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Boanerges said:
. . .I believe that Speratus question is spawned by his belief in baptismal regeneration.

You would be wrong. Westphal (See Dr. Lee's "Baby Belief Before Baptism) and Lutheran apologists after him have erroneously defended emergency infant baptism based on baptismal regeneration. Such a defence is contrary to scripture and the Book of Concord. All infant baptisms, emergency or otherwise, are done for the sole purpose of obeying God's command to baptize our children.

Luther writes in the Large Catechism, "We bring the child in the conviction and hope that it believes, and we pray that God may grant it faith; but we do not baptize it upon that, but solely upon the command of God." Baptism is grace for the person receiving baptism and law for the person performing the baptism.
Do you follow all of Dr. Luther's commands for baptism, "If a Jew, not converted at heart, were to ask baptism at my hands, I would take him on to the bridge, tie a stone round his neck, and hurl him into the river; for these wretches are wont to make a jest of our religion" (part of Luther's reply in 1541 to Doctor Menius' question, "In what manner a Jew should be baptized?"). What saith the Scripture is far more authoritative then what saith a mere man or confession.

Reformed and Always Reforming,