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Infant
Baptism
With
an
Appeal
to
his
Conscience
about
the
same
.
That
the
words
of
shew
it
was
long
before
all
were
agreed
of
the
time
or
Necessity
of
Baptizing
Infants
before
the
use
of
Reason
,
in
case
they
were
like
to
live
to
Maturity
.
It
was
thought
less
needful
to
give
it
a
particular
express
mention
in
the
Records
and
History
of
the
Church
[
viz.
in
his
H.
Danvers
Matth. 5.11 . And shall say all manner of evil against you falsly for my names sake .
Job 16.10 . They have gaped upon me with their mouths , and have smote me upon the cheek reproachfully .
Psal. 119.42 . I shall have wherewithal to answer him that reproacheth me , for I trust in thy word .
Francis
Smith
3d.
Triumvir
Albertus
,
Sericius
May
1674.
Vindiciae
,
That
he
must
acquaint
me
that
I
having
treated
him
with
so
much
rudeness
in
what
is
past
,
that
he
had
little
heart
to
have
any
more
to
do
with
me
,
unless
he
see
better
cause
,
and
gives
me
security
of
his
Silence
for
the
future
,
to
any
of
my
Contradictions
,
there
being
no
gaping
against
an
oven
,
and
silence
is
accounted
the
best
answer
to
such
as
super-add
contumacy
to
their
mistakes
.
That
he
loves
me
as
a
Brother
though
erring
,
and
had
much
rather
convince
then
shame
me
,
advising
me
to
leave
tossing
the
Ball
of
contention
,
Mat.
18.
1.
Cent.
That
they
find
Examples
in
the
of
the
Acts
for
the
Baptizing
of
adult
Believers
,
hut
of
Bap●izing
of
Infants
they
read
of
no
Example
That
there
are
no
particular
Examples
for
Infants
Baptism
upon
Record
,
the
same
as
generally
Apostles
Writings
such
thing
Scripture
Story
▪
2.
Cent.
Baptized
in
this
Age
a
profession
of
Faith
Justin
Martyrs
Apology
Clem●nt
.
Alexandrinus
That
the
Order
lays
down
,
respected
the
reception
of
Aliens
to
Baptism
,
Treat
p.
I
will
declare
unto
you
how
we
offer
up
our selves
to
God
after
we
are
renewed
through
Christ
,
the
one
the
other
altogether
for
Believers
,
and
not
for
Infants
Baptism
.
the
one
the
other
the
one
the
other
Believers
Baptism
,
Novelty
Infants
Baptism
Ancient
Fathers
Austin
,
Chrysostom
the
one
the
other
willingly
omit
Primitive
Antiquity
born
Child
Infants
Baptism
3.
Cen.
Tertullian
,
Origen
Treat
.
p.
Saints
Rest
who
lived
in
the
do
all
of
them
affirm
,
That
in
the
Primitive
times
none
were
Baptized
without
an
express
Covenanting
,
wherein
they
renounced
the
World
;
Flesh
,
and
Devil
,
and
engaged
themselves
to
Christ
,
and
promised
to
obey
him
.
part
.
p.
That
the
do
tell
us
,
Thaet
in
this
age
opposed
himself
to
some
that
asserted
Infants
Baptism
,
affirming
,
That
the
Adult
were
only
proper
Subjects
.
Believers
Baptism
Sick
Children
Dying
Children
might
be
Baptized
Dying
Persons
Taylor
Treat
.
p.
Sayings
of
Fathers
Decrees
of
Councils
Children
of
Believers
unbaptized
till
aged
,
That
some
of
these
Doctors
were
corrupt
in
other
things
,
That
some
of
them
asserted
Infants
Baptism
was
spurious
from
than
I
heard
Baptism
is
the
Seal
of
Faith
,
but
Faith
is
the
confession
of
the
Diety
;
for
First
he
ought
to
believe
,
and
after
to
be
Sealed
with
Baptism
.
is
rightly
rendred
That
what
is
urged
for
the
necessity
of
Faith
to
precede
Baptism
,
respected
the
Adult
,
that
some
were
for
the
Baptism
of
Infants
,
who
were
not
capable
to
make
Confession
Si
aliquid
periculi
immineat
Carthaginian
,
Laodicean
Teaching
,
Confession
of
Faith
free
choice
That
these
Decrees
respected
the
Adult
That
the
Council
of
Decreed
also
for
Exorcism
,
and
giving
the
Eucharist
to
dying
Persons
,
and
Penance
Neocesarean
Council
He
had
as
much
cause
to
question
,
whether
there
was
any
such
Council
,
as
I
had
to
question
Bishops
Names
the
Original
Greek
,
Determining
as
he
saith
,
that
none
ought
to
be
Baptized
without
giving
an
account
of
their
Faith
,
and
desiring
the
same
,
Authentick
Authority
,
when
viz.
Bazel
,
Gregory
,
Nazianzen
,
Ambrose
,
Chrysostom
,
Jerom
,
Austin
,
Nectarius
,
Constantine
,
Valentinian
,
viz.
Constantine
he
will
not
contend
with
me
,
but
for
them
he
doubts
whether
their
Parents
were
Christian
,
and
Mr.
may
have
been
of
my
mind
,
viz.
That
in
these
fi●st
times
none
were
Baptized
without
prefession
of
Faith
,
Strabo
Rhevanus
Rupertus
Boemus
Children
of
the
Church
Children
of
the
Church
were
not
Baptized
till
aged
Adult
Baptism
was
the
only
necessary
Baptism
in
these
times
,
Yet
again
I
will
confess
,
That
the
words
of
Mr.
