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1 cotitetiftTdr ; Slid may I be iiehWtttefa to ^ f % e ? flle l&pe , tb&t long ri * ay * & < & j ^ trameiite retain " their pother jto r ^ it ^/ ahd ^ toe # to secure ? . and perp&ttiate this iiaftirral ^ ttatibiiiiBht ?
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1 ; bc | We ; fltmir fatf ( irt 0 % to ^ # ^ ? ^ f r . Bi tii ^ say « f fife r ^ a cjfi ^ of ^' tlafeintB ^ pt ^ iii" & Vftct ; bijt th ^ plnt is * whether their testimony supports Ifife fau ^ m ^^ hxk Qri ^ ix ^ W ^ m apostolic appoint pient , or is si ^ f ^ r evidence to ; tfie Existence of a fat ^ founded du an erroneous comment of
scriptural expressions . I n tfie citation froni Tertirilian , pages 14 aii ^ 15 of the " Plea , * ' there is no allusion to apostolic command ; the chief part ^ ich relates to the point is the language of Christ , " Srtflfer the little childreiu "
&c . Neither in the whole bp $ t K $ f TeirtuiTian is such allusion made , although reference is clear to ^ he ^ p ^ - sagS , Give to him tb ^ t as | : € ^ li pf tfiee ^ &c . Here Te riulRa tt grounds h ^ s argument , ( ever for ajl ^ wing ^ ttl | e children to come when grown ugr ) on & passage vyhieh has nothing to do Wiiii the subject ^ it ' \ k simply Tertul ^ an ^ s comment , and that erroneous . Mr *\ S .
seems to discover some . intimation of it , or allqsibii to " Inftmt Baptism in the 'former passage ; see pages 8 > i * $% i but how can a passage fuvour " an apostolic institution . /* . when the same apostles rebuked those who brpught the little children to Christ ? Mi \ B .
considers the incidental testimony pf Tertullian , as tending to establish his pointy but surely , if he mentiqns- 'his disapprobation incidentally , we should infer , ^ hat had he treated the sqbject * professedly ?* he would have plainly opposed rit . What Afr . B ,. says rer $ pe £ ting his not appealing tp autbpr rity , and pleading the example of other
sects , is what ought not to be expected under these circumstances ; and unless we suppose that the first writer , by whom" Infant Baptism" is mentioned , ( arid who , observe , disapproved qfit , J was a solitary dissentient , or the only one who disapproved of the practice ,
it appears to me a reasonable supposition , that he would have mads &uch appeal ^ , had he written expressly or " professedly" on the snlyect . But , in sihort , Tertullian ^ s testimony has no allusion to the baptism of babies , as may be ae ^ n by leference to the con - nexion from which Mr , B . ' s extract is
taken ; it refers solely to infants or minorsf who hsid obtained sponsors or guardians , wjio are ^ ble to ask for baptism , and to coyne to be haptized . As wall might the language ? of Da * id tier adduced to support original sin :
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Siii ; March SO , 1818 . ACKNOWLEDGE tnysfelf in-I competent to wield the , peti of contrbTersy againstrihe scientific skill of Mr . Beljlhairi , and therefore ,
without entering the list as his antagonist , I 6 nly desiiiehimto establish his rigHt totti ^ ground which he has taketi in defenpe of «'• hifaht Baptisni / ' so called , ludifebt proof is certainly as satisfec-^ tpry as direct ; but the question is , ! &s sucli proo ^ fbeen advanced in s ii ^ - TE ^ brt otthe T ^ ct , that " Ihfitiit Batftiwi ivIrsthiB nntibrm , universal and uhdisputed practice of'the church from thb apostolic age down to the fifth ceiitifry" ? Mr . B . claims this ground ; btrt sorely he ought to tnarke hiinself master of it by fair conquest , before lie sfets trp lii ^ banners .
l ^ ive perused Mr . B / $ " uniforw } , trti ^ vferssil , uncontradicted testitnony 6 f CfiWstiati A htiqdity , but t <> my slibrtsfgKtiedcapadty there is isuch a gulph bietw ^ en th 6 apo ^ biie agfe and practice , aiid TertUlliian the first father , that I am ready to add another ten to
Ilff . B . ' s « tatemeijt , aiid ? ay , untionnteted with apostolic precept : that hundred years forms sufch a chasm , that Mr . fi . V reasptiirig is not sufficient / o build a bridge across , and land faith safely on the distant shore .
"Behy Infant Baptism , ^ paysTVlr . B ., " ahd vve do not ^ ay you den y the obligation of a precept formally expressed in holy writ , but you deny that upon whicli the authority of holy writ itself is founded , you subvert the creSiriility of the Christian Scriptures . " TMfe ! kaWand dhafgeij ^ aipst Baptists
arid ATitibaptists , whicfi , 1 trus ^ , will b ^ iU ^ E and refu ted % some or" yoiir Co-respondents . The language of a humble ** Plea" is tiow transposed hjitb tiLJpeal of thuncleriug attack . For iriykeTf , I ask for Mr . ft . ' s why and wtwrefbri ; suppose ^ the advanced proof the
of ^ I ^ hi Baptiftfri" is evidehc < B of : tliiSie p ^ ryoir is wh o are silso the W m thi ^ redibiT ^ y of the CfaMM 4 riptiir ^ i , 18 it necessary fo ^ ti ^ to ^ ieVet ^
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VOL * XIII . S C
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/33/
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