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A Second evill consequence, which I finde to bee gathered from your doctrine of the Baptisme of Infants, is this, that it is a ground of falling from Grace, thus. All that God tooke into his Covenant of Grace, were in an estate of Grace. But all that God tooke into his Covenant of Grace, did not therein continue, Ergo, Such fell from an estate of Grace.
An easy and common distinction will easily avoid this evill con∣quence.
For all that God tooke into his Covenant of grace, may bee said to bee in a state of Grace, but what Grace? either of common, or of saving Grace. If your meaning bee, all that God tooke into a Covenant of Grace are in an estate of saving Grace: wee deny that Major proposition, as utterly untrue. But if you meane it of common Grace in the carnall seed, and of saving Grace in the Elect seed, then indeed your Major proposition is very true: but no evill consequence will follow upon it. For the Elect and fai••hfull seed that are in an estate of saving Grace, can ne∣ver fall away. And they who do fall away were onely in a state of commom Grace: which is no ill consequence nor prejudice to the truth, though they doe fall away.
Silvester.
Silvanus.