B's
that
it
was
long
before
all
were
agreed
of
the
very
time
,
or
of
the
necessity
of
Baptizing
Infants
before
any
use
of
reason
,
in
case
they
were
like
to
live
to
Maturity
,
for
I
am
perswaded
,
that
the
Apostles
and
first
Ministers
were
so
taken
up
with
the
Converting
of
Infidels
,
Jews
and
Gentiles
,
that
the
case
of
Infant
Baptism
was
so
post-poned
,
and
taken
up
as
an
Appendix
to
the
Baptism
of
the
Adult
,
as
that
it
was
thought
less
needful
to
give
it
a
particular
express
mention
in
the
Records
and
History
of
the
Church
.
the
lye
Infants
Baptism
Records
and
History
of
the
Church
for
,
Wills
daubery
silly
Wranglings
nothing
in
the
Records
of
Church
History
,
Infant
was
Baptized
Church
Ordinance
Treat
.
p.
Infants
Baptism
5.
Cent.
regenerate
,
take
away
save
the
Soul
Carthaginian
Councils
Milevitan
Council
Strabo
,
Luther
,
Grotius
appointing
of
Gossips
to
confess
Faith
,
and
profess
repentance
in
the
name
and
stead
of
the
Child
before
Baptism
,
Lud.
Vives
l.
That
none
were
Baptized
of
old
but
those
of
age
,
who
did
not
only
understand
what
the
Water
meant
,
but
desired
the
same
;
the
perfect
Image
whereof
we
have
yet
in
our
Infants
Baptism
;
for
it
is
ask'd
of
the
Infant
,
wilt
thou
be
Baptized
?
for
whom
the
Sureties
answer
,
I
will
.
Austin
,
Chrysostom
vind.
Mr.
brings
Testimony
for
Adult
Baptism
foom
Paedobaptists
,
and
It
seems
astrange
design
to
all
that
I
have
spoken
with
about
the
same
,
that
he
should
offer
to
bring
,
&c.
against
Infant
Baptism
,
so
making
the
Fathers
to
contradict
themselves
,
and
for
which
I
rebuke
him
.
But
he
takes
much
pains
to
vindicate
himself
,
in
which
undertaking
I
find
him
so
full
of
Meanders
,
and
tedious
Circumlocutions
,
that
I
judge
it
not
worth
the
while
to
follow
him
.
those
Authorities
John
a
Leyden
Beringarians
,
Wickliffians
That
I
silently
pass
by
what
the
do
expresly
say
was
in
use
in
the
That
adult
Persons
of
both
Sexes
,
and
also
Infants
were
Baptized
,
Origens
Hom.
on
Leviticus
,
and
Cyprians
Epist.
to
Fidus
,
Baptizabantur
autem
in
utroque
sexu
adulti
simul
&
infantes
,
That
adult
Persons
of
both
Sexes
and
Infants
were
Baptized
.
Nam
de
Infantibus
Baptizandis
Origines
Homil
in
leviticum
,
Ecclesiam
ait
traditionem
accepisse
ab
Apostolis
:
Et
Cyprianus
For
concerning
the
Baptizing
of
Children
,
Homily
on
saith
,
That
the
Church
received
it
as
a
Tradition
from
the
Apopostles
,
and
Epistle
in
his
Book
to
Contra
quod
tamen
etiam
censuit
in
lib.
de
Bapt.
Notwithstanding
thought
otherwise
in
his
Book
of
Baptism
,
Treat
.
p.
Reply
p.
Testimony
examined
Vossius
,
Scultetus
,
Erasmus
Origen
,
viz.
Vind.
We
see
by
what
is
said
,
That
we
have
Infants
Baptism
owned
,
as
from
the
Apostles
,
by
what
ev●r
becomes
on
the
and
translated
by
&c.
So
that
the
Fabreck
stands
yet
uprig●●
,
never
like
to
be
demolish'd
by
Mr.
●hat
ever
great
Exploits
he
hath
done
heretofore
in
the
days
of
his
Collonelship
.
viz.
None
of
the
reformed
Churches
can
pretend
this
Argument
for
this
opinion
:
Because
they
who
reject
Tradition
,
when
it
is
against
them
,
must
not
pretend
it
in
the
least
for
them
;
but
if
the
Topick
be
allowed
to
be
good
,
yet
how
will
it
be
verified
?
For
so
far
as
can
yet
appear
,
it
relies
wholly
upon
the
Testimony
of
for
from
him
had
it
,
a
Person
whom
all
other
Ages
have
condemned
of
Errors
,
and
whose
works
have
been
judged
so
spurious
.
And
that
it
was
the
opinion
of
the
Primitive
Church
,
That
Infants
ought
not
to
be
Baptized
,
is
cleer
,
faith
he
,
in
the
Canon
of
the
Council
of
determining
,
that
none
ought
to
be
Baptized
without
giving
an
account
of
their
Faith
,
and
desiring
the
same
.
Disswasive
against
Popery
viz.
That
there
is
a
Tradition
to
Baptize
Ynfants
relies
but
upon
Two
Witnesses
,
and
the
latter
having
received
it
from
the
former
,
it
relies
wholly
upon
a
single
Testimony
,
which
is
but
a
pittiful
Argument
to
prove
a
Tradition
Apostolical
,
he
is
the
first
that
spoke
it
,
but
that
was
before
him
seems
speak
against
,
which
he
would
not
have
done
,
if
it
bad
been
a
Tradition
Apostolical
,
and
that
it
was
not
so
,
it
is
but
too
certain
,
if
there
be
any
Truth
in
the
woriss
of
saying
,
that
anciently
none
were
Baptized
but
Persons
of
riper
Ages
.
2.
Cyprians
Cyprians
Ep.
Stephens
,
Daylle
,
Erasmus
Childrens
Baptism
,
by
such
Childish
Reasons
.
Austin
,
Innocent
But
holy
saith
Mr.
tells
us
,
as
More
Proofs
an
eminent
worthy
,
a
great
Father
and
Pillar
of
the
Church
,
and
ought
not
to
be
slighted
.
