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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91973	Pædo-baptisme: or, the baptizing of infants justified: by the judgement and practice of ancient and moderne Protestant divines, both foraine, and of this nation: clearly proving the absolute necessity of baptizing infants, from the authority of sacred scripture and the force of undeniable reason. Together with an excellent letter of Mr. John Philpots to the same purpose. / Collected by Robert Ram, minister of Spalding in Lincolnshire. Published by authority.	Ram, Robert, d. 1657.; Philpot, John, 1516-1555.	1645 (1645)	Wing R194; Thomason E276_12; ESTC R209870	23,751	33

children he comprehended in a family or houshold as the chiefest and dearest part thereof Therefore we may conclude that the Apostles did baptize infants or children and not onely men of lawfull age and that the house or houshold is taken for man woman and child is manifest in the 17 of Genesis and also in that Joseph doth call Jacob with all his house to come out of the Land of Canaan into Egypt Finally I can declare out of ancient writers that the baptisme of infants hath continued from the Apostles time unto ours neither that it was instituted by any Councels neither of the Pope nor of other men but commended from the Scripture by the Apostles themselves Origen upon the Declaration of St. Pauls Epistle to the Romans expounding the sixt chapter saith That the Church of Christ received the baptisme of infants from the very Apostles St. Hierom maketh mention of the baptisme of infants in the third booke against the Pelagians and in his Epistle to Leta Saint Augustine reciteth for this purpose a place out of John Bishop of Constantinople in his first booke against Iulian chap. 2. And he againe writing to St. Hierome Epist 28. saith That St. Cyprian not making any new decree but firmly observing the faith of the Church judged with his fellow Bishops that as soone as one was borne he might be lawfully baptized The place of Cyprian is to be seene in his Epistle to Fidus. Also St. Augustine writing against the Donatists in the 4. booke chap. 23. 24. saith That the baptisme of infants was not derived from the authority of man neither of Councels but from the Tradition or doctrine of the Apostles Cyril upon Leviticus chap. 8 approveth the baptisme of children and condemneth the iteration of baptisme These authorities of men I doe alledge not to tye the baptisme of children unto the testimonies of men but to shew how mens testimonies doe agree with Gods Word and that the verity of antiquity is on our side and that the Anabaptists have nothing but lies for them and new imaginations which seigne the baptisme of children to be the Popes commandement After this I will answer to the summe of your arguments to the contrary The first which includeth all the rest is It is written Goe ye into all the World and preach the glad tidings to all creatures He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved but he that beleeveth not shall be damned c. To this I adde that nothing is added to Gods Word by baptisme of children as ye pretend but that is done which the same word doth require for that children are accounted of Christ in the Gospell among the number of such as doe believe as it appeareth by these words Matth. 18. He that offendeth one of these little babes which believe in me it were better for him to have a mill-stone tied about his necke and to be cast into the bottome of the sea Where plainly Christ calleth such as be not able to confesse their faith beleevers because of his meere grace he reputeth them for beleevers And this is no wonder so to be taken since God imputeth faith for righteousnesse unto men of riper age for both in men and children righteousnesse acceptation and sanctification is of meere grace and by imputation that the glory of Gods grace might be praised And that the children of faithfull parents are sanctified and among such as doe believe 1 Cor. 7. is apparent in the 1 Cor. 7. And whereas you doe gather by the order of the words in the said Commandement of Christ that children ought to be taught before they be baptized and to this end you alledge many places out of the Acts proving that such as confessed their faith first were baptized after I answer that if the order of words might weigh any thing to this cause we have the Scripture that maketh as well for us for in Saint Marke we read Marke 1. that John did baptize in the desart preaching the baptisme of repentance In the which place we see baptisme go before and peaching to follow after And also I will declare this place of Matthew exactly considered Matth. 28. to make for the use of baptisme in children for St. Matthew hath it written in this wise All power is given me saith the Lord in Heaven and in earth therefore going forth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is Disciple ye as I may expresse the signification of the word that is make or gather to me Disciples of all Nations And following he declareth the way how they should gather to him Disciples out of all Nations baptizing them and teaching by baptizing and teaching ye shall procure a Church to me and both these aptly and briefly severally he setteth forth saying Baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Sonne and of the holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you Now then Baptisme goeth before Doctrine But hereby I doe not gather that the Gentiles which never heard any thing before of God and of the Sonne of God and of the holy Ghost ought to be baptized neither they would permit themselves to be baptized before they knew to what end But this I have declared to shew you upon how feeble foundation the Anabaptists be grounded and plainly it is not true which they imagine of this Text that the Lord did onely command such to be baptized whom the Apostles had first of all taught Neither here verily is signified who onely be to be baptized but he speaketh of such as he of perfect age and of the first foundations of faith and of the Church to be planted among the Gentiles which were as yet rude and ignorant of Religion Such as be of age may heare believe and confesse that which is preached and taught but so cannot infants therefore we may justly collect that he speaketh here nothing of infants or children but for all this they be not to be excluded from baptisme It is a generall rule he that doth not labour must not eate but who is so barbarous as might thinke hereby that children should be famished The Lord sent his Apostles at the beginning of the setting up his true religion unto all Nations unto such as were both ignorant of God and were out of the covenant of God and truely such persons it behooveth not first to be baptized and afterwards taught but first to be taught and afterward baptized If at this day we should goe to the Turkes to convert them to the faith of Christ verily first we ought to teach them and afterward baptize such as would yeeld to be the servants of Christ Likewise the Lord himselfe in times past did when first he renewed the covenant with Abraham and ordained circumcision to be a seale of the covenant after that Abraham was circumcised But he when he perceived the infants also to pertaine to the covenant and that circumcision was the