Excerpt from Paedo-Baptism, the Second Part, or a Defence of the Authority of Infant-Baptism, in Answer to the Common Objections Against It V 3) Zed, ' have lawful and valid baptifm'. Be caufe they are admitted to baptifm accord ing to the liberty and latitude allowed in the Gofpel. As this appears to have been the general fenfe of antiquity [a] (0, this View of the Qgeflion eafily accounts for the different opinions, that occafionally afofe in the primitive church, about the molt pro per and convenient time of adminiftring baptifm: Some fuppofing, that children ought not to be baptized before the eigbtb day, e.g. Fia'ns, an African bifhop (though he had no doubt whether they'fhouldibe baptized at all) [c] others, that they might be baptized on any day after their birth, e. G. Cyprian, and a whole council of bifhops [d] and others, that their baptifm might be more conveniently deferred till they Were three years old', e. G. Gregory Nazianzen [e], and perhaps Tertullian [f]. However, it was the prevailing opinion, that baptifm was fo neceltar'y for all, as that none (hould be fufl'ered. To die without it. And upon this ground it is no difficult talk, to' recon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.