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The baptizing of infants revievved and defended from the exceptions of Mr. Tombes in his three last chapters of his book intituled Antipedobaptisme / by H. Hammond ...
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Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
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better_a they_o shall_v be_v sanctify_v baptize_v when_o they_o have_v no_o sense_n of_o it_o then_o that_o they_o shall_v die_v unseal_v uninitiate_v add_v for_o proof_n of_o this_o the_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d circumcision_n on_o the_o eight_o day_n which_o be_v say_v he_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d a_o initial_a seal_n and_o yet_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d use_v to_o those_o that_o have_v no_o use_n of_o reason_n and_o in_o a_o low_a degree_n the_o anoint_v of_o the_o post_n which_o be_v insensible_a also_o be_v yet_o a_o mean_n of_o save_v the_o first-born_a after_o this_o it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o proceed_v to_o consider_v those_o child_n that_o be_v not_o in_o any_o danger_n of_o death_n and_o of_o they_o he_o give_v his_o opinion_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d in_o the_o style_n which_o s._n paul_n use_v when_o he_o speak_v his_o own_o sense_n as_o that_o be_v other_o from_o the_o reveal_v will_n of_o christ_n that_o stay_v about_o three_o year_n at_o which_o time_n they_o may_v be_v teach_v to_o answer_v somewhat_o though_o they_o understand_v it_o not_o perfect_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d by_o this_o mean_v they_o may_v be_v baptize_v soul_n and_o body_n by_o this_o great_a sacrament_n of_o initiation_n but_o of_o this_o 1._o it_o be_v be_v clear_a that_o it_o no_o way_n prejudge_v the_o doctrine_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n former_o set_v down_o and_o approve_v by_o he_o that_o infant_n child_n indefinite_o consider_v may_v be_v baptize_v and_o if_o danger_n approach_v must_v how_o young_a soever_o they_o be_v which_o be_v as_o contrary_a to_o the_o antipaedobaptist_n and_o so_o to_o mr._n t._n as_o any_o thing_n 2_o that_o it_o be_v but_o his_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d or_o private_a opinion_n pretend_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o church_n of_o that_o or_o former_a age_n to_o authorise_v it_o 3_o that_o the_o state_n of_o child_n be_v so_o weak_a and_o uncertain_a that_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o affirm_v of_o any_o that_o they_o be_v not_o for_o the_o first_o three_o year_n in_o any_o danger_n his_o counesl_n for_o defer_v will_v hardly_o be_v ever_o practicable_a to_o any_o 4_o that_o the_o defer_v of_o which_o nazianzen_n speak_v be_v most_o probable_o to_o be_v understand_v of_o those_o who_o parent_n be_v new_o convert_v and_o themselves_o doubt_v whether_o they_o shall_v be_v yet_o baptize_v or_o no_o for_o to_o such_o he_o speak_v in_o that_o place_n from_o p._n 654._o a._n last_o that_o the_o defer_v till_o three_o year_n old_a if_o it_o be_v allow_v will_v no_o way_n satisfy_v the_o antipaedobaptist_n praetension_n and_o so_o still_o the_o former_a passage_n ought_v be_v of_o force_n with_o all_o and_o no_o heed_n give_v to_o the_o whisper_v of_o mr._n t._n and_o other_o as_o if_o this_o holy_a father_n dissuade_v baptism_n in_o any_o age_n unless_o in_o case_n of_o danger_n when_o he_o clear_o say_v ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d let_v he_o in_o the_o tender_a age_n be_v baptize_v and_o consecrate_v to_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o