ne «P* •59 z / ! •^r R? /? 1c 3 . 4 ^^ 15 ! » h> CL # w *s> fc O o ^ 5 o fe CD C e* o bfl * *S5 En < ^ fcs O ^f fe £ .^ o M cd •ft ^j rt 00 "& & s." <£ « ■a (U c s. v Q) ^ &* <# CL S ^ /0f fpcech. 2 Cor, 3.12. Ifany be offended, I fay, Prtjtat ut fcanca- lum admit t at ur quam ut Veritas amittatur. And with Seneca , tJMallem boni viri famamprdere^ quam corfciexlhm. For we arc fee for the de- fence of the Gofpcl, and the appertenances thereof 9 (Phil.i.ij.) and therefore may not with. hold our teftimonie from the prefent truth, (/.) the truth of this age, (though never | fo The Spiftle dedicatory. fo much oppofed ) what ever the event may be. I have without gall or bitternefs to any, as I hope, managed this controverfie, truthingit in love, &foidW6*\ fit ev xycain, Bpb 4 (ioi truth needs not puilion) defirous to weep and bleed ove» Tich fouls who are contrary minded, (o- v^r whom Chrift hath bledj as Paul (peaks ?hil. 3. 18. Itatanytime God will give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth j thatchey may recover themfelves oat of the fnare of the dcvll,who are taken captive alive at his will. However though irrny will not own this disgraced truth, I am allured that Chriit will \ ow 1 it another day, and cheti truth will be truth : in the mean time put it in the op.-n field and let it work outic felf, which d >ubc- lcls it will • for all truth is from thefpirir, which onely is able to make way font in the hearts of the fons of men, and to barter down thofe Urong holds, eventhofe royal forts of the imagiiarion and will, that (land out in op- pofition to the truths of lefus. My deareft Lords ! I o w no lefs than my felf to you, for that tender love you have ever ex- j te^-i C*J Puffed 77>r Epijlle dedicatory. prefTed to me - y therefore having nothing elfe to give, worthy of your acceptance, I give my felftoyou. Many have given more, but none ever left lefs^ohimfelf: and as a token of mine endeared affcftions to your Honors, I humbly prefent this plain difcourle to yout Honors patronage, being the fir ft fruits of my labours . and leave it in the hand of the fpirin to bring it home to the fouls of all into whofe hands it may come, alluring my felf , I have a friend within them, the fpirit I mean, (if they be Chrifts) that will eccho to, and cfofe with the fpirit that is without. But if I prevale not with thofe that are otherwife minded , (as I have little hope, feeing God doth not ufually recall I uch, but fuffers them to go on in the error of their way) my earned prayer to God fliall be , Father forgive them for they know not what they fay, and they do they know not what. C\£y Lords , 7 our Honors humble Servwt] Samuel Winter. .- ' i The jf abb. Aft. 2. 3 8. OBferve, The former duty, tfe. Repent, is in the fecond perfon, the later in the third perfon, ad- mitting of a greater latitude. Let every one of yon* (that is, you and yours) he baptized, Doftrine. That the baptising of infants of belie- versus According to theinflitfttionofjefus fhrift. Baptifmisa walhing; fo the word in greek fig- nifics. Thus the word in the hebrcw, 2 King. $, I tribal ere hat ^ Nonnelavaboiniis? Targ. Thus the word is ufed in the Arabic, Ethiopian and Syriac longue. Fir ft Argument (pig, 1 8. ) Is taken from the com- mand of (fhrift % Mat. 1 8. Go dlfeiple ail Nations. By nations ts meant men> women, and children, according to the manner of the Jews, which was to baptise the children of Jews avd Profelytes, as Well as others J pag, 1 o. Sed ct nunc qui ex gentibus aircumcifis ad Ju- daifmum veniunt, ab ipfis baptizantur ; et hujas ba- ptiftiii Judaici meminit Scholiaftes ad fuvenalem. Intellect facile eft ablutioncm hanc fuifle inter Vete- ra inftituta ; orta, utarbitror, pofi magnum diluvi- um, in memoriam purgati mundi. Grot, in Mat.