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The
First
The
Second
J.
B.
THOMAS
GRANTHAM
The
Querist
Examined
J.
B.
Saints
Rest
d
Edit.
)
That
in
the
Primitive
Times
,
none
were
Baptized
without
an
express
Covenanting
,
wherein
they
renounced
the
World
,
the
Flesh
,
and
the
Devil
,
and
engaged
themselves
to
Christ
,
and
promised
to
obey
Him
.
exclude
Infants
from
Gospel
Grace
capable
of
Pardon
by
a
gracious
Covenant
left
all
Infants
in
the
Kingdom
of
the
Devil
,
took
away
all
Comfort
from
Parents
concerning
their
dying
Infants
.
Pedo
Baptists
Law
of
Infants
Church-Membership
unrepealed
a
Transient
Fact
Querist
Examined
J.
B.
J.
B.
That
Infants
are
not
so
much
as
seemingly
in
a
state
of
Salvation
;
that
Parents
can
have
no
comfort
of
their
dying
Children
,
soveraign
Antidote
against
their
Griefs
and
Fears
,
when
they
are
removed
in
Infancy
.
That
all
Infants
are
in
a
visible
state
of
Salvation
,
and
so
of
the
Vniversal
Church
of
God
,
and
cannot
be
put
out
of
that
blessed
state
,
till
by
their
voluntary
departure
from
God
,
by
choosing
sinful
ways
,
they
destroy
themselves
.
All
Mankind
is
brought
by
Christ
under
a
Covenant
of
Grace
,
which
is
not
vain
nor
repealed
by
God
;
But
as
their
abuse
of
the
Grace
of
the
Covenant
may
cast
them
out
.
For
as
a
Covenant
of
intire
Nature
was
made
with
all
Mankind
in
innocent
so
a
Covenant
of
Grace
was
made
with
all
Mankind
in
lapsed
in
the
promised
Seed
,
and
renewed
again
with
all
Mankind
in
this
Covenant
of
Grace
,
was
a
visible
Church-Covenant
.
That
it
was
made
with
all
Mankind
,
and
takes
place
in
their
Infancy
.
That
it
was
never
repealed
by
God
.
no
Infant
was
ever
cast
out
of
this
Covenant
.
They
all
stand
visible
Members
of
the
Catholick
Church
by
virtue
of
this
Covenant
,
no
dying
Infant
is
Damned
,
but
are
all
in
a
visible
state
of
Salvation
.
no
Man
could
by
any
means
redeem
his
Brother
,
nor
give
to
God
a
Ransom
for
him
.
corrupting
his
way
that
sinneth
Name
shall
be
blotted
out
of
the
Book
which
God
hath
written
,
of
such
is
the
Kingdom
of
God
.
the
Judgment
of
God
is
according
to
truth
,
that
the
Judge
of
all
the
Earth
will
do
right
.
be
judged
according
to
the
deeds
done
in
the
Body
what
have
they
done
If
thou
dost
well
,
shalt
thou
not
be
accepted
?
if
he
did
well
the
long
suffering
of
God
waited
on
them
,
time
of
Repentance
(
even
the
Righteousness
of
Faith
)
Christ
went
by
his
Spirit
and
preached
to
them
,
The
Covenant
of
Grace
was
never
repealed
by
God
No
Infants
did
ever
abuse
the
Grace
of
the
Covenant
made
with
them
in
therefore
no
Infant
was
cast
out
of
it
.
Who
then
can
be
saved
the
Mediator
of
the
New
Testament
,
for
the
Redemption
of
the
Transgressions
that
were
under
the
first
Testament
,
Witness
the
Massacre
in
Infants
shall
only
suffer
the
punishment
of
Loss
,
but
not
of
Torment
.
Infants
of
a
Span
long
are
yelling
in
the
flames
of
Hell
.
because
they
are
all
in
a
visible
state
of
Salvation
:
J.
B.
is
not
vain
,
nor
repealed
by
God
,
nor
they
cast
out
of
it
.
See
more
of
this
anon
It
is
not
the
Will
of
his
Heavenly
Father
,
that
one
of
those
little
ones
should
perish
The
overthrow
of
both
these
Generations
in
the
Deluge
,
is
a
strange
Medium
to
prove
the
Salvation
of
all
Infants
,
brought
the
Flood
upon
the
World
of
the
ungodly
.
Jude
,
ver.
given
over
to
Fornication
after
strange
Flesh
Old
World
Nineveh
,
(
against
the
murmuring
of
which
cried
to
Heaven
Old
World
Sodom
,
Gen.
This
all
must
be
restrained
to
all
in
Christ
.
The
Law
entered
,
that
Sin
might
abound
;
but
where
Sin
abounded
,
Grace
did
much
more
abound
.
