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           THE
           QUAERIES
           Examined
           ,
           OR
           ,
           FIFTY
           ANTI-QUERIES
           Seriously
           Propounded
           to
           the
           PEOPLE
           called
           PRESBYTERIANS
           .
        
         
           Occasioned
           by
           The
           Publication
           of
           FIFTY
           QUERIES
           ,
           Gathered
           out
           of
           the
           Works
           of
           Mr.
           
             RICH.
             BAXTER
          
           .
        
         
           By
           
             J.
             B.
          
           
        
         
           Wherein
           the
           Principal
           Allegations
           usually
           brought
           to
           support
           Infant-Baptism
           are
           Discovered
           to
           be
           Insufficient
           .
        
         
           By
           T.
           G.
           
        
         
           
             PROV
             .
             XIX
             .
             21.
             
          
           
             There
             be
             many
             Devices
             in
             a
             Mans
             heart
             ,
             nevertheless
             the
             Council
             of
             the
             LORD
             that
             shall
             stand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
             more
             Reas
             .
             p.
             69.
             
          
           
             The
             true
             Method
             of
             one
             that
             would
             Arrive
             at
             certainty
             ,
             and
             not
             deceive
             himself
             and
             others
             ,
             is
             to
             begin
             at
             the
             bottom
             ,
             and
             discern
             things
             in
             their
             nearest
             and
             most
             certain
             Evidences
             ,
             and
             afterward
             to
             try
             the
             By-Objections
             as
             he
             is
             able
             :
             And
             not
             t●
             Por●first
             upon
             the
             Objected
             difficulties
             ,
             and
             judge
             of
             all
             the
             cause
             by
             those
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           of
           our
           Lord
           1676.
           
        
         
         
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           The
           QUAERIST
           Examined
           .
           OR
           ,
           
             Fifty
             Anti-Queries
             seriously
             Propounded
             to
             the
             People
             called
          
           Presbyterians
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             1.
             
             
               WHether
               under
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Works
               ,
               if
            
             Adam
             
               had
               not
               sinned
               ,
               Innocents
               should
               not
               have
               been
               holy
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               Members
               of
               the
               Innocent
               Church
               or
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             1.
             
             Whether
             this
             be
             not
             a
             groundless
             and
             unlearned
             Query
             ?
             for
             seeing
             the
             word
             Church
             ,
             as
             used
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             signifieth
             A
             People
             
               Called
               out
            
             ,
             namely
             ,
             from
             another
             people
             ,
             out
             of
             what
             people
             should
             they
             have
             been
             called
             ,
             had
             the
             whole
             world
             been
             in
             the
             state
             of
             innocency
             ?
             And
             seeing
             no
             man
             can
             tell
             whether
             any
             man
             should
             have
             had
             Authority
             committed
             to
             him
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             or
             whether
             God
             should
             immediately
             have
             exercised
             his
             own
             Government
             ;
             Neither
             yet
             in
             what
             capacity
             children
             should
             have
             come
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             whether
             endowed
             with
             knowledge
             or
             otherwise
             ;
             whether
             therefore
             it
             concern
             or
             become
             any
             man
             ,
             to
             let
             his
             fancy
             rove
             about
             in
             such
             an
             unknown
             and
             unknowable
             case
             .
             And
             thereupon
             ,
             1.
             
             Suggest
             how
             Infants
             should
             be
             concern'd
             or
             not
             concern'd
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ?
             And
             how
             can
             any
             thing
             be
             concluded
             from
             such
             an
             imagination
             ,
             as
             imitable
             for
             us
             about
             Infant
             Church-membership
             ?
             And
             whether
             we
             are
             not
             like
             to
             
             have
             a
             bad
             superstructure
             ,
             when
             the
             foundation
             is
             a
             meer
             fancy
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             2.
             
             
               Whether
               God
               was
               any
               more
               obliged
               to
               order
               it
               so
               ,
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               Righteous
               Parents
               should
               have
               been
               born
               with
               all
               the
               Perfections
               of
               their
               Parents
               ,
               and
               enjoyed
               the
               same
               Priviledges
               ,
               than
               he
               was
               obliged
               in
               making
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               to
               grant
               that
               Infants
               should
               be
               of
               the
               same
               Society
               with
               their
               Parents
               ,
               and
               have
               the
               Immunities
               of
               that
               Society
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             2.
             
             
               More
               obliged
            
             :
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             in
             vain
             to
             suppose
             ,
             that
             God
             was
             obliged
             at
             all
             in
             either
             of
             those
             cases
             ,
             seeing
             he
             is
             absolutely
             free
             to
             do
             whatsoever
             he
             pl●aseth
             with
             his
             own
             ?
             And
             what
             ground
             have
             you
             to
             believe
             ,
             that
             some
             Infants
             were
             more
             concern'd
             then
             others
             in
             m●tters
             of
             Religion
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             any
             Covenant
             made
             with
             Adam
             ?
             And
             what
             society
             was
             Infants
             capable
             of
             with
             Adam
             ,
             by
             vertue
             of
             any
             Covenant
             made
             with
             him
             after
             his
             fall
             ?
             C●rtis
             the
             Scripture
             is
             silent
             as
             to
             these
             matters
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             3.
             
             
               Whether
               we
               have
               any
               reason
               ,
               when
               the
               design
               of
               Redemption
               is
               the
               magnifying
               of
               Love
               and
               Grace
               ,
               to
               think
               that
               Love
               and
               Grace
               are
               so
               much
               less
               under
               the
               Gospel
               to
               the
               Members
               of
               Christ
               ,
               then
               under
               the
               Law
               to
               the
               Members
               or
               Seed
               of
            
             Adam
             ,
             
               as
               that
               then
               all
               the
               Seed
               should
               have
               partaken
               of
               the
               same
               Blessings
               with
               their
               righteous
               Parents
               ,
               and
               now
               they
               shall
               all
               be
               turned
               out
               of
               the
               Society
               ,
               whereof
               the
               Parents
               are
               Members
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             3.
             
             Whether
             you
             your selves
             do
             not
             lessen
             the
             magnifying
             Love
             of
             God
             in
             Mans
             Redemption
             ,
             whilest
             in
             respect
             of
             Infants
             you
             would
             restrain
             it
             to
             the
             seed
             of
             such
             Parents
             as
             are
             in
             Covenant
             with
             God
             ,
             yea
             to
             such
             Infants
             as
             partake
             with
             them
             in
             Practicals
             of
             Religion
             ,
             which
             you
             seem
             to
             intend
             by
             the
             Blessings
             you
             
             speak
             of
             .
             But
             who
             denies
             any
             Blessing
             to
             Infants
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             which
             was
             their
             portion
             under
             the
             Law
             made
             with
             Adam
             ?
             And
             how
             were
             Infants
             Members
             of
             the
             society
             of
             the
             seed
             of
             Adam
             ,
             more
             then
             of
             the
             society
             of
             the
             Baptists
             ?
             shew
             the
             difference
             if
             you
             can
             .
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             4.
             
             
               Whether
               though
               our
               Innocency
               be
               lost
               ,
               Parents
               be
               not
               Parents
               still
               ,
               and
               have
               not
               as
               much
               interest
               in
               Children
               ,
               and
               whether
               God
               have
               reversed
               this
               natural
               Order
               ?
               and
               if
               God
               change
               not
               his
               Order
               therein
               ,
               whether
               Parents
               be
               not
               as
               capable
               of
               consenting
               to
               grace
               for
               their
               children
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               of
               being
               innocent
               for
               them
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             4.
             
             Whether
             there
             be
             any
             that
             question
             whether
             Parents
             be
             Parents
             still
             ,
             or
             what
             need
             of
             such
             Enquiries
             ?
             Or
             what
             do
             you
             mean
             by
             Gods
             natural
             Order
             ?
             If
             you
             mean
             natural
             Religion
             ,
             then
             shew
             us
             what
             Infants
             are
             bound
             ro
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             by
             natu●e
             ,
             or
             what
             this
             natural
             Order
             ties
             Parents
             to
             do
             to
             their
             Infants
             ,
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             Practicals
             in
             Religion
             ,
             which
             we
             omit
             ?
             And
             whether
             Parents
             could
             be
             innocent
             for
             their
             Infants
             ,
             if
             their
             Infants
             were
             not
             innocent
             as
             well
             as
             they
             ?
             and
             if
             not
             ,
             how
             should
             their
             consenting
             to
             grace
             be
             the
             Childs
             consent
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             will
             not
             as
             well
             hold
             retro
             ,
             that
             the
             Parents
             consenting
             to
             wickedness
             is
             the
             Childs
             consent
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             do
             not
             give
             the
             Parents
             the
             power
             to
             save
             or
             damn
             their
             Infants
             ?
             And
             can
             such
             Councils
             stand
             with
             the
             Wisdom
             ,
             Justice
             ,
             or
             Mercy
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             5.
             
             
               Whether
               Infants
               be
               not
               included
               in
               the
               first
               Edition
               of
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               made
               with
            
             Adam
             ?
             (
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             )
             
               Whether
               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
               ?
               And
               was
               she
               not
               thereby
               obliged
               to
               l●st
               her self
               ,
               and
               all
               her
               Infant-Progeny
               in
               the
               Redeemer's
               Army
               ,
               against
               the
               Proclaimed
               Enemy
               ,
               and
               to
               teach
            
             
             
               her
               Posterity
               to
               do
               the
               like
               ;
               And
               did
               they
               not
               continue
               visible
               Members
               of
               Christs
               Army
               and
               Kingdom
               ,
               till
               such
               time
               as
               they
               violated
               that
               Fundamental
               Obligation
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               Seed
               of
               the
               Serpent
               ,
               fought
               against
               Christ
               and
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               for
               Satan
               and
               his
               Kingdom
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             5.
             
             Whether
             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
             ?
             And
             if
             by
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Woman
             you
             understand
             all
             that
             are
             saved
             ,
             who
             then
             questions
             Infants
             belonging
             to
             that
             seed
             ?
             But
             where
             is
             the
             Woman
             bound
             to
             List
             her
             Infants
             in
             the
             
               Redeemers
               Army
            
             ,
             or
             where
             shall
             we
             finde
             them
             visible
             Members
             of
             Christs
             Army
             in
             the
             first
             Edition
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ?
             Are
             not
             these
             meer
             words
             without
             Authority
             of
             Scripture
             ?
             or
             where
             did
             Infants
             ever
             fight
             for
             ,
             or
             against
             the
             Serpent
             ?
             and
             if
             not
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             make
             them
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             Fighters
             against
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Christ
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             6.
             
             
               VVhether
               in
               that
               first
               Proclamation
               of
               Grace
               to
               fallen
               man
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               first
               Promise
               of
               Redemption
               to
               sinners
               ,
            
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
             
               An
               Infant
               of
               the
               VVoman
               be
               not
               Promised
               to
               be
               General
               ,
               and
               Head
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               And
               whether
               the
               Promise
               of
               an
               Infant
               Head
               ,
               doth
               not
               declare
               Gods
               Mind
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               have
               Infants
               Members
               ,
               because
               the
               Head
               is
               the
               principal
               Member
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiquery
             6.
             
             Whether
             Christ
             in
             his
             Infancy
             was
             not
             as
             truly
             God
             as
             Man
             ?
             and
             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
             ?
          
           
             And
             if
             by
             the
             
               Redeemed
               Church
            
             ,
             you
             mean
             the
             whole
             number
             of
             the
             saved
             ,
             who
             doubted
             but
             Infants
             were
             of
             the
             Redeemed
             Church
             ?
             But
             how
             doth
             it
             follow
             ,
             that
             all
             that
             are
             to
             be
             saved
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             
             mitted
             to
             practical
             Ordinances
             in
             the
             visible
             Church
             ?
             seeing
             then
             all
             Infants
             (
             for
             ought
             you
             know
             )
             have
             the
             same
             right
             ,
             which
             yet
             you
             d●ny
             ;
             but
             why
             so
             ?
             are
             you
             sure
             they
             are
             not
             within
             the
             verge
             of
             Christs
             Redemption
             ?
          
           
             And
             though
             Christ
             was
             once
             an
             Infant
             ,
             yet
             where
             do
             you
             finde
             tha●
             he
             was
             then
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Gospel
             Church
             ?
             Was
             he
             not
             
               born
               under
               the
               L●w
               ?
               Gal.
            
             4
             4.
             and
             
               born
               King
               of
               the
               Jews
            
             ,
             Mat.
             2
             2.
             and
             according
             to
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Jew●sh
             Church
             ,
             an
             Infant
             migh
             be
             both
             a
             Member
             and
             a
             Prince
             ;
             And
             was
             not
             the
             Ki●gly
             Office
             in
             Israel
             a
             Type
             of
             Christ
             ?
             But
             what
             is
             this
             to
             he
             order
             and
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ?
             And
             fur●her
             ,
             tho●gh
             Christ
             an
             Infant
             was
             bo●n
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             as
             aforesaid
             ,
             yet
             in
             〈◊〉
             Infant
             st●te
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             intermeddle
             with
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             least
             par●
             of
             h●s
             Authority
             .
             And
             then
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             more
             r●tional
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             seeing
             Christ
             the
             Head
             of
             the
             Church
             did
             not
             act●ally
             poss●ss
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             not
             use
             any
             part
             of
             that
             Power
             ,
             as
             an
             Infant
             ,
             or
             while
             he
             was
             an
             Infant
             ?
             It
             s
             therefore
             unreasonable
             ,
             th●t
             Infants
             (
             supposn
             ●h●y
             were
             as
             truly
             bo●n
             Memb●rs
             of
             his
             Church
             ,
             as
             he
             wa●
             born
             King
             of
             the
             Jews
             )
             should
             be
             concern'd
             in
             the
             actual
             possession
             of
             Ordi●ances
             in
             Infancy
             ?
          
           
             And
             what
             if
             we
             grant
             that
             Infants
             may
             be
             disciples
             by
             designation
             ,
             a
             Christ
             was
             
               King
               ,
               Priest
            
             and
             Prophet
             by
             designation
             ,
             (
             ●ho●gh
             the
             Cases
             not
             al●ke
             easie
             to
             prove
             )
             yet
             seeing
             Christ
             was
             not
             a
             Prophet
             (
             as
             you
             confess
             )
             
               in
               actu
               exercito
            
             ,
             how
             came
             you
             to
             be
             so
             bold
             to
             bring
             Infants
             to
             the
             ex●rcise
             of
             Baptism
             ?
             And
             why
             can
             you
             not
             rather
             content
             your selves
             with
             the
             designation
             or
             ded●ca●ion
             of
             your
             Infan●s
             to
             God
             by
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             disciples
             
               in
               actu
               exercito
            
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             able
             ?
             And
             whether
             you
             may
             not
             as
             well
             repute
             th●m
             thus
             among
             disciples
             ,
             and
             as
             safely
             conclude
             them
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Redeemed
             Church
             without
             Baptism
             ,
             as
             without
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ?
             Sith
             it
             s
             said
             ,
             
               Except
               ye
               eat
               of
               the
               flesh
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               drink
               his
               blood
               ,
               ye
               have
               no
               life
               in
               you
            
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
               Except
               a
               man
               be
               born
               again
               of
               water
               ,
               &c.
               he
               cannot
               enter
               in●o
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
            
             And
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             7.
             
             
               Why
               are
               those
               two
               Titles
               put
               on
               those
               two
               distinct
               Generations
               .
            
