190 thePaptkinaof the. eunuch-. tVerfe t3. iongedte him',Crifpus withall hi;hou/hold°,thebonlboldofStephanadx. Albeita mitt áAd :8.8. cannot make a =taintdemonffracion, that in thefe generell Baptifines admi s. niflredtowhose families therewerefome infants baptized with the rea, yet it were very ffrangeif there fhouldbeenone, ir oneof there houfholds: and to fay that there is mfuch fpeeches a figurativefpeaking,a1thefamily beingput for thegerarea part of the family, and fo under that colour to excludeintents is butan indifferent eual on,itbeinga rule, tl.at weeare nottoaccountany thing asfiguratiuely, where there is no ntceffity, for the auöydingoffomemanifelt inconuenienee like tofollow, ifthe words ofthe fentence thould be taken pro- perly. Be itthat none ofall thefe things Willi-clue to iuflifie theBaptifine el-in- fants (yet vnable tomakeconfeflion of their faith), yet their intereft into the promifeofGod is a fuffìcientplea : that pro rifeismade to them that beleeue,and ygds.a.1S to rbeìrchildren r.lfthen thepromife belong toinfants,why riot alfo the fealeof the prom ife. Itmaybe, Comèmay make doubt of this reafon,bccaufe it mayfeeto by the like atgutraent, that voto infants altoought tobegiven the Sacrament of . of the Lords Supper: They haue a right to the promife,andwhynot alto to the z Sernta.de fcaleof the promife? fo mayCome dilpute. Anfwer, Indeed this moouedfome kp ¡,; among theancientstogiste thisother Sacrament eucnvnto infants, asCjprian, a1>e reo.dog.- and,dugáßine a, the latterofwhich two, was the rather firengthened thereinby e.ra. milfakingofChriffs words,Except yeeate theße/fiofróe Sonofman, and drinkehi: b 3. blood,yr harmnolifeinyoit ,£uppulingthofewordstobemeantoftheSacrament of the LordsSupper,lice accountedthe vfethereof ofneceflity to faluation. But the truth is,that the reafonfetched fromthe interefl intoGods promife, which doth proue infants to lianea right vntoBaptifine, isnot of like force, to proue them to haue a rightinto this Sacrament. For betidesthe difference betwixt-the two Sacraments m refped that the oneis the Sacrament ofentrance into the Church,and therefore agreeing toinfants ç theother the Sacrament ofprocee- ding, and therefore fit only for thefewhich areOfgrouth in Chrif 1 header, this, I fay,there be certaineexpreffe relftaints tóbe collectedout ofthe rules fetdown for themanner ofthe Lords Supper, as namely, that in vllng it, theremullbee it tosut;a8 an examiningofonesfelfc c:, there muEl beadifcerning theLordsbody 1, theremull be dVent aç. et remembrance ofChrifl,which be things whichinfantscannotreach tó. Thue eVee1ea f. I haue endeavoured toeleere thispoint,. touching the limitationofthe doßrine, of the neceflityof-faith to the right pertakingof the Sacraments,profaning it to hevnderflood onely (in thepomtofBaptifine)of thofethat art ofyeeres: and that-this courte taken by theApellles inbaptizing thofeofyeeres, is no preiu- diceat all to the baptifmeofinfants, tint-thatHTit reihaineth Ernie and fure, thatchildren borne in the Churchought tobeadu,tttedto the Sacramentwhich may beea pledge oftheir admiffton into theChurch, andwhereby aifomuch comfortmay retorne veto theirparents, God being pleatedhereby to giue fHcbiar;tG. denceofrite truthofbig promue,that he is not Iamrdeto beecalled bothour God, and theGodofourfeed affo: Themaine and fpeciall vfeof this do(trine, isrobe adirect ion tovs,laow we may learne to maketherightvfe of thatSacrament ofBaptifine, whichin our infancywe reed-tied. The beltvfeof Baptifine is tovfe itas a flore-houfeofcorn- for e,asindeeditis,beingapplyedaright. Now as noman, not baptizedtill heu ofyeeres can be comfortablyandeffectually baptized-valet-lehe beleeue : fono man baptizedin hit infancy,canwhen hecommethtoyceres,conífortably make vfe of hisbaptifinevnlfle hebeleeue. Thereto anoldpopifh opinion which is firnrcly held by ignorantmen &women,and it kalifs, that baptifinedoth confer graceofand by itfelfe, howfheuer theparty bedifpofed thatrecefue it. And fo people generally holda conceit,chatthere isakinde ofvenue andChrillendom (as theycall it) in£ufed into them,by the hauingofthis Sacrament, howfaeuerthey be affetled. But this is a metre fiftionandfancy, Withouttruth. It is a kindeóf gang 7hsYfe.
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