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A41787	A religious contest, or A brief account of a disputation holden at Blyton in the county of Lincoln between Mr. William Fort minister of the perochial congregation at Blyton on the one part, and Thomas Grantham, servant to the baptised churches on the other part : whereunto is added Brief animadversions upon Dr. Stilling-fleet his digressions about infant baptism in his book intituled, A rational account of the Protestant religion, &c., in both which are shewed that the generality of the nations now professing Christianity are as yet unbaptised into Christ : 1. Because their sprinkling and crossing the fore-head is not the right way of baptising, 2. Because infants ought not to be baptised.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.	1674 (1674)	Wing G1544; ESTC R39430	28,329	42

by the offence of once the Judgement came on all men to condemnation so by the obedience of one the free gift abounded towards all men to justification of life Mr. Fort. These places do not prove that all Infants dying in infancy shall be saved for he speaks here only of the resurrection of the Dead T. G. These places do shew that what death and condemnation came on infants by Adam is made void by the death of Christ and I desire you to answer me this Question whether you believe that any infants dying in infancy shall be damned Mr. Fort. yes I do be●ieve some infants dying in infancy shall be damned here the people gave a general sigh as disliking so harsh a saying T. G. Then you are no friend to infants shall the Lord tell us the Son shall not bear the iniquity of the father and shall we no● believe him Mr. Fort. The Lord doth say he will visit the iniquities of the father upon the children unto the third and fourth generation T. G. yea Sir but it is of them that hate him but yet I grant in respect of temporal punishments the children do often bear the iniquities of their fathers yea all infants do bear the sin of their father Adam to this day but our discourse is of eternal condemnation in which respect I say infants shall not bear the iniquity of their father seeing Christ saith of infants indefinitely of such are the kingdom of God Mr. Fort Well I have shewed that infants being in the Covenant ought therefore to be baptized and it is said 1 Cor. 7. that infants are holy and so they are in Covenant with their believing parents T. G I have answered your argument by distinguishing betwixt the duty of the covenant and the mercy of eternal life in the first I say infants are not in the covenant but in the other I say they are for they shall be saved by Christ And for the holiness the 1 Cor. 7. it is expounded by Erasmus and others of your own Doctors to be only a legi●timate holiness and indeed being derived from the unbelievers being sanctified it cannot fairly be understood of any other kind of cleanness then that which is Matrimonial Mr. Wright Mr. W. interposed saying Diodate doth expound that place of a covenant holiness T. G. I grant he doth so yet Augustine far more antient then he saith that whatsoever that Ho●iness is it is certain it is not of power to make Christians or remit sins Mr. E. I marvel you ●…ould deny infants the seal seeing you grant them to be in the covenant T. G. I do not deny them the seal any more then your self who deny them the Lords Supper which was allowed them in old time for 600 years together Mr. F. What Author saies so I do not think you can shew that in any good author T. G. I can shew it from your own Doctors in a learned treatise called a Scholastical discourse about symbolising vvith Anti-Christ in Ceremonies Mr. Fort. Infants being in the Covenant are in the Church and therefore cannot be denyed baptism T. Grantham I answer by the former distinction if by being in the Covenant and in the Church you mean the whole number of the saved I grant infants to be in the Covenant and in the Church but if you mean those onlie who are in the actual profession of gospel Ordinances as baptism and the like I say no Scripture shews them to be so in the Covenant Mr. Fort repeating what he said before rose up to go away then Tho. Grantham said Gentlemen though we differ in opinion yet I desire we may endeavour to maintain the great duty of Charitie towards each other till God shall rectifie our judgements in these things Mr. W Mr. Wright replied saying it was not meet to place all our Religion in these ●hings but to walk in love one towards another or to this effect and thus in a f●iendlie manner the meeting was dissolved everie man went away in peace The next day the baptised Christians met together to preach the Word Mr. Fort and Mr. Wright came to the meeting and i● a very civil manner assaied to discourse with them about the Authoritie by which they Preach supposing that they had no ordinarie calling to the ministry but when it was shewed them that no man was allowed to minister in the baptised Churches in the capacity of a Pastor or other Officer without due election and ordination by fasting and prayer with the laying on of hands by the Presbiterie Bishops or overseers of the Church they then onlie opposed that libertie of Prophecie which we allow saying that gifted men in the church as meer gifted christians might not praie or expound the Word in publick assemblies we on the contrarie alledgd that gifted christians as such might lawfullie speak in the church to exhortation c. in a modest and humble manner for the improvement of gi●ts and the profit of the church Quoting to this purpose 1 Pe. 4 10 11 1 Cor. 14. 31. Acts 18. 25 26. We spent about half an hour in friendlie discourse about the meaning of those Scriptures but not agreeing in our expositions Mr. Fort took his leave and we proceeded in our work FINIS Brief ANIMADVERSIONS UPON Dr. STILLINGFLEET'S Digressions about the Baptising of Infants In his Book intituled A Rational account of the grounds of the Protestant Religion c. Wherein The insufficiency of his grounds for Infant Baptism is discovered By Thomas Grantham Job 14. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean one Isa 29. 16. Surely your turning things upside down shall be esteemed as the petters Clay LONDON Printed in the Year 1674. To the Reader IT is not any conceit of my fitness to contend with Learned Men in the controversies depending about sacred Baptism which moves me to this present undertaking but the experience I have of the mistake of some persons who take the things brought by Dr. Stilling-fleet in favour of Infant Baptism to be of greater weight then what hath been done by other Men in that question as also I might by this Paper move some abler hand to reckon morefully and Methodically with his new devices if upon consideration they find themselves concerned to do it But chiefly my aim is to move if it may be the learned Authour to consider how much he injures the Cause he manages against the Papists with so much Judgement and Learning whilst he endeavours to support his Traditional Infant Sprinkling for Baptism it is not which being allowed other innovations of Popery or other Sects will certainly be supported together with it as having the same grounds and in some respect fairer pretences to obtrude upon the Church of God from all which errours let her be delivered by the protection of the Almighty to whose grace I comit thee Thine to serve thee in Christ Tho. Grantham Brief Animadversions upon Dr. Stillingfleet's Digressions about