That
,
Sin
hath
reigned
unto
Death
might
Grace
reign
through
Righteousness
unto
Eternal
Life
by
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
.
even
so
the
Free-gift
came
upon
all
Men
to
Justification
of
Life
.
in
the
Covenant
of
Grace
condemned
with
him
Eternally
To
assert
the
Salvation
of
all
that
die
in
Infancy
,
seems
to
imply
that
God's
destroying
the
Old
World
and
&c.
were
eminent
Acts
of
God's
Mercy
rather
than
of
Justice
,
help
me
over
this
Difficulty
in
destroying
the
Old
World
and
Sodom
,
I
shall
go
to
it
That
Infants
perish
not
purely
for
another's
Sin
,
but
for
their
own
contracted
.
Sin
is
the
transgression
of
a
Law
,
that
none
shall
perish
purely
for
another's
Sin
,
their
Contracting
Sin
for
those
,
and
their
Seed
,
that
only
come
up
to
the
Covenant
of
Grace
made
with
(
though
they
never
heard
the
Gospel
)
whilst
you
say
,
you
do
not
rank
them
with
Infidels
.
That
Infants
are
not
saved
by
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
if
they
neither
be
Believers
,
nor
the
Seed
of
such
,
It
is
not
the
part
of
a
wise
Legislator
England
)
to
recede
from
his
own
Laws
,
by
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
unless
they
be
Believers
,
or
the
Seed
of
such
.
of
the
Old
World
and
Sodom
.
Old
World
That
if
these
Infants
in
the
Old
World
and
had
lived
to
Age
,
many
of
them
might
have
been
Damned
for
wickedness
.
Countries
and
Cities
Destroyed
and
Depopulated
by
Tyrannical
Princes
,
French
King
Had
the
World
your
Light
and
Knowledg
,
they
ought
not
to
be
sorry
for
the
spoiling
of
their
Countries
,
but
rejoyce
that
all
their
little
Ones
are
saved
.
For
no
Man
may
do
Evil
that
Good
may
come
:
And
were
by
Nature
Children
of
Wrath
,
even
as
others
.
That
at
that
time
you
were
without
Christ
,
—
without
Hope
.
Adam
,
Gen.
They
were
without
Hope
dead
in
Trespasses
and
Sins
,
and
walked
according
to
the
course
of
this
World
,
according
to
the
Prince
of
the
power
of
the
Air
,
which
now
worketh
in
the
hearts
of
the
Children
of
Disobedience
had
their
Conversation
in
the
lusts
of
their
Flesh
,
fulfilling
the
desires
of
the
Flesh
and
of
the
Mind
,
and
were
by
Nature
the
Children
of
Wrath.
saved
through
Faith
built
up
an
Habitation
of
God
through
the
Spirit
.
when
they
were
dead
in
Trespasses
and
Sins
,
Except
ye
be
converted
,
and
become
as
little
Children
,
ye
shall
in
no
wise
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
But
have
you
not
forgotten
that
you
told
us
,
you
do
not
doubt
but
the
Promises
made
to
the
Seed
of
the
Righteous
,
and
the
Promises
of
shewing
Mercy
to
the
Children
of
them
that
love
God
,
remain
unrevoked
The
Children
of
thy
Servants
shall
continue
,
and
their
Seed
shall
be
established
before
thee
.
But
the
Mercy
of
the
Lord
is
from
everlasting
to
everlasting
to
them
that
fear
him
,
and
his
Righteousness
to
Childrens
Children
,
to
them
that
keep
his
Covenant
,
and
remember
his
Commandments
to
do
them
.
The
Just
walketh
in
his
Integrity
,
his
Children
are
blessed
after
him
.
I
have
been
Young
,
and
now
am
Old
;
yet
did
I
never
see
the
Righteous
forsaken
,
nor
their
Seed
begging
their
Bread
.
Primitive
Christianity
,
L.
His
tender
Mercies
are
over
all
his
Works
?
You
would
not
have
the
blessing
of
(
as
it
concerns
Eternal
Life
)
to
reach
to
the
Infants
of
the
which
believe
not
,
because
it
's
said
to
come
upon
the
by
Faith
.
See
and
consider
he
neglects
so
great
Salvation
Promise
of
the
Spirit
Lamb
slain
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
,
to
take
away
the
Sin
of
the
World
.
to
the
end
God
▪
s
putting
the
Salvation
of
Infants
out
of
his
own
Hand
.
And
here
it
is
that
I
oppose
you
,
as
greatly
erring
from
the
Truth
,
and
this
Error
was
that
which
first
brought
in
your
Pedo-baptism
;
as
may
be
seen
in
the
Decree
made
by
the
All
that
affirm
young
Children
receive
Eternal
Life
,
albeit
they
be
not
by
Baptism
renewed
,
they
are
accursed
,
was
present
and
President
That
no
dying
Infants
are
Damned
,
or
all
dying
Infants
are
Saved
.
O
Israel
,
thou
hast
destroyed
thy self
,
but
in
me
is
thy
help
.
Every
one
shall
die
for
his
own
iniquity
.
