3 2 The Birth - friviledge and Covenant-holineffe Cha p Thirdly, T h e f e were I n f a n t s o f Bach parents that J ere in Cove - nant with uod, as appeares in that Chrift now was in the coats of plea, was font alone to them of yuda in Covenant with God, Matth. 15.24. was a Minitter of the Circumcifion, Rom, x. . And we fee how facile'he`was to them, when his carriage was otherwife, and of another fort; when a Canaanitith woman comes for her chitde, Mar. r 5.26. This farther appeares by that which they requefted for thefe Infants : This Matter Tombes feemes to yield ; They came (faith he) to Chriff upon the conceit that he Was a Prophet and fò they might bring children to him robe dle fed; And farther (ayes If this reafon prove any thing , it is that the ch'ildrens parents were Jewes, Apol. pag. 15o. which is all that we contend for ; the Jewes as yet were in Cove- nant. Fourthly, T life Infants themfelves were in Covenant , and flood in relation to Chr;j , bearing hie name and being of his people ; and were not as Heathens in their pre feat fiare Without Chrift; aliens from the Common - wealth of Ifrael , and grangers; from the Covenant of `Promife. This is evident by their free admit ion'b i Chrift, and the reafonby'him given. When this was preft upon Mr. Tombes in folemne difputation, he took time to confider ; and after more then two years in his Examen, we have an anfwer, which now íhame will not fuffer him to own. But in his Apology doth dif- cláime , 'yet not convinced by Mafter MarJhal , my Pelf or any o- ther : It is enough with me, ifthe truth is confeft; If the truth may havethe honour, I am fatisfied. Fifthly, They were admitted upon a common right, equally belong- ing to all Infants of covenanting paren.'s and not by venue of any extraordinary pri+viledge, peculiar to-them, and not common to others. This is plaint.. i. By the generall admiflîon which he gives to Infants on this occafion ; Suffer little children to come to me, and as Mailer Tomdes more then once obferves) Extraordinarium Won facie regulam sommunem ; here is a general rule, all have ad- mil on , and therefore there is nothing extraordinary. 2. It was fuch a right that the Difcipíes of Chrift ought to have under- ftood , as plainly appeares by Chrifts fore difpleafure conceived againft thetry, for forbidding their admiflìon to him , and that I muft be a known right, and not fecret. Mailer Tombes indeed f layes, They were not admitted out of any known right common to others
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