Plain Scripture proof of infants church-membership and baptism : being the arguments prepared for (and partly managed in) the publike dispute with Mr. Tombes at Bewdley on the first day of January, 1649 .. (1651)
Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691 · London : Printed for Robert White · leaf 123
oftles fetch many texts for confirmation of their Do&rine. And if it hadbeen fpokc but to the Jews, yeaa or to one particular perfon, yet if it cannot be pro-ved to be reftrained to them • as being from a reafon proper to them . theScripture teacheth us to apply it to all the people of G^d,… … He eighteenth Argument is this 5 If Infants were Church-membersbefore ever Circumcifion was inftituted, then certainly it wasnot proper to the fews, and confequently is not ceifed, accordingto Mr T hisowndoarine: But Infants were Church-raembeisbeforeCircumciiionwas inftituted; therefore it was not…
