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Originally Posted by Stephen  The presumptive regeneration position was not what Calvin or many of the Puritans held. |
WLCQuestion 166: Unto whom is Baptism to be administered?
Answer: Baptism is not to be administered to any that are out of the visible church, and so strangers from the covenant of promise, till they profess their faith in Christ, and obedience to him, but infants descending from parents, either both, or but one of them, professing faith in Christ, and obedience to him, are in that respect within the covenant, and to be baptized.
This teaches that infants are within the covenant.
CanonsArticle 17 - Children of Believers Who Die in Infancy
We must judge concerning the will of God from His Word, which declares that the children of believers are holy, not by nature but in virtue of the covenant of grace, in which they are included with their parents. Therefore, God-fearing parents ought not to doubt the election and salvation of their children whom God calls out of this life in their infancy (Genesis 17:7; Acts 2:39; 1 Corinthians7:14).
Teaches that because our infants are included in God's covenant we have no reason to believe that they are anything other than regenerate.
This is also the theology of Charles Hodge amongst others.