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             A sermon of the baptizing of infants preached in the Abbey-Church at Westminster at the morning lecture, appointed by the honorable House of Commons / by Stephen Marshall ...
             Marshall, Stephen, 1594?-1655.
          
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           A
           SERMON
           OF
           THE
           
             BAPTIZING
          
           of
           
             INFANTS
             .
          
        
         
           PREACHED
           In
           the
           Abbey-Church
           at
           
             Westminster
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Morning
           Lecture
           ,
           appointed
           by
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           .
        
         
           By
           
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
          
           B
           D.
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           at
           
             Finchingfield
          
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           
             ACT.
             2.39
             .
          
           
             The
             Promise
             is
             unto
             you
             and
             to
             your
             Children
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             that
             are
             afarre
             off
             ,
             even
             as
             many
             as
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             shall
             call
             .
          
           
             ROM.
             11.16
             .
          
           
             If
             the
             roote
             bee
             holy
             ,
             so
             are
             the
             branches
             .
          
           
             1
             COR.
             7.14
             .
          
           
             The
             unbeleeving
             husband
             is
             sanctifyed
             by
             the
             wife
             ,
             and
             the
             unbeleeving
             wife
             is
             sanctifyed
             by
             the
             husband
             ,
             else
             were
             your
             children
             unclean
             ,
             but
             now
             they
             are
             holy
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Cotes
          
           for
           
             Stephen
             Bowtell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           Popes-head-Alley
           .
           1644.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           TO
           The
           Reverend
           and
           Learned
           the
           Prolocutor
           ,
           Assessors
           ,
           the
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Scotland
             ,
          
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Assembly
           of
           Divines
           ,
           now
           sitting
           in
           
             Westminster
             .
          
        
         
           SOme
           few
           of
           us
           who
           are
           of
           your
           number
           ,
           freely
           bestowing
           our
           Labours
           in
           the
           Abbey-Church
           ,
           every
           Morning
           ;
           we
           agreed
           among
           our selves
           to
           instruct
           our
           Auditors
           in
           all
           the
           necessary
           Truths
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           which
           is
           according
           to
           godlinesse
           ;
           One
           taking
           for
           his
           Subject
           ,
           the
           
             Articles
             of
             Faith
             ;
          
           Another
           the
           
             Ten
             Commandements
             ;
          
           Another
           the
           
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           My
           lot
           of
           late
           hath
           been
           to
           handle
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           
             Sacraments
             ,
          
           and
           comming
           in
           order
           to
           this
           Point
           ,
           I
           indevoured
           to
           cleere
           it
           as
           fully
           as
           I
           could
           in
           one
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           was
           thereby
           compelled
           to
           borrow
           a
           little
           more
           time
           then
           is
           usually
           allotted
           to
           that
           Exercise
           .
        
         
           Importunity
           of
           many
           Friends
           ,
           who
           conceived
           it
           might
           give
           some
           light
           to
           that
           which
           is
           now
           made
           a
           great
           controversy
           ,
           and
           might
           through
           the
           blessing
           of
           God
           ,
           be
           a
           meanes
           
           to
           reclaime
           some
           deceived
           Soules
           ,
           or
           prevent
           the
           deceiving
           of
           others
           ,
           hath
           brought
           it
           thus
           into
           Publick
           view
           .
        
         
           And
           although
           I
           know
           my selfe
           the
           unworthyest
           ,
           and
           unablest
           of
           many
           ,
           yet
           because
           I
           am
           assured
           that
           it
           is
           Gods
           Truth
           which
           I
           have
           Preached
           ,
           and
           which
           hee
           will
           blesse
           ,
           I
           was
           the
           more
           easily
           overcome
           by
           that
           importunity
           ;
           if
           it
           may
           contribute
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           helping
           forward
           of
           the
           great
           Work
           now
           under
           your
           hands
           ,
           and
           may
           ease
           you
           of
           any
           part
           of
           that
           Labour
           which
           so
           exceedingly
           presseth
           you
           ,
           therein
           I
           shall
           rejoyce
           ;
           And
           in
           the
           opportunity
           I
           have
           by
           Dedicating
           this
           to
           your
           Names
           ,
           to
           testify
           that
           I
           am
        
         
           
             Your
             unworthy
             Brother
             and
             Servant
             in
             the
             Lords
             Work
             ,
             STEPHEN
             MARSHALL
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           OF
           THE
           
             BAPTIZING
          
           of
           
             INFANTS
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               1
               PET.
               3.21
               .
            
             
               The
               like
               figure
               whereunto
               ,
               even
               Baptisme
               ,
               doth
               also
               now
               save
               us
               ,
               (
               not
               the
               putting
               away
               of
               the
               filth
               of
               the
               flesh
               ,
               but
               the
               answer
               of
               a
               good
               conscience
               towards
               God
               )
               by
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           this
           Morning
           Lecture
           ,
           I
           have
           formerly
           in
           my
           course
           out
           of
           severall
           Scriptures
           handled
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           in
           
             Generall
             ,
          
           and
           then
           proceeded
           to
           speake
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           therein
           their
           
             number
             ,
          
           their
           
             agreement
          
           and
           
             disagreement
             ,
          
           with
           those
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ;
           And
           now
           lately
           have
           begun
           to
           open
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           them
           is
           now
           in
           hand
           ;
           And
           I
           have
           already
           out
           of
           this
           Text
           ,
           made
           foure
           or
           five
           Sermons
           ,
           concerning
           the
           nature
           and
           use
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           wherein
           I
           
           have
           cleared
           unto
           you
           :
           First
           ,
           Who
           was
           the
           
             Authour
          
           and
           
             Institutour
          
           of
           it
           :
           Secondly
           ,
           Who
           is
           to
           bee
           the
           〈◊〉
           of
           it
           :
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           
             Essence
          
           of
           it
           ,
           the
           matter
           and
           forme
           of
           it
           ;
           both
           the
           
             res
             terrena
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             res
             Coelestis
             ,
          
           the
           earthly
           ,
           and
           the
           spirituall
           part
           :
           and
           now
           Fourthly
           ,
           it
           remaines
           ,
           that
           I
           treat
           of
           the
           
             subject
          
           of
           it
           ,
           or
           the
           persons
           who
           are
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           of
           two
           sorts
           ;
           either
           
             grown
             men
             ,
          
           who
           being
           instructed
           in
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           professing
           their
           Faith
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           their
           willingnes
           and
           readines
           to
           live
           according
           to
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           do
           desire
           to
           bee
           partakers
           of
           this
           blessed
           Sacrament
           ;
           These
           whether
           Jews
           or
           Gentiles
           ,
           Male
           or
           Female
           ,
           bond
           or
           free
           ,
           are
           to
           bee
           admitted
           to
           the
           participation
           of
           this
           Ordinance
           ;
           of
           the
           Baptizing
           of
           such
           as
           these
           there
           is
           no
           question
           .
           The
           other
           sort
           are
           
             Infants
             ,
          
           of
           whose
           right
           to
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           I
           shall
           (
           by
           Gods
           assistance
           )
           treate
           this
           day
           .
        
         
           And
           concerning
           these
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           sorts
           of
           questions
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           Whether
           any
           Infants
           at
           all
           are
           to
           bee
           Baptized
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Supposing
           some
           have
           right
           to
           it
           ,
           yet
           it
           's
           greatly
           disputed
           ,
           
           
             whose
          
           Infants
           may
           bee
           Baptized
           ?
           
             viz.
          
           Whether
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Excommunicate
          
           persons
           ,
           of
           
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           of
           
             Profane
          
           men
           ,
           of
           meerly
           
             civilly
             Righteous
          
           ;
           whether
           
             Bastards
             ,
          
           whether
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Heathens
             ,
             who
             are
             to
             bee
             brought
             up
             by
             Christians
          
           ;
           and
           whether
           these
           may
           not
           be
           Baptized
           ,
           with
           some
           
             caution
          
           used
           ,
           thereby
           to
           make
           distinction
           betwixt
           the
           pure
           and
           the
           impure
           ?
           I
           shall
           for
           the
           present
           baulk
           all
           these
           latter
           questions
           ,
           and
           handle
           only
           the
           former
           ,
           
             viz.
             〈◊〉
             any
             at
             all
             are
             to
             bee
             Baptized
             ?
          
           or
           ,
           as
           the
           Question
           uses
           to
           bee
           stated
           .
        
         
           
             Whether
             the
             Infants
             of
             beleeving
             Parents
             ,
             the
             Infants
             of
             Saints
             ,
          
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           ?
           And
           here
           also
           ariseth
           another
           question
           ,
           Who
           are
           to
           bee
           meant
           by
           
             Beleevers
          
           and
           
             Saints
             ,
          
           whether
           only
           such
           as
           have
           the
           
             inward
             vertue
          
           of
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           who
           are
           
             really
          
           beleevers
           
           and
           sanctifyed
           ones
           ,
           or
           whether
           by
           
             Beleevers
          
           and
           
             Saints
             ,
          
           may
           be
           meant
           such
           a
           faith
           and
           sanctity
           as
           is
           
             outwardly
             professed
             ,
          
           although
           possibly
           the
           inward
           grace
           it selfe
           (
           which
           only
           God
           can
           judge
           of
           )
           bee
           altogether
           wanting
           ?
        
         
           Concerning
           which
           question
           ,
           
           although
           for
           my
           owne
           part
           I
           beleeve
           wee
           are
           to
           understand
           it
           of
           that
           which
           man
           may
           judge
           of
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           hath
           not
           made
           that
           the
           condition
           of
           his
           servants
           applying
           his
           Ordinances
           ,
           which
           can
           be
           infallibly
           known
           to
           none
           but
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           the
           profession
           of
           Faith
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           is
           sufficient
           to
           make
           men
           passe
           for
           Beleevers
           ,
           and
           Saints
           in
           the
           Churches
           judgement
           ,
           yet
           I
           shall
           at
           the
           present
           baulk
           the
           handling
           of
           this
           also
           ,
           and
           will
           take
           it
           in
           the
           surest
           sense
           ,
           in
           the
           Apostles
           sense
           ,
           what
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           means
           by
           Beleevers
           and
           Saints
           ,
           when
           he
           writes
           unto
           the
           Churches
           ,
           that
           I
           will
           take
           to
           bee
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Question
           :
           if
           by
           Beleevers
           and
           Saints
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           meane
           
             visible
          
           professors
           of
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           ;
           then
           the
           Question
           is
           ,
           whether
           
             their
             Infants
             are
             to
             bee
             baptized
          
           ;
           if
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           by
           beleevers
           and
           Saints
           ,
           mean
           such
           onely
           as
           are
           
             inwardly
          
           holy
           ,
           
             inwardly
          
           beleevers
           ,
           then
           the
           question
           is
           ,
           whether
           
             their
             Infants
             are
             to
             be
             Baptized
          
           :
           in
           a
           word
           ,
           whether
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             such
          
           as
           were
           or
           might
           have
           been
           stiled
           beleevers
           and
           Saints
           in
           the
           
             Apostles
          
           daies
           and
           writings
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           .
        
         
           This
           priviledge
           of
           the
           baptizing
           of
           such
           Infants
           the
           Christian
           Church
           hath
           been
           in
           possession
           of
           for
           the
           space
           of
           fifteen
           hundred
           yeers
           and
           upwards
           ,
           
           as
           is
           manifest
           out
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Records
           that
           we
           have
           of
           antiquity
           ,
           both
           in
           the
           Greek
           and
           Latine
           Church
           ;
           which
           I
           the
           rather
           mention
           in
           the
           beginning
           ,
           because
           many
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           blush
           not
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Antients
           ,
           especially
           the
           Greek
           Church
           ,
           rejected
           it
           for
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           :
           
             Justine
             Martyr
             ,
          
           who
           lived
           about
           
             Anno
          
           150
           (
           in
           a
           Treatise
           which
           goes
           under
           his
           name
           )
           
             Question
          
           56.
           disputes
           the
           different
           condition
           of
           those
           children
           ,
           
           who
           dye
           baptized
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           who
           dye
           unbaptized
           .
        
         
           
             Ireneus
             ,
          
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           same
           Century
           ,
           
             lib.
          
           2.
           
             cap.
          
           29.
           saith
           ,
           
             Christus
             venit
             per
             seipsum
             omnes
             salvare
             ;
             omnes
             ,
             〈◊〉
             ,
             qui
             per
             eum
             renascuntur
             in
             Deum
             ,
             Infantes
             &
             parvulos
             &
             pueros
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Now
           it
           's
           well
           known
           ,
           say
           the
           Glossers
           upon
           that
           Text
           ,
           
             renascentiae
             nomine
             ,
             Dominica
             &
             Apostolica
             phrasi
             ,
             Baptismum
             intelligi
             .
          
        
         
           
             Origen
             ,
          
           who
           lived
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           third
           Century
           ,
           in
           his
           Treatise
           upon
           
             Rom.
          
           6.
           
             lib.
          
           5.
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Church
             received
             this
             tradition
             of
             Baptizing
             of
             Infants
             from
             the
             Apostles
             :
          
           and
           Homily
           8.
           upon
           
             Leviticus
             ,
             Secundum
             Ecclesiae
             observantiam
             ,
             Baptismum
             parvulis
             dari
             concedit
             ,
             Hom.
          
           14.
           
             in
             Lucam
             ,
             Parvuli
             baptizantur
             in
             remissionem
             peccatorum
          
           :
           he
           cals
           it
           indeed
           a
           
             Tradition
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           expression
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           who
           ordinarily
           called
           the
           greatest
           points
           of
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Traditions
           received
           from
           the
           Apostles
           .
           Traditions
           being
           onely
           such
           things
           as
           are
           delivered
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           whether
           writen
           or
           unwriten
           .
           And
           so
           did
           the
           Apostle
           himselfe
           ,
           2
           
             Thess.
          
           2.15
           .
           when
           he
           charged
           them
           to
           
             hold
             the
             Traditions
             which
             they
             had
             been
             taught
             ,
             either
             by
             word
             or
             Epistle
             .
          
           However
           his
           calling
           it
           a
           Tradition
           received
           from
           the
           Apostles
           gives
           us
           a
           sufficient
           proofe
           ,
           that
           time
           out
           of
           mind
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           received
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           delivered
           over
           to
           the
           Church
           in
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           was
           of
           antient
           use
           in
           the
           Church
           before
           his
           time
           .
        
         
           
             Gregory
             Nazianzen
             ,
             Orat.
          
           40.
           
             in
             Baptismum
             ,
          
           cals
           Baptism
           
             signaculum
             vitae
             cursum
             ineuntibus
             ,
          
           and
           commands
           children
           to
           be
           baptized
           ,
           though
           afterward
           he
           seemed
           to
           restraine
           it
           to
           the
           case
           of
           necessity
           .
        
         
           
             Cyprian
             ,
          
           one
           of
           the
           Antientest
           Writers
           amongst
           the
           Latines
           ,
           handles
           it
           at
           large
           ,
           in
           
             Epist.
          
           59.
           
           
             Ad
             Fidum
             ,
          
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ;
           
             Fidus
          
           denyed
           not
           the
           Baptisme
           of
           Infants
           ,
           but
           denyed
           that
           they
           ought
           to
           be
           Baptized
           ,
           before
           the
           eighth
           day
           ;
           
             Cyprian
          
           assures
           him
           that
           by
           the
           unanimous
           consent
           of
           66.
           
           
           Bishops
           gathered
           together
           in
           a
           
             Councell
             ,
          
           Baptisme
           was
           to
           be
           administred
           to
           
             Infants
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             growne
          
           men
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           be
           restrained
           to
           any
           time
           ,
           and
           proves
           it
           by
           such
           Arguments
           as
           these
           :
           They
           are
           under
           originall
           sinne
           ,
           they
           need
           pardon
           ,
           are
           capable
           of
           grace
           and
           mercy
           ,
           God
           regards
           not
           age
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           This
           testimony
           of
           
             Cyprians
          
           is
           cited
           and
           approved
           by
           
             August
             .
             Epist.
          
           28.
           
             &
             lib.
          
           3.
           
             de
             Merit
             .
             &
             Remiss
             .
             pecca
             .
             cap.
          
           5.
           
             &
             lib.
          
           3.
           
             contra
             Pelag.
          
           and
           by
           
             Hierom
             contra
             Pelag.
             lib.
          
           3.
           
           Of
           the
           same
           judgment
           was
           
             Ambrose
             ,
             lib.
          
           2.
           
             cap.
          
           11.
           
           
             De
             Abraham
             Patriarcha
             ,
          
           and
           many
           other
           of
           the
           Ancients
           ,
           which
           I
           relate
           not
           to
           
             prove
          
           the
           
             truth
          
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           but
           onely
           the
           
             practise
          
           of
           it
           :
           and
           indeed
           ,
           although
           some
           in
           those
           times
           questioned
           it
           ,
           as
           
             August
             .
          
           grants
           in
           his
           Sermons
           ,
           
             De
             Verbis
             Apostol.
          
           yet
           the
           first
           that
           ever
           made
           a
           head
           against
           it
           ,
           or
           a
           division
           in
           the
           Church
           about
           it
           ,
           
           was
           
             Baltazar
             Pacommitanus
          
           in
           
             Germany
          
           in
           
             Luthers
          
           time
           ,
           about
           the
           yeere
           1527.
           and
           since
           that
           time
           multitudes
           in
           
             Germany
          
           have
           imbraced
           his
           opinion
           ,
           who
           because
           they
           opposed
           
             Paedo-baptisme
             ,
          
           were
           forced
           to
           reiterate
           their
           owne
           Baptisme
           ,
           and
           thence
           were
           called
           
             Anabaptists
             ,
          
           and
           soone
           proved
           a
           dangerous
           and
           turbulent
           Sect
           against
           that
           Reformation
           ;
           not
           onely
           working
           a
           world
           of
           mischiefe
           about
           
             Munster
          
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           but
           have
           with
           this
           opinion
           ,
           drunk
           in
           abundance
           of
           other
           dangerous
           Heresies
           and
           Blasphemies
           ,
           and
           quickly
           grew
           into
           such
           divisions
           ,
           and
           sub-divisions
           among
           themselves
           ,
           
           that
           
             Bullenger
          
           notes
           that
           they
           were
           growne
           to
           no
           lesse
           then
           fourteene
           severall
           Sects
           in
           his
           time
           :
           
           which
           in
           truth
           is
           the
           common
           lot
           of
           all
           Sectaries
           ;
           who
           when
           once
           they
           have
           departed
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           upon
           every
           small
           occasion
           they
           come
           to
           bee
           divided
           againe
           among
           themselves
           ,
           and
           one
           from
           another
           :
           As
           the
           Ecclesiasticall
           Story
           lets
           us
           see
           in
           the
           
             Novatians
             ,
             Macedonians
             ,
             Eunomians
             ,
             Arians
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           divisions
           also
           opened
           a
           way
           to
           their
           totall
           destruction
           in
           the
           end
           :
           their
           mutuall
           bickerings
           among
           themselves
           ,
           being
           as
           the
           beating
           
           of
           the
           waves
           of
           the
           Sea
           one
           against
           another
           ,
           till
           all
           were
           changed
           ,
           as
           the
           Historian
           notes
           of
           them
           .
           And
           because
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           which
           depend
           upon
           it
           ,
           begins
           unhappily
           to
           take
           place
           and
           spread
           among
           our selves
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           work
           of
           Reformation
           (
           without
           Gods
           mercy
           )
           likely
           to
           bee
           much
           hindred
           by
           it
           ;
           I
           shall
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           handle
           this
           Question
           more
           largely
           ,
           then
           I
           have
           done
           any
           other
           in
           this
           place
           ;
           and
           the
           rather
           because
           of
           three
           other
           great
           mischiefes
           which
           goe
           along
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           I
           see
           that
           all
           who
           reject
           the
           Baptizing
           of
           Infants
           ,
           doe
           and
           must
           upon
           the
           same
           ground
           reject
           the
           Religious
           observation
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           or
           the
           Christian
           Sabbath
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           because
           
             there
             is
             not
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             an
             expresse
             institution
             or
             command
          
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           .
           Verily
           ,
           I
           have
           hardly
           either
           knowne
           ,
           or
           read
           ,
           or
           heard
           of
           any
           one
           who
           hath
           rejected
           this
           of
           Infants
           ,
           but
           with
           it
           they
           reject
           that
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           :
           now
           God
           hath
           so
           blessed
           the
           Religious
           observation
           of
           the
           Lords
           day
           in
           this
           Kingdome
           above
           other
           Churches
           and
           Kingdomes
           ,
           that
           such
           as
           indeavour
           to
           overthrow
           it
           ,
           deserve
           justly
           to
           be
           abhorred
           by
           us
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Teachers
           of
           this
           Opinion
           ,
           where
           ever
           they
           prevaile
           ,
           take
           their
           Proselytes
           wholly
           off
           from
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Word
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           acts
           of
           Christian
           communion
           ,
           both
           publick
           and
           private
           ;
           from
           any
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           are
           of
           their
           owne
           opinion
           ,
           condemning
           them
           all
           as
           Limbs
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           worshippers
           and
           followers
           of
           the
           Beast
           :
           And
           so
           not
           onely
           labour
           to
           cast
           the
           godly
           Ministers
           out
           of
           the
           hearts
           of
           those
           people
           whom
           they
           have
           wonne
           to
           Christ
           ;
           but
           leave
           the
           people
           whom
           they
           insnare
           without
           any
           hope
           of
           recovery
           ,
           whilst
           they
           impose
           upon
           their
           consciences
           to
           heare
           none
           but
           such
           as
           may
           confirme
           them
           in
           their
           errors
           ;
           An
           old
           trick
           of
           
             Satan
          
           which
           hee
           taught
           the
           Papists
           long
           agone
           ,
           a
           meere
           politick
           device
           to
           keep
           their
           Disciples
           fast
           unto
           themselves
           :
           which
           unchristian
           course
           ,
           
           how
           prosperous
           soever
           it
           may
           seeme
           to
           bee
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           cannot
           bee
           blessed
           by
           God
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           is
           it
           ,
           the
           Lord
           giving
           them
           up
           almost
           every where
           ,
           to
           other
           most
           dangerous
           ,
           vile
           ,
           and
           abominable
           opinions
           .
           I
           deny
           not
           but
           some
           few
           who
           are
           of
           this
           opinion
           are
           otherwise
           minded
           ,
           but
           all
           our
           experience
           teacheth
           us
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           them
           doe
           runne
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           this
           opinion
           puts
           all
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             all
             Beleevers
          
           into
           the
           self-same
           condition
           ,
           with
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Turkes
          
           and
           
             Indians
             ,
          
           which
           they
           
             all
          
           readily
           acknowledge
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           unavoidably
           one
           of
           these
           three
           things
           must
           follow
           .
           1.
           
           Either
           all
           of
           them
           are
           damned
           who
           die
           in
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           being
           without
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           having
           no
           part
           in
           Christ
           .
           Or
           ,
           2.
           
           All
           of
           them
           saved
           ,
           as
           having
           no
           originall
           sinne
           ,
           and
           consequently
           needing
           no
           Saviour
           ;
           which
           most
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           in
           the
           world
           doe
           owne
           ,
           and
           therewith
           bring
           in
           al
           
             Pelagianisme
             ,
             Universall
             grace
             ,
             Free-will
             ,
          
           &c.
           Or
           ,
           3.
           
           That
           although
           they
           bee
           tainted
           with
           originall
           corruption
           ,
           and
           so
           need
           a
           Saviour
           ,
           Christ
           doth
           
             pro
             beneplacito
             ,
          
           save
           
             some
          
           of
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Indians
             and
             Turkes
             ,
          
           dying
           in
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             some
          
           of
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Christians
          
           ;
           and
           so
           carry
           salvation
           by
           Christ
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           where
           God
           never
           made
           any
           promise
           :
           That
           God
           hath
           made
           a
           promise
           to
           bee
           the
           God
           of
           
             believers
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             their
             Seed
             ,
          
           wee
           all
           know
           ;
           but
           where
           the
           promise
           is
           to
           bee
           found
           ,
           that
           hee
           will
           bee
           the
           God
           of
           the
           seed
           of
           such
           Parents
           who
           live
           and
           die
           his
           enemies
           ,
           and
           their
           seed
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           as
           called
           by
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           .
           These
           men
           say
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           made
           to
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           differs
           from
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           made
           with
           
             Us
          
           ;
           but
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           ,
           whether
           in
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           or
           in
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           they
           find
           any
           promise
           of
           salvation
           by
           Christ
           to
           any
           Infants
           dying
           in
           their
           Infancie
           ,
           whose
           Parents
           no
           way
           belonged
           to
           the
           Family
           of
           GOD
           ,
           or
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
         
           The
           matter
           then
           being
           of
           such
           consequence
           ,
           and
           many
           amongst
           us
           in
           such
           danger
           of
           being
           seduced
           ,
           further
           then
           is
           easie
           to
           imagine
           ,
           through
           the
           subtilty
           ,
           activity
           ,
           and
           diligence
           of
           such
           as
           with
           a
           great
           shew
           of
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           under
           a
           pretence
           of
           zeale
           ,
           doe
           creepe
           into
           Houses
           ;
           yea
           ,
           proclaime
           these
           things
           openly
           in
           Pulpits
           :
           I
           take
           my selfe
           bound
           upon
           this
           occasion
           to
           shew
           you
           upon
           what
           grounds
           the
           Orthodox
           Church
           hath
           hitherto
           retained
           this
           practise
           ,
           and
           shall
           bring
           all
           that
           I
           intend
           to
           speake
           of
           it
           under
           two
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           under
           them
           shall
           indeavour
           to
           Answer
           whatsoever
           I
           have
           found
           of
           any
           moment
           objected
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           My
           first
           Argument
           is
           this
           ,
           
             The
             Infants
             of
             beleeving
             Parents
             are
          
           foederati
           ,
           
           
             therefore
             they
             must
             bee
          
           signati
           :
           
             they
             are
             within
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
             belonging
             to
             Christs
             body
             ,
             kingdome
             ,
             family
             ;
             therefore
             are
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             seale
             of
             his
             Covenant
             ,
             or
             the
             distinguishing
             badge
             between
             them
             who
             are
             under
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             them
             who
             are
             not
             .
          
        
         
           The
           ordinary
           Answer
           to
           this
           Argument
           is
           ,
           by
           denying
           that
           Infants
           are
           under
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ;
           onely
           some
           few
           deny
           the
           consequence
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           were
           within
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           it
           followes
           not
           that
           they
           must
           bee
           sealed
           ,
           because
           (
           say
           they
           )
           the
           
             Women
          
           among
           the
           Jewes
           were
           under
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           received
           not
           Circumcision
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           seale
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           but
           this
           receives
           an
           easie
           answer
           ,
           the
           Women
           were
           Circumcised
           in
           the
           Males
           ,
           else
           could
           not
           God
           have
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           house
           of
           
             Israel
          
           were
           Circumcised
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           else
           could
           not
           the
           whole
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           bee
           called
           
             the
             Circumcision
             ,
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           all
           the
           World
           beside
           ,
           who
           were
           called
           
             the
             Uncircumcision
             .
          
        
         
           But
           for
           the
           better
           clearing
           of
           this
           whole
           Argument
           ;
           I
           shall
           indeavour
           to
           make
           good
           these
           five
           Conclusions
           .
           
        
         
           First
           ,
           that
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           hath
           alwayes
           for
           substance
           been
           one
           and
           the
           same
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           will
           have
           the
           Infants
           of
           such
           as
           enter
           into
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           bee
           counted
           his
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Parents
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           God
           hath
           ever
           since
           
             Abrahams
          
           time
           ,
           had
           a
           Seale
           to
           bee
           applied
           to
           such
           as
           enter
           into
           Covenant
           with
           him
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           by
           Gods
           owne
           order
           the
           Seed
           ,
           or
           Infants
           of
           Covenanters
           before
           Christs
           time
           ,
           were
           to
           be
           sealed
           with
           the
           seale
           of
           admission
           into
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           Parents
           .
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           the
           priviledge
           of
           such
           as
           are
           in
           Covenant
           since
           Christs
           time
           ,
           are
           as
           honourable
           ,
           large
           ,
           and
           comfortable
           ,
           both
           to
           themselves
           and
           their
           children
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           before
           Christs
           time
           :
           and
           these
           five
           Propositions
           made
           good
           ,
           the
           Argument
           will
           be
           strong
           and
           undeniable
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
             for
             substance
             ,
          
           
           
             hath
             alwayes
             been
             one
             and
             the
             same
             ,
          
           
           
             both
             to
             the
          
           Jewes
           
             and
             to
             the
          
           Gentiles
           .
           Which
           to
           understand
           ,
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           new
           and
           living
           way
           to
           life
           was
           first
           revealed
           to
           
             Adam
          
           immediately
           after
           his
           fall
           ,
           and
           that
           blessed
           promise
           concerning
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           woman
           was
           often
           renewed
           ,
           and
           the
           Patriarchs
           faith
           
             therein
             ,
          
           and
           salvation
           
             thereby
             ,
          
           recorded
           plentifully
           in
           the
           Scripture
           :
           but
           the
           first
           time
           that
           ever
           it
           was
           revealed
           under
           the
           expresse
           name
           of
           a
           League
           or
           Covenant
           was
           with
           
             Abraham
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           shall
           need
           looke
           no
           higher
           then
           his
           dayes
           :
           who
           because
           he
           was
           the
           first
           explicite
           Covenanter
           ,
           is
           called
           the
           father
           of
           the
           faithfull
           ;
           and
           ever
           since
           clearly
           hath
           all
           the
           world
           been
           divided
           into
           two
           distinct
           bodies
           or
           families
           ;
           the
           one
           called
           the
           Kingdome
           ,
           City
           ,
           Houshold
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           which
           all
           who
           owne
           the
           way
           to
           life
           ,
           were
           to
           joine
           themselves
           ;
           and
           these
           were
           called
           the
           
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
          
           the
           
             Sons
             of
             Abraham
             ,
          
           the
           
             Children
             of
             the
             Kingdome
          
           :
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           
             Devill
             ,
          
           the
           
             Seed
             of
             the
             Serpent
             ,
             Strangers
             from
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             without
             God
             
             in
             the
             world
          
           ;
           
           &c.
           
           Now
           I
           say
           that
           this
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           hath
           for
           substance
           been
           alwayes
           the
           same
           ;
           for
           substance
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           wee
           must
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Covenant
           it selfe
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           of
           administration
           of
           this
           Covenant
           :
           The
           
             substance
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           on
           Gods
           part
           was
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Abrabrahams
             God
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             the
             God
             of
             his
             Seed
             ,
          
           to
           bee
           an
           
             Al-sufficient
             portion
             ,
          
           an
           
             Al-sufficient
             reward
          
           for
           him
           ,
           to
           
             give
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           
             Righteousnesse
             with
             him
             ,
          
           both
           of
           
             Justification
          
           and
           of
           
             Sanctification
             ,
          
           and
           
             everlasting
             life
             .
          
           On
           
             Abrahams
          
           part
           the
           
             substance
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           was
           ,
           
           to
           
             beleeve
          
           in
           the
           promised
           Messiah
           ,
           to
           walke
           before
           God
           with
           a
           perfect
           heart
           ,
           to
           
             serve
          
           God
           according
           to
           his
           revealed
           wil
           ,
           to
           
             instruct
          
           his
           family
           ,
           &c.
           
           The
           
             manner
          
           of
           administration
           of
           this
           Covenant
           at
           the
           first
           was
           by
           
             types
             ,
          
           
           and
           
             shadowes
             ,
             sacrifices
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           And
           foure
           hundred
           and
           thirty
           yeeres
           after
           the
           Law
           was
           added
           with
           great
           terrour
           upon
           Mount
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           not
           as
           a
           part
           of
           this
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           expressely
           ,
           it
           was
           added
           because
           
             of
             Transgressions
             ,
          
           to
           bee
           a
           Schoolemaster
           to
           whip
           to
           Christ
           ;
           Plainly
           in
           that
           giving
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           there
           was
           something
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           workes
           made
           with
           
             Adam
          
           in
           Paradise
           ;
           yet
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Administration
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           
             rehearsall
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           workes
           ,
           under
           which
           all
           men
           lie
           by
           nature
           ,
           untill
           they
           bee
           brought
           under
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           :
           and
           this
           was
           delivered
           with
           great
           terror
           ,
           and
           under
           most
           dreadfull
           penalties
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           were
           prone
           to
           seeke
           justification
           in
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           by
           finding
           the
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           the
           impossibility
           of
           their
           keeping
           the
           Law
           ,
           might
           be
           driven
           to
           seeke
           for
           a
           better
           Mediator
           ,
           even
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           as
           was
           excellently
           shadowed
           out
           ,
           
             Exod.
          
           20.18
           ,
           19
           ,
           20.
           
           
             Deut.
          
           5.24
           .
           when
           they
           cryed
           out
           to
           
             Moses
             ;
             that
             they
             might
             no
             more
             heare
             this
             dreadfull
             voice
             ,
          
           which
           would
           kill
           them
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           might
           bee
           spoken
           unto
           by
           a
           Mediator
           :
           and
           GOD
           said
           ,
           they
           
             had
             well
             spoken
             ,
          
           and
           presently
           accepted
           
             Moses
          
           for
           their
           
             typicall
          
           mediator
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           
           gave
           them
           the
           Gospel
           in
           their
           
             Tabernacle
             Ordinances
             .
          
           And
           there
           was
           also
           somthing
           of
           the
           
             administration
          
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             grace
          
           ;
           partly
           ,
           because
           all
           the
           threatning
           and
           cursing
           part
           of
           it
           was
           intended
           as
           a
           preparative
           and
           meanes
           to
           fit
           them
           for
           Christ
           ;
           and
           partly
           because
           the
           directing
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           containes
           that
           
             very
             rule
          
           whereby
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           all
           his
           Seed
           were
           ordered
           to
           walke
           in
           obedience
           towards
           God
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           this
           ,
           All
           their
           externall
           promises
           in
           case
           of
           obedience
           ,
           all
           outward
           blessings
           which
           were
           to
           bee
           injoyed
           by
           them
           ,
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           good
           things
           in
           it
           ,
           all
           outward
           punishments
           and
           threatnings
           ,
           losse
           of
           their
           Countrey
           ,
           going
           into
           Captivity
           ,
           all
           their
           Sacrifices
           ▪
           their
           Washings
           ,
           their
           Sprinklings
           ,
           their
           holy
           Persons
           ,
           holy
           Feasts
           ,
           and
           holy
           things
           ,
           were
           all
           of
           them
           but
           so
           many
           Administrations
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ;
           Earthly
           things
           
             then
             ,
          
           were
           not
           onely
           promised
           or
           threatned
           more
           distinctly
           and
           fully
           ,
           then
           now
           they
           are
           to
           them
           who
           are
           in
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           were
           figures
           ,
           signes
           ,
           types
           and
           Sacraments
           of
           spirituall
           things
           ,
           to
           bee
           injoyed
           both
           by
           them
           and
           by
           us
           ;
           as
           might
           bee
           cleared
           by
           abundance
           of
           particulars
           :
           Take
           but
           that
           one
           instance
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
          
           which
           albeit
           in
           it selfe
           it
           was
           but
           like
           other
           Lands
           ▪
           yet
           was
           it
           by
           the
           Lord
           sanctified
           to
           spirituall
           ends
           ,
           where
           he
           would
           have
           his
           Tabernacle
           pitched
           ,
           and
           Temple
           built
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           Land
           ,
           when
           the
           ten
           Tribes
           were
           carried
           captive
           ,
           hee
           is
           said
           to
           have
           put
           them
           out
           of
           his
           sight
           :
           the
           very
           Land
           being
           figuratively
           holy
           ,
           and
           a
           signe
           of
           Gods
           presence
           ,
           
           the
           resting
           of
           Gods
           people
           there
           ,
           a
           signe
           of
           their
           eternall
           rest
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           into
           which
           not
           
             Moses
          
           the
           Lawgiver
           ,
           but
           
             Joshua
             ,
          
           or
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           the
           type
           of
           their
           true
           Jesus
           was
           to
           bring
           them
           :
           
           neither
           did
           the
           Lord
           promise
           them
           entrance
           into
           ,
           or
           continuance
           in
           that
           Land
           ,
           but
           upon
           the
           same
           conditions
           upon
           which
           hee
           promiseth
           eternall
           life
           ,
           as
           true
           Faith
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
           with
           the
           love
           and
           feare
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           obedience
           of
           his
           Commandements
           :
           
           Godlinesse
           having
           then
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           now
           and
           alwayes
           ,
           the
           promise
           of
           good
           things
           for
           this
           life
           ,
           
           and
           the
           life
           to
           come
           ,
           of
           earthly
           things
           ,
           then
           more
           distinctly
           ,
           and
           fully
           ,
           and
           typically
           ,
           but
           of
           heavenly
           things
           more
           generally
           and
           sparingly
           ;
           whereas
           now
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           more
           cleare
           and
           full
           revelation
           and
           promise
           of
           heavenly
           things
           ,
           but
           the
           promise
           of
           things
           earthly
           ,
           more
           generall
           and
           sparing
           :
           Now
           this
           externall
           
             Administration
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           is
           not
           the
           
             same
          
           with
           
             us
             ,
          
           as
           it
           was
           with
           
             them
             ,
          
           but
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           is
           the
           same
           ;
           they
           were
           under
           the
           same
           
             misery
             by
             nature
             ,
          
           had
           the
           
             same
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           Lambe
           slaine
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           same
           
             conditions
          
           of
           
             Faith
             and
             repentance
             ,
          
           to
           bee
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           had
           the
           same
           
             graces
          
           promised
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           Circumcising
           of
           their
           heart
           ,
           to
           love
           the
           Lord
           ,
           &c.
           
           Theirs
           was
           dispenced
           in
           
             darker
          
           Prophecies
           ,
           and
           obscurer
           Sacrifices
           ,
           types
           ,
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           ours
           more
           
             gloriously
          
           and
           
             clearely
             ,
          
           and
           in
           a
           greater
           measure
           :
           the
           cloathes
           indeed
           doe
           differ
           ,
           but
           the
           body
           is
           the
           same
           in
           both
           .
        
         
           As
           is
           apparent
           ,
           if
           ,
           First
           ,
           you
           look
           but
           into
           the
           Prophecies
           that
           were
           made
           ,
           
           
             Jer.
          
           31.33
           .
           
             Isaiah
          
           59.21
           .
           
             Joel
          
           2.32
           .
           and
           many
           other
           places
           ,
           where
           the
           same
           things
           are
           promised
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           when
           the
           Gospel
           should
           bee
           preached
           unto
           them
           ,
           which
           were
           first
           promised
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           to
           his
           seed
           ;
           but
           more
           fully
           ,
           
           if
           you
           looke
           into
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           where
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           1.54
           ,
           55
           ,
           69
           ,
           70
           ,
           72
           ,
           73.
           
           
             Luke
          
           2.31
           ,
           32.
           that
           Christ
           and
           the
           kingdome
           of
           grace
           by
           him
           ,
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           bee
           the
           summe
           of
           the
           oath
           and
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           God
           had
           promised
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           to
           his
           seed
           :
           So
           
             Matth.
          
           21.41
           ,
           43.
           the
           same
           Vineyard
           that
           was
           let
           to
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           should
           afterward
           be
           let
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           ;
           the
           same
           kingdome
           of
           God
           which
           was
           formerly
           given
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           should
           be
           taken
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           given
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           :
           So
           
             Rom.
          
           11.
           the
           Gentiles
           were
           to
           bee
           ingraffed
           into
           the
           same
           
           stocke
           
             in
          
           which
           formerly
           the
           Jews
           had
           growne
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           they
           were
           now
           to
           bee
           cut
           off
           ,
           
           and
           
             into
          
           which
           in
           the
           end
           they
           should
           bee
           ingraffed
           againe
           :
           So
           
             Gal.
          
           3.8.14.16
           .
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           the
           same
           Gospel
           preached
           to
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           preached
           to
           us
           ,
           the
           same
           blessing
           bestowed
           upon
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           comes
           on
           the
           Gentiles
           through
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           that
           they
           (
           as
           well
           as
           he
           )
           
             might
             receive
             the
             promise
             of
             the
             Spirit
             through
             Faith
          
           ;
           they
           who
           receive
           the
           promise
           of
           the
           Spirit
           through
           faith
           ,
           have
           the
           blessing
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           come
           upon
           them
           :
           as
           cleare
           is
           that
           ,
           
             Ephes.
          
           2.13
           .
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Chapter
           ,
           the
           partition
           wall
           which
           severed
           us
           from
           the
           Jewes
           ,
           is
           now
           broken
           downe
           ,
           and
           the
           Gentiles
           who
           formerly
           were
           afarre
           off
           ,
           are
           now
           taken
           in
           ,
           and
           made
           Inter-Commoners
           with
           the
           Jews
           ;
           the
           Apostle
           alluding
           to
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           Jewish
           worship
           ,
           where
           beyond
           the
           Court
           wherein
           the
           Jews
           did
           worship
           ,
           there
           was
           another
           Court
           divided
           from
           it
           by
           a
           sept
           or
           wall
           ,
           which
           was
           called
           ,
           
             Atrium
             gentium
             &
             immundorum
             ,
          
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           and
           of
           the
           uncleane
           ,
           nearer
           then
           which
           none
           of
           them
           might
           approach
           unto
           the
           Temple
           ;
           but
           now
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             The
             partition
             wall
             is
             broken
             downe
             ,
             and
             wee
             are
             no
             more
             Strangers
             and
             Forainers
             ,
             but
             made
             felow-Citizens
             with
             the
             Saints
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             houshold
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             with
             them
             grow
             up
             unto
             an
             holy
             Temple
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           all
           which
           shews
           ,
           that
           the
           very
           selfe
           same
           priviledges
           formerly
           made
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Jews
           ,
           are
           now
           through
           Christ
           communicated
           to
           the
           Gentiles
           .
           And
           this
           will
           yet
           more
           fully
           appeare
           ,
           if
           wee
           consider
           how
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           to
           the
           
             Galatians
             ,
          
           shews
           that
           the
           
             same
             seed
          
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           so
           much
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           Covenant
           made
           with
           him
           ,
           is
           
             now
          
           found
           among
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           as
           〈◊〉
           was
           formerly
           among
           the
           Jews
           ,
           there
           you
           shall
           find
           
             three
             sorts
          
           of
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           :
           First
           ,
           
             Christ
             ,
             Gal.
          
           3.16
           .
           the
           root
           and
           stock
           ,
           the
           head
           ,
           and
           Elder
           brother
           of
           all
           the
           rest
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           all
           
             true
             beleevers
          
           are
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           ,
           
             cap.
          
           3.29
           .
           these
           onely
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           
             spirituall
          
           part
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           another
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           who
           were
           onely
           circumcised
           in
           the
           
             flesh
             ,
          
           and
           not
           in
           the
           
             heart
             ,
          
           who
           though
           they
           were
           either
           
             borne
          
           of
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           or
           
             professed
             Abrahams
          
           faith
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           Jews
           
             facti
             ,
          
           though
           not
           
             nati
             ,
             made
          
           though
           not
           
             borne
          
           Jews
           ,
           becomming
           Proselytes
           ,
           yet
           never
           came
           to
           make
           
             Abrahams
          
           God
           their
           All-sufficient
           portion
           ,
           but
           placed
           their
           happinesse
           in
           somewhat
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           either
           by
           
             seeking
             justification
             by
             the
             works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             being
             ignorant
             of
             Gods
             righteousnesse
             ,
             and
             going
             about
             to
             establish
             their
             own
             righteousnesse
             did
             not
             submit
             themselves
             unto
             the
             righteousnesse
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           or
           placed
           their
           happinesse
           ,
           
             in
             satisfying
             the
             lusts
             of
             their
             flesh
             ,
          
           going
           a whoring
           after
           the
           creature
           ;
           and
           so
           though
           they
           were
           
             Abrahams
          
           seed
           by
           
             profession
          
           and
           
             outward
             cleaving
          
           to
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           were
           to
           be
           cast
           off
           with
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           uncircumcised
           ,
           of
           whom
           
             Ishmael
          
           and
           
             Esau
          
           were
           Types
           ,
           
             Gal.
          
           4.22
           .
           
             &c.
             Even
             so
             is
             it
             now
          
           in
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           Elder
           brother
           ,
           the
           first-born
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           we
           have
           also
           
             true
             beleevers
             ,
          
           who
           are
           brethren
           and
           Co-heires
           with
           him
           ,
           who
           are
           properly
           the
           heires
           by
           promise
           ,
           and
           wee
           have
           also
           some
           who
           are
           onely
           a
           holy
           seed
           by
           
             externall
             profession
             ,
             Gal.
          
           4.29
           .
           who
           either
           with
           the
           false
           Teachers
           ,
           
           which
           
             Paul
          
           there
           speaks
           of
           ,
           mingle
           
             justification
             by
             the
             Law
             and
             Gospell
             together
             ,
          
           or
           with
           others
           ,
           2
           
             Tim.
          
           3.5
           .
           though
           they
           have
           
             a
             forme
             of
             godlinesse
             ;
             yet
             deny
             the
             power
             of
             it
             in
             their
             lives
             and
             conversations
             .
          
           So
           much
           for
           the
           first
           Conclusion
           ,
           that
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           for
           substance
           ,
           was
           alwayes
           one
           and
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Ever
           since
           God
           gathered
           a
           distinct
           ,
           select
           number
           out
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
           to
           bee
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           City
           ,
           House-hold
           ,
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           rest
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           
           which
           is
           the
           kingdom
           ,
           city
           ,
           house-hold
           of
           Satan
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           
             The
             Infants
             of
             all
             who
             are
             taken
             into
             Covenant
             with
             him
             ,
             to
             bee
             accounted
             his
             ,
             to
             belong
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             his
             Church
             and
             Family
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             the
             devils
             .
          
           As
           it
           is
           in
           
             other
          
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Corporations
           ,
           and
           Families
           ,
           the
           children
           
           of
           all
           Subjects
           borne
           in
           a
           Kingdome
           ,
           are
           borne
           that
           Princes
           Subjects
           ,
           where
           the
           Father
           is
           a
           
             free
          
           man
           ,
           the
           childe
           is
           not
           born
           a
           
             slave
          
           ;
           where
           any
           are
           
             bought
          
           to
           be
           
             servants
             ,
          
           their
           children
           born
           in
           their
           Masters
           house
           ,
           are
           born
           his
           
             servants
             .
          
           Thus
           it
           is
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           almost
           all
           Nations
           ,
           and
           thus
           hath
           the
           Lord
           ordained
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           in
           his
           kingdome
           and
           family
           ;
           the
           
             Children
          
           follow
           the
           Covenant-condition
           of
           their
           
             Parents
             ,
          
           if
           he
           take
           a
           Father
           into
           Covenant
           ,
           he
           takes
           the
           Children
           in
           with
           him
           ;
           if
           hee
           reject
           the
           Parents
           out
           of
           Covenant
           ,
           the
           children
           are
           cast
           out
           with
           them
           ;
           Thus
           without
           all
           question
           it
           was
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           
           
             Gen.
          
           17.9
           .
           
             &c.
          
           and
           when
           any
           of
           any
           other
           Nation
           ,
           though
           a
           
             Canaanite
          
           or
           
             Hittite
             ,
          
           acknowledged
           
             Abrahams
          
           God
           to
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           
             they
          
           and
           their
           
             children
          
           came
           into
           covenant
           together
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           it
           continues
           
             still
             ,
          
           though
           the
           Anabaptists
           boldly
           deny
           it
           :
           
             Act.
          
           2.38
           ,
           39.
           when
           
             Peter
          
           exhorted
           his
           hearers
           ,
           
           who
           were
           pricked
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           to
           repent
           and
           be
           baptized
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           he
           useth
           an
           Argument
           to
           perswade
           them
           ,
           taken
           from
           the
           benefit
           which
           should
           
             come
             to
             their
             posterity
             ,
          
           for
           
             the
             Promise
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             is
             unto
             you
             and
             unto
             your
             children
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             that
             are
             afarre
             off
             ,
             even
             as
             many
             as
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             shall
             call
             :
          
           if
           once
           they
           obey
           the
           call
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           did
           ,
           the
           promise
           was
           made
           
             to
             them
             and
             to
             their
             children
             ,
          
           whether
           they
           who
           obey
           this
           call
           were
           the
           
             present
          
           Jews
           to
           whom
           he
           spake
           ,
           or
           were
           
             afarre
             off
          
           :
           whether
           by
           
             afarre
             off
             ,
          
           you
           will
           meane
           the
           
             Gentiles
             ,
          
           who
           as
           yet
           
             worshipped
             afar
             off
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Jews
           or
           any
           who
           as
           yet
           were
           
             unborn
             ,
          
           and
           so
           were
           afarre
           off
           in
           
             time
             ,
          
           or
           whether
           they
           dwelt
           in
           the
           remotest
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           afarre
           off
           in
           
             place
             ,
          
           the
           Argument
           holds
           good
           to
           the
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           Repent
           and
           be
           baptized
           for
           the
           remission
           of
           sins
           ,
           and
           ye
           shall
           receive
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           
             For
             the
             Promise
             is
             made
             to
             you
             and
             to
             your
             children
             ,
          
           they
           shall
           bee
           made
           free
           of
           Gods
           City
           ,
           according
           to
           
             Abrahams
             Copy
             ;
             I
             will
             be
             thy
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             God
             of
             thy
             seed
             .
          
           Let
           
           
             Zacheus
          
           the
           Publican
           once
           receive
           Christ
           
             himselfe
             ,
          
           be
           he
           a
           
             Gentile
             ,
          
           as
           some
           thinke
           he
           was
           ,
           be
           he
           a
           
             great
             sinner
             ,
          
           esteemed
           as
           a
           heathen
           ,
           as
           wee
           all
           know
           he
           was
           ,
           let
           him
           professe
           the
           faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Salvation
           comes
           to
           his
           
             house
          
           ;
           for
           now
           he
           is
           made
           
             a
             sonne
             of
             Abraham
             :
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Abrahams
             promise
             now
             reacheth
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           Neither
           can
           the
           evidence
           of
           this
           place
           be
           eluded
           by
           saying
           ,
           the
           promise
           here
           meant
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           
             extraordinary
             gifts
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             to
             speake
             with
             tongues
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           For
           we
           all
           know
           that
           
             all
          
           who
           then
           beleeved
           and
           were
           baptized
           ,
           did
           not
           receive
           
             those
             extraordinary
             gifts
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           and
           beside
           this
           Argument
           remaines
           still
           in
           force
           to
           be
           used
           to
           the
           
             end
          
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Who
             ever
             beleeves
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             receive
             remission
             of
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             the
             gift
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             :
          
           Which
           was
           not
           true
           ,
           if
           by
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           was
           meant
           
             onely
          
           those
           
             extraordinary
             gifts
             .
          
        
         
           
           Nor
           ,
           secondly
           ,
           can
           it
           be
           avoyded
           by
           that
           shift
           of
           others
           who
           interpret
           it
           thus
           ,
           
             To
             you
             and
             your
             children
             as
             many
             of
             them
             as
             the
             Lord
             shall
             call
             ,
          
           that
           is
           (
           say
           they
           )
           whether
           
             your selves
          
           or
           your
           
             children
             ,
          
           or
           any
           other
           whom
           the
           Lord
           
             shall
             call
             .
          
           if
           they
           repent
           and
           be
           baptized
           ,
           they
           shall
           receive
           the
           gift
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           plaine
           that
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Argument
           lieth
           in
           this
           ,
           That
           if
           they
           did
           repent
           and
           were
           baptized
           ,
           the
           promise
           should
           be
           made
           good
           to
           
             them
          
           and
           to
           their
           
             children
          
           and
           what
           comfortable
           argument
           can
           this
           be
           taken
           from
           respect
           to
           their
           
             children
             ,
          
           if
           the
           Apostle
           must
           be
           interpreted
           as
           these
           men
           would
           have
           him
           ?
           viz.
           
             You
             and
             your
             ch●ldren
             have
             hitherto
             beene
             an
             holy
             seed
             ,
             but
             now
             if
             you
             beleeve
             in
             Chr●st
             your selves
             ,
             your
             children
             shall
             bee
             in
             no
             better
             condition
             then
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Pagan
             world
             ,
             strangers
             from
             the
             Covenant
             of
             God
             ▪
             but
             if
             afterward
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             the
             Heathen
             shall
             for
             their
             parts
             beleeve
             and
             be
             baptized
             ,
             their
             perticular
             persons
             shallbe
             tooke
             into
             Covenant
             ,
             but
             their
             children
             still
             left
             out
             :
          
           Had
           this
           thinke
           you
           beene
           a
           comfortable
           
           Argument
           to
           perswade
           them
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           good
           of
           their
           children
           after
           them
           ?
           The
           plaine
           strength
           of
           the
           argument
           is
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             now
             remembred
             his
             Covenant
             to
             Abraham
             ,
             in
             sending
             that
             blessed
             seed
             ,
             in
             whom
             he
             promised
             to
             be
             the
             God
             of
             him
             and
             his
             seed
             ;
             doe
             not
             you
             by
             your
             unbeliefe
             deprive
             your selves
             and
             your
             posterity
             of
             so
             excellent
             a
             gift
             .
          
           And
           except
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           occasion
           to
           name
           their
           
             children
             ,
          
           it
           had
           beene
           sufficient
           to
           have
           said
           ,
           a
           promise
           is
           made
           to
           
             as
             many
             as
             the
             Lord
             shall
             call
             .
          
        
         
           As
           plaine
           it
           is
           out
           of
           the
           11.
           of
           the
           
             Rom.
          
           16.
           &c.
           where
           the
           Apostles
           scope
           is
           to
           shew
           that
           we
           Gentiles
           have
           now
           the
           
             same
          
           graffing
           into
           the
           true
           Olive
           which
           the
           Jewes
           formerly
           had
           ,
           and
           our
           
             present
             graffing
             in
             ,
          
           
           is
           answerable
           to
           their
           
             present
             casting
             out
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             taking
             in
          
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           world
           shall
           be
           the
           
             same
             graffing
             in
          
           (
           though
           more
           gloriously
           )
           as
           
             ours
             is
             now
             :
          
           Now
           all
           know
           that
           when
           they
           were
           taken
           in
           ,
           
             they
          
           and
           their
           
             children
          
           were
           taken
           in
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           broken
           off
           ,
           
             they
          
           and
           their
           
             children
          
           were
           broken
           off
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           taken
           in
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           
             they
          
           and
           their
           
             children
          
           shall
           be
           taken
           in
           ,
           and
           that
           because
           
             the
             root
             is
             holy
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             Gods
             Covenant
             with
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
             and
             Jacob
             ,
             extends
             yet
             unto
             them
             when
             their
             unbeleefe
             shall
             be
             taken
             away
             .
          
           The
           root
           being
           like
           
             Nebuchadnezzars
          
           tree
           ,
           the
           tree
           hewen
           downe
           ,
           and
           the
           root
           bound
           with
           a
           band
           of
           yron
           untill
           seven
           times
           were
           passed
           over
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           bands
           should
           be
           broken
           ,
           and
           the
           root
           should
           spring
           ,
           and
           the
           tree
           should
           grow
           againe
           :
           
             so
          
           their
           present
           Nation
           ,
           
             like
             this
             tree
             ,
          
           is
           cut
           downe
           ,
           and
           this
           
             holy
             root
          
           the
           Covenant
           made
           with
           their
           forefathers
           ,
           is
           
             suspended
             ,
          
           bound
           with
           an
           iron
           barre
           of
           
             unbeliefe
             ,
             blindnesse
             being
             come
             upon
             them
             ,
             unt●ll
             the
             fulnesse
             of
             the
             Gentiles
             be
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             then
             all
             Israel
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
          
           And
           marke
           that
           in
           all
           this
           discourse
           ,
           the
           holinesse
           of
           the
           Branches
           there
           spoken
           of
           ,
           is
           not
           meant
           of
           a
           
           personall
           inherent
           holinesse
           ,
           but
           a
           
             derivative
          
           holinesse
           ,
           a
           holinesse
           
             derived
          
           to
           them
           from
           their
           
             Ancestors
             ;
             the
             first
             fruit
             is
             holy
             ,
             the
             lumpe
             holy
             ,
             the
             root
             holy
             ,
             the
             bra●ches
             holy
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             the
             Fathers
             holy
             accepted
             in
             Covenant
             with
             God
             ,
             the
             children
             beloved
             for
             their
             fathers
             sake
          
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           vaile
           of
           unbeliefe
           shall
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           the
           children
           and
           their
           posterity
           shall
           be
           taken
           in
           againe
           ,
           
             because
             beloved
             for
             their
             fathers
             sakes
             .
          
           Now
           then
           if
           
             our
          
           graffing
           in
           ,
           be
           answerable
           to
           
             theirs
          
           in
           all
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           these
           three
           particulars
           ,
           we
           and
           our
           children
           are
           graffed
           in
           together
           .
        
         
           
             Ob.
          
           But
           here
           is
           no
           mention
           made
           of
           
             our
             Infants
             graffing
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Answ.
          
           We
           must
           not
           teach
           the
           Lord
           to
           speake
           ,
           but
           with
           reverence
           search
           out
           his
           meaning
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           mention
           made
           of
           casting
           out
           the
           
             Jew●sh
             Infants
             ,
          
           neither
           
             here
          
           nor
           
             elsewhere
          
           :
           when
           he
           speakes
           of
           taking
           away
           the
           kingdome
           of
           God
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           giving
           it
           to
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           who
           would
           bring
           forth
           fruit
           ,
           no
           mention
           of
           the
           
             infants
          
           of
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           or
           of
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           but
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           for
           these
           outward
           dispensations
           ,
           are
           comprehended
           in
           their
           parents
           ,
           
             as
             the
             branches
             in
             the
             root
             ,
          
           the
           
             infants
             of
             the
             godly
             in
             their
             parents
             ,
          
           according
           to
           the
           tenor
           of
           his
           
             mercy
             ,
          
           the
           infants
           of
           the
           
             wicked
          
           in
           their
           parents
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           tenor
           of
           his
           justice
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           plainer
           (
           if
           plainer
           may
           be
           )
           is
           that
           speech
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           1
           
             Corinth
             .
          
           7.14
           .
           
           
             The
             unbeleeving
             husband
             is
             sanctified
             by
             the
             wife
             ,
             and
             the
             unbeleeving
             wife
             is
             sanctified
             by
             the
             husband
             ,
             else
             were
             your
             children
             uncleane
             ,
             but
             now
             they
             are
             holy
          
           ;
           the
           plaine
           scope
           and
           meaning
           whereof
           is
           this
           ;
           the
           beleeving
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           among
           other
           cases
           of
           conscience
           which
           they
           had
           sent
           to
           the
           Apostle
           for
           his
           resolution
           of
           ,
           had
           written
           this
           for
           one
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           lawfull
           for
           them
           who
           were
           converted
           ,
           still
           to
           retaine
           their
           infidell
           wives
           ,
           or
           husbands
           :
           their
           doubt
           seemes
           to
           arise
           from
           the
           
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
          
           which
           was
           in
           force
           to
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jewes
           ;
           God
           had
           not
           onely
           forbidden
           such
           marriages
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           but
           
           in
           
             Ezra's
          
           time
           ,
           they
           put
           away
           not
           onely
           their
           wives
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           children
           that
           were
           borne
           of
           them
           ,
           
           as
           not
           belonging
           to
           the
           Common-wealth
           of
           Israel
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           done
           according
           to
           the
           
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           that
           Law
           was
           not
           a
           particular
           Edict
           which
           they
           did
           agree
           upon
           ,
           but
           according
           to
           the
           standing
           Law
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           which
           that
           word
           there
           used
           signifieth
           ;
           and
           in
           
             Nehemiahs
          
           time
           ,
           
           the
           children
           who
           were
           borne
           of
           such
           marriages
           were
           accounted
           a
           Mungrell
           kind
           ,
           whom
           
             Nehemiah
          
           cursed
           .
           
           Now
           hereupon
           these
           Corinthians
           doubted
           whether
           their
           children
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           their
           wives
           ,
           were
           not
           to
           be
           accounted
           
             uncleane
             ,
          
           and
           so
           to
           be
           put
           away
           according
           to
           those
           examples
           ;
           to
           which
           the
           Apostle
           answers
           ,
           No
           ,
           
             they
             were
             not
             to
             be
             put
             away
          
           ;
           Upon
           what
           speciall
           reason
           soever
           ,
           that
           Law
           was
           in
           force
           to
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           beleeving
           
             Christians
          
           were
           not
           in
           that
           condition
           ,
           the
           unbeleeving
           wife
           was
           sanctified
           in
           the
           beleeving
           husband
           ,
           
             quoad
             hoc
             ,
          
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           forth
           an
           
             holy
             seed
          
           ;
           were
           it
           with
           them
           as
           when
           
             both
             of
             them
          
           were
           
             unbeleevers
             ,
          
           so
           that
           neither
           of
           them
           had
           a
           prerogative
           to
           entitle
           their
           children
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           their
           children
           would
           be
           an
           uncleane
           Progeny
           ;
           
             or
          
           were
           the
           children
           to
           be
           reckoned
           in
           the
           condition
           of
           the
           
             worser
          
           parent
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           
             unbeleever
          
           could
           contribute
           more
           to
           
             Paganisme
          
           then
           the
           
             beleever
          
           to
           
             Christianity
             ,
          
           it
           were
           so
           likewise
           ;
           but
           the
           case
           is
           otherwise
           ,
           the
           beleeving
           husband
           hath
           by
           Gods
           ordinance
           a
           sanctified
           use
           of
           his
           unbeleeving
           
             wife
             ,
             so
          
           as
           by
           Gods
           
             speciall
          
           promise
           made
           to
           beleevers
           and
           their
           seed
           ,
           they
           were
           invested
           ,
           in
           ,
           
           and
           to
           the
           
             most
             spirituall
             end
          
           of
           Marriage
           ,
           the
           
             continuance
             of
             a
             holy
             seed
             ,
          
           wherein
           the
           Church
           is
           to
           be
           propagated
           to
           the
           worlds
           end
           :
           and
           the
           case
           is
           
             here
          
           in
           Relation
           to
           the
           posterity
           for
           
             spirituall
          
           priviledges
           ,
           as
           in
           
             other
          
           marriages
           ,
           for
           
             civill
          
           priviledges
           ,
           as
           suppose
           a
           
             Prince
             ,
          
           or
           
             Nobleman
          
           marry
           with
           a
           woman
           of
           
             base
          
           or
           
             meane
          
           birth
           ,
           though
           in
           
             generall
          
           it
           be
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           children
           of
           those
           that
           be
           
             base
             ,
          
           are
           borne
           
             base
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           children
           of
           
             Nobles
          
           are
           borne
           
           
             Noble
             ,
          
           yet
           here
           the
           issue
           hath
           
             honour
          
           from
           the
           
             Father
             ,
          
           and
           is
           not
           accounted
           
             base
          
           by
           the
           basenesse
           of
           the
           
             Mother
             .
          
           This
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           plaine
           meaning
           of
           the
           Apostles
           answer
           :
           But
           because
           the
           
             Anabaptists
          
           doe
           very
           much
           indeavour
           to
           weaken
           the
           evidence
           of
           this
           Argument
           ,
           I
           shall
           indeavour
           to
           cleare
           it
           from
           their
           exceptions
           .
           They
           utterly
           deny
           that
           this
           place
           is
           meant
           of
           any
           
             Federall
             holinesse
             ,
          
           but
           of
           
             legitimation
             ,
          
           which
           they
           call
           civill
           holinesse
           ,
           and
           so
           interpret
           the
           
             Corinthians
          
           doubt
           to
           bee
           ,
           
             whether
             their
             marriage
             with
             Unbeleevers
             were
             not
             now
             a
             nullity
             ,
          
           and
           their
           children
           thereupon
           to
           bee
           
             spurious
             ,
          
           illegitimate
           ,
           or
           Bastards
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostles
           answer
           to
           bee
           ,
           that
           
             because
             the
             unbeleeving
             wife
             is
             sanctified
             to
             the
             beleeving
             husband
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             their
             marriage
             remaines
             lawfull
             ,
          
           therefore
           their
           children
           are
           not
           spurious
           ,
           but
           lawfully
           begotten
           .
           But
           that
           
             this
          
           cannot
           be
           the
           meaning
           ,
           I
           clearly
           prove
           by
           these
           foure
           Arguments
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           uncleannesse
           and
           holinesse
           ,
           when
           opposed
           one
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           
           are
           never
           taken
           for
           
             civilly
          
           lawfull
           ;
           
             uncleannesse
          
           indeed
           ,
           when
           opposed
           to
           
             cleannesse
             ,
          
           may
           be
           taken
           in
           severall
           senses
           ,
           an
           uncleane
           vessell
           ,
           an
           uncleane
           cloath
           ,
           an
           uncleane
           garment
           ;
           when
           opposed
           to
           
             cleane
             ,
          
           may
           signifie
           nothing
           but
           
             dirty
          
           or
           
             spotted
          
           ;
           but
           when
           uncleannesse
           is
           opposed
           to
           
             holinesse
             ,
          
           it
           is
           alwaies
           taken
           in
           a
           
             sacred
          
           sense
           ,
           referring
           to
           a
           
             Tabernacle
             use
             ,
          
           to
           a
           right
           of
           admission
           into
           ,
           or
           use
           in
           ,
           the
           Tabernacle
           or
           Temple
           ,
           which
           were
           types
           to
           us
           of
           the
           visible
           Church
           ;
           and
           
             holinesse
          
           is
           alwaies
           taken
           for
           
             a
             separation
             of
             persons
             or
             things
             from
             common
             to
             sacred
             uses
          
           ▪
           
           Even
           the
           
             meats
             and
             drinkes
             of
             beleevers
             sanctified
          
           to
           them
           ,
           serve
           for
           a
           
             religious
             end
             and
             use
             ,
          
           even
           to
           refresh
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Temples
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           have
           not
           onely
           a
           
             lawfull
             ,
          
           but
           an
           
             holy
          
           use
           of
           their
           meat
           and
           drinke
           ,
           which
           
             Unbeleevers
          
           have
           
             not
             ,
          
           to
           whom
           yet
           their
           meat
           and
           drinke
           is
           
             civilly
             lawfull
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           whereas
           some
           say
           ,
           
           1
           
             Thess.
          
           4.3
           ,
           4
           ,
           5.
           that
           
             chastity
          
           a
           morall
           vertue
           found
           among
           Heathens
           ,
           is
           called
           by
           the
           name
           of
           
             Sanctification
             ;
             Let
             every
             one
             possesse
             his
             vessell
             ,
             not
             in
             the
             lust
             of
             concupisence
             ,
             but
             in
             sanctification
             and
             honour
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           
             Chastity
          
           among
           
             Heathens
             ,
          
           
           is
           never
           called
           
             Sanctification
             ,
          
           but
           among
           
             Beleevers
          
           it
           may
           well
           bee
           called
           
             so
             ,
          
           being
           a
           part
           of
           the
           new
           creation
           ,
           a
           branch
           of
           their
           sanctification
           ,
           wrought
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           the
           inward
           adorning
           of
           the
           Temple
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
           So
           that
           the
           meaning
           cannot
           be
           ,
           your
           children
           are
           
             holy
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           now
           they
           are
           
             not
             Bastards
          
           ;
           but
           rather
           ,
           whereas
           
             before
             ,
          
           both
           
             you
          
           and
           
             they
          
           were
           
             uncleane
             ,
          
           and
           might
           have
           nothing
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           
             Temple
          
           of
           God
           ,
           
             now
          
           both
           
             you
          
           and
           
             your
             Children
          
           are
           a
           
             holy
             seed
             ,
          
           according
           as
           was
           shewed
           to
           
             Peter
          
           in
           his
           vision
           ,
           where
           God
           shewed
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Gentiles
             formerly
             no
             better
             then
             uncleane
             beasts
             ,
             and
             creeping
             things
             ,
          
           
           
             should
             upon
             their
             conversion
             to
             Christ
             bee
             no
             longer
             esteemed
             common
             or
             defiled
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           being
           so
           ,
           had
           
             this
          
           beene
           the
           meaning
           ,
           
           
             else
             were
             your
             Children
             uncleane
             ,
          
           but
           now
           they
           are
           
             holy
             ,
             else
          
           had
           your
           children
           been
           
             Bastards
             ,
          
           but
           now
           they
           are
           
             legitimate
          
           ;
           the
           Apostles
           answer
           had
           not
           been
           
             true
             ,
          
           because
           then
           if
           one
           of
           the
           Parents
           had
           not
           been
           a
           Beleever
           ,
           and
           so
           by
           his
           being
           a
           believer
           ,
           sanctified
           his
           unbeleeving
           Wife
           ,
           their
           children
           must
           have
           been
           Bastards
           :
           whereas
           wee
           know
           their
           children
           had
           been
           legitimate
           ,
           being
           born
           in
           lawfull
           Wedlocke
           ,
           though
           
             neither
          
           of
           the
           Parents
           had
           been
           a
           beleever
           :
           Marriage
           being
           a
           
             second
             Table
          
           duty
           ,
           is
           
             lawfull
             ,
          
           (
           though
           not
           sanctified
           )
           to
           Pagans
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Christians
           ,
           and
           the
           legitimation
           or
           illegitimation
           of
           the
           issue
           depends
           not
           upon
           the
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           but
           upon
           the
           
             marriage
          
           of
           the
           Parents
           ;
           let
           the
           marriage
           be
           lawfull
           ,
           and
           the
           issue
           is
           legitimate
           ,
           whether
           
             one
             ,
          
           or
           
             both
             ,
          
           or
           
             neither
          
           of
           the
           Parents
           be
           beleevers
           or
           infidels
           :
           take
           but
           away
           lawfull
           marriage
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           Man
           and
           the
           Woman
           ,
           
           and
           the
           issue
           is
           legitimate
           ,
           whether
           one
           ,
           or
           both
           ,
           or
           neither
           of
           the
           Parents
           are
           beleevers
           or
           infidels
           :
           withall
           ,
           if
           the
           children
           of
           
             Heathens
          
           be
           Bastards
           ,
           and
           the
           marriage
           of
           Heathens
           no
           marriage
           ,
           then
           there
           is
           no
           adultery
           among
           heathens
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           seventh
           Commandement
           is
           altogether
           in
           vaine
           in
           the
           words
           of
           it
           as
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           St.
           
             Pauls
          
           reason
           had
           no
           
             strength
          
           in
           it
           ,
           supposing
           the
           Text
           were
           to
           be
           interpreted
           as
           these
           men
           would
           have
           it
           ;
           
           Their
           doubt
           (
           say
           they
           )
           was
           ,
           that
           their
           marriage
           was
           an
           unlawfull
           wedlocke
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           their
           children
           Bastards
           ;
           now
           mark
           what
           kind
           of
           answer
           they
           make
           the
           Apostle
           give
           ,
           
             Were
             yee
             not
             lawfull
             man
             and
             wife
             ,
             your
             children
             were
             Bastards
             ,
             but
             because
             the
             unbeleeving
             wife
             is
             sanctified
             in
             the
             husband
             ,
             &c.
             because
             your
             marriage
             is
             a
             lawfull
             marriage
             ,
             your
             children
             are
             legitimate
             .
          
           What
           strength
           of
           reason
           is
           in
           this
           ?
           if
           this
           had
           been
           their
           doubt
           or
           question
           ,
           whether
           their
           marriage
           were
           not
           a
           nullity
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           
             by
             his
             Apostolick
             authority
          
           might
           have
           
             definitively
          
           answered
           ,
           
             without
             giving
             a
             reason
             ,
             your
             marriage
             is
             good
             ,
          
           and
           
             your
             children
             legitimate
          
           ;
           but
           if
           
             Paul
          
           will
           go
           about
           to
           satisfie
           them
           by
           reason
           ,
           and
           prove
           them
           to
           be
           mistaken
           ,
           it
           behoved
           him
           to
           give
           such
           a
           reason
           which
           should
           have
           some
           weight
           in
           it
           ,
           but
           this
           hath
           none
           ;
           set
           their
           doubt
           (
           as
           these
           men
           frame
           it
           )
           and
           the
           Apostles
           answer
           (
           as
           these
           men
           interpret
           him
           )
           together
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           easily
           see
           the
           invalidity
           of
           it
           ;
           
             We
             doubt
             ,
          
           say
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           
             we
             are
             not
             lawfull
             man
             and
             wife
             ;
             and
             that
             therefore
             our
             children
             are
             bastards
             .
             No
             ,
          
           saith
           Paul
           ,
           
             you
             are
             mistaken
             ,
             and
             I
             prove
             it
          
           thus
           ,
           
             Were
             ye
             not
             lawfull
             man
             and
             wife
             ,
             your
             children
             were
             bastards
             ;
             but
             because
             ye
             are
             lawfull
             man
             and
             wife
             ,
             your
             children
             are
             not
             bastards
             .
          
           Is
           there
           any
           Argument
           or
           proofe
           in
           this
           ?
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           according
           to
           
             this
          
           their
           interpretation
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           answer
           could
           no
           wayes
           have
           reached
           to
           the
           quieting
           of
           their
           
             consciences
          
           ;
           
           there
           doubt
           was
           ,
           whether
           according
           
           to
           the
           example
           in
           
             Ezra
             ,
          
           they
           were
           not
           to
           put
           away
           their
           wives
           and
           children
           ,
           as
           
             not
             belonging
             to
             God
             ,
          
           as
           being
           a
           Seed
           whom
           God
           would
           not
           own
           among
           his
           people
           ;
           now
           what
           kind
           of
           quiet
           would
           this
           have
           given
           them
           ,
           to
           tell
           them
           that
           their
           children
           were
           not
           Bastards
           ?
           We
           know
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           did
           not
           
             put
             away
          
           their
           Bastards
           ,
           as
           not
           belonging
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           God
           ;
           
             Phares
             ,
          
           and
           
             Zarah
             ,
          
           and
           
             Jepthah
             ,
          
           and
           innumerable
           others
           ,
           though
           
             bastards
             ,
          
           were
           
             circumcised
             ,
          
           and
           not
           cut
           off
           from
           the
           people
           of
           God
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           some
           object
           out
           of
           
             Deut.
          
           23.2
           .
           
           That
           Bastards
           did
           not
           belong
           to
           the
           Covenant
           among
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           because
           
             God
             there
             forbad
             a
             bastard
             to
             come
             into
             the
             Congregation
             of
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           that
           is
           meant
           
             onely
          
           of
           
             bearing
             Office
          
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           like
           thing
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           being
           under
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           Church
           :
           as
           is
           manifest
           ,
           not
           only
           by
           what
           hath
           been
           
             now
          
           said
           of
           
             Jepthah
          
           and
           others
           ,
           who
           were
           
             circumcised
             ,
          
           and
           
             offered
             Sacrifices
             ,
          
           and
           
             drew
             nigh
             to
             God
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           any
           other
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           text
           alledged
           gives
           sufficient
           light
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           meant
           otherwayes
           ;
           because
           in
           that
           place
           
             who
             ever
             is
             an
             Eunuch
             ,
          
           or
           
             wounded
             in
             his
             stones
             ,
          
           hath
           the
           
             same
          
           exclusion
           from
           the
           Congregation
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           and
           I
           hope
           no
           man
           will
           dare
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           
             none
             such
             are
             holy
             to
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           if
           they
           should
           ,
           
           the
           Scripture
           is
           full
           enough
           against
           them
           :
           That
           putting
           away
           in
           
             Ezra
          
           was
           of
           an
           higher
           nature
           then
           bare
           illegitimation
           ;
           and
           therefore
           it
           behooved
           the
           Apostle
           to
           give
           another
           manner
           of
           satisfaction
           to
           there
           doubtfull
           consciences
           ,
           then
           to
           tell
           them
           their
           children
           were
           not
           bastards
           :
           Therefore
           I
           conclude
           ,
           that
           
             this
             holinesse
             being
             the
             fruits
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Parents
             being
             a
             beleever
             ,
             must
             be
             meant
             of
             some
             kind
             of
             holinesse
             ,
             which
             is
             not
             common
             to
             the
             seed
             of
             them
             whose
             Parents
             are
             both
             Unbeleevers
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             enough
          
           for
           our
           purpose
           .
        
         
           Yet
           there
           remaines
           two
           Objections
           to
           bee
           answered
           ,
           
           which
           are
           made
           against
           this
           our
           interpretation
           .
        