If
a
Man
find
a
betrothed
Damsel
in
the
Field
,
and
force
her
,
and
lie
with
her
,
then
the
Man
only
that
lay
with
her
shall
die
;
but
unto
the
Damsel
shalt
thou
do
nothing
,
there
is
in
the
Damsel
no
Sin
worthy
of
Death
.
For
as
when
a
Man
riseth
up
against
his
Neighbour
and
slayeth
him
,
even
so
is
this
matter
.
Generation
of
Vipers
,
how
can
ye
escape
the
Damnation
of
Hell
?
of
such
are
the
Kingdom
of
God
not
to
Condemn
the
World
to
Save
the
World
Verily
〈…〉
you
,
whosoever
shall
not
receive
the
Kingdom
of
God
as
a
litt
〈…〉
shall
not
enter
therein
.
As
in
all
d
〈…〉
in
Christ
shall
all
be
made
alive
.
Behold
the
〈…〉
God
,
which
taketh
away
the
Sin
of
the
World
.
Because
he
gave
himself
a
Ransom
for
all
,
He
tasted
Death
for
every
Man
,
He
bought
them
that
deny
him
,
That
hold
a
certain
number
ordain'd
to
Life
from
the
Foundation
of
the
World
,
as
expounded
by
themselves
The
Man
that
doth
these
things
,
shall
live
in
them
.
Noah
,
Gen.
That
it
is
an
everlasting
Covenant
,
and
made
with
and
his
Sons
,
and
with
their
Seed
after
them
,
He
will
remember
his
Covenant
which
he
hath
made
with
all
Flesh
,
all
Infants
under
the
sentence
of
eternal
Damnation
such
Infants
as
are
Elect
,
and
Born
again
by
the
Spirit
of
God
,
may
be
saved
.
To
be
delivered
from
unreasonable
Men
,
for
that
all
Men
had
not
Faith
.
be
damned
,
because
they
received
not
the
Love
of
the
Truth
that
they
might
be
saved
of
Love
is
Love
Con.
de
Carth.
We
will
that
whoever
denies
that
little
Children
by
Baptism
are
freed
from
Perdition
,
and
eternally
saved
,
that
they
be
accursed
.
R.
Baxter
J.
B.
J.
B.
THOMAS
GRANTHAM
J.
B.
of
his
Queries
the
silence
of
the
Scriptures
in
the
case
of
Infant-Baptism
.
Is
not
the
Scripture
more
sparing
in
such
cases
as
these
,
In
speaking
of
those
,
to
whom
it
speaks
not
,
as
concerning
the
Heathen
,
and
concerning
Infants
?
more
silent
not
speaking
at
all
very
darkly
That
many
Papists
and
Prelatists
(
who
are
all
for
Infant
Baptism
)
have
maintained
that
it
is
not
determined
in
Scripture
.
plain
Scripture
Adam
?
the
Grace
of
God
hath
tasted
Death
for
every
Man
?
In
lesser
points
of
Faith
In
points
not
then
questioned
Does
not
the
New
Testament
speak
more
sparingly
of
that
which
is
more
fully
discovered
in
the
Old
?
And
is
not
this
the
very
case
here
?
If
any
Man
be
in
Christ
,
he
is
a
new
Creature
,
This
Child
is
Regenerate
,
and
Born
again
Will
the
difficulty
of
a
Point
,
that
is
not
so
clear
as
we
would
have
it
,
prove
that
it
is
not
a
truth
?
The
Apostle
tells
us
,
many
things
in
▪
s
Epistles
are
hard
to
be
understood
,
are
they
not
Truths
for
all
this
?
Church-Membership
and
Baptism
Then
they
which
gladly
received
his
Word
,
were
Baptized
,
and
the
was
added
unto
them
about
three
thousand
Souls
.
He
was
going
to
hear
a
Miracle
.
If
never
so
clear
Evidence
be
produced
,
will
not
Truth
still
be
dark
to
them
that
are
uncapable
of
discerning
it
?
And
is
not
this
the
case
of
many
Godly
,
that
are
but
Children
in
knowledg
?
never
so
clear
Evidence
no
clear
Evidence
When
the
case
is
so
difficult
that
we
cannot
attain
to
clearness
and
certainty
,
must
not
we
follow
the
most
probable
way
?
learned
Man
That
there
is
neither
Precept
nor
President
for
Infant-Baptism
in
Scripture
.
—
That
there
is
nothing
in
Dr.
or
Mr.
's
Discourses
about
Infant-Baptism
,
that
looks
like
an
Argument
.
your
Probabilities
And
is
it
not
a
spirit
of
Rashness
,
and
Headiness
,
that
runs
Men
presently
upon
NEW
untried
Ways
,
upon
every
doubting
about
the
Old
?
Ludovicus
Vives
,
Grotius
Is
the
overthrow
of
a
Man's
former
weak
Grounds
,
the
overthrow
of
the
Truth
which
he
held
?
Is
not
one
sound
Argument
enough
to
prove
any
thing
true
?
What
if
all
the
Text's
that
are
brought
,
were
put
by
,
save
one
,
is
not
that
enough
?
