in_o unbelief_n that_o have_v a_o zacheus_n to_o believe_v for_o they_o sure_o this_o be_v none_o of_o christ_n gospel_n rom_n 1.17_o and_o 3.28_o joh._n 3.5_o etc._n etc._n 3_o act._n 2.38_o 39_o yield_v as_o little_a proof_n for_o this_o assertion_n as_o the_o other_o and_o he_o that_o can_v find_v this_o consequence_n there_o deserve_v to_o be_v style_v magnus_n apollo_n the_o promise_n to_o the_o child_n be_v not_o as_o they_o be_v the_o seed_n of_o believer_n for_o their_o parent_n be_v not_o then_o believer_n nor_o to_o they_o nor_o any_o other_o but_o as_o call_v by_o the_o lord_n which_o call_v make_v they_o christ_n and_o capable_a of_o baptism_n the_o whole_a as_o the_o context_n show_n be_v a_o encouragement_n against_o despair_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o crucify_a christ_n and_o wish_v his_o blood_n upon_o they_o and_o their_o child_n mat._n 27.25_o for_o which_o very_a sin_n the_o apostle_n tell_v they_o they_o may_v have_v remission_n christ_n be_v raise_v for_o their_o salvation_n and_o their_o child_n viz._n their_o posterity_n and_o all_o god_n shall_v call_v though_o a_o far_o off_o if_o they_o do_v repent_v and_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n of_o our_o mind_n herein_o be_v dr._n hamond_n a_o great_a pleader_n for_o infant_n baptism_n who_o say_v in_o his_o â—_z concern_v infant_n baptism_n sect._n 81._o if_o any_o have_v make_v use_n of_o that_o unconcludent_a argument_n viz._n act_n 2_o 39_o i_o have_v nothing_o to_o say_v in_o defence_n of_o they_o the_o word_n child_n there_o be_v real_o the_o posterity_n of_o the_o jew_n not_o particular_o their_o infant_n child_n and_o dr._n taylor_n lib._n proph_o p._n 233._o say_v that_o by_o child_n be_v mean_v the_o posterity_n of_o the_o jew_n add_v that_o he_o that_o when_o ever_o the_o word_n child_n be_v use_v in_o scripture_n shall_v by_o child_n understand_v infant_n must_v needs_o believe_v that_o in_o all_o israel_n there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o all_o infant_n and_o if_o that_o have_v be_v true_a it_o bid_v be_v the_o great_a wonder_n that_o they_o shall_v overcome_v the_o anakins_n and_o beat_v the_o king_n of_o moab_n and_o march_v so_o far_o and_o discourse_v so_o well_o for_o they_o be_v all_o call_v the_o child_n of_o israel_n 4_o act._n 16._o â—1_n prove_v not_o his_o conclusion_n for_o the_o scripture_n record_v that_o the_o jailor_n family_n have_v the_o word_n of_o the_o lord_n speak_v to_o they_o as_o well_o as_o himself_o ver_fw-la 32._o yea_o that_o they_o believe_v ver_fw-la 34._o 1_o cor._n 7.14_o prove_v not_o the_o salvation_n of_o a_o believer_n house_n to_o assert_v it_o be_v to_o run_v into_o a_o desperate_a error_n viz._n that_o the_o unbelieving_a wife_n be_v save_v by_o the_o husband_n faith_n and_o è_fw-la contrà _fw-la which_o i_o suppose_v no_o sober_a protestant_n dare_v affirm_v and_o mr._n whiston_n will_v do_v well_o to_o recall_v that_o expression_n p._n 108._o that_o the_o master_n of_o the_o family_n believe_v his_o house_n shall_v be_v save_v upon_o condition_n of_o his_o believe_v it_o be_v so_o gross_o contrary_a to_o the_o tenor_n of_o the_o gospel_n let_v he_o peruse_v rom._n 1.17_o and_o 3.28_o heb._n 11.6_o mar._n 16.16_o john_n 3.5_o etc._n etc._n mr._n whiston_n i_o observe_v all_o along_o his_o book_n in_o defence_n of_o infant_n baptism_n borrow_v his_o most_o formidable_a artillery_n from_o the_o old_a testament_n yet_o tell_v we_o be_v argue_v not_o from_o analogy_n with_o circumcision_n but_o if_o he_o can_v make_v i_o believe_v that_o he_o have_v