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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86328	The foundation of the font discovered to the view of all that desire to behold it. And, the baptizing of men and women when they believe (in rivers and fountains) proved to be a standing ordinance in the Church of Cchrist to the end of the world; by plain Scripture-proof. In answer to Mr. Cook's Font uncovered, for infant-baptism; and Mr. Baxter's Plain Scripture-proof for infants church-membership and baptism. With a word sometimes upon occasion to Mr. Hall's Font-guarded; which is more fully answered by Thomas Collyer. By Henry Haggar, a servant of Christ, and the congregations of his saints.	Haggar, Henry.	1653 (1653)	Wing H186; Thomason E711_1; ESTC R207114	109,478	143

Church-members and Disciples of Christ and therefore ought to be baptized for which cause I shall now come to Answer to their Arguments in general and to shew by the Scriptures why infants that cannot speak words nor understand Reason cannot be Church-members under the Gospel nor Christs Disciples the which being cleered it will plainly appear they are not fit subjects for baptism by their own grant For the cleering of which I shall first speak something concerning the Covenant that God made with Abraham upon which Mr. Cooke and Mr. Baxter do pretend to build making the Covenant with Abraham and his natural seed under the law all one with the Covenant made with Abraham and his spiritual seed born of the spirit under the Gospel In answer to which I thus Reason 1 That there is two Covenants is evident Gal. 4.24 in these words for these are the two Covenants Now if there be two Covenants then either we are under the old Covenant still or else the new is come in place but that we are not under the old Covenant still is evident because Christ is come whose blood is the blood of the new Covenant which is everlasting Heb. 13.20 and Luke 22.20 he saith This cup is the New-Testament in my blood giving us to understand that as the old Covenant or Testament was sealed with the blood of Bulls and Goats and Calves Heb. 9.19 20. So the new Covenant that is established upon better promises is sealed and confirmed by the blood of Christ the Son of God who hath obtained a more excellent ministery in that he is the Mediator of a better Covenant Heb. 8.6 for finding fault with the first he saith Behold the days come saith the Lord that I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel and Judab not according to the former c. ver 7 8 9 10 11. what is that he will put his Laws in their minds and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people which Covenant the Saints are now under and are heirs of these better promises upon which it is established therefore Paul applyeth the same to the Saints 2 Cor. 6.16 saying as God hath said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people c. And thus have I proved that we are not under the old Covenant which did properly belong to the fleshly seed which had but the promise of an earthly Canaan under the curse and Jerusalem which is in bondage with her children See Gal. 4.24.25 but believers are under the new Covenant which hath better promises viz. that they shall inherit that new Heaven and new Earth wherein dwelleth righteonsness and that new Jerusalem which is above and is free and is the mother us of all see 2 Pet. 3.13 with Gal. 4.26 Againe I believe Paul knew as well the intent and meaning of the Covenant of God made with Abraham as Mr. Baxter or Mr. Cooke and yet he applieth it not to a fleshly seed as appeareth thus Gen. 17.7 God said unto Abraham I will establish my Covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting Covenant to be a God to thee and thy seed c. Now the Question is who are the seed to whom the Covenant and promises do belong which Paul answereth Gal. 3.16 saying Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made be saith not to seeds as of many but as of one and to thy seed which is Chrst Thus we see that it is not every one that is born of the flesh to Abraham that had right to the Covenant and priviledges thereof but as he saith ver 29. If ye be Christs then are ye Abrahams seed and heirs according to the promise as it is written Rom. 4.13 The promise that Abraham should be the heir of the world was not to him nor his seed according to the Law but according to the righteousness of Faith as Rom. 9.7.8 Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all Children but in Isaac shall thy seed be Called that is saith the Apostle They that are the Children of the flesh are not the Children of God but the Children of the promise are counted for the seed Now if the Children of Abraham were not the Children of the Covenant nor heirs of the promise by fleshly birth much less can the Children of beleeving Gentiles that are inferior to Abraham be in Covenant for that which is born of flesh is flesh Joh. 3.6 Likewise the Apostle doth not say that it was Esan though he was the elder that was in Covenant but Jacob though the younger who beleeved in the God of his Father Isaac And indeed I do much wonder how the Preachers of the Chureh of England dare affirme that beleevers Children are in Covenant before beleeving by vertue of their Parents faith and yet they hold that God did hate and had reprobated Esau before he was born or had done good or evill and so notwithstanding his Parents Isaac and Rebecea were both precious beleivers yet Esau their own Child was never in Covenant before he was born nor after by their own grant Thus all men may see how they confound their own principles no marvell then although they labour to confound other mens and if this very thing were but well weighed and rightly considered it is sufficient to discover the folly and falshood of all Mr. Baxters and Mr. Cooks arguments Againe If beleivers Children be in Covenant because they are beleivers Children then grace comes by generation and not by regeneration the which to affirme is absurd Againe If beleivers Children be in Covenant by vertue of their beleiving Parents then all the World ever since righteous Noah must needs be in Covenant for they and we all came of righteous Noah But Mr. Cooke saith in his Font uncovered pag. 45. That he doth not hold falling from the inward efficacy of grace and true sanctification justification and adoption Answ So then it seems by his own confession it s not true and then it must needs be false and it s well if they fall from false grace and false sanctification and false justification and false adoption for they that fall from false must needs fall to true as certainely as they which fall from true must needs fall to false or else they fall from nothing but abide as they were But to make the folly of these wise men manifest I pray consider with me 1. what the new Covenant is and then 2. you shall judge whether Infants are or can be in it or no Heb. 8.8.9 10 11. The Lord saith The daies come when I will make a new Covenant with the house of Israel and Judah not according to the Covenant that I made with their Fathers when I tooke them by the hand to lead them out of the Land of Egypt