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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62091	Primitive baptism, and therein infants and parents rights	Sylvester, Matthew, 1636 or 7-1708.	1690 (1690)	Wing S6332; ESTC R220779	19,616	43

Parents which ought not to be supposed First it supposes these Houses and Housholds to be said to have the Word of the Lord spoken to them without the Parents and so renders Infants incapable whereas take House and Houshold with Parents and Infants have been and so may be of them to whom the Word of the Lord hath been spoken Thus Children were of them to whom Moses made that great and solemn Exhortation Deut. 29.2 9 10 11. And Moses call'd unto all Israel and said unto them Keep therefore the word of this Covenant Ye stand all of you before the Lord your God your little Ones your Wives that ye should enter into Covenant with the Lord thy God and into his Oath which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day And of them to whom Joshua made that famous repetition of the Law Josh 8.34 35. And afterwards he read all the words of the Law the blessings and cursings according to all that is written in the book of the Law There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshuah read not before all the Congregation of Israel with the Women and little Ones And tho' it be said in Nehem. 8.2 3. Men and Women and all that could hear with understanding yet it is not said them only as if Infants were excepted neither doth it follow that they were for we know that whatsoever the Law saith it saith to them that are under the Law Rom. 3.19 And we are sure that the Command of Moses Deut. 31.11 12 13. was that the Solemnity there appointed should be with the Women and Children Also when he call'd unto all Israel Deut. 29. aforesaid and made that Exhortation They stood before him with their little Ones and their Wives Likewise when Joshua made that Rehearsal of the Law Chap. 8. It was before the whole Congregation with the Women and little Ones So 2 Chron. 20.13 And all Israel stood before the Lord with their little Ones their Wives and their Children Still Women with their little Ones and Children as if such little Ones as by reason of their Infancy did yet hang upon the tender Breast agreeable unto that Joel 2.12 Turn ye unto me with weeping and mourning 13. rent your hearts 15. Call a solemn Assembly 16. Gather the People sanctify the Congregation assemble the Elders gather the Children and those that suck the Breast c. Not that Parents ought therefore to bring their little Ones at all times to the reading and preaching of the Word but shews that it was done upon some great and solemn Occasions when they entred into Covenant with God or the like and that little Ones may be part of those to whom the Word of the Lord is spoken Act. 21.5 It is granted the Phrase and manner of speaking in Scripture is primarily accommodated to those who are adult but not exclusively of Infants for they as Israelites were of them to whom saith the Apostle appertaineth the giving of the Law Rom. 3.19 And as Jews of them to whom were committed the Oracles of God Rom. 3.1 2. Acts 7.38 Secondly this supposeth these Houses and Housholds to be said to Believe without the Parents and so though it had instead of House and Houshold been said their Children little Ones and Babes yet according to this supposal the meaning would have been made still the same that this could not be of such in Age but onely of such in quality and disposition whereas take it as it is Parents and House together and then Infants are not onely included but chiefly intended the Adult being for the most part at their own disposal whilst the Infants were always at the disposal of their Parents who themselves whether Heathens or Jews being converted to the Faith of Christ brought over theirs all if possible but be sure their Infants to be of the same Faith with themselves and it being Parent and House and not House without the Parents who are said to Believe it shews it to be in a way of Covenant which always includes the Infants And thus as the Infants of Heathens were always reputed to be Heathens and the Infants of Jews to be Jews so the Infants of Christians to be Christians tho' not declaratively so no more than the converted Adult until baptized and may as Infants of such Mat. 18.6 Gal. 6.10 Eph. 2.19 as well be said to Believe as the Infants of Circumcised Parents might be said by being Circumcised to become debtors to do the whole Law Gal. 5.2 Or by not being Circumcised to break the Covenant Gen. 17.14 Object But it is said Faith comes by hearing Rom. 10.17 How then can Infants be said to Believe Answ This goes upon the former mistake of putting Parents and Infants asunder for so it is said He that believeth not shall be damned Mark 16.16 and is condemned already John 3.18 Shall not Infants therefore be saved God forbid for tho they cannot believe in all respects as the Adult do yet they may be parties with their Parents in the covenanting part of their Parents Faith as their Parents covenant for themselves and them which is well illustrated by Parents making their Infants Parties with them in their own civil Contracts of Bonds and Leases but is grounded only upon the Nature of the Covenant of God and as this Faith comes to the Parents by hearing so to their Infants in conjunction with them When therefore it is said such and such as Namely the Jailor Crispus and the Nobleman John 4.53 believed with all their House this relates not so much to the great success the Gospel had in those times tho' that was very great as it doth to the Covenant of God with Parents and their Children because no House is said to believe without the Parents nor any Parents having House under their charge without the House which must therefore have a respect to Infants Adult Persons sometimes believing and not their Parents and Parents and not always the Adult An Husband might believe and not the Wife the Wife and not the Husband but tho' it be said to a Husband or a Wife Believe and thou shalt be saved and thy House yet it is not said to any Husband Believe and thou shalt be saved and thy Wife or to any Wife Believe and thou shalt be saved and thy Husband but only What knowest thou O Wife whether thou shalt save thy Husband Or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt save thy Wife 1 Cor. 7.16 Again a Master might be Converted and not the Servant a Servant might be Called and not the Master but with considerable difference in respect to the House for when the Master being a Parent Believed there Salvation came to the House not so when only the Servant was Called or did Believe which is one Reason which the Apostle gives there why a Brother or Sister being married should not depart from put away or leave their Unbelieving Yoke-fellow ver 10 11