This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1835 Excerpt: ... me;' therefore let them come when they are grown up--let them come when they understand--when they are instructed whither it is that they come. Let them be made christians when they can know Christ. What need their guiltless age make such haste to the forgiveness of sins? Men will proceed more warily in worldly goods; and he that should not have earthly goods committed to him, yet shall have heavenly Let them know how to desire this salvation, that you may appear to have given to one that asketh."--p. 74. ORIGEN. Origen, though so great a visionary, is, nevertheless, a competent witness in any question of fact. And here 1 would again remind the reader, that it is as witnesses in a question of fact, and not of opinion, we summon these ancients. It is not to tell their own opinions, nor the reasons of them; but to depose what were the views of christians on this institution in their times. There was no controversy on this subject for more than four hundred years, and therefore we expect only to find incidental allusions to it; but these are numerous, and of the most unquestionable character. Origen, in his homily upon Luke, says: --"Infants are baptized for the forgiveness of their sins. Of what sins? Or when have they sinned? Or how can any reason of the law, in. their case, hold good, but according to that sense that we mentioned even now? (that is) none is free from pollution, though his life be but the length of one day upon the earth." And in another place he says, that--"The baptism of the church is given for the forgiveness of sins." And again--"If there were nothing in infants that wanted forgiveness and mercy, the grace of baptism would be needless to them." In another place he says--"But in the regeneration, (or new birth, ) by the laver, (or baptism...