6 The Birth- Privileclge and Covenant- holinefe Ch. 411 . 2. That Maffei Tombes in lory, to evince that it moil be meant of the ngfads Glory. Kingdome of 3. That in. cafe it were grante4 him , yet it doth not at all help him. Firfi, That all hangs not on this appeares in that ourSavi- cur had laid enough in his order for admiffìon of thefe Infants,on . which we can build our conclufìon. Thofe that are admitted to Church-priviledges , they are Church - members ; But Infants are admitted by our Saviour Chrifl to Church- priviledges;and there. fore are Church- members. However Mafter Tombes can inter-; pret the reafon, yet he cannot deny.Chrifis order for their admif- fïon, nor deny that it was a Churchpriviledge to which they are admitted. To illuflrate it by a parallel. The Apofile fayes, I Car. I I; ro. The Inman ought to have power on her head, 6ecauf of the Angels.. The womans duty is there cleare, to becovered, in token offubje &:lion, though we do not agree what is meant by Angels; Whether Angels of Glory, or Gods Miniflers in the Congregations that are called Angels of Churches ; our duty is as plaine to give Infants admittance as Church-members, though the reafon annext remaines controverted ; Whether Gods King - dome on Earth, orthe Kingdome.in Glory be here meant by the Kingdome of Heaven. Secondly, For his Reafons (which. though I fhould yield,the carafe is already gained) there is not force in them. I. Saith he, The Kingdome of God muff be 'ande; ji cod, Mark io. 14. as it is verf: r5.. andLuke 18. 16.- as verf, r7, and Matth. Ig. 14. scs it is in both,thofe ; 7 his I prove, becaufe our Saviour from their eftate , inferres a likenle to them in others for thefame eflate, Apolog. p. 15o. This Argument howfoever it carries more colour then ufually is found in Mr. Tombes hisxeafon, yet: it ¡snot con_, clufive. It may be taken more largely in Chrifis argumentation, and in a more refirained fenfe in his words of InfiruCiion or Ap- p' lication , as in a place much parallel I Mall Thew, i Cor. 6. 1,2. There we. have the Apofiles reproof, verf, r. and his reafon, verf.2. as in the Evangelifis we have Chriffs aff'ertion,confirming his reproof, verf. Iq., and his application z er , z in the Apofiles''reproof is taken more largely th n it is aken in his realen. A]vilble Saint is meantin the frft place, a reali and r glorified, . ..
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