%. *1 That^ children are called Difciplcs 7 fee page so* The T&bk. Alt. .21. 21,25. Mat, il.l^eotKparedxKith Lu!:. r 0. 37. tf^r* children are called difcip les. Mat. 27. 57, i^a^hftust auf^&r »** difcip U to htm. Second hx^. Children are incovenanted, therefore - rfr* f £* feal.d with the initial feal of the Covenant. fag. 23. Gen. 17. p. Thou Jhalt Igep my Covenant therefore. Which words extend to m in th? new Ttfta* menty for annexing the feal of baptifm. as well an to Abraham his fcfierity for annexing tht feal of Cir- cumcifton : for that u mentioned afterward^ as in that of the Sabbath, (q Command.) which though apply* edto the few, jet it is to be extended to m in the new Teflament. $ I do not fay that the fromile or Covenant ft m- fly confideredy is a ground to vs# to annex the feal ; but thts I fay ? That a romife laid for the foundation of a duty, is equivalent with an exprefi command. Thus the Apoftle^ Aft. 237. comp. Gen 17 9 ud of wit- tteffes fag. 24. fcfay 65 . 2 .. . Thrj are the feed cf the bleffed of the Lord and their offp ring wit t hem The promife made to Abraham ( I wW fpe thy God y and the God of thy feed) belongs to believers an gm > Coilatis te- ftimoniis demonftrans. Heza. How the promifes are made to the^iritnalfeed^ ana what it is to be born after theflejh. pag. HI. ACT. I 3 . 3 $ He hath fulfilled to us their children. Fanatici qui- dem omnia ad allegorias trahentes, nullam hie gene- ris fed folius fidei rationem habendam fomniant : tali autcm commento facrumdei-foedus exinaniunt ; utidicitur, Ero deus tuus & feminis tut ; at fola fides (inquiunt) eft quae efficit Abrahe filios. Ego autem contra excipio, qui Abrahs filii nafcuntur {ecunducn camem> ipimuales quoq; cenferi deifiiios, nifi pro- fanefcaut. — — Ecfi hmeditari'afuit pofteris Abrahe vitx promi/Tic, multos tameh privavit fua incredu- Htas. Calv. in A&. 13. 33, Children of promife are fitch as were born to Abra- ham according toprowife y therefore all Ifaac his feed (even'Ejau) though ihudren >ftheflejb, were children of the promife. page 1 1 3. Which promifes were mads conditionally with Ifmael & Ifaac s carnal feed , but eft nb lifted upon Ifaac and his e led feed onely. Jer; T heT ab/e. Ter. 31. ^^. From the leafi,~] it cannot bereftrain- ed to the eUtlfced. page 1 1 5 . Third Argument is taken from Circumcifion. See how far we may Argue from Analogic page 117. Circumcifion a type of bapufm in three rejpetts, pare 121. . . A , Vty Circumcifion on the eighth day administered* pave 122. Andwhyrefirained to mdes.p* 121- ^Either Circumcifion was a fed of the Covenantor grace, or elfe that Covenant had no feat at dl annexe* to it, -which is not to be imagined. Fourth Argument, Children are members of the Church,therefore to be baptized, Epfh 5.