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"*§* •©»■ Tamo magii \ro i j debemits, quanto miiusipfi pra fe loqui ^^ -•«• faftwtt Aoguftin. ^*" liver/a t n t Ecclefm . neeci>xciliisinflhiitutn> fid fencer riten- *|* ►«^ tam j ;^ »^z wiji ant.vriute afofiolica mtditum rdhfimh creditor. Idem. jT m =—-~ — j£ * J* £» D ,TJ *% L I N* «§» g Printed by William ^Mn, sAnnoDm. \6^6 ft unit C,X TanAificato altcro fexu fan&osprocreariak, exfeminis prarog tiva. Ten. in i Ctr. 7. G.„' 5 28 ^(either male nor female ) Tn Judaifmo magnum e ac priviiegium virilis iexus , is folus foederis ; fignum corpore gerero. Grot. At e&*c. Majc cifficulcas in componendis diffidiis animorum , quam n componenda comrovcrfia. Zan. Quoniamnonnoviliteraturam 3 introiboin potencias Domi- ni ■ / *n ! £aU vcrfit), Pfal. 7 1 . 1 4 ~ To CgnrnGjAx raxifot 197. tw'ow JiuTi&t lewrh CdLvJi^otv s7n>v/v auror fas-toi Ck'^J- W Heb. 6 6. hnja pyan r-wnp>«n in jn~i mo».i j;d mn n»^; vma'aatin jrtw : \7i i* u ^ •» joi Vpaa |1 h pf* tji no: j^cm r^<". 16. 15". Baptizata eft ipfa 3 & filiidomusejus. She was bap'i^ed, and the children ofber boufe. :]\nbD njpn upi in no? ttfltv tn Verf 3 }. Ec eadem hora baptizatus eft ipfe, 6c filii domus I ejus onnes. And the fame hour be was bapti^dy and alt the chil- dren of bis ho life. W§ # c # !*:# #i f -i^f To their Excellencies, ' C^ A A ls FLEEWOOD, Lord Deputie of Ireland . ^ AND THE Lord Henry Cro m w e l 7 Commander in chief of the Forces vxlreland. Clfj Lords, T was a faying of Luther, Lei; me hear ill as a malda&oty &c* OHodo imfii fJenti: non arzuar , fo that 1 be tiot ~c- cuied of finfal fiU ncc* Thedo&rineoi A at ; p^- dobaptifm w.is preach- a in many places in Ireland, and I again and a- gain challenged to difpute this point ; there- fore I refolved to giw place to none iuch, nor C 2 ] not The Epiftle dedicatory. not for an hour, ( it being urged as a thing fo neceffary to falvation by m wy) char the truth of the Gofpel might continue with us , as Paul fpeaks of Circumcifioft, Gal. 2. but did publickly disown that vviy and piaftice, which though watered by the toot or man, as jEgypt : yet was never watered by the d^w of heaven, as Canaan ) & accordingly I found (bleffedbehisgloriOL-s grace who delighteth to breath in fuch poor worms as lam) more of Gods prefence in the publick dilperifing of t hat Ordinance of infjntbaprif!D 3 (affjring me by his fpirit that he would own it and bLfs it to the babes) than ever I did in all my days, thefe eight and twenty years fince I entered into the Miniftry s to which I was called b om my childhood, and allured I fhould win ma- ny fouls. This 1 (peak in humility of tpirir,' fas knowing my [elftobe the chief of finners) nottonugnifiemy felf, but to magnifiemine Office, as Paul doth in the firft and fecond Chapters to the Galatians. Paul knew that if thofe teachers could enervate his authorine-^ and make his calling void, his doSrine would be flighred and made or none cfFe6l ^ there- fore he labors to prove by many Arguments that The Epiftle dedicatory. that he was called from heaven to the Mini- ftry j efpecially by the good fuccefsthe Lord gave, / wis (faith, hi J (eat to the Gentiles y as PUer to the jews : for he thai ' w ought effeSlually by Peter to the circumctjhn, was mighty in me to- wards the Gentiles. Gal. 2.7. 8. In thefe lines I look at I haft as ftanding by, and overlooking what I am doing, who \\. 11 knows with how many prayers and tears I have looked uponthe fcvcral texts mention- ed in this Treacile- (for I often think, what would Chi iit fay to fuch a text i7 he were to preach on fuch a fubje&c' or will Chart own this or that truth another day ? ) begging of the father of lights, from whom every good giving and perfect gift doth come, that he w uld lead me intoall truth; and not fuffer me to build unon his foundation, wood, hay, and ftubble, leaft the day flnuld difcovcr it, and I fufferlofs either of my labor or crown ( making it lefs maffie and weighty , n:>t ha- ving fo many pearls in it) another day* And I am affurcd that thofe prayers (hall not prove abortive : for the prayers of the faints dyed inthebloudof Chriftareof eternal efficacies there being a neceffity and tie lying upon [e- [ 3 ] hova The Epiftle dedicatory. hova that they ftrnild be fulfilled in due time, K^iQs 1. 16. However if Chri(t take pleafure in me, here I am : if not 3 let him do with mc wiat feemeth good in his fight. I have not affe&ed enamel d phrafes, and words of mans wifdom, (which perhaps are expected from one in my capacity ) but with asmuchplainneisas I could, I have held forth the t. uch as it is injefus. The riches of Greece did not confift in words, faid Demofthenes of old. Therefore I had rather fay ofam than J, with Auftin 3 lcaft I fhould not be underftood. Cibus ftmplex esi opttmus^ the plained meats nourifh molt. We f:iy of a diamond, ^/V- quid abfeonditurperditur • for truth is like to Adam., never io glorious as when it's naked. Therefore, faith the Apoftle, we ufe plainnefs of fpeech. 2 Cor. 3.12. If any be offended, I fay, Prdflat ut [cans' &\ lum admittatur, quam ut Veritas amittatur. Anc with Scmca s CMallem boni viri famampsrdere quam conftientiam. For we arc fet for the de- fence of the Gofpel, and the appertenance: thereof o (PbiLi.17.) and therefore may no with hold our teftimonie from the prcfen tiuuj, (*.) the truth of this age, (though nevel rfhe £ pi file dedicatory. fo much oppofed ) what ever the event may be. I have without gall or buternefs to any , as, I hope, managed this conroverfie, truthing iC in love, Ahidivw and then truth will be truch : in the mean time put it in the op.-n field and let it work out ic felf , which doubt- lei's it will 5 for all truth is from the fpirit, which onely is able to make way for it in the hearts of the fons of men, and co batter down thofe ftrong holds, even thofe royal forts of the imagination and wilJ, that (land out in op- pofition to the truths of lefus. My deareft Lords ! I ow no lefs than by felf to you, for that tender love you have ever ex- [4] preffed The Epijile dedicatory. preffed to me s therefore having nothing clfe teh&yc, worthy of your acceptance, I give my fell: to you Many have given more, but none ever left iefs tohimfelr : and as a token of mine endear • dafife&jons to your Honors, I humbly preient this plain difcomle to your Honors patronage, being the firftfiuitsof my labours • and leave u in the hand of the fpiric to bring it h me to the fouls of all into whole hands it may come, alluring my felf , I have a friend within them, the fpirit I mean, (if they . beChnfh) that will eccliojp, and clofe with the fpirit that is without. But if I prevale not with thofethat are other wife minded, (as I have little hope, feeing God doth not ufually £ recall fuch, but furfers rhem to go on irc the error of their way) my earned prayer to God fhdlbe. Father forgive them for they know Hot what they fay, and they do they know not what. U\ly Lords ^ Jour Honors humble Servant > Samuel Winter. TheTabte. Ad. 2. 3 8. OBferve, The former duty, viz.. Repent, k in the fee nd pcribn, the later in the third perloh* ad- mitting of a greater latitude. Let every one of you, (that is, you and yours) be baptised. Doctrine. That the baptising of infants of belie' vers, is according to the inftitution offeftes C^ift- Bapti ansa wafhing; fo the word in greek ijg- nifies. Thus the word in the hebrew, i King // as others, pap. 1 9. Sed et nunc qui ex gentibus circumcilis ad ) u- daifmum veniunt, ab ipfis baptizantur ; et hu/us ba- pti'rni Judaici meminit Schcliafies ad Juvenalem. Intellect facile eft ablutionem hanc fuifle inter vete* ra inftituta ; orca ? ut arbitror, pod magnum diluvi- um, in memoriam purga* i mundi. Gr$t. in Mat.^ That children are called Difciples , fee page 2'o. J AcT. The TabJe. A£\. 21.21, 25. Mat. 2i. j ? 4 compared with Luk. IP. 37. Where children are called difeiples. Mat. 27. 57. €^ar$Hffcv my Covenant therefore. Which -words extend to m in the new Tefta* went, jer annexing the feal of baptifm^ as well a* to Abraham his pcfierity for annexing the feal of Cir- cumcijicn : for that u mentioned after-ward^ as in that of the Sabbaih, (q Command.) which though apply * edto the jew, yet it is to be extended to hs in the new T eft am* tit, I do not fay that the promiCe or Covenant ftm- ply confident, is a ground to u* to annex the feal ; but this 1 fay , That a vromife laid for the foundation of a duty, is equivalent with an expref command. Thus the Apoftle^Ati, 2. 37. comp. Gcil 17 9-f a g* 28 . \ That children are incovenantedfee a cloud of wit- ness fag. 34, Efay 65 25. They are the feed of the bleffed of the Lord and their off If ring with them* The promife made to Abraham (I will be thy God, and the. God of thy feed} belongs to believers and their feed, A 9 fee 1 8 Arguments pag. 5 7. 2 Cor. £.ult. applied to the Corinthians, The old and new Covenant how diftinguijhed, pag. Dtverf\ The Table. D herfe Objections anfivered, pag. 62. That chil- dren feci not the j> nit of this Covenant > the fault is not in ( } od but in themfUves , in that they do not keep tlje condition of the Covenant ^namely to receive £hrifi by faith. Tcrk^ Non evertitui dei tides perridia homi-. num. (fal. in Rem. 3 . 