             (
             sc●l
             .
             
               the
               Posterity
               of
            
             Cain
             ,
             
               and
               the
               P●st●rity
               of
            
             Seth
             )
             
               calling
               one
               the
               Sons
               of
               God
               ,
               ●nd
               the
               others
               the
               Daughters
               of
               men
               ,
            
             Gen.
             6.
             2.
             
             
               But
               that
               the
               one
               was
               a
               Generation
               s●parated
               from
               the
               Church
               from
               their
               Birth
               ,
               (
               their
               Progenitors
               being
               cast
               out
               before
               them
               )
               when
               the
               other
               was
               the
               seea
               of
               Saines
               not
               cast
               out
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             7.
             
             Whether
             this
             Text
             Gen.
             6.
             2.
             be
             not
             ambiguous
             ,
             insomuch
             that
             your
             own
             Doctors
             are
             not
             agreed
             about
             the
             Exposition
             thereof
             ?
             But
             supposing
             it
             to
             respect
             the
             Posterities
             of
             Cain
             and
             Se●h
             ,
             yet
             whether
             it
             can
             be
             meant
             of
             Infants
             ,
             seeing
             they
             committed
             none
             of
             these
             si●s
             ,
             in
             taking
             Wives
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             whether
             your
             Exposition
             do
             not
             damn
             all
             Infants
             proceeding
             from
             Cain●s
             Posterity
             ,
             and
             consequently
             all
             the
             Infants
             of
             all
             Nations
             which
             profess
             not
             the
             true
             Religion
             ?
          
           
             And
             supposing
             that
             the
             Infants
             of
             godly
             Parents
             are
             in
             some
             sense
             more
             immediately
             related
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             then
             the
             Infants
             of
             Pagans
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             Prayers
             and
             Designation
             of
             their
             Parents
             ,
             and
             the
             opportunities
             of
             Education
             ?
             yet
             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
             ?
             And
             Sith
             the
             Scripture
             is
             wholly
             silent
             of
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             whether
             this
             do
             not
             more
             strongly
             conclude
             against
             Infant-baptism
             then
             for
             it
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             needful
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             this
             Query
             ,
             seeing
             we
             grant
             all
             ,
             and
             somthing
             more
             then
             this
             Text
             will
             prove
             ,
             though
             we
             deny
             them
             actual
             right
             to
             Ordinances
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             common
             or
             equal
             overthrow
             of
             these
             Generations
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Infants
             of
             both
             ,
             do
             not
             evidently
             shew
             ,
             that
             as
             to
             the
             business
             of
             their
             salvation
             ,
             they
             were
             in
             the
             same
             condition
             ?
             And
             then
             whether
             it
             be
             safe
             for
             us
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             the
             wickedness
             of
             any
             Progenitors
             have
             any
             further
             effect
             upon
             the
             Infant-ch●ldren
             then
             to
             expose
             them
             to
             external
             calamities
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             died
             to
             redeem
             them
             from
             the
             condemnation
             brought
             upon
             them
             by
             
               Adam
               ?
               Rom.
            
             5.
             18.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             8.
             
             
               Whether
               it
               was
               not
               the
               same
               Church
               be●or●
               ,
               and
               after
            
             Abrahams
             
               time
               ;
               that
               was
               called
               the
               Tents
               of
            
             Sem
             ?
             Gen.
             19.
             27.
             
             
               Was
               not
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Church
               denominated
               the
               Tents
               of
            
             Sem
             ?
             
               A●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●
               ?
               And
               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
               ?
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             8.
             
             Though
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             is
             the
             same
             in
             some
             sence
             ,
             from
             the
             beginn●ng
             of
             the
             world
             to
             the
             end
             ;
             yet
             whether
             it
             may
             not
             truly
             be
             said
             also
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             the
             same
             in
             divers
             respects
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Cov●nant
             as
             made
             with
             
               No●h
               ,
               Gen.
            
             9.
             do
             not
             differ
             from
             the
             Cov●nant
             as
             ma●e
             w●th
             Adam
             ,
             though
             both
             was
             made
             with
             
               all
               mank●nd
            
             ,
             and
             is
             affirmed
             to
             be
             the
             C●venant
             of
             Grace
             by
             Mr.
             Baxter
             .
             And
             whether
             there
             was
             not
             yet
             a
             further
             difference
             b●tween
             these
             and
             the
             Covenant
             as
             made
             with
             
               Abraham
               ?
               Gen.
            
             17.
             the
             former
             being
             made
             with
             all
             manking
             ,
             and
             never
             yet
             abrogated
             ,
             (
             as
             saith
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               )
            
             .
             The
             other
             was
             made
             with
             Abraham
             and
             his
             Seed
             ,
             distinct
             from
             the
             rest
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             but
             as
             they
             should
             be
             Profelited
             thereto
             ?
             And
             though
             the
             Church
             may
             be
             denominated
             the
             Tents
             of
             Shem
             ,
             b●th
             before
             and
             after
             Abraham
             ,
             yet
             whether
             this
             conclude
             there
             was
             to
             be
             no
             alteration
             of
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             under
             these
             times
             respectively
             ?
             And
             whether
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Tents
             of
             Shem
             ,
             before
             Abrahams
             time
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             any
             one
             Infant
             can
             be
             found
             admitted
             to
             the
             Practical
             Part
             of
             any
             Ordinance
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             was
             peculiar
             to
             her
             as
             such
             (
             for
             as
             touching
             Prayer
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             moral
             duty
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             made
             for
             all
             men
             .
             )
             And
             whether
             thus
             boldly
             to
             suppose
             a
             thing
             without
             the
             least
             shew
             of
             proof
             ,
             be
             not
             a
             plain
             begging
             the
             main
             thing
             in
             Question
             ?
          
           
             And
             though
             it
             be
             never
             so
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             universal
             redeemed
             Church
             consist
             of
             the
             same
             Materials
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             yet
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             evident
             that
             that
             God
             made
             a
             difference
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             time
             of
             dispensing
             Ordinances
             to
             them
             ?
             As
             first
             no
             Practical
             Ord●nance
             or
             
             〈◊〉
             dispensed
             to
             any
             Infant
             that
             we
             read
             of
             till
             Abrahams
             time
             ;
             and
             though
             then
             Circumcision
             was
             ordained
             for
             Males
             ,
             yet
             not
             for
             all
             the
             Male
             Children
             ,
             for
             all
             under
             eight
             days
             of
             Age
             were
             prohibited
             ,
             and
             yet
             you
             grant
             th●y
             were
             in
             that
             Covena●t
             ,
             nor
             any
             Rite
             at
             all
             for
             the
             Females
             ,
             who
             yet
             were
             of
             the
             same
             Church
             ?
             And
             whether
             under
             Moses
             they
             were
             not
             admitted
             to
             other
             Rites
             also
             ,
             as
             the
             Pass●over
             ,
             Sacrifices
             and
             other
             holy
             Feast
             ,
             of
             the
             Jews
             ?
             We
             therefore
             ask
             you
             why
             the
             Infants
             of
             converted
             Gentiles
             are
             not
             in
             as
             good
             a
             condition
             ,
             without
             any
             Rite
             or
             Ceremony
             ,
             as
             the
             Infants
             of
             all
             the
             faithful
             from
             Adam
             to
             Abraham
             ?
             And
             whether
             those
             Infants
             before
             Abraham
             were
             not
             a
             happy
             as
             the
             Infants
             of
             Abraham
             ?
             And
             then
             doth
             it
             not
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             Infants
             of
             faithful
             Gentiles
             ,
             are
             as
             happy
             without
             Circumcision
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Rite
             or
             ●eremony
             whatsoever
             ,
             as
             Abrahants
             was
             under
             a
             Ceremony
             ,
             seeing
             God
             hath
             not
             ohliged
             them
             to
             any
             in
             the
             days
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             o●
             since
             the
             Ab●ogation
             of
             the
             Law
             and
             Circumcision
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             9.
             
             
               Whether
               if
               we
               could
               shew
               no
               written
               Law
               or
               Promise
               at
               first
               constituting
               the
               Duty
               ,
               or
               granting
               the
               Priviledge
               of
               Church-Member
               ship
               ,
               it
               were
               the
               least
               disparagement
               to
               our
               Cause
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               we
               can
               shew
               those
               following
               ,
               Laws
               which
               presuppose
               this
               ?
               If
            
             Moses
             
               at
               the
               end
               of
               that
            
             2000
             
               years
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               had
               bin
               without
               any
               written
               Law
               ,
               found
               all
               the
               Infants
               of
               Church-Members
               in
               Possession
               of
               this
               b●n●fit
               〈◊〉
               what
               n●ed
               was
               there
               of
               a
               new
               Law
               about
               it
               ?
               Or
               why
               should
               God
               promise
               it
               as
               a
               new
               thing
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             9.
             
             Whether
             if
             there
             be
             any
             such
             Law
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             have
             she
             wed
             us
             where
             it
             is
             ,
             longere
             this
             day
             ?
             and
             whethen
             you
             do
             not
             now
             grant
             in
             effect
             there
             is
             no
             such
             written
             Law
             ?
             And
             what
             n●ed
             you
             thus
             to
             query
             ,
             seeing
             we
             deny
             no
             lawful
             thing
             to
             Infants
             ,
             to
             be
             done
             for
             them
             by
             their
             godly
             Parents
             ,
             but
             only
             oppose
             your
             doing
             that
             for
             which
             you
             have
             no
             Law
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             10.
             
             
               Whether
               there
               being
               certain
               Proof
               in
               Scripture
               of
               Infants
               Church-Membership
               ,
               but
               none
               except
               that
               before
               ,
               alledged
               from
            
             Gen.
             3.
             
               that
               makes
               any
               mention
               of
               the
               beginning
               of
               it
               ,
               but
               all
               speaking
               of
               it
               as
               no
               new
               thing
               ;
               we
               have
               not
               great
               reason
               to
               assign
               its
               beginning
               ,
               which
               from
            
             Gen.
             3.
             
               is
               before
               spoken
               of
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             10.
             
             Why
             do
             you
             say
             that
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             makes
             mention
             of
             Infants
             Church-Membership
             ,
             (
             otherwise
             then
             what
             we
             allow
             )
             Is
             here
             the
             least
             hint
             of
             your
             mode
             of
             making
             Infants
             Church-Members
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             doth
             this
             place
             bid
             you
             admit
             them
             to
             any
             Ordinance
             ?
             As
             for
             the
             gracious
             Covenant
             here
             made
             with
             Adam
             .
             do
             we
             not
             grant
             that
             it
             extends
             to
             Infants
             ,
             yea
             ,
             we
             say
             with
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             it
             was
             never
             abrogated
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             11.
             
             
               Is
               it
               not
               unquestionable
               ,
               that
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               made
               to
            
             Abraham
             
               the
               Father
               of
               the
               Faithful
               ,
               comprehended
               Infants
               for
               Church-Members
               ?
               And
               was
               〈◊〉
               not
               the
               same
               with
               that
            
             Gen.
             3.
             1.
             5.
             
             
               But
               in
               some
               things
               clearlier
               opened
               ?
               Were
               not
               both
               these
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               and
               free
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               in
               the
               Redeemer
               ?
               And
               did
               not
               the
               Covenant
               made
               to
            
             Abraham
             
               and
               his
               Seed
               ,
               comprehend
               Infants
               ?
               And
               should
               not
               the
               same
               Promise
               ,
               expressed
               more
               concisely
               be
               expounded
               by
               the
               same
               expressed
               more
               sully
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             An.
             11.
             
             Though
             it
             be
             unque
             stionable
             that
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             did
             extend
             to
             Infants
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             as
             well
             as
             in
             Abrahams
             time
             ,
             yet
             there
             was
             a
             vast
             difference
             in
             respect
             of
             ceremonies
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             difference
             between
             the
             Baptists
             and
             P●dobaptists
             be
             not
             chi●fly
             (
             if
             not
             only
             )
             about
             imposing
             Ceremonies
             upon
             Infants
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             evident
             that
             what
             Ceremonies
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             did
             even
             assign
             to
             Infants
             ,
             we
             allow
             them
             ,
             respecting
             the
             time
             of
             their
             duration
             ,
             
             and
             only
             oppose
             your
             imposing
             Ceremonies
             upon
             Infants
             ,
             for
             which
             you
             can
             assign
             no
             Authority
             in
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             as
             is
             confessed
             by
             many
             Pedobaptists
             .
             See
             Mr.
             
               Baxters
               Cure
               p.
            
             7.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             12.
             
             
               Whether
               (
               though
               the
            
             Hebrews
             
               had
               their
               Peculiarities
               )
               it
               be
               at
               all
               credible
               ,
               that
               the
               Infants
               of
               that
               one
               small
               Countrey
               only
               should
               be
               so
               differently
               de●lt
               with
               by
               God
               ,
               from
               all
               the
               World
               else
               ,
               even
            
             Enoch's
             ,
             Noah'●
             ,
             Sem's
             ,
             
               and
               all
               from
            
             Adam
             
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               that
               these
               Infants
               only
               should
               be
               Church-Members
               ,
               and
               n●
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             12.
             
             Whether
             this
             Query
             (
             as
             indeed
             almost
             all
             the
             rest
             )
             do
             not
             mis
             the
             true
             state
             of
             the
             Case
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Baptists
             may
             and
             do
             in
             a
             good
             sence
             acknowledge
             Infants
             to
             be
             related
             to
             the
             Churc●
             .
             
               viz.
               by
               Redemption
               ,
               Pious
               Dedication
               to
               God.
               &c.
               
            
             And
             seeing
             you
             grant
             the
             Hebrew
             ,
             had
             their
             Peculiarities
             ,
             in
             what
             thing
             could
             it
             be
             but
             in
             external
             Rites
             and
             Ceremonies
             ,
             especially
             concerning
             Infants
             ;
             And
             shew
             us
             ,
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             any
             one
             Nation
             under
             Heaven
             ,
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             World
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             to
             whom
             God
             gave
             any
             Law
             to
             bring
             their
             Infants
             to
             any
             Rites
             either
             Legal
             or
             Evangelical
             .
             And
             sith
             Circumcision
             was
             forcibly
             put
             upon
             Infants
             ,
             we
             ask
             whether
             you
             be
             able
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             any
             Person
             whatsoever
             are
             to
             be
             forced
             to
             Baptism
             ,
             which
             Augustine
             tells
             us
             .
             
               Infants
               do
               strive
               against
               with
               great
               crying
               ,
            
             from
             whence
             he
             infers
             they
             have
             no
             Faith.
             
               Lib.
               de
               Pe●cat
               .
               Mer.
               &
               Remis
               .
               chap.
            
             28.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             13.
             
             
               What
               can
               be
               more
               absurd
               ,
               then
               to
               maintain
               a
               Transient
               Fact
               (
               as
               Mr.
            
             T.
             
               hath
               done
               )
               making
               Infants
               Church-Members
               ,
               without
               any
               Law
               ,
               Promise
               ,
               ●r
               Covenant-Gra●t
               of
               God
               giving
               them
               R●ght
               ?
               Whether
               a
               Gift
               that
               was
               never
               given
               be
               not
               a
               contradiction
               ?
            
             (
             V.
             p.
             32
             ,
             35
             ▪
             39
             44
             ,
             45
             ,
             151.
             )
             
               And
               if
               there
               was
               any
               such
               Promise
               ,
               or
               Covenant-Grant
               of
               Infant
               's
               Church-Membership
               ,
               when
               ,
               or
               where
               was
               it
               revoked
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             13.
             
             Whether
             these
             things
             be
             surely
             suggested
             against
             Mr.
             T
             ,
             and
             whether
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             have
             set
             down
             his
             opinion
             in
             his
             own
             words
             ?
             and
             whether
             he
             doth
             not
             mainly
             oppose
             himself
             against
             Mr.
             