same_o century_n s._n ambrose_n must_v be_v place_v be_v a_o writer_n about_o the_o year_n 380._o he_o in_o his_o 10_o book_n ep._n 84._o ad_fw-la demetriad_n virg._n speak_v of_o those_o that_o make_v adam_n sin_n no_o otherwise_o hurtful_a to_o posterity_n then_o by_o the_o example_n exemplo_fw-la non_fw-la transitu_fw-la noâuisse_fw-la he_o press_v it_o with_o this_o principal_a absurdity_n hinc_fw-la evacuatio_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la parvulorum_fw-la this_o evacuate_v the_o baptism_n of_o infant_n which_o shall_v then_o be_v capable_a of_o adoption_n only_o but_o not_o of_o pardon_n and_o in_o like_a manner_n on_o luke_n by_o jordan_n be_v drive_v back_o say_v he_o be_v signify_v the_o mystery_n of_o baptism_n per_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o primordia_fw-la naturae_fw-la suae_fw-la qui_fw-la baptizati_fw-la fuerint_fw-la parvuli_fw-la à _fw-la malitia_fw-la reformantur_fw-la by_o which_o the_o little_a one_o that_o be_v baptize_v be_v reform_v from_o their_o malignity_n to_o the_o first_o state_n of_o their_o nature_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o or_o five_o age_n flourish_v s._n chrysostome_n that_o famous_a bishop_n of_o constantinople_n who_o death_n be_v place_v in_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 407._o he_o in_o his_o homily_n to_o the_o neophyti_n have_v these_o word_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d for_o this_o cause_n i._n e._n because_o there_o be_v so_o many_o benefit_n of_o baptism_n there_o recite_v ten_o in_o number_n we_o baptize_v child_n though_o they_o have_v not_o sin_n which_o word_n be_v the_o more_o worth_a remember_v because_o they_o have_v the_o hap_n to_o be_v make_v use_n of_o by_o the_o pelagian_n and_o consequent_o vindicate_v by_o s._n augustine_n the_o pelagian_n urge_v they_o in_o this_o form_n hac_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la etiam_fw-la infant_n baptizâmus_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la coinquinati_fw-la peccato_fw-la for_o this_o cause_n we_o baptize_v infant_n when_o they_o be_v not_o pollute_v with_o sin_n understand_v it_o of_o original_a sin_n but_o s._n augustine_n appeal_n to_o the_o greek_a show_v that_o the_o right_n render_v be_v quamvis_fw-la peccata_fw-la non_fw-la habentes_fw-la although_o they_o have_v not_o sin_n i._n e._n propria_fw-la their_o own_o or_o actual_a sin_n of_o which_o these_o infant_n be_v not_o suppose_v to_o have_v any_o so_o in_o his_o 5._o 4_o homily_n on_o genesis_n speak_v of_o baptism_n as_o of_o the_o christian_a circumcision_n among_o other_o thing_n he_o affirm_v of_o it_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d it_o have_v no_o determinate_a time_n but_o it_o be_v lawful_a both_o in_o the_o first_o age_n the_o childhood_n so_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d signify_v with_o he_o ãâã_d else_o where_o apply_v to_o the_o time_n of_o circumcision_n on_o the_o 8_o day_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d and_o in_o the_o middle_n and_o in_o old_a age_n itself_o to_o receive_v this_o circumcision_n make_v without_o hand_n in_o the_o same_o centurie_n very_o few_o year_n after_o if_o not_o before_o chrysostome_n s._n hierome_n must_v be_v place_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n 342._o and_o decease_v in_o the_o year_n 420._o and_o he_o in_o ep._n 7._o to_o laeta_n tell_v she_o that_o while_o the_o child_n be_v young_a and_o not_o come_v to_o pythagoras_n young_a the_o bivium_fw-la or_o two_o way_n the_o knowledge_n of_o good_a and_o evil_n tam_fw-la bona_fw-la ejus_fw-la quam_fw-la mala_fw-la parentibus_fw-la imputantur_fw-la