4. The Covenant of Grace is conditional, pdge. 89.. whereof 'baptifm is a feal ; therefore Divines fay, The external Covenant ( or rather the external part there* of) may be broken, but the internal cannot, \And whereas I adr> it of conditions in the Covenant of grace % I mtan not by conditions fuch as are (1. J the founda- tion of the Covenant ; Or (2.) as by fome are con- (Irued to be, k. the impulfve caufe inducing and in- clining the i ord toemer into this (fovenant with us ; Or { %.j fuch as are to be performed by us of our own power ; Or ( 4. ,) fuch as are meritorious , and do de- #roy the nature of grace : But fuch as Chrifl hath freely undertaken to work-in the eletl, being generally propounded to all on the terms of the G off? el ', which if accepted, render them and theirs vifibl) under the Co- venant , of which baptifm is the feal. Therefo re Ifay t The tArminians m^y take as much advantage frm the invitations ofGta to faith and repentance, as from the conditions tenderedto the fens of men. Fidem poni ut conditionem falutem quidem antecedentem, fed eleftionem ipfam confequentem, nunquam a no (Iris negatum fuit, fumma verb cum religione traditum. tsfmef. Though the condition of the Covenant of grace, as to man in himfelf is impoffible • yet through the power of gods grace it's made pofftble and eafte. Doit. The Table. Dear. 30, Hujus promiJionis evangelic^ antecedens five ajinexa conditio, poterat multoriHn animos dc- fcerrere : ac potms oipnidin fi legis ijVj»a*nv, in carne noiua, (u neceile eftj expend ifleht, cujus >cA::v^tou iridc a, principle f 1 nis huj\is condi&oriern fyiofes expreiTerat, d?c v,. Nondum de-lit vobis Jehovah m^ntem aa* cognoicendum. Ne lgitur im r oiTibilem condittonem propofitam fibi a deo flufte qucrerentuf, commoditatem lftms Mofes his verbis explicate Nam praceptum quod egopracipio tibi, &c+ q. d, Hacte- nuspropo/uitibi partem priorcm Foederis, ut obfc*i qtiaris deo; fed quia altera qua^oaae pan foederis eft tibi neGeiIari3, ut dens tiius qtiafi novo rcedere quod . ? amen reipfa unum oil') iuis partibus erga te defuriga-' tur, cum tu ipfenon poflfis ; ctcircumcidens cor tu- um, infcrib.it ei legem fuato & foedus funm, adobe- dientiamfidei. Par. lib, 2 p. 16. No man of ConiahV feed did fit upon the throne of David, as King x for ever, pag. 9 1 . Jn the oldTeftament the Priefts were to diftinguifh a&dftparate between the holy and profane^ Eze k. 2 2 .2 6. So the ivord (hadaV) is ufed, Gen. 1. y.Hefeparated. Our Churches denied by the Anabaptists to be true (hurches, and that yri fi bath any Church commu- nion with us. pag. 96. Children of believers are truely and really under the Covenant, fo far as itg r es t (p#£. 99.) though it be w:t fulfilled to them all in the utmo(t extent of it : how t*>er they are really covenanted and engaged to fulfil tie Pwenint made in their behalf* Chil- The TMe. Children have many benefits by that Covenant of grace, pag. ioo. There are pr omifes for grace and to grace, pag 1 04. & I05. That Coven4nt\nade with ? Abraham was a Cove- nant of life eternal , fo ivtierfisit find, Thomas or Mary j or this or that child Jh all rife to glory ? yet hj virtu- of th.u Covenant adeleth children rife to ever- lafting Itfe, or el/e th \y rife not at ill We have but a-* inference for it , yet inch as Chrifl himfelf approveth of. Mar. 22- 92. Act 9. 22. ffv^iS;^ > ^. , Collins te- Itimoniis detaonllrans. Ifozsa. How the yr)?mfes are made to thefyiritval feed, and what it is to be horn after the flefh. Dag. I I I . A 1. I % . $ % He hath- fulfilled to' us their chil Iren. Fanatici qui- dem omniaad allegprias tranentes, nullamhic gene- ris fed 'blius fidei rationetn habehdafr? lbmrinnt : taliautem commento facramdei tbedus exinaniaht ; utidicitur, Erodeus cuus& femi.iistm : at tola fides j[iriquiunt)eftquaBefficit AbrahgGiios. Esp nutem contra excipio, qui Abrahz iiln nafcuntur leaned am carijeiiij ipirituales qiipq; cenferi dd frlios, mil pro- fanefcanc. Ecfi hxrtditar/a/uit pofteiis Abrahx. vit^promiiTic, multos tameriprivavit fua incredu- litas. Calv. in A ft. 13. 35. Children of fromife arefttch as were born to Abra- ham according topromifty therefore all Ifaac his feed {even Ejatt) though children cfthefieiJ?, were chil iren of the promi/e. paoe 1 1 3. Which pr omifes were made conditionally with Ifmael & Ifaac' s carn.il feed 3 but , eft f.b lifted upon Ifaac and his elc 11 fit 'J onely. The Table. Jer. 31.34. From tbel^ft,~\ it cannot bereftrain- edto the elettfeed. page 1 1 5. Third Argument is taken from CircHmcifion. See how far we may Argue from Analogic page 1 17. Circumcifon a type of baptifm in three reacts. m whjCircumcifon on the eighth day adminiprcd. pave 122. Andwhjrefiraineitom*les.p.ll%-- F Either Circumcifionwas a (el of the Covenant of grace, or elfe that Covenant had nofeal at all annexed to it, which is not to be imagine.1. Fourth Argument, Chillren are ™">^ s6 [ tht Church, therefore to be baptize', Bph-5,*/ Thathe might fanSlify the Church by thewafiung °f™f: That they ire membrs , fee it lately proved from Rom. 1 1 . page n n. where the Apofe frkt of the ■vifble Churth of the Jews cut of with their children aidfo to be uingrafted. Rom. U.I * . ?•*'£$* away, but he netercaft aw,y realms, <^^ par of the invifible Church. Rom. ll. T. »M laftaLy? &c. Neither cantheyfiy, ^M* broken of for unbelief feeing that i^rd.ngtothe JoarinoftbetAnabaptiflsj they are not capable ei- ther of belief or unbelief: Therefore as chddre < are brok'i off for the unbelief of their parents :f>are tbej r^rlftllby their faith. W Calnm mphcem m- They cannot befdi to be cut off from the Covert of vporkl.f age ill. of The Table. Of Cue h children is the kingdom ofbeaven y therefore enchurch-d.p 133 "Filii regni fi non filii regis. "Trofegion of faith not efentialto baptifm. fag, 1 3 8, At we fee in Paul. Aft. 9. Fifth Argument j Some children^are believers , therefore to be baptised. Mat. 1 8. 5. p. 1 39. Children have faith in heaven, fag. 141. Sixth Argument, t^s Abrahams houfe was cir- cumcifed, fo are whole houfes under the new Teftament baptized, and that upon the account of the faith of the par era. By ( houfe) is meant children throughout ; therefore we fay children were baptized. Lydia was baptized and all the children of her houfe. Aft. 16. 15. page 143. The jailor w&i baptized "toith all the children of his houfe, as the Syiac renders the word. Aft. 16. 3 3. He rejo.ved with all his houfe^ he having believed. So the Gntl^veri. 34. Families, a* families , are made the precedent for that adminiflration. Children are included in the parents, pag. 146. Aft. 1. 14 with tlttir wives and children. Vetuftifli- mus meus codex addit Tcavoi$. Beza, Seaventh Argument, Infants are capable of the grace of b.ptifm therefore of baptifm it fe If . Cant. 7. Thy navel, &c. page 151. Uk. The Table. life. xA difuafivefrom „<4nabaptifm. Firfi, Bccaufe it's not the way of god, for it's not of G 'ods planting. Inio zsi) gum. pave 159. Secondly , It s not of Gods watering It hath been watered by the foot of man as Egypt , but not by the dew of heaven as Canaan. In 11 Arg.page 167. ERRATA. j Age e. I'm? 28. read, baptizing and dou/ing or <&& p 9. / $. r. f>r dipping fake? p. i\. mar. for Jerulhalaifii r. Jcmflia* i:.un. /;• if. /, I '■./*. president r. precedent- p. il.l.'iuf- hut r. being, p. 30, /.2T. r. it atlca-ft; till- />. 3 $• UiSdde) andl.iB* /"".generations.) />. 3 8 1.6- f.elcdr.fced p 42 L z.f. were r. was. >• 44 /» 13, yC brethren >-. child; en, p. 45. /. *6 .'/ it »\ that- p. 67. / r w.-?^;. r. Gen 1 5.18. /> 707,1 i/.intor". in to.p 79 /.za.?\tor. /.S$. ■'. io/thoie>" thdc p.%7 -l 24. f. Sothatr.But./'.ioz /.2$. /. athfiiigiVa thing. 0.107. ^^ . f.nagnorr. nagnar. p 1 13./.25. ; . thefe are determined p 1 16. / 3 r. faints, /y/?. 3. 26? /;. 117. /. 5c. -/.r^. r, whkrlaw />. 1 1 8. '.^.f cet emonioiu 1. ceremonial. &l i4«/^a>. an.p.i 19/ 20,/. Mechech r.Mefbech p.n6 /. 1 o. /•. rhefetorethe^ are fono.v. p. 134 /. 20 /. invihbie members r. vifible <£*', *W /. 29. rfe/e it. p. 14c Ln-dekArs, & 14 2. /. 18. i . again 2nd again, p. r 44. 1, i.m^g.f- utrilias r.ut ti'ius. ^.^7. 17. ^ la'.Mi '-.I ahem, p. 148./.2. f. of the facriheing of Abel r. of Abel facritfeing- f- 150. m irg.f. Judicio r. InJicio. p. 151./. 1. rfc/e f^me. /;.s 64 /•&,/! omns f. omnes.p Y$^.l.\'i > .f.i\£*ctt.i(f t. rinlvou ■;-J p. 66 ' zpf-dtTciti' difcct.fl. 1*9 / l>r. in'etoi thole. />. 175;. /.io /».ir^/.dejecl:useftr.dejedusefle. i p. 176.LiQ.dcU they. THE (') THE X ' MEANING OF THE Word, [jeapt&f] Acts i; "v. gfSl Then [aid \>Qitt Mtb them, Repent and be baptized every one ofyoH+ in the name of J eiiis Chri#, &c 9 Y cr the promiftisto you and to your Children, and to alt that are afar off, even to as many as the Lord our Godjh all call. Hen the day of Pcntecoft was fully come, (vcrf. the i . ) they were all with one accord mone* ^Wn; S >v^.a^ place , anfl llicl- iuTo , every word fpeaks u- .denly chere ap- ***?■ peared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it ?ate* upon each of them; /this J- wasmisconftnicdbyfbmc of /T^T ^" 1M "^ the by-(tanders , who were at f cc u& lingu* fidSt , it fat©. Aa this time dwelling at Ierufa- Waifm. This noteth Unity: ,. ■ '_. c J though their tongue* were /pw, devout Men or every Na- cloven* as noting the ttriety tion under heaven , «pcfting £^SMggR£ the coming or the Meffia* ; a&uatin£ them ; for they to whom many Profelytes of ggSZtCS"** the Gentile/, that had cmbra- k^ito 7n\vp*tftsit«*>™e A 4 ced (0 ^w>; (< StM. ^ the Sfbu ced thz lewifo Religion, fov- £flve them to foa\ ^po:hc±ms, i #1,.™*/!.,- t* i r (dwtis) senantioui!/. ned tnemielves. To tbefe joyntly both lews and Gen. ti/jy Peter, as the mouth of the reft, ipeaks. (r^ >»*>« efjudxa , and all j e that dwell at Jerufalem v. 5.) Thefe both /*»>/ and Gentilct being pneked in their hearts , Veter exhorts to repent. In the Text you have an Aniwer to the Queftion propounded v. 37. Wherein you have a double ex- hortation, fir/t to repentance, fecondly to baptijm. 