In the preceding two articles in this series Rev. Ainsworth explained the nature of baptism and set forth the scriptural command for the covenant initiation of infants, by showing that circumcision and baptism are one in substance (though differing in outward sign). We now arrive at Rev. Ainsworth's treatment of the exceptions raised by the Anabaptists against these positions. In this article we set out the answers to four exceptions in respect to circumcision, and in the nex

Henry Ainsworth (1571-1622) was an English Nonconformist clergyman and noted Hebrew scholar. In the early 17th Century Master Ainsworth answered a number of the errors promulgated by the Anabaptists in his A Censure Upon a Dialogue of the Anabaptists. A Description of What God hath Predestinated Concerning Man, including errors relating to the doctrines of Election, Reprobation, Falling Away, and Free Will. Lastly, Master Ainsworth defends the right for infants of believers t