             Baxter's
             Pretended
             Law
             for
             Infant
             Church-Membership
             and
             Baptism
             ,
             whiles
             yet
             he
             denies
             not
             Infants
             a
             saving
             Promise
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Promise
               of
               saving
               Prepriety
               in
               God.
               Antipedobapt
               .
            
             3.
             
             
               Part.
               p.
            
             33.
             
             And
             whether
             that
             Book
             was
             ever
             answered
             by
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             or
             ever
             will
             by
             any
             other
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             14.
             
             
               Was
               it
               only
               the
               Infants
               of
               the
            
             Hebrews
             ,
             
               or
               of
               those
               that
               were
               at
               their
               absolute
               dispose
               ,
               that
               were
               Church-Members
               ?
               VVere
               not
               the
               Infants
               of
               free
               Proselites
               Church-Members
               too
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             14
             ,
             What
             need
             of
             this
             Query
             ?
             who
             doubts
             but
             that
             as
             many
             others
             as
             became
             Jews
             by
             being
             Proselited
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             were
             Circumcised
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             ?
             But
             where
             do
             yo●
             find
             ,
             that
             any
             ,
             either
             Jews
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             baptized
             ,
             had
             any
             ,
             obligation
             to
             baptize
             their
             children
             and
             servants
             also
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             15.
             
             
               VVas
               it
               not
               then
               the
               Duty
               of
               all
               the
               Nations
               round
               about
               ,
               that
               could
               have
               Informati●n
               of
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Religion
               ,
               to
               engage
               themselves
               ,
               and
               their
               Children
               to
               God
               by
               Circumcision
               ?
            
          
           
             
               And
               did
               not
               many
               of
               the
               People
               in
            
             Hester's
             
               time
               become
               Jews
            
             ,
             Hest
             .
             8.
             17.
             
               who
               yet
               were
               not
               under
               their
               Government
               ?
               And
               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
             ?
          
           
             
               And
               whether
               the
               circumcised
               Servants
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             
               sold
               away
               to
               another
               Nation
               ,
               and
               so
               separated
               from
               the
               Civil
               state
               of
            
             Israel
             ,
             did
             eo
             nomine
             
               cease
               to
               be
               Church-members
               ,
               though
               they
               for
               sook
               not
               God
               ?
               And
               ●o
               of
               the
               Infants
               ,
               if
               they
               were
               sold
               in
               Infancy
               ?
               And
               so
               whether
               Infants
            
             
             
               might
               not
               be
               Church-members
               ,
               that
               were
               not
               of
               the
               Jews
               Common-wealth
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             15.
             
             Although
             other
             Nations
             had
             the
             liberty
             to
             become
             Jewes
             ,
             yet
             whether
             they
             were
             under
             such
             an
             obligation
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             must
             become
             Jewes
             ,
             or
             else
             not
             be
             saved
             ,
             is
             worthy
             consideration
             ;
             and
             whether
             the
             contrary
             will
             not
             be
             found
             true
             ,
             when
             the
             case
             of
             
               Cornelius
               ,
               Act.
            
             10.
             and
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             Rom.
             2.
             are
             duely
             considered
             ,
             whereas
             the
             one
             is
             accepted
             as
             fearing
             God
             and
             working
             Righteousness
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Jew
             upon
             the
             account
             of
             his
             Jewish
             Worship
             ?
             And
             the
             other
             Gentiles
             generally
             ,
             who
             did
             by
             Nature
             the
             things
             contained
             in
             the
             Law
             ,
             were
             counted
             the
             Circumcision
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             judge
             the
             Jew
             ,
             who
             only
             had
             the
             Circumcision
             in
             the
             flesh
             ?
             and
             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
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Infants
             of
             these
             devout
             Gentiles
             was
             not
             free
             from
             any
             obligation
             to
             Circumcision
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             external
             Ceremony
             ?
             And
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             an
             evident
             difference
             between
             the
             Law
             and
             the
             Gospel
             in
             this
             ,
             the
             one
             being
             fitted
             to
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
             only
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             be
             capable
             of
             an
             orderly
             observation
             there
             only
             ?
             And
             the
             Gospel
             fitted
             sor
             the
             observation
             of
             all
             Nations
             equally
             ,
             and
             consequently
             all
             Nations
             equally
             obliged
             to
             the
             full
             and
             orderly
             Profession
             thereof
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             16.
             
             
               VVere
               not
               the
            
             Israelites
             
               Children
               Members
               of
               the
               universal
               visible
               Church
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               of
               the
               Congregation
               of
            
             Israel
             ?
          
           
             
               As
               he
               that
               is
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               City
               is
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               and
               a
               part
               of
               a
               part
               ,
               is
               a
               part
               of
               the
               whole
               ;
               so
               was
               not
               ever
               member
               of
               the
               Jews
               Church
               also
               a
               member
               of
               Gods
               universal
               Church
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Ant.
             16.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             well
             said
             to
             call
             the
             universal
             Church
             visible
             ,
             
             And
             whether
             the
             universal
             Church
             did
             not
             contain
             many
             thousands
             such
             ,
             as
             
               Job
               ,
               Cornelius
               ,
               &c
            
             ,
             who
             were
             neither
             Jews
             by
             Nature
             nor
             Religion
             ?
             And
             whether
             no
             Infants
             might
             be
             said
             to
             be
             Members
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             who
             were
             not
             Members
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ?
             and
             if
             not
             ,
             how
             shall
             they
             be
             saved
             ,
             seeing
             Christ
             is
             only
             the
             Saviour
             of
             his
             body
             finally
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             17.
             
             
               Was
               there
               ever
               any
               true
               Church
               ,
               or
               Ecclesiastical
               Worshipping
               Society
               appointed
               by
               God
               in
               all
               the
               World
               since
               the
               Fall
               ,
               but
               the
               Church
               of
               Christ
               ?
               Were
               not
               Infants
               therefore
               either
               Members
               of
               Christs
               Church
               ,
               or
               of
               no
               Church
               of
               Gods
               Institution
               ?
               Was
               not
            
             Moses
             
               Christs
               Vsher
               ,
               and
            
             Moses
             
               Church
               and
            
             Christ's
             
               Church
               one
               according
               to
               God's
               Institution
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             17.
             
             Whether
             this
             Query
             be
             not
             either
             captious
             ,
             or
             else
             impertin●nt
             ?
             for
             though
             it
             should
             be
             granted
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             was
             the
             same
             in
             some
             sence
             from
             the
             beginning
             ,
             yet
             who
             knows
             not
             that
             the
             time
             and
             way
             for
             admission
             of
             the
             Members
             thereof
             to
             external
             Ceremonies
             ,
             was
             not
             always
             the
             same
             ?
             And
             who
             doubts
             but
             the
             Church
             was
             always
             of
             Gods
             Institution
             ?
             But
             doth
             it
             therefore
             follow
             ,
             that
             the
             Ordinances
             Instituted
             therein
             ,
             belongs
             to
             Infants
             ?
             might
             they
             not
             have
             the
             Passeover
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             Circumcision
             ,
             in
             the
             Mosaical
             Church
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             neither
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             nor
             Baptism
             in
             the
             Christian
             Church
             ?
             you
             deny
             them
             the
             one
             ,
             why
             may
             not
             we
             as
             well
             deny
             the
             other
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Query
             18.
             
             
               Whether
               was
            
             Abraham
             
               made
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Church
               by
               Circumcision
               ,
               or
               circumcised
               because
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
               The
               like
               of
               Infants
               born
               in
               his
               House
               ?
            
          
           
             
               And
               how
               can
               the
               ceasing
               of
               Circumcision
               prove
               Infants
               Church-Membership
               ceased
               ,
               any
               more
               then
               it
               can
               prove
               their
               Church-Membership
               began
               with
               Circumcision
               ;
               or
               that
               Women
               were
               not
               Church-Members
               ,
            
             
             
               because
               not
               circumcised
               ;
               or
               that
               all
            
             Israel
             
               was
               unchurched
               in
               the
               VVilderness
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               uncircumcised
               for
               fourty
               years
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             18.
             
             Although
             Abraham
             was
             in
             the
             
               Church
               of
               God
            
             essentially
             by
             faith
             ,
             yet
             whether
             formally
             in
             
               that
               Church-st●te
            
             ,
             vvhich
             God
             was
             then
             about
             to
             settle
             ,
             till
             circumcised
             ,
             vvill
             not
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             be
             hastily
             affirmed
             ?
             and
             how
             can
             Infants
             be
             said
             to
             be
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             Abraham
             then
             was
             ,
             seeing
             they
             have
             no
             faith
             as
             he
             had
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Jewish
             Church-state
             did
             not
             cease
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             when
             Circumcision
             so
             ceased
             ?
             And
             then
             whether
             that
             state
             of
             Infant
             Church-Membership
             did
             not
             also
             cease
             ?
             And
             like
             as
             the
             ceasing
             of
             the
             Passeover
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             was
             the
             ceasing
             of
             Infants
             right
             to
             any
             such
             Ordinance
             ,
             even
             so
             we
             ask
             why
             the
             ceasing
             of
             Circumcision
             
               de
               jure
            
             ,
             is
             not
             as
             truly
             the
             ceasation
             of
             Infants
             right
             to
             any
             such
             Ordinance
             ?
             certainly
             ,
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             19.
             
             
               VVhether
               the
               blessing
               of
            
             Abraham
             
               consists
               not
               chiefly
               in
               this
               ,
               that
               God
               Promised
               to
               be
               a
               God
               in
               Covenant
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               his
               Seed
               ?
               And
               how
               are
               the
               believing
            
             Gentiles
             
               blessed
               with
               faithful
            
             Abraham
             ,
             
               and
               Heirs
               of
               the
               same
               Promise
               ,
               if
               their
               Infants
               are
               not
               also
               comprehended
               in
               the
               same
               Covenant
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             19.
             
             Whether
             the
             blessing
             of
             Abraham
             ,
             (
             if
             you
             understand
             it
             of
             eternal
             life
             )
             were
             not
             the
             blessing
             of
             the
             Fathers
             that
             were
             before
             him
             ?
             And
             whether
             that
             blessing
             did
             not
             belong
             to
             their
             Infants
             ?
             And
             whether
             their
             Infants
             were
             Partakers
             with
             them
             in
             any
             Rites
             or
             Ceremonies
             of
             instituted
             worship
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
             or
             whether
             you
             think
             the
             blessing
             of
             Abraham
             is
             confined
             to
             Ceremonies
             
             in
             respect
             of
             Infants
             ,
             if
             so
             ,
             shew
             us
             what
             Ceremonies
             these
             are
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             20.
             
             
               Whether
               in
               that
               great
               Promise
            
             ,
             Gen.
             12.
             3
             
             
               Tribes
               ,
               Kindreds
               ,
               Families
               ,
               do
               not
               most
               certainly
               comprehend
               Infants
               ?
               As
               it
               was
               to
               such
               Families
               that
               the
               Promise
               was
               made
               before
               Christ
               ,
               as
               to
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Church
               ?
               VVhat
               warrant
               have
               we
               to
               understand
               Families
               or
               Tribes
               otherwise
               ,
               when
               the
               same
               Promise
               is
               made
               to
               the
            
             Gentiles
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiq.
             20.
             
             Whether
             you
             ought
             not
             to
             distinguish
             in
             this
             great
             Promise
             ,
             the
             things
             which
             are
             eternal
             from
             the
             things
             that
             were
             but
             for
             a
             time
             ?
             And
             then
             whether
             you
             can
             ima●in●
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             temporal
             blessings
             ,
             rites
             and
             ceremonies
             ,
             ●oncern●d
             any
             Nation
             ,
             as
             it
             concerned
             the
             seed
             of
             Abraham
             after
             the
             flesh
             ?
             But
             if
             by
             this
             Promise
             you
             understand
             it
             as
             the
             Apostle
             Paul
             doth
             ,
             Gal.
             3.
             16.
             th●n
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             all
             the
             Kindreds
             of
             the
             Earth
             are
             con●●●n'd
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             then
             whether
             we
             do
             not
             sufficiently
             comprize
             the
             ●●ntiles
             therein
             ?
             But
             how
             can
             Abrahams
             Rites
             and
             C●remonie●
             be
             part
             of
             this
             blessing
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             which
             are
             abrogated
             long
             ago
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             21
             ,
             
               Whether
               the
               second
               Commandment
            
             ,
             Exod.
             20
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
               doth
               not
               contain
               a
               standing
               Promise
               ,
               and
               discove●y
               of
               Gods
               Resolution
               ,
               concerning
               the
               children
               of
               all
               that
               love
               him
               ,
               whether
            
             Jews
             or
             Gentiles
             ,
             
               to
               whom
               this
               Commandment
               belongs
               ?
               whether
               God
               meaneth
               not
               that
               his
               Retribution
               to
               Parents
               that
               love
               or
               hate
               him
               ,
               shall
               extend
               to
               their
               children
               as
               such
               ;
               unless
               they
               interrupt
               it
               at
               Age
               by
               their
               own
               Acts
               ;
               and
               if
               to
               their
               children
            
             qua
             tales
             ,
             
               then
               whether
               not
               to
               Infants
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Ant.
             21.
             
             Whoever
             doubted
             but
             that
             Infants
             are
             advantaged
             many
             ways
             ,
             in
             the
             blessings
             which
             God
             bestows
             on
             them
             that
             fear
             him
             ?
             and
             accordingly
             greatly
             disadvantaged
             by
             the
             wickednefs
             of
             their
             Pa●●nts
             ,
             even
             so
             as
             to
             bear
             their
             Fathers
             iniquities
             many
             times
             ,
             as
             is
             evident
             in
             the
             overthrow
             of
             the
             old
             world
             ,
             the
             Cities
             of
             Sodom
             and
             
               Samorrah
               ,
               &c.
            
             yet
             whether
             the
             blessing
             or
             mercy
             of
             eternal
             life
             to
             ●nfants
             ,
             depend
             upon
             the
             Parents
             love
             to
             God
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             ●amnation
             of
             Infants
             depend
             on
             the
             wickedness
             of
             their
             Parents
             ?
             ●nd
             whether
             the
             bless●ngs
             of
             the
             second
             Commandment
             belong
             〈◊〉
             to
             the
             Church
             as
             such
             ,
             or
             whether
             all
             men
             that
             follow
             the
             ●ules
             of
             Morality
             ,
             are
             not
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             these
             blessings
             also
             ?
             ●nd
             then
             how
             should
             Infant
             Church
             membership
             and
             Baptifm
             be
             〈◊〉
             blessings
             of
             the
             second
             Commandment
             seeing
             this
             Law
             concerns
             〈◊〉
             men
             as
             m●n
             being
             part
             of
             the
             Moral
             Law
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             proper
             to
             ●he
             Church
             only
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             22.
             
             
               VVhether
               any
               without
               the
               Church
               are
               secured
               of
               Gods
               mercy
               by
               P●omise
               ?
               And
               whether
               mercy
               be
               not
               Promised
               to
               the
               children
               of
               the
               F●ithsul
               as
               such
               ?
            
             (
             See
             P●al
             .
             102.
             28.
             and
             103.
             17.
             
             Prov.
             20.
             7.
             
             Isa
             .
             61.
             8
             ,
             9
             and
             65
             23
             &c
             )
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             22.
             
