Augustine also in his Epistle written ad Bonifacium, answering* 1.1 this Question, why, seing we dare promise nothing of the infantes behauiour and manners when he commeth to mans state, yet when* 1.2 he is brought to baptisme, and the question is asked of those that of∣fer him to be baptised, whither the infant beleeue or no, they answere that he doth beleeue, sayth on this sorte: Nisi sacramenta quandam haberent si∣militudinem, &c. Except Sacramentes had a certayne similitude, and likenesse of those thinges vvhereof they be Sacramentes, they vvere no Sacramentes at all, and by reason of this same similitude oftentymes they are called by the names of the thinges themselues, therefore as after a crtayne manner of speaking, the Sacrament of the body of Christe is the body of Christe, the Sacrament of the bloud of Christe is the bloud of Christe, so the Sa∣crament of the fayth is fayth, neyther is it anything els to beleeue, than to haue fayth: and therefore vvhen ansvvere is made, that the infant dothe beleeue, not hauing as yet fayth in deede, it is ansvvered that he doth beleeue for the Sacrament of fayth, and that he doth conuert himselfe vnto God for the Sacrament of conuersion, bycause the ansvvere it selfe doth perteyne to the celebration of the Sacrament. And a litle after he sayeth: Itaque par∣uulum, etsi nondum fides illa quae in credentium voluntate consistit, iam tamen ipsius fidei Sacra∣mentum, fidelem facit. Nam sicut credere respondetur, ita etiam fidelis vocatur, non rem ipsa mente annuendo, sed ipsius rei Sacramentum percipiendo. Therfore although that faith vvhich
The defense of the aunsvvere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.
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- The defense of the aunsvvere to the Admonition against the replie of T.C. By Iohn VVhitgift Doctor of Diuinitie. In the beginning are added these. 4. tables. 1 Of dangerous doctrines in the replie. 2 Of falsifications and vntruthes. 3 Of matters handled at large. 4 A table generall.
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consisteth in the vvill of the beleeuers, dothe not make the ehylde fayth∣full, yet dothe the Sacrament of that fayth make him faithfull: for euen as it is ansvvered that he dothe beleeue, so is he also called faithfull, not by signifying the thing it selfe in his minde, but by receyuing the Sacrament of the thing.
By these two authorities it is manifest that Interrogatories were ministred to infantes, at the time of their Baptisme, and that they had sureties, which we call godfathers, that answered for them and in their name.
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* 1.1
Augustine.
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* 1.2
An obiection made by Au∣gustine. The Answere to the same.