*? That h < mijrhtfanclify the Church by thew«jki»g of water That they are members 9 Cee it largely proved from Rom.ll.page 1I.7. Where the A.oMe freak* of tht -uifible Church of the ?ews cut 0$ with their children.. fUfotobereinLftcd, Rom. II. If. godcaftthim Iwaj, hut he neiercaft amy red faints, **f**"?? hart of the invifble Chvrch. Rom. II I. Hatbk , ' caft aiayr &c. Neither can they fay, that they an broken of for unbelief, feeing that Q according to tk doilrinofthe^nabapti^ they are net capable et ther of belief or unbelief, Th>uhre M chddren ar> broken of for the unbelief of their parents \f'f«*t reingrafteUby their faith. Vide Calvim triphccm in ficionem, in Rom. 11. r»i,*nan They cannot befaid to be cut of from the Covenan cf work*, page 13 !• 6 The Table. Cffacl:. children is the kingdom of % heaven y therefore trjr/ourched.p. i 3 3. Filii rcg'ii fi lion filii regis. "Profefion of faith rot effential to baptifm, fag. 138. At wej ee in Paul, Aft. 9. Fifth Argument , Some children are believers , therefor? to be baptized. Mat 1 8. ?. />. 139. Children have faith in heaven, fag, 141. Sixth Argument, nsfs Abrahams houfe was cir- eumcifed^fo are whole honfes under the new Teflament bapti&d) and that upon the account of the faith of the parent. By (houfe) is me*nt children throughout ; therefore we fvj children were baptised. Lydia was baptised and all the children of her houfe. Aft. 1 6. I J. fag, 143. The jailor wu banized With all the children of his houfe , 46 the yy^iac renders the word Aft. \6. 3 3. He rejo.cedwtth all his houfe^ he having believed. So the Gra%. vcrf. 34. Families,, at families , are made the precedent for that adminiflrution. Children are imluded in the parents, fag. 146. Aft 1 1. 14. with their wives and children, VctuftifTi- mus meus codex addit Tc'kvoij. Bez.a, Seaventh Argument , Infants are capable of the ' grace of bytifm, therefore of baftifm it felf. Cant. 7. Thy navels &c. page 151. lift* The Table. Ufe. *A difnafivefrom tsfnabaptifm] ?irft y Becaufe it's not the way of god, for it 9 J not of Gods flaming. In 10 ssfrgum. page i J9. Secondly\ It* snot of Gods watering* It hath been watered by the foot of man at Egypt , but not by the den? of heaven as Canaan. In 12 Arg. page 167. ERRATA. '• f:>r dipping fake? p. 11. mar. for Jcruihalaicn r. Jerulha- lajim. p- if. /. 1 1, f. president r. precedent p. 21./. 15. /• but >•. being, p. 30. /.jr. r.it atleaft; till. p.-}$.l.2$.dde) aruil.i2 r.generations.) p. 3 8 1.6-f.ekd r. feed- p. 42. /. 2./! we:er. was p- 44. /• 13,/ brethren >•. children, p. 4?. /. 16f.it r. that- p. 6j< l*i. marg.r. Gen 15.18. p 70. / % i i./tintor. in to./> 79 /.22.r,for /.83./.10 /thofer thefe. p.87-/ 24./. Sothatr.But./^.ioz /.2g / athingr.a thing. p.107. ^g.f.nagnor j-.nagnar. p 115./.25. y. thefe are determined p. 1 16, /. 3. ?'. faints, Job. $. 26? p. 117, I $o.maY£. r. whitflaw. p. ,1 1 8J.$.f ceremonious r. ceremonial & 1. 14-f.ar. an. p.i 1 9 1 zof.Mcchtch r.Mcfaech- p.n6 /. 'o, r. therefore they are fonow. p. 134./. 20./. invifible members y, vi/ible &c. and I. 29. <&/* it. p. 140- /. 21 • dele Arg p. 14 3. /. 18 ".again and again, p. 1 44./. i.«z i^o.rmrg.f. Judicio r. Indicio. />. ijt./. 1. dele fomc. p.i 64-/-8.f omns r. omnes.pi^f./.ij./. t^w«t» r.xiiil i^.^difcitr difcet.p. 169J 7-r. inlet of thofe./>. 175, /. 1 9. /»jr^./.dcjeclus eft r.dcje&us eife. p. 176./. 10. ffc/e they. THE 0> M E A N I N G OF THE Word, C Baptise*] A-C T $ 2, V. 38. 