timfost
Puritan Board Senior
In essence, one could be a regenerated person, have seed faith (not germinated (F)aith) and still be an unbeliever.
Again, let me try to understand what you're saying.
This "seed faith" you speak of is not justifying faith, since one can have seed faith and still be an unbeliever, though a regenerated one? Is this correct?
If Christ doesn't vicariously repent for us, would it not follow that repentance must be based on something or better yet, can a person repent of a thing it has no idea of?
How do you know that an infant cannot repent? Because you cannot quantify it?
Also, are you saying that elect infants who die in infancy do exercise "(F)aith" in a different way than infants who grow up and exercise faith and repentance stemming from the "seed faith" they may have had as infants upon their regeneration?
Again, I'm trying to understand your point of view. I may be dense, but I'm having trouble following your reasoning and the implications...