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You see Mr. Baxter does take discipleship in Mr. Tombe's own sense and yours viz. as it fignifieth one that doth seriously and understandingly &c. pro∣fesse Christianity, laying by at present the consideration of meer Relative in∣fant discipleship, for I speak but his own words p. 128. and yet makes it good, that your rule of baptizing children of Christians at years, is utterly inconsistent with the rule of Christ, and that constant example of Scripture, wherein bap∣tizing
did immediately follow making disciples, forasmuch as the true begin∣ning of the discipleship, or conversion, or sincere profession of faith in men, who are born, and brought up of Christian parents, cannot possibly be discerned, it is wrought on by such insensible degrees, and consequently they cannot be bapti∣zed, when first made disciples, unless they be baptized in their first in∣fancy.