Apostle
to
us
Word
of
God
the
necessity
of
Exorcisms
,
the
Authority
of
Chair
,
Alms
to
take
away
sin
,
that
the
Administrator
gives
the
Spirit
in
the
act
of
Baptism
,
Perfusion
of
the
Clinici
,
Diluting
of
Wine
,
mingling
Water
with
it
Whether
there
is
not
good
cause
to
write
Antiquity
upon
Believers
,
and
Novelty
upon
Infants
Baptism
Antiquity
of
Believers
Baptism
Appellants
(
viz.
For
leaving
out
part
of
what
my
Authors
say
,
to
make
the
Sentence
more
for
my
purpose
;
and
for
which
he
gives
six
Instances
.
Nazianzen
,
viz.
That
a
Child
may
be
Baptized
,
si
aliquid
periculi
imminoat
,
if
any
thing
of
danger
happened
.
Vind.
p.
That
I
do
exclaim
against
him
for
Curtailing
that
Father
.
but
the
Judicious
Reader
may
understand
,
that
he
quarrels
at
me
without
cause
;
for
my
business
was
to
prove
,
That
Infant
Baptism
was
owned
in
that
Century
as
to
matter
of
Fact
,
and
not
to
discover
the
ground
of
it
,
or
to
enquire
in
what
Cases
it
was
done
;
and
therefore
he
might
have
spared
his
frivolous
Charge
about
that
matter
.
in
the
former
words
the
matter
of
fact
is
to
be
made
good
,
(
viz.
is
manifest
That
e●ery
Baptism
is
not
the
Baptism
intended
,
but
only
that
which
is
done
in
Christs
way
in
obedience
to
his
Rule
.
Milevitan
Council
Treat
.
p.
viz.
Ambrose
,
Nazianzen
,
Bazil
,
that
it
was
the
opinion
of
some
of
the
Fathers
,
That
it
is
fit
Infants
Baptism
should
be
deferred
:
And
how
comes
it
to
pass
,
that
there
is
not
the
least
tracing
or
footing
of
this
Custom
in
the
Church
of
Nay
,
whence
is
it
besides
,
that
they
will
not
so
much
as
endure
the
very
mention
of
it
,
and
would
abhor
the
Man
that
should
go
about
to
practise
it
,
Wills
,
Daille
That
some
were
of
opinion
,
That
elder
People
should
be
deferred
Baptism
,
as
well
as
Infants
,
agreeing
therein
,
saith
he
,
with
the
Anabaptists
,
That
out
of
Calvins
Institutes
That
it
is
no
where
expresly
mentioned
by
the
Evangelists
,
that
any
one
Child
was
by
the
Apostles
hands
Baptized
For
although
it
is
not
by
the
Evangelists
expresly
mentioned
:
That
Infants
Baptism
was
to
be
deduced
out
of
Scripture
,
Field
,
That
the
grounds
of
it
were
taken
out
of
Scripture
,
Estius
,
Ainsworth
the
external
Administration
of
the
Covenant
,
viz.
did
belong
to
and
his
Carnal
Seed
viz.
That
I
am
therein
guilty
of
much
dishonesty
,
and
that
it
is
such
an
unworthy
carriage
,
that
be
never
observed
the
like
in
any
man
.
John
Baptist
Heb.
p.
That
the
misapprehension
hereof
was
the
main
thing
that
confirmed
the
in
their
obstinacy
and
unbelief
,
that
being
only
a
peculiar
Priviledge
to
that
fleshly
Seed
,
for
the
bringing
forth
of
the
Messiah
into
the
World
,
and
that
when
he
was
come
,
that
Priviledge
fell
,
and
all
Ordinances
suited
thereto
,
expired
,
and
new
Ordinances
of
Worship
more
suitable
to
the
Gospel
were
appointed
,
Cat.
p.
Requiring
Regeneration
as
an
indispensible
condition
in
a
Member
of
his
Church
,
a
Subject
of
his
Kingdom
:
For
his
Temple
is
now
to
be
built
of
Living
Stones
,
viz.
Men
spiritually
,
and
savingly
quickned
,
from
their
Death
in
sin
by
the
Holy
Ghost
,
(
whereof
they
are
partakers
)
made
a
meet
Habitation
for
God
,
God
hath
appointed
Saints
to
be
the
seat
and
subject
of
all
his
Ordinances
,
having
granted
the
right
of
them
to
them
alone
,
For
it
cannot
be
,
that
the
Body
should
receive
that
Sacrament
of
Baptism
,
till
the
Soul
hath
before
received
the
verity
of
Faith
.
Estius
Ann.
Gen.
viz.
No
wonder
Mr.
D
mistakes
Latin
Authors
so
often
,
when
he
cannot
rightly
understand
those
that
are
in
English
.
D.
tells
us
,
the
Dr.
saith
signifies
an
Immersion
,
or
washing
of
the
whole
Body
,
and
answers
to
the
Hebrew
word
whereas
indeed
he
tells
us
,
That
signifies
the
washing
of
the
whole
Body
,
and
answers
to
That
the
word
(
as
it
differs
from
which
belongs
to
the
hands
or
feet
)
signifies
the
washing
of
the
whole
body
.
Thus
't
is
said
of
Eupolis
(
which
wrote
the
Tragedy
called
that
being
taken
and
thrown
into
the
Sea
and
so
the
Baptisms
of
Cups
,
in
the
end
of
this
Verse
is
putting
into
water
all
over
,
rincing
them
:
Two
words
there
are
used
by
the
Hebrews
for
washing
.
the
word
used
for
washing
hands
and
feet
onely
,
the
here
;
And
immersion
of
the
whole
body
,
to
which
As
the
Jews
call
those
Lakes
wherein
they
wash
themselves
so
in
the
Christian
Church
the
or
Vessel
which
contained
the
Baptismal
Water
is
oft
called
a
swimming
or
diving
place
John
in
token
of
the
resolved
change
of
the
Jews
,
put
them
into
the
Water
,
and
dipt
them
all
over
,
and
so
took
them
out
again
;
And
upon
the
sincerity
of
their
change
,
promised
them
remission
of
sins
.
