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38 judgment on this point. We may, therefore, safely say, that the doctrine of infant damnation was a cherished doctrine of the Synod of Dort, and of such of the reformed churches of Europe as were represented in that Synod. And we might add to the evidence already adduced, that the same doctrine was very distinctly taught by the theological writers of that day, who were held in highest repute by this Synod for their soundness of doctrine. Among the most eminent of these, may be mentioned the names of Francis Gomarus, Antony Walaeus, Henry Alting, and William Perkins. In his "judgment" concerning the first article of the Remonstrants on Election and Reprobation, Gomarus says:

Walaeus, who was a distinguished member of this famous Synod, professor of theology at Leyden, and one of the authors of the Belgic version of the Bible, says: