, when he spake to them?
A39573or to prove believe ● … s infants to have it exclusively of the infants of unbelievers?
A39573or wast thou set to keep people out from it under lock and key?
A39573or what is it you would have?
A39573or whether Christ hath not more water baptismes then one?
A39573or whether dipping in Rivers be so necessary to baptism, that none are accounted baptized, but those that are dipped after such a manner?
A39573qualis?
A39573quando?
A39573quibus auxiliis?
A39573quid?
A39573return this answer, if thou believest with all thy heart thou mayest?
A39573secondly, whether they ever had it if you ask whether they ever had any?
A39573shall the Parliament and their Committees never have their liberty to attend onely, and perfectly the true liberties of the subject?
A39573shall we impute that fault to his being baptized?
A39573shall we think that Peter taught the principles of the doctrine of Christ, all which he was to lay as one foundation among them, by the halves?
A39573shall we think that all Christs ministers descend lineally from the loines of Antichrist?
A39573shall we think that so many learned Orthodox divines would practise it if it were not the truth?
A39573shall we( saith he, for so his sense is) continue in sin, i. e. we that are dead to it, and have been all baptized into Christ in token of it?
A39573sith the cause of all such sacramental locution is because the sacraments are( as Austin saies) pictures of the things signified in them?
A39573so that by the same Reason that we deny one of these to be in them, it may be therefore denied that they have the other?
A39573some people believe therefore all must be baptized, Secondly, had the Jews children faith?
A39573tells us that some branches only were broken off, therfore not infants, It is true all were not broken off, and why?
A39573that have bought it for money?
A39573that have have gotten it by brawling in the law?
A39573that is strange: what parts of Christendome have you lived, or do you live in?
A39573that is worse then all the rest: but I wonder what is if that be not the prime?
A39573that it is a miracle to be dipped and not destroyed, then what a strange man is he to say so?
A39573that of charity?
A39573that there is now no iniquity at all?
A39573that they were all the children of God by faith in Christ: and how doth he prove it that they were so?
A39573that words are oft used out of their prime significations?)
A39573the Apostles themselves?
A39573the Swine ran into the sea, were they not then in it?
A39573the duty and ordinance of baptism?
A39573the visible church of Christ or the visible kingdome of the devil believers infants are visibly in before baptism?
A39573the way of faith?
A39573then Sirs why do you not keep close to your command, and by Analogy baptize precisely on the eighth day, but on any other as you see good?
A39573then pray how doth the promise of the Gospel appear to belong one jo ● … more to believers children, then to unbelievers?
A39573therefore is it not rather think you a Civil and Matrimonial then an Ecclesiastical,& faederall sanctity?
A39573therefore why should we not sorrow as those without hope?
A39573they are the children of believers?
A39573they went down both of them unto the water, both Philip and the Eunuch?
A39573till they visibly appear to have them, yet under the Law they were in covenant, and inchurched for all that and why?
A39573to come out of Babilon, and be separate?
A39573to testifie to the world that they had faith?
A39573to the parents upon their own faith, to the children upon the parents faith?
A39573to what purpose doth he with such prolixity proceed to prove, what no sober minded man of either party doth deny?
A39573ubi?
A39573unto what then were you baptized,( saies he) if at least you have not so much as heard of it?
A39573was he sprinkled into Iordan?
A39573was it set to Ishmael as Gods witness that Ishmael had faith?
A39573watchman what of the night?
A39573we have Abraham to our father?
A39573were there ever such contradictions as these committed to paper before?
A39573were they not the seed of Abraham still, that stood without faith in the old visible Church to the very end of it?
A39573what Commission have any to baptize in that manner?
A39573what a logical lump of artificial non- sense?
A39573what a pittious pla ● … ster is here applied to men wounded in conscience, and smarting under the direfull apprehensions of Gods wrath?
A39573what a poor shift is this?
A39573what a strange extraordinary expression is that?
A39573what again Sirs, what again?
A39573what circumcision was, and what your baptism?
A39573what comfort can we have from the Covenant made with, and the promises to our children& c?
A39573what communion, what part hath light with darknsss, Christ with Belial, the Temple of God and Idolators, believers and infidells?
A39573what do you speak suppositively of it still?
A39573what dribling Divinity is this?
A39573what hinders why I may not be baptized?
A39573what hopes of our infant salvation without baptism?
A39573what if the Committee should chance to be Heterodox it self?
A39573what imployment may they lawfully leave their flocks for, with whom they are in fellowship so as to stand Pastors no more among them?
A39573what inveteracy between the CCClergy of the severall FFFormes of Government?
A39573what is the gleaning to the vintage?
A39573what is the reason that you exclude infants here?
A39573what is the visible sign or form in baptism?
A39573what made Bernard complain that t was laught at among other ridiculosities as praying to, and for the dead?
A39573what made Imperiall lawes, and Synodical cannons enjoin it under such strict penalties?
A39573what man that devotes himself to the comparing of Scripture with Scripture can imagine it?
A39573what more to any then to all?
A39573what never?
A39573what not one way, nor other otherwise, then of old?
A39573what not water enough in nor yet about all Ierusalem to dipp a man over head in?
