H/T to Andy Underhile.
“The Anabaptists greatly err by opposing the baptism of infants…. Although they may not have faith with its effects such as those who are of age — they may, however, have the seed and germ of it; seeing that the Lord has sanctified them from the mother’s womb (First Corinthians 7:14)…. We presuppose in general that they are children of God — who are born of a believing father and mother, or when one of the two is a believer (Genesis 17:7). Further, as regards children born in the Church, one should presume the election of all of them, without limitation” Theodore Beza, The Christian Faith (1558), [emphasis added].
“The Anabaptists greatly err by opposing the baptism of infants…. Although they may not have faith with its effects such as those who are of age — they may, however, have the seed and germ of it; seeing that the Lord has sanctified them from the mother’s womb (First Corinthians 7:14)…. We presuppose in general that they are children of God — who are born of a believing father and mother, or when one of the two is a believer (Genesis 17:7). Further, as regards children born in the Church, one should presume the election of all of them, without limitation” Theodore Beza, The Christian Faith (1558), [emphasis added].
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