         
           
           First
           ,
           The
           
             unbeleeving
             wife
          
           is
           here
           said
           to
           
             bee
             sanctified
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           
             childe
          
           is
           said
           to
           
             be
             holy
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Originall
           word
           is
           the
           same
           for
           both
           ,
           one
           the
           
             verb
             ,
          
           the
           other
           the
           
             noune
          
           :
           if
           then
           the
           
             childe
          
           is
           
             holy
             ,
          
           with
           a
           
             federall
             holinesse
             ,
          
           then
           is
           also
           the
           
             unbeleeving
             wife
             sanctified
          
           with
           a
           
             federall
             sanctification
             ,
          
           and
           so
           the
           
             wife
             ,
          
           although
           remaining
           a
           heathen
           ,
           may
           be
           yet
           counted
           to
           belong
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ;
           Indeed
           there
           would
           be
           weight
           in
           this
           objection
           if
           the
           Apostle
           had
           said
           the
           unbeleeving
           Wife
           is
           sanctifyed
           ,
           
           
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           as
           hee
           simply
           says
           ,
           the
           children
           are
           
             holy
          
           ;
           but
           
             that
          
           he
           doth
           not
           say
           ,
           he
           saith
           indeed
           the
           unbeleeving
           wife
           is
           sanctified
           in
           the
           
             beleeving
             husband
             ,
          
           or
           to
           the
           
             beleeving
             husband
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           
             to
          
           his
           use
           ,
           as
           all
           other
           creatures
           are
           ,
           as
           the
           
             bed
          
           he
           lies
           on
           ,
           the
           
             meate
          
           he
           eats
           ,
           the
           
             cloathes
          
           he
           weares
           ,
           the
           beast
           he
           rides
           on
           ,
           are
           sanctifyed
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           so
           this
           
             sanctifyednesse
          
           of
           the
           wife
           is
           not
           a
           sanctification
           of
           
             state
             ,
          
           but
           only
           of
           
             use
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             this
             use
             ,
          
           to
           be
           sanctifyed
           
             to
             the
             beleeving
             husband
          
           ;
           whereas
           the
           holinesse
           and
           sanctification
           that
           is
           spoken
           of
           the
           children
           ,
           is
           a
           holinesse
           of
           
             state
             ,
          
           and
           not
           only
           a
           sanctification
           to
           the
           Parents
           
             use
             .
          
        
         
           
           That
           holinesse
           of
           the
           Children
           is
           
             here
          
           meant
           ,
           which
           could
           not
           bee
           ,
           unlesse
           one
           of
           the
           Parents
           were
           sanctifyed
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Apostles
           arguing
           ,
           the
           
             unbeleever
             is
             sanctified
          
           to
           the
           beleever
           ,
           
             else
          
           were
           not
           the
           children
           holy
           ,
           but
           unclean
           :
           but
           
             federall
             holinesse
          
           of
           children
           may
           be
           where
           the
           Parents
           are
           not
           sanctifyed
           ,
           one
           
             in
          
           or
           
             to
          
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           in
           bastardy
           ,
           
             Davids
          
           childe
           by
           
             Bathsheba
             ,
             Phares
             ,
          
           and
           
             Zarah
             ,
             Judahs
          
           children
           by
           
             Thamar
             ,
          
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           children
           by
           the
           Concubines
           ,
           
             Abrahams
          
           son
           
             Ishmael
          
           by
           
             Hagar
             ,
             &c.
          
           in
           which
           cases
           the
           children
           were
           federally
           
             holy
             ,
          
           and
           accordingly
           were
           circumcised
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Harlot
           not
           sanctifyed
           
             in
          
           or
           
             to
          
           the
           Adulterer
           or
           Fornicator
           ,
           though
           a
           beleever
           .
        
         
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           we
           must
           attend
           the
           Apostles
           scope
           ,
           wch
           is
           to
           shew
           that
           the
           children
           would
           be
           
             unholy
             ,
          
           
           if
           the
           
             faith
          
           or
           
             beleever-ship
          
           of
           
             one
          
           of
           the
           Parents
           could
           not
           remove
           the
           
             barre
             ,
          
           which
           lies
           
             in
             the
             other
             ,
          
           being
           an
           unbeleever
           ,
           against
           the
           producing
           of
           an
           holy
           seed
           ,
           
             because
             one
             of
             them
             was
             a
             Pagan
             ,
             or
             unbeleever
             ,
             therefore
             the
             childe
             would
             not
             be
             a
             holy
             seed
             ,
             unlesse
             the
             faith
             or
             beleevership
             of
             the
             other
             Parent
             ,
             could
             remove
             this
             bar
             .
          
           Now
           this
           can
           have
           no
           place
           of
           an
           Argument
           ,
           in
           any
           case
           ,
           where
           
             one
          
           of
           the
           Parents
           is
           not
           an
           
             Infidell
          
           :
           but
           this
           was
           not
           the
           case
           among
           the
           Jews
           ;
           
             Hagar
             ,
          
           and
           
             Thamar
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Concubines
             ,
          
           however
           
             sinfull
             ,
          
           in
           
             those
             acts
             ,
          
           yet
           themselves
           were
           
             beleevers
             ,
          
           belonging
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           
             that
             barre
          
           lay
           not
           against
           their
           children
           ,
           as
           did
           in
           the
           
             unbeleeving
             wife
          
           :
           indeed
           if
           a
           
             beleeving
          
           man
           or
           woman
           should
           
             adulterously
          
           beget
           a
           childe
           upon
           a
           
             Pagan
             ,
          
           a
           
             Heathen
             ,
          
           or
           
             Unbeleever
             ,
          
           there
           this
           objection
           deserves
           to
           bee
           further
           weighed
           ,
           but
           here
           it
           comes
           not
           within
           the
           compasse
           of
           the
           Apostles
           Argument
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           passe
           from
           this
           second
           conclusion
           ,
           let
           me
           further
           shew
           you
           why
           the
           Lord
           will
           have
           the
           children
           of
           beleeving
           Parents
           reckoned
           even
           in
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           
           to
           belong
           to
           him
           .
           First
           his
           own
           
             beneplacitum
             ,
          
           his
           free
           grace
           and
           favour
           which
           moves
           him
           to
           shew
           mercy
           to
           whom
           he
           will
           ,
           is
           a
           sufficient
           answer
           to
           all
           :
           But
           secondly
           ,
           he
           will
           have
           it
           for
           
             his
             owne
             glory
             .
          
           It
           is
           the
           honour
           of
           other
           Princes
           ,
           that
           all
           who
           are
           born
           in
           their
           kingdome
           should
           be
           accounted
           
             borne
             their
             Subjects
          
           ;
           and
           the
           honour
           of
           great
           Masters
           ,
           that
           the
           children
           of
           their
           servants
           born
           in
           their
           houses
           should
           be
           born
           their
           servants
           :
           
           
             Solomon
          
           counts
           it
           a
           peece
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           servants
           born
           in
           his
           house
           .
           And
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           dis-honour
           to
           a
           King
           not
           to
           be
           able
           legally
           to
           lay
           claime
           to
           those
           born
           in
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           but
           that
           another
           King
           ,
           yea
           ,
           an
           
             enemy
          
           might
           
             legally
          
           challenge
           them
           to
           be
           
             his
          
           Subjects
           .
           So
           is
           it
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           he
           having
           left
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           to
           be
           visibly
           the
           devils
           kingdome
           ,
           will
           not
           for
           his
           
             owne
             glories
             sake
          
           permit
           
           the
           devill
           to
           come
           and
           lay
           visible
           claime
           to
           the
           sonnes
           and
           daughters
           ,
           begotten
           by
           those
           who
           are
           the
           children
           of
           the
           most
           High
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           both
           for
           the
           
             comfort
          
           and
           
             duty
          
           of
           those
           who
           are
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           partly
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           for
           their
           comfort
           and
           priviledge
           ,
           while
           they
           may
           see
           their
           children
           visibly
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           by
           a
           better
           Father
           ,
           under
           a
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           to
           whose
           care
           ,
           and
           under
           whose
           wing
           they
           may
           leave
           them
           ,
           when
           themselves
           shall
           faile
           ;
           and
           partly
           to
           be
           an
           obligation
           to
           bring
           them
           up
           
             for
          
           God
           ,
           not
           to
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           much
           lesse
           to
           the
           
             devill
             ,
          
           but
           ever
           to
           look
           upon
           themselves
           in
           the
           education
           of
           their
           children
           ,
           to
           be
           but
           
             nursing
             Fathers
             and
             Mothers
             to
             train
             them
             up
             in
             the
             nurture
             and
             feare
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           unto
           whose
           kingdome
           ,
           family
           and
           Covenant
           they
           thus
           belong
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           been
           the
           larger
           upon
           these
           two
           first
           Conclusions
           ,
           because
           indeed
           the
           proving
           of
           
             these
             ,
          
           gains
           the
           
             whole
             cause
             ,
          
           if
           the
           Covenant
           be
           the
           same
           and
           children
           belong
           to
           it
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           to
           be
           owned
           as
           
             Covenanters
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           distinguishing
           or
           discriminating
           sign
           betwixt
           Gods
           people
           and
           the
           devils
           ,
           and
           this
           the
           most
           learned
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           doe
           professe
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           knew
           a
           childe
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           they
           would
           baptize
           it
           .
           In
           the
           other
           Conclusions
           I
           shall
           be
           more
           briefe
           .
        
         
           
           The
           Lord
           hath
           appointed
           and
           ordained
           a
           Sacrament
           or
           
             seale
             of
             initiation
             to
             be
             administred
             unto
             them
             who
             enter
             into
             Covenant
             with
             him
             ,
             Circumcision
          
           for
           the
           time
           of
           that
           administration
           which
           was
           
             before
          
           Christs
           incarnation
           ,
           
             Baptisme
             since
          
           the
           time
           of
           his
           incarnation
           ;
           both
           of
           them
           the
           
             same
          
           Sacrament
           for
           the
           
             sp●rituall
          
           part
           ,
           though
           differing
           in
           the
           outward
           Elements
           ;
           
             both
          
           appointed
           to
           be
           
             distinguishing
             signes
             ,
          
           betwixt
           Gods
           people
           and
           the
           devils
           people
           ;
           both
           of
           them
           the
           way
           and
           means
           of
           solemne
           entrance
           and
           admission
           into
           the
           Church
           ;
           
             both
          
           of
           them
           to
           be
           administred
           but
           
             once
             ,
          
           and
           none
           might
           be
           received
           into
           the
           
             Communion
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           
           untill
           they
           were
           
             circumcised
             ,
          
           nor
           into
           the
           
             Communion
          
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Christians
           untill
           they
           be
           
             Baptized
          
           ;
           none
           but
           the
           circumcised
           might
           eat
           of
           the
           
             Paschall
          
           Lamb
           ,
           none
           may
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           are
           baptized
           ,
           be
           admitted
           to
           eat
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           which
           succeeds
           in
           the
           room
           of
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           and
           this
           our
           
             Lord
             himselfe
          
           taught
           us
           by
           his
           own
           example
           ,
           who
           was
           
             circumcised
             ,
          
           as
           a
           professed
           Member
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           set
           up
           the
           new
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           initiated
           into
           
             it
             ,
          
           by
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           
             Baptisme
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           this
           Conclusion
           there
           is
           no
           great
           doubt
           ,
           but
           because
           some
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           doe
           deny
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           to
           succeed
           in
           the
           roome
           ,
           place
           ,
           
           and
           use
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           be
           pleased
           to
           observe
           how
           plaine
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           it
           ,
           
             Coloss.
          
           2.8
           ,
           9
           ;
           10
           ,
           11
           ,
           12.
           where
           the
           Apostles
           scope
           is
           to
           disswade
           the
           beleeving
           Christians
           from
           the
           rudiments
           of
           the
           world
           and
           Jewish
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           observations
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           that
           we
           
             are
             compleate
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           him
           as
           in
           the
           head
           ,
           the
           Church
           hath
           all
           perfections
           ,
           and
           because
           he
           would
           take
           them
           wholly
           off
           from
           Circumcision
           ,
           the
           use
           wherof
           ingaged
           them
           to
           the
           use
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           Jewish
           Ceremonies
           ,
           he
           tels
           them
           ,
           
           that
           in
           
             Christ
             we
             are
             circumcised
             with
             a
             Circumcision
             made
             without
             hands
          
           (
           a
           better
           Circumcision
           then
           the
           Jewes
           was
           )
           
             in
             putting
             off
             the
             body
             of
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             flesh
             by
             the
             circumcision
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           And
           whereas
           the
           Jewish
           teachers
           would
           be
           ready
           to
           object
           that
           the
           receiving
           of
           the
           
             inward
          
           grace
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           did
           not
           make
           them
           so
           compleate
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           and
           his
           seed
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           also
           had
           an
           
             outward
          
           sensible
           signe
           whereby
           they
           might
           be
           
             farther
             perswaded
             ,
             comforted
          
           and
           
             confirmed
          
           ;
           to
           this
           he
           answers
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           12.
           
           That
           neither
           is
           this
           priviledge
           wanting
           to
           
             Christians
          
           who
           have
           as
           excellent
           and
           expresse
           a
           Sacrament
           of
           it
           ,
           
             being
             buried
             with
             Christ
             in
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           the
           effect
           whereof
           he
           there
           sets
           downe
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           needed
           not
           Circumcision
           ,
           
           as
           their
           false
           Teachers
           insinuated
           ,
           thereby
           directly
           teaching
           that
           our
           Baptisme
           is
           in
           stead
           of
           their
           Circumcision
           .
           And
           the
           Analogy
           lies
           betweene
           two
           Sacramentall
           types
           of
           the
           same
           substance
           [
           
             regeneration
          
           ]
           to
           both
           Jews
           and
           Gentiles
           .
           And
           in
           truth
           had
           not
           Baptisme
           come
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           
             it
             ,
          
           the
           Apostle
           could
           not
           have
           pitched
           upon
           a
           worse
           instance
           then
           that
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           much
           valued
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           was
           so
           great
           and
           usefull
           a
           priviledge
           unto
           them
           :
           Nor
           had
           there
           been
           any
           reason
           to
           have
           here
           named
           Baptisme
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           meant
           to
           shew
           Baptism
           to
           Christians
           was
           now
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           Circumcision
           to
           the
           Jews
           .
        
         
           That
           
             by
             Gods
             owne
             expresse
             order
             ,
             infants
             as
             well
             as
             growne
             men
             were
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Jewes
             to
             be
             initiated
             and
             sealed
             with
             the
             signe
             of
             Circumcision
             :
          
           
           Whether
           Jewes
           by
           nature
           ,
           or
           Proselytes
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           
           one
           Law
           was
           for
           them
           al
           ,
           if
           they
           receive
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           they
           and
           their
           children
           receive
           Circumcision
           :
           and
           although
           ,
           as
           I
           touched
           before
           ,
           this
           signe
           was
           
             actually
          
           applyed
           onely
           to
           the
           
             Males
             ,
          
           yet
           the
           
             females
          
           were
           
             virtually
          
           circumcised
           in
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           both
           because
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           were
           called
           the
           Circumcision
           ,
           and
           because
           by
           Gods
           
             expresse
             order
             ,
          
           no
           uncircumcised
           person
           might
           eate
           of
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           
           which
           we
           are
           sure
           the
           women
           did
           as
           well
           as
           the
           men
           .
           And
           whereas
           some
           who
           see
           which
           way
           the
           strength
           of
           this
           Conclusion
           bendeth
           ,
           
           doe
           alledge
           ,
           that
           though
           Circumcision
           was
           to
           be
           applyed
           to
           their
           Infants
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           as
           a
           seale
           of
           the
           
             spirituall
             part
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           nationall
           badge
           ,
           a
           seale
           of
           some
           
             temporall
          
           and
           
             earthly
             blessings
          
           and
           proviledges
           ,
           as
           of
           their
           right
           to
           the
           land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           that
           
             Ishmael
          
           though
           he
           was
           circumcised
           for
           some
           
             temporall
             respects
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           was
           not
           thereby
           brought
           under
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           which
           was
           expresly
           said
           to
           be
           made
           with
           
             Abraham
          
           in
           relation
           to
           
             Isaac
          
           and
           his
           seed
           .
           
        
         
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           plainer
           then
           that
           the
           Covenant
           
           whereof
           Circumcision
           was
           the
           signe
           ,
           
           was
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ;
             Abraham
             received
             Circumcision
          
           a
           signe
           of
           the
           righteousnesse
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           received
           it
           not
           as
           a
           Nation
           ,
           but
           as
           a
           Church
           ,
           as
           a
           people
           separated
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           taken
           into
           Covenant
           with
           God
           :
           It
           is
           true
           indeed
           ,
           that
           Circumcision
           bound
           them
           who
           received
           it
           to
           conforme
           to
           that
           manner
           of
           administration
           of
           the
           Covenant
           which
           was
           carried
           ,
           much
           ,
           by
           a
           way
           of
           
             Temporall
             blessings
          
           and
           
             punishments
             ,
          
           they
           being
           types
           of
           
             spirituall
             things
          
           ;
           but
           no
           man
           can
           ever
           shew
           that
           any
           were
           to
           receive
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Circumcision
           in
           relation
           to
           these
           
             outward
             things
             onely
             ,
          
           or
           to
           them
           
             at
             all
             ,
          
           further
           then
           they
           were
           administrations
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             grace
          
           ;
           sure
           I
           am
           ,
           the
           
             Prosolytes
          
           and
           their
           children
           could
           not
           be
           circumcised
           in
           any
           relation
           at
           all
           to
           the
           
             Temporall
             blessings
          
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
          
           as
           they
           were
           
             temporall
             ,
          
           because
           notwithstanding
           their
           Circumcision
           they
           were
           not
           capable
           of
           receiving
           ,
           or
           purchasing
           any
           inheritance
           at
           all
           in
           that
           Land
           ,
           sojourne
           there
           they
           might
           ,
           as
           other
           strangers
           also
           did
           ,
           but
           the
           inheritance
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           no
           ,
           not
           one
           foot
           of
           it
           could
           ever
           bee
           alienated
           from
           the
           severall
           Tribes
           to
           whom
           it
           was
           distributed
           as
           their
           possession
           by
           the
           most
           High
           :
           For
           all
           the
           land
           was
           divided
           unto
           twelve
           Tribes
           ,
           
           and
           they
           were
           not
           any
           one
           of
           them
           allowed
           to
           sell
           their
           lands
           longer
           then
           till
           the
           yeare
           of
           Jubilee
           ,
           
             Levit.
          
           25.13
           ,
           &c.
           Yea
           ,
           I
           may
           boldly
           say
           that
           their
           Circumcision
           was
           so
           farre
           
             from
             sealing
          
           to
           them
           the
           outward
           good
           things
           of
           the
           Land
           ,
           that
           it
           occasioned
           and
           tyed
           them
           to
           a
           greater
           expence
           of
           their
           temporall
           blessings
           by
           their
           long
           ,
           and
           frequent
           ,
           and
           chargeable
           journeyes
           ,
           to
           worship
           at
           Hierusalem
           .
           And
           as
           for
           what
           was
           alledged
           concerning
           
             Ishmael
          
           ;
           the
           answer
           is
           easie
           ,
           God
           indeed
           there
           declares
           that
           
             Isaac
          
           should
           bee
           the
           
             type
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           should
           bee
           
             established
          
           and
           continue
           in
           his
           family
           ;
           yet
           both
           
             Ishmael
          
           and
           
           the
           rest
           of
           
             Abrahams
          
           family
           were
           
             really
          
           taken
           into
           Covenant
           ,
           untill
           afterward
           by
           Apostasie
           they
           discovenanted
           themselves
           ,
           as
           also
           did
           
             Esau
          
           afterward
           ,
           though
           he
           were
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Isaac
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           family
           God
           had
           promised
           the
           Covenant
           should
           continue
           .
        
         
           
           Fifthly
           and
           lastly
           ,
           the
           priviledges
           of
           
             beleevers
             under
          
           this
           last
           and
           best
           administration
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
          
           are
           many
           wayes
           
             inlarged
             ,
          
           made
           more
           
             honourable
          
           and
           
             comfortable
             ,
          
           then
           ever
           they
           were
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           administration
           ;
           
             many
          
           Scriptures
           speake
           of
           the
           inlargement
           of
           their
           priviledges
           ,
           not
           
             one
          
           for
           the
           
             diminishing
          
           or
           
             depressing
             ,
          
           or
           
             extenuating
          
           of
           them
           ;
           that
           yoke
           ,
           that
           hard
           and
           costly
           way
           of
           administration
           ,
           which
           neither
           they
           nor
           their
           Fathers
           were
           able
           to
           beare
           ,
           is
           taken
           off
           from
           our
           shoulders
           ;
           our
           Covenant
           is
           said
           to
           be
           established
           upon
           
             better
             promises
             ,
          
           
           the
           glory
           of
           
             theirs
          
           had
           no
           
             glory
          
           in
           respect
           of
           
             ours
             ,
          
           they
           were
           under
           the
           bondage
           of
           
             Infants
          
           under
           age
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           our
           
             freedome
             ,
          
           we
           as
           well
           as
           they
           are
           called
           a
           
             holy
             Nation
             ,
          
           a
           
             peculiar
             people
             ,
          
           a
           
             chosen
             generation
             ,
          
           separated
           to
           him
           from
           all
           other
           people
           ,
           to
           whom
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           them
           ,
           belongs
           
             the
             adoption
             ,
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             the
             promises
          
           ;
           we
           as
           well
           as
           they
           injoy
           him
           to
           be
           our
           Father
           ,
           and
           with
           his
           dearest
           Son
           our
           Lord
           ,
           are
           made
           Co-heires
           of
           the
           
             Kingdome
          
           of
           glory
           ;
           we
           have
           all
           these
           things
           with
           advantage
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           the
           clearnesse
           of
           the
           administration
           ,
           but
           in
           some
           sense
           in
           greater
           extent
           to
           persons
           with
           us
           ,
           there
           is
           neither
           male
           nor
           female
           .
        
         
           
           Some
           indeed
           goe
           about
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           in
           some
           things
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           had
           greater
           priviledges
           then
           
             Wee
          
           have
           ,
           as
           that
           
             Abraham
          
           had
           the
           priviledge
           to
           be
           called
           the
           
             Father
             of
             the
             faithfull
             ,
          
           that
           
             Christ
             should
             bee
             borne
             of
             his
             flesh
             ;
             Mary
          
           had
           the
           priviledge
           to
           be
           the
           
             Mother
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           this
           priviledge
           ,
           
             that
             God
             will
             call
             in
             their
             seed
             againe
             ,
          
           after
           they
           had
           been
           cast
           off
           for
           unbelief
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           ,
           which
           priviledges
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           
             Gentiles
          
           have
           ,
           or
           can
           have
           .
        
         
         
           
             Answ.
          
           But
           these
           things
           have
           no
           weight
           :
           
           we
           are
           inquiring
           for
           priviledges
           which
           are
           branches
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
          
           which
           every
           man
           who
           is
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           may
           expect
           from
           God
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           were
           he
           a
           
             Jew
          
           or
           a
           
             Proselyte
             ,
          
           not
           for
           any
           particular
           or
           
             peculiar
          
           favour
           to
           a
           particular
           
             man
          
           or
           
             woman
             ,
          
           or
           
             family
             ,
          
           or
           
             tribe
          
           :
           All
           these
           forementioned
           things
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           of
           the
           like
           kind
           (
           as
           the
           
             Ministery
          
           of
           the
           
             Tabernacle
          
           and
           
             Temple
          
           to
           belong
           to
           
             one
             Tribe
             ,
          
           the
           
             Kingly
          
           office
           to
           
             one
             family
          
           ;
           such
           and
           such
           men
           never
           to
           lack
           a
           man
           of
           their
           house
           to
           
             stand
             before
             God
          
           )
           proceeded
           indeed
           from
           
             Free-grace
             ,
          
           but
           were
           no
           parts
           of
           that
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           which
           God
           made
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           
             all
          
           his
           
             Seed
          
           :
           For
           could
           
             every
          
           man
           in
           
             Covenant
          
           challenge
           these
           things
           at
           Gods
           hand
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ?
           Could
           every
           one
           of
           them
           promise
           to
           himself
           that
           Christ
           should
           be
           born
           of
           his
           flesh
           ?
           Or
           every
           one
           of
           their
           women
           that
           she
           should
           be
           the
           Mother
           of
           Christ
           ?
           Could
           every
           one
           whom
           God
           owned
           to
           be
           in
           
             Covenant
          
           with
           him
           ,
           promise
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           that
           their
           children
           ,
           if
           cast
           off
           by
           
             unbeleefe
             ,
          
           should
           after
           many
           hundred
           yeers
           be
           again
           called
           in
           ?
           We
           speake
           only
           of
           such
           priviledges
           as
           
             were
             universall
             ,
          
           and
           
             common
             to
             all
          
           who
           were
           in
           Covenant
           ,
           for
           which
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           they
           might
           relie
           upon
           God
           ;
           Let
           any
           man
           shew
           out
           of
           the
           Scripture
           where
           our
           priviledges
           under
           the
           Gospel
           are
           cut
           short
           in
           any
           of
           
             these
          
           things
           ,
           and
           he
           saith
           somwhat
           ;
           and
           in
           particular
           for
           the
           Case
           in
           hand
           ,
           concerning
           our
           Infants
           right
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           the
           seale
           of
           it
           ,
           once
           we
           are
           sure
           the
           Infant
           
             Children
          
           of
           all
           
             Covenanters
             were
          
           within
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           the
           seale
           also
           belonged
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           (
           which
           is
           still
           the
           same
           )
           we
           plead
           their
           interest
           in
           it
           .
           Let
           any
           man
           shew
           when
           and
           where
           this
           was
           taken
           away
           ,
           when
           the
           Infant-children
           of
           
             beleevers
          
           were
           expunged
           out
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ;
           certainly
           whoever
           will
           go
           about
           to
           deprive
           
           them
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           cut
           off
           such
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           comfort
           of
           
             Beleeving
             parents
             ,
          
           must
           produce
           
             cleare
          
           testimonies
           ,
           before
           they
           can
           perswade
           
             beleevers
          
           to
           part
           with
           
             either
          
           of
           them
           ,
           either
           their
           right
           to
           the
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           or
           to
           the
           
             seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           first
           ,
           their
           Infants
           interest
           in
           the
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           next
           to
           glory
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           salvation
           of
           their
           own
           souls
           ,
           is
           the
           greatest
           benefit
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ;
           even
           this
           (
           I
           say
           )
           to
           have
           their
           Children
           belong
           to
           Gods
           family
           and
           kingdom
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           the
           Devils
           :
           certainly
           ,
           the
           greatest
           treasure
           of
           Parents
           is
           their
           children
           ,
           and
           in
           them
           the
           salvation
           of
           their
           souls
           :
           Now
           how
           uncomfortable
           a
           thing
           were
           this
           to
           Parents
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           the
           very
           ground
           of
           their
           hope
           ,
           for
           the
           salvation
           of
           their
           
             Children
          
           ?
           and
           I
           dare
           affirm
           it
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           ground
           of
           hope
           for
           any
           particular
           person
           ,
           untill
           he
           be
           brought
           
             under
          
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           of
           
             grace
             .
          
