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With fome in Times paft, whom one of the Fathers (i. e. T?^^
iuli ian) cvh by the n^imit o( Lucifug^e Scripturarum, c:^^. Flyers
from rh'^.Lisht of the Scripture (as Bats do from the light of
the Sim ; What is the reafon, Gentlemen, you will not endure
to hear the Commiflion opened p Will you fly from the
Light of the Commidion ofour Lord and Saviour JefusChrift?
Is it not the Suhjeft contained in the Queftion ; And will you
(or dare you) deny that what I have faid is in the Commiflion?
Mr. Leigh. We fay not fo. •
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Dr Rufel. Tf you fhould, you would dire£lly cppofe Mr.
Calvin. Von he faith, There is no fjtcntion made of Infants in the
CommiJJton, as it is exprefs'd either in Matth. 28. or Mark \6.
And further faith, we may as well apply thofe words in 2 Thejf.-:^.
10. That if any would not vpork, neither Jhould he eat : To little
Infants, and 10 keep them from Food till they ftarve, as to
apply what is faid in the Commiflion to them, whereas it belongs
only to the Ad-lt.
A/r. Rchinfon This is not to the purpofe, what have we to do
with what Mr. Calvin fays ?
Dr. Ruffel. I did not know but you might have had a Veneration
for Mr. Calvin j but feeing it's ctherwife, I will thus
Argue from the Commiflion.
If there be an exprefs Command in our Lord's Commiflion
for the baptizing of fome Perfons, and there be no exprefs
Command neither there nor elfewhere, for the baptizing of
Infants ;. then the Baptifm of Infants is r.ct contained in
that Commiflion :
Mr. Rohinfon, We fay though —
Dr. Rtijfet What again Mr. Robinfon ? muft I always be thus
broke in upon by you ? What is the meaning of it ? When
you fee you are like to be pinched upon an Argument, then
you make it your bufinefs to hinder me from fpsaking: Doth
this become a: Moderator ?
I beg ! may have Liberty to fpeak our, and not be thus taken
up in the midft of an Argument. Pray, Sir, remember
what the Wife-man faith of fuch a one, that anfwei;s a matter
before he hears it.
I fay, if there be an exprefs Command in our Lord's Coiamiffion
for the baptizing of fome Perfons, and there be no
exprefs Commahd neither there nor elfewhere for the baptizing
of Infants ; then the Baptifm of Infants is not contained
in that Commiffion :
But there is an exprefs Command in out Lord's CommiflioH
for the baptizing of fome Perfons ; and there is no exprefs
Command either there or elfewhere for the Baptizipg of Infants:
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