77?i* l fitd Peter unto' them, Recent and be baptized every one cfyou^ in the name of j efiis Chriit., &c m For the prcmifi is to you and toy our Children, and to all that are afar off, even to as many as the Lord our Godjh-allcall. Hen the day of Pcntecoft was fully come, (verf.tbeuty they were all with one accord mone* « aWtt ^^^ place , and llld- ^ ;T i , every word fpeaks u- aenly there ap- nic y» peared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, arid k ("ate* upon each of them; this ' wasmisconftruedbyfome of ^w?^ff^"?; ' . , / Vnauv cui-n.it f^&cre t*, D\f- tne by-ttanders , who were at fecatttbtgut fait , it fate. An j ibis time dwelling at Ierufa- ****£• ™ is noteth Uni £ :l , S ! tt " J though their tongues were " e thai had em.br a- kc^jW 7n*'w%thJi«&«i. ua the. Sfuh ce( l tke /*w7& Religion, iov- savc item t> /beak apothegm, j 1 a< ** J , / (that is) seiicntiouft/. ned themleives. To tbefc jointly both lews and G en- tils , Peter, as the mouth of the reft, {peaks. (Tom men ffjudxa, and all ye that dwell at Jcrufaiem, v..$.) Theie both lews and Gentiles being pricked 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, firfl to repentance, fecondly to baptijrn. 1 . Repent ye, filth the Apoftle, ye that are adult, who had an hand in crucifying the Lordjcfus. As h? that hath a precious trcafurc, locks it up , and turnt the key again and again to make all lure : So the A- poftle (though they were prieked in their hearts, yet) he exhorts them to repentance again t that ib there might be a thorough work. 2. Let every one ofje*. In the Greekitisems'oj v(JiZv€xzfli3HTto m The former duty en joy ned was in the fecond perfon, repent ye : this latter inthethird, and let every one cf jou (that is f you and yours) be GrtninauctmmuiUnoHficm baptized : as admitting of a mofs. Taw. greater latitudethan the form- r^n* ni* fr'ea miro |»« er * fcii. that of repentance, .r.2 Dv-.hn D*vrut onnn |wp %v hich Children were not ca- Xm eji vi lege vcl miidt litter a, i i r i_ ;« ?»a nm maximi monm j>i«- pable or , as they were not cu-nt. iaqnimtHcbizi. guilty of that hainoui aft of crucifying the Lord of Life. I wave the former, and fhall cnely fpeak to the Utter , Let every one of you (that is, you and yours, young and old) be baptized. * Whi' h is the rneaning of the Apoftlca as appears by I Che the Argument by wbtch he enforceth the exhortation, which is taken rrom the Promiie or the Covenant (for thoil- terms arc equipollent: ) which, faith the Ap6- f tie, is co you and to your Children; to you lews and Pi oiciyies already called , and to the GwtUes which lure afer off, when called, and to their Childien ; for there is the like rcaibn to them 5 ( as Proielytes ani their Children) clic to what purpolc ftiould he bring this Medium £fcr the promiieis to you and to your Children"] to back the exhortation , £ and let tvery one of you be baptized ] it Children were not in~ eluded in that command ? Which would render the Apofties Argument altogether inadequate to his {cope and purpose ; but if wc include thcra , the Argumentation is comprehensive of its end, andcor^ respondent to its fcope. So that the Concluiion from hence, is this, That to baptize the Infants ofBeUcVers, is an Qr~ dinance o/Jefus Chrift. Firit, iet me (hew you what this baptizing is, and then give you the grounds of the Point. Firft, It is a washing of a believer, 01 Child of a, believer > with water , by a Minifter of Chrift , in or into the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoit. 1 . I fay it is a wafhjng, becaufe the word properly [b fignifies ; whether it be by dipping into, or pouring )n of water ; fprinklingor wetting of the body. Da*+ 30.