Infant baptism

If baptism were denied to infants, would the grace of God be diminished by the coming of Christ? So asks Calvin in his 1545 Catechism.

His answer: “Yes; for the sign of the bounty and mercy of God toward our children, which they had in ancient times, would be wanting in our case, the very sign which ministers so greatly to our consolation, and to confirm the promise already given in the Command.”