             Whether
             God
             hath
             not
             said
             that
             his
             ways
             are
             all
             equal
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             do
             not
             secure
             Infants
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             though
             not
             baptized
             ?
             (
             for
             otherwise
             we
             say
             Infants
             are
             of
             the
             Redeemed
             Church
             ?
             when
             God
             saith
             ,
             That
             the
             Son
             shall
             not
             bear
             the
             iniquity
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             every
             one
             shall
             bear
             his
             own
             iniquity
             ,
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             a
             promiss
             of
             mercy
             to
             Infant
             Children
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             respect
             of
             Etern●l
             Life
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             Query
             be
             not
             near
             a
             kin
             to
             that
             position
             of
             the
             Papists
             when
             they
             say
             ,
             
               Out
               of
               the
               Church
               there
               is
               no
               Salva●ion
               ,
            
             Restraining
             that
             word
             Church
             to
             Visible
             or
             Actual
             Professors
             only
             ?
             And
             why
             must
             these
             five
             quotations
             be
             applied
             
             to
             Infants
             only
             ,
             sith
             the
             things
             spoken
             of
             these
             Children
             ,
             Seed
             ,
             or
             Off-spring
             ,
             are
             mostly
             such
             as
             are
             exclusive
             of
             Infants
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             23.
             
             
               Whether
               these
               Promises
               in
               the
               making
               of
               them
               were
               limited
               to
               a
               certain
               time
               when
               they
               were
               to
               cease
               ?
               Or
               whether
               they
               have
               been
               since
               revoked
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Suppose
             these
             Promises
             yet
             remain
             ,
             as
             we
             doubt
             not
             but
             they
             do
             ,
             sith
             they
             are
             not
             entail'd
             upon
             the
             Jewish
             Nation
             ,
             (
             at
             least
             the
             three
             first
             Quotations
             ,
             )
             How
             will
             this
             avail
             to
             the
             point
             in
             hand
             ?
             Are
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             24.
             
             
               If
               it
               was
               on
               the
            
             Jews
             
               Rejection
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               broken
               off
               from
               being
               Gods
               People
               ,
               were
               those
               thousands
               of
            
             Jews
             
               that
               believed
               in
               Christ
               so
               broken
               off
               ?
               If
               not
               ,
               then
               whether
               were
               not
               the
               Children
               of
               all
               believing
            
             Jews
             
               Church-members
               in
               Infancy
               ?
               Or
               otherwise
               ,
               was
               it
               not
               somewhat
               else
               then
               Vnbelief
               that
               brake
               them
               off
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             24.
             
             Whether
             was
             those
             that
             cried
             ,
             His
             blood
             be
             upon
             us
             and
             our
             Children
             ,
             thereby
             rejecting
             the
             great
             Mess●nger
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             ●ustly
             broken
             off
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             renting
             of
             the
             Vail
             of
             the
             Temple
             ,
             did
             not
             shew
             the
             abrogation
             of
             the
             Covenant
             and
             the
             Legal
             Ministry
             ?
             whether
             was
             Saul
             broken
             off
             when
             he
             persecuted
             the
             Church
             causing
             many
             to
             blaspheme
             ?
             And
             how
             could
             the
             Jews
             lawfully
             be
             married
             to
             Christ
             ,
             if
             Moses
             was
             not
             now
             removed
             ,
             without
             being
             called
             an
             Adulteress
             ?
             And
             then
             whether
             those
             thousands
             of
             Jews
             which
             believed
             were
             not
             first
             broken
             off
             ,
             so
             
             as
             to
             plead
             no
             longer
             upon
             this
             issue
             ,
             
               We
               are
            
             Abrahams
             
               Children
               ,
               we
               are
               free-born
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             to
             look
             upon
             Circumcision
             and
             whatsoever
             was
             gain
             to
             them
             on
             a
             legal
             acco●nt
             ,
             to
             be
             loss
             for
             Christ
             ?
             or
             is
             there
             any
             other
             way
             to
             be
             graffed
             in
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             Christ
             ,
             but
             by
             faith
             ?
             Nowtherefore
             seeing
             the
             Jews
             were
             in
             no
             better
             case
             then
             th●
             Gentiles
             ,
             Circumcision
             being
             now
             nothing
             ,
             even
             as
             uncircumcision
             was
             nothing
             ,
             b●ta
             new
             creature
             ?
             then
             whether
             all
             the
             Infants
             of
             the
             Jews
             
               now
               ceas●●
            
             to
             be
             m●mbers
             of
             any
             visible
             Church
             ,
             seeing
             ●heir
             Parents
             had
             
               de
               jure
            
             lost
             their
             Memb●rship
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             25.
             
             
               Were
               not
               the
               Infants
               of
               the
            
             Christian
             Jews
             
               the
               day
               before
               their
               Conversion
               Members
               of
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Church
               ,
               and
               of
               Gods
               universal
               Church
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               the
            
             Jews
             
               were
               but
               a
               part
               ?
               and
               doth
               it
               not
               sound
               strengely
               ,
               that
               such
               Infants
               as
               were
               the
               day
               before
               Members
               of
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Church
               ,
               and
               of
               Gods
               universal
               Church
               ,
               should
               be
               put
               out
               of
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               and
               the
               whole
               visible
               Church
               ,
               by
               the
               faith
               of
               their
               Parents
               ,
               or
               without
               unbelief
               ?
               Either
               it
               was
               a
               Mercy
               to
               be
               a
               Member
               ,
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               not
               :
               If
               it
               was
               no
               mercy
               ,
               then
               will
               it
               not
               follow
               ,
               that
               the
               unbelieving
            
             Jews
             
               lost
               nothing
               by
               being
               broken
               off
               ?
               If
               it
               was
               a
               mercy
               ,
               how
               did
               the
            
             Christians
             
               Children
               forfeit
               it
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             25.
             
             Whether
             we
             have
             not
             sufficiently
             shewed
             ,
             that
             the
             Infants
             of
             the
             Jews
             were
             now
             no
             Members
             of
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             that
             being
             now
             abrogated
             ,
             and
             the
             Gospel
             Church
             state
             confirmed
             by
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             the
             pouring
             out
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             neither
             could
             two
             distinct
             Church
             states
             stand
             together
             
               de
               jure
            
             .
             And
             then
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             great
             mistake
             for
             the
             Q●aerist
             to
             suppose
             the
             Jews
             were
             a
             part
             of
             Gods
             universal
             Church
             ,
             when
             in
             truth
             they
             were
             no
             Church
             at
             all
             ?
             and
             therefore
             whether
             the
             wonder
             which
             he
             makes
             about
             the
             Jews
             Infants
             which
             believed
             ,
             be
             not
             groundless
             ?
             And
             yet
             whether
             the
             Infants
             of
             the
             believing
             Jews
             were
             not
             in
             a
             far
             better
             estate
             ,
             then
             when
             their
             Parents
             were
             unbelievers
             ,
             sith
             the
             Curse
             they
             then
             had
             imprecated
             ,
             
             was
             now
             removed
             ?
             Also
             whether
             it
             was
             not
             a
             mercy
             ,
             that
             both
             Parents
             and
             Infants
             were
             set
             free
             from
             Circumcision
             ,
             which
             whatever
             it
             was
             before
             ,
             now
             ceased
             to
             be
             a
             mercy
             to
             any
             man
             ,
             because
             it
             was
             an
             obligation
             to
             the
             yoke
             of
             bondage
             ,
             and
             rendred
             Christ
             unprofitable
             to
             such
             as
             should
             now
             receive
             it
             ;
             and
             consequently
             a
             Release
             from
             that
             Church-Membership
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             ,
             was
             a
             great
             mercy
             to
             Infants
             ,
             who
             still
             retain
             Membership
             in
             the
             invisible
             Church
             ,
             as
             they
             did
             before
             Circumcision
             was
             in
             being
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             26.
             
             
               Whether
               it
               be
               credible
               ,
               that
               he
               who
               came
               not
               to
               cast
               out
            
             Jews
             ,
             
               but
               to
               bring
               in
            
             Gentiles
             ,
             
               breaking
               down
               the
               Partition-wall
               ,
               and
               making
               of
               two
               one
               Church
               ,
               would
               have
               a
               Chureh
               of
               so
               different
               form
               and
               constitution
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               at
            
             Jerusalem
             
               should
               have
               Infant-Members
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               at
            
             Rome
             
               should
               have
               none
               ?
               That
               the
            
             Jews
             
               Infants
               should
               be
               Members
               ,
               and
               not
            
             Gentiles
             ?
          
           
             
               If
               the
            
             Jews
             
               were
               broken
               off
               by
               unbelief
               ,
               should
               they
               not
               be
               graffed
               in
               again
               upon
               their
               Repentance
               of
               Faith
               ?
               And
               so
               should
               not
               every
               repenting
               believing
            
             Jews
             
               Infants
               be
               Church-Members
               ?
               Or
               otherwise
               how
               would
               their
               graffing
               in
               answer
               to
               their
               breaking
               off
               ,
               should
               they
               be
               but
               in
               part
               graffed
               in
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             26.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             great
             mistake
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             Christ
             came
             to
             make
             the
             Jew
             and
             Gentile
             one
             Church
             ,
             otherwise
             then
             by
             taking
             away
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             and
             making
             all
             things
             new
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             17.
             
             &c.
             And
             whether
             this
             might
             not
             be
             done
             without
             setling
             any
             of
             the
             Practical
             Ordinances
             upon
             Infants
             as
             under
             the
             Law
             ?
             If
             otherwise
             ,
             why
             have
             you
             not
             shewed
             us
             where
             Christ
             hath
             required
             Parent●
             to
             get
             their
             Infants
             baptized
             ?
             and
             where
             he
             forbade
             them
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             Imposition
             of
             Hands
             ,
             the
             Table
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             &c.
             
             If
             the
             denial
             of
             the
             first
             make
             our
             Infants
             no
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             doth
             not
             your
             denial
             of
             the
             other
             two
             ,
             which
             do
             as
             generally
             pertain
             to
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             make
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             yours
             none
             also
             ?
             And
             if
             the
             Church
             at
             
               Jerusalem
               ,
               Rome
               ,
               &c.
            
             had
             any
             Infant-Members
             therein
             ,
             in
             the
             sence
             wherein
             you
             would
             have
             them
             Members
             ,
             why
             do
             you
             not
             name
             some
             one
             Infant
             so
             made
             a
             Member
             ,
             sith
             you
             know
             it
             would
             suffice
             ,
          
           
             Wherher
             if
             the
             Jews
             grafting
             in
             ,
             must
             in
             all
             Points
             answer
             to
             their
             breaking
             off
             ,
             their
             Infants
             must
             not
             come
             to
             other
             Ordinances
             as
             well
             as
             Baptism
             ?
             or
             will
             you
             say
             Infants
             cannot
             partake
             with
             their
             Parents
             of
             salvation
             without
             Baptism
             ?
             or
             whether
             was
             the
             Infants
             of
             the
             Jews
             exposed
             to
             damnation
             by
             their
             Parents
             unbelief
             ?
             And
             if
             so
             ,
             what
             is
             become
             of
             all
             their
             Infants
             ever
             since
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             27.
             
             
               Was
               not
               Christ
               Church
               Spiritual
               before
               his
               Incarnation
               (
               when
               it
               took
               in
               Infants
               )
               and
               gathered
               in
               a
               spiritual
               way
               ?
               Was
               not
               ●he
               visible
               frame
               of
               the
            
             Jewish
             
               Church
               set
               up
               and
               erected
               by
               the
               Father
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               and
               were
               not
               spiritual
               Duties
               commanded
               then
               ▪
               upon
               Promises
               of
               spiritual
               blessings
               ,
               even
               lise
               eternal
               ?
            
          
           
             
               How
               will
               any
               prove
               that
               it
               was
               a
               blemish
               to
               the
               old
               frame
               ,
               that
               Infants
               were
               Members
               ?
               What
               was
               the
               Church
               the
               worse
               for
               Infants
               Rights
               ?
               If
               it
               be
               no
               blemish
               ,
               why
               must
               it
               be
               done
               away
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             27.
             
             Though
             it
             be
             true
             ,
             that
             Christs
             Church
             was
             always
             spiritual
             in
             some
             measure
             ,
             and
             his
             services
             such
             also
             ;
             yet
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             also
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             Church
             under
             the
             Law
             of
             Moses
             was
             carnal
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             spirituality
             of
             the
             Church
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ?
             Does
             not
             the
             Apostle
             say
             ,
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             
             These
             two
             Ministrations
             differ
             as
             much
             as
             Letter
             and
             Spirit
             differeth
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             one
             had
             no
             glory
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             glory
             which
             excelleth
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             then
             rational
             ,
             that
             the
             Churches
             concern'd
             under
             these
             Ministrations
             respectively
             should
             differ
             aecordingly
             ?
             And
             though
             it
             was
             no
             blemish
             to
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             to
             have
             Infants
             Partakers
             of
             their
             Ordinances
             ,
             
               which
               are
               called
               carnal
            
             ,
             
             yet
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             a
             more
             perfect
             state
             ,
             when
             the
             Church
             do
             al●
             know
             God
             ,
             from
             the
             least
             to
             the
             greatest
             of
             them
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             the
             state
             of
             the
             Church
             under
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             according
             to
             Gods
             Appointment
             ?
             Heb.
             8.
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             And
             whether
             that
             which
             is
             less
             perfect
             ought
             not
             to
             vanish
             away
             when
             that
             which
             is
             more
             perfect
             is
             come
             .
             
               In
               that
               he
               saith
               a
               new
               Covenant
               ,
               he
               hath
               made
               the
               first
               old
               ,
               now
               that
               which
               decayeth
               and
               waxeth
               old
               is
               ready
               to
               vanish
               away
               ,
            
             Heb.
             8.
             13.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             28.
             
             
               In
               what
               regard
               were
               the
               new
               frame
               better
               ,
               supposing
               the
               casting
               out
               of
               Infants
               ,
               which
               were
               in
               the
               old
               ?
               How
               doth
               Infants
               Relation
               detract
               from
               its
               Spirituality
               ?
               Do
               not
               the
               adult
               come
               in
               by
               ●he
               same
               kind
               of
               consent
               for
               themselves
               ,
               as
               they
               make
               for
               their
               Infants
               ?
               And
               do
               not
               the
               Adult
               blemish
               the
               Church
               with
               more
               carnal
               sins
               then
               Infants
               do
               ?
               Would
               any
               Kingdom
               be
               more
               excell●nt
               ,
               if
               all
               Infants
               were
               disfranchised
               ?
               Does
               not
               Nature
               teach
               all
               Kingdoms
               on
               Earth
               ,
               to
               take
               them
               f●r
               Members
               ,
               though
               but
               Infant-Members
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             28.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             necessary
             to
             say
             Infants
             are
             cast
             out
             of
             that
             whereof
             they
             were
             never
             possessed
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             use
             of
             Ordinances
             in
             the
             new
             frame
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             Or
             how
             can
             Infants
             be
             said
             to
             be
             a
             spiritual
             seed
             ?
             How
             are
             they
             living
             stones
             ,
             built
             up
             a
             spiritual
             house
             ;
             to
             offer
             spiritual
             sacrifices
             in
             a
             Gospel
             sense
             ?
             Or
             how
             are
             your
             Infants
             a
             more
             spiritual
             seed
             then
             our
             Infants
             ?
             And
             whether
             any
             other
             are
             by
             Christs
             Order
             to
             partake
             in
             Gospel-Ordinances
             ,
             then
             such
             as
             therein
             worship
             God
             spiritually
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
             Also
             where
             hath
             God
             required
             the
             Adult
             to
             consent
             for
             their
             Insant
             Church
             m●mbership
             in
             this
             new
             frame
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             comparison
             between
             an
             earthly
             Kingdom
             and
             the
             Ghurch
             of
             Christ
             be
             any
             way
             fitting
             ,
             seeing
             Infants
             have
             as
             much
             need
             of
             the
             priviledge
             of
             humane
             Laws
             ,
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             their
             Lives
             and
             Rights
             as
             grown
             persons
             ?
             But
             how
             stand
             they
             in
             
             need
             of
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             (
             and
             particularly
             Baptism
             )
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             their
             souls
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             similitude
             may
             not
             be
             emproved
             against
             you
             ,
             seeing
             Infants
             ,
             though
             Members
             of
             Kingdomes
             ,
             yet
             are
             excused
             from
             all
             duties
             personal
             wbatsoever
             ,
             and
             then
             why
             may
             they
             not
             be
             reputed
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             yet
             exempt
             from
             the
             duties
             of
             his
             Kingdom
             ?
             or
             how
             come
             they
             to
             be
             concern'd
             so
             much
             in
             that
             one
             duty
             of
             Baptism
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             whatsoever
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             29.
             