A39573what ore& ore, and oreagain?
A39573what pretty, cutted stuff is here?
A39573what then?
A39573what things persons were specially obliged to by them?
A39573what was specially signified to persons in them?
A39573what was the Scripture given for thee only to look in?
A39573what were the special properties, purposes, uses, ends, and offices of these two several administrations?
A39573what whole Countrey clashes, and consumptions have been made in Germany between the Calvinists and Lutherans?
A39573what will you onely think things, and thrust your thoughts of them as oracles upon all others?
A39573what''s this I trow toward the eviction of the other?
A39573when circumcision, and when your baptism are by right to be dispensed?
A39573when he visiteth what will you answer?
A39573where circumcision was dispensed, and where your selves say baptism ought to be?
A39573where had thy message by the mouth of Paul lesse acceptance then at the university of Athens?
A39573where hath the word now lesse then in the Academies, Christian Academies, seemingly reforming Academies?
A39573whether God could have chosen, whether he would have been God or no?
A39573whether no other baptizing th ● … n that which Christ and the Eunuch had is lawful?
A39573whether the ordinances of Christ, that were in use of old, are of right to be practised still?
A39573whether they have it?
A39573which is as much as to say, whether another water baptism may not serve the turn as well?
A39573which of the two think you doth it expresse, such persons at years onely, as are in the faith, or onely the natural fleshly seed of such?
A39573which shall he cleave to?
A39573who altered the holy Altars, and alienated to other use the holy Altar Clothes?
A39573who but ye O Priests have been in these things more sacrilegi church- robbers, then sacerdotes, or givers of holy things?
A39573who councel''d away the curious crucifixes?
A39573who hath broken the Laws, changed the ordinances, broken the everlasting Covenant, for which a curse now is devouring the earth?
A39573who hath made void Christs commands by their own traditions?
A39573who hath taken away from the sacraments, the right subjects, and manner of administration?
A39573who hath trodden down the holy City?
A39573who have justified the wicked for reward, and taken away the righteousnesse of the righteous from him?
A39573who prophaned the holy Fonts in all the holy Churches and Chappels, because they found the people Idolizing them?
A39573who pul''d away the holy railes from before the sanctum sanctorum in every holy quire where they were stated?
A39573who shall descend into the deep tobringChrist to us from the dead?
A39573who shall go into Scotland and brings us a directory and platform of government from them?
A39573who slew the parsons of the witnesses?
A39573who so far as they incourage us to no more then what there is a written word for, must be heeded by us in these daies, as those Prophets were by them?
A39573who spoiled the holy Cathedrals of their holy Organs, and Popish pipes and pictures?
A39573who would think a mininister should be so moped as to make these two alike warrantable?
A39573whose words shall he take, the Doctors or the Divines?
A39573why bap ● … ize you any females, when God commanded males onely to be circumcised?
A39573why else did they both do and desire it?
A39573why even this, if the whole kingdom be the Lords, then infants must unavoidably be members of Christs Church, and if we ask how comes this about?
A39573why more ad ne gationem baptismi?
A39573why taught in order to the receiving it?
A39573why then do you say sometimes again, that from a holiness which is in both they are co- contributers of holiness to the Infant?
A39573why then not exempted from that for the sake of their incapacity, as well as from other things?
A39573why then( if that be the ground you will needs go upon) must not these be baptized as well as the other?
A39573why they circumcised infants, and why you baptize them?
A39573wil: thou be baptized& c?
A39573will it follow that we must follow their fashion in that particular?
A39573will it not appear much more plainly then, that infants are not capable to be made disciples?
A39573will it therefore follow that it is to be omitted, and not made use of at all?
A39573will they fortify themselves against our Orthodox D ● … vines?
A39573will they make ● … n end in a day to reform, which is many a years work for a learned Synod?
A39573will they revive the stones, even the dead bones of old Hereticks, out of the heaps of ● … bish that are burnt?
A39573will they sacrifice without a Priest among them?
A39573will you alwaies affirm things so to be, and venture to make them known, and yet confess they can not be known too?
A39573will you bind him to all the infants in Christendome, and barr him from doing any other infants in the world?
A39573will you gather Churches of Christ out of Churches of Christ what rule have you for that?
A39573would not this grate harshly upon charitable ears?
A39573would the water come up to them in the Chariot any sooner for sprinkling then for dipping?
A39573would the water have come up to them in the chariot any sooner for sprinkling then for dipping?
A39573yea is not preaching an administration to every creature that extends not to infants?
A39573yea who so blind as those that seem to themselves to be the onely Seers both for themselves and others?
A39573yea, when he asks who hath required this at your hands?
A39573yes no doubt, why then were they not broken off before?
A39573yet is it reckoned by you exclusive of infants, and why not Philips also?
A39573you know your people are not all in the faith, why else do you preach to them as prophane to the end you may convert them thereunto?
A39573your trivial new way, or rather no way of baptism?
A39573your very selves acknowledge you can not: if not, why more I wonder ad negationem spiritus?
A39573● … f you must keep so strictly to one and the same subject in circumcision, and baptism, why do you alter the subject your selves?