every living creature, of the fowle] Though they were not capable of the Covenant for their part, yet God for his part maketh the promise for their preservation for mans sake, for whom they were made at the first, and afterwards upon his provocation of God for his sake destroyed: and this Covenant is the more comfortable, because it is generall for the kinds and individuals or particular creatures, and perpetuall for time, comprehending both the present stock and future increase throughout all generations, Some alledge this place against the Anabaptists, and thus it may serve to refute their fancy, viz. that the Covenant of God may be made with, and the Seale of the Covenant applyed to creatures that have not the use of reason, which they deny in denying the Administration of Baptisme to Infants.