Ch.42 of the ïge of Beieevers. lation to God, but at bell in an hopeful! expectation òf it. They bring not forth children to God but at belt they have their de- fires to traine them for filth a future vifible relation; But there is no fuch example in all Scripture of a parent in Covenant, train- ing up the feed of their bodies for' a Covenant. No one in all New Teftament- Scripture, ever bred up a childe in yeares to ba- ptize him, no more then in Old Teflament- Scriptures they bred their children to circumcife them ; many in years we read bapti. zed, but none borne of Chriflian parents, do we read of kept till yeares of difcretion to be baptized.- - Seventhly, If children be not received into Covenant with their parents , but fund without Covenant, and in no right of Church-memberfhip, then they are without any Scripture- ground of hope of falvatton , then they are as all others that are out of Covenant ; reirho t Chrifi, withos.t God Without hope. And be- caufe Mailer Tombes rifes up againft this Argument with high cla- mours, though hitherto with feeble, or rather no reafons, I fhall fomewhat more enlarge my fell in confirmation of ir. That which the prime authors of, and chiefeft flicklers for the non- federation of Infants freely confeffe , which the general confent of their adverfaries (Proteftant Writers) unanimoufly upon Scri- pture grounds conclude that the prefent Patrons can maintaine with nothing but clamours, and fuch reafons (improved to the higheft) which will equally conclude the hopes of the greateft Drunkards, Idolaters, Adulterers, Heathens; that mutt be ta- ken for an Argument of force , and a reafon couclufive : But fo it is here, as I fhall make good in feverall parti- c Wars. Firft, Thofe of the Church of Rome,that have flood up againft Infants Covenant - holinefs,and fought againft it with Mr.Tombes his weapons, or rather he with theirs, ( read A Lapide, Stapleton, Bellarmine, and a man may conclude what Mailer Tombes bath, is a meere tranfcript) confeffe all Infants going out of the world as they came into the world , in that eflate perifh, and fo have provided a chamber in hell, which they call by the name of Lim - btu Infantun and now f nce their Limbos Patrum by Chriffs death is made empty (the fetching out all that were there in ,expectation of him) and the number of Infants thus dying in-, creating it is faid by force that thefe two are laid together : Aaa z how- 363 infants out of Covenant ac- cadïng to Scripture - grounds are without hope of faivation. Jefuites our leading adver- f.ries cònfef% it.
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