X  Had  it  been  the  intention  of  the  Confession  of  Faith  to  include  all
infants  dying  in  infancy  among  the  number  of  the  elect,  the  section
would  have  run  in  some  such  form  as  the  following  :  "  All  infants  dying
in  infancy,  as  they  are  of  the  number  of  the  elect,  are  regenerated  and
saved,"  &c.
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which  clothes  thee  with  these  terrors  is  disclaimed  by  reason
and  by  thy  holy  word.
I  am  no  more  compelled  to  account  for  many  pious  and
learned  persons  having  embraced  this  system,  among  whom,
it  is  not  to  be  denied,  have  ranked  some  eminent  divines  of
the  Church  of  England,  than  to  account  for  many  pious  and
learned  persons  having  embraced  the  doctrine  of  transubstan-
tiation.  Many  doctrines  maybe,  must  be  incomprehensible:
but  the  divine  Author  of  our  senses  and  our  reason  will
never  require  us  to  believe  what  palpablj^  contradicts  them.
