The Baptizing of Infants Justified, Conclusion
I conclude,
1. THat the practice of Infants hath ſufficient, and undenyable warrant in the holy Scripture.
2. That if it were not the mind of God, that Infants ſhould be baptized, ſurely Chriſt, or his Apoſtles would have given ſome plaine direction to the contrary; eſpecially, ſeeing baptiſme comes in the roome of circumciſion, and that Infants were circumciſed.
3. That the univerſall Church of Chriſt, ever ſince the Apoſtles times, hath continued this practiſe of baptizing infants.
4. That not ſo much as one Nationall Church, ſince our Saviours time, hath forborne or diſallowed childrens baptiſme.
5. That the great and groſſe miſtake of the Anabaptiſts ariſeth from their not diſtinguiſhing betweene perſons borne in the covenant, and them that are borne out of the covenant.
6. That onelyonly private, obſcure and (for the moſt part) illiterate perſons have oppoſed this doctrine.
7. That the Anabaptiſts and their doctrine, have ſo lurked in dark corners from time to time, that it is eaſie to ſee, they cannot abide the light.
8. That moſt Anabaptiſts in former times, were men branded with ſome notorious infamy; and commonly poyſoned with other dangerous and hereticall opinions.
9. That the Anabaptiſts grounds and arguments, againſt infants baptiſme, are all very poore, many of them very peeviſh.
10. That God hath ſo bleſt this Sacrament of baptiſme, even to infants, as that millions of Saints in Heaven, moſt believers in this Kingdome, yea in the whole world, being baptized in infancy, are and ſhall be ſaved, without re-baptizing.
11. That it is an extreame injuſtice, yea ſacriledge yea cruelty, to hinder infants of that grace and priviledge, which Jeſus Chriſt hath purchaſed for them.
That it is an impudent arrogancy, and higheſt preſumption to queſtion or contradict the Word of Chriſt, who commands that little children ſhould be ſuffered to come unto him.
FINIS.
End of the text · Robert Ram, The Baptizing of Infants Justified (1645)