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Thus are easily confuted all the other reasons of the Ana∣baptists, that he bringeth foorth after ours. For they be but repetitions of the solutions he giueth to ours; That Baptism is a seale of fath; That it is called the washing of Regeneration;
That Regeneration is made by faith and by the incorrupti∣ble seed of Gods word: That saint Phillip sayd to the Eu∣nuch, If thou beleeue, thou maist be saued, &c. For it hath bin shewed, that the children which enter into the kingdome of heauen, are regenerate, That this Regeneration is don other∣wise in them, that in such as be of years of knowledge; That the sentences of Saint Peter and S. Phillip, and other like, are necessarily vnderstood of them that were capable of the hea∣ring of the word, as were all those with whom the Apostles had to do, when they began to gather the Christian Church. To apply to children, that which is spoken only to such as be of years, the consequence is as foolish, as if a man should de∣priue children of corporall nourishment, because the Scrip∣ture saith, he that doth not worke, should not eate, which is necessarily meant of such as are of years to work.
How will his Syllogisme now stand, which he frameth thus: Whatsoeuer conteineth sufficiently the principles of a science should prooue all the propositions belonging to the sayd science, and to confute all that repugne the same: But e∣uery heresie repugneth the science of Diuinity, and the scrip∣ture alone can not confute all heresies: Therefore it con∣teyneth not sufficiently, all the principles necessary, &c.
The assumption of this syllogisme, is already aboue con∣futed, by the testimonies euen of those very same, from whom he pretendeth, that the most part, yea all the principles not conteyned in the Scripture, must be taken. I could heer adde a greate number of other proofes, and testimonies, but that J shunne prolixity. I will therfore only oppose two other syllo∣gisms.
I. In the diuine wisedom, there is perfect knowledge of diui∣nity: The holy holy scripture giueth this wisedom: therfore it giueth the perfect knowledge of diuinity.
II. The principles of a science, are not contrary one vnto a∣nother: But the most part of the vnwritten principles of the Romish diuinity, repugn and destroy those that are written in the ould and new Testament▪ therefore they can not be true
principles of true Diuinity.
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 3.10.
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 19.7.8.