           All
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           formerly
           touched
           ,
           is
           divided
           into
           two
           kingdoms
           ,
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           is
           his
           Church
           ;
           and
           the
           kingdom
           of
           Satan
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           now
           so
           long
           as
           any
           person
           is
           
             visibly
          
           a
           member
           of
           the
           
             kingdom
          
           of
           
             Christ
          
           ▪
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           doubt
           their
           
             election
          
           &
           
             salvation
             ,
          
           until
           they
           visibly
           shew
           the
           contrary
           ,
           although
           we
           know
           that
           there
           are
           some
           
             reprobate
          
           among
           them
           ;
           so
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           although
           we
           know
           Christ
           hath
           many
           of
           his
           
             elect
          
           to
           be
           gathered
           out
           of
           the
           
             Devils
          
           kingdom
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           no
           cause
           or
           ground
           to
           hope
           that
           any
           particular
           person
           is
           any
           other
           then
           a
           
             reprobate
             ,
          
           being
           a
           visible
           professed
           member
           of
           Satans
           kingdom
           ,
           untill
           he
           give
           hope
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           now
           what
           a
           most
           uncomfortable
           abridgment
           were
           this
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
          
           of
           grace
           ,
           thus
           apparently
           to
           cut
           off
           the
           
             Seed
          
           of
           
             Beleevers
          
           from
           their
           visible
           right
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           put
           them
           in
           the
           visible
           Kingdome
           of
           Satan
           ?
        
         
           And
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           as
           really
           unwilling
           must
           they
           look
           to
           
           find
           Parents
           ,
           to
           part
           with
           their
           childrens
           right
           to
           the
           
             Seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           this
           their
           right
           to
           the
           Covenant
           being
           all
           the
           ground
           of
           hope
           that
           
             beleeving
             Parents
          
           can
           have
           that
           their
           Infants
           who
           die
           in
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           are
           saved
           rather
           then
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Turkes
             ,
             had
             need
             bee
             sealed
             ,
          
           if
           they
           live
           untill
           they
           are
           grown
           men
           ,
           and
           give
           
             other
          
           signes
           of
           grace
           ,
           they
           may
           conceive
           good
           hopes
           of
           them
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           not
           sealed
           with
           a
           Sacramentall
           seale
           :
           This
           therefore
           is
           apparent
           ,
           that
           the
           cutting
           off
           our
           priviledges
           and
           comfort
           in
           these
           two
           were
           a
           great
           abridgment
           of
           the
           priviledges
           of
           the
           new
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           would
           put
           the
           
             Seed
          
           of
           
             Abrahams
          
           faith
           into
           a
           farre
           worse
           condition
           in
           regard
           of
           their
           posterity
           ,
           then
           the
           
             Seed
          
           of
           his
           flesh
           were
           in
           :
           And
           the
           Jews
           in
           
             Acts
          
           2.39
           .
           if
           this
           Doctrine
           had
           been
           preached
           to
           them
           ,
           might
           have
           replied
           unto
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
          
           when
           he
           exhorted
           them
           to
           be
           baptized
           
             for
             their
             Childrens
             good
             ;
             Nay
             ,
             Peter
             ,
             even
             therefore
          
           we
           will
           not
           be
           baptized
           ,
           for
           as
           yet
           we
           are
           sure
           our
           Children
           are
           in
           Conant
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           reckoned
           to
           his
           family
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           receive
           your
           new
           way
           ,
           our
           children
           must
           be
           counted
           to
           the
           kingdom
           of
           the
           Devill
           ;
           and
           so
           might
           
             they
          
           in
           
             Coloss.
          
           2.
           when
           
             Paul
          
           told
           
             them
          
           they
           need
           not
           be
           circumcised
           ,
           because
           Baptism
           came
           in
           the
           room
           of
           it
           ,
           
             they
          
           might
           have
           replied
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           need
           not
           be
           circumcised
           
             themselves
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           would
           still
           circumcise
           their
           
             children
             ,
          
           because
           Bap●ism
           was
           not
           to
           be
           applied
           to
           them
           according
           to
           these
           mens
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           Upon
           these
           five
           Conclusions
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           is
           alwayes
           the
           same
           .
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Infants
           of
           those
           in
           Covenant
           are
           alwayes
           reckoned
           Covenanters
           with
           their
           Parents
           .
           3.
           
           That
           our
           Baptisme
           succeeds
           in
           the
           room
           and
           use
           of
           their
           Circumcision
           .
           4.
           
           That
           by
           Gods
           expresse
           order
           ,
           their
           Infants
           were
           to
           be
           Circumcised
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           a
           
             seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           And
           5.
           that
           our
           priviledges
           for
           our selves
           and
           our
           Children
           are
           at
           least
           as
           honourable
           ,
           large
           ,
           
           and
           comfortable
           as
           theirs
           were
           :
           The
           Conclusion
           follows
           undeniably
           ,
           that
           therfore
           
             the
             Infants
             of
             beleeving
             Parents
             are
             to
             be
             baptized
             .
          
        
         
           Against
           this
           Argument
           the
           Anabaptists
           object
           many
           things
           .
           They
           say
           the
           Covenant
           was
           not
           the
           
             same
          
           ;
           some
           of
           them
           say
           ,
           the
           children
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           were
           not
           under
           the
           Covenant
           in
           relation
           to
           
             spirituall
             things
          
           :
           They
           say
           ,
           
             Circumcision
          
           and
           
             baptism
          
           served
           not
           for
           the
           same
           ends
           and
           uses
           :
           They
           say
           Circumcision
           was
           administred
           as
           a
           nationall
           badge
           ,
           and
           properly
           
             sealed
          
           temporal
           blessings
           :
           They
           say
           ,
           whatever
           priviledges
           Infants
           of
           
             Beleevers
          
           had
           
             before
          
           Christs
           time
           ,
           they
           have
           
             now
          
           none
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           many
           such
           like
           things
           :
           All
           which
           I
           have
           so
           fully
           cleared
           in
           this
           former
           Discourse
           ,
           that
           I
           suppose
           I
           need
           not
           adde
           any
           more
           ;
           the
           main
           and
           only
           Objection
           remaining
           ,
           which
           hath
           any
           colour
           of
           weight
           in
           it
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           
             There
             is
             no
             command
             ,
             no
             expresse
             institution
             ,
             or
             cleare
             example
             in
             all
             the
             New
             Testament
             of
             baptizing
             of
             Infants
          
           :
           
           And
           in
           the
           administration
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           
           we
           are
           not
           to
           be
           led
           by
           our
           owne
           reason
           or
           grounds
           of
           seeming
           probability
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           expresse
           order
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           no
           otherwise
           .
        
         
           If
           by
           institution
           ,
           command
           and
           example
           ,
           they
           meane
           an
           
             expresse
             syllabicall
             command
             ,
          
           
           
           
             &c.
             
          
           I
           grant
           that
           in
           so
           many
           words
           it
           is
           not
           found
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           ;
           no
           
             expresse
          
           command
           in
           the
           
             New
             Testament
          
           that
           they
           should
           be
           baptized
           ;
           no
           
             expresse
          
           example
           where
           Children
           were
           Baptized
           ;
           but
           I
           also
           adde
           ,
           that
           I
           deny
           the
           consequence
           ,
           that
           if
           
             in
             so
             many
             words
          
           it
           be
           not
           commanded
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           
           this
           is
           not
           true
           divinity
           ,
           that
           Christians
           are
           not
           tyed
           to
           observe
           that
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           expresly
           and
           in
           so
           many
           words
           set
           down
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           expresse
           reviving
           of
           the
           Laws
           concerning
           the
           forbidden
           degrees
           of
           marriage
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           except
           of
           not
           having
           a
           mans
           fathers
           Wife
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           8.
           no
           expresse
           law
           against
           
           Polygamy
           ,
           no
           expresse
           command
           for
           the
           celebration
           of
           a
           weekly
           Sabbath
           ;
           are
           therefore
           Christians
           free
           in
           all
           these
           cases
           ?
           Yea
           ,
           in
           the
           Point
           of
           
             Sacraments
          
           there
           is
           no
           
             expresse
             command
             ,
          
           no
           
             example
          
           in
           all
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           where
           Women
           received
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ;
           there
           is
           no
           
             expresse
             command
          
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Beleevers
          
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           ,
           shoud
           be
           
             instructed
          
           and
           Baptized
           ,
           though
           instructed
           by
           their
           Parents
           ;
           expresse
           command
           there
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           teach
           the
           
             Heathen
          
           and
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           and
           make
           them
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           then
           baptize
           them
           ,
           but
           no
           command
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           those
           that
           are
           
             Beleevers
          
           should
           be
           baptized
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           men
           ;
           nor
           any
           example
           where
           ever
           that
           was
           done
           ;
           will
           any
           man
           therfore
           say
           ,
           that
           Christian
           
             women
          
           are
           not
           to
           be
           partakers
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           nor
           the
           children
           of
           
             beleevers
          
           when
           
             growne
          
           men
           be
           
             baptized
          
           ?
           I
           think
           none
           will
           be
           so
           absurd
           as
           to
           affirm
           it
           .
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           though
           these
           things
           be
           not
           
             expressely
             ,
          
           and
           
             in
             terminis
          
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           there
           
             v●rtually
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             undeniable
             consequence
          
           ;
           I
           confesse
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           
           so
           have
           we
           
             vertually
             ,
          
           and
           by
           
             undeniable
             consequence
          
           sufficient
           evidence
           for
           the
           baptizing
           of
           children
           ,
           both
           
             commands
          
           and
           
             examples
          
           ;
           For
           first
           we
           have
           
             Gods
             command
             to
             Abraham
             ,
          
           as
           he
           was
           the
           Father
           of
           all
           Covenanters
           ,
           
             that
             he
             should
             seale
             his
             Children
             with
             the
             seale
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           Now
           this
           truth
           all
           our
           Divines
           defend
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           that
           
             all
          
           Gods
           commands
           and
           institutions
           about
           the
           
             Sacraments
          
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
             ,
          
           bind
           
             us
          
           as
           much
           as
           they
           did
           
             them
             ,
          
           in
           all
           things
           which
           belong
           to
           the
           
             substance
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           were
           not
           
             accidentall
          
           unto
           them
           :
           
             as
          
           because
           circumcision
           is
           called
           a
           
             seale
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
          
           therefore
           our
           Sacraments
           
             are
             seales
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           ▪
           because
           circumcision
           might
           be
           administred
           but
           
             once
             ,
          
           being
           the
           
             seale
          
           of
           initiation
           ;
           therefore
           Baptism
           being
           also
           the
           
             seale
          
           of
           initiation
           ,
           is
           also
           to
           be
           administred
           but
           
             once
             .
          
           But
           that
           circumcision
           was
           to
           be
           administred
           upon
           the
           
             eighth
             
             day
             onely
             ,
          
           was
           an
           
             accidentall
          
           thing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           bindes
           not
           us
           ;
           the
           Jewish
           
             Passeover
          
           being
           to
           be
           
             yearely
          
           repeated
           ,
           binds
           us
           to
           have
           a
           
             repetition
          
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           which
           came
           in
           roome
           of
           it
           ,
           because
           this
           belongs
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           both
           of
           them
           being
           Sacraments
           for
           
             spirituall
             nourishment
             ,
             growth
          
           and
           
             continuance
          
           in
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           (
           as
           the
           other
           was
           for
           birth
           and
           entrance
           )
           but
           that
           their
           Passeover
           was
           to
           be
           eaten
           in
           an
           
             Evening
             ,
          
           and
           upon
           
             one
             set
             Evening
          
           in
           the
           yeare
           was
           
             accidentall
             ,
          
           and
           so
           binds
           not
           us
           .
           The
           like
           instance
           I
           give
           in
           our
           
             Christian
             Sabbath
          
           :
           the
           fourth
           Commandement
           binds
           
             us
          
           for
           the
           
             substance
          
           of
           it
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           it
           bound
           the
           
             Jewes
             ;
             There
          
           God
           once
           for
           all
           separated
           one
           day
           of
           seven
           to
           be
           sacred
           to
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           world
           stood
           bound
           in
           all
           ages
           to
           give
           unto
           God
           
             that
          
           one
           day
           of
           seven
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           of
           his
           
             owne
          
           choosing
           .
           Now
           
             untill
          
           Christs
           time
           God
           chose
           the
           
             last
          
           day
           of
           the
           seven
           to
           be
           his
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           having
           by
           the
           
             death
          
           and
           
             resurrection
          
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           put
           an
           end
           to
           the
           
             Saturday
          
           Sabbath
           ,
           and
           surrogated
           the
           
             first
          
           day
           of
           the
           weeke
           in
           stead
           thereof
           to
           be
           the
           Lords
           day
           ,
           we
           need
           no
           
             new
          
           Commandment
           for
           the
           keeping
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             day
             ,
          
           being
           tyed
           by
           the
           fourth
           Commandment
           to
           keep
           that
           day
           of
           seven
           which
           the
           Lord
           should
           choose
           ,
           the
           Lord
           having
           chosen
           
             this
             ,
          
           the
           fourth
           Commandment
           binds
           us
           to
           
             this
             ,
          
           as
           it
           did
           the
           
             Jews
          
           to
           the
           
             former
             :
          
           so
           in
           like
           manner
           I
           say
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           made
           the
           Covenant
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           promised
           for
           his
           part
           to
           be
           the
           God
           of
           him
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           what
           God
           promised
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           we
           claime
           our
           part
           in
           it
           ,
           as
           the
           children
           of
           
             Abrahams
             ,
          
           and
           what
           God
           required
           on
           
             Abrahams
          
           part
           for
           the
           
             substance
          
           of
           
             obedience
             ,
          
           we
           all
           stand
           charged
           with
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           ;
           we
           as
           
             Abraham
          
           are
           tyed
           to
           
             beleeve
             ,
          
           to
           
             love
          
           the
           Lord
           with
           all
           our
           heart
           ,
           to
           have
           our
           heart
           circumcised
           ,
           to
           walke
           before
           God
           in
           uprightnesse
           ,
           to
           instruct
           our
           children
           ,
           and
           bring
           them
           up
           for
           God
           
           and
           not
           for
           our selves
           ,
           nor
           for
           the
           Devill
           ,
           to
           teach
           them
           to
           worship
           God
           according
           to
           his
           revealed
           will
           ,
           to
           traine
           them
           up
           under
           the
           ordinances
           and
           institutions
           of
           Gods
           owne
           appointment
           :
           all
           these
           things
           Gods
           command
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           charges
           upon
           
             all
          
           the
           children
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           though
           there
           were
           no
           
             expresse
             reviving
          
           these
           commands
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           
             New
             Testament
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           consequently
           that
           command
           of
           God
           to
           
             Abraham
          
           which
           bound
           
             his
             seed
             of
             the
             Jewes
             ,
          
           to
           traine
           up
           their
           children
           in
           that
           manner
           of
           worship
           which
           was
           
             then
          
           in
           force
           ,
           bindes
           the
           seed
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             now
          
           to
           traine
           up
           their
           children
           in
           conformity
           to
           such
           ordinances
           as
           
             now
          
           are
           in
           force
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           same
           command
           which
           injoyned
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           
             seale
          
           his
           children
           with
           the
           
             seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           injoynes
           
             us
          
           as
           strongly
           to
           
             seale
             ours
          
           with
           the
           
             seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           that
           command
           of
           God
           which
           
             expressely
          
           bound
           
             Abraham
          
           to
           
             seale
          
           his
           with
           the
           signe
           of
           
             Circumcision
          
           which
           was
           the
           Sacrament
           
             then
          
           in
           force
           ,
           
             pro
             tempore
          
           ;
           doth
           
             vertually
          
           binde
           us
           to
           
             seale
          
           ours
           with
           the
           signe
           of
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           Sacrament
           
             now
          
           in
           force
           ,
           and
           succeeds
           in
           the
           roome
           of
           the
           other
           by
           his
           owne
           appointment
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           one
           command
           by
           
             cleare
          
           consequence
           ,
           another
           you
           shall
           find
           ,
           
           
             Matth.
          
           28.
           where
           our
           Saviour
           bids
           them
           
             goe
             and
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             Baptizing
             them
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Sanne
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           Where
           you
           have
           two
           things
           :
           First
           ,
           
             What
             they
             were
             to
             doe
          
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           
             To
             whom
             they
             were
             to
             doe
             it
             .
          
           They
           were
           
             to
             preach
             and
             teach
             all
             things
             which
             he
             had
             commanded
             them
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           to
           preach
           the
           
             whole
             Gospel
             ,
             Mark
             .
          
           16.15
           .
           The
           whole
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           containing
           all
           the
           promises
           ,
           whereof
           this
           is
           one
           ,
           
             viz.
             that
             God
             will
             be
             the
             God
             of
             beleevers
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             seed
             ,
          
           that
           
             the
             seed
             of
             beleevers
             are
             taken
             into
             Covenant
             with
             their
             Parents
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           part
           of
           the
           Gospel
           preached
           unto
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           they
           were
           to
           
             Baptize
             them
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           administer
           
           Baptisme
           as
           a
           
             Seale
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           to
           
             all
          
           who
           received
           the
           Covenant
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           wee
           have
           the
           
             persons
             to
             whom
          
           they
           were
           to
           doe
           this
           ,
           
             all
             Nations
             ,
          
           whereas
           before
           the
           Church
           was
           tyed
           to
           
             one
          
           Nation
           ,
           
             one
          
           Nation
           onely
           were
           Disciples
           ,
           now
           their
           Commission
           was
           extended
           to
           make
           
             all
          
           Nations
           Disciples
           ,
           every
           Nation
           which
           should
           receive
           
             the
             faith
          
           should
           be
           to
           him
           now
           ,
           as
           the
           peculiar
           Nation
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           had
           beene
           in
           time
           past
           .
           In
           a
           word
           ,
           
             Nations
          
           here
           are
           opposed
           to
           the
           
             one
             Nation
          
           before
           .
           Now
           we
           know
           when
           that
           
             one
          
           Nation
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           were
           made
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           circumcised
           their
           infants
           were
           made
           Disciples
           ,
           (
           made
           to
           belong
           to
           Gods
           Schoole
           )
           and
           circumcised
           with
           them
           ,
           when
           that
           nation
           was
           made
           Disciples
           in
           
             Abrahams
             loynes
             ,
          
           and
           circumcised
           ,
           their
           seed
           also
           was
           the
           same
           ,
           when
           that
           Nation
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           and
           
             actually
          
           made
           Disciples
           ,
           their
           children
           were
           also
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           we
           know
           that
           in
           every
           Nation
           the
           
             children
          
           make
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           are
           alwayes
           included
           under
           
             every
             administration
          
           to
           the
           Nation
           ,
           whether
           promises
           or
           threatnings
           ,
           priviledges
           or
           burthens
           ,
           mercies
           or
           judgements
           ,
           unlesse
           they
           be
           
             excepted
          
           ;
           so
           are
           they
           in
           Cities
           ,
           in
           Families
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           way
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           when
           speaking
           
             indefinitely
          
           of
           a
           People
           ,
           Nation
           ,
           City
           or
           Family
           ,
           to
           be
           either
           saved
           or
           damned
           ,
           to
           receive
           mercies
           or
           punishments
           ,
           
             expresly
          
           to
           except
           
             Infants
          
           when
           they
           are
           to
           be
           excepted
           ,
           as
           we
           see
           in
           the
           judgement
           that
           befell
           
             Israel
          
           in
           the
           Wildernesse
           ,
           when
           all
           that
           rebellious
           Company
           that
           came
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           was
           to
           perish
           by
           Gods
           righteous
           doome
           ,
           their
           little
           ones
           were
           
             expresly
          
           excepted
           ,
           
             Num.
          
           14.31
           .
           and
           in
           the
           Covenant
           
             actually
          
           entred
           into
           by
           the
           body
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           
           
             Neh.
          
           10.
           it
           is
           
             expresly
          
           limited
           to
           them
           who
           had
           knowledge
           and
           understanding
           .
           And
           the
           Disciples
           who
           received
           this
           Commission
           knew
           well
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           Gods
           former
           administrations
           ,
           when
           any
           Parents
           were
           made
           Disciples
           ,
           their
           
           
             children
          
           were
           taken
           in
           with
           them
           to
           appertaine
           to
           the
           same
           schoole
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           behooved
           the
           Lord
           to
           give
           them
           a
           
             caution
          
           for
           the
           leaving
           out
           of
           
             Infants
          
           in
           this
           new
           administration
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           know
           his
           mind
           ,
           if
           that
           he
           intends
           to
           have
           them
           left
           out
           ,
           which
           that
           ever
           he
           did
           in
           word
           or
           deed
           ,
           cannot
           be
           found
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           being
           Disciples
           :
           
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           even
           as
           capable
           as
           the
           Infants
           of
           Jews
           ,
           
           and
           Proselytes
           were
           ,
           when
           they
           were
           made
           Disciples
           :
           and
           beside
           ,
           they
           are
           devoted
           to
           be
           Disciples
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           trained
           up
           by
           the
           
             Parents
             ,
          
           who
           are
           from
           their
           infancy
           to
           teach
           them
           the
           knowledge
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           present
           ,
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           his
           
             owne
          
           teaching
           :
           and
           sure
           I
           am
           in
           Christs
           owne
           dialect
           ,
           to
           
             belong
             to
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           a
           
             Disciple
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           or
           to
           beare
           
             the
             name
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           all
           one
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           Infants
           do
           belong
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           beare
           the
           name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           proved
           already
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           seriously
           weighed
           whether
           that
           expression
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           10.15
           .
           Now
           therefore
           why
           tempt
           ye
           God
           to
           put
           a
           yoke
           upon
           the
           necks
           of
           the
           
             Disciples
             ,
          
           do
           not
           necessitate
           us
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           name
           of
           
             Disciples
          
           to
           
             Infants
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           
             grown
             men
             :
          
           for
           I
           reason
           thus
           ,
           All
           they
           upon
           whose
           necks
           those
           false
           Teachers
           would
           have
           put
           the
           yoke
           of
           circumcision
           are
           called
           
             Disciples
             ,
          
           and
           to
           be
           called
           Disciples
           :
           but
           they
           would
           have
           put
           the
           yoke
           of
           circumcision
           upon
           
             Infants
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             grown
             men
          
           :
           therefore
           Infants
           as
           well
           as
           grown
           men
           are
           called
           Disciples
           and
           to
           be
           called
           so
           .
           The
           
             major
          
           is
           undenyable
           ,
           the
           
             minor
          
           I
           prove
           thus
           :
           They
           who
           pressed
           circumcision
           to
           be
           in
           force
           ,
           
             according
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             Moses
             Law
             ,
          
           and
           would
           put
           it
           upon
           their
           necks
           
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             Moses
             his
             Law
             ,
          
           they
           would
           put
           it
           upon
           Infants
           of
           those
           who
           were
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           upon
           the
           necks
           of
           those
           who
           were
           grown
           men
           ,
           for
           so
           
             Moses
          
           Law
           required
           :
           but
           these
           fals
           teachers
           pressed
           circumcision
           to
           be
           
             so
          
           in
           force
           ,
           as
           is
           apparent
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           15.1
           .
        
         
         
           Another
           command
           by
           good
           consequence
           for
           the
           baptizing
           of
           Infants
           ,
           you
           shall
           find
           in
           that
           forementioned
           place
           where
           the
           Apostle
           exhorted
           them
           to
           repent
           &
           be
           baptized
           ,
           
           &c.
           
           
             Because
             the
             promise
             was
             made
             to
             them
             and
             to
             their
             children
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           shewed
           you
           ,
           clearely
           proves
           that
           the
           Children
           of
           such
           who
           beleeve
           and
           are
           baptized
           ,
           are
           taken
           into
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           therefore
           by
           good
           consequence
           they
           also
           are
           to
           receive
           the
           seale
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           The
           Text
           not
           onely
           shewing
           that
           they
           are
           within
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           also
           that
           a
           
             right
          
           to
           
             Baptisme
          
           is
           a
           
             consequence
          
           of
           being
           within
           the
           Covenant
           .
           Thus
           for
           Commands
           :
           for
           Examples
           ,
           though
           there
           should
           be
           none
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           great
           argument
           in
           it
           ,
           when
           the
           rule
           is
           so
           plain
           ,
           yet
           we
           have
           examples
           enough
           ,
           by
           good
           consequence
           ,
           for
           you
           shall
           finde
           the
           Gospell
           took
           place
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           old
           administration
           ,
           by
           bringing
           in
           
             whole
             families
             together
          
           ;
           when
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           taken
           in
           ,
           his
           whole
           Family
           was
           taken
           in
           with
           him
           ;
           when
           any
           of
           the
           Gentiles
           turned
           Proselytes
           ,
           ordinarily
           their
           Families
           came
           in
           with
           them
           :
           so
           in
           this
           new
           Administration
           ,
           
             usually
          
           if
           the
           
             Master
          
           of
           the
           House
           turned
           Christian
           ,
           his
           whole
           
             Family
          
           came
           in
           and
           were
           baptized
           with
           him
           ;
           The
           whole
           household
           of
           
             Cornelius
             ,
          
           the
           first
           converted
           Gentile
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           11.14
           .
           the
           household
           of
           
             Stephanus
          
           ;
           the
           household
           of
           
             Aristobulus
          
           ;
           the
           household
           of
           
             Narcissus
          
           ;
           the
           household
           of
           
             Lydia
          
           ;
           the
           household
           of
           the
           
             Gaoler
          
           ;
           these
           are
           examples
           not
           to
           be
           contemned
           .
        