his_o good_a or_o evil_a deed_n be_v impute_v to_o the_o parent_n add_v that_o this_o must_v needs_o be_v acknowledge_v nisi_fw-la forte_fw-fr existimas_fw-la christianorum_fw-la filios_fw-la si_fw-la baptisma_fw-la non_fw-la receperint_fw-la ipsos_fw-la tantùm_fw-la reos_fw-la esse_fw-la peccati_fw-la &_o non_fw-la etiam_fw-la scelus_fw-la referri_fw-la ad_fw-la eos_fw-la qui_fw-la dare_v noluerint_fw-la maximè_fw-la illo_fw-la tempore_fw-la quo_fw-la contradicere_fw-la non_fw-la poterant_fw-la qui_fw-la accepturi_fw-la erant_fw-la sicut_fw-la è_fw-la region_fw-la salus_fw-la infantum_fw-la majorum_fw-la lucrum_fw-la est_fw-la unless_o say_v he_o you_o believe_v that_o christian_n child_n if_o they_o receive_v not_o baptism_n be_v the_o only_a person_n that_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o sin_n and_o that_o the_o offence_n be_v not_o charge_v on_o they_o which_o will_v not_o bring_v they_o to_o baptism_n at_o that_o time_n especial_o wherein_o they_o that_o be_v to_o receive_v can_v not_o contradict_v as_o on_o the_o other_o side_n the_o salvation_n of_o infant_n be_v the_o gain_n of_o the_o elder_a add_v that_o the_o parent_n which_o be_v thus_o to_o prepare_v his_o child_n for_o the_o king_n i._n e._n christ_n embrace_n si_fw-la negligens_fw-la fuerit_fw-la punietur_fw-la shall_v if_o he_o be_v negligent_a therein_o be_v punish_v word_n of_o no_o very_a conformable_a abode_n to_o the_o opposer_n of_o paedobaptism_n i_o wish_v mr._n t._n who_o think_v fit_a to_o make_v use_n of_o s._n hieromes_n name_n it_o now_o appear_v how_o lucky_o will_v be_v at_o leisure_n to_o consider_v they_o so_o lib._n 3._o contr_n pelag._n the_o question_n be_v ask_v by_o crito_n quare_fw-la infantuli_fw-la baptizentur_fw-la why_o infant_n be_v baptize_v the_o answer_n be_v make_v by_o atticus_n ut_fw-la eye_n peccata_fw-la in_o baptismate_fw-la dimittantur_fw-la that_o their_o sin_n may_v be_v pardon_v in_o baptism_n and_o again_o qui_fw-la parvulus_fw-la est_fw-la parentis_fw-la in_o baptismo_fw-la vinculo_fw-la solvitur_fw-la the_o infant_n be_v free_v in_o baptism_n from_o the_o band_n of_o adam_n sin_n paulinus_n we_o know_v be_v his_o contemporarie_n and_o from_o he_o we_o have_v this_o testimony_n ep._n 12._o ind_n parens_fw-la sacro_fw-la ducens_fw-la de_fw-la fontâ_fw-la sacerdos_fw-la infant_n niveos_fw-la corpore_fw-la cord_n habitu_fw-la the_o priest_n bring_v the_o infant_n out_o of_o the_o font_n white_a as_o snow_n in_o body_n in_o heart_n
as_o to_o infer_v a_o uniform_a concordant_a tradition_n of_o all_o the_o age_n of_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n even_o since_o the_o apostle_n time_n unto_o this_o day_n for_o the_o receive_a infant_n to_o baptism_n and_o that_o shall_v be_v the_o last_o part_n of_o this_o reply_n to_o mr._n t._n and_o the_o antipadobaptist_n who_o pretension_n be_v the_o contrary_a that_o infant_n must_v not_o be_v thus_o admit_v sect._n 2._o a_o catalogue_n of_o testimony_n of_o the_o first_o age_n for_o infant_n baptism_n and_o the_o apostolicalness_n thereof_o first_o than_o i_o begin_v with_o the_o word_n of_o the_o apostle_n so_o long_o insist_v on_o and_o vindicate_v from_o mr._n t._n his_o exception_n and_o by_o so_o ancient_a a_o writer_n as_o tertullian_n etc._n etc._n apply_v to_o this_o matter_n and_o that_o first_o epistle_n to_o the_o corinthian_n be_v write_v at_o the_o end_n of_o his_o three_o year_n stay_v in_o asia_n act._n 20.31_o i_o e._n an._n chr._n 54._o i_o shall_v there_o 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lion_n the_o seat_n of_o his_o bishopric_n the_o 5_o t_o of_o severus_n an._n chr._n 197._o he_o have_v be_v a_o auditor_n of_o