1. Repent ye, faith the Apoftle, ye that are adult, who had an hand in crucifying the Lord jeius. As he that hath a precious treaiuie, locks it up , and turns the key again and again to make all lure : So the A- poftle (though they were pricked in their hearts, yet) he exhorts them to repentance again , that To there might be a thorough work. 2. Let every one of yon. In the Greek it is 'imsos v{xZv€oczj1i£htc\ The former duty enjoyncd was in the fecond perfon, repent ye : this latter in the third, ##d let every one of you (that is, you and yours) b§ Grammiicamiwi*M*Mt baptized: as admitting of a mofa. Tarn. greater latitude than the fbrm- r^.m m» £ra* rnwa j»a er * fcit. that of repentance , «a Dj\Sn d^i* onnn \w ^ v hicb Children were not ca- Noti ejt vi lege vcl unica lmtra> it r L a qui non nuximi mmites yai- pa Die Or , as they Were not &«l iwpmaKcbtxu guilty of that hai nous aft of crucifying the Lord of Life. I wave the former, and (hall onefyfpeak to the latter, Let everyone of J oh (that is, you and yours, young and old) be baptized. Which is the meaning of the Apoftle, as appears by L ' the* (3) the Argument by which be enforceth tlic exhortation, which is taken hom the Promiieor the Covei antffor thole terms are equipollent ) which > dith the Apo- itlc, is to you and to your Children; to you lews and Pi Oieiyx'S already called , and to the Gentiles which arc afar o'lr, when called, and to their Childien ; for there is the like reaibn to them, ( as Proiclyies and their Children) elfc to what purpefc fliould he bring this Medium [^ tor the promifeis co you and to your Children ] lo back the exhortation, £ and let every one cf you be baptized ] it' Children were not in- cluded in that command > Which would render the ApofUcs Argument altogether inadequate to his f cope and purpofe ; but if wc include them , the Argumentation is compretaenfive of its end, and cor- respondent to its fcope. So that the Conclusion from hence, is this, That to baptize the Infants of Believers, is an Or- dinanceofJti\\$Chu{\. Firit, Jet me {hew you what this baptizing is, and then give you the grounds of the Point. i fcirft, It is a warning of a believer, or Child of a believer •> with water , by a Minifter of Chrift , in or into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoit. i. I fay it is a wafhuig, becaule the word properly fo iignifies; whether it be by dipping into, or pouring on of water ; sprinkling or wetting of the body. Dan. 4.30.* And his bodie was wet * ^ **$ «£ J[^ a u <£ tys T 5 wth or from the dew of h ttoth^/^jv, ere. Tabics or bed> are waflied by affuiion ( r pouring on of water, rather tftaii immer- iv. n or dipping : For if the cups and platters had been dipped, then the infide had been clean a' well as the ciithdc. In the 2. v> the Pharifees eat notunhis thej waft ; compared with Luke 11.38 * Its not pro- , ■••■■; <> ., bable that the Pharif.es as of- Mi u fund n l if %7 a (rib* ten as they came from market, ikibtis/u;^n:aitm 1 ».mi ( whether it feems they went a^ifLne fim 'dbitx lawuit, m r r \ r f i £/& ta* t/to j^ftfifla. often, tor they were inch as lo- jhusf/i^poittedwacron vec | oreetines in the market- k^ik^Vttitw^ob digi- places; plunged ihemfelves nmawumekva&kicm- over head aid cars, before . •..-..;; coufrhtatim&Kt frm La. they did eat any meat. Heb. %. vcL.baqxx as wdl as othcrvuie» for Heb. 9. 12. that f. nnUi'ag t' e Apcftle a -es a fpecic of the former \\ alhrng. Thus iaiih the Lord, Ezeks 3$ • 2 tJwitl pOHT (5) pour clean rvater upon you. Yea, what Was the ba-\ puirnof iheHoly Ghoit, Ahls i. 2. Tift the pouring j ouc of the Holy Ghoft ? which is oppofcd to John's Baptizing with water. And thciefbre 1 lay, that though \vc (hould grant ( which they cannot eafily pfov«) that they went into the water 111 thoie hot C.ouhti jcf, ibmc.imcs as convcniencie fervcd : ye;; its not ncceffa- rily concluded from the text that they were dipped, but that the water was caft upon them rather than they Gift into the water, according to the cuftorn yi , iome Countries to this day. Th us the water wag K p oured on the Ar k , 1 Pet. 3. 2 I . t he like figure or antitype w'hereiinto^ apciim doth now favc us : HacT the Ai k been dipped intHeTwater, a i die world in pro- bability had been drowned. Yea this pourmgof wa- d tcr upon the party baptized doth better reicmBlFihe application orthe blond of Chrift, w j iish is ratftcrdbrig by applying it to us, through the Spi rit 3 th an ouxjip" plying our fdves to xt. ■;> There are ".wo words put for dipping, €c» , syfo and J\wq 5 the former fignifies a T , dipping more light and over- & 1 * z6 J"**** 1 ly, but never ligmhes to go to trie bottom or the water ; the other a plunging or covering the whole body underwater. Theie aredi-^ ftinguifticd each from other, Exod. 15.4, 5. nom- rfjffow e.'j £vSz\'. This difference did che Greek wri- ters make between baptizing or doufin?, ande'afting under water; expreiTing by baptizing to be in the water as a boitle or fhip, that is fcldom or never o- ver whelmed. This appears plainly tobs their mean- A 3 ing, (6) ing, by the ancient Oracle of the Athenians, * 'AmU Cx-jfi.ln , JbMm ft rot * 5?w: '^J.,Ba- * Eera in Mattrmim. . n \ • t ptize or wain him as a bottle in water, but cio not drown him. The primitive word fix-crfa fignifies to touch the water gently, Z#^ I p 2 4« where the top of the finger is put upon the water, thee Is baptiiin ; the finger then nuy be fa'd to be bapti- zed when the top of ltonely is dirped. Therefore it is rcmirkable 3 that when ever the N>w Testament hatll occafion to cxpreis the act of dipping , ltuieththe * it whh um tun n;ch,Lhm word fia;gffo ,neVer ^pa^Ti^: ex quo quam ad quid junwitur. g ut w h Cn cV e r \l hath OCCafl- ^tqniiuu For the denva- , . , -,. rives are often of a larger OH tO exprels tile lacred aCU- .fenfe than the primitive*. Qn f Bapcifm > it uftth the ivordCtf-srPa. Phi. I0I77. They that go down to the Sea m fitps Tee the wooers of the Lord. Is the (hip plunged all over, or are they under the water in the fhip? So I fay,a man may go into the water, though he do but jtf- dltats. E^.4CJA. Add U theft 1 Cor. 1f.29.Bife wh n fballthey do that an baptized (J&iT^AWOi ) for the dead? Which words cannot imply dipping, whether - you interpret them, firft, of wafhing the bodies of the *8ead, Afts 9. &c ; fecondly, oit^vJcar'-umbaftif^ 1 ma , as Tertullian calls it, "when they wcre£a^uz£d !/ over th^s^iiWpsor graves of ch fii^lsljiUt ^ ' beim bapdzed^Or , tnirdty, as Calvin 9 Qfor the dead 3 that is , pro ijs qui jam mortui cenfentur* et q'-eri- MlvmbaptsfmHrnfeteiArtiixe ante m'graa'ritex hoc mundo (7) 1 mundo qtiam nbmtn Chifio dedijfent. Now what j probability is there that iiich fick perfons fhould be plunged in the Water ? Obj. Cbrtft was baptized into I or dan, when he was tbirtteyearj of age. An}, i. Ianlwer, he was baptized or wafhed at thirty years of age to aniwer the type, Exod. 19.4, F or at that time the Priefts were warned, when inital- led in their Office. - - -TTjp=>2. We fay, that this was in the infancie of baptifm, ^ though Chrift was no infant, for baptiiiii mas newly inmtuted. 3 . In, 01 into in Scripture 7 vhtt 9 ' % «-4** lit t&> «*- phrafe are confounded. As SS&^wSSS/ -L*kz II. 7. Io^S.26, & 11. p. as appears by the Word. * 4T Though we admit that tranflation, that Chriit came om of the water , yet is it not did that he came from under the water. * == ^P& Obj. In jour pouring on of water or fprinkpKgipart onetieofthe bodie is rvafbed. Anf Mar. 7. 5 , the Pharhees are faid to be ba- ptized , though their hands onely were waflicd ; and the Jews are faid jo be circumc ifcd, though one part onely were circum dfed. Naaman was bidden go walh. Therefore bythe word LjSaz&f/VaTO Co rendered in the LXX, I underftand he wafhed in the river J or- , dan, according to the *command *tf «/; xvhk^fignigesnos given him by the Prophet. J 5 *^ but t0 wait Obj. Rev. 19. 13. Their garments dipt in blond, An. If you compare it with Ifa»6^ 2, you will find A 4 no fio difference ) thejexc in Rev, ip, being but an o xe- g efi$ oi jfa. 63 . for £ut - pafs, & are iblemnly admitted Clipped. jmo the Church of God •> ^ By th< , wa ^ohferVC, that they who deny confluences, make iifejpf them themfeives; but blcfled is he which_condemncth not j^imfelf in the thing which he alloweth. But to let this pais, I anfwer, That John bavins multitudes coming to him, might well fek a place where he and his Diiciples might at once be employed; and the mul- titude might better hear his Sermons , and fee the Or- dinance adminiitered, than if performed under the fha- * „ A dine; banks of Jordan. * The mfanvfaid. many waters. p n - / r , , , . reaion amgnca from the aeptn ofihe water, feems very unrcafonable ; for an adjunct equally common to dive:fe fubjofts, cannot be the formal (9) formal rcaibn of the wills determining it f^lf to one of chofc iubjc&s. Is it ienie ( jtftig yc) that John fhould leave Bethabara,, where its certain much water was, to baptize in iEnon, on this fole account and mo- tive, becaufe there was much water forjf dipping fake? He might have lbught for a deep , and needed not feck many waters. D r Worth. 2 . In lbme places they were much put to ic for W r ant of water. 3. /Enon is found by Travelers to be very mallow 4. Suppole they weqt into the waters , it cannot be hence concluded that ail did • for -how unfit was it for Paul with his lores to go Mnt. 3. 16. ^™ abluat , guam quantum cjuify; comc&at komedat; Aa) ^a.i«to . f . the word fignifies to drown ; tual union we have with him mifed to be with them to the if "when a CGmparifon IS WU' ?J&Z%$&$* ling w go with usa mile, g will no more drown the world com pel g tO gO twain , wh] ^fa^SSSi^^o? fhould they not continue un i-«iM-3- der the water, as Chrift die in the_grave , three days together. 4. To conclude^ I do not Relieve that Chrift hatl tied all Nations univerfallyfo that; which is, i. S< dangcrpu (II) . I dangerous to health and life , as we fee it in many ; and therefore it might admit of a difpenfation though it Were prccifely commanded. 2. So inejcpedient o- n therwiic , for faith the Apoftle , 1 Cor. 1 1. The wo. men mttfi have a vail bzeaufe of the Angels^ lcaft they by any uncivil carriage be offended • and is there not a great refpeel: to r • „ An *Thus many words are ufed in Serf- be given to mooefty pcure in adoub ie rente, m vomica and civi licy in theie ca- Lev ' J - 2, ex wiwfoe «#& 2 ckr th n Solomm fetcht hls g°w from the * „-, r -r 1 ' Eaft and Weft 7«Jiei. Thus fmtibalaim lherejbre I rather in the dual number, becaufe the Citic judge the word fisnifies had two v P a r rcs >.^ f *> * 2 ; /-*k* 2*, ° f ,. ° n 6 z Kaipoc iignines dear and dumb, and Overly tO dip or wain fo in th i s place* for if Zvlunfo haJ Ly Way cf atfufioil) noc been dea *" >. what need had they to J 1 / . L make figns to him ? So that we fee, one and tEKit eitil-T Way an d -he fame word may admit of diverfe may be ufed, efpecial- fw fi /^ u ? s u in £?&™.