         
           And
           whereas
           some
           object
           against
           this
           Argument
           ,
           taken
           from
           whole
           Families
           ,
           that
           the
           argument
           is
           at
           least
           as
           strong
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           Jewish
           Infants
           did
           eat
           the
           Passeover
           ,
           because
           not
           only
           severall
           Families
           might
           ,
           but
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           Gods
           appointment
           ,
           eat
           the
           Passeover
           .
        
         
           I
           Answer
           ,
           by
           denying
           the
           consequence
           ,
           the
           argument
           is
           not
           so
           strong
           ,
           for
           the
           one
           as
           for
           the
           other
           ,
           because
           no
           other
           Scripture
           shews
           that
           the
           Passeover
           doth
           belong
           to
           Infants
           ;
           but
           we
           have
           other
           plaine
           Scriptures
           proving
           that
           Baptisme
           
           is
           in
           the
           room
           of
           Circumcision
           ,
           which
           belongs
           therefore
           to
           Infants
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           grown
           men
           :
           If
           any
           can
           instance
           of
           any
           families
           of
           Gentiles
           who
           were
           circumcised
           ,
           the
           consequence
           were
           good
           ,
           
             Therefore
             Infants
             were
             ,
          
           if
           there
           were
           any
           Infants
           ,
           because
           other
           Scriptures
           shew
           that
           circumcision
           belongs
           to
           Infants
           as
           well
           as
           grown
           men
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           case
           the
           argument
           is
           not
           good
           .
        
         
           So
           much
           for
           my
           first
           and
           main
           Argument
           ,
           they
           are
           
             foederati
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           must
           be
           
             signati
             ,
          
           they
           are
           under
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           to
           be
           signed
           with
           the
           seale
           of
           admittance
           into
           the
           Covenant
           ▪
        
         
           The
           second
           Argument
           ,
           
           To
           whom
           the
           
             inward
             grace
          
           of
           
             Baptism
          
           doth
           belong
           ,
           to
           them
           
             belongs
          
           the
           
             outward
             sign
             ,
          
           they
           ought
           to
           have
           the
           
             signe
             ,
          
           who
           have
           the
           
             thing
             signifyed
          
           ;
           the
           
             earthly
             part
          
           of
           the
           Sacrament
           must
           be
           granted
           to
           them
           who
           have
           the
           
             heavenly
             part
             :
          
           but
           the
           
             Infants
          
           of
           beleevers
           ,
           even
           while
           they
           are
           Infants
           are
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           inward
           grace
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           of
           the
           heavenly
           and
           spirituall
           part
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           grown
           men
           :
           therefore
           they
           may
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           receive
           the
           outward
           sign
           of
           Baptism
           .
        
         
           The
           
             major
          
           Proposition
           ,
           that
           
             they
             who
             are
             made
             partakers
             of
             the
             inward
             grace
             ,
             may
             not
             bee
             debarred
             of
             the
             outward
             signe
             ,
          
           is
           undeniable
           ,
           it
           is
           
             Peters
          
           argument
           ,
           
           
             Act.
          
           10.
           
           
             Can
             any
             man
             forbid
             water
             that
             these
             should
             not
             bee
             baptized
             ,
             who
             have
             rece●ved
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             as
             well
             as
             wee
             ?
          
           and
           againe
           ,
           
             Act.
          
           11.
           
           
             For
             as
             much
             as
             God
             gave
             them
             the
             like
             gift
             as
             hee
             did
             unto
             us
             ,
             what
             was
             I
             that
             I
             could
             withstand
             God
             ?
          
           And
           this
           is
           so
           cleare
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           learned
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           do
           readily
           grant
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           
             knew
          
           any
           Infants
           to
           have
           received
           the
           inward
           grace
           ,
           they
           durst
           not
           deny
           them
           the
           outward
           signe
           ,
           
           and
           that
           the
           particular
           Infants
           ,
           whom
           Christ
           took
           up
           in
           his
           Armes
           and
           blessed
           ,
           might
           have
           been
           baptized
           .
           And
           for
           the
           assumption
           or
           
             m●nor
             ,
             That
             the
             Infants
             of
             Beleevers
             ,
             even
             while
             they
             are
             Infants
             ,
             do
             receive
             the
             inward
             grace
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             grown
             men
             ,
          
           is
           as
           
           plaine
           ,
           not
           onely
           by
           that
           speech
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             they
             are
             holy
             ,
          
           
           but
           our
           Saviour
           saith
           expressely
           ,
           
             Mark
             .
          
           10.
           
           
             That
             to
             such
             belongs
             the
             kingdom
             of
             God
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           to
           grown
           men
           :
           
           And
           whereas
           some
           would
           evade
           it
           ,
           by
           saying
           that
           the
           Text
           saith
           not
           ,
           
             to
             them
          
           belongs
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           
             of
             such
          
           is
           the
           kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           of
           
             such
             like
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
           such
           as
           are
           graced
           
             with
             such
             like
             qualities
             ,
          
           who
           are
           
             humble
          
           and
           
             meek
             ,
          
           as
           children
           are
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Luk.
          
           18.
           is
           parallell
           to
           this
           ,
           in
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ,
           
             Whosoever
             doth
             not
             receive
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Heaven
             as
             a
             little
             childe
             ,
             hee
             shall
             not
             enter
             therein
             .
          
        
         
           But
           I
           answer
           ,
           though
           it
           be
           true
           that
           in
           
             other
          
           places
           this
           is
           
             one
          
           use
           that
           Christ
           makes
           of
           an
           Infants
           age
           and
           condition
           ,
           to
           shew
           that
           such
           as
           receive
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           must
           be
           qualifyed
           with
           humility
           ,
           &c.
           like
           unto
           children
           ;
           yet
           
             here
          
           it
           cannot
           be
           his
           meaning
           ,
           because
           his
           argument
           is
           ,
           
             suffer
             them
             to
             come
             to
             mee
             and
             forbid
             them
             not
             ,
             because
             of
             such
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           my
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           is
           made
           up
           of
           these
           as
           well
           as
           of
           others
           .
           This
           was
           the
           very
           cause
           why
           the
           Disciples
           rebuked
           those
           who
           brought
           the
           children
           to
           Christ
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           
             little
             ,
          
           not
           
             fit
             to
             bee
             instructed
             ,
          
           and
           therefore
           not
           fit
           that
           Christ
           should
           be
           troubled
           about
           them
           ;
           this
           Christ
           rebukes
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           tels
           them
           that
           the
           
             littlenesse
          
           of
           children
           ,
           is
           no
           argument
           why
           they
           should
           be
           kept
           from
           him
           :
           
             Suffer
             them
             ,
          
           said
           he
           ,
           
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             forbid
             them
             not
             ,
             for
             of
             such
             is
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             God
             :
          
           and
           what
           kind
           of
           argument
           had
           this
           been
           ,
           if
           the
           Text
           should
           be
           interpreted
           as
           these
           men
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           
             Suffer
             little
             children
             to
             come
             unto
             me
             ,
          
           that
           I
           may
           
             touch
             them
             ,
             take
             them
             up
             in
             mine
             armes
             ,
             put
             my
             hands
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             blesse
             them
             ,
          
           because
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           belongs
           to
           them
           ,
           who
           have
           such
           like
           qualities
           ,
           who
           resemble
           children
           in
           some
           select
           properties
           ?
           By
           the
           very
           same
           ground
           ,
           if
           any
           had
           brought
           
             doves
             ,
          
           and
           
             Sheep
          
           to
           Christ
           ,
           to
           
             put
             his
             hands
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             blesse
             them
             ,
          
           the
           Disciples
           had
           
           been
           liable
           to
           the
           
             same
             reproofe
             ,
          
           because
           
             of
             such
          
           is
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           God
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           partakers
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           ,
           must
           be
           indued
           with
           such
           like
           properties
           .
        
         
           Beside
           ,
           
           what
           one
           thing
           can
           be
           named
           belonging
           to
           the
           initiation
           ,
           and
           being
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           whereof
           Baptisme
           is
           a
           seale
           ,
           which
           
             Infants
          
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             grown
             men
          
           ?
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           receiving
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           of
           
             union
          
           with
           Christ
           ,
           of
           
             adoption
             ,
          
           of
           
             forgivenesse
          
           of
           
             sins
             ,
          
           of
           
             regeneration
             ,
          
           of
           
             everlasting
             life
             ,
          
           all
           which
           things
           are
           signifyed
           and
           sealed
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           o●
           baptism
           .
           And
           it
           is
           
             further
          
           considerable
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           working
           of
           
             that
          
           inward
           grace
           ,
           of
           which
           baptism
           is
           the
           sign
           and
           seale
           ,
           all
           who
           partake
           of
           that
           grace
           ,
           are
           but
           
             meere
             patients
             ,
          
           and
           contribute
           no
           more
           to
           it
           ,
           then
           a
           
             childe
          
           doth
           to
           its
           own
           begetting
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             Infants
          
           as
           fit
           Subjects
           to
           have
           it
           wrought
           in
           them
           as
           grown
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           grown
           men
           are
           in
           no
           more
           fitnesse
           to
           receive
           this
           grace
           when
           it
           is
           given
           them
           ,
           in
           respect
           either
           of
           any
           
             faith
          
           or
           
             repentance
             ,
          
           which
           they
           
             yet
          
           have
           ,
           then
           a
           very
           little
           childe
           ,
           it
           being
           the
           primary
           intention
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           in
           its
           first
           worke
           ,
           to
           shew
           what
           Free
           Grace
           can
           and
           wil
           do
           to
           miserable
           nothing
           ,
           to
           cut
           miserable
           man
           
             off
             from
             the
             wild
             Olive
             ,
          
           and
           graffe
           him
           into
           the
           true
           Olive
           ,
           
             to
             take
             away
             the
             heart
             of
             stone
             ,
             to
             create
             in
             them
             a
             heart
             of
             flesh
             ,
             to
             forgive
             their
             iniquities
             ,
             to
             love
             them
             freely
             ,
          
           what
           doth
           the
           most
           grown
           man
           in
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           more
           then
           an
           Infant
           may
           do
           ?
           being
           
             onely
             passive
          
           in
           them
           all
           ;
           and
           of
           this
           
             first
          
           grace
           is
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptism
           properly
           a
           seale
           :
           and
           who
           ever
           will
           deny
           ,
           that
           
             Infants
          
           are
           capable
           of
           these
           things
           as
           well
           as
           
             grown
             men
          
           ;
           must
           deny
           that
           any
           Infants
           dying
           in
           their
           Infancy
           are
           saved
           by
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Against
           this
           Argument
           severall
           things
           are
           objected
           :
           which
           I
           shall
           indevour
           to
           remove
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           is
           said
           ,
           
           that
           although
           Infants
           are
           capable
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           they
           no
           doubt
           are
           by
           Christ
           wrought
           in
           many
           Infants
           ,
           yet
           may
           not
           we
           baptize
           them
           ,
           because
           ,
           according
           
           to
           the
           Scripture
           pattern
           ,
           both
           of
           
             Christs
             command
             ,
             Matth.
          
           28.
           in
           his
           
             institution
          
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           where
           this
           was
           injoyned
           ;
           and
           
             John
          
           the
           Baptist
           ,
           Christs
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           They
           alwaies
           taught
           and
           made
           them
           Disciples
           by
           teaching
           ,
           before
           they
           baptized
           any
           .
        
         
           
           I
           answer
           ,
           First
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Matth.
          
           28.
           is
           not
           the
           
             institution
          
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           it
           was
           instituted
           long
           before
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           Seale
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ;
           it
           's
           only
           an
           inlargement
           of
           their
           Commission
           ,
           whereas
           before
           they
           were
           to
           go
           
             onely
             to
             the
             lost
             sheepe
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           now
           they
           were
           
             to
             go
             unto
             all
             the
             world
             .
          
           And
           beside
           ,
           it
           is
           no where
           said
           ,
           
             that
             none
             were
             baptized
             ,
          
           but
           such
           as
           were
           
             first
             taught
             ,
          
           and
           what
           reason
           we
           have
           to
           beleeve
           the
           contrary
           ,
           you
           have
           before
           seen
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           is
           said
           indeed
           ,
           that
           they
           taught
           and
           baptized
           ,
           and
           no
           expresse
           mention
           made
           of
           any
           other
           :
           but
           the
           reason
           is
           plain
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           new
           Church
           to
           be
           constituted
           ,
           all
           the
           Jews
           who
           should
           receive
           Christ
           ,
           were
           to
           come
           under
           
             another
             administration
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Infants
           were
           to
           come
           in
           only
           
             in
             their
             right
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Heathen
           Nations
           who
           were
           to
           be
           converted
           to
           Christ
           ,
           were
           yet
           wholly
           without
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           their
           children
           could
           have
           no
           right
           untill
           themselves
           were
           brought
           in
           ;
           and
           therefore
           no
           marvaile
           ,
           though
           both
           
             John
             ,
          
           and
           Christs
           Disciples
           ,
           and
           Apostles
           ,
           did
           teach
           before
           they
           baptized
           ,
           because
           
             then
          
           no
           other
           were
           capable
           of
           baptism
           :
           but
           when
           once
           themselves
           were
           instructed
           and
           baptized
           ,
           
             then
          
           their
           children
           were
           capable
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Covenant
           .
           If
           any
           in
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           had
           received
           Commission
           ,
           to
           go
           and
           make
           other
           Cities
           ,
           
             Proselytes
          
           to
           them
           ,
           their
           Commission
           must
           have
           run
           thus
           ,
           
             Go
             teach
             and
             circumcise
             ,
          
           would
           it
           therefore
           have
           followed
           ,
           that
           none
           might
           be
           circumcised
           ,
           but
           such
           as
           were
           first
           taught
           ?
        
         
           
           But
           it
           is
           expresly
           said
           ,
           
             That
             hee
             that
             beleeves
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             bee
             saved
             ;
             Faith
             in
             Christ
          
           is
           the
           Condition
           ,
           upon
           
           which
           men
           may
           be
           baptized
           :
           and
           this
           is
           the
           most
           
             common
          
           objection
           among
           the
           
             Anabaptists
             :
             Unbeleevers
             may
             not
             bee
             baptized
             ,
             children
             are
             unbeleevers
             ,
             therefore
             they
             may
             not
             bee
             baptized
             .
          
           We
           have
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           cleare
           evidence
           ,
           that
           
             Faith
          
           is
           a
           condition
           required
           in
           those
           that
           are
           to
           be
           baptized
           ,
           no
           evidence
           of
           
             any
             other
          
           condition
           that
           makes
           them
           capable
           of
           Baptism
           .
           Others
           of
           them
           adde
           ,
           that
           under
           an
           affirmative
           command
           ,
           the
           negative
           is
           to
           be
           included
           ,
           beleeving
           is
           the
           affirmative
           ,
           unbeleeving
           is
           the
           negative
           ,
           therefore
           where
           beleevers
           are
           commanded
           to
           be
           baptized
           ,
           unbeleevers
           are
           forbidden
           to
           be
           baptized
           :
           this
           objection
           they
           much
           glory
           in
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           dare
           all
           the
           world
           to
           answer
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           Answer
           first
           ,
           
           but
           if
           this
           argument
           have
           any
           strength
           at
           all
           against
           the
           
             Baptizing
          
           of
           infants
           ,
           it
           hath
           much
           more
           strength
           against
           the
           
             salvation
          
           of
           infants
           ;
           it
           is
           said
           
             expresly
             ,
          
           he
           that
           
             beleeveth
             ,
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             be
             saved
             ;
             but
             he
             that
             beleeveth
             not
             ,
             shall
             bee
             damned
             :
          
           
           there
           yee
           have
           both
           the
           
             negative
          
           and
           affirmative
           set
           downe
           ,
           Hee
           that
           beleeves
           shall
           bee
           saved
           ,
           hee
           that
           beleeves
           not
           shall
           bee
           damned
           ;
           now
           I
           frame
           their
           owne
           argument
           thus
           against
           the
           
             salvation
          
           of
           infants
           ,
           
             All
             unbeleevers
             shall
             bee
             damned
             ,
             all
             infants
             are
             unbeleevers
             ,
             therefore
             they
             shall
             bee
             damned
          
           ;
           now
           look
           at
           what
           doore
           they
           will
           goe
           out
           ,
           for
           the
           
             salvation
          
           of
           infants
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           will
           we
           go
           out
           ,
           for
           the
           
             baptizing
          
           of
           infants
           ;
           how
           ever
           they
           will
           evade
           the
           
             one
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           much
           more
           strongly
           evade
           the
           
             other
             ,
          
           if
           they
           say
           this
           Text
           is
           meant
           of
           
             growne
             men
             ,
          
           of
           the
           way
           which
           God
           takes
           for
           the
           
             salvation
          
           of
           grown
           men
           ,
           
             Infants
          
           are
           saved
           another
           way
           ,
           upon
           other
           conditions
           ;
           the
           same
           say
           we
           of
           infants
           baptisme
           ,
           the
           Text
           means
           of
           the
           condition
           of
           baptizing
           of
           grown
           men
           ,
           infants
           are
           baptized
           upon
           other
           conditions
           ;
           if
           ,
           they
           say
           ,
           infants
           though
           they
           cannot
           have
           
             actuall
          
           Faith
           ,
           they
           may
           have
           
             virtuall
          
           Faith
           ,
           Faith
           in
           the
           
             seed
             and
             roote
             ,
          
           the
           same
           say
           we
           ;
           if
           they
           say
           ,
           though
           infants
           have
           not
           Faith
           ,
           yet
           they
           may
           have
           that
           which
           is
           
           
             Analogous
          
           to
           faith
           ,
           the
           same
           say
           we
           ,
           they
           have
           somwhat
           which
           hath
           
             analogy
          
           to
           faith
           ,
           and
           as
           effectuall
           to
           make
           them
           capable
           of
           baptism
           ,
           as
           of
           salvation
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           answer
           ,
           
             it
             is
             no where
             said
             Unbeleevers
             ,
          
           (
           or
           rather
           
             Non-beleevers
          
           it
           should
           be
           said
           )
           
             may
             not
             bee
             baptized
          
           ;
           it
           is
           said
           indeed
           ,
           
             hee
             that
             beleeveth
             and
             is
             baptized
             ,
             shall
             bee
             saved
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             that
             he
             that
             beleeveth
             with
             all
             his
             heart
             ,
             may
          
           be
           baptized
           ;
           it
           is
           no where
           said
           ,
           that
           he
           
             that
             beleeveth
             not
             ,
             may
             not
             be
             baptized
          
           :
           Therfore
           I
           deny
           the
           consequence
           ,
           if
           all
           
             beleevers
          
           must
           be
           baptized
           ,
           then
           no
           
             Unbeleevers
             ,
          
           or
           
             Non-beleevers
          
           may
           be
           baptized
           ;
           these
           two
           are
           not
           here
           intended
           by
           way
           of
           opposition
           ,
           Christ
           excludes
           
             Infants
          
           neither
           from
           baptism
           ,
           nor
           from
           salvation
           for
           want
           of
           faith
           ,
           but
           
             positive
             Unbeleevers
             ,
          
           and
           such
           as
           refuse
           the
           Gospel
           he
           excludes
           from
           both
           :
           The
           stone
           upon
           which
           these
           men
           stumble
           ,
           is
           the
           ignorance
           in
           the
           opposition
           in
           the
           Scripture
           they
           bring
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           betweene
           
             beleevers
             ,
          
           and
           
             their
             Children
             ,
          
           but
           betweene
           
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             Unbeleeving
             and
             profane
             persons
          
           who
           are
           shut
           from
           the
           Lords
           
             Covenant
             ,
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           and
           
             Salvation
             .
          
        
         
           
           But
           suppose
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           the
           inward
           grace
           of
           baptisme
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           doth
           
             effectually
          
           work
           it
           in
           
             some
          
           of
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             beleevers
             ,
          
           is
           that
           sufficient
           warrant
           for
           us
           to
           baptize
           
             all
          
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             Beleevers
             ?
          
           if
           we
           
             knew
          
           in
           what
           Infants
           the
           Lord
           did
           work
           
             this
             ,
          
           we
           might
           baptize
           
             those
          
           Infants
           ,
           say
           
             some
             of
             them
             ,
          
           but
           
             that
          
           he
           doth
           not
           make
           known
           to
           us
           ,
           we
           cannot
           know
           of
           any
           
             one
          
           Infant
           by
           any
           ordinary
           way
           of
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           inwardly
           baptized
           with
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           may
           not
           baptize
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           wait
           to
           see
           
             when
          
           and
           in
           
             whom
          
           God
           will
           work
           the
           
             thing
             signified
             ,
          
           and
           then
           apply
           the
           
             signe
          
           to
           them
           .
        
         
           
           Answ.
           Our
           knowledge
           that
           God
           hath
           effectually
           wrought
           the
           thing
           signified
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           
             condition
          
           upon
           which
           wee
           are
           to
           apply
           the
           signe
           ,
           God
           no where
           requires
           that
           we
           
           should
           know
           that
           they
           are
           inwardly
           and
           certainly
           converted
           ,
           whom
           we
           admit
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           themselves
           were
           not
           required
           to
           know
           
             this
          
           of
           those
           whom
           
             they
          
           baptized
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           ,
           they
           sinned
           in
           baptizing
           
             Simon
             Magus
             ,
             Alexander
             ,
             Hymenaeus
             ,
             Ananias
          
           and
           
             Saphira
             ,
          
           with
           others
           :
           we
           are
           indeed
           required
           to
           know
           that
           they
           have
           in
           them
           
             that
             condition
          
           which
           must
           warrant
           us
           to
           
             administer
             the
             signe
             ,
          
           not
           
             that
          
           which
           makes
           them
           
             possest
             of
             the
             thing
             signified
             ;
             fallible
             conjectures
          
           are
           not
           to
           be
           our
           rule
           in
           administring
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           either
           to
           Infants
           of
           grown
           men
           ,
           but
           a
           
             known
             rule
             of
             the
             word
             ,
          
           out
           of
           which
           rule
           we
           must
           be
           able
           to
           make
           up
           such
           a
           judgment
           ,
           that
           our
           administration
           may
           be
           of
           
             faith
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           out
           of
           
             charity
          
           :
           In
           baptizing
           or
           grown
           men
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           administred
           the
           signe
           ,
           not
           because
           they
           
             conjectured
          
           that
           the
           parties
           were
           
             inwardly
          
           sanctified
           ,
           but
           because
           they
           made
           that
           
             profession
          
           of
           faith
           and
           holinesse
           of
           which
           they
           were
           
             sure
             ,
          
           that
           whoever
           had
           the
           thing
           in
           truth
           ,
           were
           received
           by
           Christ
           into
           
             inward
          
           Communion
           with
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           whoever
           
             thus
          
           made
           it
           ;
           that
           Christ
           would
           have
           them
           
             received
          
           into
           the
           communion
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           though
           possibly
           for
           want
           of
           the
           inward
           work
           they
           were
           never
           received
           into
           the
           
             inward
          
           communion
           with
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           indeed
           when
           such
           a
           confession
           was
           made
           ,
           Christian
           
             charity
          
           which
           alwaies
           hopeth
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           thinketh
           no
           evill
           ,
           bound
           them
           to
           receive
           them
           ,
           and
           think
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           converse
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           with
           men
           in
           whom
           the
           inward
           work
           was
           wrought
           ,
           untill
           they
           gave
           signes
           to
           the
           contrary
           ;
           but
           this
           their
           
             charity
             ,
          
           or
           charitable
           conjecture
           was
           not
           the
           
             grou●d
          
           of
           their
           
             admitting
          
           them
           to
           the
           ordinance
           ,
           but
           the
           profession
           and
           confession
           of
           the
           party
           ,
           made
           according
           to
           the
           Word
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           bound
           to
           
             rest
          
           in
           ;
           yea
           ,
           I
           greatly
           question
           ,
           whether
           in
           case
           
             Peter
          
           or
           
             Paul
          
           could
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           revelation
           have
           known
           that
           
             Ananias
          
           or
           
             Alexander
          
           would
           have
           proved
           no
           better
           then
           hypocrites
           ,
           whether
           they
           either
           
           would
           ,
           or
           ought
           to
           have
           refused
           them
           from
           Baptism
           ,
           whilst
           they
           made
           that
           
             publike
             profession
             and
             confession
             ,
          
           upon
           which
           others
           were
           admitted
           who
           in
           the
           event
           proved
           no
           better
           then
           those
           were
           .
           So
           that
           I
           conclude
           ,
           not
           our
           
             knowledge
          
           of
           their
           
             inward
             Sanctification
             ,
          
           is
           requisite
           to
           the
           admitting
           of
           any
           to
           baptism
           ,
           but
           
             our
             knowledge
             of
             the
             will
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           that
           such
           who
           are
           in
           such
           and
           such
           condition
           ,
           should
           by
           us
           be
           received
           into
           the
           communion
           of
           the
           Church
           :
           and
           in
           this
           the
           rule
           to
           direct
           our
           knowledge
           ,
           is
           as
           plain
           for
           
             Infants
          
           as
           for
           
             growne
             men
             ,
          
           the
           rule
           having
           been
           alwaies
           
             this
             ,
          
           That
           
             growne
             men
             who
             were
             strangers
             from
             the
             Covenant
             of
             God
             ,
             Unbeleevers
             ,
          
           Pagans
           ,
           Heathens
           ,
           should
           upon
           
             their
             being
             instructed
             ,
             and
             upon
             profession
             of
             their
             faith
             and
             promise
             to
             walke
             according
             to
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             Covenant
          
           ;
           bee
           received
           and
           added
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           seale
           of
           their
           entrance
           ,
           and
           their
           
             Infants
             to
             come
             in
             with
             them
          
           ;
           both
           sorts
           upon
           their
           admission
           to
           be
           charitably
           hoped
           of
           ,
           untill
           they
           give
           signes
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           charity
           being
           bound
           from
           thinking
           of
           evill
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           tyed
           to
           conclude
           certainly
           of
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           because
           they
           ought
           to
           know
           that
           in
           all
           ages
           ,
           
             all
             are
             not
             Israel
             who
             are
             of
             Israel
             ,
          
           and
           
             that
             many
             are
             called
             ,
             but
             few
             are
             chosen
             .
          