a_o notable_a faculty_n of_o persuade_v for_o alas_o how_o do_v he_o invita_fw-la minerva_fw-la squeeze_v argument_n from_o gen._n 17.7_o to_o prove_v infant_n baptism_n and_o i_o appeal_v to_o all_o reader_n whether_o that_o place_n and_o circumcision_n be_v not_o the_o alpha_n and_o omega_n of_o his_o proof_n what_o a_o tedious_a talk_n do_v he_o make_v to_o prove_v that_o there_o be_v a_o idendity_n betwixt_o the_o old_a and_o new_a covenant_n how_o learned_o do_v he_o labour_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o covenant_n enter_v with_o abraham_n respect_v his_o natural_a seed_n whereas_o if_o he_o mean_v the_o covenant_n of_o circumcision_n as_o it_o be_v call_v act._n 7.8_o who_o deny_v it_o but_o if_o he_o mean_v the_o covenant_n in_o the_o first_o notion_n lay_v down_o before_o we_o absolute_o deny_v iâ—_n and_o he_o can_v never_o prove_v it_o the_o contrary_n be_v large_o evince_v this_o exploit_n fill_v up_o almost_o his_o whole_a book_n and_o what_o a_o considerable_a range_n of_o word_n do_v he_o muster_v up_o to_o show_v the_o agreement_n betwixt_o circumcision_n and_o baptism_n p._n 226._o and_o so_o to_o p._n 148_o do_v he_o not_o lay_v p._n 222_o that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n concern_v circumcision_n show_v we_o what_o his_o will_n be_v concern_v baptism_n and_o that_o as_o the_o one_o so_o the_o other_o shall_v be_v apply_v to_o infant_n and_o what_o be_v this_o but_o analogy_n his_o talk_n p._n 240._o &c_n &c_n that_o baptism_n be_v the_o sign_n or_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n vow_n be_v vain_a and_o his_o inference_n that_o as_o circumcision_n of_o old_a so_o baptism_n be_v now_o the_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n be_v groundless_a but_o suppose_v that_o be_v grant_v which_o yet_o there_o be_v no_o ground_n for_o his_o definition_n of_o a_o sign_n produce_v from_o austiâ—_n p._n â—16_n viz._n id_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sensui_fw-la &_o preter_fw-la se_fw-la aliquid_fw-la animo_fw-la repraesentat_fw-la or_o his_o late_a author_n signum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la se_fw-la ipsum_fw-la sensibus_fw-la &_o id_fw-la cujus_fw-la signum_fw-la est_fw-la intellectai_fw-la aufert_fw-la or_o another_o author_n i_o can_v help_v he_o to_o viz._n scheibler_n metaphys_n lib._n 1._o cap_n 26._o signum_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la potentiae_fw-la cognoscenti_fw-la aliquid_fw-la representat_fw-la viz._n that_o a_o sign_n or_o token_n be_v that_o which_o represent_v something_o sign_v to_o the_o mind_n or_o understanding_n will_v do_v he_o more_o hurt_v then_o good_a for_o baptism_n according_a to_o these_o definition_n can_v be_v a_o sign_n or_o token_n of_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n to_o any_o infant_n for_o it_o do_v not_o represent_v the_o covenant_n either_o to_o their_o sense_n or_o understanding_n learned_a man_n divide_v sign_n into_o natural_a and_o arbitrary_a natural_a have_v a_o natural_a connexion_n with_o the_o thing_n signify_v as_o smoke_v to_o fire_n arbitrary_a sign_n signify_v only_o by_o ordination_n or_o institution_n now_o baptism_n be_v no_o natural_a sign_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n nor_o do_v learned_a man_n so_o account_v it_o and_o those_o that_o affirm_v it_o to_o be_v a_o institute_v sign_n will_v do_v well_o to_o produce_v the_o institution_n if_o they_o know_v where_o to_o find_v it_o in_o scripture_n further_o sign_n be_v divide_v into_o rememorative_n demonstrative_a and_o