Deo
dans
Vicentius
Victor
viz.
That
affirms
,
That
held
Infants
Baptism
[
parvulis
error
Calami
They
deem
them
sufficiently
cleans'd
and
holy
,
because
they
are
born
of
Holy
and
Christian
Parents
.
That
of
Translations
are
various
,
some
affect
in
their
Translations
to
follow
their
Author
to
have
the
very
foot-steps
of
the
words
they
translate
;
other
Translations
are
Metaphrastical
,
or
by
way
of
Paraphrase
they
expound
as
they
translate
;
thus
several
men
have
their
several
fancies
though
they
adhere
to
to
the
Author
which
they
translate
,
even
when
they
keep
not
in
all
things
to
his
words
gives
Instances
in
the
Septuagint
translations
,
whose
Testimony
I
need
not
name
to
you
.
A
very
plain
and
well
grounded
Treatise
concerning
Baptism
.
Baptizandos
peccatae
sua
confiteri
solitos
The
Baptized
were
wont
to
confess
their
sins
.
Helvicus
,
Anno
Hoc
vero
seculo
eundem
durasse
ex
constat
,
quaest.
It
appears
from
question
,
that
it
was
in
this
Age.
That
all
that
affirm
,
that
young
Children
receive
Everlasting
life
,
albeit
they
be
not
by
the
Sacrament
of
Grace
or
Baptism
renewed
.
That
the
Sacrament
of
Cristian
Grace
profits
not
little
Children
to
Everlasting
Life
.
Innocents
Decretal
Letter
which
he
reiurned
to
the
Council
Regia
Collect.
Tom.
Reg.
Collect.
collected
,
repeated
Milevitan
Council
Regia
Collectione
P.
Innocentius
attributed
divine
Honour
to
the
Popedom
,
Vol.
p.
Cyril
,
Chrysostom
,
Cretensis
,
Anselm
,
Ambrose
,
because
their
naked
Bodies
were
to
be
Baptized
,
and
not
the
Cloaths
,
why
they
Baptized
their
naked
Bodies
,
and
not
the
Cloaths
,
That
they
might
be
,
as
in
the
state
of
Innocency
first
Birth
nailed
to
the
Cross
Luther
de
Sacrament
.
Tom.
the
plain
and
well
grounded
Treatise
,
That
Baptism
is
the
Seal
of
Faith
.
viz.
lib.
Baptism
is
the
Seal
of
Faith
;
but
Faith
,
the
Confession
of
the
Deity
:
for
first
he
ought
to
believe
,
and
after
to
be
sealed
with
Baptism
.
That
the
do
not
say
,
it
was
the
universal
practise
to
Baptize
the
Adult
under
the
Cent.
as
I
affirm
they
do
.
viz.
Constantine
,
Nectarius
That
Baptism
of
it self
cannot
give
Grace
or
Regeneration
,
nor
can
work
any
such
cause
;
for
Water
,
he
saith
,
is
not
a
subject
either
capable
of
receiving
or
conveying
Grace
to
the
Soul
.
That
Baptism
can
be
no
such
cause
,
whereby
I
do
,
as
he
saith
,
attribute
Non-sence
and
Absurdity
to
him
;
and
that
there
is
neither
Innocency
nor
Truth
in
so
affixing
it
.
If
to
work
no
such
cause
,
That
as
there
is
no
Scripture
expresly
commanding
,
so
neither
is
there
any
Scripture
excluding
Infants
from
Baptism
,
nor
any
Scripture
that
saith
,
there
was
no
Infant
Baptized
,
That
Antiquity
it self
,
so
much
boasted
of
,
is
altogether
for
Believers
,
and
not
for
Infants
Baptism
,
notoriously
false
confuted
my self
in
owning
the
ancients
asserted
it
.
viz.
That
primitive
Antiquity
is
only
for
Believers
,
and
not
for
Infants
Baptism
;
and
the
Ancients
in
latter
,
not
former
Centuries
,
onely
for
Infants
Baptism
.
That
a
Child
that
dyed
unbaptized
,
was
taken
up
and
Christned
,
putting
in
the
Margent
a
dead
Child
Christned
;
the
Boy
was
not
taken
up
and
Baptized
Dead
;
but
after
he
came
to
life
again
,
he
was
Baptized
.
Is
puerum
sine
Baptismo
mortuum
resuscitarit
ex
mortuis
,
&
tandem
Baptizarit
,
That
a
Child
that
dyed
unbaptized
,
was
taken
up
and
Christned
[
a
dead
Child
Christned
to
raise
to
life
viz.
That
the
do
say
that
as
to
the
form
of
Baptism
,
added
to
the
Father
.
Son
,
and
Holy
Spirit
,
the
Virgin
viz.
I
baptize
thee
in
the
Name
of
the
Omnipotent
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Spirit
,
and
the
Blessed
Virgin
viz:
Male
ad
Formam
Baptismi
addidit
i
:
e.
wickedly
added
to
the
form
of
Baptism
:
I
Baptize
thee
in
the
Name
of
the
Omnipotent
Father
,
Son
,
and
Holy
Spirit
,
and
the
Blessed
is
as
true
,
as
that
a
Dead
Child
was
Baptized
,
and
that
Pope
was
the
first
Inventor
of
Baptism
,
and
Antiquity
altogether
for
Believers
,
and
not
for
Infants
Baptism
.
