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Quick question in return: how do you think paedobaptists should deal with the commandment God gave to Abraham not only to circumcise Ishmael and Isaac (and his natural-born children), but also to circumcise his household servants? I realize you are not a paedobaptist and so this is not really your difficulty, but how do you think we should handle it? Do you not see the elegance of dealing with households rather than simply "infants?"

Quick response (keep in mind I could give you a slow response but I need to ponder much <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />) I think that the paedobaptists should realize that in the economy of the new covenant that the command to baptize households means those that profess faith and their children. And it doesn't mean to baptize everyone indiscriminately just because the head of the household believes.

Speaking as a baptist I would maintain that the economy of the new covenant being a better covenant than the old calls for a different administration of that covenant to wit only those that profess faith should be baptized.

yours,