Are
not
evident
Consequences
,
drawn
by
Reasen
from
Scripture
,
as
true
Proof
,
as
the
very
express
word
of
the
Text
?
—
Will
you
allow
of
such
an
Argument
for
Infant
Baptism
as
Christ
brought
for
the
Resurrection
?
We
are
all
the
Sons
of
God
by
Faith
in
Christ
Jesus
?
He
that
cometh
to
God
,
must
FIRST
believe
that
God
is
?
Should
not
the
former
and
present
Customs
of
the
holiest
Saints
and
Churches
be
of
great
weight
to
humble
and
moderate
Christians
,
in
Cases
controverted
and
beyond
their
reach
?
Gregory
Nazianzen
the
greatest
Holiness
Why
holiest
Saints
?
Why
holiest
Churches
?
Is
this
Controversie
in
it self
considered
,
of
so
great
moment
,
as
some
would
make
it
?
—
Why
then
was
it
not
in
the
Creed
?
Doth
not
the
Apostle
speak
of
Baptism
as
a
small
part
of
his
Work
in
comparison
of
Preaching
,
He
that
believeth
not
shall
be
damned
without
Baptism
;
or
desire
of
Baptism
?
seemingly
in
a
state
of
Salvation
,
which
you
call
the
Apostles
Creed
,
according
to
the
exactness
of
speech
)
He
that
is
not
Baptized
shall
be
damned
?
REPENT
AND
BE
BAPTIZED
EVERY
ONE
OF
YOV
.
Though
the
point
of
Infant-Baptism
be
comparatively
of
less
mement
;
yet
whether
the
grounds
on
which
it
stands
,
and
which
are
usually
denied
with
it
,
be
not
of
great
moment
?
grounded
upon
Scripture
determined
by
Scripture
Main
Question
Whether
some
Infants
ought
not
to
be
Baptized
?
they
ought
not
to
be
Baptized
?
Whether
some
Infants
ought
to
be
Baptized
?
That
some
Infants
ought
to
be
Baptized
,
that
other
some
ought
not
by
plain
Scripture
proof
Ought
not
all
Christ's
Disciples
ordinarily
to
be
Baptized
?
May
not
the
word
Disciple
be
taken
in
a
larger
sence
Relatively
—
for
one
that
belongs
to
Christ
,
as
well
as
in
a
narrower
sence
for
those
who
are
actually
Learners
.
That
some
of
Christ's
Disciples
ought
not
to
be
Baptized
(
i.
e.
For
if
Infants
be
Disciples
,
they
are
either
made
so
by
God
or
Man
Relative
Discipleship
?
i.
e.
Doth
not
the
Holy
Ghost
call
them
Disciples
?
Is
it
not
evident
that
those
on
whose
Necks
the
false
Teachers
would
have
put
the
Yoke
were
Disciples
?
If
you
say
not
all
but
some
of
them
,
—
then
will
it
not
follow
that
it
is
but
some
only
whose
Circumcision
the
Synod
doth
conclude
against
?
such
as
from
among
the
were
turned
to
God
written
unto
by
the
Assembly
the
multitude
of
the
Disciples
the
Disciples
rejoyce
for
the
Consolation
?
[
Disciples
Except
ye
be
Circumcised
—
ye
cannot
be
saved
the
Brethren
their
Souls
If
no
Infants
are
Disciples
,
what
is
the
cause
?
Is
it
because
they
are
not
capable
?
Or
is
it
because
God
will
not
shew
such
a
Mercy
?
Can
you
find
a
third
cause
?
—
If
Infants
are
capable
of
being
Servants
of
God
,
how
can
they
be
thought
incapable
of
being
Disciples
,
To-grant
them
repentance
unto
Life
to
purifie
their
Hearts
by
Faith
?
Except
ye
eat
the
Flesh
of
the
Son
of
God
,
and
drink
his
Blood
,
you
have
no
Life
in
you
.
Christ's
Disciples
Sun
,
Moon
,
and
Stars
,
are
Christ's
Disciples
too
,
Baxters
Fables
cannot
discern
between
the
right
Hand
and
the
left
.
Whether
the
Infants
of
the
were
so
God
▪
s
Servants
,
as
the
Infants
of
the
Are
not
Infants
capable
of
being
Subjects
of
Christ's
Kingdom
?
and
is
not
Christ's
Church
his
Kingdom
,
and
his
School
?
—
Are
not
all
Subjects
of
Christ
in
his
Visible
Kingdom
(
or
Church
)
Christians
?
And
are
not
Disciples
and
Christians
all
one
?
—
Child
of
a
Papist
a
Papist
We
are
not
born
but
made
Christians
Whether
were
not
some
Infants
once
to
be
admitted
Members
of
the
Visible
Church
,
by
the
merciful
Gift
and
Appointment
of
God
not
yet
Repealed
.
That
which
was
lost
He
came
to
seek
and
to
save
that
which
was
lost
?
