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The Dedication.<br />
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i. IwoHldmakf this farther Kemark upon it, That the Reafon<br />
why hetooktks method vas, became he was mnahle to provt<br />
what he ha4 afferted : for i„ me of his Sermom he thptsfpeahs -<br />
But that I may proceed with the greater clearnefg, I ftall do<br />
thefe things J firft, prove from Scripture the W arrantabknefs<br />
of Infant-Baptifm, &c. AU to m^ke his Jffcrtion ^od ^<br />
cjtes theCommffion, Matth. 28. ,9. for thrBM^theM.<br />
fmts ofbelievmg Parents. And argues ufon it, that hfiitles<br />
Thereto be Baptt^ed; and {faith h%) we luve'a piab<br />
thatfuch infants Text<br />
are Difciples,/..Aas 15. 10 And It<br />
cur Saviour fanh Go make Difciples, baptizing them it<br />
^uftbeunderftoodoffHch Infants. Mw alto his fmlnce<br />
fromms 15. 10. we didjufficiently enervate that. AndZ<br />
f^theCommfon, Mr. Uighdoth confefs (as well as Mr<br />
Chandler ) that n tsa Command, and that the Command is<br />
expreftd. Pig 2y. y4ndfarther faith, in p^g. 28, We mull all<br />
confers that Jefus Chritt gave Commiffion to BaptizTfielie<br />
vers when at the Age of maturity ; but afterwards ItheS<br />
dren of thofe Believers. Tet when Mr. Chandler<br />
S',<br />
arjwer my firfi- Argnment, he affirms, That Chrift bfth no<br />
where exprefly commanded Infants to be Baptized.<br />
Se7p6<br />
And,ffo, then Infants cannot he intended, either in that Commt/Jion,<br />
or any other place where there is a Command in<br />
SmptmeforBapt^fm.<br />
aiy<br />
So that he needs no other Qonflmion<br />
4. As for their Confe^ttenc'es which they werefo defin„s to<br />
them to WJof-<br />
have a Grantfrom me that I would allow<br />
n s very ohfervable, that<br />
f<br />
they can do ar.y thing that Jy %')<br />
tton,<br />
but have referved them in their own Breafts, as the Vott<br />
tJ:ZZT"^''-'^'T^-, ^"'^^'^ 'hejfhouldthilkfkt<br />
thTLtu tl ''""'"'"^ "f'^'r '^""^ of their' PraEiice,<br />
they<br />
when<br />
tell thern there tsno exfrefs Command in Script.r for h<br />
>tHd pretend only they h^e feme Confe^uences toprove tby<br />
yet a«d<br />
refufeto tell what thefe '^^"'V Confequences are, it s beyond m<br />
that<br />
iTsKT-f {""'"H''<br />
Ian take up aZ<br />
that Infants are capable to be made Difciples hj the MiniBry of<br />
Men, accordtngto ChrifiS Commit ! they'nil TiUftel^<br />
thereof)
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