ngs might have been expected, nothing has
ever impressed me more than the dealings of God with such parents. I
have been made to think by such coincidences, more than once or twice,
of Moses in the inn. It will not be amiss to say, that those who are
neglecting to bring their children for baptism, within a suitable time,
unless providentially hindered, will do well to examine their feelings
and motives, with that quickened conscience, which the solemn
providences of God toward them may be intended to excite. He is "a
jealous God;" and he keepeth covenant "to a thousand generations."

Chapter Sixth.

TESTIMONY OF THE CHRISTIAN FATHERS

HOUSEHOLD BAPTISMS.--"PAEDOBAPTIST CONCESSIONS."--THOMAS SHEPARD'S VIEWS.
BAPTISM OF HIS CHILD. THE FATHER'S RECORD.--GREAT INFLUENCE OF THE
FAMILY RELATION IN HEATHENISM AND PAGANISM.--THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF
AMERICA.--DISSUASIVE FROM ALTERCATION.--QUESTIONS TO A MINISTER ON HIS
PRACTICE IN BAPTISMS.--LIBERALITY.--PAUL AN EXAMPLE.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations.--Ps. 90.

The Lamb hath but one bride, the one church of all times.--ANON.

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.--THE APOSTLE PAUL.

Schoolmen must war with schoolmen, text with text.
The first's the Chaldee paraphrase; the next
The Septuagint; opinion thwarts opinion;
The Papist holds the first, the last the Arminian;
And then the Councils must be called to advise,
What this of Lateran says, and that of Nice;
The slightly-studied fathers must be prayed,
Although in small acquaintance, into aid;
When, daring venture, oft, too far into 't,
They, Pharaoh like, are drowned, both horse and foot.

FRANCIS QUARLES.

Being determined to possess myself of suitable information on the
subject of baptism as practised by the early Christian fathers, I
called the next evening to see my pastor, when the following
conversation took place:

_Mr. M._ I wish, sir, to know the plain and simple truth about the
evidence from ecclesiastical history with regard to infant baptism. The
internal evidence, confirming the scriptural argument, fully satisfies
me, yet, as a matter of interesting information, I should like to know
how it was regarded in the age next to that of the apostles. You know we
often read, and hear it said, that infant baptism is an error which
crept into the Christian church about the third century. Now