' ' [ 172 J . them Holy) which is to be openly done by Ba~ tifrnal Inveft:iture_. But that the Children of all the Atheifis, Infidels, Idolaters, or wicked men on Earth are in fuch a fiate, and certainly faved fo \ dying, if any Chrifiianwill but fiand as in Eng– land as Godfather 3 and ifa. Band of Soldiers can but take up thoufands of them, and fo Baptize them, and that the Salvation ofthem is undoubt– edly certain by Gods Word, to every one that , mufl be tolerated to be aMinifier; this is our pre– . fent way of Church Co)lcord, but not Chri.fis way. . , And if all the Infants on Earth have right to Salvation if they can but he Baptized, why fhould they not have it.Unbaptized, when it is none of their fault it being not in their, power? It is his own argument when we queftion the undbubted / certainty affirmed,p. 162. [To fay the unworthinefs or the fin of the Godfather or Father can deprive the Baptiz..ed Child ofthe benefit of Gods Ordinance, is a mon[trous Opinion.] And whof~ fin is it but the Etchers that depriveth all Infidels Children of Baptifm, and fo of the benefit of it ? Wi ll all England believe that God layeth the Saving or Damning of Millions· upon the bare aB: of out– ward Baptifin, \-vhile the Children have equal antecedent right? · . . The Bifhop and his <:;haplain Dr. refer me to M,r. Dodwellforpart ofmy anfwer: And ~fr. Dad– well is fo much of the Bilhops mind, that I may, · - fuppo[e the Bifhop to be much of Mr. D's mind. I will urge him' therefore ad hominem with one ar· gumenr from Mr. D. againtc Conformity; Jet him anfwer it without condemning Mr. D. if , be ~an. · / · In • I
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