William Hussey, "An Answer to Mr. Tombes His Scepticall Examination of Infants-Baptisme" (1647)

 

Title:                 An Answer to Mr. Tombes His Scepticall Examination of Infants-Baptisme: Wherein Baptisme is declared to ingraft us into Christ, before any preparation: And the Covenant of the Gospel to Abraham and the Gentiles is proved to be the same, extended to the Gentiles children, as well as to Abrahams: Together with the reason, Why Baptize children, is not so plainly set down in the Gospel, as Circumcise children, in the Law, and yet the Gospel more plain then the Law.

Author:             William Hussey

Publisher:          Printed for John Saywell

Origin:              London

Date:                1647

Description:      Pamphlet

The author of this pamphlet is William Hussey, who was an Anglican minister in Chislehurst in Kent. In this pamphlet Hussey intends to explain the doctrine of Baptism which was delivered by Christ and understood by the Apostles, to answer the sophisms and fallacies of Mr. Tombes and the Anabaptists, and to prove the lawfulness of infant baptism.

Hussey is one of several writers who debated with John Tombes while the Westminster Confession was being written. Tombes had presented a detailed argument in favor of believer's baptism and Hussey addresses each point.

Developed from review by Chunghee David Han