372 The Birth-Priviledge and Covenant-holine é. Ch.q.2 Fifthly, They that are admitted to Church- priviledg right to Baptifine, the leading priviledge ; 'But Infants are admit_ ted to Churchpriviledges, Mark o. 14. Matth,19.:14. Luke z °. r 6. Infants therefore have right to Baptifme. Sixthly,The children of the Kingdome, that with others make up the Kingdome of God, have right to Baptifine ; But Infants are the children of the Kingdome, that with others make up the King- dome of God,c2(4rk, 0. 14. Matti), 19,14, Luke 13.a6. Infants therefore have right to Baptifine. In all of thefe Syllogifines the major is unquefiionable, the mi- nor is at large confirmed in the difcourfe before - going, the conclu - Gon therefore upon it is evident. To which may be added. The Heritage of the Lord are to be admitted to Baptifme : But Infants are -the heritage of the Lord, Pfal. r27, 3. therefore In- fants are to be admitted to Baptifine. Thofe that are to be faved, are to be added to the Church by.. Baptifine,A .c 2,47.Infants are to be faved;and therefore are to be added to the Church by Baptifine. This Daft argument Mafter tombes hath taken into contiderati.. on, and notable to anfwer to the matter,quarrels at the forme, be- caufe I had put the fubjeti in the place of the predicate,which in a Logick Lecture he could tell his Pupils was not unufual. Now the forme being above his exception, I leave it to his con(id,erationa SEC IL Arguments from parity of Reajon, Analogy and pro- portion jufti fled. R. 7ondibes.making it his bulineffe (if pofïibly he could reach to ferve his own interefis byit)to make the Covenant under the Law- adminiftration,to be no pure, but a mitt Gofpel -Cove nant, that fo he might interefl: beleevers themfelves in the fpiritu- all,and their feed only in the carnal part of it, and alto exempt In- fants from Covenant- intereft, fufpetling (as it feemes, and as he well may) thg truth of it, therefore thefe failing he hath two -more firings to his Bowe; Firft, ro make it good, that though the In- funs of Xfrael.were. under a pure Gofpel - Covenant , and upon that
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