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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66526	Vindiciæ vindiciarum, or, A vindication of a late treatise, entituled, Infant-baptism asserted and vindicated by Scripture and antiquity in answer to Mr. Hen. D'Anvers his reply : to which is annexed, the Right Reverend Dr. Barlow (now Bishop-elect of Lincoln) his apologetical-letter : also An appeal to the Baptists (so called) against Mr. Danvers, for his strange forgeries, and misrepresentations of divers councils and authors, both antient and modern / by Obed Wills.	Wills, Obed.; Barlow, Thomas, 1607-1691. Appeal to the Baptists against Henry D'Anvers, Esq.	1675 (1675)	Wing W2868; ESTC R38662	92,093	163

parallel betwixt what their Confessions say and what as he words it I make them to say and so leaves it to the Reader to judg how fairly I have dealt therein and truly 't is my desire also that the Reader compare us with the Confessions and see which of us hath dealt most fairly or foully with them There are five Confessions of the Waldenses besides some passages out of a Treatise to which Mr. Danvers hath recourse for information touching their Faith and Practice about Baptism There are two things to be observed in US in reference to these Confessions 1. What Mr. Danvers picks out of them for his purpose as he conceives 2. Whether I have offered any Violation by mangling the Confessions or leaving out any thing that is material against Infants-baptism which I desire the Reader the more diligently to note because this is another of his great charges against me in his Preface 1. The first Confession that is quoted by Mr. Danvers in his Treatise of Baptism bears date 1220 of which this is the 13 Article viz. They say we acknowledg no other Sacraments but Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. I have not left out a word of this and I told him in my answer that to bring this Article was rather a witness of his own weakness than against Infants-Baptism and therefore upon second thoughts this is cashier'd for we have it not in the Reply The next is the 28 Article of another Confession That God doth not only instruct us by his Word but has also ordained certain Sacraments to be joyn'd with it as a means to unite unto and to make us partakers of his benefits and that there be only two In my Answer I left out the begining of this Article that is that God instructs us by his Word which I am sure containeth nothing in it against Infants-Baptism and also the latter part of the Article which runs thus belonging in Common to all the Members of the Church under the New-Testament viz Baptism and the Lords Supper Another ancient Confession of Faith hath this Artic. 7. We do believe that in the Sacrament of Baptism Water is the visible and external sign which represents unto us that which by the invisible vertue of God operating is within us the Renovation of the Spirit and mortification of our Members in Jesus Christ by which also we are receiv'd into the holy Congregation of the people of God there professing and declaring openly our Faith and Amendment of Life Here was left out a Parenthesis viz by the invisible vertue of God operating and the last Clause by which also we are received into the Congregation c. And with respect to this Article I have this saying in my Answer namely that there is a Harmony between all the Protestant Churches in the World and the Waldenses in this Article The next is out of Vigniers History where the words are thus They expresly declare to receive the Canon of the Old and New Testament and to reject all Doctrines which have not their foundations in it or are in any thing contrary to it therefore all the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church of Rome they condemn and abominate saying she is a den of thieves and the Apocalyptical Harlot This Confession Mr. Danvers hath left out in his Reply and I know not the reason unless it be beeause I have every word of it exactly and it would have hurt his Parallel if it had been set down In their Ancient Confession Artic. 11. We esteem for an Abomination and Antichristian all Humane inventions as a trouble prejudice to the liberty of the Spirit And in their Ancient Catechism thus When humane Traditions are observed for Gods Ordinances then is he worshipped in vain and which is done when Grace is attributed to the external Ceremonies and persons enjoyned to partake of Sacraments without faith and Truth I have also set down every word of this and made this Paraphrase on it in my Answer This is a good Testimony against humane Traditions but doth not in the least touch Infants-baptism as also against the Popish error that Baptism confers grace ex opere operato from the work done for that 's the meaning of attributing Grace to the external Ceremony here mentioned In their Ancient Treatise concerning Antichrist they say that he attributes the regeneration of the Holy-Spirit unto the dead outward work of Baptizing Children into that Faith that Faith was omitted and teaching that thereby Regeneration must be had the words are Baptism and Regeneration must be had I left out Baptism because it seems to make it nonsense as it is there placed Also the conclusion of the Sentence was pretermitted which is grounding therein all his Christianity which is against the Holy-Spirit Upon this Article I have thus Paraphrased in my Answer Here at last by good hap we have the word Children named but not a jot serving Mr. Danvers his design for they do not hereby except against Childrens-Baptism but only against the corrupt ends that Antichrist hath in it for whether it be in Children or grown Persons it is an Antichristian or Popish Tenent to ascribe Regeneration to the dead outward work of Baptism and this is that before mentioned that Baptism confers Grace ex opere operato And because the Waldenses did deny that it did thus conser Grace the Papists did accuse them that they denied Gratiam Baptismi And for refusing to have their Children Baptized with the superstitious Rites of Salt Oyl Spittle c. they charg'd them with denying Insant-Baptism This is the Judgment of Bishop Usher in his Succession of the Church where he treats of the Waldenses and their Faith at large If I had been mistaken in my Paraphrases upon the above-mentioned Confessions Mr. Danvers should have rectified me and forborn the out-cry which he makes in his Preface for abusing the Consessions of the Waldenses and some that look no further into a Book than the Preface will suppose me to be guilty of a notorious Crime But as to this also I freely submit my self to the Judgment of the Reader and refer it to his consideration whether Innocency and Truth be not by him rather abused than vindicated He chargeth me deeply of unfaithfulness in misrepresenting their Confessions in many material and considerable parts but I perswade my self an impartial eye cannot discern it but 't is easily observed how unfaithful he is at the same time in misrepresenting my words and fathering that on me which is not mine but his own Invention on purpose forsooth that he might have a substratum for his following Queries for he makes me to say that there was a Harmony betwixt all the Protestant Churches in the World in those Articles and the Waldenses because all that are for Infants-Baptism believe the same Had I said those words in reference to every Article it had been truth whereas I do only speak it with Respect to one