prognostic_n the_o first_o show_v what_o be_v past_a as_o the_o lord_n supper_n show_v christ_n death_n the_o second_v something_o present_a the_o three_o something_o to_o come_v as_o physician_n prognosticate_v the_o event_n of_o disease_n by_o the_o symptom_n now_o baptism_n be_v in_o neither_o of_o these_o acceptation_n a_o sign_n to_o infant_n for_o it_o neither_o remember_v they_o of_o the_o covenant_n nor_o demonstrate_v it_o to_o they_o nor_o prognostcate_v that_o they_o shall_v ever_o be_v in_o it_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o a_o sign_n or_o token_n to_o infant_n to_o the_o covenant_n of_o grace_n any_o way_n that_o i_o know_v of_o mr._n whiston_n come_v at_o length_n to_o improve_v the_o instance_n of_o baptise_a household_n for_o his_o service_n and_o insist_o much_o on_o lydia_n p._n 273._o but_o that_o this_o will_v do_v he_o no_o good_a be_v apparent_a in_o my_o answer_n to_o mr._n baxter_n his_o criticism_n upon_o the_o phrase_n act._n 16.34_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d rend_a it_o he_o rejoice_v with_o all_o his_o house_n he_o believe_v in_o god_n be_v vain_a for_o by_o this_o interpretation_n his_o whole_a family_n be_v capable_a of_o rejoice_v therefore_o no_o infant_n there_o they_o be_v uncapable_a of_o such_o impression_n the_o word_n be_v speak_v to_o they_o all_o and_o its_o evident_a they_o all_o believe_v the_o adverb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o his_o whole_a family_n in_o the_o propriety_n of_o the_o phrase_n have_v a_o immediate_a relation_n and_o connexion_n to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d believe_v and_o therefore_o i_o fee_v no_o reason_n to_o rece_v from_o the_o vulgar_a translation_n and_o lean_a upon_o such_o a_o extort_a criticism_n as_o contradict_v the_o plain_a meaning_n and_o scope_n of_o the_o text_n he_o labour_v to_o fasten_v a_o absurd_a sense_n also_o upon_o that_o text_n mat._n 28.19_o viz._n that_o the_o person_n to_o be_v baptize_v be_v the_o nation_n in_o gross_a but_o
himself_o in_o its_o spoil_n but_o to_o the_o matter_n one_a mr._n danvers_n have_v quote_v a_o passage_n from_o bellarmine_n to_o show_v that_o apostolical_a tradition_n be_v esteem_v the_o principal_a ground_n of_o infant_n baptism_n it_o seem_v omit_v that_o say_n deducitur_fw-la evidenter_fw-la ex_fw-la scripture_n and_o dr._n field_n say_v after_o such_o another_o expression_n that_o the_o scripture_n deliver_v we_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o mr._n will_v his_o though_o he_o plead_v for_o himself_o in_o the_o like_a case_n vind._n p._n 7._o accuse_v he_o for_o it_o app._n p._n 162._o to_o which_o it_o be_v say_v that_o in_o all_o such_o case_n to_o prevent_v cavil_v and_o offence_n it_o be_v better_a if_o the_o entire_a sentence_n be_v always_o express_v but_o the_o circumstance_n that_o make_v this_o appear_v to_o we_o to_o have_v no_o great_a weight_n in_o it_o be_v these_o one_a mr._n danvers_n set_v down_o rep._n p._n 74._o these_o word_n of_o bellarmine_n omit_v before_o of_o which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o take_v notice_n be_v a_o book_n precedent_n to_o mr._n will_v his_o his_o appeal_v and_o before_o any_o reproof_n for_o the_o omission_n as_o we_o can_v find_v 2_o it_o be_v evident_a the_o jesuit_n urge_v tradition_n for_o their_o practice_n of_o paedobaptism_n and_o that_o phrase_n be_v but_o a_o faint_a insinuation_n that_o it_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o scripture_n viz._n joh._n 3.5_o and_o such_o mistake_a place_n and_o the_o quotation_n