$* CQ > a ^ &* «r^- , -. , * r . intended by the Holy Ghoft, v X f " ly m h t Countries y but nek her of them neceffarily enjoyncd. We have noxv fbewed you how the word is ufed in Scripture, and ether heathen authors; and may we net at length retort, That he that knoyffith not what this word QlSaptiJfc] fignifieth, and confe- quently what it is to baptize, is no justifiable Mini* fter of jefns Chrift. But this is Argumentum ad ho- mh:em. Thus much for the word 6oetfff£tf. Secondly 5 I fay baptifm is a wafting with water? ^^8.36. -here is water, faith the Eunuch) thztf foie they are much too blame that deny this. Thoic in AUs 10 had as much of thefpirit as any have, or ever c i» ) ever will in this life, and yet were baptized; yea, Chrift himfelffubrnkteth t'6 rhi's Ordinance, fay(ng f ! "3J >t Thjit hhehoveth us to fui 'fill all rigbn'oufnef^ arid did exper ience 1- e fruit of jit ; there being fuch a gloriou s" prefence at the^ebratio n^of that Ordinan ce,_as_jiever •was vouchfafed tqany before or fi n ee : Though there was no (kfc& of any grace in him , required or him • j , Li his former ftaTe 5 yet a greate r nieafure_of the fpi rit, /( was poured forth upon him, upon his baptifm in ca- ll deftoKs miriftery. __' . " ■ t Thirdly", It is the warning with water by a law-, T ' ' full Minifter. * Matt. 28. 19. * Opartet nos bipn'mum de mam ~ - , _ . . *— , C hamims non. aliicr fufcipere, tptim UOTe and teach all V/lUonSyVa- £S$rtX""'- lj**fe**» &c. Suehasare chrifiuittonbapti^jit Joh.4. commimoned to preach, are quirpiam idea fe /attains bapi- aUtHOrlZed tO paptlZe , tnoie zatuputara,quod amimftrj fat- having a command, have a iMfjpi*;**. _ FOmife a ifo annexed,^ of Chrifts fpecial prefence to be with them ro the end of the world. But he that hath no fuch Commiilion cannot challenge any intereft in that promife ; i here- fore the baptiim of private men, and fuch as are hoc jry called to the work of the miniftery, is a meer nullity* Though there was the matter and form of baptifm • The efficient eaufe is eficntiai in that o$ Athanafa, namely, aotheconftkunon of the ef- a child baptizing other chil? fee*, in fome thines. , 1 ° , < 9&dfiv*bapjm M oproferM- dren ; yet there wanting a & nr? itnpurumosipfaticHsnov l aw;m ll inftrument authori- quod ab ma yromaxiaw , My, e zed to the work , the baptiim mm t$ <£ >&*£ tmiim. is no baptifm ; and therefore in that cafe, fuch as were baptized by him were to be ieba- in) rebaptized. I fey then by alawfuU Mir.ilter, For abilities are not lufficiejit to authorize any for the publkk dlfpenfing of the word ordwar'Iy, unlefs they be proved and approved rirft, and lb let aparC<=^K! to the work of the Miniitery, 2 Tim. 3.10. Let the fe aftjfirfi fcp oved, and then htthcmuf: the Offset of a Deacon. Mind the word dfo 5 ( for there is much divinity tn conjunctions as well as pronouns ) which Word implies that Minifters are .firft to be tried , and fo fee apart to the work, ( as appears by the I, and 2 verfts y where he f; e*ks of a bifhop cr Mini'lter) Alls 13.3. before they take tha: calling upon them. e =^p vL^Chrjit himfeif (thar was Letter qualified for the Office of 3 Mediator, than all the Angels in heaven sttid inert on earth, yet ) duift not undertake it till he m s called as Aaron, Htb, 5,4. As the Father fine me, faith Chiift, fo I fend you 5 Chri(t had his Com-trx iiii.Vn d from hh father, as the Apofties had their Com-^Jlr r Con from him. ■ \^S *H§ L> No doubt but Butchers and others might tave as rnuth skill co kill the facrifice as thePriefts had, buc^-^ that was no warrant for them fo to do. * c..y ^ Co ah with his hundred andfiftv Princes, famous in the congregation, men of renown, and (a- it feems) well reputed o r among the people; rofe up .^airft Moies and Aaron, fayjng, Ye take too rnuehupon yon, feeinj ali the Congregation is h oly". making no dilution between Mofes; , Num 26 J^ a ^ t ^^4 Avr.jn, and the *reltor the areforafigruoaiicochisvc- <- Ccna~.o at j cn# Therefore_ ry ***'__ they UiurpedthePrietts office. ; But upon this the Lord ... ._. 04) Lord appears., and .makes fucha diftinftiort between them and the PricftSj as never was made before ; ; tor * ftini.o. 'UU tbitcamebefm &? eaVCn °p elle( * M mOUth me are Woes and Robbers. Ob- and fwalloWcd them up. Now ierve, he doth noc fay chey • - n n u . - were , but they are. God ie i" any IhOllid pre end til! S looks at fuch as Thieves and is an Old "feitament * Proof; Robbers in hell lotbis very , -. * , - , ; r Jl )'. day, thai ran before they were the ApcitlC J Udc tells }'OU Ot feik - ,, the like in the New Teira- ment, They perifhedjn the gainfaying of Corah > ludi ti. Whence obferve, _ _ __. :r~*»Firit, there were in Jude's time iiich as denied the office of the Miniftery. _ Secondly, the hand of God wasfignally on them, T r „ . fc=K/-"As private men may not In fome cafes private men v i i.'i i \-r "A t ^ i may; i. In time ofneceffity, publlCKly dlfpenfe the Word, when there is no other means j n n ordinary Way i fo Hei- to.be had. Or, 2. In times of . J J _" *•» Pcrfccucion, when the ordina- tner may tn^y admmifter the rydoreofenterauceisfhut; as c„„l e L-Jri trt m UJ^L r^KT/i appears in that inftance of **&* \? r .I° Wnom_Chrift w aldus Rev, 14. a Merchant gavecommiluon to preach, to y Ly ^ them gave he commhTiorftS baptize, an3 to them onely, Mat. 28.. Go Viand teach ■^j* all nations, baptiz-infrthem, %LC.j4*d lo I am vvith you allvvaies to the end of the world. We have ( blcffed be God ) a command , ^and a promife of his t=? presence ; they have nojiich command, and therefore I verily believe'thcy find littieofthe prefenceof G~od in their adminiftraaons , either for converlionor 0^ therwife; I am fare they^cannotch^llenge much at the hand of God; For had Ifent them ( f aithjhs »Lo"r d y Jer. 2 $ . ) they should have profited this people , bad they (toTd inmj couiicel, and not ran before they were (i5) ; vverefent, (running away, as he {aid^ with thecmp-^ y care ) they should have turned them from their* WU waits. , As for our Pardobaptifin, if it have nothing of Gods tppointment y neither administrator, matter, form, ight fubje&, nor end, fifrdy God would not own iC c =rp] is he hath from heaven many a time and often. _ Obj. Ananias , -^tf/Q. 10. bang a Disciple, ba-c^r—^ tiled. _ ^ Ianfwer, i. He had a fpecial command forthebapti-<=^nr ing ot'Pauf, l e ; them (he~w the like prefident.Iud.<5.2o. iff.'r thou. Thus the command made it kwfull, which ynhoiit a fpecial command had ce£nunlawfull7 c= ^lTf~ - L^Sc^condly , If appears by the Ecclefiaftical Scory^^ ejwa* a Mimfter of JefuS * S eeCom aL ap .inAa 9 . thrill, *and io indeed this Firftoneof/oDifdpies^f- ^ord CDjfcifle] inhebrew ^*^«?**tf*- 5 put for a teacher. <: S^^ %TO0 "^^Thus much for the third head. Fourthly, It is the warning wkh water, in, oF itojhenameof the naaae of the Father, Son, and foly Ghoft. Atts j 9. v. When they heard this^ they vere bap tized i n the name ofth t L ord ] efus. ^-^-^j^j I will not deny but that there being an error in the^^^ oundation, there may be a rebapcization ; it is very robable to ibme,that thofe Difciples were baptized of '**/, feeing that thsy v. ere not baptized into the ime of the Holy Ghoft. I. They being asked whether they had received &•«=*" Holy (i6) p* Holy Gboft , * that is,' the gifts of the Holy Glofr ; * Though others take k in ah- Tc c v a nfwered > t i 1 c y k ne w not other fisnie, far f..b. 7«ao Tfce ,„i 'i - i - t^"? MyGtofr™ law fgiven) wiietrier there were an idojy is added to the text. ' Ghoft or no ; which: l\3frds Ambrofias ■'am: dlos adultri- • - , , ._ — - . .. nobtiuvixufouTmbich^fci imply tne exiftenccior iubli- folwmiu nanxamia&n quam [\ence O' the third Per fan in ford'uiiiw. -. t ^^^ — ^ Sep Mac. Mwfczahch . Deo- 1 rmitie. ^*s~& dac. Erg. Kih':U\t ii.z'crln: , cur n ,n o'uecfe Lucas /c Pa uh t/.y/u exiftetot- musj nam quod .id paitkulfoiUasgracds atiinet ^ & /«, /SfywW « Scrip a.d /ejifKr «« /us» Jz«< Ji fitbjequsntii a SI fine ^iv fr&ffme Rom 3 2. and io. I. Col 2' I7.Lek It- 99* Aft. u. 'axsawric ot TM'TCnav'^ctTUP. etUmetifAt tmtyJctffef-il'&lvkc. Quere, whether many ^drniniihators in thefe days, deny yot the iccond and third peribns in Tuiu;y. 2. Thole were Jews, now many of the Jews did not rightly imderltand the do&rine ofthe Trinity. 3 . It appears by the queftion Paul propounds.- z>cr. 31. Unto what then were ye baptized ? Now no man is baptized into the gifts of the Holy Choir , bur inio 'the Holy Ghoilbimfclf. 4. If that new interpretation be admitted , there is a tautologie ; for who doth not by the words go- ing before (John verilte baptized with the b apt t(m cf repentance^ ^.4.) underftand that they were al- ready baptized by j ohn, v. 3.4. To what purpofc then (hould he fay in the 5 v % Whin they heardthis , they were baptized into the name of 'the Lord leftu} Calvin feeing the force of this Argument, faith , They were baptized with extraordinary gifts of the Holy gbolt. But chat is expreft in the w r ords following, when Pwl laid his hands on them. 5. That interpretation overthrows the grammati- cal feme of ihe word?? and terns to render them voidi o (if* of common fenfe ; for the words fpoken by Faults them, are in the fecond perform whereas thefe words [** hey were baptized in the name of the Lord Jefitt^ are, fpoken in the third perfonj Therefore cannot be the words of Taulto them, bitt of Luke concerning; them-; elfe the Apoftle would have faid £ when ye; heard this~\ and not as we have them \jvhen thej? "heard thts^\ Befides it's fomewhat harfh to make the people whom John baptized, and thole twelve Difci- ples of: Epbeftit the fame perfons : For the pronouns the j -and they in the 4 and 5 verfes, upon that fuppo-; fition that both are Paul's "words, cannot be under- stood but of the fame perfons, ( as is well alledged by fomej Therefore thele words £ when they kear& this~] mult be taken astheworus of Inks, not o£ Pant; importing the baptifm of thefe Difciples up- on the preaching of Paul, and not of John. 64 The Apoftle, tAtt. 19 4, doth plainly declare* Thac John , when he baptized , did fay that they fhould believe in him that ihould come after him 3 which Taxi interprets to be meant of Chrifl: Jefus. Bat if John had baptized in the name of the Lord Je- fus explicitly, Why did not In this fcnle fome under- that he baptized them, faying erred kl Fundamentals. unto them , that they fhould believe in him that ihould come after him? Whofoever therefore (hall deltroy the foundation, denying the Trinity and de«* praving the form or bapufm , their baptifm is in* valid. B Thus 08) Thus much or the Definition. We pa r s from the definition to the Arguments for Infant-baptifm. The firft Argument is taken from the com in and of Chrift , Cjo and ail ci pie all na- tions y baptising them in the name of the Father ,&C. i. By nations is meant Men , Women and Chil- dren , which are a great part of nations , andmuft needs be included in the command ; for when Da- vid exhorteth all people and nations to praife the Lord, he afterwards explains himfelf, Toung men and maiden s y oldmen andchiUren> let them praije the name tfthe L >rd> Tfalm 148.11,12, 13. 