* And h is hodiewas wet * ^ w <£ * vith or from the dtw ofhia- »>* i**ic*'i» "tt which fell up©n it , not that into which he Was euzed oyer head and cars. Thus the cjgwd dropped •(4) on the Ifraelitcf, Pfal.jj. 17, 18, ip. For whacelfe is the meaning of thatphrafc £ /?* looked through the clottdupon the Sgyptian*^ but chat the cloud was pour- ed upon them? And furely then ibmc drops muft needs fall upon the Ifraelites ; therefore they are laid to be baptized into the cloud. And thus the lea was fptink- led on them , beating againft the banks, Ma,\j. 4. Thewafhingof cups and pots, tables or beds, jSa- zffifffiss 7H)TH^fev, &c. Tables or beds are wafhed by arTufion or pouring on of water, rather than immer- iicn or dipping : for if the cups and platters had been dipped 3 then the infide had been clean as well as the outfide. In the 3 . v% the Pharifees eat not unlefs they wafb , compared with Luke 11. 38. * Its not pro- bable that the Pharilees as of- * Vide de ritu wpst>n*U*4i „ 1 r 1 Mmiii. FundmdaqiaqHitribw ten as they came from market, tkUmsfitpa mamu. in \rc\mx r whether it fcems the v Went aff'uhme font diiiti levand'h 1}l r r \ r f * pfcrioriim verb demUmcfi. often, tor they were iucn as lo- Thus Elm pouted water on vec j greetings in the market- ius matters, hands, i Km.s.U* , & _ •.» . wyrfnM^diciturobdiii- P^ces ) plunged themfelvcs wummmanuum elevation: cat- over head and ears, before <*», tmftmaxdfc* pMtat Sc 3 - they did eat any meat. tieb. lig. velcbaquadefiuxumptrto- o. 10. ff?hich flood Oneh *& tain Mam bracbii partem , qua ' , , . ". j 1 r wyrfdkitur, hdigiwumradi- ****** and dmk* and dwerje ce feu propamine ad cubitum uf%. yoaJhingS , $QLlftVSyM% 9 Com- pared with £et/. 14.18. Num. jq. and 31.23. Now their waiTiings or baptifms were by fprinkljng or cafting water upon the party wafhed 5 as well as otherwife; for Hv. This difference did the Greek wri- ers make between baptizing or doufing, andcafting, ander water- expreffing by baptizing°to be in the water as a bottle or fhip , that is fcldom or never o- /erwhelmqd, This appears plainly to be their mean- A 3 ing r CO ing, by the ancient Oracle of the Athenians, * 'ackU * Beta i* Matthaeum. . * ' ; n . . , . 7 prize or wain him as a bottle in water, bat do not drown him. The primitive word jSf the finger is put upon the water, there : is baptifm ; the finger then maybe faid to be bapti- : zed when the top of it onely is dipped. Therefore it is , remarkable, that when ever the New Teftament hath I occafion to expreis the acl of dipping , it ufeth the *-I*vcrb»*mumf}xcimtum word jSofofa,never *jSa©7i£fc: 4x qw as Tertuiltan calls it, "when they were baptized over the Sepulcres or graves of thole that died not beins baptized; Or , thirdly , as Calf in , £for the dead] that is, pro ijs qui jam mortui c*nfc*tur> et qui de vitaomnino defperavetint^ fie C'techfimeni, in morbum inddentesfi immimbat certum mortis feri- €Hlt4mbmifmnmpetebant 7 n$ ante mjrarmt ex hoc 1 J mmd* (7) mnndo qtittm ntniin Chrifio dedijfent. Now whai probability is there that luchiick perfbns (hould be plunged in the Water > Obj. Chrtft was baptised into lo/dan, rvhen h$ was thirty yean of age, siit. i. laniwer, he was baptized or walhed at thirty year? of age to aniwer the t ype, Exod. 29 . 