Were
not
Infants
part
of
them
that
entered
into
Covenant
with
the
Lord
,
that
he
might
establish
them
to
be
a
People
to
himself
?
—
And
were
not
Infants
engaged
by
the
Seal
of
the
Covenant
,
Circumcision
?
To
be
a
glorious
Nation
above
all
the
Nations
of
the
Earth
.
Friend
Accom
is
not
Vain
,
nor
Repealed
by
God
.
Visible
Church-Membership
without
an
Ordinance
a
merciful
Gift
Dare
any
of
you
say
that
God
hath
Repealed
Infants
Church-Membership
to
their
hurt
in
Justice
?
—
Or
can
you
say
it
is
in
Mercy
for
their
good
?
How
can
it
be
a
Mercy
to
take
away
a
Mercy
,
except
it
be
to
give
a
greater
Mercy
in
stead
of
it
?
In
which
though
we
have
no
particular
order
to
admit
Infants
to
the
Duties
of
this
Covenant
,
Infants
right
to
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
,
blessing
them
Law
of
Christ
should
be
put
in
their
Hearts
,
written
in
their
Minds
So
God
to
be
their
God
,
and
they
to
be
his
People
,
knowing
him
least
of
them
of
such
is
the
Kingdom
of
God
?
true
Jubilee
which
came
by
Christ
,
Jewish
Jubilee
And
is
there
any
Scripture
that
speaketh
of
delivering
any
from
this
sad
estate
but
Church-Members
Out
of
the
Church
is
no
Salvation
?
considering
that
the
Vniversal
Body
of
Christ
may
comprehend
many
that
had
never
the
opportunity
to
be
incorporated
into
the
Visible
Company
of
such
as
worship
God
in
the
use
of
Legal
,
or
Gospel
Institutions
.
alleged
by
you
were
added
to
the
Church
Men
and
Women
If
it
be
no
benefit
to
the
Catholick
Church
to
have
Infants
kept
out
of
Heaven
,
nor
hurt
to
the
Church
to
see
them
there
,
why
should
it
be
a
benefit
to
the
whole
Church
to
have
them
kept
out
on
Earth
?
only
you
Cross
,
or
Sprinkle
them
?
Why
are
you
so
Imprudent
Is
it
not
evident
from
That
only
some
of
the
Branches
were
broken
off
from
the
Church
?
Therefore
the
rest
remained
in
,
the
Gift
was
not
Repealed
.
Doth
not
the
Apostle
say
it
of
that
Church
whereof
Infants
were
Members
?
such
a
sense
he
that
by
Faith
was
added
to
the
Christian
Church
,
not
broken
off
from
the
Jewish
Church
.
Hence
I
Query
,
[
some
were
broken
off
in
the
former
Church
eagerness
to
stand
in
the
Old
Church
cause
why
they
were
rejected
Jews
)
not
meant
of
the
Jews
,
that
stood
in
the
House
of
the
Old
Church-state
Old
things
were
passed
away
,
all
things
became
New
.
in
the
same
Church
good
Olive
Abraham
not
as
a
Natural
Father
,
But
as
a
Spiritual
Father
into
his
Seed
,
in
whom
all
Nations
should
be
blessed
,
Is
it
not
evident
from
That
none
of
the
were
broken
off
,
but
for
unbelief
?
Alas
,
poor
Souls
,
what
have
they
done
?
suppose
this
Olive
Tree
be
meant
of
the
Visible
Church
Christian
,
If
it
be
into
their
own
Olive
Tree
(
which
they
were
broke
off
from
,
and
of
which
they
were
Natural
Branches
)
that
the
shall
be
engrafted
at
their
recovery
(
as
then
how
is
God's
Ordinance
for
Infant
Church-Membership
Repealed
,
—
though
they
be
not
restored
to
the
Mosaical
Law
,
or
Covenant
of
Peculiarity
,
but
taken
into
the
Catholick
Church
?
viz.
Abraham
Is
it
not
the
same
Olive
or
Church
,
which
the
were
broken
off
from
,
that
we
are
grafted
into
,
as
And
if
theirs
admitted
Infants
—
must
not
ours
admit
of
Infant-Members
also
?
She
was
taken
down
as
to
accidental
Ceremonies
▪
Would
not
Christ
have
gathered
—
And
is
it
likely
that
he
would
have
unchurched
all
their
Infants
,
when
he
would
have
gathered
to
him
whole
or
the
whole
Nation
Can
you
suppose
the
believing
Jews
Children
(
and
so
the
Parents
in
point
of
Comfort
)
to
be
in
a
worse
condition
since
Christ
than
they
were
before
?
Enoch
,
Seth
Isaac
,
Jacob
If
the
Church
be
not
in
a
worse
state
now
—
will
it
not
follow
that
our
Children
ougbt
to
be
admitted
Church-Members
?
