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Ehud said:
First, I was only meaning that if a Presbyterian was true to his hermeneutic for "Repent and be baptized" as not speaking to infants then he has no reason to assume that "a man must examine himself" is speaking to infants either. Because the defense given in a Presbyterian/Baptist discussion is always that "Repent and be baptized" is not a passage referring to infants.
But a historic Presbyterian IS true to his hermeneutic in both allowing infants to be baptized and in disallowing them to come to the Table. The two sacraments in question, i.e., baptism and the Lord's Table are decidedly two different things which have their own and different purposes. The former is for inauguration into the covenant community and a declaration of salvation by the Church to those who actually possess faith. The latter is applicable and open to all who have faith and profess to own it with the ability to discern themselves in preparation to partake of it. Each is exclusionary in their own way; i.e., the purpose and requirements of each are not synonymous and thus cannot be compared. You are trying to compare apples and oranges. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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