             
               Whether
               any
            
             Jew
             
               at
               age
               was
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               old
               Church
               without
               professing
               faith
               ,
               (
               in
               the
               Articles
               then
               necessary
               to
               salvation
               )
               Repentance
               and
               Obedience
               ?
               And
               wherein
               the
               supposed
               new
               call
               and
               frame
               doth
               in
               this
               differ
               from
               the
               old
               ,
               save
               only
               that
               a
               more
               full
               and
               express
               Revelation
               of
               Christ
               requireth
               a
               more
               full
               express
               Faith
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               evident
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               to
               profess
               consent
               to
               Gods
               Covenant
               ,
               which
               who
               so
               denied
            
             Asa
             
               would
               put
               to
               death
               ?
               And
               was
               not
               circumcision
               a
               covenanting
               Act
               ?
               And
               did
               they
               not
               thereby
               prosess
               to
               take
               God
               for
               their
               God
               ?
               Or
               would
               God
               else
               have
               taken
               them
               for
               his
               People
               ?
               And
               would
               not
               renouncing
               God
               have
               cut
               them
               off
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             29.
             
             What
             is
             become
             now
             of
             your
             Infant
             Church-membership
             ;
             if
             when
             grown
             up
             they
             cease
             to
             be
             Members
             upon
             that
             account
             ?
             Were
             the
             Jews
             Infants
             twice
             made
             Members
             of
             their
             Church
             ?
             Or
             is
             every
             renewing
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             (
             as
             in
             the
             case
             of
             
               Asa
               ,
            
             )
             making
             men
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
             But
             where
             did
             the
             Church
             ever
             admit
             one
             Member
             to
             her
             communion
             by
             Baptism
             without
             Profession
             ?
             or
             where
             did
             she
             ever
             decree
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             would
             not
             submit
             to
             her
             new
             frame
             should
             be
             put
             to
             death
             ?
             And
             whether
             in
             this
             the
             new
             frame
             of
             the
             Church
             do
             not
             greatly
             differ
             from
             the
             old
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             30.
             
             
               Whether
               Gods
               Law
               obligeth
               not
               Persons
               to
               devote
            
             
             
               themselves
               ,
               and
               their
               Infants
               to
               God
               ,
               by
               consenting
               to
               Gods
               Covenant
               for
               themselves
               and
               them
               ?
               Whether
               it
               was
               not
               the
               duty
               of
               the
            
             Israelites
             
               to
               engage
               and
               devote
               their
               children
               to
               God
               in
               Covenant
               ?
               Whether
               this
               be
               not
               evident
               from
               the
               Penalty
               (
               even
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               from
               his
               People
               )
               annexed
               for
               the
               non-Performance
               ?
               (
               And
               whether
               this
               be
               not
               as
               much
               our
               Duty
               still
               ?
               )
               Does
               not
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               bind
               us
               to
               give
               to
               every
               one
               his
               own
               due
               ?
               and
               are
               not
               Infants
               God's
               own
               due
               ?
               Does
               not
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               bind
               Parents
               to
               give
               them
               up
               to
               God
               by
               acknowledging
               his
               right
               ,
               with
               a
               free
               resignation
               and
               dedication
               of
               the
               Inf●n●
               to
               God
               as
               his
               own
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiq.
             30.
             
             Where
             are
             Christian
             Parents
             required
             to
             devote
             their
             children
             by
             consenting
             to
             any
             Covenant
             for
             them
             (
             or
             in
             their
             stead
             ,
             as
             the
             Jews
             were
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             :
             and
             what
             penalty
             hath
             God
             imposed
             on
             them
             that
             devote
             not
             their
             Insants
             by
             sprinkling
             them
             as
             you
             do
             ?
             And
             whether
             we
             do
             omit
             the
             duty
             of
             devoting
             our
             children
             to
             God
             in
             any
             thing
             wherein
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             or
             Nature
             obligeth
             us
             ,
             
               (
               abating
               us
               all
               what
               must
               be
               abated
               )
               ?
            
             And
             who
             denies
             Infants
             to
             be
             capable
             of
             Infant-relation
             ,
             obligation
             or
             right
             ,
             or
             who
             opposes
             their
             being
             devoted
             to
             God
             in
             their
             capacity
             ?
             and
             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
             ?
             And
             where
             is
             the
             institution
             of
             your
             publick
             way
             ?
             Have
             we
             not
             a
             more
             certain
             instituted
             way
             to
             devote
             them
             to
             God
             by
             Prayer
             ,
             and
             to
             educate
             them
             in
             his
             fear
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             capable
             ,
             then
             you
             have
             to
             cross
             or
             sprinkle
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             31.
             
             
               Whether
               Anabaptists
               themselves
               ,
               all
               of
               them
               that
               are
               truly
               pious
               ,
               do
               not
               vertually
               (
               though
               not
               actually
               )
               devote
               their
               children
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               consent
               to
               their
               Covenant-relation
               ,
               while
               they
               vehe●ently
               plead
               against
               it
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             31.
             
             Whether
             you
             do
             not
             greatly
             wrong
             your self
             ,
             and
             those
             you
             call
             Anabaptists
             ,
             in
             saying
             ,
             they
             vehemently
             plead
             against
             devoting
             their
             children
             to
             God
             ;
             yea
             sure
             ,
             they
             do
             it
             actually
             as
             far
             as
             Gods
             Word
             requires
             ?
             And
             can
             you
             believe
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             way
             to
             devote
             children
             to
             God
             but
             in
             your
             way
             ?
             How
             then
             did
             
               Adam
               ,
               Enoch
               ,
               Scth
               ,
               Noah
               ,
               &c.
            
             devote
             their
             children
             to
             God
             ?
             And
             it
             would
             do
             well
             also
             if
             you
             could
             shew
             us
             how
             they
             consented
             to
             any
             Covenant
             for
             their
             Infants
             ,
             more
             then
             we
             do
             ?
             or
             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
             ?
          
           
             Does
             not
             
               Eusebius
               Pamphilius
            
             count
             Christianity
             as
             old
             as
             
               Adam
               ?
               l.
            
             1.
             c.
             1.
             
             And
             doth
             not
             Tertullian
             say
             ,
             
               Enoch
               justissimum
               non
               Circumcisum
               nec
               Sibbatizantem
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             Enochan
             upright
             man
             was
             translated
             by
             God
             ,
             though
             he
             were
             not
             circumcised
             ,
             neither
             yet
             did
             observe
             the
             Sabba●h
             .
             ---
             
               Vt
               aeternitas
               candidatis
               ,
               &c.
            
             To
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             did
             aspire
             to
             Eternity
             might
             shew
             us
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             please
             God
             without
             the
             burthen
             of
             Moses
             Law.
             And
             what
             Law
             (
             save
             the
             La●
             of
             Circumcision
             )
             did
             ever
             require
             Infants
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             Practical
             Ordinances
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             32.
             
             
               Is
               it
               not
               a
               desperate
               undertaking
               ,
               and
               dare
               any
               adventure
               on
               it
               ,
               to
               justifie
               all
               the
               World
               before
               Christs
               Incarnation
               ,
               except
               the
               Jews
               ,
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               not
               dedicating
               their
               children
               to
               God
               ?
               And
               do
               not
               they
               that
               say
               there
               is
               no
               Law
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               say
               there
               is
               no
               Transgression
               ?
               A●d
               dare
               any
               in
               like
               manner
               undertake
               to
               justifie
               at
               the
               Bar
               of
               God
               all
               the
               VVorld
               since
               Christs
               Incarnation
               from
               the
               guilt
               of
               sin
               ,
               in
               not
               dedicating
               their
               children'to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               entring
               them
               into
               his
               Covenant
               as
               Members
               of
               his
               Church
               ?
               Dare
               any
               maintain
               that
               all
               the
               World
               is
               sinless
               in
               this
               respect
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiq.
             32.
             
             Whether
             this
             be
             not
             a
             very
             unwise
             Query
             ?
             As
             if
             
             none
             of
             the
             Fathers
             did
             dedicate
             their
             Infants
             to
             God
             ,
             unless
             they
             brought
             them
             to
             some
             Practical
             Ordinance
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             only
             thing
             you
             do
             so
             complain
             of
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
             or
             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
             ?
             And
             may
             we
             not
             well
             justifie
             all
             men
             ,
             for
             not
             doing
             that
             which
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             never
             required
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             33.
             
             
               Is
               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
               ?
               Is
               it
               not
               abenefit
               in
               it self
               (
               besides
               the
               Consequents
               )
               to
               be
               visibly
               united
               and
               related
               to
               Christ
               and
               his
               Body
               ?
               Is
               not
               such
               a
               Relation
               to
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Church
               ,
               an
               honor
               ?
               And
               how
               great
               is
               the
               misery
               of
               a
               contrary
               state
               ?
            
          
           
             
               And
               if
               Infant
               Church-membership
               were
               no
               benefit
               ,
               then
               how
               were
               they
               that
               had
               it
               ,
               (
               when
               they
               came
               to
               Age
               ,
               or
               their
               Parents
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               )
               obliged
               to
               any
               thankfulness
               for
               it
               ?
               Will
               any
               say
               ,
               that
               neither
               they
               nor
               their
               Parents
               were
               obliged
               to
               thankfulness
               upon
               this
               account
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             33.
             
             What
             benefit
             is
             it
             to
             bring
             Infants
             to
             that
             which
             God
             requires
             not
             of
             them
             ?
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             any
             loss
             to
             them
             till
             God
             requires
             it
             ?
             And
             seeing
             you
             make
             your
             Pedo-rantism
             this
             all
             in
             all
             ,
             shew
             us
             what
             benefit
             or
             priviledge
             you
             had
             when
             sprinkled
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             Infants
             of
             a
             pious
             Baptist
             ?
             And
             what
             is
             that
             benefit
             that
             all
             who
             are
             sprinkled
             by
             the
             Papists
             ▪
             do
             receive
             ,
             which
             you
             ratifie
             for
             good
             Baptism
             ?
             Or
             how
             are
             their
             Infants
             Church-members
             more
             then
             ours
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             34.
             
             
               Is
               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
               ?
               And
               is
               it
               not
               certain
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               actually
               Members
               of
               all
               the
               Commonwealths
               in
               the
               World
               ?
            
             (
             perfecte
             ,
             sed
             imperfecte
             membra
             )
             
               And
               does
               not
               Nature
               seem
               actually
               to
               have
               taught
               most
               people
               on
               Earth
               ,
               to
               repute
               their
               Infants
               in
               the
               same
               Religiou●
               Society
               with
               themselves
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               same
               Civil
               Society
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             34.
             
             That
             Infants
             are
             capable
             of
             what
             God
             will
             give
             them
             is
             very
             true
             ;
             And
             we
             therefore
             ask
             ,
             whether
             Infants
             be
             not
             as
             capable
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             as
             Baptism
             ,
             if
             the
             Lord
             will
             give
             it
             them
             ?
             And
             as
             far
             as
             Gods
             Will
             is
             ,
             that
             Infants
             should
             be
             related
             to
             his
             Church
             ,
             we
             doubt
             not
             of
             their
             capacity
             for
             it
             .
             And
             why
             is
             the
             order
             of
             Commonwealths
             so
             much
             insisted
             on
             in
             this
             case
             ?
             Are
             we
             to
             fetch
             our
             Rules
             for
             dispensing
             Ordinances
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             from
             the
             Civil
             Policie
             of
             Nations
             ?
             We
             desire
             you
             still
             to
             show
             us
             what
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             obligeth
             us
             to
             do
             for
             our
             Infants
             ,
             which
             we
             do
             not
             ?
             Is
             both
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             and
             Nature
             broken
             by
             all
             that
             bring
             not
             their
             Infants
             to
             be
             crossed
             or
             sprinkled
             as
             you
             do
             ?
             sure
             you
             can
             never
             make
             this
             good
             .
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Query
             35.
             
             
               Whether
               according
               to
               the
               tenour
               of
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               God
               will
               not
               vouchsafe
               to
               be
               their
               God
               ,
               and
               take
               them
               for
               his
               people
               ,
               (
               that
               are
               in
               a
               natural
               ,
               or
               Law-sense
               )
               willing
               to
               be
               his
               people
               ,
               and
               take
               him
               for
               their
               God
               ?
               And
               whether
               the
               Infants
               of
               believing
               Parents
               are
               not
               thus
               willing
               ?
               When
               Infants
               cannot
               be
               actually
               willing
               themselves
               in
               a
               natural
               sense
               ,
               must
               not
               the
               reason
               and
               will
               of
               another
               be
               theirs
               in
               Law-sense
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               of
               the
               Parents
               ,
               have
               the
               full
               dispose
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               are
               warranted
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               to
               choose
               for
               them
               (
               for
               their
               good
               )
               till
               they
               come
               to
               the
               use
               of
               reason
               themselves
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               Whether
               in
               Gods
               acceptance
               the
               Child
               doth
               not
               thus
               truly
               consent
               by
               the
               believing
               Parents
               ,
               and
               doth
               not
               Covenant
               with
               God
               ,
               as
               a
               Child
               covenanteth
               and
               consenteth
               reputatively
               among
               men
               ,
               who
               by
               his
               Parents
               is
               made
               a
               Party
               in
               Contract
               ,
               as
               in
               a
               Lease
               for
               his
               Life
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ?
            
          
           
             
               And
               so
               granting
               the
               Relation
               of
               Church-membership
               ,
               to
               be
               founded
               in
               a
               mutual
               contract
               ,
               covenant
               or
               consent
               betwixt
               God
               and
               us
               ,
               yet
               must
               not
               this
               consent
               on
               our
               part
               differ
               according
               to
               the
               different
               age
               and
               capacity
               of
               Infants
               ,
               and
               the
               adult
               ?
               Were
               not
               the
            
             Israelites
             
               Infants
               Church-members
               ,
               who
               consented
               not
               actually
               in
               their
               own
               persons
               ,
               but
               virtually
               ,
               and
               reputatively
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             35.
             