If
the
Children
of
Believers
now
be
put
out
of
the
Church
,
are
they
not
in
a
worse
condition
than
the
very
Children
of
the
were
before
the
coming
of
Christ
?
in
many
cases
case
of
Baptism
absolutely
denied
Infants
to
be
of
the
Church
,
only
to
deny
your
way
of
making
them
Church-Members
:
And
I
here
assert
they
are
of
the
Visible
Church
,
because
by
the
Word
of
God
,
declared
to
be
accepted
of
God
,
to
the
Grace
of
Life
through
Christ
.
I
have
had
many
Children
(
for
which
I
give
thanks
to
God
)
:
as
soon
as
he
gives
them
to
me
,
I
do
by
Prayer
to
God
devote
,
and
heartily
commit
them
to
him
;
and
by
his
Grace
I
do
my
best
to
teach
them
the
Knowledg
and
Fear
of
God
,
as
they
grow
up
;
and
(
I
bless
God
with
this
success
)
that
all
that
yet
are
capable
,
have
been
Baptized
.
And
now
wherein
am
I
to
be
charged
for
putting
my
Children
out
of
the
Church
?
And
if
I
be
Innocent
(
as
I
know
I
am
in
this
)
then
I
hope
the
Churches
of
the
same
Faith
are
as
excusable
.
Was
not
the
Covenant
—
a
Covenant
of
Grace
as
distinct
from
the
Law
which
was
Repealed
?
How
then
is
it
,
or
Infants
Church-Membership
,
grounded
on
it
,
Repealed
?
30th
Chapters
If
Infants
then
were
entered
—
Members
by
that
Circumcision
,
which
was
a
Seal
of
the
Righteousness
of
Faith
;
—
How
comes
that
Church-Membership
to
be
Repealed
?
That
Circumcision
is
a
fine
Historical
Argument
to
illustrate
a
Point
well
proved
before
;
but
is
not
this
that
wherein
you
always
fail
?
i.
e.
If
the
Law
of
Infant
Church-Membership
,
was
no
part
of
the
Ceremonial
,
or
meerly
Judicial
Law
,
nor
yet
of
the
Law
of
Works
,
how
can
you
say
it
is
Repealed
,
seeing
no
other
Laws
are
Repealed
?
[
The
Law
of
Infant
Church-Membership
]
That
for
the
Repeal
of
that
temporary
Order
once
used
to
admit
Infants
to
Ceremonies
in
Religion
,
is
shewed
(
and
generally
granted
)
to
be
repealed
in
the
Repeal
of
Circumcision
,
and
no
Institution
or
Ceremony
(
since
the
Repeal
)
ordained
for
Infants
;
and
this
is
the
Point
in
question
.
a
Law
of
Infant
Church-Membership
unrepealed
?
A
Law
,
And
here
I
shall
advertise
the
Reader
,
that
as
the
remainder
of
the
Queries
we
are
to
reckon
with
,
are
less
specious
than
these
we
have
examined
,
so
let
it
be
remembred
,
That
we
have
granted
,
and
do
now
once
more
assert
,
that
by
virtue
of
the
Covenant
of
Grace
made
with
fallen
and
all
Mankind
in
him
,
Infants
stand
in
a
state
of
Grace
,
published
(
by
God
himself
)
to
Man
,
so
that
they
are
visibly
in
a
state
of
Salvation
;
nor
will
God
break
this
Covenant
,
it
is
unalterable
,
for
he
is
faithful
.
Infants
do
not
transgress
against
it
,
therefore
they
stand
in
this
Covenant
.
This
Covenant
was
and
is
the
Church-Covenant
n●w
confirmed
by
Christ
,
the
faithful
Witness
of
it
:
And
by
this
Covenant
Infants
are
Members
of
his
Vniversal
Church
,
his
Body
,
that
shall
be
saved
.
In
the
time
of
the
Law
when
this
Covenant
was
much
Vailed
,
or
hid
under
Shadows
,
God
was
pleased
to
admit
Infants
to
sundry
of
the
Carnal
Ordinances
of
the
Law
;
but
now
the
Mystery
of
the
Gospel
being
displayed
to
all
Nations
,
and
the
Worship
of
the
Gospel
being
heightned
to
a
very
Spiritual
Nature
.
God
hath
not
engaged
Infants
in
these
Services
,
as
he
did
in
the
time
of
the
Law
.
Our
Adversary
thinks
otherwise
;
this
is
our
Difference
:
try
seriously
,
and
judg
righteously
.
Is
it
not
clear
that
there
is
an
Vniversal
visible
Church
,
and
that
every
one
that
is
a
Member
of
a
particular
Church
,
is
also
a
Member
of
the
Vniversal
?
And
that
the
Infants
were
Members
of
the
Vniversal
,
and
that
this
Vniversal
is
not
dissolved
?
Now
must
not
he
that
will
affirm
,
the
whole
species
of
Infants
are
cast
out
of
the
Vniversal
visible
Church
,
prove
it
well
?
10th
,
20th
Is
not
that
false
Doctrine
which
makes
the
Children
of
the
Faithful
to
be
in
as
bad
,
or
a
worse
condition
than
the
Curse
,
doth
make
the
Children
of
Covenant-breakers
to
be
in
?
