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A29074 A vindication of the remarks on the Bishop of Derry's discourse about human inventions from what is objected against them in the admonition annext to the second edition of that discourse by the author of the remarks. Boyse, J. (Joseph), 1660-1728. 1695 (1695) Wing B4080; ESTC R1985 67,590 105

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as needed this new Dispute to take it off But 't is true enough That the Debate about Human Inventions does more particularly concern Baptism than the other parts of Worship his Lordship had insisted on And therefore since the Bishop has offer'd us something new on this Subject I shall the more willingly address my self to the Examination of it because the precedent part of the Admonition has left the Argument between us almost wholly untouch'd and contains little but such slight Cavils about it as were in effect obviated in the Remarks themselves And here I. The Bishop gives us the Reason why he omitted this part of Worship viz. 1. Because it was occasional Admon p. 172 173. not ordinary 1. Answ But he knew that in a Discourse about the Inventions of Men in the Worship of God it was proper to consider that part of Worship about which that Dispute chiefly lay 2. Because he found the Defects and Additions of our Directory so great in this Office that they deserv'd a Discourse by themselves Admon p. 173 174. And accordingly he mentions these following Defects in the Directory 1. There is no express Covenant order'd in the Directory to be made in the name of the Child Baptiz'd either by the Parent or any else tho' there be no other way of engaging a Child that cannot Covenant for it self 2. There is no Profession of the Christian Faith required in the Directory from any Parent or Offerer of any Child 3. There is no solemn Recognition of the Vow of Baptism required from Persons Baptiz'd in their Infancy when they come to understand their Duty As it is in Confirmation with us 4. The express words of the Covenant are not prescribed out of the Word of God but is left to the Discretion of every Minister to impose what he will on the Baptiz'd c. Answ I know no great harm to the Cause of Dissenters if we should own there are some Omissions in the Directory especially when the Compilers to avoid the rigorous and imposing humour that had too long reign'd in others seem to have left many things to the discretion of particular Pastors which they would not positively enjoyn And for these Defects which the Bishop has cited out of Mr. Baxter's Treatise of Infant Baptism they are not so material as his Lordship seems to imagine and are easily supplyed by every Minister that thinks more express Professions requisite than are there positively enjoyn'd As to the first The making of an Express Covenant in the name of the Child if the Bishop mean by it that the Parent should explicitly profess his Dedicating his Child to God and bringing it thereby under a Solemn Obligation to the Duties of his Covenant this is really included in that Profession he is required by the Directory to make of his desire to have it Baptiz'd and accordingly 't is usual for the Ministers to propose the Question more fully to this purpose Do you profess your desire of having this Child dedicated by Baptism to the Faith Worship and Service of God the Father Son and Holy Ghost But if he mean that the Parent or Offerer of the Child should make such a Profession in the Child's name as our Sponsors are order'd to do in the Common-Prayer-Book 't is so far from being a Defect in our Directory that it enjoyns no such thing that 't is no small Blemish of the Office of Baptism in the Service-Book that it requires such a Profession from 'em as personating the Child they present And that his Lordship may be assured Mr. Baxter intended no such Express Covenanting in the name of the Child as this is I shall produce his own words and the rather because I take them to carry great weight and force in 'em in his N. Conformity stated c. he brings in the Lawyer asking What is your fourth Objection against our way of Baptism To which the Minister thus Answers That in personating the Child they say that they and so he by them doth at present believe renounce and desire c. falsly intimating that Infants are at present bound to do this by another And yet the same Men plead that God doth not accept him for the Faith of his Parents when as God requireth no Faith or Repentance of Infants but only that they be the Seed of Penitent Believers devoted to Christ And in the Catechism 't is said that Repentance and Faith are requir'd of Persons to be Baptiz'd and that Infants who cannot perform these are Baptiz'd because they promise 'em by their Sureties which Promise when they come to Age themselves are bound to perform Where note that the former Common-Prayer-Book had They perform 'em by their Sureties They perceiv'd that having said Faith and Repentance are requisite Infants they saw must have at present what is requisite at present And they knew that they had them not themselves and so were fain to hold that the Sureties Faith and Repentance was theirs and a performance of that requir'd Condition But the Makers of the new Book saw that this would not hold and so they say Tho' Faith and Repentance be requir'd of Persons to be Baptiz'd yet Infants are Baptiz'd because they promise 'em by their Sureties to be hereafter perform'd amending the former Errour by a greater or a double one 1. Granting Faith and Repentance are pre-requisite and yet confessing that Infants have neither of their own or Sureties for 'em and yet are to be Baptiz'd 2. Or making a Promise Future Faith and Repentance to be Present Faith and Repentance 3. Or tho' Faith and Repentance be requisite in those that are to be Baptiz'd yet God will at present justifie and save all that have it not in Infancy because they promise it hereafter All plain Contradictions as if they said 'T is requisite in Persons to be Baptiz'd and 't is not requisite L How would you have 'em have answer'd these M. Professed Faith and Repentance are requisite in adult Persons to be Baptiz'd and in Infants that they be the Seed of the Faithful devoted by them to God in Christ according to his offer'd Covenant of Grace Thus far that accurate Divine from whom his Lordship may learn That the modesty of the Compilers of the Directory which made their Orders about this Matter seem defective by leaving some Particulars to the prudence and liberty of particular Ministers is far more excusable than the assurance of those who impose in such solemn Professions things so confus'd and inconsistent If there be any defect in their Orders 't is easily supplied but the mistakes of the Service-Book are remedilesly impos'd on all that Administer this Ordinance according to it For the second Defect viz. That there is in the Directory no Profession of the Christian Faith requir'd from the Parent or Offerer of any Child I think there is such a virtual Profession requir'd by the Directory when it enjoyns the Minister to require