             We
             still
             require
             you
             to
             shew
             where
             this
             Law
             is
             ,
             that
             obligeth
             Christians
             to
             will
             the
             baptizing
             of
             their
             Infants
             ,
             and
             that
             will
             warrant
             the
             baptizing
             of
             one
             Person
             by
             vertue
             of
             anothers
             will
             ?
             And
             why
             may
             not
             a
             reputative
             Baptism
             serve
             as
             well
             as
             a
             reputative
             Covenant
             ,
             sith
             the
             Covenant
             is
             greater
             then
             Baptism
             ?
             And
             whether
             this
             be
             an
             advised
             speech
             ,
             that
             the
             Parent
             hath
             the
             whole
             disposal
             of
             his
             Child
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             ?
             And
             who
             must
             judge
             what
             is
             good
             for
             his
             Infant
             in
             religious
             matters
             ?
             Must
             not
             Gods
             Word
             do
             this
             ?
             And
             shew
             us
             what
             command
             we
             have
             omitted
             ,
             in
             not
             bringing
             our
             Infants
             to
             the
             Font
             as
             you
             do
             ?
             Or
             do
             you
             think
             that
             your
             instance
             of
             a
             Lease
             ,
             is
             sufficient
             to
             rectifie
             mens
             consciences
             in
             matters
             of
             this
             nature
             ?
             And
             what
             if
             some
             of
             the
             Jews
             had
             failed
             to
             consent
             for
             their
             children
             ,
             were
             they
             therefore
             not
             in
             Covenant
             ?
             sure
             it
             was
             the
             Law
             ,
             not
             the
             Parents
             consent
             ,
             that
             regulated
             these
             matters
             .
             Neither
             do
             we
             finde
             ,
             that
             the
             Israelites
             were
             bound
             to
             repent
             and
             believe
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             child
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             to
             make
             profession
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             when
             circumcised
             ,
             as
             you
             do
             at
             the
             Font
             when
             you
             pretend
             to
             baptize
             your
             Infants
             ,
             when
             yet
             you
             baptize
             them
             not
             ,
             seeing
             Sprinkling
             cannot
             be
             truly
             called
             Baptism
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             26.
             
             
               Whether
               it
               be
               not
               the
               duty
               of
               Parents
               by
               the
               Law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               to
               accept
               of
               any
               allowed
               or
               offered
               benefit
               for
               their
               children
               ?
               the
               Infant
               being
               not
            
             sui
             Juris
             ,
             
               but
               at
               his
               Parents
               dispose
               in
               all
               things
               that
               are
               for
               his
               good
               ,
               have
               not
               the
               Parents
               power
               to
               oblige
               their
               children
               to
               any
               future
               duty
               or
               suffering
               ,
               that
               is
               certainly
               for
               their
               own
               good
               ?
               And
               so
               may
               they
               not
               enter
               them
               into
               Covenants
               accordingly
               ?
               And
               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
               ?
               And
               doth
               it
               not
               deserve
               to
               be
               called
               the
               unthankful
               Error
               ,
               that
               opposeth
               Childrens
               Rights
               ,
               and
               Blessings
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             36.
             
             Whether
             this
             Query
             be
             not
             the
             same
             in
             effect
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             had
             again
             and
             again
             ?
             And
             we
             would
             know
             what
             offered
             benefits
             the
             Infant
             of
             the
             Pedobaptists
             meet
             with
             ,
             among
             the
             Papists
             ,
             or
             your selves
             either
             ,
             which
             we
             received
             not
             ,
             meerly
             for
             this
             cause
             of
             not
             doing
             to
             our
             infants
             ,
             as
             they
             and
             you
             are
             pleased
             to
             do
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             were
             not
             as
             reasonable
             for
             Parents
             to
             be
             baptized
             in
             the
             childs
             stead
             ,
             as
             to
             profess
             faith
             and
             repentance
             for
             him
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             reasonable
             for
             a
             Parent
             to
             oblige
             his
             Infant
             to
             be
             of
             his
             opinion
             and
             practice
             ,
             and
             to
             suffer
             for
             the
             same
             ?
             And
             what
             Law
             of
             God
             requires
             this
             ,
             and
             whether
             this
             may
             not
             be
             called
             the
             unreasonable
             errour
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             37.
             
             
               VVhether
               it
               may
               be
               thought
               ,
               or
               any
               dare
               maintain
               ,
               that
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               giveth
               no
               conditional
               Right
               to
               any
               Infant
               in
               the
               World
               ?
               Are
               they
               all
               excluded
               ?
               And
               why
               ?
               Are
               they
               worse
               then
               their
               Parents
               ?
               If
               it
               give
               any
               Right
               to
               Infants
               conditionally
               ,
               as
               it
               doth
               t●
               Parents
               ,
               must
               it
               not
               be
               on
               a
               condition
               to
               be
               performed
               by
               the
               Parents
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               are
               so
               far
               entrusted
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Or
               can
               this
               be
               called
               a
               Covenant
               ,
               for
               God
               only
               to
               say
               [
               I
               will
               save
               all
               such
               Infants
               as
               I
               elect
               ]
               and
               yet
               offer
               Salvation
               to
               none
               of
            
             
             
               them
               in
               the
               World
               on
               any
               condition
               ,
               nor
               give
               a
               title
               to
               any
               Person
               that
               can
               be
               known
               by
               themselves
               or
               others
               ?
               Would
               it
               not
               be
               to
               confound
               the
               Decree
               of
               God
               with
               his
               Covenant
               ?
               And
               what
               Right
               or
               Hope
               doth
               this
               give
               to
            
             Christians
             
               for
               their
               children
               more
               then
               to
            
             Pagans
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             37.
             
             Whether
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             that
             God
             should
             require
             the
             conditions
             of
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             on
             them
             ,
             which
             he
             knows
             can
             observe
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             his
             will
             ,
             that
             the
             grace
             of
             that
             Covenant
             should
             depend
             upon
             others
             observation
             of
             the
             Conditions
             for
             them
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
             And
             is
             not
             this
             to
             expo●e
             poor
             Infants
             to
             ruine
             ,
             whose
             Parents
             generally
             are
             so
             far
             from
             keeping
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             strangers
             to
             the
             Conditions
             of
             this
             Covenant
             ?
          
           
             And
             where
             are
             we
             taught
             to
             doubt
             the
             salvation
             of
             the
             Infants
             of
             Pagans
             ?
             or
             to
             conclude
             ours
             only
             are
             in
             the
             state
             of
             salvation
             ?
          
           
             And
             is
             it
             not
             much
             more
             secure
             to
             hope
             the
             salvation
             of
             Infants
             on
             the
             Ground
             of
             Christs
             dying
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             rising
             again
             for
             their
             Justification
             ▪
             then
             upon
             any
             Practical
             in
             Religion
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
             Can
             you
             believe
             that
             the
             cutting
             off
             of
             the
             uncircumcised
             Man-child
             ,
             was
             a
             cutting
             off
             from
             salvation
             ?
             how
             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
             ?
             And
             why
             may
             not
             Infants
             as
             well
             be
             made
             righteous
             without
             any
             thing
             done
             on
             their
             part
             ,
             as
             they
             were
             made
             sinners
             without
             any
             thing
             done
             on
             their
             part
             ?
             Will
             not
             the
             second
             Adams
             obedience
             salve
             the
             first
             Adams
             disobedience
             ?
             And
             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
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             38.
             
             
               Though
               all
               that
               are
               saved
               ,
               are
               saved
               by
               the
               meritorious
               righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               by
               way
               of
               free
               Gift
               ;
               yet
               whether
               the
               condition
               be
               not
               a
               suteable
               acceptance
               ?
               And
               why
               may
               not
               a
               Parent
               accept
               a
               Donation
               for
               his
               Child
               ,
               who
               hath
               no
               will
               to
               accept
               it
               for
               himself
               ?
               Shall
               he
               be
               certainly
               shut
               out
               unto
               damnation
               ?
               Or
               shall
               he
               have
               that
               gift
               absolutely
               which
               is
               conditional
               to
               all
               others
               ?
               Or
               is
               he
               not
               concerned
               in
               the
               Donation
               at
               all
               ?
               And
               have
               not
               Infants
               guilt
               and
               misery
               from
               their
               Parents
               ?
               And
               though
               Life
               and
               Pardon
               be
               by
               Christ
               only
               ,
               yet
               is
               it
               not
               congruous
               ,
               that
               the
               meer
               condition
               of
               acceptance
               may
               b●
               Performed
               by
               the
               Parents
               ,
               (
               while
               they
               cannot
               accept
               for
               themselves
               ?
               )
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiq.
             38.
             
             Whether
             the
             meritoriousness
             of
             Christ
             is
             not
             as
             available
             to
             save
             Infants
             without
             any
             mans
             acceptance
             thereof
             for
             them
             ▪
             Or
             whether
             hath
             God
             ty'd
             the
             salvation
             of
             any
             person
             to
             the
             acceptance
             of
             another
             ?
             And
             whether
             these
             be
             not
             unreasonable
             and
             unscriptural
             conceits
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             for
             want
             of
             better
             Grounds
             for
             Infant-Baptism
             ,
             that
             you
             thus
             continually
             tautologize
             ,
             varying
             little
             from
             that
             which
             you
             have
             said
             once
             and
             again
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             39.
             
             
               (
               Whether
               it
               be
               no
               advantage
               for
               children
               to
               be
               under
               an
               early
               engagement
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               Jesus
               Christ
               ?
               )
               Whether
               to
               dedicate
               them
               betimes
               to
               God
               ,
               doth
               not
               tend
               to
               secure
               God's
               right
               and
               childrens
               good
               ,
               and
               to
               prevent
               their
               sin
               and
               misery
               ;
               they
               being
               thus
               under
               a
               double
               Obligation
               ,
               which
               they
               may
               be
               minded
               of
               betimes
               ,
               and
               which
               may
               hold
               them
               more
               strongly
               to
               their
               duty
               ,
               and
               disadvantage
               the
               Tempter
               that
               would
               draw
               them
               off
               from
               God
               ,
               &c
               ▪
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             39.
             
             Who
             is
             against
             as
             early
             an
             engagement
             of
             children
             to
             God
             as
             can
             lawfully
             be
             made
             ▪
             and
             do
             not
             the
             Baptists
             engage
             their
             children
             to
             God
             as
             soon
             as
             they
             can
             ,
             by
             Prayer
             and
             Supplication
             whiles
             Infants
             ;
             and
             then
             by
             the
             best
             education
             they
             are
             able
             when
             docible
             ?
             But
             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
             ?
             And
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             b●tter
             to
             leave
             the
             event
             of
             their
             accepting
             Baptism
             to
             the
             wise
             dispose
             of
             God
             ,
             then
             to
             do
             it
             per
             force
             in
             Infancy
             ,
             without
             Precept
             from
             God
             ?
             Also
             whether
             the
             Infant-Baptism
             be
             such
             a
             means
             to
             propagate
             Religion
             as
             you
             suppose
             ,
             may
             be
             seen
             ,
             when
             you
             consider
             how
             in
             the
             darkness
             of
             Popery
             ,
             Pedobaptism
             was
             more
             common
             then
             now
             ,
             but
             Christianity
             much
             less
             ?
             And
             name
             one
             if
             you
             can
             ,
             that
             was
             bettered
             in
             Christian
             vertue
             by
             Pedobaptism
             ?
             we
             think
             we
             can
             name
             one
             ,
             and
             that
             your self
             ,
             which
             is
             worse
             for
             it
             ,
             for
             had
             you
             not
             that
             to
             rest
             on
             ,
             you
             would
             probably
             desire
             to
             put
             on
             Christ
             in
             baptism
             ?
             whether
             it
             be
             not
             the
             fittest
             time
             to
             be
             buried
             with
             Christ
             in
             baptism
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             dead
             with
             him
             from
             the
             rudiments
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             whether
             it
             be
             reasonable
             to
             bury
             sinners
             therein
             till
             they
             be
             dead
             to
             sin
             ?
             and
             whether
             it
             can
             profit
             any
             person
             to
             be
             baptized
             ,
             unless
             he
             have
             the
             answer
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             ,
             by
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             Christ
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             therein
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             .
             40.
             
             
               Whether
               it
               can
               be
               proved
               ,
               that
               ever
               there
               was
               one
               Age
               or
               Church
               (
               particular
               )
               on
               Earth
               since
            
             Adam
             ,
             
               till
               about
            
             200
             
               years
               ago
               ,
               that
               the
               Anabaptists
               rose
               ,
               wherein
               Infants
            
             de
             facto
             
               were
               not
               Members
               of
               the
               Church
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             40.
             
             Whether
             in
             your
             sense
             of
             making
             Infants
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             
               de
               facto
            
             ,
             it
             can
             be
             proved
             there
             was
             any
             one
             
             so
             made
             a
             Member
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             World
             till
             Abrahams
             time
             ?
             and
             whether
             
               John
               Baptist
            
             ,
             Christ
             ,
             or
             any
             by
             his
             order
             ,
             did
             receive
             Infants
             into
             the
             Church
             
               de
               facto
            
             .
          
           
             And
             whether
             the
             Baptist
             do
             not
             better
             prove
             the
             Antiquity
             of
             their
             faith
             and
             practice
             in
             baptism
             then
             any
             Aedo
             baptist
             in
             the
             world
             ?
             and
             doth
             not
             your
             conscience
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             baptism
             of
             Men
             and
             Women
             ,
             upon
             profession
             of
             faith
             and
             repentance
             ,
             is
             beyond
             the
             reach
             of
             contradiction
             ?
             whilest
             M.
             Baxter
             himself
             confesses
             Infant-baptism
             to
             be
             so
             difficult
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             its
             Assertors
             ,
             both
             Protestants
             and
             Papists
             ,
             are
             forced
             to
             confess
             it
             cannot
             be
             proved
             by
             the
             Scriptures
             ?
             
               See
               his
               Cure
               p.
            
             7.
             
             And
             seeing
             you
             and
             we
             are
             generally
             agreed
             ,
             that
             our
             way
             both
             for
             subject
             and
             manner
             is
             out
             of
             dispute
             ,
             clear
             in
             the
             Scriptures
             ;
             and
             you
             confess
             by
             the
             Pen
             of
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             that
             yours
             is
             very
             difficult
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             reason
             the
             difficult
             way
             should
             give
             place
             to
             the
             clear
             and
             evident
             way
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             41.
             
             
               VVhether
               it
               can
               be
               proved
               ,
               that
               ever
               there
               was
               any
               one
               I●fant
               of
               true
               Church-members
               ,
               that
               was
               not
               rightfully
               a
               Church-member
               himself
               from
               the
               Creation
               till
               Christ's
               days
               ?
               Or
               from
               the
               Creation
               till
               this
               day
               ;
               except
               the
               Anabaptists
               ,
               who
               reject
               the
               benefit
               ,
               whose
               case
               we
               will
               not
               presume
               to
               determine
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             41.
             
             Whether
             this
             Query
             be
             not
             the
             same
             we
             had
             before
             ?
             and
             whether
             what
             is
             said
             to
             it
             ,
             may
             not
             also
             suffiee
             to
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             42.
             
             
               Seeing
               that
               Infants
               have
               been
            
             de
             facto
             
               Church-members
               from
               the
               Creation
               to
               this
               day
               (
               as
               far
               as
               any
               Records
               can
               lead
               us
               )
               Is
               it
               likely
               ,
               that
               the
               Lord
               ,
               and
               Head
               ,
               and
               all-sufficient
               Governour
               of
               his
               Church
               ,
               would
               have
               permitted
               his
               Church
               till
               now
               ,
               to
               be
               actually
               made
               up
               of
               such
               subjects
               ,
               as
               in
               regard
               of
               Age
               be
            
             
             
               disallowed
               ,
               and
               suffered
               his
               Church
               to
               be
               wrong
               framed
               till
               now
               ?
               Or
               is
               it
               a
               reasonable
               ,
               modest
               and
               lawful
               undertaking
               ,
               to
               go
               about
               now
               in
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               to
               make
               God
               a
               new
               framed
               Church
               .
               as
               to
               the
               age
               of
               the
               Subjects
               ?
               And
               is
               it
               not
               more
               modest
               and
               safe
               ,
               to
               live
               quietly
               in
               a
               Church
               of
               that
               frame
               ,
               as
               all
               the
               Saints
               of
               Heaven
               lived
               in
               ,
               till
               the
               other
               day
               ,
               as
               a
               few
               Anabaptists
               did
               attempt
               an
               Alteration
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             42.
             
