A Vindication of Infant Baptism. With a Review of Dr. Gale's Answer to Dr. Wall and of Dr. Cox's Work 'On Baptism'

A Vindication Of Infant Baptism. With A Review Of Dr. Gale's Answer To Dr. Wall And Of Dr. Cox's Work 'On Baptism' by John Flowerdew Colls. This polemical treatise argues for the baptism of infants as a legitimate part of the Christian covenant. Colls defends infant baptism against anti-pedobaptist opponents by appealing to New Testament passages, the Abrahamic and Mosaic covenants, and the continuity of the Old and New Testaments. He examines objections that infants cannot participate in the covenant due to lack of faith or instruction, and asserts that baptism serves as a seal of the covenant just as circumcision did for infants under the Mosaic era. The author reviews the authorities of the early Fathers and the practices of early Christian communities, and he critiques the arguments of Gale and Cox, aiming to establish that the baptism of infants is both scripturally grounded and historically established. The work includes a defense of infant baptism against claims that it rests on tradition alone and presents a systematic case for infant baptism within Christian church life.