Taylor
Grotius
,
Strabo
he
therein
opposes
the
perpetual
and
agreeing
Doctrine
of
the
Church
of
God
de
Scintill
Rep.
Guitmond
my
calling
Circumcision
a
legal
Ordinance
,
when
as
he
saith
,
it
was
instituted
Years
before
the
Law
.
of
Circumcision
,
though
of
the
Fathers
,
yet
it
was
given
by
great
stress
P
:
Sericius
The
first
for
calling
the
National
Church
of
the
made
up
of
the
Carnal
Seed
,
a
Carnal
Church
,
who
had
Carnal
Ordinances
,
which
Blasphemy
to
affirm
which
is
to
be
understood
False
Doctrine
I
do
with
Dr.
say
,
Infants
have
neither
Habitual
nor
actuall
Faith
,
nor
are
Disciples
of
Christ
,
and
uncapable
of
Regeneration
,
so
consequently
of
Salvation
Preaching
,
Hearing
Receiving
of
the
Word
Converted
thereby
affirming
nothing
to
be
a
Seal
of
the
New
Covenant
,
but
the
Holy
Spirit
,
a
strange
Paradox
!
That
Infants
are
neither
capable
to
perform
Duties
,
nor
enjoy
Priviledges
,
viz.
page
viz.
Baptism
,
Lords
Supper
Hearing
the
Word
,
Church-watch
,
&c.
For
owning
Baptism
to
be
the
gate
of
Sacraments
,
That
the
New-Testament
Church
is
by
Christs
appointment
to
be
a
separated
people
,
consisting
only
of
the
Spiritual
Seed
of
wicked
persons
are
in
it
That
the
Mystery
should
go
before
tht
Symbol
.
If
the
Mystery
goes
not
before
the
Symbol
,
(
which
it
does
when
the
Symbols
are
consignations
of
Grace
,
as
the
Sacraments
are
)
[
this
Parenthesis
he
lea●es
out
]
yet
it
alwayes
accompanies
it
,
but
never
follows
in
order
of
time
No
visible
Church-member
before
Conversion
That
I
make
a
Believer
and
Dipping
to
be
the
right
matter
and
form
of
Baptism
,
That
nothing
now
but
Fruits
meet
for
Repentance
,
can
give
right
to
the
baptism
of
Repentance
,
and
nothing
short
of
the
Spirits
birth
can
orderly
admit
to
Water-baptism
,
and
Spiritual
Ordinances
,
a
Doctrine
apparently
false
,
instancing
in
baptizing
the
upon
confession
of
sin
and
repentance
,
which
was
not
Fruits
,
and
the
viz.
Aquinas
Albertus
,
Sericius
Deus
dedit's
If
a
false
Witness
rise
up
against
any
man
,
and
testifie
against
him
that
which
is
wrong
,
then
both
the
men
before
whom
the
Controversie
is
,
shall
stand
before
the
Lord
,
and
the
Judges
which
shall
be
in
those
dayes
.
And
the
Judges
shall
make
diligent
inquisition
;
and
behold
if
the
witness
be
a
false
witness
,
and
hath
testified
falsely
against
his
Brother
,
then
shall
ye
do
unto
him
as
he
had
thought
to
have
done
unto
his
Brother
:
So
shalt
thou
put
the
evil
away
from
amongst
you
:
And
those
that
remain
shall
hear
,
and
fear
,
and
shall
henceforth
commit
no
more
any
such
evil
among
you
.
Pref.
App.
Scripture
evidence
I
own
not
so
much
Scholarship
to
compose
such
a
Book
,
though
my
solitary
life
has
given
me
opportunity
enough
to
study
,
Inf.
Bapt.
I
have
only
fixed
my
Name
to
the
Book
,
that
another
chiefly
has
most
Reason
to
own
himlself
to
be
the
Author
of
,
That
,
as
you
have
heard
,
I
have
like
,
faln
in
love
with
my
own
shaddow
,
puft
up
with
the
Excellency
of
my
own
performance
,
I
am
a
very
tenacious
Person
,
as
you
have
heard
,
I
am
fain
to
call
in
the
Wits
of
our
Party
,
to
help
me
to
deal
with
you
,
I
am
of
a
Self-conceited
scornful
Genius
,
unbecoming
a
Christian
,
I
am
of
such
a
(
pugnatious
or
)
fighting
temper
,
that
though
my
hands
are
tied
behind
me
,
yet
will
do
it
with
Tongue
and
Pen
,
Thou
shalt
not
receive
a
false
Report
:
Put
not
thy
hand
with
the
wicked
to
be
an
unrighteous
Witness
.
Thou
shalt
not
go
up
and
down
as
a
Tale-bearer
among
thy
people
.
He
that
back-biteth
not
with
his
tongue
,
nor
doth
evil
to
his
Neighbour
,
nor
taketh
up
a
reproach
against
his
Neighbour
.
The
words
of
a
Tale-bearer
are
as
wounds
,
&c.
Where
no
Tale-bearer
is
,
the
strife
ceaseth
.
I
have
heard
the
defamation
of
many
Report
,
say
they
,
and
we
will
report
,
&c.
Therefore
all
things
whatsoever
you
would
that
Men
should
do
unto
you
,
do
even
so
unto
them
,
for
this
is
the
Law
and
the
Prophets
.
Christian
Directory
If
you
know
it
not
to
be
true
,
or
there
be
no
sufficient
evidence
to
prove
it
,
you
are
guilty
of
lying
and
slaundering
interpretatively
,
though
it
should
prove
true
,
because
it
might
have
been
a
lye
for
ought
you
know
.
Bitter
Scoffing
Philantia
nimis
inflatus
;
viz.
a
proud
conceited
fellow
,
shameful
Oscitancy
Preface
of
Inf.
Bapt.