4 . For at that time the Priefts were waihed, when inital- lcd in their Office- 2 . We fay, that this was in the infancie of baptilm, thongh drift was no infant, for baptiim mas newly instituted. 3 . In or into in Scripture 3**"* * n^t tit •&& m- L r C ...,J„J a topftfatt. In this thev were phrafe are confounded. As noc dou f fcd overhcad ar ; d c , rs> L*kz li« 7- Iob.2.26. & It. p. as appears by the Word. 4. Though we admit that tranflation, that Chriil: came out of the water , yet is it not fiid that he came from under the warcr. Obj. In jour pouring on of water w forinhlmg,part OKflieof the bodie is wafhed. Anf Mar. 7* 3, the Fharifces arefaidtobe ba- ptized , though their hands onely were warned • and the Jews are laid to be circumcilcd , though one part onely were circumcifed. Naaman was bidden go wafh . Therefore by the word ijSoczzTiW'ro lb rendered in the LXX, I underftand he walhcd in the river J or- dan, according to the ^command *k* g ^ i which figuifies noc given him by the Prophet. codip,butto W aflv Obj. Rev. ip. 13. Their garments dipt in blonds ffiZocfJlfxivoC. A» % If you compare it with If 4.6$ . 3 , you will find A 4 no (8) | *»o difference ; the text in Rev. ip, being but an exe- ! gcfis of If a. 63. for Edcm is a type of Rome. The Queltion propounded in If a. 63, in v. 2.1s, Why art thou red in thine apparel i The Anfwer is in v.' 3, */ * see the Hebr. have trodden the KPine~frefs £pj fim commacuiiiu veftes, alone , and of the people there tofimtiiBcrfe. J f ' r , , was none with mej — -— <»x^W their blond Jhall be fprinkled upon my garments : thereforc,I fay the word in Rev. l^jStGoc^ti'^fig- nifies befprinkled, as the Prophet holds it out. For obj. John baptized in Beth, wh3j: probability is there, that gbmneaifordai. thoie WdlliorS fliould dip Anf. aifw w Iop^vk, Kon j- . 1 11. - fidfimpUeher T ,) v jro'e^T*- Obj. lohn 3. 2 5 . J ohn «**/ (*/«. SciUDinum tranjim baptizing m iEnoiT. beeaufe quod m fluvhus jf< ri!ams irjjice- ; «-> , / mar, «£#$ i/r^fo w«J»ym * #*re w 7 ^ ?»#<:4? a^ter. Jto'x«i/b«t* many waters. p .^ • , J r . , . rcalon ailigncd from the deptii ©f the water, feems very unrc,afonable ; for an adjunct j equally common to divevfe fubjeih, cannot be the c fotmal (9) >rnia1 reafoii of the wills determining it Telf to one ilibje&s. Is it feme (judo' ye) that John . leave Bethabara,, where its certain much water as, to baptize in iEnon, on this fole account and mo- re, becaufc there was much water for? dipping fake. !e might have lbught for a deep , and needed not fcek lany waters. D r Worth. 2 . In ibme places they were much put to it for ant of water. 3. fiLnon is found by Travelers to be very (hallow. 4. Suppoi'e they went into the waters , it cannot e hence concluded that all did ; for how unfit was it ;r ;/Wwich his lores to go Mat/j. 16. *ri**Ctot& itO the water ? Atlt 16.33. from the water. 5 . Suppofe they went into the waters , yet it doth ot appear that they were dipped • but rather that tKc atcr was caft upon them , according to the cuftom 1 Ibme Churches at this day, as I formerly menti- tied. 6. If they fhall fay that going into the water was pping, then it follows thatthey were dipped before ey were dipped ; for Philip baptized the Eunuch ter they went into the water, and fo they were twice pped ; yea as often as the Administrate r goeth into te water , fo oft is he dipped or bap tized> and ib he" mes a Scbaptift, if the going into the water be effen- 1 to baptifm. i 