Doth
not
the
Doctrine
which
puts
Infants
out
of
the
Visible
Church
of
Christ
,
leave
them
in
the
visible
Kingdom
of
the
Devil
?
And
will
you
leave
us
no
sound
grounded
hope
of
the
Justification
,
or
Salvation
,
of
any
dying
Infants
in
the
World
?
What
a
full
plain
Text
is
that
,
Are
the
Children
of
Believers
holy
in
state
?
then
ought
they
not
to
be
admitted
visible
Church-Members
?
it
is
not
of
power
to
make
Christians
,
or
remit
Sins
?
That
God's
chief
end
in
this
proceeding
,
was
,
that
the
Posterity
might
be
Sanctified
,
being
born
in
chaste
Wedlock
according
to
his
Appointment
,
whereas
it
is
defiled
by
all
manner
of
unlawful
Conjunctions
.
When
it
is
said
Whether
this
be
not
more
,
than
they
may
be
visible
Church-Members
?
suffer
them
to
come
to
me
,
If
these
Texts
be
objected
.
To
the
first
Text
:
What
is
it
the
Apostle
mainly
drives
at
,
but
that
Men
are
not
therefore
saved
because
they
are
carnal
Seed
?
—
And
to
What
though
we
are
by
Nature
Children
of
Wrath
,
doth
it
follow
that
we
may
not
be
otherwise
by
Grace
?
If
you
object
that
Infants
are
not
capable
of
the
ends
of
Baptism
:
To
this
,
though
Infants
are
not
capable
of
every
benefit
of
Baptism
,
—
yet
are
they
not
capable
of
the
principal
ends
?
May
it
not
be
a
Listing
Sign
?
they
understand
none
of
these
things
?
And
may
it
not
be
Operative
by
its
signification
as
soon
as
the
Child
comes
to
the
use
of
Reason
?
And
in
the
mean
time
,
as
his
Interest
is
,
upon
the
condition
of
the
Parents
Faith
,
—
so
may
not
the
Parent
have
the
actual
comfort
of
it
,
—
as
of
a
Lease
that
assureth
an
Estate
to
his
Child
?
(
for
that
's
the
true
Import
of
your
holding
some
dying
Infants
are
damned
)
:
Sinlessness
of
Christ
Christ
was
not
buried
with
Christ
in
Baptism
?
If
you
object
,
How
can
an
Infant
covenant
with
God
,
or
be
engaged
by
this
Sign
?
—
To
this
,
if
only
the
Aged
are
capable
of
Engagement
,
may
you
not
thence
conclude
that
no
Infant
was
ever
circumcised
?
But
may
not
that
be
the
Childs
action
Morally
,
or
in
a
Law-sence
,
which
is
only
the
Fathers
action
Physically
?
As
when
a
Man
puts
his
Childs
name
into
a
Lease
?
for
the
Circumcision
of
Trees
[
Take
away
his
foreskin
,
which
is
his
Fruit.
anothers
act
Physically
mine
Morally
Physically
?
i.
e.
Another
common
Objection
is
,
If
Infants
must
be
Baptized
,
why
may
they
not
as
well
receive
the
Lord's
Supper
?
To
which
,
may
not
the
very
external
nature
of
the
Sacraments
satisfie
you
?
The
Wit
of
Man
is
not
able
to
shew
(
in
this
case
)
a
difference
in
these
Ordinances
We
are
one
Body
and
one
Bread
,
even
as
we
all
partakers
of
that
one
Bread
?
It
bath
been
objected
,
That
if
it
be
the
will
of
God
that
Infants
should
be
Baptized
,
it
is
strange
that
he
hath
left
it
so
dark
?
To
which
,
will
you
not
grant
that
all
Church-Members
must
be
admitted
by
Baptism
?
Drink
ye
all
this
We
being
many
,
are
one
Body
,
—
for
we
are
all
partakers
of
that
Bread
?
continue
stedfastly
in
the
Apostles
Doctrine
,
in
breaking
of
Bread
and
Prayers
.
Another
Objection
is
,
The
evil
consequences
of
Infant-Baptism
,
as
gross
Ignorance
much
occasioned
by
it
.
To
which
,
Is
not
the
Lord
Jesus
himself
the
occasion
of
the
ruine
and
damnation
of
Multitudes
?
Can
you
shew
what
there
is
in
the
nature
of
the
thing
that
should
be
hurtful
to
any
?
naturally
tends
all
Men
sacerd
Ordinance
of
God
Baptism
of
Repentance
for
the
Remission
of
Sin
?
so
natural
New
Birth
Membership
in
his
Gospel-Church
in
the
nature
of
the
thing
,
nature
of
your
Crossing
or
Sprinkling
?
If
God
would
have
Infants
to
be
Church-Members
,
and
so
entered
by
Baptism
,
are
not
all
these
Objections
against
God
,
and
a
Carping
at
his
Way
?