             Whether
             it
             be
             not
             utterly
             untrue
             ,
             that
             Infants
             were
             Members
             of
             the
             Church
             
               de
               facto
               ,
               i.e.
            
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             partake
             of
             Ordinances
             Practical
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             save
             only
             from
             Abraham
             to
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Law
             ?
             And
             whether
             all
             the
             Pedobaptists
             in
             the
             world
             have
             not
             hitherto
             been
             unable
             to
             shew
             any
             one
             instance
             before
             Abraham
             ,
             or
             since
             the
             Law
             was
             abrogated
             ,
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Infant
             admitted
             to
             any
             such
             Ordinance
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             ●od
             ,
             according
             to
             what
             the
             Scriptures
             afford
             in
             thi●
             〈◊〉
             ?
             And
             ●●●her
             it
             be
             not
             as
             modest
             in
             us
             to
             labour
             to
             restore
             ●●ptism
             to
             its
             pure
             use
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             both
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             subject
             and
             manner
             of
             Administration
             thereof
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             for
             the
             Protestants
             to
             do
             the
             like
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ?
             Also
             whether
             your
             pretending
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             be
             not
             the
             same
             figment
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Papists
             deceived
             themselves
             and
             others
             ?
             And
             how
             can
             you
             pretend
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             when
             the
             Primitive
             Church
             is
             on
             our
             side
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             43.
             
             
               Whether
               considering
               Christs
               own
               Infant-Mem●●rship
               ,
               and
               his
               kind
               reception
               of
               Infants
               ,
               and
               his
               chiding
               those
               that
               would
               have
               kept
               them
               off
               ,
               and
               his
               offers
               of
               taking
               in
               all
               the
            
             Jewish
             Nation
             ,
             (
             Matth.
             23.
             37.
             
             )
             
               and
               that
               they
               were
               broken
               off
               by
               unbelief
               ,
               and
               consequently
               the
               Seed
               of
               Believers
               broken
               off
               from
               the
               Church
               Vniversal
               ,
               and
               that
               whole
               Housholds
               are
               oft
               said
               to
               be
               baptized
               ,
               and
               that
            
             Paul
             
               pronounceth
               Believers
               children
               holy
               ,
               and
               that
               Christ
            
             (
             Mat.
             28.
             )
             
               commanded
               his
               Ministers
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               in
               them
               lieth
               ,
               to
               disciple
               all
               Nations
               baptizing
               them
               ,
               &
               c
               ?
            
          
           
           
           
           
        
         
           
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             43.
             
             Whether
             Christs
             Infants
             Church-membership
             did
             not
             pertain
             to
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             only
             ,
             Gal.
             4.
             4.
             
               born
               under
               the
               Law
               only
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             And
             whether
             he
             was
             not
             about
             30
             years
             when
             he
             entred
             in
             our
             Profession
             ,
             Heb.
             3.
             3.
             
             
               The
               Apostle
               and
               High
               Priest
               of
               our
               Profession
               Christ
               Jesus
               .
            
             See
             Luke
             3.
             
             And
             then
             whether
             his
             example
             be
             not
             flat
             against
             you
             ?
          
           
             Also
             whether
             Christs
             only
             praying
             for
             Infants
             ,
             and
             not
             baptizing
             them
             though
             brought
             to
             him
             ,
             neither
             ordering
             any
             other
             to
             do
             it
             that
             we
             reade
             of
             ,
             do
             not
             shew
             us
             that
             Infants
             may
             be
             under
             the
             blessings
             of
             Christ
             without
             baptism
             ?
             And
             whether
             you
             may
             not
             tremble
             to
             presume
             to
             do
             more
             then
             he
             did
             ,
             or
             appointed
             to
             be
             done
             ?
             Are
             you
             wiser
             then
             he
             ?
          
           
             Also
             whether
             it
             lies
             within
             the
             power
             of
             any
             Minister
             to
             disciple
             an
             Infant
             ;
             or
             shew
             us
             one
             Infant
             with
             you
             ,
             or
             any
             Pedo-baptist
             ever
             made
             a
             disciple
             ?
             or
             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
             ?
             and
             not
             only
             so
             ,
             but
             do
             my
             best
             to
             employ
             you
             elsewhere
             ,
             I
             speak
             it
             seriously
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             would
             not
             do
             more
             to
             decide
             the
             Controversie
             ,
             then
             all
             the
             Books
             that
             are
             written
             by
             any
             of
             you
             ?
             and
             if
             you
             cannot
             do
             this
             ,
             how
             will
             Matth.
             28.
             19.
             warrant
             you
             to
             baptize
             Infants
             ,
             sith
             its
             plain
             that
             discipling
             goes
             before
             baptizing
             ?
             and
             how
             disciples
             are
             to
             be
             made
             we
             think
             it
             best
             to
             learn
             of
             Jesus
             ,
             John
             4.
             3.
             
             How
             think
             you
             ?
             Do
             you
             indeed
             believe
             ,
             that
             any
             person
             being
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             entitles
             them
             to●
             b●ptism
             ?
             why
             then
             who
             is
             not
             a
             fit
             subject
             ,
             seeing
             all
             Infants
             ●nd
             men
             too
             are
             of
             one
             Nation
             or
             another
             ?
             and
             if
             there
             be
             other
             Qualifications
             necessary
             ,
             whether
             to
             be
             taught
             be
             not
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             of
             them
             ?
             and
             why
             do
             you
             say
             we
             take
             Infants
             away
             from
             Christs
             Church
             ,
             because
             we
             baptize
             them
             not
             ;
             are
             they
             in
             it
             before
             baptized
             ?
             if
             so
             ,
             how
             do
             we
             take
             them
             away
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             44.
             
             
               In
               summ
               ,
               whether
            
             1.
             
             
               God
               would
               not
               have
               Parents
            
             
             
               devote
               their
               children
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               enter
               them
               according
               to
               their
               capacity
               in
               his
               Covenant
               ?
            
             2.
             
             
               Whether
               also
               he
               doth
               not
               accept
               into
               his
               Covenant
               all
               that
               are
               faithfully
               thus
               devoted
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               be
               not
               peculiarly
               their
               God
               ,
               that
               such
               children
               are
               holy
               ?
            
             3.
             
             
               Whether
               they
               are
               not
               as
               certainly
               Members
               ,
               according
               to
               an
               Infant-capacity
               ,
               of
               the
               visible
               Church
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               of
               all
               Kingdoms
               under
               Heaven
               ?
            
             4.
             
             
               Whether
               there
               be
               not
               far
               more
               hope
               of
               their
               salvation
               ,
               then
               of
               those
               without
               ?
            
             5.
             
             
               Whether
               the
               Covenant
               doth
               not
               make
               their
               salvation
               certain
               ,
               if
               they
               so
               die
               ?
            
             6.
             
             
               Whether
               the
               Invest●ure
               and
               Solemnization
               of
               their
               Covenant
               with
               Christ
               should
               not
               be
               made
               in
               Infancy
               ,
               &
               c
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             44.
             
             In
             summ
             ,
             1.
             
             Whether
             we
             do
             not
             as
             much
             to
             our
             Infants
             (
             in
             our
             capacity
             )
             as
             Christ
             did
             to
             the
             Infants
             which
             were
             brought
             to
             him
             ?
             and
             will
             not
             that
             sati●fie
             ,
             unless
             we
             go
             from
             him
             to
             follow
             you
             ?
             And
             as
             to
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             let
             us
             hear
             what
             Mr.
             Baxter
             saith
             ,
             
               More
               R●●s
            
             .
             p.
             86.
             
             
               All
               Mankind
               is
               brought
               by
               Christ
               under
               a
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               vain
               or
               repealed
               by
               God
               ,
               but
               as
               their
               abuse
               of
               the
               grace
               of
               the
               Covenant
               may
               cast
               them
               out
               ;
               for
               as
               a
               Covenant
               of
               entire
               Nature
               was
               made
               with
               all
               mankind
               in
               innocent
            
             Adam
             ;
             
               so
               a
               Covenant
               of
               grace
               was
               made
               with
               all
               mankind
               in
               lapsed
            
             Adam
             ,
             Gen.
             3.
             15.
             
               in
               the
               Promised
               Seed
               ;
               and
               renewed
               again
               with
               all
               ma●kind
               in
            
             Noah
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             now
             we
             ask
             whether
             our
             Infants
             according
             to
             this
             account
             of
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             be
             not
             in
             it
             without
             bapti●m
             ,
             fith
             they
             have
             not
             abused
             the
             grace
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ?
             and
             whether
             baptism
             be
             not
             far
             more
             proper
             ,
             when
             after
             they
             have
             corrupted
             themselves
             by
             sin
             ,
             they
             come
             to
             humiliation
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             enter
             into
             this
             Covenant
             upon
             the
             termes
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
           
             Whether
             your
             Exposition
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             upon
             Mat.
             28.
             19.
             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
             ?
             and
             if
             not
             ,
             then
             you
             either
             deny
             us
             to
             be
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             or
             else
             you
             have
             not
             the
             Exposition
             of
             the
             Church
             universal
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             45.
             
             
               How
               inconsiderable
               a
               Part
               of
               the
               universal
               Church
               do
               the
               Anabaptists
               hold
               Communion
               with
               ?
               And
               do
               they
               not
               unchurch
               almost
               all
               the
               Churches
               on
               Earth
               ?
               (
               may
               we
               not
               think
               ,
               that
               they
               rob
               Christ
               of
               more
               them
               nine
               Parts
               of
               ten
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               Church
               universal
               ?
            
             V.
             p.
             305.
             )
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             45.
             
             Whether
             upon
             Luthers
             revolt
             from
             the
             Pope
             ,
             you
             were
             not
             upbraided
             with
             holding
             communion
             with
             an
             inconsiderable
             part
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ?
             why
             do
             you
             take
             up
             the
             Papists
             weapons
             ?
             Did
             not
             that
             pious
             man
             that
             succoured
             Athanasius
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Arrian
             persecution
             answer
             the
             Objection
             well
             ,
             when
             he
             said
             ,
             
               The
               cause
               of
               truth
               is
               not
               therefore
               empaired
               ,
               because
               I
               am
               alone
               ;
               ---
               Glory
               not
               therefore
               in
               multitudes
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               not
               the
               multitude
               but
               the
               cause
               that
               justifieth
               or
               condemneth
               ?
            
             Also
             whether
             we
             may
             not
             also
             conclude
             ,
             that
             many
             are
             of
             the
             universal
             Church
             ,
             which
             do
             not
             communicate
             with
             us
             or
             your selves
             ?
             and
             yet
             whether
             the
             separation
             from
             many
             Pedobaptists
             will
             not
             justifie
             our
             separation
             from
             you
             more
             clearly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             46.
             
             
               Whether
               they
               can
               possibly
               hop●
               ,
               that
               ever
               the
               Church
               on
               Earth
               will
               unite
               upon
               their
               terms
               ,
               of
               rejecting
               all
               their
               Infants
               from
               the
               visible
               Church
               ,
               and
               renouncing
               all
               our
               Infant-Rights
               and
               Benefits
               conferred
               by
               the
               Baptismal
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             46.
             
             Whether
             this
             be
             in
             effect
             to
             say
             ,
             What
             will
             these
             feeble
             Jews
             do
             ?
             And
             why
             may
             we
             not
             hope
             that
             this
             great
             mistake
             of
             yours
             may
             vanish
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             that
             great
             mistake
             of
             Austin
             ,
             and
             the
             generality
             of
             men
             prosessing
             Christianity
             ,
             who
             brought
             Infants
             also
             to
             the
             Lords
             Table
             ,
             and
             that
             for
             many
             hundreds
             
             of
             years
             together
             ,
             and
             defended
             it
             by
             as
             plaufible
             reasons
             as
             any
             you
             have
             for
             baptizing
             them
             ?
             Could
             God
             reform
             so
             great
             and
             general
             an
             errour
             ,
             forced
             on
             by
             Learning
             and
             Authority
             of
             eminent
             men
             ;
             And
             shall
             we
             think
             this
             thing
             only
             too
             hard
             for
             God
             ▪
             our
             small
             number
             shall
             not
             make
             us
             doubt
             ,
             for
             we
             know
             God
             doth
             great
             things
             by
             small
             means
             .
             And
             what
             Baptismal
             grace
             do
             we
             desire
             you
             to
             renounce
             ,
             when
             we
             only
             defire
             you
             to
             mend
             an
             errour
             ;
             Did
             the
             twelve
             disciples
             ,
             Acts
             19.
             renounce
             any
             baptismal
             grace
             ,
             when
             (
             according
             to
             the
             Interpretation
             of
             the
             Ancients
             )
             they
             were
             baptized
             again
             ?
             
               Surely
               Reformation
               is
               no
               errour
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             47.
             
             
               And
               whether
               if
               they
               continue
               to
               the
               Worlds
               end
               to
               separate
               from
               almost
               all
               the
               Churches
               and
               unchurch
               them
               ,
               their
               Employment
               will
               not
               be
               still
               to
               serve
               the
               great
               Enemy
               of
               Love
               and
               Concord
               ,
               against
               the
               Lord
               of
               Love
               and
               Peace
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               Profperity
               of
               Faith
               and
               Godliness
               ,
               and
               against
               the
               welfare
               of
               the
               Church
               and
               Souls
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               scandal
               and
               hardning
               of
               the
               ungodly
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             47.
             
             Whether
             the
             separation
             is
             not
             justly
             chargeable
             upon
             those
             which
             cause
             divisions
             and
             offences
             ,
             by
             asserting
             and
             maintaining
             such
             errours
             ,
             as
             being
             admitted
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             God
             must
             be
             corrupted
             ,
             or
             laid
             aside
             ?
             and
             whether
             these
             are
             not
             the
             men
             ,
             that
             (
             at
             least
             unawares
             )
             serve
             the
             design
             of
             the
             great
             enemy
             ,
             and
             whether
             you
             are
             not
             guilty
             of
             the
             fault
             wherewith
             you
             would
             charge
             us
             ?
          
        
         
           
             P●esbyterian
             .
          
           
             48.
             
             
               Whether
               too
               many
               well-meaning
               ,
               but
               weak
               Christians
               ,
               are
               not
               disaffected
               to
               lawful
               and
               warrantable
               things
               in
               the
               Worship
               of
               God
               ,
               meerly
               because
               they
               see
               such
               as
               are
               ungodly
               use
               and
               own
               them
               ?
               And
               whether
               if
               God
               should
               but
               let
               us
               have
               a
               King
               and
               other
               Rulers
               ,
               that
               were
               against
               Infant-Baptism
               ,
               and
               singing
               of
               Psalmes
               ,
               &c.
               and
            
             
             
               would
               make
               Laws
               for
               their
               own
               way
               ,
               and
               impose
               it
               on
               others
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               ungodly
               multitude
               should
               fall
               in
               with
               them
               ,
               it
               would
               not
               presently
               cure
               many
               that
               are
               now
               for
               such
               Opinions
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu.
             48.
             