I
am
not
such
a
seer
as
taken
to
be
,
Hagio-Mastix
,
a
sever
Lasher
meer
Carper
Feats
done
in
the
daies
of
my
Colonelship
,
discovered
my
Mummery
,
and
pluckt
off
the
mask
of
my
Vizard
,
Inf.
Bapt.
consisting
only
of
Trite
out-worn
things
that
have
been
trampled
upon
,
and
confuted
again
and
again
,
One
possest
with
a
maleveleant
Spirit
,
and
filled
with
envy
,
An
unworthy
Caviler
Of
so
much
disingenuity
as
to
traduce
the
sayings
of
worthy
Men
,
Impudent
,
silly
,
ridiculous
One
that
will
not
refuse
the
most
sordid
and
shameful
waies
to
promote
my
opinion
,
A
daring
Champion
A
daring
Person
indeed
I
discover
the
ebulition
of
a
malicious
Spirit
,
Munster
Venarian
Spirit
upon
me
is
under
Satanical
delusion
that
prevaricates
to
free
my self
from
prevarication
,
I
have
added
contumacy
to
my
mistakes
,
that
never
Writer
did
more
prevaricate
and
shewed
more
falshood
then
I
have
done
,
Let
all
bitterness
,
and
wrath
,
and
anger
and
clamour
,
and
evill
speaking
be
put
away
from
you
with
all
malice
,
and
be
kind
one
to
another
,
tender
hearted
.
A
soft
answer
turneth
away
wrath
,
but
grevious
words
stir
up
anger
.
Speak
evil
of
no
Man
not
a
brawler
If
any
that
is
called
a
Brother
be
a
railer
,
with
such
a
one
do
not
eat
.
Whosoever
is
angry
with
his
Brother
without
a
cause
,
shall
be
in
danger
of
the
Judgment
;
and
whosoever
shall
say
unto
his
brother
Racha
,
shall
be
in
danger
of
the
Council
:
but
whosoever
shall
say
,
Thou
fool
,
shall
be
in
danger
of
Hell
fire
.
False
accusation
That
never
Writer
did
more
prevaricate
,
or
was
guilty
of
more
falshood
then
my self
I
misrepresented
Dr.
and
dealt
deceitfully
in
those
Quotations
out
of
his
liberty
of
Prophecy
,
as
I
produced
Durandus
,
a
persecutor
of
Anabaptists
,
as
a
Witness
for
them
,
such
words
upon
the
Matth.
;
whereas
you
say
,
they
are
words
of
my
own
adding
,
none
of
Jeroms
;
and
yet
I
tell
you
he
saith
it
,
verbatim
Jeroms
I
produce
Gulielmus
the
Magdeburgs
saying
the
Virgin
Mary
should
be
added
to
the
words
of
Baptism
say
is
a
notorious
untruth
that
the
Magdeburgs
say
nothing
of
the
Virgin
Mary
,
making
him
speak
quite
otherwise
then
he
doth
me
for
the
same
the
Apostles
only
Baptized
the
adult
or
aged
,
Inf.
Bapt.
tenacious
and
unreasonable
Person
evidence
it
is
of
my
obstinacy
That
the
Magdeburgs
tell
us
,
that
they
find
the
adult
or
aged
were
only
Baptized
;
viz.
tell
me
it
is
alone
,
nay
makes
more
against
me
[
they
find
only
such
John
of
Leyden
fro
my
Witnesses
,
to
prove
against
Infants
Baptism
,
you
will
quietly
permit
me
to
enjoy
the
comfort
and
honour
of
such
Witnesses
,
shew
the
unreasonableness
of
charging
the
Innocent
with
the
crimes
of
such
as
are
guilty
.
Examine
that
matter
of
fact
,
and
how
proved
,
upon
which
so
much
obliquity
hath
been
cast
upon
the
Anabaptists
,
and
there
way
ever
since
my
invention
will
not
serve
me
,
to
say
any
thing
against
one
of
the
Waldenses
Confessions
for
Infants
Baptism
,
that
of
Angrogue
An.
we
promised
when
we
were
Baptized
,
being
little
ones
,
which
is
a
notorious
falshood
,
for
I
expresly
speak
to
it
,
these
words
being
Baptized
when
little
ones
were
foysted
into
the
Article
,
Anabaptists
.
,
who
were
burnt
,
drowned
and
starved
in
Switzerland
,
perjury
,
disobedience
,
and
sedition
Anabaptistry
,
p.
Inf.
Bapt.
Germany
to
be
so
universally
wicked
and
immoral
,
many
of
the
Anabaptists
are
good
Men
,
Servants
of
God
,
Martyrs
of
Christ
their
principles
were
heretical
and
blasphemous
,
Holland
Anabaptists
were
for
resistance
in
affinity
with
the
Munster
satanical
delusion
,
them
upon
such
exorbitances
English
Anabaptists
that
those
who
are
inclinable
to
their
way
,
are
now
grown
so
politick
as
not
to
profess
their
Faith
till
warm
weather
that
many
last
Summer
were
dipped
in
our
parts
,
and
in
all
likelyhood
we
may
hear
of
many
more
this
Summer
,
immorality
to
the
charge
of
diverse
Anabaptists
in
our
own
Nation
,
viz.
To
be
of
a
dangerous
nature
:
you
may
safely
affirm
that
is
a
Doctrine
to
be
s●sp●cted
false
,
which
is
usually
attended
with
gross
miscarriages
in
the
Professors
of
it
bespeaks
it
ominous
and
like
a
spiritual
Judgement
of
God
upon
it
:
I
heartily
wish
there
were
no
ground
to
say
that
of
such
a
nature
is
the
Doctrine
of
Baptizing
grown
Persons
,
in
opposition
to
that
of
the
Inft.
