Chap.4 2 faith, it is as bad tofay , that Clod dash not fave jeme of the Infants of Indians pro beneplacito, according to his good plearure. For J any warrant we can finde in Scripture, it is as bad to fay it of parent as of the childe. The Scriptures leave the whole of the Family, root'and branch under,the fury and wrath of God, yer. ro.25. Tfal.79.6. Now for the third, that the prefent Patrons of this non-fede- ration of Infants, can maintaine their falvation with nothing but clamours, and fuch reafons improved to the higheft,that_equally conclude the falvation of the greateft drunkards, adulterers, ido- laters, Heathens Let us fee what Mafter Tombes ( that is faid to have lifted up the ftrongeíl fword and buckler in this caufe,ard is it feemes furnifhed with weapons offenfive and defenfive) bath to fay, to that end what he bath expreft almoft in his laftfarewel to me, Apolog. pag. 155, 156. 'told Ma[lerMarfhal (faith he) that hr fpeech of Anabaptifts , as condemning Infants as out of the (gate of grace condemning all the Infants of the whole Church of Chri ft , as having nothing to do with the Covenant of Grace , till proved by force of their teflirronies , l (hall take to be but a falfe accu fation : A4after Blake (he (ayes) tells me , Mafter Marfhal for a teflimony needs look no farther then the top ofyour leaf ; where you fay, Infant- Baptifine is a corruption of the Ordinance of Baptifine, If Infants be not only held from Baptifine , but their Baptifme is alto a corruption of that Ordinance and there is no fuck thing as Cove - nant- holine ffe to give them any title, or interefi ; then they are out of Covenant, firangers to the promues, and fo the dooms, Ephef, 2. 12 lies heavy upon them. How frivolous a juflification is this of an ex preffe andáeep accufation of men of a rafh and bloody fentence? as condemning all the Infants of the whole Church of Chrifi , as having nothing to do rrith the Covenant of Grace ; Me thinks, he that would accufe expreffely fo many perfon,s, and thole Chriflian brethren , not to be corrtemneci, of (o deep, fo paffion-provoking a charge, enough to ilirre up Magiftrates, and Parents to expell and defiroyPush men fh'ould produce better evidence for josh a crimination ,..then Inch a far fetcht co' feguence as 114af1er Blake here brings to make it good Is neither my name, nor peace more tenderly regarded bi Matter Blake, then upon fuch light inference to accufemefodeeply ? Should we hear all of this paffion, without any word of reafon , if he had any thing to fpeak in his own-dence. but.pafYron : It :feemes A a a x indeed o, f'the ifüe of f Beleever,s. 365 3 Our prefent l adverfaries 'lead ofreafoi:s oppo onely comers againft ìt.
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