             Whether
             many
             ,
             but
             weak
             Christians
             ,
             would
             hold
             to
             the
             errou●
             of
             Infant-sprinkling
             ,
             but
             meerly
             because
             J.
             B.
             and
             Mr.
             
               Baxter
               ,
               &c.
            
             do
             so
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             be
             not
             as
             much
             weakness
             of
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             as
             the
             case
             put
             by
             you
             on
             the
             other
             ?
             and
             whether
             both
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             amend●d
             ?
             And
             whether
             the
             latter
             part
             of
             this
             Query
             do
             not
             shew
             ,
             that
             to
             follow
             the
             greatest
             number
             is
             not
             always
             the
             best
             way
             ?
             And
             why
             then
             would
             you
             discourage
             us
             by
             our
             Paucity
             ?
             And
             whether
             such
             Confiderations
             might
             not
             have
             discouraged
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             seeing
             they
             were
             to
             alter
             the
             state
             of
             Religion
             in
             the
             Jewish
             Church
             ,
             yea
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             world
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             49.
             
             
               Whether
               Mr.
            
             Baxter
             
               in
               the
               second
               and
               third
               part
               of
               that
               his
               second
               defence
               of
               our
               Infants
               Rights
               ,
               have
               not
               sufficiently
               detected
               the
               great
               and
               notorious
               untruths
               in
               Fact
               and
               History
               ,
               wherewith
               Mr.
               H.
            
             D.
             
               Treatise
               of
               Baptism
               ,
               and
               Reply
               to
               Mr.
            
             Willes
             
               is
               fully
               stuffed
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Baptist
             .
          
           
             Antiqu
             ,
             49.
             
             Whether
             Mr.
             D.
             and
             Mr.
             Tombes
             have
             not
             sufficiently
             detected
             Mr.
             Baxters
             mistakes
             in
             many
             of
             his
             Works
             〈◊〉
             Infant-baptism
             .
             and
             particularly
             in
             Mr.
             Tombes
             his
             
               Felo
               de
               se
            
             .
             Also
             whether
             Mr.
             Wills
             exceptions
             against
             Mr.
             D.
             are
             not
             well
             foiled
             by
             Mr.
             D.
             in
             his
             twofold
             Defence
             of
             his
             Treatise
             of
             Baptism
             ;
             And
             whether
             Mr.
             Baxter
             did
             ever
             yet
             ,
             or
             ever
             will
             accept
             of
             Mr.
             Tombes
             his
             serious
             Challenge
             lately
             made
             in
             these
             words
             .
          
           
             
               I
               Challenge
               him
               to
               set
               down
               distinctly
               his
            
             Theses
             ,
             
               concerning
               the
               Grace
               he
               meanes
               ,
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               what
               and
               whose
               it
               is
               ,
               how
               it
               is
               bap
               ,
               iswal
               ,
               what
               are
               the
               rights
               and
               benefits
               conferred
               to
               Infants
            
             
             
               by
               it
               ,
               using
               words
               in
               their
               proper
               sence
               and
               genuine
               notions
               ,
               and
               then
               without
               Questions
               ,
               Exclamations
               ,
               Flirts
               ,
               Suppositions
               improved
               ,
               set
               down
               his
               Scriptures
               ,
               and
               form
               his
               Arguments
               substantially
               ---
               and
               then
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               learned
               and
               accurate
               Disputants
               will
               see
               his
               folly
               ,
               &c.
            
             Postscript
             
               to
               Mr.
            
             D.
             
               second
               Reply
            
             p.
             267.
             
          
        
         
           
             Presbyterian
             .
          
           
             Query
             50.
             
             
               Whether
               the
               Anabaptists
               schism
               ,
               or
               separation
               from
               Communion
               with
               our
               Churches
               be
               not
               worse
               yet
               then
               their
               simple
               Opinion
               ?
               And
               whether
               it
               be
               not
               desirable
               ,
               and
               possible
               ,
               that
               some
               may
               be
               found
               out
               ,
               and
               terms
               laid
               down
               ,
               in
               which
               good
               and
               sober
               men
               on
               both
               sides
               would
               agree
               and
               hold
               Communion
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             Baptist.
             
          
           
             Antiqu.
             50.
             
             Whether
             the
             Papists
             may
             not
             on
             fairer
             Grounds
             Query
             thus
             with
             the
             Protestantt
             ,
             then
             you
             can
             do
             with
             us
             ,
             especially
             when
             the
             Cause
             you
             manage
             against
             us
             is
             so
             doubtful
             in
             the
             judgement
             of
             its
             best
             friends
             ▪
             as
             we
             shewed
             in
             our
             Preface
             ;
             and
             here
             we
             shall
             further
             add
             what
             Mr.
             Y.
             notes
             in
             his
             first
             Reply
             ,
             p.
             126.
             
             Mr.
             Chillingworth
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             in
             his
             Answer
             to
             
             Knot
             's
             
               Charity
               maintain'd
            
             ,
             part
             .
             1.
             c.
             3.
             
             §
             .
             44.
             p.
             152.
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               doctrine
               of
               Infant-baptism
               is
               of
               that
               sort
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               Scripture
               is
               silent
               .
            
             And
             the
             Oxford-Divines
             ,
             in
             their
             Reasons
             os
             the
             present
             Judgement
             of
             the
             University
             ,
             
               &c.
               June
            
             1.
             1674.
             
             Do.
             sect
             .
             4.
             p.
             9.
             say
             ,
             
               That
               without
               the
               Consent
               ,
               Judgment
               and
               Practice
               of
               the
               universal
               Church
               ,
            
             (
             which
             they
             distinguish
             from
             the
             Scriptures
             )
             
               they
               should
               be
               at
               a
               loss
               when
               they
               are
               called
               upon
               for
               proof
               of
               the
               baptizing
               Infants
               .
            
             Now
             this
             considered
             with
             what
             Dr.
             Taylor
             saith
             ,
             
               Dissuasive
               from
               Popery
            
             ,
             p.
             118.
             
             
               That
               it
               is
               certain
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               universal
               or
               prime
               Tradition
            
             for
             baptizing
             infants
             ,
             then
             whether
             you
             may
             not
             more
             securely
             forbear
             baptizing
             your
             Infants
             ,
             till
             endowed
             with
             knowledge
             and
             faith
             ,
             then
             to
             do
             it
             without
             .
             And
             in
             the
             mean
             time
             retain
             your
             opinion
             about
             their
             being
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             and
             let
             Christs
             Ministers
             or
             your selves
             pray
             for
             them
             after
             the
             example
             of
             Christ
             .
             And
             whether
             this
             might
             not
             be
             a
             more
             likely
             
             way
             for
             a
             lasting
             Peace
             between
             the
             Baptists
             and
             the
             Pedobaptists
             ,
             and
             more
             consonant
             to
             the
             Scriptures
             then
             the
             way
             propounded
             by
             you
             ?
          
           
             And
             seeing
             it
             shall
             come
             into
             your
             hearts
             to
             make
             some
             Overtures
             for
             peace
             ,
             we
             desire
             you
             would
             prosecute
             that
             needful
             Work.
             And
             whether
             it
             may
             not
             better
             be
             done
             by
             personal
             Conference
             in
             a
             friendly
             and
             Christian
             manner
             ,
             then
             by
             writing
             Books
             one
             to
             another
             .
             And
             whether
             the
             Baptists
             have
             not
             offered
             this
             ,
             and
             bin
             rejected
             by
             you
             in
             such
             their
             tenders
             of
             friendship
             ?
          
           
             May
             these
             Queries
             and
             Antiqueries
             have
             an
             effectual
             tendency
             to
             the
             increase
             of
             Love
             and
             Chirstian
             Friendship
             ,
             and
             if
             not
             ,
             whether
             it
             had
             not
             been
             better
             they
             had
             been
             unwritten
             ?
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Postscript
           .
        
         
           Shewing
           that
           Infant-baptism
           is
           contrary
           to
           the
           Command
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           REceiving
           lately
           in
           Writing
           a
           Proposition
           from
           a
           Minister
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           which
           I
           sent
           him
           certain
           Arguments
           ,
           to
           prove
           what
           is
           denied
           in
           the
           said
           Proposition
           ;
           I
           shall
           here
           offer
           the
           same
           to
           Consideration
           .
           The
           Proposition
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Prop.
               
            
             
               Infant-baptism
               is
               not
               contrary
               to
               the
               Command
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Contra.
               
            
             
               Infant-baptism
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               Command
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             1.
             
          
           
             If
             Infant-baptism
             be
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             of
             divine
             Institution
             ,
             
          
           
             But
             Infant-baptism
             is
             not
             of
             divine
             Institution
             ,
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Major
               is
               true
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               only
               one
               Baptism
               instituted
               by
               Christ
               .
               The
               Minor
               is
               true
               ,
               because
               no
               man
               can
               shew
               any
               divine
               Institution
               of
               Infant-baptism
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             2.
             
          
           
             If
             infant-baptism
             be
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             it
             agrees
             with
             Christs
             Commission
             
             for
             the
             perpetuity
             of
             Baptism
             ,
             Mat.
             28.
             19.
             
          
           
             But
             Infant-baptism
             is
             not
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Commission
             from
             the
             perpetuity
             of
             Baptism
             ,
             Mat.
             28.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Major
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             Christ
             commanded
             nothing
             contrary
             to
             his
             own
             Commission
             .
             The
             Minor
             is
             true
             ,
             sith
             no
             man
             can
             shew
             any
             Agreement
             between
             the
             Commission
             and
             Infant-baptism
             .
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             3.
             
          
           
             If
             infant
             baptism
             be
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             agreeable
             to
             the
             practice
             
             of
             the
             Apostolical
             Churches
             ,
          
           
             But
             infant-baptism
             is
             not
             agreeable
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Apostolical
             Churches
             .
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Major
             i●
             true
             ,
             because
             the
             Apostolical
             Church
             did
             observe
             all
          
           
           
             that
             Christ
             commanded
             in
             the
             case
             of
             baptism
             .
             The
             Minor
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             no
             man
             can
             shew
             ,
             the
             Apostolical
             churches
             did
             baptize
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Infant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             4.
             
          
           
             If
             infant-baptism
             be
             not
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             
             of
             Christ
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             the
             baptism
             of
             Repentance
             for
             Remission
             of
             sin
             .
          
           
             But
             infant-baptism
             is
             not
             the
             baptism
             of
             repentance
             for
             remission
             of
             sins
             ;
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Major
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             christ
             commanded
             no
             baptism
             ,
             but
             the
             baptism
             of
             repentance
             for
             Remission
             of
             sins
             ,
          
           Acts
           2.
           38.
           and
           Eph.
           4.
           5.
           
           
             The
             Minor
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             Infants
             have
             all
             the
             Remission
             needful
             in
             Infancy
             ,
             without
             repentance
             ,
             else
             they
             can
             have
             no
             Remission
             .
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             5.
             
          
           
             That
             which
             hath
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             ,
             and
             naturally
             
             tends
             wholly
             to
             make
             void
             the
             baptism
             commanded
             by
             Christ
             ,
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             But
             infant-baptism
             hath
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             ,
             and
             naturally
             tends
             wholly
             to
             make
             void
             the
             baptism
             commanded
             by
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Major
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             Christ
             commands
             nothing
             to
             make
             void
             his
             own
             command
             .
             The
             Minor
             is
             true
             ,
             for
             where
             Infant-baptism
             is
             generally
             rcceived
             ,
             there
             believers
             baptism
             ceaseth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Arg.
             6.
             
          
           
             If
             infant-baptism
             be
             as
             unreasonable
             ,
             as
             to
             baptise
             
             persons
             when
             they
             are
             asleep
             or
             dead
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             But
             infant-baptism
             is
             as
             unreasonable
             as
             to
             baptize
             persons
             when
             they
             are
             asleep
             or
             dead
             .
          
           
             Ergo
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Major
           is
           true
           ,
           because
           Christ
           commanded
           nothing
           that
           is
           unreasonable
           ,
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           really
           so
           according
           to
           truth
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           mans
           judgement
           only
           .
           The
           Minor
           is
           true
           ,
           first
           becaufe
           those
           who
           baptize
           Infant●
           do
           usually
           do
           it
           when
           they
           are
           a●leep
           ;
           
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           the
           Grounds
           usually
           insisted
           on
           for
           infantbaptism
           ,
           will
           as
           well
           justifie
           the
           baptizing
           Persons
           asleep
           or
           dead
           ;
           ●
           mean
           ,
           such
           only
           as
           have
           known
           and
           believed
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ;
           yea
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           may
           seem
           (
           according
           to
           Interpreters
           ,
           to
           hint
           some
           such
           thing
           to
           have
           been
           done
           in
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           and
           he
           not
           approve
           it
           )
           but
           no
           such
           intimation
           touching
           any
           Infant
           .
        
         
           
             Arg.
             7.
             
          
           
             That
             practice
             which
             renders
             the
             practice
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             true
             followers
             ,
             (
             who
             were
             
             baptized
             in
             Rivers
             ,
             or
             much
             water
             )
             superfluous
             or
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             which
             agreeth
             not
             with
             the
             word
             baptize
             ,
             when
             used
             in
             the
             New
             Testament
             to
             express
             the
             Act
             done
             in
             that
             Ordinance
             ,
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             But
             the
             sprinkling
             of
             Infants
             now
             used
             by
             the
             Presbyterians
             ,
             renders
             the
             practice
             of
             Christ
             and
             his
             true
             followers
             ,
             (
             who
             were
             baptized
             in
             Rivers
             or
             much
             water
             )
             supersluous
             or
             ridiculous
             ,
             and
             agreeth
             not
             with
             the
             signification
             of
             the
             word
             Baptize
             ,
             when
             used
             to
             express
             (
             according
             to
             the
             New
             Testament
             )
             the
             Act
             done
             in
             that
             Ordinance
             .
          
           
             Ergi
             ,
             Infant-baptism
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             command
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           
             T●e
             Major
             is
             evident
             ,
             because
             Christ
             would
             command
             nothing
             to
             reflect
             dishonour
             upon
             his
             own
             practice
             ,
          
        
         
           
             The
             Minor
             is
             true
             ,
             because
             if
             sprinkling
             a
             little
             water
             on
             the
             face
             only
             be
             su●ficient
             ,
             then
             immersion
             or
             dipping
             in
             the
             River
             must
             needs
             be
             superfluous
             ,
             &c.
             neither
             can
             the
             word
             Baptize
             and
             Rantize
             ,
             with
             any
             equity
             of
             speech
             or
             good
             sence
             ,
             be
             used
             to
             ezpress
             the
             same
             action
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           though
           we
           justly
           refuse
           infant-baptism
           ,
           because
           no
           man
           can
           prove
           it
           commanded
           by
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           that
           we
           may
           more
           effectually
           perswade
           our
           Countreymen
           ,
           to
           admit
           of
           the
           restoration
           of
           this
           Ordinance
           to
           pristine
           integrity
           ,
           we
           have
           offered
           these
           Arguments
           to
           shew
           how
           contrary
           to
           Christs
           Command
           is
           that
           darling
           Tradition
           os
           Pedobaptism
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41786-e7880
           
             From
             the
             institution
             of
             baptism
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             institution
             of
             Bapt●sm
             
          
           
             From
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             first
             Church
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             necessity
             of
             Repentance
             ,
             where
             sin
             is
             washed
             away
             baptismally
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             ill
             consequence
             of
             Infant-baptism
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             unreasonableness
             therof
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             dishonour
             i●
             offereth
             to
             Christs
             practice
             .