Where
do
you
find
one
word
of
Precept
or
Example
in
all
the
Bible
,
for
the
deferring
the
Baptism
of
any
Child
of
a
Christian
till
years
of
Discretion
?
Should
you
not
bring
some
Scripture
for
your
Way
?
per
force
Austin
,
That
Infants
do
strive
against
Baptism
with
great
Crying
.
Is
not
your
Way
inconsistent
with
obedience
to
the
Rule
?
Is
it
not
Christ's
Rule
that
Persons
shall
be
Baptized
without
delay
when
they
are
first
made
Disciples
?
Doth
not
this
appear
,
—
How
can
you
Baptize
(
any
)
when
they
are
first
made
Disciples
▪
unless
it
be
in
their
Infancy
?
Would
not
this
Practice
of
yours
necessarily
fill
the
Church
with
perpetual
Contentions
,
as
being
about
a
Matter
that
cannot
be
determined
by
any
known
Rule
?
till
you
Ministers
agree
this
Point
,
Then
they
that
gladly
received
the
Word
were
Baptized
;
and
the
same
day
was
added
unto
them
about
three
thousand
Souls
.
they
searched
the
Scriptures
daily
,
to
see
whether
things
were
so
.
When
you
pretend
to
ground
your
practice
on
—
would
not
your
Doctrine
turn
Baptism
(
for
most
part
)
out
of
the
Churches
of
the
Saints
?
For
according
to
you
,
only
they
that
are
made
Disciples
by
Ministerial
Teaching
,
directly
should
be
Baptized
,
them
question
almost
every
Your
ordinary
practice
of
Baptizing
by
Dipping
over
Head
in
cold
Water
(
which
you
use
as
necessary
)
is
it
not
a
breach
of
the
Sixth
Commandment
,
reproacheth
the
Footsteps
of
God's
Anointed
?
John
into
Jordan
Baptized
in
the
Winter
season
he
began
to
be
about
thirty
Years
of
Age
,
any
Form
to
invent
what
Form
you
will
?
Christ
▪
s
Form
was
much
Water
(
Rom.
Baptism
was
a
Dipping
in
Water
;
according
to
the
ancient
Ceremony
?
whether
it
was
constantly
used
went
out
of
his
House
that
he
brought
them
into
his
House
,
and
set
Meat
before
them
?
to
Preach
to
him
and
to
all
that
were
in
his
House
?
Fisher
▪
I
will
have
Mercy
and
not
Sacrifice
,
Is
it
not
a
breach
of
the
Seventh
Commandment
.
to
Dip
Persons
naked
,
or
next
to
naked
?
O
ye
Priests
the
Dipping
Persons
cloathed
,
would
destroy
our
Argument
for
washing
the
whole
Body
?
Hearts
were
sprinkled
from
an
evil
Conscience
,
and
their
Bodies
washed
with
pure
Water
,
ungodly
Query
Men
are
much
in
love
with
their
own
Fancies
.
What
fruit
of
these
things
?
How
many
of
you
that
instead
of
labouring
after
the
winning
of
Souls
from
Sin
to
God
,
make
it
your
main
scope
to
propagate
your
Opinion
?
I
know
it
to
be
a
very
difficult
Point
,
—
and
many
Prelatists
have
maintained
that
it
is
not
determined
in
Scripture
.
Whether
it
be
at
all
credible
that
Satan
would
be
so
charitable
to
Believers
Infants
,
as
to
plead
for
their
Priviledges
,
or
would
be
a
Propagater
of
Christ's
Kingdom
?
Whereas
we
tell
Sinners
of
the
heinous
aggravation
of
their
Sins
,
as
committed
after
Baptism
,
—
Whether
you
that
make
Infant-Baptism
a
Nullity
,
dare
undertake
to
bear
the
burthen
of
that
Aggravation
for
them
?
They
were
never
strictly
comfortably
in
Covenant
with
Christ
freely
consent
it
was
never
a
match
till
now
.
their
Infant-Covenant
will
not
now
serve
.
Everlasting
Rest
Whether
it
should
not
lie
heavy
on
tender
Consciences
,
to
add
to
God's
Word
,
holding
the
Repeal
of
the
Ordinance
of
Infant
Church-Membership
?
—
How
doleful
is
it
that
any
Christians
should
be
so
zealous
to
dispute
their
Children
out
of
Christ's
Church
,
—
and
whether
they
may
not
have
as
many
thanks
from
Christ
,
as
the
Disciples
had
for
keeping
such
from
him
?
unless
they
be
sprinkled
that
's
all
the
cause
they
have
no
sound
grounded
hope
concerning
them
for
this
cause
be
left
in
the
Kingdom
of
the
Devil
?
out
of
Heaven
Life
Eternal
they
were
not
Communicated
with
at
the
Lord's
?
Table
.
J.
B.
may
be
said
is
necessary
to
be
said
in
that
case
.
[
or
as
one
that
doubted
his
Ordination
,
would
be
Ordain'd
again
]