Seed
of
Believers
,
for
not
to
insist
upon
.
horrid
errors
and
wicked
lives
of
those
in
Germany
,
and
blasphemies
and
immoralities
of
diverse
in
our
own
Nation
.
that
as
some
Men
hold
it
(
viz.
is
of
such
a
disquieting
tendancy
,
that
it
is
not
fit
for
any
age
or
state
of
the
Church
.
soon
as
Men
become
Baptists
they
fall
off
from
Godly
Ministers
,
an
effect
(
as
you
reflect
)
of
ignorance
and
pride
,
scandal
and
shame
of
Christian
Religion
,
the
opinion
of
hath
been
alwaies
ominous
,
and
of
a
wonderful
strange
influence
,
to
distroy
Vnity
and
Peace
amongst
Christians
,
accompanied
also
with
the
most
retinue
of
errors
,
since
the
first
Embrio
of
it
was
brought
forth
,
whether
by
a
secret
judgement
of
God
,
or
from
the
natural
and
secret
connexion
with
other
Principles
of
darkness
,
will
not
with
Mr.
only
God
hath
shewed
same
black
Characters
of
it
in
exery
Nation
,
where
it
hath
prevailed
.
Men
of
this
opinion
so
inflexible
,
that
never
any
of
them
was
heard
to
change
his
opinion
,
unless
to
some
worse
error
,
Thou
shalt
not
bear
false
witness
against
thy
Neighbour
.
Thou
shalt
not
receive
a
false
report
,
put
not
thy
hand
with
the
wicked
to
be
an
unrighteous
witness
.
A
false
witness
that
speaketh
lies
,
and
him
that
soweth
discord
amongst
Brethren
.
He
that
beareth
false
witness
against
his
Neighbour
is
a
maul
,
and
a
sword
,
and
and
a
sharp
Arrow
.
A
false
witness
shall
not
be
unpunished
,
and
he
that
speaketh
lies
shall
not
escape
.
If
a
false
witness
rise
up
against
any
man
to
testify
against
him
that
which
is
wrong
—
the
Judges
shall
make
diligent
search
;
and
behold
,
if
the
witness
be
a
false
witness
,
and
hath
testified
falsly
against
his
Brother
,
then
shall
you
do
unto
him
as
he
had
thought
to
have
done
unto
his
Brother
:
so
shalt
thou
put
the
evil
away
from
among
you
:
What
will
become
of
You
and
where
,
&
with
whom
must
you
dwell
to
Eternity
,
if
God
do
not
humble
you
,
for
your
slanderous
and
lying
Tongue
and
Pen
?
To
coneeal
what
ought
to
have
been
declared
on
purpose
to
deceive
:
left
out
so
many
of
the
most
considerable
passages
of
the
Waldensian
Confessions
,
part
of
that
Confession
you
took
out
of
Bishop
Vsher
,
Popish
Inquisitors
Infant
Baptism
to
save
them
profited
them
not
for
salvation
this
was
a
dark
time
years
since
;
but
in
the
mean
time
conceal
that
other
part
,
Popish
;
viz.
Mass
,
Popish-Priesthood
,
Real
presence
,
Penance
,
&c.
the
last
Clause
Estius
Translation
of
that
out
of
Calvins
Institu●es
,
English
Reader
of
Fools
Calvin
himself
Osrander
saith
for
my
mistake
Iuf.
Bapt.
Reply●
,
for
satisfaction
,
Pref.
and
p.
madness
and
contradiction
Inf.
Bapt.
speak
so
fully
for
Adult
Baptism
only
,
Antiquity
for
it
Beleivers
Bapt.
dealing
with
me
Treat
.
p.
viz.
I
justify
my self
in
my
Reply
p.
that
falshood
you
charge
upon
me
,
supposing
me
to
say
,
that
dipping
was
changed
into
Sprinkling
the
the
Magdeb.
do
tell
us
,
that
many
corruptions
about
Bapt.
was
creeping
in
amongst
the
rest
I
mentioned
Sprinkling
,
for
dipping
authentik
proof
of
the
Baptizing
of
any
one
person
conjectured
their
corruptions
were
then
more
in
the
notion
then
practise
,
which
afterwards
came
all
of
them
to
be
in
use
.
beginning
to
alter
the
forme
from
dippin
to
spinkling
,
I
suppose
thou
hast
seldom
met
with
the
like
ridiculous
contradiction
in
any
Author
—
So
that
he
is
the
Man
that
hath
cause
to
be
ashamed
,
and
is
found
very
unfaithfull
in
speaking
forwards
and
backwards
at
his
pleasure
;
yea
,
that
which
is
manifestly
false
,
and
then
denying
in
the
same
breath
,
so
adding
one
salsehood
to
another
.
by
you
Therefore
thou
art
inexcusable
,
O
Man
,
whosoever
thou
art
that
judgest
,
for
wherein
thou
judgest
thou
condemnest
thy self
,
for
thou
that
judgest
doth
the
same
thing
.
we
are
sure
the
judgement
of
God
is
according
to
truth
against
them
,
which
commit
such
things
.
And
thinkest
thou
this
,
O
Man
,
that
judges
them
,
which
do
such
things
and
doth
the
same
,
that
thou
shalt
escape
the
judgement
of
God
,
Thou
therefore
which
teachest
another
,
teachest
thou
not
thy self
,
thou
that
preachest
,
a
Man
should
not
steal
,
dost
thou
steal
.
Vind.
that
Walden
sheweth
from
Wickliffs
works
that
he
was
for
Infants
Baptism
affirme
,
tha●
Austin
saith
in
bis
third
Book
Vincentius
Victor
his
opinion
was
that
Infants
that
dyed
Baptized
went
immediately
to
Heaven
Rainerius
in
the
Catalogue
of
the
Waldensian
errours
brings
not
one
word
of
their
denying
Inf.
Bapt.
Inf.
Bapt.
they
affirmed
Inf.
Bapt.