2 . We know when the nation of the J ews were made Difciples and circumdfed , their Ch ildren a lfo were made Diicipies , that is fuch a* were admitted into iC hriujs Scho ol 5 for a child is accounteJFicho- IaTtEerlrlOay ol his admilfion ; and fuch did Chrift undertake to teach, non quia dottier ant fedutdotti ejfsnt ; difcipling being not of perfons already taught, but that they might be taught. 3 . In the words of the text, all nations are oppo- Ccd to that reftridtion of it to the Jews ; the com- xr.iffion of the Apoftles being enlarged as to the gen* tiles; therefore Childre n are included in it , as they were formerly'. * "V. ~~x,j ■ rv v > m 4 *Godipeaksof ticitkr, UdcomKlmfubifiounivcrfalicm- nations UniVCTlally , unnuhc^r. Vel, fofito mo gemali, fars an( J m vcs no reftwint, eiHsncgariuo»iUbet. y . * no determination or limitation unto any fex or age j therefore all are in- cluded. ^ . frit's (19) ^ 5 . It's a national difpcnfation , and from a natio- nal difpeniation no inure fpecies ever was exem- pted. 6. The ""manner of the Jews was to baptize the Children of Jews and Profe- ; A ftiangcr that is dfCumcU lytes. JEx. iq. 8» they were all fed (faith Msmmkks) and not **pWor walM.Thus Gen. *5**2££it£gi 3 5. 2. Jacob Cailfed the WO- Prolelyte till he be both cu- men and children to be bapti- cumcilcd *"* bapaxed Zed : for baptifel Or Wafhing And in the Talmud (as Mr. ■■ ■ • 4 1 ■ ° Lidnfcut obferves ; the/_b*^ among the Jews was a known pt^jmieonesj b^Tfie ap- Rite, folemnly ufed among gg 1 ^"*" 1 '° n ^ r t - °j tfift -^ ' , ' ~ . J . . . . -o The hebrew gloTTupon the them tor the initiating Ot place faith, ifhehavenota Jews and Profelytes into the fe- her . ' u and M^Sed 6 «/. / - che child to b e Prolelytea . Covenant. - ; » Therefore .the theV Taptlze"'him 7'becaufq manner and form ot baptilm g^SS^** With the iubjecT thereof , be- Hence it is that a Jewjth ingweliknown tothejews, $^§^0: they enquire not of John con- ~ ; ;~ cerning thofe things, tuhn 1 . 25, but oncly queftion his comrriflion. This Jewifh cuftom Chnft turns into an Ordinance , that he might quietly ufher it into the Wu**J, not exprelsly mentioning the chil- dren, but including them in the general j the right of children to the Seal being granted , and not at alf queftionedbythem. Thus then I argue, Nations difcipled are tO;be baptized, But the children of believers are a part of Nations difcipled : Therefore , Scc Mau IO- 42 ^ f . ^ they are to be baptized .*T hat where thcte term* axe coa- they are called dilcipiesSfcap- foundcd ' . B 2 pears ir '} (20) J>earsby A&s 1 5 10, why tempt ye gbd te put a j ok* Tnponthe neck^ of the difciples f All they upon whofe 'jneck' they would have layd this_yoke_gre difciples. EiTTthey would have put this yoke of circumcifion upoifcKildren: Therefore children in the fenfe of the Holy Ghoft arehere call ejjifcipTcs. Mind v. 1. Except y e be circumcife d after the manner of Mofes ye cannot befaved ; thole words, after the manner of Ulfofes, include all Males whether young pr old. tAbl. 21.21. with v. 2 5 . and 6. 1 4. Thofe Myri- ads or many-ten-thoufands were informed , That Paul taught the Jews among the Gentiles to forfafy See utiL**. 4, $. Fmdinzdif- M °f< S > [ a jH */>? *% 0H l ht dpks — they all bright t* on out not to circumcife their chit- tmv, vitb W*Kt and children, j . l f U pi ^prcr^ll him Where wives and child: en are dren » DUI l nC « a W tCU mm, included under thenotien of as touching the Gentiles that . llcl P es# believe , we have written and concluded that they obferve nofuch thing, that is, that their children fhould becircumcifed ; for the rela- tive (toiStsi) muft needs be referred to the 21 verfe, where he mentions the circumcifion or Children, Obferve then he faith, we have written and concluded^ which words refer to oAlls 15 23, The Apoflles^ El- ders cfr Brethren fend greetings to the Brethren which are of the Gentiles. It appears that the queftion was concluded as concerning the Gentiles and their chil- dren, (and not the Jews children) called there ^D//- cip/es. The Apoftles and Elders wave the queftion as concerning the Jews children, for as yet the Jews were not able to bear it, *Atts 6 14 . but they deter- mine that the Gentih's fhould not circumcife their children, children, orobferveany of thofc ceremonial Rites ; fave onely thac they abftainfrom things (trangled, and fornication, from things offered to idols, and from bioud. ' So that it is as dear as the Sun, that by I Pn^iplev^ f 2. Children are (uch as doBelongTo Chrift, there- fore they are Difciples of Chriil ; for to belong to thrift, and to be a Difcipk , ^ %^^\ qnt or Cnriit, is all one in icn- mmvymfo'sg* fdfaevxya. r>f rer>hrni'e AJst in m Aiat* 10 $%y*Whofoeverfhall ChryC in Mat. 10. Hm"m give a c ftp of cold water td one ^ apid J ni »J \ m fbm *f ifoefe little OneS , &C m Thefe b*c Chryfcftomi, fed et tAwmi are diftinguifiicd from Pro- j f^!^*r^|?? phets and righteous men, but called Difciples. 3. They are fuchas Chrift undertakes to teach. If a. J4 1 3, all thy children (hall be taught of the Lord] ler. 3134, they Jhallall know me from the left to the greatefty that is young and old. This promifeis ap- ply cd (John 64$.) unto the people of God in the new Teftament, whom the Lord doth engage to teach and incline their hearts to believe in him, Obf Itisfaid, Goteach(Mat.i%) and then ba- ptize , that is, fay fome, fuch as are made Difciples by the teaching of men* Anf j . We deny that it's neceflary they fhould be taught of men berore they be baptized; *P*/*/was not taught by man when he was baptized by Ana* *i** ; it's fufficient to us that the Lord engages to teach us and our children. 2. In fcripture we fay there is no priority or pen B 3 ftcrioritjf (J2) in Script*** HOHdjtvrpius fteriority; therefore from the & rfirt*. priority fimply the argument ,ss not conclave : But "if they will argue hence, That j they muft'Srft be taught by men ; we retort Marks j 4, Iohn did biptiz,* in the ypildernefs , and preach the I baptifm of repentance ; where you fee baptifm is gut I before preaching. — — - — j — — . 3. *Ifweprecifely(tickto ?M*n. 18 v. n,*^ » w t h c W0 ' ds then women arc /SSSSSarS W» forthe word a U - tf>wfo>.Th U s/f w 4W p 2 4>v . t^j is the mafculine gender. 1 VKJUR i?f. $*/£ 4. i^Tjiw/'a p« it wa'\it aV/»«. Col 2. 19. liw m^UJ H f Caput ex quo Mat* 15. 4. sra/A'oy v. 5. ir« ttt i /xufmr John 1 6.H. . fo v>tJtVt i**mt . Which notes the pcrfonahty of the holy Ghoft. 4. For the adult," we fay teaching ordinarily goes before the adminiftration of the Seal ; but not fbinh'ants : It was , furticient that Abraham was effeftua'ly taught , thou iuiis children were not as yet capable of inftructjon'; not'vithfta ,ding as he, io they we*e all admitted to thefeal o^ circumcifion. $ . If the Lord had given a CommiiTion to the A- poftles. faying, Go teach all nations, circumciiing them in the name of the Father ; hadthisbeen an- confi -ent with Infant-Circiimcifion ? I fay no, but if the Lord fay , Go ye. difciple all nations, bapti- sing them in the name of the Father, Son, and holy Grhft; why fhould any imagin that Infants are ex- cluded? This word mSu tivq fignifics properly to difciple them q. d. admit them into the fchool of C hrilt ; t us the word is conftantly ufed in the new Jcftaaieht,asmJi^.27 57, iixccdnnvsi t* i«A (23) * He was Ttfct*s Sfciple > or he wasdiTciple to him. Where we lee pUinly , That , Hcb _ rht ^ relative dilciplelnip may be micved iUuv, thacis, w «w admitted of in fcripture.^tfr Jcgaiixcd , divined aftet* r r v legal manner, nnyjzMvfn. 14 it, ivocnthiGotu-.vof Tfc rm 'SoKlV WlVHV, K«l jOUX3HTe(/0 , aVTfcS tftttVSC; having evangelised that city, (that is, turned them into the moldoftheGofpel ) and difcipled a competent num- ber, they ordained Elders in every Church ; ^.23. 6. Making difciples being an aorift , hath the force of a future tenfe, and . , - ,,«, , baptizing is of the prelent tenfe; therefore £*w*fj£ovfts fecmstohavethe pre-/ cedencic. 7. Though (make difciples) befirft in order of y words yet not of things .