polycarpe_n bishop_n of_o smyrna_n style_v by_o that_o church_n a_o ãâã_d apostolical_a and_o prophetical_a doctor_n and_o be_v by_o vir_fw-la s._n hierome_n look_v on_o as_o a_o man_n of_o the_o apostolical_a time_n and_o by_o valent._n tertullian_n as_o a_o most_o accurate_a searcher_n of_o all_o doctrine_n and_o so_o be_v a_o most_o competent_a witness_n of_o the_o apostolical_a doctrine_n and_o practice_n and_o thus_o he_o speak_v l._n 2._o advers._fw-la har_z c._n 38._o omnes_fw-la venit_fw-la christus_fw-la per_fw-la semet_fw-la ipsum_fw-la salvare_fw-la omnes_fw-la inquam_fw-la qui_fw-la per_fw-la eum_fw-la renascuntur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la infant_n &_o parvulos_fw-la &_o pueros_fw-la &_o juvenes_fw-la &_o seniores_fw-la christ_n come_v to_o save_v all_o by_o himself_o all_o i_o say_v who_o be_v bear_v again_o unto_o god_n by_o he_o infant_n and_o little_a one_o and_o child_n and_o young_a man_n and_o old_a man_n where_o it_o be_v evident_o his_o affirmation_n that_o infant_n express_o be_v by_o christ_n regenerate_v unto_o god_n and_o that_o must_v be_v in_o baptism_n that_o laver_v of_o regeneration_n and_o so_o they_o be_v not_o in_o his_o opinion_n exclude_v from_o baptism_n and_o so_o this_o be_v a_o testimony_n of_o the_o second_o century_n not_o find_v or_o pretend_v to_o be_v contradict_v by_o any_o other_o of_o that_o age_n immediate_o after_o irenaeus_n follow_v tertullian_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 2_o and_o beginning_n of_o the_o 3_o century_n a_o man_n of_o great_a learning_n and_o a_o diligent_a observer_n and_o recorder_n of_o the_o custom_n and_o practice_n of_o the_o most_o ancient_a church_n and_o he_o lib._n de_fw-la animâ_fw-la c._n 39_o affirm_v it_o from_o the_o apostle_n ex_fw-la sanctificato_fw-la alterutro_fw-la sexu_fw-la sanctos_fw-la procreari_fw-la that_o when_o either_o parent_n be_v sanctify_v or_o believer_n i._n e._n baptize_v the_o child_n that_o be_v bear_v from_o they_o be_v holy_a and_o this_o tam_fw-la ex_fw-la seminis_fw-la praerogatiuâ_fw-la quam_fw-la ex_fw-la institutionis_fw-la disciplinâ_fw-la both_o by_o prerogative_n of_o their_o seed_n and_o by_o the_o discipline_n of_o the_o institution_n i._n e._n as_o have_v be_v show_v by_o baptism_n add_v from_o the_o same_o apostle_n that_o deliver_v those_o word_n 1_o cor._n 7.4_o that_o his_o meaning_n be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o believer_n shall_v be_v understand_v to_o be_v designati_fw-la sanctitatis_fw-la ac_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la salutis_fw-la and_o evidence_v what_o he_o mean_v thereby_o by_o the_o follow_a word_n of_o christ_n definition_n joh._n 3._o unless_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o spirit_n he_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n i._n e._n non_fw-la erit_fw-la sanctus_fw-la shall_v not_o be_v holy_a where_o baptism_n be_v manifest_o the_o thing_n by_o which_o these_o child_n be_v say_v to_o attain_v that_o sanctity_n and_o more_o he_o add_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o next_o chapter_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n and_o so_o he_o be_v a_o competent_a witness_n for_o the_o begin_n of_o that_o three_o age_n and_o be_v not_o find_v contradict_v by_o any_o other_o passage_n in_o his_o work_n or_o by_o any_o of_o his_o time_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a origen_n who_o die_v at_o tyre_n an._n chr._n 254._o have_v three_o most_o irrefragable_a testimony_n for_o it_o first_o on_o luke_n hom._n 14._o parvuli_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la little_a one_o be_v baptize_v