Ch.4z of the raie of Beleever.r. 369 fhould delire to know the Scripture -text, where God enters Co- venant with Infants, and the reafon why he reje &s, and with fo much loft labour, rifes againft all thofe texts, that not only Mr. Marfi11 and I, (who are of yefterday,) but all the Divines of the world can bring to this purpofe to affert their intereft in Cove- nant. If Mr. Tombes will but retract all that he bath fo needlefly written, in his Exercitation, Examen, and Apology, to this point, I here promife, I will retra& all that as to this charge I have ever written or fpoken, and though I yet never honoured Mr. Tomber fo farre as a Pulpit - mention, (though my name hath rung at Ga- briel Fen-Churchand Bewdley, perhaps elfewhere) yet every Pul- pit where I come (as occafion may ferve,) {hall fend abroad that honourable praife that theChurclbes off udea gave untoPaul,That he now preacheth the faith that he did deftroy, Gal. i. 23. But to an- swer this challenge more punctually, to the vindication of my felfe, and thofe reverend names, whofe books I am not worthy to bear. Let Mr. Tombes call to minde Mr. Marfhalls firft argument in his Sermon, which in his Examen, page 35. he thus layes down, My ftf fl argument is this : The infants of beleeving Parents are fce derati, therefore they nsdfl be fignati. They are within the Covenant of race, belonging to Chrifis Body, Kingdome, Family; therefore are to partake of the reale of his Covenant,or the diftnguifhing badge between them who are under the Covenant of grace, andthem who are not ; and then let him call to minde his anfwers firft jufti- fying them that deny the confequence of his argument,p.36.yetaf- terwards,p. 3 8, 39.he faith, Becaufe I conceive the antecedent of your Enthymeme it not true ,thougbyour argument be overthrown by jhew- ing the invalidity of y fur con(eguence, I fhall proceed to examine your five Conclufionr, by which you endeavour to make good your Antece dent and whole argument. Mr. Marfhall fayes, Infants are within the Covenant of grace, Mr. Tombes conceives there is no truth in it, and yet Mr. T ombes muff not be charged to call Infants out of Covenant; if he think to come off by acknowledgement that they are in Covenant through elution, (as fuch evafions are common) which he will fay he doth not deny to Infants, this may ferve -his turn only among children, If Election and Re- demption (yea Promife by way of Prophecy hergfter to call) will denominate any Perlons to be in Covenant, then the Ephe- tans had as ¡aft a complaint againft ¶aril, as Mr, Tomber B b bath
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