* For he doth not fay , Go make difciples and baptize them ; but make difciples) (baptizing them : As if he had faid, By dedicating / themtoGod in that Ordinance , the^jrejnadediH ciples of Chrin\ 8. if children be left out in this commifllon , it ) is becaufe, 1. They are not named, and fo women are excluded alfo, for they arc not named , aursj being of the mafculine gender. Or, ?.Becauiethey arc not capable of being taught, and fo of being Difciples of 1 Chrift. But the contrary hath been proved , That \ they are taught by God , and after they are come out of their infancie, are capable of being taught of/ men. The Second Argument. S uch children as are inco venant ed, are to be fealed B 4 with (At) with. t^c initial Ceal oftheCovenant : Butthechil- ^te^rji, 'drcn^ of believing" Parents, tw nn h Tj vum nu'Jmitt'is iW 'bi are incovenanted : There- *>nrhi etum Sacramento hznum, in r «r>i_ i_ r 1 i &wim(;&mm>hicomp£Akiuthr 3 tore j A ^ c 7 arc to be tealed mu*H?efiquam Res ipfo Luther, with the initial feal cf the *ac cap. Bap. „, Covenant. The firfc Proportion is prcved. Gen. 27 7, 9, W JyfiiilefiMifh my Covenant between me and thee, and thy feed after thee in their generations » for anever- iaftrng Covenant , to be a God to thee and to thy feed *fter thee. Th oh [hale keep nty Covenant therefore^ 9he -a and thy feed after thee in their generations. You See the Covenant is made by the Lord himfelf a grounJ of Circumciiion. Now where we have a promife laid for the foundation of a duty, it is equi- valent to any expreft command ; feeing the will of God is as well known by promife or throatning, { Ier. 10 25 ) or ncceflary confluence, 35 by exprefs * Command or example : Yea thofe words yhoufiah . keep my (fovenant therefore ] extend to us alfo in the * *>ew Teftamcnt; but not as to circumciiion, there- to rejo_ba£tifra. I would fain know"\vnether by virtue of thi> covenant made with Abraham > the fofterity of ^Abraham fhallftot be remftated into that land? {Afi'c. 7 1 4,15 Let them feed in Bafhan and Gilead as in the days of old , and according to the days of thy cominfT out of Egypt will I foew unto him marvellous things. Ver. 20, Thou wilt perform thy 1 v < tb to Jacob and thy mercy to ^Abraham, -which thou I worn unto our fathers from the days of old.) li io\ ( as I (hall (hew hereafter more fully; then thefe words words [thou ft alt keep my Covenant therefore Jean fcotbe meant pf circumcifion^whicb was long iincc abolifhed ) but muft needs be meant of taptifm ^ which cometh inftead thereof; feeing there is no other initial feal mentioned in the new Teftamenc : Which feal of the Covenant, not onely the naturaj feed of Abraham, the Jews ; but all his fpiritual feed, the Gentiles , are bound to apply to their children by virtue of this command. Had not circumcifion been ceremonial, and ano- ther fign inftituted inftead thereof, no doubt it had been in force to this day. (As that of the Sabbath, what is moral in that command, remains ; though that feventh day of reft from the creation be abo- lifhed, yet there is another feventh day inftead there- of appointed , which is the firft of the laft feven , as the other was the laft of the firft. ) This then is mo* ral in that of circumcifion , That our faith is to be held forth and profefled to the world , by the dedi-; cation of our children to God. Gen. 17 12, He that v eight days oldjhall be circumcized. This IS no inftitUtion of Or- Erg. Exod. 12, When he fpeaks of the rnmrifinn f oc i« vuc\\ circumcifion of the children of Profe- cumciuon, (as is weu lyteSj thcrc isno daylimiccd for thc Oblerved byfome) but obfervance thereof. a fubfeguent directory for the particular day. The inftitution it felf wefind in verf. 10, with- out any reftriclion to infancie $« Ainflvorth. at««^ 6,7, t, in that latitude, as comprifing "*?; Sj Males of any age, omnUmts^ every malewhcthee man or child (hall be circumcifed. Thus the new Jeftament, Gal. 3 28, cLpiv vmI SUhvimak cf-femak^ there (26) there is no limitation of it, therefore it may as large* ly be taken as the word before mentioned, Gen ij 10. We fee then that the Covenant isftill in force, and the command thereto annexed, fc. That Infants (hould be fealed , onely the Seal or circumcifion is turned into baptifm. • Thole males and females (Gal. ; 28) are equally priviledged according to the tenor of ^Abrahams Covenant; for, faith the Apoftle, we are all one in Chrift Jefus, and if ye be Chnft's then are y e %Abra- hams feed, and heirs according to the promife : But children are ChrifVs : Erg. Abraham's feed, and therefore confequently alike priviledged with A- brahamh children. Add to this the words of the Text, Afts 2; - ■ ■■ *^4nd let every one of you be ba- ptized, for the promife is to you (Jews and Profelytes} and your children, u This was the fir ft open promul- gation of the Covenant. I The Jews were fo accuftome d to that great perf o- r ial promif e £7 will be thy God, and the God of thy feedf\ as that there needed not a ny explan atjonpf it; itbeing ordinarily put for the Covenant, and contra- l i wiie~the Covenant p MJoFjt. GaL 5 .* 14, 1 7. That t l 'e bleffmg of Abraham might come upon the G 'entiles ', that we mtghtreceive th e promife o f the ftiirit. Thus verf 17, This I fay therefore, that the Covenant which w04 confirmed of God in Chrifl before the Law, which wMfour hundred and thirty years after , cannot difanuly that it fiould make the promife of none ef» fefl. Sometimes the Apoftle ufeth the plural Number, v.i6* / (*7> v. 1 6. Now to Abraham and hu feed were th epvomw (esmade. Bec.ufethispropo- • . • *~1 - . - r ., , , ~ r ~,i_ Obferve,he faith, to Abra-( IXlOIl \JwHlbe thy g od J be- h;m tnd bit fad were the pre- ing the mother prornifepon- ^7^%^^%^"^ taineth all other promues in faith, [fcfe] Yea^^.i*. thewombofit. VmXf^f S~^C 1 3. A^W>4KwJthe promiieithat ly i ves be* ing to all thofe pfomi fes. Which mmeTsfo of tea repeated in Jer. 31, "to fliew that as he was known by that name when he brought them oat of Egypt : So now much more in thefe later days, in bringing them out of all countries whether they are (tat- tered. 3 « An exclufion of their children would have ex- ceedingly perplexed them, as is undeniably evident; they being comiious to themfelves of chat bitter curfe which was pronounced by them, [hn blond bt npon fis an d our children7\ 4. ^4tf. 241. They gladly received that word, namely, the promife is to y on and to j Hut ChiUren, and therefore were baptized; by which it appears that they underitooJ that their children were included in that Covenant. If then the Profelytes upon the receiving of the word were circumafed , they and their Children ; then doubtlefs thofe and their chil- dren were baptized on the fame ground. 4. Chnft came nop to loofen ^ vh , ^ the Law 3 much left the Pro- \^^ H <& *m>«, phefies pheficsand promifes of old made to believers. Rom, 15,8.. To confirm the promifes made to our fathers. Becaufe this might be qucftioned, whether the ; F or he is not a Go d of the Gentiles mien be partakers Tews 6n:Iy, but alio -ot the ,.„ , .l .l«. T r 1 j G encxiesp aFe^^JcTma?es;^ wl tn tne J ews of the promi- / asjw^swtE£}ews:T5^^; fes and their appertenances • therefore the Apoftle doth abundantly labour to prove , by four feveral places of Scripture, That Chrift is a minifter of the Circumcifion, to confirm the proiTiifes made to the fathers $ and that the Gen- tiles might glorifie God for hs mercie held forth in the fame promtfe. See v , $?, 1 1 , 1 2 . 1 do not remem- ber any place of Scripture, where theApoftle doth bring fo many proofs as he doth in this one place, fhewing that the Gentiles have an intereft in the promifes made unto the Jews ; that fo he might re- move all fcruples, and drive the nale to the head, and clinch it faft. For - , ; Firil: , If children in the new Teftament had been left out , they had loft by the coming of Chrift. Secondly , The grace of Chrift had been ftraighter in the new Teftament than in the old . Thirdly , Then what ground of hope had the parent to plead for his child? Or how may the child come in the name of his fathers God ( which they were wont to do ' pleading the Covenant, it he have no intereft to it as from his parents? 6. We have fufficiently preved , That the. Cove- nant runsin the n aturaHin^TbeHev^rs , as to the outwarcTa^iniftratiorTof it : at left till it be cut off ■ ■ by (31)' by parents or children, onely it is eftablimed with Jfaac, and all fuch as are true Ifaacs. 7. Except in relation to the Covenant in that place, Att % i) there could be no occafion of naming Children .* For, The Apoftlc might have laid, Thepromife is t« jo* % *nd thsfe that are afar ojf t even as many as the Lord Jball call , without putting in Children , but he lets them underftand, That, notwithstanding that bitter carfe, £ his blond be upen us and upon our children 3 they were not as yet discovenantcd , though the ax lay («# Mat. 3; at the root of the tree, ready to cue them off from Abraham , if they clofed not with Chrift. 8. That limitation to children when they are cal- led , holds forth no moicpriviledge to the children of rx lievers than to the children of Pagans ; but how uncomfortable this doctrine is let the world judg. j. Is not this ftrangedodrine, That the faith of the parent mould fer the child farther erf from God? before they were near bv f he bloud of the Lord , but now afar cfT : In that very moment the parent be- lieves not, the child is under a Covenant ; in the next moment the parent believes., ^for regeneration is in an *in(tant as generation is) r Generathfit mitfm, the child is discovenantcd ; new comes this fudden change ? 10. The Argument fo put as formerly is aliedged, is no Argument at all ; for whether the parent re« pent or not repent, in cafe the children be called, the promife belongs to them. If a Landlord mould move move bis Tenant to give up his old Leafe, ( Wherein the lives of his children are included, which alio hath certain priviledges to him and his children) and to take a new one in which his childt ens lives are left out, having no more priviledges than mere (Iran* gers; could he rationally.perfwadehimtofurrender up the old Leafe or grant, and to take?: new one from the benefit that may accrue to the Tenant by it* the lives of his children being left out in the Leafe > And what force is there in this manner of arguing,* judge ye. You and your children have been hctherto under a Covenant of grace ; now in Cafe you believe your children fhall be discovemntcd : but if hereaf- ter they or any of the heathens /hall believe , they ftnll be admitted into the Covenant , but their chil- dren (hill be left out. Had this been of any force to perfwade them to enter into the way of the new Tcftament? Or to comfort poor fouls, that doubtleis Were much troubled about that bitter curfe, hi* blond he ufoa us and our children t Would it not have dis- heartened them for ever, and made them (tumble at that ftumbling-ftone? Obj. This promife is meant of extraordinary gifts. Anf. This falve reaclieth not the fore ; they were pricked and wounded in the very heart , and ftood - in need of comfort to fupport their fainting fpirits ; of a God to pardon, a Chrift to fave, a Spirit to fan* dine and comfort ; therefore we may not limit the promife to thofe extraordinary gifts •• For what comfort had it been to them to tell them they fhould receive (33; receive the gift of Tongues and working miracle si when they hurfg over the cHimntes or' hell, (as I may (o fpeakj or the lmoak ot tbe;damned , ready to be* cad into the everlafting flames, for ought they knew, every moment. - 2. It's to all that are a far off, to wit, Gentiles ': Now all fuch do not receive any fuch extraordinary girts, neither have they any fuch promife ; if fo, none in thefedays (foroHghtlknowJ are effectu- ally called. To put an end co this Text ohferve thefe 3 things^ ■ Firft j Thepromifes that are made to Parents are made to their children alio ; Children are under the fame Covenant with their parents. - ■ Secondly, A right to the promife is a ground o£ right to the Seal : Or, being in'Cpyenant is the ground of being baptized ; for to whom belongs the Covenant, to them belongs the Seal of the Cove-/ nant. F atderatifun t figmndi. Thirdly , .