        
         
           But
           all
           who
           enter
           into
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           and
           receive
           the
           seale
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           
           must
           
             stipulate
          
           for
           
             their
             parts
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           
             God
          
           doth
           for
           
             his
             ,
          
           they
           must
           
             indent
          
           with
           God
           to
           perform
           the
           
             beleevers
          
           part
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           God
           doth
           to
           perform
           
             his
             part
             ,
          
           as
           even
           
             this
          
           Text
           ,
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           3.
           requires
           ,
           That
           Baptism
           which
           saves
           us
           must
           have
           
             the
             answer
             of
             a
             good
             conscience
             to
             God
          
           ;
           
           now
           although
           it
           be
           granted
           ,
           that
           Infants
           are
           capable
           of
           receiving
           the
           
             first
          
           grace
           ,
           if
           God
           be
           pleased
           to
           work
           it
           in
           
             them
          
           ;
           yet
           what
           answer
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           can
           there
           be
           from
           Infants
           unto
           God
           ?
           they
           having
           not
           the
           use
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           not
           knowing
           what
           the
           Covenant
           meanes
           ?
        
         
         
           Answ.
           The
           Infants
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           were
           as
           much
           tied
           as
           the
           
             Infants
          
           of
           
             beleevers
          
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           
           every
           one
           who
           was
           circumcised
           was
           
             bound
             to
             keepe
             the
             Law
             ,
             Gal.
          
           5.
           and
           these
           men
           professe
           that
           
             Israelitish
          
           Infants
           
             were
             within
             the
             old
             Covenant
             ,
          
           when
           yet
           they
           knew
           not
           what
           it
           meant
           ,
           nor
           could
           have
           the
           
             same
          
           use
           of
           it
           with
           their
           Parents
           and
           others
           of
           discretion
           .
           Looke
           what
           answer
           they
           will
           make
           for
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           infants
           ,
           if
           true
           ,
           will
           abundantly
           satisfie
           for
           the
           Infants
           of
           
             beleevers
          
           under
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           seales
           to
           them
           presently
           ,
           their
           name
           is
           put
           into
           the
           
             deed
             ,
          
           and
           when
           they
           come
           to
           yeers
           of
           discretion
           ,
           to
           be
           
             adulti
             ,
          
           then
           in
           their
           own
           persons
           they
           stand
           obliged
           to
           the
           performance
           of
           it
           ;
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           who
           is
           the
           surety
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           the
           surety
           of
           all
           the
           Covenanters
           ,
           is
           pleased
           to
           be
           their
           surety
           ;
           we
           know
           when
           severall
           parties
           stand
           obliged
           in
           the
           same
           bond
           ,
           they
           may
           seale
           at
           severall
           times
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           in
           force
           afterward
           together
           ;
           or
           even
           a
           child
           sealing
           in
           infancy
           ,
           may
           
             aguize
          
           and
           
             recognize
          
           that
           sealing
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           yees
           of
           discretion
           ;
           if
           then
           they
           will
           renounce
           it
           ,
           as
           done
           when
           they
           understood
           not
           ,
           they
           may
           free
           themselves
           if
           they
           please
           ,
           if
           they
           find
           the
           former
           act
           an
           inconvenience
           or
           burden
           to
           them
           :
           so
           is
           it
           here
           ,
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           mercy
           is
           pleased
           to
           seale
           to
           Infants
           while
           they
           are
           such
           ,
           and
           accepts
           of
           such
           a
           seale
           on
           their
           parts
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           able
           to
           give
           in
           their
           Infant
           age
           ,
           expecting
           a
           further
           ratification
           on
           their
           part
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           come
           to
           riper
           yeers
           ,
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           affording
           them
           the
           favour
           and
           priviledge
           of
           being
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           of
           being
           reckoned
           unto
           his
           kingdom
           and
           family
           ,
           rather
           then
           of
           the
           Devils
           ;
           if
           when
           they
           are
           grown
           men
           they
           refuse
           to
           stand
           to
           this
           Covenant
           there
           is
           no
           hurt
           done
           on
           Gods
           part
           ,
           let
           them
           serve
           another
           God
           ,
           and
           take
           their
           lot
           for
           time
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           benefit
           comes
           to
           children
           by
           
             such
          
           kind
           of
           sealing
           
           as
           this
           is
           ?
           it
           seems
           then
           (
           say
           they
           )
           by
           your
           own
           confession
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           but
           a
           
             conditionall
             sealing
          
           on
           Gods
           part
           ,
           
             viz
          
           :
           that
           they
           own
           it
           ,
           and
           ratifie
           it
           when
           they
           come
           to
           age
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           then
           refuse
           to
           stand
           to
           it
           ,
           all
           is
           then
           nullified
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           therefore
           better
           to
           defer
           it
           to
           their
           years
           of
           discretion
           ,
           to
           see
           whether
           they
           will
           
             then
          
           make
           it
           their
           own
           voluntary
           act
           ,
           yea
           ,
           or
           no
           ?
        
         
           Answ.
           1.
           
           This
           objection
           lay
           as
           strongly
           against
           Gods
           widsome
           in
           requiring
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           Infants
           ,
           even
           in
           their
           Infancy
           thus
           to
           seale
           ;
           and
           therefore
           argues
           no
           great
           wisdome
           or
           modesty
           in
           men
           ,
           who
           would
           thus
           reason
           with
           God
           about
           his
           administrations
           .
           2.
           
           God
           hath
           other
           ends
           and
           uses
           of
           applying
           the
           seale
           of
           the
           Covenant
           to
           them
           who
           are
           in
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           their
           
             present
             gaine
             ,
          
           it
           's
           a
           
             Homage
             ,
             Worship
             ,
          
           and
           
             Honour
          
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           it
           behoves
           us
           even
           in
           that
           respect
           ,
           
             to
             fulfill
             all
             righteousnesse
             :
             when
             Christ
             was
             baptized
             and
             circumcised
             ,
          
           he
           was
           as
           unfit
           for
           the
           ordinance
           ,
           through
           his
           
             perfection
             ,
          
           as
           children
           through
           their
           
             imperfection
             ,
          
           being
           as
           much
           
             above
             them
             ,
          
           as
           children
           are
           
             below
             them
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           I
           Answer
           ;
           The
           benefit
           and
           fruit
           of
           it
           at
           the
           present
           is
           very
           much
           ,
           both
           to
           the
           
             Parents
          
           and
           to
           the
           
             children
          
           ;
           to
           the
           Parents
           first
           ,
           whilst
           God
           doth
           hereby
           honour
           them
           to
           have
           their
           children
           counted
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           to
           his
           kingdome
           ,
           and
           family
           ,
           to
           be
           under
           his
           wing
           and
           grace
           ,
           whilest
           all
           the
           other
           Infants
           in
           the
           world
           have
           their
           visible
           standing
           under
           the
           Prince
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           kingdom
           of
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           consequently
           whilest
           others
           have
           no
           hope
           of
           their
           childrens
           spiritual
           welfare
           ,
           untill
           they
           be
           called
           out
           of
           that
           condition
           ▪
           these
           need
           not
           have
           any
           doubt
           of
           their
           childrens
           welfare
           ,
           if
           they
           die
           in
           their
           
             Infancy
             ,
          
           nor
           if
           they
           live
           untill
           they
           shew
           signes
           to
           the
           contrary
           :
           God
           having
           both
           
             reckoned
          
           them
           unto
           
             his
             people
             ,
          
           and
           given
           them
           
             all
             the
             meanes
             of
             salvation
             ,
          
           which
           an
           
             Infants
          
           age
           is
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           here
           is
           much
           priviledge
           and
           benefit
           to
           the
           children
           ,
           when
           as
           (
           beside
           what
           inward
           secret
           worke
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           worke
           in
           them
           )
           they
           being
           Members
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           
             Christ
          
           have
           their
           share
           in
           the
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           are
           remembred
           at
           the
           throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           every
           day
           by
           those
           that
           pray
           for
           the
           welfare
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           perticularly
           in
           those
           prayers
           which
           are
           made
           for
           his
           blessing
           upon
           his
           
             Ordinances
             .
          
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           it
           's
           no
           small
           priviledge
           to
           have
           that
           Seale
           bestowed
           upon
           them
           in
           their
           
             Infancy
             ,
          
           wch
           may
           
             afterwards
          
           plead
           when
           they
           are
           
             grown
          
           and
           come
           to
           
             fulfill
             the
             condition
             .
          
        
         
           But
           if
           their
           being
           capable
           of
           the
           spirituall
           part
           ,
           
           must
           intitle
           them
           to
           the
           outward
           signe
           ,
           why
           then
           doe
           we
           not
           also
           admit
           them
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           seale
           of
           the
           
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           Baptisme
           ?
           And
           this
           is
           urged
           ,
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           (
           say
           they
           )
           the
           
             Infants
          
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           did
           eate
           of
           the
           
             Passeover
             ,
          
           as
           well
           as
           were
           circumcised
           ;
           now
           if
           
             our
          
           Infants
           have
           every
           way
           as
           large
           a
           priviledge
           as
           the
           
             Infants
          
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           had
           ,
           then
           can
           we
           not
           deny
           them
           the
           same
           priviledge
           which
           their
           
             Infants
          
           had
           ,
           and
           consequently
           they
           must
           partake
           of
           the
           one
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           I
           answer
           ,
           
           that
           Infants
           are
           capable
           of
           the
           grace
           of
           
             Baptisme
          
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           not
           sure
           that
           they
           are
           capable
           of
           the
           grace
           signed
           and
           sealed
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           
             Lords
             Supper
             ,
          
           for
           though
           both
           of
           them
           are
           seales
           of
           the
           new
           Covenant
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           with
           some
           difference
           ;
           Baptisme
           properly
           seales
           the
           
             entra●ce
             into
             it
             ,
          
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           properly
           the
           
             growth
             ,
             nourishment
          
           and
           
             augmentation
          
           of
           it
           ;
           Baptisme
           for
           our
           
             birth
             ,
          
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           for
           our
           
             food
          
           ;
           now
           Infants
           may
           be
           
             borne
          
           againe
           while
           they
           are
           Infants
           ,
           have
           their
           
             Originall
          
           sinne
           pardoned
           ,
           be
           
             united
          
           to
           Christ
           ,
           have
           his
           
             Image
          
           stampt
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           concerning
           the
           
             exercise
          
           of
           these
           graces
           and
           the
           
             augmentat●on
          
           of
           them
           in
           Infants
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           Infants
           ,
           
           the
           Scripture
           is
           altogether
           silent
           ,
           and
           for
           what
           is
           said
           concerning
           the
           Infants
           of
           the
           
             Jewes
          
           eating
           the
           
             Passeover
             ,
          
           to
           which
           our
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           doth
           succeed
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           such
           thing
           mentioned
           in
           all
           the
           Booke
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           said
           indeed
           that
           the
           severall
           families
           were
           to
           eate
           their
           Lambe
           ,
           if
           the
           household
           were
           not
           too
           little
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           their
           children
           should
           aske
           them
           what
           that
           service
           meant
           ,
           they
           should
           instruct
           them
           about
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           no
           
             word
             injoyning
             ,
          
           nor
           any
           
             example
          
           witnessing
           ,
           that
           their
           little
           children
           did
           eate
           of
           it
           .
           
           If
           they
           say
           (
           as
           some
           of
           them
           doe
           )
           that
           
             those
          
           little
           ones
           ,
           who
           were
           able
           to
           
             enquire
             concerning
             the
             meaning
          
           of
           that
           service
           ,
           and
           capable
           to
           receive
           instruction
           about
           it
           ,
           did
           eat
           of
           the
           Passeover
           with
           their
           Parents
           ;
           I
           answer
           ,
           (
           although
           the
           Scripture
           speakes
           nothing
           of
           their
           eating
           ,
           yet
           if
           that
           be
           granted
           )
           it
           is
           no
           prejudice
           to
           us
           ,
           because
           the
           Gospel
           prohibites
           not
           
             such
          
           yong
           ones
           from
           the
           Lords
           Supper
           ,
           who
           are
           
             able
             to
             examine
             themselves
             ,
             and
             discerne
             the
             Lords
             Body
             .
          
        
         
           
           Thus
           have
           I
           according
           to
           my
           poor
           ability
           made
           good
           this
           second
           argument
           also
           ,
           and
           vindicated
           it
           from
           all
           Objections
           of
           any
           weight
           wch
           I
           have
           met
           with
           all
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           it
           remains
           that
           I
           winde
           up
           all
           ,
           
           with
           a
           briefe
           Application
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           it
           serves
           for
           just
           reproofe
           of
           the
           Anabaptists
           ,
           and
           all
           such
           as
           by
           their
           rash
           and
           bloody
           sentence
           condemne
           Infants
           ,
           as
           out
           of
           the
           state
           of
           Grace
           ;
           it
           's
           a
           great
           sinne
           to
           passe
           sentence
           upon
           any
           particular
           person
           for
           any
           one
           act
           ,
           as
           was
           that
           of
           
             Eli
             ,
          
           concerning
           
             Hannah
             ,
          
           how
           much
           more
           heinous
           is
           it
           to
           condemne
           ail
           the
           Infants
           of
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           as
           having
           nothing
           to
           doe
           with
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           or
           the
           seale
           of
           it
           ?
           We
           read
           of
           
             Herod
          
           the
           Tyrant
           ,
           
           that
           he
           destroyed
           all
           the
           children
           in
           
             Bethlehem
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Coasts
           thereof
           from
           two
           yeares
           old
           and
           under
           ;
           is
           not
           this
           a
           farre
           more
           cruell
           sentence
           ,
           to
           set
           these
           in
           no
           better
           state
           then
           Pagans
           and
           Infidels
           ,
           
           
             Without
             Christ
             ,
             aliens
             
             from
             the
             Common-wealth
             of
             Israel
             ,
             as
             strangers
             from
             the
             Covenant
             of
             promise
             ,
             having
             no
             hope
             ,
             and
             w●thout
             God
             in
             the
             world
             ?
          
           can
           any
           sober
           Christian
           thinke
           this
           a
           small
           fault
           ?
           Our
           blessed
           Saviour
           saith
           ,
           
             It
             is
             not
             lawfull
             to
             take
             the
             childrens
             bread
             and
             give
             it
             to
             dogs
             ,
          
           but
           these
           men
           take
           
             Children
             ,
          
           and
           in
           their
           judgement
           ,
           conclude
           them
           for
           no
           better
           then
           
             dogs
             ;
             baptisme
          
           is
           the
           bread
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           which
           he
           would
           have
           given
           to
           his
           children
           ,
           and
           to
           deny
           it
           to
           them
           as
           none
           of
           their
           right
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           them
           no
           better
           then
           
             dogs
             .
          
           The
           Prophet
           
             Elisha
          
           wept
           when
           he
           looked
           upon
           
             Hazael
             ,
          
           because
           he
           foresaw
           that
           he
           would
           dash
           the
           infants
           of
           
             Israel
          
           against
           the
           wall
           ,
           and
           even
           
             Hazael
          
           thought
           himselfe
           worthy
           to
           be
           esteemed
           a
           
             dog
          
           if
           ever
           he
           should
           do
           such
           a
           thing
           .
           But
           certainly
           ,
           thus
           to
           dash
           all
           Infant
           children
           of
           
             beleevers
          
           out
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           (
           as
           much
           as
           in
           them
           lyeth
           )
           &
           to
           deprive
           them
           of
           the
           seale
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           in
           a
           spirituall
           sense
           farre
           more
           heavy
           .
           And
           I
           dare
           appeale
           to
           the
           tender
           bowels
           of
           any
           beleeving
           Parents
           ,
           whether
           it
           were
           not
           easier
           for
           them
           to
           thinke
           that
           their
           
             Infants
          
           should
           be
           dashed
           against
           the
           stones
           ,
           and
           yet
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           to
           die
           under
           Christs
           
             wing
             ,
          
           as
           visible
           Members
           of
           his
           Kingdome
           ,
           Church
           and
           Family
           ,
           rather
           then
           to
           have
           them
           live
           ,
           and
           behold
           them
           to
           have
           a
           visible
           standing
           
             onely
          
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           the
           Devill
           :
           These
           men
           know
           not
           how
           much
           they
           provoke
           Christs
           displeasure
           against
           themselves
           ;
           He
           was
           greatly
           displeased
           with
           his
           owne
           Disciples
           for
           forbidding
           little
           children
           to
           come
           unto
           him
           ;
           &
           one
           day
           such
           men
           will
           know
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           much
           more
           displeased
           with
           them
           ,
           who
           with
           so
           great
           violence
           oppose
           the
           bringing
           of
           beleevers
           children
           unto
           his
           holy
           Sacrament
           ,
           that
           with
           unspeakable
           wrong
           ,
           injury
           ,
           and
           slander
           ,
           they
           prosecute
           all
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           who
           give
           
             Infants
          
           this
           their
           due
           ,
           condemning
           them
           for
           Ministers
           of
           Antichrist
           ,
           and
           limbes
           of
           the
           Beast
           ;
           yea
           ,
           some
           of
           them
           proceeding
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           condemning
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           Churches
           ,
           
           who
           cast
           not
           their
           children
           out
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           the
           seale
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           doe
           cry
           out
           upon
           the
           Baptizing
           of
           
             Infants
             ,
          
           as
           one
           of
           those
           great
           sinnes
           which
           bring
           and
           continue
           all
           our
           judgements
           upon
           us
           .
           The
           Apostate
           Emperour
           
             Julian
          
           is
           justly
           cryed
           out
           upon
           for
           his
           cruelty
           against
           the
           Christians
           ,
           for
           denying
           to
           their
           
             bodies
          
           humane
           Sepulture
           ;
           how
           much
           more
           cruell
           is
           it
           to
           deny
           to
           the
           souls
           of
           
             Infants
          
           the
           just
           priviledge
           and
           benefit
           of
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           ?
           We
           know
           he
           did
           it
           out
           of
           hatred
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           farre
           from
           charging
           upon
           these
           men
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           compare
           the
           sentence
           and
           fact
           of
           the
           one
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           the
           latter
           (
           be
           their
           principle
           what
           it
           will
           )
           farre
           more
           injurious
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           then
           the
           other
           :
           The
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           give
           them
           to
           see
           how
           unjust
           that
           sentence
           ,
           and
           how
           heavy
           that
           doome
           is
           ,
           which
           they
           thus
           passe
           ,
           not
           only
           upon
           Infant
           Children
           ,
           but
           upon
           all
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           seriously
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           once
           in
           his
           displeasure
           threatned
           to
           dash
           their
           Infants
           against
           the
           Stones
           ,
           who
           had
           dasht
           the
           Infants
           of
           the
           children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           against
           the
           Stones
           ,
           
           will
           indure
           it
           at
           the
           hands
           of
           any
           to
           expunge
           the
           Seed
           of
           the
           faithfull
           out
           of
           his
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           to
           drive
           them
           from
           his
           City
           and
           Kingdom
           after
           this
           cruell
           manner
           .
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           how
           much
           may
           this
           comfort
           the
           Soule
           of
           every
           beleeving
           Parent
           ,
           
           to
           behold
           this
           great
           love
           and
           goodnesse
           of
           God
           in
           his
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           to
           them
           and
           their
           posterity
           ,
           that
           not
           only
           themselves
           ,
           but
           even
           their
           Infants
           for
           their
           sakes
           ,
           should
           be
           reckoned
           to
           the
           household
           of
           God
           ,
           put
           into
           the
           Arke
           ,
           wrapped
           up
           in
           a
           Covenant
           of
           love
           ,
           brought
           under
           the
           wing
           of
           God
           ?
           When
           God
           had
           promised
           to
           
             David
             ,
          
           that
           he
           should
           have
           a
           son
           to
           whom
           God
           would
           be
           a
           Father
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           his
           posterity
           ,
           should
           after
           such
           a
           gracious
           manner
           be
           regarded
           ,
           his
           heart
           was
           even
           ravished
           with
           it
           ,
           
             O
             Lord
             God
          
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             what
             am
             I
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             my
             
             house
             ,
             that
             thou
             hast
             brought
             mee
             hitherto
             ?
             and
             this
             was
             yet
             a
             small
             thing
             in
             thy
             sight
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             thou
             hast
             spoken
             also
             of
             thy
             servants
             house
             for
             a
             great
             while
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             is
             this
             the
             manner
             of
             men
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             ?
          
           And
           even
           so
           should
           Christian
           Parents
           break
           out
           into
           admiration
           of
           his
           goodnesse
           ,
           in
           taking
           their
           children
           into
           that
           gracious
           Covenant
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           only
           the
           womb
           and
           vessell
           ,
           but
           also
           the
           well-head
           of
           so
           many
           mercies
           ,
           which
           are
           terminated
           ,
           not
           in
           themselves
           ,
           but
           flow
           down
           to
           their
           posterity
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           yet
           more
           admirable
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           when
           we
           seriously
           consider
           ,
           how
           uncleane
           and
           filthy
           ,
           how
           viperous
           a
           brood
           they
           are
           ,
           as
           proceeding
           out
           of
           our
           loines
           ,
           empty
           of
           all
           goodnesse
           ,
           full
           of
           all
           wickednesse
           ,
           an
           uncleane
           leprosie
           having
           bespread
           them
           from
           the
           crown
           of
           the
           Head
           to
           the
           sole
           of
           the
           Foot
           ,
           fit
           only
           to
           be
           cast
           into
           the
           open
           field
           ,
           to
           the
           loathing
           of
           their
           persons
           ,
           in
           the
           day
           that
           they
           are
           born
           ,
           
           as
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           world
           are
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           should
           set
           his
           heart
           upon
           such
           as
           these
           ,
           to
           take
           them
           thus
           neere
           unto
           Himself
           ,
           when
           he
           passes
           by
           both
           Parents
           and
           Infants
           of
           all
           the
           world
           beside
           ,
           now
           would
           our
           hearts
           melt
           in
           his
           praises
           ,
           if
           we
           could
           consider
           these
           things
           ?
        
         
           2.
           
           How
           should
           this
           ingage
           all
           Christian
           Parents
           to
           look
           to
           the
           education
           of
           their
           Children
           ,
           
           to
           bring
           them
           up
           in
           the
           nurture
           and
           feare
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
           It
           's
           a
           wofull
           thing
           ,
           to
           consider
           the
           
             wretched
             carelesnesse
          
           of
           many
           Parents
           ;
           yea
           ,
           not
           onely
           carelesnesse
           ,
           but
           
             ungodlinesse
          
           of
           many
           Parents
           ;
           who
           prostitute
           their
           children
           to
           the
           
             Devill
          
           and
           his
           service
           ,
           after
           they
           have
           
             consecrated
          
           them
           to
           
             Christ
          
           by
           baptisme
           ;
           
           train
           them
           up
           in
           ignorance
           ,
           profanenesse
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           To
           whom
           God
           may
           say
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           to
           that
           Harlot
           ,
           
             Ezek.
          
           16.
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             taken
             my
             Sonne
             and
             my
             Daughter
             ,
             whom
             thou
             hast
             born
             unto
             mee
             ,
             and
             these
             thou
             hast
             sacrificed
             unto
             Devils
             .
          
           A
           generation
           of
           wretched
           men
           ,
           who
           take
           more
           care
           of
           their
           
             Hogs
          
           and
           
             Dogs
             ,
          
           then
           they
           doe
           
           of
           their
           
             Infants
          
           immortall
           soules
           ,
           nourishing
           the
           former
           ,
           murdering
           the
           latter
           ;
           that
           we
           may
           say
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Augustus
          
           did
           of
           
             Herod
             ,
          
           that
           it
           is
           
             better
             to
             be
             Herods
             Dog
             then
             his
             Son
             .
          
