Ch.4.5. of the iie of .igeleevers. 419 Tombes his prime Argument to render this praaice to be of low- er flanding then is pretended, is the filence of force Authors of ancient times in their works ( as'he (ayes ) do not mention it, aslgnatirts, Clemens Alexandrinru, 4thanafaus,Epiphanius,and- Et fcbittis, if ít had been known in their times, why do they not once mention it ? To this much might be laid. r.Every Writer doth not treat of all Subjefts, nor deal in all Arguments : forne have written in our age, and Infant - Baptifm is not found in all their Writings, fhall after -ages infer upon their filence that Infant - Baptifm was not ufed in our times ? 2. If force Writers do not mention it, yet others in the fame time,or neer about, fpeak ful- ly to it. 3. Matter Tombes hath heard from Mafier Martha! Ifull proofs of it, in feverail of the Authors that he faith are f lent in it, as Clcmens Alexandrinru, Athanafius, and that in .dpi= phaniea, that Both neceiTarily imply it. And thofe that minde farther fatisfa &ion of his Objections drawn from the Q,iefiions put to the baptized , and the delay of Baptifm by force , they may finde it in Mafter Mar fhals Anfwer, and if he ingenuoufly confeffed, that he craved the help offome learned Antiquaries, it fpeakes but little ingenuity in Mailer Tombes once and again to upbraid him for it. Maher Tombes bath 1èven Q;zeries from my hand concerning the practice of antiquity about Infant - Baptifm, with forne Obfervations alfo aboutit, (in my Anfwer of his Letter, page 3,tó the tenth) which I thought might give fatisfaaion to all that which to this thing he bath fpoken There Mailer Tombes in his ,lpology is pleafed to wave, and thinks it not needfull, (I thinke he rather meant prudentiall) for tofpeakto them: onely page 83. he is plea - fed to take notice of one paffage in them. I had laid ( faith he ) the determination mentioned by Cyprían, Ep. 59. ad Fidum, as far em I can by fearch finde, i4 the fpring-head of Infant- Tapt,fm. Maa- fier Blake in his fin[ 'er to my Letter, page O. faith, t de(ire to k ow What colour of truth you can put upon thole Word's'. 1 anther, I he words are true without any colour put upon them, for I did not deny that I found Infant-73 aptilm praflifed before, but that the dete,,mi- nation of that Councel Was tke ring-head that is,as Examen p. G. The ftri determined rule or Canon, by force of which, it loath fince continued in a flream, and this ù true. It feems th°e"River had run force hundreds of years before the fpring -head brake forth, but H hh a not
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