be_v pertinent_o enough_o apply_v if_o mr._n will_v his_o his_o example_n be_v a_o sufficient_a excuse_n for_o those_o that_o imitate_v he_o in_o give_v only_o what_o author_n say_v to_o the_o matter_n in_o hand_n but_o in_o mr._n danvers_n his_o answer_n in_o his_o rejoynder_n p_o 25._o here_o be_v two_o new_a error_n charge_v 1._o that_o he_o say_v he_o quote_v bellarmine_n under_o the_o head_n of_o tradition_n 2._o that_o he_o quote_v the_o passage_n before_o omit_v under_o the_o head_n of_o consequence_n p._n 74._o reply_n one_a it_o be_v true_a the_o term_n tradition_n be_v not_o mention_v in_o the_o content_n of_o that_o chapter_n but_o there_o be_v that_o that_o be_v equivalent_a viz._n the_o scripture_n total_a silence_n about_o infant_n baptism_n with_o the_o necessity_n of_o scripture_n warrant_v to_o authorize_v every_o ordinance_n for_o both_o which_o branch_n several_a author_n be_v produce_v and_o bellarmine_n for_o the_o first_o which_o he_o express_o own_v viz._n that_o there_o be_v no_o express_a scripture_n for_o it_o though_o he_o pretend_v it_o may_v be_v deduce_v from_o thence_o that_o mr._n danvers_n quote_v that_o passage_n rep._n p._n 74._o as_o before_o mr._n will_v his_o own_v be_v not_o able_a to_o contradict_v it_o and_o though_o the_o chapter_n or_o section_n have_v not_o the_o term_n consequence_n mention_v no_o more_o than_o the_o other_o tradition_n yet_o the_o marginal_a note_n express_v it_o to_o be_v a_o tradition_n as_o they_o word_n it_o gather_v from_o the_o scripture_n which_o be_v the_o same_o with_o they_o as_o consequence_n so_o that_o upon_o the_o whole_a matter_n it_o do_v nor_o appear_v how_o this_o charge_n can_v be_v advance_v to_o any_o other_o title_n then_o trivial_a and_o insignificant_a nor_o can_v we_o expect_v that_o labour_n can_v turn_v to_o any_o great_a account_n that_o be_v spend_v in_o consult_v such_o a_o mere_a catch_v at_o word_n 2_o it_o be_v true_a we_o find_v not_o dr._n field_n express_o quote_v in_o that_o 74th_o page_n yet_o it_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v that_o it_o be_v plain_o refer_v to_o for_o mr._n danvers_n draw_v a_o parallel_n between_o the_o popish_a and_o protestant_n paedobaptist_n say_v thus_o p._n 74._o do_v the_o papist_n affirm_v that_o notwithstanding_o it_o be_v a_o tradition_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n yet_o that_o it_o be_v plain_o enough_o gather_v out_o of_o the_o scripture_n viz._n from_o circumcision_n for_o which_o he_o quote_v bellarmine_n and_o then_o add_v so_o do_v mr._n will_v his_o for_o the_o protestant_n say_v who_o in_o p._n 105_o 106_o 107_o 108._o infant_n baptism_n give_v their_o sentiment_n from_o rivet_n calvin_n dr._n field_n the_o late_a in_o this_o very_a quotation_n word_n for_o word_n all_o which_o mr._n danvers_n sum_v up_o that_o notwithstanding_o there_o be_v neither_o precept_n nor_o practice_n express_o write_v in_o the_o scripture_n yet_o it_o be_v gather_v thence_o by_o consequence_n as_o come_v in_o the_o room_n of_o circumcision_n and_o therefore_o that_o infant_n have_v a_o right_n to_o baptism_n from_o the_o right_a that_o infant_n have_v to_o circumcision_n mr._n will_v his_o p._n 105._o now_o mr._n danvers_n refer_v to_o the_o place_n where_o mr._n will_v his_o quote_v the_o protestant_n one_o of_o which_o be_v dr._n field_n refer_v necessary_o also_o to_o dr._n field_n there_o which_o the_o matter_n dispute_v must_v needs_o lead_v the_o inquire_a reader_n to_o and_o though_o it_o be_v better_o in_o order_n to_o 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