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           a
           sad
           Story
           of
           a
           wretched
           Woman
           ,
           who
           perswaded
           her
           Daughter
           to
           yeeld
           to
           the
           lust
           of
           a
           rich
           man
           ,
           in
           hope
           he
           would
           marry
           her
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           promised
           to
           doe
           ;
           which
           she
           did
           ,
           and
           presently
           after
           fell
           sick
           and
           died
           ;
           The
           wretched
           mother
           hereupon
           grew
           distracted
           ,
           and
           in
           her
           madnesse
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             O
             my
             Daughters
             soule
             ,
             my
             Daughters
             soule
             ,
             I
             have
             damned
             my
             Daughters
             soul
             :
          
           Verily
           ,
           thus
           may
           many
           Parents
           cry
           out
           upon
           themselves
           for
           murthering
           their
           childrens
           soules
           ;
           and
           their
           children
           may
           wish
           that
           they
           had
           beene
           either
           dogges
           ,
           or
           swine
           ,
           rather
           then
           their
           Sons
           or
           Daughters
           ;
           miserable
           children
           ,
           of
           miserable
           Parents
           ;
           what
           will
           such
           Parents
           answer
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           comes
           to
           demand
           his
           children
           of
           them
           ?
           Suppose
           a
           Prince
           or
           Noble
           man
           should
           put
           a
           Child
           to
           Nurse
           unto
           some
           mean
           man
           ,
           and
           pay
           them
           well
           for
           the
           education
           of
           it
           ;
           or
           rather
           suppose
           a
           Great
           man
           should
           adopt
           the
           child
           of
           a
           poor
           man
           to
           be
           his
           own
           ,
           and
           should
           say
           unto
           this
           poore
           man
           ,
           as
           
             Pharaohs
          
           daughter
           said
           to
           
             Moses
             mother
             ,
             Bring
             up
             this
             Child
             for
             mee
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             I
             will
             give
             thee
             thy
             wages
          
           ;
           &
           afterward
           comming
           to
           see
           this
           Child
           ,
           should
           find
           they
           had
           lamed
           the
           Child
           ▪
           and
           taught
           it
           nothing
           but
           to
           speake
           evill
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           fight
           against
           them
           :
           
           thinke
           I
           pray
           you
           what
           they
           would
           say
           ,
           or
           doe
           to
           this
           wretched
           man
           .
           How
           much
           more
           abominable
           is
           the
           sin
           of
           many
           Parents
           ,
           who
           by
           their
           own
           carelesnesse
           ,
           and
           vile
           example
           ,
           leaven
           their
           children
           with
           principles
           ,
           and
           lead
           them
           in
           wayes
           quite
           contrary
           to
           the
           Covenant
           of
           grace
           ,
           tending
           to
           nothing
           ,
           but
           to
           dishonour
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           their
           own
           destruction
           .
           If
           any
           of
           you
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           it
           in
           time
           past
           ,
           
           be
           deeply
           humbled
           for
           it
           ,
           crave
           mercy
           and
           pardon
           ;
           and
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           indeavour
           to
           do
           the
           part
           of
           a
           
             nursing
             Father
          
           or
           
             Mother
          
           for
           Christ
           ,
           looking
           upon
           
           thy
           children
           as
           being
           Christs
           more
           then
           thine
           ,
           yea
           ,
           as
           not
           being
           thine
           ,
           but
           Christs
           ,
           to
           whom
           thou
           hast
           consecrated
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           as
           wise
           and
           loving
           Nurses
           use
           to
           doe
           )
           carry
           them
           often
           to
           their
           father
           for
           his
           blessing
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           blesse
           them
           ,
           and
           reward
           thee
           
             also
          
           ;
           we
           find
           in
           the
           second
           of
           
             Joel
             ,
          
           that
           in
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Fast
           ,
           they
           were
           
             to
             bring
             their
             children
             and
             set
             them
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           that
           he
           might
           be
           moved
           to
           compassion
           for
           the
           childrens
           sake
           whom
           he
           used
           to
           call
           his
           owne
           ;
           set
           thou
           thy
           children
           often
           before
           him
           ,
           intreat
           him
           as
           
             Joseph
          
           did
           his
           
             father
          
           for
           his
           two
           sonnes
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           did
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             Marke
          
           10.
           that
           
             he
             would
             put
             his
             hands
             upon
             them
             and
             blesse
             them
          
           ;
           Doe
           it
           heartily
           ,
           humbly
           ,
           frequently
           ,
           tell
           him
           how
           deare
           they
           are
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           the
           dearer
           because
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           owne
           them
           ,
           tell
           him
           their
           wants
           ,
           and
           thy
           own
           inability
           to
           supply
           them
           in
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           how
           easie
           it
           is
           for
           him
           to
           doe
           it
           by
           his
           Spirit
           and
           Grace
           ;
           
             Oh
             that
             Ishmael
             might
             live
             in
             thy
             sight
             ,
          
           said
           
             Abraham
          
           ;
           Say
           thou
           so
           also
           ,
           Lord
           let
           these
           children
           live
           before
           thee
           ,
           
             thine
             they
             are
             ,
             and
             thou
             gavest
             them
             me
             to
             bring
             up
             for
             thee
             ,
             Oh
             blesse
             my
             labour
             among
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             such
             as
             thou
             wouldest
             have
             them
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
           And
           doe
           not
           onely
           pray
           for
           them
           ,
           
           but
           
             discipline
             them
             and
             instruct
             them
             ,
          
           acquainting
           them
           with
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           Catechising
           them
           in
           the
           Principles
           of
           Religion
           ;
           as
           the
           Mother
           and
           Grandmother
           of
           
             Timothy
          
           did
           him
           ,
           
             training
             him
             up
             from
             his
             infancy
             ,
             in
             the
             knowledge
             of
             the
             holy
             Scripture
          
           ;
           and
           be
           assured
           ,
           if
           thy
           children
           may
           learne
           from
           thee
           to
           
             know
          
           their
           heavenly
           Father
           ,
           to
           
             beleeve
          
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           
             love
          
           him
           ,
           and
           
             feare
          
           him
           betimes
           ,
           
             that
             being
             taught
             the
             trade
             in
             their
             youth
             ,
             they
             may
             not
             forsake
             it
             when
             they
             are
             old
             ,
          
           they
           will
           then
           more
           blesse
           God
           for
           thee
           ,
           then
           if
           thou
           couldest
           leave
           them
           all
           the
           world
           for
           their
           inheritance
           ;
           it
           was
           for
           
             this
          
           that
           
             Solomon
          
           gloried
           in
           
             his
          
           father
           and
           mother
           ,
           
           
             Prov.
          
           4.2
           ,
           3.
           and
           for
           
           
             this
          
           will
           thy
           children
           
             rise
             up
             and
             call
             thee
             blessed
             .
          
           Thus
           shalt
           thou
           approve
           thy selfe
           a
           true
           sonne
           of
           
             Abraham
          
           ;
           Thus
           shall
           thy
           children
           be
           blessed
           with
           faithfull
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           Thus
           shall
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           the
           spirituall
           part
           and
           benefit
           of
           it
           ,
           
             as
          
           well
           as
           the
           outward
           ,
           rest
           upon
           thy
           posterity
           from
           generation
           to
           generation
           .
        
         
           
           Thirdly
           ,
           and
           lastly
           ,
           This
           serves
           for
           use
           to
           all
           children
           whom
           God
           honours
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           in
           their
           
             Infancy
          
           to
           bring
           thus
           neare
           unto
           himselfe
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           them
           thus
           as
           his
           owne
           ,
           and
           that
           three
           severall
           wayes
           ;
           First
           ,
           to
           
             incourage
          
           and
           
             comfort
          
           them
           to
           beleeve
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           rest
           upon
           him
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           good
           things
           which
           he
           hath
           promised
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
           The
           Papists
           ,
           as
           in
           some
           things
           they
           give
           and
           ascribe
           too
           much
           to
           Baptisme
           ,
           making
           it
           to
           take
           away
           originall
           sinne
           ,
           
             ex
             opere
             operato
          
           :
           So
           in
           other
           things
           they
           rob
           Gods
           people
           of
           the
           comfortable
           use
           
             of
             it
             ,
          
           because
           they
           say
           that
           when
           once
           we
           commit
           actuall
           sinnes
           we
           make
           shipwracke
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           then
           
             Penance
          
           must
           be
           
             secunda
             tabula
             post
             naufragium
             ,
          
           a
           Cockbot
           after
           our
           shipwrack
           ;
           but
           this
           blessed
           Sacrament
           seekes
           for
           a
           more
           durable
           and
           comfortable
           use
           ,
           even
           to
           be
           an
           
             Arke
             ,
          
           as
           my
           Text
           cals
           it
           ,
           to
           carry
           to
           heaven
           .
           Know
           then
           that
           whensoever
           thou
           findest
           thy selfe
           at
           a
           losse
           ,
           sensible
           of
           thy
           undone
           condition
           ,
           findest
           thy
           guilt
           ,
           and
           filth
           ,
           and
           bondage
           ,
           through
           sinne
           ,
           and
           flyest
           unto
           Christ
           ,
           and
           thy
           conscience
           witnesseth
           with
           thee
           ,
           that
           thou
           wouldest
           walke
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           in
           uprightnesse
           ,
           to
           make
           God
           in
           Christ
           thy
           portion
           ,
           and
           his
           word
           thy
           guide
           ;
           So
           
             often
          
           I
           say
           as
           thou
           doest
           this
           ,
           maiest
           thou
           fly
           to
           thy
           
             Baptisme
             ,
          
           and
           plead
           it
           for
           thy
           comfort
           ,
           as
           we
           may
           plead
           the
           
             Rainbow
          
           in
           foule
           weather
           against
           the
           worlds
           destruction
           by
           water
           .
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           a
           story
           of
           a
           great
           Queen
           ,
           who
           gave
           a
           Ring
           to
           a
           Nobleman
           ,
           while
           he
           was
           her
           Favourite
           ,
           and
           willed
           him
           to
           send
           it
           to
           her
           when
           he
           should
           stand
           in
           
           greatest
           need
           of
           her
           favour
           ;
           who
           afterward
           falling
           into
           her
           displeasure
           ,
           sent
           the
           Ring
           ,
           which
           through
           the
           treachery
           of
           the
           bearer
           was
           not
           delivered
           till
           it
           was
           too
           late
           :
           But
           it
           shall
           never
           happen
           so
           to
           
             thee
             ,
          
           doe
           thou
           in
           all
           thy
           extremity
           ,
           shew
           or
           send
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           faith
           thy
           
             Seale
             ,
          
           which
           God
           hath
           given
           thee
           ,
           plead
           it
           confidently
           ,
           and
           to
           thy
           dying
           day
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           an
           Arke
           unto
           thy
           soule
           in
           all
           cases
           of
           
             relapse
             ,
             desertion
             ,
             temptation
             ,
          
           or
           whatever
           else
           may
           betide
           thee
           ,
           upon
           the
           renewing
           of
           thy
           repentance
           and
           faith
           in
           Christ
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           
           This
           great
           love
           of
           God
           in
           taking
           us
           thus
           neare
           into
           his
           own
           Family
           ,
           as
           his
           own
           Children
           ,
           should
           make
           many
           of
           us
           blush
           ,
           
             to
             remember
             our
             unworthy
             conversation
             ,
             in
             times
             past
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           it
           might
           make
           our
           very
           
             hearts
             to
             bleed
             ,
          
           and
           make
           us
           not
           only
           wish
           we
           had
           been
           
             unbaptized
             ,
          
           but
           even
           
             unborn
             ,
          
           rather
           then
           to
           pollute
           the
           holy
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           the
           seale
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           done
           with
           our
           unhallowed
           lives
           :
           Can
           it
           seem
           a
           light
           thing
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           that
           when
           God
           hath
           left
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           strangers
           from
           his
           Family
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           be
           under
           Satans
           kingdom
           ,
           and
           taken
           us
           (
           no
           better
           by
           nature
           than
           they
           are
           )
           to
           be
           his
           peculiar
           ones
           into
           Covenant
           with
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           sweare
           unto
           us
           ,
           to
           be
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           hitherto
           to
           train
           us
           up
           under
           such
           heavenly
           Ordinances
           ,
           and
           we
           to
           walk
           in
           the
           meane
           time
           as
           rebels
           and
           enemies
           unto
           him
           ,
           like
           the
           unbaptized
           world
           ?
           can
           we
           think
           our
           condemnation
           not
           to
           be
           greater
           then
           theirs
           ?
           Let
           me
           a
           little
           reason
           the
           case
           with
           you
           ,
           Doe
           you
           know
           into
           what
           a
           Covenant
           the
           Lord
           hath
           taken
           you
           ?
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           expects
           from
           you
           ?
           have
           not
           your
           Ministers
           and
           Parents
           instructed
           you
           in
           it
           ?
           Now
           tell
           me
           what
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           your
           unanswerable
           conversation
           ,
           is
           it
           because
           you
           renounce
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           as
           being
           made
           when
           you
           understood
           it
           not
           ?
           if
           so
           ,
           that
           you
           do
           indeed
           renounce
           it
           ,
           
             Take
             your
             course
             ,
             serve
             the
             God
             you
             have
             chosen
             ,
          
           yet
           tell
           me
           (
           I
           beseech
           you
           )
           what
           iniquity
           is
           in
           the
           
           Lords
           Covenant
           ?
           what
           hurt
           is
           there
           in
           it
           ?
           what
           disadvantage
           have
           you
           met
           withall
           ?
           or
           
             where
          
           and
           
             how
          
           do
           you
           hope
           to
           find
           better
           things
           ,
           then
           
             God
             to
             be
             your
             Father
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             to
             bee
             your
             Saviour
             ,
          
           the
           
             Spirit
             to
             bee
             your
             Comforter
             ?
          
           to
           have
           
             your
             sins
             pardoned
             and
             healed
             ,
          
           to
           be
           
             adopted
             ,
             justifyed
             ,
             sanctifyed
             ,
          
           and
           every
           way
           
             comfortably
             provided
             for
             here
             ,
          
           and
           
             saved
             for
             ever
          
           ?
           Doe
           the
           Gods
           you
           have
           chosen
           to
           serve
           ,
           provide
           better
           things
           then
           these
           ,
           that
           you
           renounce
           Christ
           for
           their
           sakes
           ?
           If
           you
           say
           ,
           God
           forbid
           you
           should
           renounce
           Christ
           ;
           No
           ,
           you
           hope
           to
           bee
           saved
           by
           Christ
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           any
           
             other
          
           :
           Then
           tell
           me
           in
           good
           sadnesse
           ,
           doe
           you
           expect
           that
           Christ
           should
           stand
           bound
           to
           perform
           
             his
             part
          
           of
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           you
           left
           at
           liberty
           for
           
             your
          
           part
           ?
           that
           he
           should
           
             love
             you
             ,
          
           and
           
             you
             hate
             him
          
           ?
           that
           
             he
          
           should
           bee
           your
           God
           ,
           and
           
             you
          
           remain
           the
           Devils
           servant
           ?
           that
           
             he
          
           should
           provide
           Heaven
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           
             you
          
           walk
           in
           the
           way
           which
           leads
           to
           Hell
           ?
           O
           how
           much
           are
           you
           deceived
           !
           I
           tell
           you
           he
           hath
           sworn
           the
           contrary
           ,
           he
           hath
           heaped
           up
           tribulation
           and
           wrath
           for
           every
           soule
           which
           doth
           evill
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Jew
             first
             ,
          
           for
           the
           
             baptized
             first
          
           ;
           and
           you
           will
           one
           day
           find
           ,
           that
           
             it
             had
             been
             better
             you
             had
             never
             lived
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             nor
             been
             trained
             up
             under
             his
             Covenant
             ,
             then
             thus
             to
             profane
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             the
             blood
             of
             it
             as
             an
             unholy
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
           This
           great
           priviledge
           should
           ingage
           us
           all
           for
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           to
           make
           our
           Baptism
           a
           continual
           motive
           to
           an
           answerable
           conversation
           ,
           to
           live
           as
           men
           who
           are
           dead
           unto
           sinne
           ,
           and
           alive
           unto
           God
           ;
           to
           account
           that
           it
           ought
           to
           bee
           as
           strange
           ,
           to
           see
           a
           baptized
           man
           walke
           in
           a
           sinfull
           course
           as
           to
           see
           a
           
             Spectrum
          
           a
           walking
           Ghost
           :
           
             Wee
             are
             buried
             with
             Christ
             in
             Baptisme
             ;
             and
             how
             can
             wee
             who
             are
             dead
             to
             sinne
             live
             any
             longer
             therein
             ?
          
           We
           are
           planted
           into
           his
           family
           ,
           made
           his
           Children
           ,
           have
           his
           Spirit
           dwelling
           in
           us
           ;
           yea
           ,
           thereby
           made
           one
           with
           Christ
           :
           
             All
             this
             ,
          
           we
           lay
           claim
           to
           ,
           by
           our
           Baptism
           ,
           shall
           not
           this
           inforce
           us
           to
           live
           answerably
           ?
           
           
             Luther
          
           tels
           a
           Story
           of
           a
           gracious
           Virgin
           ,
           who
           used
           to
           get
           the
           victory
           over
           Satan
           when
           he
           tempted
           her
           to
           any
           sinne
           ,
           
             Satan
             I
             may
             not
             doe
             it
             ,
          
           Baptizata
           sum
           ,
           
             I
             am
             Baptized
             ,
          
           and
           must
           walk
           accordingly
           :
           So
           should
           we
           argue
           ,
           Let
           base
           persons
           live
           basely
           ,
           noble
           and
           generous
           men
           must
           live
           nobly
           ;
           let
           Turkes
           and
           Pagans
           live
           wickedly
           ,
           the
           holy
           seed
           must
           live
           holily
           and
           righteously
           :
           keepe
           it
           daily
           in
           thy
           thoughts
           ,
           what
           thy
           Baptism
           ingageth
           thee
           unto
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           thou
           walk
           otherwise
           ,
           it
           will
           rise
           up
           extreamly
           to
           aggravate
           thy
           condemnation
           in
           the
           last
           day
           .
           It
           was
           a
           custome
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ,
           That
           such
           as
           were
           baptized
           ,
           did
           weare
           a
           white
           Stole
           (
           a
           humane
           Ceremony
           ,
           to
           signifie
           their
           purity
           of
           life
           which
           the
           baptized
           was
           to
           lead
           ,
           
             Fulgentes
             animas
             vestis
             quoque
             candida
             signat
             .
          
           )
           Now
           there
           was
           one
           
             Elpidophorus
             ,
          
           who
           after
           his
           baptism
           turned
           a
           persecutor
           ;
           
             Muritta
          
           the
           Minister
           who
           baptized
           him
           ,
           brought
           forth
           in
           publick
           the
           white
           Stole
           which
           
             Elpidophorus
          
           had
           worn
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           cryed
           unto
           him
           ;
           
             O
          
           Elpidophorus
           !
           
             this
             Stole
             doe
             I
             keep
             against
             thy
             comming
             to
             Judgement
             ,
             to
             testifie
             thy
             Apostasie
             from
             Christ
          
           ;
           doe
           thou
           in
           like
           manner
           assure
           thy selfe
           the
           very
           Font
           wherein
           thou
           wast
           baptized
           ,
           the
           Register
           wherein
           thy
           Name
           is
           recorded
           ,
           will
           rise
           up
           against
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           lead
           not
           a
           holy
           life
           :
           The
           Covenant
           is
           holy
           ,
           the
           Seale
           is
           holy
           ,
           let
           these
           provoke
           thee
           to
           study
           to
           be
           holy
           ,
           yea
           to
           draw
           holinesse
           from
           them
           .
           Consider
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           
             And
             the
             Lord
             give
             you
             understanding
             in
             all
             things
             .
          
        
         
           FJNIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           P.
           22.
           l.
           1.
           for
           legitimate
           ,
           r.
           illegitimate
           ,
           p.
           39.
           l.
           4.
           r.
           had
           he
           intended
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A52051e-370
           
             The
             Question
             stated
             .
          
           
             The
             Infants
             of
             Beleevers
             ought
             to
             bee
             Baptized
             .
          
           
             The
             Primitive
             Church
             owned
             it
             .
          
           
             When
             the
             Sect
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             began
             .
          
           
             
               Niceph.
            
             12.35
             
          
           
             
               Niceph.
            
             12.30
             
          
           
             And
             the
             danger
             of
             their
             opinions
             .
          
           
             First
             Argument
             they
             are
             under
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             therefore
             must
             have
             the
             seale
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             This
             Argument
             made
             good
             by
             five
             Conclusions
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Conclusion
               .
            
          
           
             The
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             alwaies
             the
             same
             for
             substance
             .
          
           
             Wherein
             lies
             the
             substance
             of
             the
             Covenant
             .
          
           
             
               Gen.
            
             17.1
             
               &c.
               Gal.
            
             3.15
             .
             
               Rom.
            
             4.3
             .
             
               Iohn
            
             8.56
             .
          
           
             
               Gal.
            
             3.6
             .
             
               Gen.
            
             17.1
             .
             
               Gen.
            
             18.19
             .
             
               Gal
            
             3.17.19
             .
          
           
             Though
             not
             the
             same
             for
             manner
             of
             administration
             .
          
           
             2
             
               King.
            
             17.18
             .
          
           
             
               Heb.
            
             3.11.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Heb.
            
             3.17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             with
             4.2
             .
          
           
             
               Lev.
            
             20.2
             
               &c.
            
             26.36
             .
             
               Deut.
            
             10.12.13
             .
             with
             11.1.8
             ,
             9
             ,
             22.
             
               &c.
            
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             10.5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             The
             Identis
             of
             the
             Covenant
             to
             Jewes
             and
             Gentiles
             ,
             proved
             .
          
           
             Jerem.
             31.33
             .
             Esa.
             59.21
             Joel
             2.32
             .
             Luke
             1
             54.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Luke
             2.31
             .
             Mat.
             21.41.43
             .
             Rom.
             11.
             
             Gal.
             3.8.14
             ,
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Ephe.
             2.13
             &c.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.3
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             4.29
             .
          
           
             2
             
               Conclusion
               .
            
          
           
             Infants
             taken
             into
             Covenant
             with
             their
             Parents
             .
          
           
             Hosea
             2.2
             Exod.
             12
             48
             ,
             49.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.38
             ,
             39.
             opened
             and
             cleared
             .
          
           
             Luke
             19.
             
          
           
             
               Object
               .
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
               Answ.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             11.16
             opened
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.14
             .
             opened
             and
             vindicated
             .
          
           
             Ezra
             .
             10.4
             .
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
          
           
             Nehem.
             13.24
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             Mal.
             2.15
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Argument
               .
            
             Because
             uncleannesse
             and
             holinesse
             no where
             taken
             for
             civilly
             lawfull
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             4.5
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Acts
             10.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Argument
               .
            
             The
             Apostles
             answer
             had
             not
             contained
             a
             truth
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Argument
               .
            
             Nor
             had
             the
             Apostles
             argument
             had
             any
             reason
             in
             it
             ,
             if
             interpreted
             as
             they
             would
             have
             it
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Argument
               .
            
             Nor
             could
             have
             satisfied
             their
             doubt
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             23.2
             .
          
           
             Esa.
             56.3
             ,
             4.
             
             Acts
             8.27
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             the
             Greek
             preposition
             signifying
             
               to
            
             as
             well
             as
             
               in
               .
            
             as
             Gal.
             1.16
             .
             2
             Pet.
             1.5
             .
             Act.
             4.12
             1
             Cor.
             7.15
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Reason
             why
             God
             will
             have
             such
             Infants
             accounted
             his
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             2
             ▪
             7.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Conclusion
               .
            
          
           
             Col.
             2.11
             ,
             12.
             opened
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             5.3
             .
          
           
             4
             
               Conclusiun
               .
            
          
           
             Gen.
             17.
             
          
           
             Exod.
             12.48
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             Gen.
             17.18
             ,
             19
             ,
             20
             ,
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Rom
             ▪
             4.11
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             32.8
             .
             Lev.
             25.13
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             5
             
               Conclusion
               .
            
          
           
             Heb.
             8.6
             .
             2
             Cor.
             3.10
             .
             Gal.
             4.1
             .
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             Wee
             want
             a
             command
             and
             example
             .
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             there
             be
             no
             expresse
             command
             or
             example
             .
          
           
             Which
             is
             not
             necessary
             .
          
           
             Yet
             by
             good
             consequence
             we
             have
             command
             for
             it
             .
             Both
             in
             the
             command
             given
             to
             
               Abraham
            
             which
             reacheth
             us
             .
          
           
             And
             in
             Mat.
             28
             19.
             opened
             and
             explained
             .
          
           
             Fumb.
             14.31
             Nehem
             ▪
             10.28
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Math
             10
             42.
             
             Mark
             9
             41.
             
             Matth.
             18.5
             .
          
           
             Act
             2.38
             ,
             39.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Argument
               .
            
          
           
             Act.
             10.47
             .
             &
             11.17
             .
          
           
             Mark
             .
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.14
             .
          
           
             Mark
             .
             10.14
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             18
             17.
             
          
           
             Matth
             3.
             1
             Cor.
             12
             13.
             
             Gal.
             3.27
             .
             Tit.
             3.5
             .
             Mark
             .
             1.3
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             2.
             
          
           
             
               Answer
               .
            
          
           
             Mark
             .
             16.16
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             3.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             4.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.21
             .
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Heb.
             7.22
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             6.
             
          
           
             
               Answ.
               
            
          
           
             Exod.
             12.3
             ,
             4
             ▪
             26
             ,
             27.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Application
               .
            
             First
             ,
             for
             reproof
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam
             1.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             2
             16.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             2
             1●
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             131.8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Vse
               .
            
          
           
             To
             Parents
             .
             First
             for
             their
             comfort
             .
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             7.
             
          
           
             Esa.
             16.
             
             Ezek.
             16.5
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             For
             their
             duty
             to
             provoke
             thē
             to
             be
             ashamed
             ▪
             for
             their
             carelesnesse
             ,
             
               &c.
            
             in
             time
             past
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             16.20
             .
             Psal.
             106.37
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             And
             to
             nurse
             them
             up
             for
             Christ
             in
             time
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             Praying
             for
             them
             .
          
           
             Ioel
             2.16
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1
             ,
             5.3.15
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             4.2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             To
             all
             baptitized
             ones
             ,
             for
             comfort
             when
             they
             beleeve
             and
             repent
             .
          
           
             To
             humble
             such
             as
             walke
             unworthy
             of
             this
             priviledge
             .
          
           
             Col.
             2.12
             .
             To
             provoke
             to
             a
             holy
             life
             for
             time
             to
             come
             .