Rantist.
Theres more to be said yet to the contrary, and more then ever was answered yet, or ever will be to any purpose by you, or any one else of your gang, and that •…•…t onely in way of exception against much of that you have alleadged about the childishnesse, vanity, and insufficiency of infants sprinkling, but also against that dipping fancy you are fallen into, which is some new motion, or renewed notion at the best, having (for all you have said) neither good ground, nor example from the word, onely the old greek word may be so construed, and thats all the ground I could ever learn for that fluid practise, and I am confident that you and that party are wholly in the wrong, for I have seriously studied that controversie, and besought the Lord to guide me, and his good spirit by principles from his word of truth sealed upon my conscience doth assure me that way of dipping is ground∣lesse, irrational, and more uncivilly foolish, then infant baptism can be called childish, and I desire you to tell me what commission he had that baptized you, who may possibly be an unbaptized person, or if he was not yet if you look but some few removes backward, and inquire who baptized him? and who him? and who him? &c. you must come at least to unbaptized persons, I mean even in your own account, who deny sprinkling to be baptism, and such I hope you do not count fit administrators of baptism, and yet such must begin it, for your way was not in use very long agon, also what commission hath Christ given you to baptize, you being no minister of the Gospel? and also what commission he hath given you or any else to baptize in that manner, which is without Scripture, a∣gainst reason, and common sence and discretion? yea I may say against all prin∣ciples of modesty and common honesty, and charity to mens lives, and so against both the sixth and seventh commandement that many judicious men have judg∣ed it to be little lesse then murther, and adultery, and I could easily prove it to be as bad as I say of it, but that its super•…•…uous so to do, sith sundry of our worthy Mr. Baxter Divines viz. Dr. Featley, Mr. Blake, Mr. Cook, and especially have some of them in one perticular, and some of them in another, done it so suffi∣ciently already that ile rather refer you unto them.