Excerpt from Plain Scripture Proof of Infants Church-Membership and Baptism: Being the Arguments Prepared for the Publick Dispute With Mr. Tombes at Bewdley on the First Day of Jan. 1649; With a Full Reply to What He Then Answered, and What Is Contained in His Sermon Since Preached, in His Printed Books The Current Confint oifioriansafl'ures its, that H ygimrs Bifhop of Rome did firfi ordain God fathers, and God-mothers, ' at the Bapd Jizing of infants (golfips, as Dr. Prideaux cals-them, ar Partinus Pe trimz Infantemfitfcipqrept in baptijmo, a; F ajeicul, {terfipon veipa't'rimos e Patrimas, ut Platimz of their bap 1ii'm itfelflbut mentioning it-as aufual pra&ice and undoubted duty. (nor doth any other Hifiory {peak ofany beginning of it fince'the' A' yofiles times.)now H y inn's lived as dampareus'faithflame as Half/icy); 152. As'prz' same, iso. As Fafcicului Tempor. 1 44. As 0mm plm'us, r 38. But as Nicepborqs before them faith (ecclefi p. In the firfi year of the Emperour Anto Fiur, which was accot dinito Heluicm himfelf, 137. And Irenem rehearfing theb'catalogue oft Roman Bilbo s faith, that Elem/min: was in his time, the twelfth from the pofilcs in and Soter, Animals and Pius all after Hyginu'ss. 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.