bestow upon you, above many other Pious and
Learned Men, that have formerly Treated of the
Sabbath, and disputed against the Jewish Sab∣bath,
with so much Weakness, that the Sabbata∣rians
have been greatly thereby incouraged in their
Errour. And coming in pag. 91. to these words of
yours, You would have had—so much modesty, as
to think, the mistake may possibly be on your side, rather
than on the whole Body of Christians (some very few
excepted) who religiously observed the Lord's Day; I
did reflect on my self, who am perswaded, that
Believers Infants are not to be Baptized in their
Infancy, contrary to the Opinion of so many Learn∣ed
Paedo-Baptists in Christendom, yea the Gene∣rality
of Christians; and it made me to think, the
Mistake might possibly be on my side, rather than
on the Body of Christians (some few excepted)
who Conscientiously maintain Infant-Baptism. And
supposing you, Worthy SIR, by your Commu∣nion,
to maintain Paedo-Baptism, I took courage
and boldness, to write unto your self, for to know
your Grounds from Scripture, on which you satisfy
your Conscience in that Point.The main Reason, which satisfies me against
Paedo-Baptism, is, because I can find no where in
Scripture, either in express Terms, or by any na∣tural
or necessary Consequence, that it is the Will
of God, that Believers Infants are to be Baptized
in their Infancy: I cannot find any Precept to Bap∣tize
them, nor so much that ever Iohn the Baptist,
or Christ, or his Disciples (that appears) did Baptize
any of them.0
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