7. Chnitdoth not appoint the meafure of water^ >r manner of wafhing, more than the meafure of ead or wine in the Lords Supper; it matters no ore quantum qui/qi ablnat 9 quam quantum qutfq- comrdat (10) tomdAt ; though a refreshment of the Soul by th fulneft of Chrilt, is very fit to be reftmbled by tfii quantity of the elements, Obj. £. in regard of the fpiri the word fignifies to drown j tual union wc nave with him SJSife^'^ in h i s death and b " rial; b ? wnfed to be with them to the if w hcn a COmparifon IS WU $£&£%%*&& ling to go with usa mile, w will no more drown the world com pel it tO gO twain, whr ^Md£^»Sf mould they not continue uri iwh. i. 3. der the water , as Chrift di< in the grave , three days together. * 4. To conclude, I do not believe that Chrift had tied all Nations univcrfally w that which is, x. Si " dangcrou ngerous to health and life , as wc fcs it in many ; d therefore it might admit of a diipenfation though tferc precilcly commanded. 2. So inexpedient o- rwiie 3 for faith the <<\po{tfe , 1 Cor. 1 1. The v>o- °n muft have a vail beeauff of the Angels^ leaft they • any uncivil carriage be offended • and is there t a great refpeft to _ t . in *Thns many words are tiled in Strf- given tO niOCletty pturc i n a double fenfe, \m Voxunied d civility in thele ca- Ltv * I - 2 * €r ovUmfm cawia. 2 cixons.6 m .,-,•, . t Gold of Parv&jim in the dual number, >, leait AngelS alia thence Peru; the word feems to imply m be fcandalteed? *at sdmmfnAt his gold from the _. ,. _ , Eaft and Weft Indies. Thus fwufbrfaint IneretJre 1 rather in the dual number, becaute the Citie deethe word fignifies *" d ^P^f* $ * * 2 ; ^ 1. «j tJ, ,. ° , 62 xatoc ligmhes dear and dumb, and 'CL'ly tO dip Or waiJtl fo - m t his place 5 for if ZachvlA had ' Way of atfufioilS not been deaf , what need had they to dy . , make figns to him : So that we fee, one tnat either Way and the fame word may admit of diverfe aybeUied, efpecial- fxgnificstion* in the &me place , and ft • . , A • intended by the Holy Ghoft, in hot Countries , t neither of them neceffarily enjoyned. We have now (hewed you how the word is u fed Scripture, and ether heathen authors ; and may enot at length retort, That he that knowetb not hat this word £2B8gtt$fc3 fenifieth , and confe- iently what it is co baptize, is no juftifiablc Mini- :r of Jcfus (Thrift. But this is Argumentum ad &e- inem. Thus much for the word ZoczfiiZa. Secondly , I fay baptifm is a warning with water* tSis 8. 36. here is water, faith the Eunuch^ there- >re they are much too blame that deny this. Thofe ARs 10 had as much of the fpirit as any have, or ever Cm) ever will in this life, and yet were baptized; yea Chrift himielf fubmkteth to rhis Ordinance, laying Thus hbekoveth us to fulfill allrigbteoufnefa and di< experience the fruit of it ; there being fuch a gloriou prefence at the celebration of that Ordinance, as neve was vouchfafed to any before or fince : Though the** Was no defeel: of any grace in him , required of hirr in his former ftacej yet a greater meafure of the fpirii was poured forth upon him, upon his baptifm in or. der to his minifteiy . i Thirdly, It is the warning with water by a law* „ „ ' . r j full Minifter. * M*tt. 28. 