into_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o quomodo_fw-la potest_fw-la ulla_fw-la lavacri_fw-la in_o parvulis_fw-la ratio_fw-la subsistere_fw-la nisi_fw-la juxta_fw-la illum_fw-la sensum_fw-la de_fw-la quo_fw-la paulò_fw-la autè_fw-la diximus_fw-la nullus_fw-la mundus_fw-la à _fw-la sorde_fw-la etc._n etc._n how_o can_v the_o account_n of_o baptise_v little_a one_o bold_a but_o according_a to_o that_o which_o before_o be_v say_v none_o be_v clean_o from_o pollution_n no_o not_o if_o he_o be_v but_o a_o day_n old_a and_o per_fw-la baptismi_fw-la sacramentum_fw-la nativitatis_fw-la sordes_fw-la deponuntur_fw-la propterea_fw-la baptizantur_fw-la &_o parvuli_fw-la by_o the_o sacrament_n of_o baptism_n the_o pollution_n of_o our_o birth_n be_v put_v off_o and_o therefore_o little_a one_o be_v baptize_v second_o on_o leviticus_n hom._n 8._o requiratur_fw-la quid_fw-la causae_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la in_o remissionem_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la detur_fw-la secundum_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la obseruantiam_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la dari_fw-la let_v it_o be_v consider_v what_o the_o cause_n be_v when_o the_o baptism_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v for_o the_o remission_n of_o sin_n that_o baptism_n shall_v according_a to_o the_o observation_n or_o custom_n of_o the_o church_n be_v give_v to_o little_a one_o three_o on_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n l._n 5._o ecclesia_fw-la ab_fw-la apostolis_n traditionem_fw-la suscepit_fw-la etiam_fw-la parvulis_fw-la baptismum_fw-la dare_n the_o church_n have_v receive_v tradition_n from_o the_o apostle_n to_o give_v baptism_n to_o little_a one_o also_o such_o little_a one_o still_o as_o by_o the_o former_a word_n appear_v as_o those_o of_o a_o day_n old_a and_o the_o like_a and_o so_o here_o be_v a_o full_a concord_n of_o testimony_n both_o for_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o church_n and_o tradition_n receive_v from_o the_o apostle_n for_o baptise_v of_o infant_n and_o so_o be_v a_o far_a evidence_n of_o the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o three_o age_n not_o contradict_v by_o any_o of_o that_o time_n about_o the_o same_o time_n or_o without_o question_n soon_o after_o write_v the_o author_n under_o the_o name_n of_o dionysius_n areopagita_n the_o eccl._n hierarch_n for_o as_o by_o 1_o photius_n it_o appear_v theodorus_n presbyter_n about_o the_o year_n 420._o debate_v the_o question_n whether_o that_o writer_n be_v dionysius_n mention_v in_o the_o act_n or_o no._n and_o of_o this_o no_o doubt_n have_v be_v make_v but_o that_o he_o be_v a_o very_a ancient_a and_o learned_a author_n he_o therefore_o in_o his_o 233._o 7._o chap_n of_o eccles_n hierarch_n propose_v the_o question_n as_o that_o which_o may_v seem_v to_o profane_a person_n i._n e._n heathen_n ridiculous_a why_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d child_n which_o can_v yet_o understand_v divine_a thing_n be_v make_v partaker_n of_o the_o sacred_a birth_n from_o god_n i._n e._n â19_n evident_o of_o baptism_n ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d concern_v the_o baptise_v of_o infant_n say_v maximus_n his_o scholiast_n add_v to_o the_o same_o head_n also_o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d other_o in_o their_o stead_n pronounce_v the_o abrenunoiation_n and_o divine_a confession_n 234._o and_o his_o answer_n be_v 1._o that_o ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d ãâã_d many_o thing_n which_o be_v unknown_a by_o we_o why_o they_o be_v do_v have_v yet_o cause_v worthy_a of_o god_n