;Ch:45. of the ite of Beleevers. gi I CHAP. X LV. Objections againft Infant- Baptifme anfwered. T_TEre it is objeded with no fmall noife, that Infant - Baptifme JLAL wants an inflitution .we finde no command for it in all New Teftamenc-Scripture, where our warrant alone is for New Tefla- ment.Ordinances. Neither have we any example in the New Te- ftament of an Infant baptized ; whatfoere then our Arguments are, this concludes it to be without warrant, To speak to thefe, and first to the institution. The inftitution fpoken to in this objection , either is an inftitu- tion of the Ordinance of Baptifme it felf; or elfe an inftitution with limit to Infant -age ; for Infant - Baptifine it felt they will not deny that we have warrant in the New Teftament; John was fent to baptize in the Nation of the Jewes, joh. i. 33. and the A- poftles have their commiflion, Matth. 28. 19, to baptize a& Na- tions, For an inflitution with limit to Infant -age; we heard but even now there was no inftitution in the Old Testament for In- fant - Circumcision. The inftitution, Gen. 17. io. is for males without limit in refped of growth : I am fure it cannot be affir- med that there is any inftitution of Baptifme in the New Teffa- ment, with limit to any determinate age or growth. This obje- dion if it have force in it, followed home,will overthrow all Ba- ptifme at any age, and every other New Testament- Ordinance -whatfoever. Suppofe a man of 20, 25, 30, 40, 50. yeares of age feeketh Baptifme. According to this rule, he must bring a pre fcript for one of this age to be baptized, and the fame alto tor the Lords Supper. But it is replied Beleevers ó;`any age may be ba- ptized, beleeve, and the age is not regarded. This will be eafily yielded, if they be not already baptized but then the institution with limit to Infancy is waved ; and upon the fame account Church - Members in Covenant of any age , ought to be baptized, and fo the inflitution is not in question ( about that there is an agreement). But whether Infants be in Covenant, whether they be any Church- Members, is to be disputed which already is fa- tisfied. z. I fay thofe words of our Saviour, Matth. 2g. 19. D°ifsiple Ggg? all The Q,ieftion {tared whether there be any inftitution of 1 nfant -B a.. ptifinee Ir,;:unts are within the erge of the infiitut]on of Baptiíme.
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