An apology or plea for the Two treatises, and appendix to them concerning infant-baptisme; published Decemb. 15. 1645. Against the unjust charges, complaints, and censures of Doctor Nathanael Homes, Mr Iohn Geree, Mr Stephen Marshall, Mr John Ley, and Mr William Hussey; together with a postscript by way of reply to Mr Blakes answer to Mr Tombes his letter, and Mr Edmund Calamy, and Mr Richard Vines preface to it. Wherein the principall heads of the dispute concerning infant-baptism are handled, and the insufficiency of the writings opposed to the two treatises manifested. / By Iohn Tombes, B.D.

The Contents of the Apology.

• PAg. 1. Sect. 1. Of the occasion of writing this Apology.
• Pag. 2. Sect. 2. Of the intention of the Author upon that occasion.
• Sect. 3. Of the necessity and seasonablenesse of publishing the two treatises about In∣fant-baptisme.
• Pag. 5. Sect. 4. Of freedome from publishing the two treatises contrary to engagement, with a Declaration of the Authors procee∣dings therein.
• Pag. 16. Sect. 5. Of the clearing the Author of the two treatises from scornfulnesse in wri∣ting them, of my censure of Mr The: Good∣wins handling this point, and of all writers about Coloss. 2. 12.
• ...Pag. ••8. Of the exposition I give of Colos. 2. 12. confessed to be right by Mr Marshall him∣selfe.
• Pag. 30. Sect. 6. Of the clearing the Au∣thor of the Examen from either justifying the Anabaptists in Germany, or condem∣ning the godly and grave nonconformists in England.
• Pag. 36. Sect. 7. Of the clearing of the Au∣thor of the two treatises from vaunting and challenging in the composing and publish∣ing the treatises.
• Pag. 39. Sect. 8. Of the clearing of the Authour of the two treatises from sophistry in them, whereby occasion is taken to vindicate the Treatises in many of the chiefe things con∣tained in them.
• Pag. 40. Sect. 9. Of the meaning of M. Marshals second conclusion, the words in the Dire∣ctory [the promise is made to beleevers and their seed] and the doctrine therein delive∣red, disavowed by M Marshal and M. Geree.
• P. 44. Sect. 10. Of the distinction of inward & outward covenant, & that it can stand M. M. in no stead, but to shew his triflting & equi∣vocating in his first argument▪ and two first conclusions, and of master Marshals mistake of my opinion.
• Page 49. sect. 10. Of master Marshals false and most unjust charge that I carry a Socini•••• plot through my Examen and Exerutation
• Pag. 53. Sect. 12. Of Mr Marshals unjust charge of my itching after new opinions, and particularly about rebaptization and recei∣ving the Lords Supper afore baptisme.
• Page 55. Sect. 13 Of alleaging authors against their mind, particularly master Daniel Ro∣gers master Ball, Chamier, Ar••tiu, and Beza.
• Pag. 60. Sect. 14. Of master Marshals unjust charging Anabaptists with a bloody sen∣tence, condemning all the infants of belee∣vers, as having nothing to doe with the co∣venant of Grace, his imputing to me as if I held that they all belong actually to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 kingdom of the devill, no more pro∣mise for them, then for children of Turks, their actuall standing in the visible king∣dome of the devill.
• Pag. 67. A large disqui••ition of Rom 11. 17. &c. wherein is shewed that the ingraffing there is into the invisible Church by election and giving faith, and that it proves not Infant-baptisme.
• Pag. 78. Sect. 15. Of master marshals unjust charge against me as darkning his argument, and casting filth in the face of the Assembly.
• Pag. 80. Sect. 16. Of master Marshals untrue charge against me, as if I rested on Grotius in setting down the tenent of Antiquiry upon occasion of which the tenent of Antiquity is again examined; my judgement of their do∣ctrine vindicated: master Marshals new al∣legations answered, and my diligence to find out their tenets manifested.
• Pag 91. Sect. 17. Of my opinion about excom∣munication, Church-government, the ad∣mission unto all ordinances, my former con∣formity alleaged to allenate mens minds from me and my writings.
• Pag. 9. Sect. 18. Of the vanity of master Leyes vaunt concerning the deadly wound given to my cause, and the contrary demonstrated

