Thoroughly Consistent

"Another matter which should be equally clear from this study is that the position of the Reformers in regard to infant baptism was an integral part of their whole theology. It is not as though baptizing very young children was a strange inconsistency which was perpetuated out of habit.  It is not as though here was a place where the Reformers strangely neglected to apply their usual principles of reform...The baptism of infants was a logical corollary of sola gratia, for it clearly demonstrated prevenient grace...Far from being a failure to carry through their reforming principles to their logical conclusions, the Reformers' position on infant baptism was thoroughly consistent with their whole program of reform" (Shaping the Reformed Baptismal Rite, Hughes Oliphant Old, p. 143-144)