Gossips
that
undertook
for
them
knew
not
what
they
did
;
for
which
see
Rep.
Taylor
in
his
Book
called
Consideration
of
the
Practise
of
the
Church
,
Hamond
in
his
Letter
of
Resolutions
,
had
given
answer
to
those
Arguments
produced
by
me
,
out
of
his
Liberty
of
Prophecy
against
Infants
Baptism
,
Infants
Baptism
you
prodvce
to
be
an
Eminent
wotness
for
Infants
Baptism
in
the
fourth
Century
,
as
p.
such
a
word
to
be
found
in
any
of
Basils
writings
that
doth
yet
appear
.
I
had
repeated
of
that
quotation
,
declared
himself
to
be
for
Infants
Baptism
.
my
omitting
the
same
,
call
upon
the
Reader
to
have
a
ca●e
henceforwards
how
they
tru
t
my
quotations
f●r
the
palpable
abuse
done
to
that
Father
,
and
for
a
fallacy
and
falshood
upon
the
Reader
,
for
curtailing
and
leaving
out
part
of
that
Sentence
of
Basils
.
Aquinus
with
it
deliberate
upon
it
to
you
that
like
my
mistaking
,
Albertus
wilfulness
in
me
your
prejudice
proof
against
me
for
such
a
notorious
miscarriage
so
upon
me
respectiong
Peter
Bruis
p.
Inf.
Bapt.
me
about
it
;
viz.
you
see
by
this
that
when
Men
are
ingaged
in
a
Cause
,
and
wedded
●o
an
opinion
,
they
will
not
refuse
the
most
sordid
and
shamefull
waies
to
promote
it
fall
in
with
slanderous
Papists
,
and
take
up
what
they
say
to
defend
their
opinions
,
witness
my
Antagonist
.
forgery
and
mistake
Christianity
,
Civility
Common
Honesty
abuse
me
Osiander
Cluniacensis
,
Peter
Bruis
the
Truth
much
more
,
my
own
Conscience
,
folly
and
falshood
for
Repentance
Ye
shall
not
lie
one
to
another
.
A
faithful
witness
will
not
lie
,
but
a
false
witness
uttereth
lies
.
Wherefore
puting
away
lying
speak
every
Man
truth
with
his
Neighbour
.
Lye
not
one
to
another
The
proud
hath
forged
lyes
They
bend
their
tongues
like
bows
for
lies
,
but
are
not
valiant
for
the
truth
.
Because
you
have
proclamed
me
such
a
forger
,
and
judged
me
for
the
same
,
but
has
yet
made
no
proof
thereof
.
Misrendring
Authors
Truth
;
viz.
they
were
for
Resistance
in
the
Munster
way
,
and
for
distroying
the
wicked
by
force
of
Armes
,
in
order
to
the
setting
up
the
Kingdom
of
Christ
,
Calvins
Institutes
B.
de
Anima
Vincentius
Victor
Inf.
Bapt.
Thou
hast
known
the
holy
Scriptures
a
Child
,
there
is
the
same
word
.
Searcher
of
hearts
Vind.
that
you
love
me
as
a
Brother
though
erring
,
and
had
much
rather
convince
then
shame
me
,
can
be
well
reconciled
to
sincerity
,
and
not
rather
speaking
lyes
in
hypocrisy
:
slander
me
Scoff
at
me
Revile
me
evil
of
me
falsly
Pref.
Vind.
To
answer
me
by
silence
,
because
you
will
not
gape
against
an
Oven
:
That
if
I
can
make
it
appear
that
you
have
wronged
me
herein
,
as
you
can
truly
say
you
did
it
not
willingly
:
So
you
faithfully
promise
to
make
me
publick
satisfaction
,
by
acknowledging
your
mistakes
.
Munster
and
do
now
Nazianzen
,
equalizing
Baxters
,
work
That
it
is
now
clearly
manifest
,
that
there
is
no
Primitive
Antiquity
for
Infants
Baptism
,
nor
no
Record
to
make
it
appear
that
it
was
practiced
as
Christs
Ordinance
for
the
first
300
years
That
except
in
case
of
danger
of
Death
,
there
is
no
Record
in
the
History
of
the
Church
for
the
necessity
thereof
in
those
first
times
.
express
precept
Apostolical
Tradition
take
away
Original
sin
,
regenerate
save
their
Souls
Chrysm
,
Exorcism
,
Gossips
(
owning
this
to
be
a
poysonous
Antichristian
Doctrine
)
Ed.
Hutchinson
Infants
Baptism
T.
B.
Tho.
DeLaune
by
a
person
of
Quality
worth
,
ability
Pride
,
Passion
Over-weening
Opinion
Treatise
of
Baptism
full
Disquisition
heat
,
passion
personal
reflections
sober
Inquisition
Infant
Baptism
Apostolical
Tradition
unchristian
Spirits
Affections
,
Heal
one
Sheep-fold
Christ
Jesus
And
lastly
,
I
hope
the
answer
to
Mr.
against
me
,
will
have
no
small
tendency
to
issue
this
Controversie
,
whose
diligent
search
(
by
those
learned
Men
they
appointed
thereto
)
into
the
Authors
quoted
by
me
,
and
excepted
against
by
him
,
will
be
a
sufficient
vindication
(
I
doubt
not
)
of
my
in
my
as
well
as
the
truth
asserted
thereby
;
and
a
due
Reproof
to
Mr.
for
his
great
being
himself
so
eminently
found
guilty
by
them
in
so
many
things
he
so
injuriously
charges
upon
me
,
insomuch
that
they
(
as
he
desires
,
as
you
see
,
have
thought
just
to
acquit
me
,
and
reflect
the
blame
of
the
Charge
upon
himself
:
All
which
is
again
submitted
to
his
Conscience
,
the
Impartial
Readers
,
and
the
blessing
of
the
Almighty
.
By