Christianismus redivivus Christndom both un-christ'ned and new-christ'ned, or, that good old way of dipping and in-churching of men and women after faith and repentance professed, commonly (but not properly) called Anabaptism, vindicated ... : in five or six several systems containing a general answer ... : not onely a publick disputation for infant baptism managed by many ministers before thousands of people against this author ... : but also Mr. Baxters Scripture proofs are proved Scriptureless ... / by Samuel Fisher ...

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This hasty birth: me thinks indeed it looks like some untimely issue, that brake forth in h••st into the world, as one born out of due time, order and proportion; that slipt out at the rash request of some few friends, whilst those whose work it was, and care it should have been to have look't better to it were asleep, and therefore who ere were the mid-wives may I be one of the Gossips I shall freely al∣low it among others, that are answerable to its nature, this name of hasty birth, and had you signed it in the forehead with capital letters, instead of A True Ac∣count, by the name of THIS HASTY BIRTH, you had done the world more right by th'half then now you have, for then your frontispice had been

at least A true Account of your Book, though your Book no True Account of the Disputation.

Canis festinans caecos parit catulos, hasty Bearers seldome bring forth other then such blind businesses as this, which may not be seen for shame without much Reluctancy, nor when they must, without much Apology. This hast Sirs, makes you make wast in your Papers, as well as wast sometimes in your practi∣ses, as Saul, who in hast made havock of the Church: you came in hast to the Disputation, and that made you leave Innumerable Arguments behind you, for there might be innummerable Arguments brought but the hast of the Dis∣putation for••ad the Ministers to be so throwly provided, &c. say you p. 11, 12. you ran in hast to give Account on't, and for hast left it all out but a little. THIS HASTY BIRTH of yours was born about six moneths after it was in semine at the Disputation, had you forborn three moneths longer, and spent more time in recalling, raking, reviewing, there had not been such a mis∣carriage, your birth would have had some substance more then now it hath, some more suitableness to sense and Reason, you would have accounted for some An∣swers, as well as but some Arguments, and sav'd your selves that acknow∣ledgement, which upon the after sight of your hast, defect, and oversight you are fain to make in most parts of this Epistle,

But Insipientis est dicere non putâram, Sapientis discere per non putâram, though it be no wise mans part to fall unawares in to folly, yet is it a wise mans part to learn wisdome by his own folly, and so I hope you will shew your selves wisemen at least, viz. in learning by the more hast then good speed of this hasty birth festinare lentè for the time to come, and never to bring forth so hastily any more.