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thtte rpolceft of ( Hi IS already proved ) are ciill'd Dlfciptes 5
that therefore Infants, who are neither cxprefT^d, nor inffen«
^ed, muft be fo called. For Mr. Leigh hath allowed the DiftinSIon
betwixt the Subj efts, and the Manner.
Mr. Leigh. Read the firft Verfe, and you will find, that
there came Men from Jtide»,^ thfir taught the (ientil^ Church
that believed, Thar unlefs they wire cu'cumc (fed alter th^
Manner qf Mofes, they could not be faved ,
&c. It was the
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Yoke of Circumcifion here intended..
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Whereupon b^r. H'^Jliams 'did deny, th^t. barely fcircumci?
fiort was that intolerable Yoke, which neither they, nor their
Fathers were able to bear , that- is there fpoken of by JPeter,
For Circumcifion, barely cbnfidered Children of Eight Day ^
old were able to bear it, and did bear if
\ But Circumcidon, as it ol?liged to the Law in Point of Jufllfication,
w^s th;5t intolerable Yojce, wKich neither th^y, nor
their Fathers were able to bear. For the Apoftle tells the Gi^
Utians, Tfiat if they wers citcumfcifed , Chrift fHould profit
them nothing ; and that they were bound to keep th6 whol^
Law.
Now, aJthb' Circumcifion, barely 6onfidered, might be idpofed
on Infants ;
yet the falfe Doftrine in which that intolerable
Yoke did cbrifift, together with Circumci lion, 6ould not
be impofed on Children.
Befides, that Circumcifion, after the Mariner of MoJeSy did
not refpeft the Subjefts, but^the Form. Ic w.is the Brethren
that were the SubjeQis the falfe Teachers would have had tq
have been circumcifed afrisr the Manner of Mojes ; arfiongfl
ivhich, Children could ndt be numbred,
, For, 17?. They were fuch Brethren that had received tfc^
Holy Ghoft.
2i/>. They had purified their Hearts by Faitli.
,^^cily. They wdrie fuch thit from among the Gentiles ^ere
turned to God.
Then they went off alfd fr^m this, Jlnd faid, Infants Sr^
part of a Nation, and therefore might be baprized.
Ur. tVilliam replied, Though Children are part of a Na«
tion; yet not of a Natiorj modifyM according to Ghrift^s
Commidion.
Whereupon their Moderatot faid, He thought Mr tVilUm
iw^ hid but little Academical Learning.
Mr. Williams replied, Me was warned by thi Wt?rd, W
hdve i care of vain Philofophy. And prefently demaiided,'
what was the Antecedent to the Relative thshtf ill the Cditi"
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