* Uporr the fame ground that parents* are baptized, their children pJA&i^j&i* may and mult be baptized: inwteJ.i-u^rtinet, adiUosetiav* ffor there is the like reafon lixilu ^ tim ' Tom.Exer. . for the one as for the other ) But parents are ba- ptized becaufe the promiie is to them : Therefore 4 the Children-may and muft be baptized on the fame groundibecaufe the promife is to them alfo. q. d. Ye jews that' now repent and believe, be. ye baptized with your children 5 for the promiie is to you and G to (34) to your children. The duty of being baptized ex> tends as far as the ground or reafon otic : But that extends to Children : Therefore io doth the duty alio. J VV: E come now to other Scriptures : For ., . M with this &reat fcripturc pro; Jiu r.thil « q win fat ruprt- {Alt, 2 ) the body Or the v.itterc , ea quod nonmt os 'Domi- f rrintnre doth ronnirr A c n-tMMuma mhticumifl mu- ^"pturc aocn concurr. AS ror-'.m. Kiv in Gen. 17 Drum Gen 1 7 7, and 28 A- sSfnd) fiam , rev. caret in mtmoxtam dei ham to thee and thy feed after ^7£^hbc^fmaimam thee Compared with Gd 3 vifiitivincm circumd\hnii , ut ti- \A. That the blijfina of Abra- imitJumai unamgcJ* cir bam Wight Come upn the cumcijm* , (Efau being cut ofFJ froir. Jacob to Ifaac y (IJ7j- mael being cut off J from Ifaac to Abraham. This will he do when they accept ot tbepunifhment of their iniquicy , that is kifs the rod , and humble themfeJtfes under the mighty hand of God ; becaufe and becaufe (for fo the original renders it^. they dt- fpifed his judgements. Then taitf- the Lord, ver. 45, / will remember the Covenant of their Ancefters • this promife relates to their teft captivity, ver. 44. Compared with Rom. 11, I, 2* 28. i Deut. 4 3 , If m thy later days thon return^ he will not (35) rot forget the Covenant made with thy fathers, Vcrfe\ 37/ Tltcauje he loved thy fathers therefore he chofe \ their feed after them. Cap, J, 8, 10, ver* I 5, Onely I the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love i):em and J he chofe their feed after tinm. In which Text ob- j f crveT" That G~dd\{T^nTe w favor to the Cbik:re n for i the Parents fate. Dent, 29 10,7V ft 'and this day be- fore the L ord y your little ones and the ftr anger that is in thy camp, that thou fljouldeli enter into Co- venant , He (peaks to them ail as one man. Neither with you onely ( that is, vcuand your C hildren here prclcnt) «o 1 make this Covenant : but with him alfo> that is not here this day , (that ,obfervev.n That bt may* is j the * O entiles and their vibee* cudas be but',? f V am » Children unborn intentional Abiaham ly.J Dent. 306,/ will circumcife thy heart, and the heart of fay feed. Compared with ver. %, IwiH multiply thee above thy father s . Which implies that thispromiie relates to their return out of their lad captivity : For this command which I command thee, this day, is not hidden frorru thee neither is it far ojf. This is a Goipc'-promife as appears bv the Apoftle Pant, Rom, 106, The word of faith is nigh thee ; (a Word of command and a word of promiie being pro- mifcuouflyuledin'cripturepnrafoj Vfalm 11X 11, compared with the 105 "Pfalm v. 8. He hath re memhered his Covenant for ever y the word which he c ommanded to a thouf and generations, Pfalm 2 7 5, / have never feen the rightous for fukcn y or their feed begging head, Verf. 2 i , He * ever merciful and fended?, and his feed is blejfed* Pfalm 47 p > The va* C 2. Jnntarj (36) Imt try of the people were gathered to the people of the Godof Abraham. Tfalm 26 i6 y Save the fort of thy handmaid. Pfalm 116 1 6, Truely I am thy fervant Andthe fon of thy handmaid ; it appears not what his father was , but itfeems his mother was a good wo- man, this Covenant as from his mother he pleads with God. Pfalm 103 17, "But the mercie of the Lord is ft om everlafting to ever lofting upon them that fear hinu and his right oufne ft , ( .1. the performance of the promifes) to children s children. Tfal. 10228, The children of thy fervant s /Jj all continue, and their * Ifa. 66 a 2 ^Tkfr fee J flail cow * feed /hall ^ bec/tabli/hed before nunc before vie. ' thee. This is a Gofpel-pro- mife for the continuance of their Children in their former flate , as appears by the 17 v. Thw art the fame, or, thou art he, (kv7o$) io interpreted and ap- plyed to Chritr, Heb. 1 10. Tfalm ll2 ) 2 > The generation of the upright /hall be bleffed. Efa. 29 23, But ivhenhe feeth his children the yvorkj)f mine hands in the midft of them, they ft all Jan* Jlify my name. Efa t 44 3 , 1 will pour my fpirituton •thy feed , and my bleffing upon thine offering, that is, their fons and daughters ; according to that expr-ef- fon Efaias 22 24, And they /hall hang upon Him, '03 S'wfadt fc:um vexiUum namely Chrifl , the offspring * n iS rSrir - 24 ^ T T SET C** theijTue. thatis^tbeir fons Num.26 10, in fenum. h*c e- and daughters. Efa. ''4922, Standard we may unde-fland ba- the people, and they / hall bri n^ tufa, becaufe He faith, T bey (lull •§ r - *l : J \^T~Z77T7U-y Mnixbtonnmvm* t hy fons yq tkm. arms } a nd thy Tfjr daughters [hall be carrycd upon theitj houlfgu. Com A parecTwith ver. i% i %And I wilTTav eThy children. I £fa. 5P2i, My wordand my fpirit /hall not depart out of the mouth of thy feed and of thy feeds feed for e- ver. This promife {"hall be fulfilled in the later times, as appears by Ro?n. 1 1 27 , This is my Covenant with them when I Jhall take away their fins. Compared With the former verfe, The redeemer fliall come to Sy- on, and to them that turn from tranfgreffion in Jacob. And then he tells them. This is my Covenant with them , faith the Lord ; which he explains in ver. 21, My wordand Jpirit fhall not depart out of the mouth of thy feed nor feeds feed for ever, From whence ob- ferve 3 That the vein of election (hall run along in the loins of the feed of the elect , and their feeds feed foe ever ; for that Church lhall never be dischurched . Efa. 619, And their feed Jh all be known among the G 'entiles , and their offspring among the people. Efa.6 $ 2 ;, F^rthey_are the feed of the blejfedofthe Lord, and their o f spr ing "with them T This is aT^tp^promTTe relating to the j ews. ~Ncn laborabunt inaniter, nej^ ffianent liberos ad conturbationem , nam femen bene- dittorum afehova erunt,& prognati eorum. Vifcat. They /hall not bring forth children unto trouble ', (qA.) their iifue fhall enjoy the like quiet and profperous condition together with their parents, whereas for- merly they were brought forth to the peftilence and the fword . Hof. 9 1 2, r 3. The reafon of this hap- pinefs of their children is given in the 23 verfe. For they are the/eedofthe bit /fed of the Lord, and their off- ering with them : So that by orfspring he muft needs C 3 intend (38)- intend thdrmruraliffuc, which is brought in as a medium toprove the former proportion , namely, That they fhall not bring forth children unto trouble, or, ei$ kcl(xpclv, LXX. i e. to a curfe. To fay this is meant of the eled is improper , for us all one as if the Prophet had Gid, They are the elect or the blcf- *ed of the Lord, and the eJecl vvi h them ; which is not fenfe. /. / er -s ° 2 ^» Th- ir children alfo fh.ill be as aforetime^ and their Church (hall he eftablifnci before me: lee the Heor. This jsa ne-v Teftamcnt promife grounded on Chril'r. 3 (who engaged hu heart to draw near to God, vr. 21. ) which ihallbefiillrilled in the later dys. )Then fha'l fuch ns have fcrupled this truth (ver 14.) /COnfider ir ; for r -ocL will then be the god of all the fa- Vmlies of Mrad, Ier 31 i, that is, parents and chil- 1 dren. If their children fh ill be as of old, doubtlefs as they "Were Church-members vifibly owned by God in the ©ld> fo 'h'll they be itill m the new feftament : But tc limit thi> text to their civil (rate onelv, feems to fee clear againft the fcope and purpofe of the holy CJhoftin thefe words, which is to fhew the glorious and blefled condition of that Church. Ier. 32 ^p y That they may fear me for ever , for the good of them and their children after them. This propbefy is applicable to the Jews concerted, ver 37, and is an implicit promife fuitableto that of the V. Commandment, \jhatthou may efi prolong thy daysf^ Compared with Efh. 6 1 ■ And fo interpreted by the Apoftle. • Ez>, 16 2i 7 Thou haft flair, my children -whom thou baft (39) baft born tome, (Tor we arc neither born nor reborn toourfelvesjGodowns them for his own though/ their parents were Idolaters. Ez. 3 6 I- 1, / ret 11 fettle j on after jour old eflates y and will do Better for J oh than at your beginnings , Or asfome read it, I will beftow benefits upon you more than at the firft. Then doubtlets their children were not left out. Ez 4 J \ 4, Tefhall inherit it one as well as another, \ jea^ faith the Lord, th e ({rangers with their children \ /hall have inheritance with the children ut\ thaC IS ronhrmed tO *>dre-e-fo> citmreliquijt Edsmi, & *m*$m* Iliac IS , COnnriUCU IU gett fibiisqtuev.xamtrde nomine mco. i. Vt I US Gentiles. rwnumumfuddi, vcrv.m ctuim gtntes rcti- * Thm ***ff\in 1 U/e commtvti cum Wit b Lxx ?n 14n „ poffideinm,u$nm rant* terpreted, Aft. I5.l6, reqitirent; unde Mtid it* U^ni«ww, F* 17. Hof 2 22 com- Dni5 u l itm vy& I"* 9 * *"<& mud T " p 1 pared with Rom.Q* 24, r C4 *$• (4°) •25. Hof 12 4, He found hint in Bethel and there he {pake with m : So that the promifes made unto Jacob are applicable unto us alfo.Hence it is that all the peo- ple of God ( gal. 6 1 6) are called the Ifracl of God. If any mall fay, That children in the old Testament were ceremonially holy : The Apoftlcanfwers 1 Vet. *£ P, writing to the twelve tribes fcatcered {Iam.i.i) they and their children were an holy nation Add to all chefe fcriptures Exod. 20 5, Shewing Watt. i. Abraham is brought in mercie unto dioujands of them a> the firft explicit Covenanter, )$£ l QVe me and hep TW €om- *o whom the pronnle wasmadc; t mi Svbich rams along in the natural mandments* I UOpC none Will Sine toChrift , taking eitecl: in f av r W *], P mrira l | 9U r nr the ibme of his feed in every gene- 12 " *™J; U1C morai ia W O. tnC nation. But ieaft this fhouid be promifes thereunto belong- 5^^t^fllfeS25*«* abolilhed. Here is a v Matthew defcendsfrom^i;- promife made to thofe that vcham ro Chrift . LvM afcends - - n t r^ \ ■ ■ i l ftomchnfttoj^- tofiiew worflupGod -in the beauties ovr father* i the '_„.»