• by a briefe going through the principall points about this argument, as they have hi∣therto been disputed. As about Acts 2. 39. Rom. 11. 16. Colos. 2. 12. Mat. 28. 19. Acts 16. 15. Mat. 19 14. &c.
• Pag. 97. Baptisme and the rite of eating bread and drinking wine at the passeover, though old rites among the Iewes, yet used to ano∣ther end and after another rule by christi∣ans.
• Pag. 98. The command confessed to be the for∣mall reason of circumcision by mr marshall.
• Circumcision a priviledge proper to the Jewish Church-state.
• Pag. 99. No command about the Jewes Sacra∣ments now in force.
• Pag. 100. Infants not disciples as Mat. 28. 19 is meant.
• Baptizing housholds inferres not infant-bap∣tisme.
• Pag. 101. We have no evidence for judgement of charity concerning infants, nor is a judg∣ment of charity to be our rule in admini∣string baptisme.
• Pag. 102. Sect. 19. Of master Hussey his pre∣tended satisfactory answer to my Exercita∣tion.
• Pag. 106. Sect. 20 The Epilogue of this Apo∣logy concerning the reason of the enlarge∣ing of it, the Authours present estate and fu∣ture intentions.

The Contents of the Postscript.

• PAge 109. Sect. 1. The occasion of this Post∣script.
• ••. Sect. 2. Of M. Calamy, and Mr. V••nes. their wrong judgement of the dispute, mast. Blakes book and my discussing the point.
• P. 111. sect. 3. Of master Blakes charge of de∣fect of charity, and some other imputations.
• Pag. 112. sect. 4. They that deny infant-bap∣tisme need not teach that infants perish.
• Pag 113. sect 5. Of my censure of master Blakes producing Gal. 4 29. for the birth-priviledge
• Pag. 114. sect. 6. Of the necessity of my taking p••ins in my Examen to find out the meaning of master Marshals second conclusion by rea∣son of the ambiguity of his expressions.
• Pag. 120. sect. 7. Of the Corinthians doubt, 1 Cor. 7. 12. 13. 14.
• Pag. 121. sect. 8. 1 Cor. 7. 14. is not meant of in∣strumental sanctification, & federal holines.
• P. 125. sect. 9. Of mast. Blakes misallegation of Gal. 2. 15. which was the text he chose for his birth-priviledge.
• Pag. 128. sect. 10. That 1 Pet. 2. 9. is meant of the Church invisible.
• Pag. 130. sect. 11. Of precedents for womens re∣ceiving the Lords supper.
• P. 131. sect. 12. To say that God hath promised to be the God of every beleever and his na∣turall seed is a new Gospell.
• P. 132. sect. 13. Of master Rutherfurds and M. Blakes opinion about holinesse of a chosen nation, and mediate Ancestours profession intitling to infantbaptisme, and the Inde∣pendents advantage in this point.
• Pag. 134. sect. 14. Of the word [nations] matth. 2••. 19. how to be taken.
• Pag. 135. sect. 15. of master Ruthersfurds and master Blakes, and mine opinion concern∣ing the rule to know who are baptizable.
• Pag. 138. sect. 16. About two suppositions a••cri∣by me to master marshall and master Blake in my Examen, page 130.
• Pag. 140. sect. 17. About arguments draw•••• from Analogy in positive rites and their in∣validity, and the insufficiency of master Blakes rules.
• Pag. 145. sect. 28. That Master Blake hath not proved that infants are disciples from Matth. 18. 5. nor perti∣nently alleaged, Isai. 49, 2••.
• Pag. 147. sect. 19. Of baptizing ••ous••olds and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cen∣sure of Mr Blakes speech concerning it.
• Pag. 149. sect. 20. About Matth. 19 14. that by the king∣dome of heaven is meant the kingdome of glory.
• Pag. 151. sect. 21. That God seales not to every person that is rightly, baptized, that his covenant of grace belongs only to the elect, that his covenant is effe∣ctuall, and leaves it not to mans liberty to include or exclude himselfe.
• Pag. 155. sect 22. Of Mr Blakes unjust crimination of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as putting the children of beleevers out of the cove∣nant of Grace, and the Epilogue of this Postscript.