./.'„_ Z, £„/.., r*-,.. fjthers arc the objefb of this favour. !»;»»£?»• 6 > holy_Cove- Rit what is this mercic ana favour ? nant. Verf.2 } Compared The words following tell you. To ,„.'i t L a _^. • J _/ remember hnhoh Covenant. witn the 76, -s^^ /*w# Child fiatt be called the Trophet of the Highe/t. He brings in the child here, lhe mm ' h °f aS thT^rophets : as it alf~the fa Pr^cts. Prophets had but one mouth , being unanimous in their interpretation of the Covenant , v. 70, wnich Covenant was made not onelywith Abra- ham, but with the fathers and their children; and fhall we have a mouth tofpeak or a heart to think contrary to the lenfe and meaning of all thejioly Projects, which have been ever linccflic world.fe^ gan ? Far be it from us, yea tor ever far be it from us, that pretend we have the mind of Chrift. Luke ip p, Salvation to tbyhottfe, faith Chrift to Zarh as much as he alfo is a fin 0/ Abraham ; as if he? Would have ftanders-by, yea all to take notice f That though Zach&m was an eminent fln'ier and a Gen- tile : yet upon his converfion he and his children Were included in the Covenant. Gal 428, Now vre brethren -, aslkzc was, are the children of promife ; I* \ faac when an Infant was a child of proruife , and fo * confidered when that promife was made ; which ^4/. 2 i 5 , Nat U r5 jud ? i. 3 a^ promife was confirmed to tntci^t wtwaiitp( egt imnuous a him and t o his pofterity : We fr^ffio h*r:dit,ru:m UcdiHh- then , faith the Apoitie , (I Kemf-ckbdt, neb mtwdc vocamr and you Galatian f with vour wocbommu Calv. inGal. » *.t~}± \ r-ri r ^1 < - t brethren ) are children of the promife as Ifaac. This is the fenft of the holy Ghoft; But as then he that wa« born after the fieih, . did perfecnte him that was after thefpiric : fo it is ' tiow. There were then fuch as were born after the flcfli, that is, the natural feed, who in courfe of na- *„ „ „, „. ture came from 'zAbraharru ; * Rom. 1 1.2R. Dilefti propter . • Pacres.] NacyuoddiieBionicau- So is there now a rielhry leed ftp deJmm , fed qv.onkm ah Wis C « 1 p ] .* ~, rpr « pn^figAta fucm \ dei gratia ad pp- L1 uuitvuj. z jfew, fcry.ndum ti&i ■■femam [£• If then there remains in todcvsumfrfemmsm^Q^ ^ bofom of tnc Church children born after the fle(h , then is there the privi- ledge of Birth-holinefs JliU remaining , feeing as it yvas then, fo it is now. 2^^ * Rom, ii. Children with parents were broken off from the Covenant ; therefore they were under it. iYea, They with their parents at length {hall be en- grafted in again, as we /hall (hew hereafter. t £pj. 5. S. That ths Cent ties (that is, parents and children) children ) fbould be partakers of his promlfe , namely that grand promife , I will be thy God and the God of thy feed ; of which promife they are not parta- kers if fo great a part of the Gentiles be excluded. Add to all thele Scriptures that of the i(or.jiq t iilfe were your children unclean but now Are they holy; the question was not whether the marriage were lawful, but whether they might lawfully live toge- ther, the one being a believer the other not, (there* fore to plead the unbelieving fornicator is famflified by the believing whore, is improper; for the queftion was concerning man and wife, whereof the one was \ & believer , whether thofe might lawfully live toge- \ ther. ) This queftion was propounded to Taul be ■ ing grounded on that Text in Ezra 10, or i Cor. ?, as isiuppofed by fome, Paul anfwers, Let not the believing hufbandpnt away the unbelieving wife , nor the believing wife Jiey unbelieving hujband ; fir the unbelieving hujband U fantlified in the believing wife, & e contra, elfe vera your children unclean, but now are they holy. Sancti- fied , that is fay fome , they may lawfully eonverfe together as roan and wife, elfe your children were illegitimate. I have put the Argument as far as any bfthajt opinion have put it , but the words will not bear it fenfe ; for Sanfrification is never in all the Book of God ufed in that fenfe, and why mould we admit of It here ? We mU | * Neh. 8; Dabtmfmfum fcii- * interpret Scripture by Scri- V 1 *^ *?£&*?' pture , which is the fafefl way of interpretation; For there is nothing hard in one place , but ufually is explained Explained in another. Ev-ry creature ( faith the A« , * The difference between Ian poit'iC, I T>m. 45,/ i$ * fan- ther an hoiincis in Sum. prayer. Here it fignific* noc ^&^Sw*&* oncly lawfid but an holj u'e: quam fyauaL gauris nolUitn. aild fo it is taken ill thlS I nLlfcd^afcdmJLfau Cdr - 7 But in the icnic of Ca.mKom n.16. fbme,the Pagans lawful relati- ons & enjoyments are fanctihed to them , which to affert is very abfurd ; for heonely which ufeth all for God hath all things fanclihed to him j therefore by th e holinefs of children the Apoftle means feede- rs) haulTeTs , according to Scrirjturephrafe , Ezra 9, The holy feed have mingled themf elves with the peo- ple of the Lands. To (ay the holy feed , that is, the legitimate feed , would imply that all thofe children of the heathens were baftards. Dan. II 28, He Jhall have indignation again ft the holy Covenant, that .s. againft parents with their children mcovenanted. 2. The A pottle fpeaks to the priviledge of a belie- ver which he had not before , £ now are they hoij\\ a priv ''edge, we know, is a peculiar benefit, appropri- ate to iome,not common to sill : but this is common to all the heathens, well known to them, much more to the Corinthians , that their children were legiti- mate. But wording to theit fenfc 3. if we r ay by Sane"hnca- h Sta ^fholy » «*» »> mC3nC a . laW,Ul UiC » t hf children of hea.hens. the Argument is a mere tri- fling, {idem per idem) for the queLtion was, whether thev (47) they might lawfully 'live together ? Yea, faith the Apoflle, they may ; 1^ the unbelieving husband is fanctify ed in the believing wife, q d. They may live together, for thev may live together. Ob]. The unbelieving wife is faid to be fan&ified as well as her Children. A»f. She is faid to be fan&ified by him or in him, bu- notfo as to be made federally holy , but onely fanctified to his ufe as all thecrearures aie ; for fan- dification is a word of relation ufed with r.rerence to perfons , bu" the word, holy, in the i £V, 7, fig- nifiesan holinefsof Ltate, but, faith the Apoftle, they are holy. Thus we have abundantly proved the minor pro- portion, namely, That che Children of believers are incovenanted, therefore we conclude, That the Seal of the Covenant belongs to them. O then 1 Yeu that are fpiritual, that have the tefii- monyofjefus, whichisthefpiritof' Prophefy, foas to underftand the Prophefies ; confider v* hat I have faid , and the Lord give you understanding in all things. We are compared fas you lee) round about With a cloud of wiencfles, Now the Lord grant we be <8ff55&£?£g5 not like the Egyptians, look- z ? ch * IfraeIlI:es and darkncis co • ,-, ' ■ ^, / * r the Egyptians : Even lb one ing at the uarkiom pa C Ot andthefame fcripture to fome the clou' ( as many do) and \- i" k s and r to °^s fun of «, * »U i- U^r 1 h S hc > becauie ihey hav? nuc net the lrzntfom part; but the light within to fee the light that this cloud may be as a wichouc ' fhnlu cloud by day, and as a pillar of fire by night ( even in hat night that is coming fall upon us , the fhadows of (4$) t>f the evening growing very long } to guidus in the JYuth as it is in Jefus. * * Obj. Circumci^on was no feal of Rightoufnefs to Abraham's v>clu:t'w. Anf % Look^to the rock^ (Efit.51) whence ye are hewn* q d. Confider what mercies I (hewed to A~ braham, the fame mercy may yotTexpect to your felves. Promifes made to believers as. believers, belong to «11 believers f for it's a fure rule a quatcnus ad omne -valet confequeHtia , from a thing as fnch 3 the con ■? fcquence availeth to all.. -Thus the Apoftie,, Ueb, 1 3 5, applies that of Deut* 31 8, He will not fail thee, viorf or fake thee. That promife was niade not to ^ofbtta but to the body of the Children of Ifrael, as ' 'Promifes made m the Jews as appears by the LXX tranfla- Saints, are made to all ; there- fion ; for HS it's applyed tO fore the Gofpel-Church is cal- n n „ • , ^t i * r led Sim and femfalim hath the fojbua It hath DUt One nega- Jews names put upon it, be- t jy e D Ut when applyed tO caufe thofe promifes belong to . .' , c - r . r * J _ . it. scctxx. &rf^ OT8 >i the body or Ifrael, verfeS, it lywrtKi-m - putio. Caiv. . eludes zw 25, It is written not for his fake alone that it was imputed to him , but as a/fo to whom it (hall be imputed, if we believe : So that Circumcifion was either a feal of nghtoufnefs obtained, or rightoufnefs offered therefore a feal to parents and children if they believe ; the like may I lay orbaptifrn which comes inftead of circumcifion, and is the