19 * Opomt tins bamfmum de mam ~ . ... , 1 hominis non alitcrfufiipere, qnhm OoTe and teach all nAttons>VA< ^tS&St^r*' P'^g^em, &c Suchasar. chriflw Konbaptipvit Joh.4. commiuioned to preach, a» ^^TS£E& ? uthorized to ba P ti2e > *4 9ttu$taaret,quodamiKiftrofin- having a command , have < te f^ ,w - Au &- promife alio annexed, o! Chjdfts fpecial prefence to be with them to the end o: the world. But he that hath no fuch Commififior cannot challenge any imereft in that promife ; there- fore the baptilm of private men , and fuch as are not called to the work of the miniltery, is a meer nullity. Though there was the matter and form of baptifir The efficient caufe is effbitial in l ^ of AthanaQus, namely totheconftkution of the ef- a child baptizing other chil- £e&> in lome tnines. , r 1 ° g&djivsrbapfitAcoproferM- dren,; yet there wanting i m? im^nmoszFfnucusnon lawfull inftrument authori- quod ab ilia ytommciatur 9 ^ ff Zed to the Work , the baptlllT etiim fji *s ^k* tantum. is no baptifm ; and therefor* in that cafe, fuch as were baptized by him were to b< leba- (13) wptized. I fay then by alawfuH Minilter, For ilitics are not iiifficienc to authorize any tor the blick difpenfing of the word ordinarily > unlefs :y be proved and approved rirft, and fo let apart the work of the Miniitcry, 2 77w. 3.10. Let thefe ofirfi be f roved, and then let them aft the Off He of Deacon, Mind the word alfo , ( for there is much /inity in conjunctions as well as pronouns ) which Did implies that Miniftcrs are fir. ft to be tried , and fee apart to the work, ( as appears by the 1, and z rfes , where he freaks of a bifhop or Minilkr) #r 13. 3. before they take that calling upon them, Chrift himfelf (that was better qualified for the ftceof a Mediator, than all the Angels in heaven dmen on earth, yet ) duift not undertake it till he is called as Aaron, Htb. 5.4. As the Father fent :, faith Chrift, fo I fend you 3 Ghrift had his Com- Tion from his father, as the Apoftles had their Com- flionfrom him. No doubt but Butchers and others might have as ich skill to kill the facrifice as the Priefts had, but I was no warrant for them fo to do. Corah with his hundred and fifty Princes, famous :he congregation, men of renown, and (as it feems) II reputed of among the people; rofe up againft >fes and Aaron, faying, Ye take too much upon 1, feeing all the Congregation is holy ; making no inclion between Mofes, * v . , - r , , , * n r % ^ urn 2^.10. Vot afign, they ron , and the * reft or the are for a fign to all to this ve- ngregation. Therefore Iyd ^' * y uiurpec] the PrMs office : But upon this the " Lord 04) Lord appears., 313d makes fuch a diitinfHon bitwa them and the Pridts^ as never was made before; 3 * 7<*«i©. .Ail ib..tcr.me before tnc earth opened her mou wcarc Tbuveund Rubers, ob- and! wallowed the n i up. No fcrve, he doth no: lay they , a n ,, ■ . , were , but they are. Ood leaft any Inoula pre end th day, that ran before they were the Apcftle J tide tells y OU-< fenc ' the like in the New Teltj ment,They perifhei in the gainfaying e£ Corah, Im II. Whence obfave, Firit, there were in J tide's time fuch as denied tf office of the Miniitery. Secondly, the hand of God was hgnally on them.. . In fome cafes private me* £ j F*™? m * , m y *j mays r. In time pf neceffity, publlCKjy dlipeme the Won &&&°3S£2 il ? a » ^dinary xv ay : fonc Perfecution, when the ordina- ther may they adlinnifter tl fc£"E"Sg££ l 3 Seals. For to whom Chri w aldus ««/.i4.a Merchant gave commiiuon to preach, 1 °* z **"' them gave he commiilion 1 baptize, and to them onely, Mat. 28. Go Te and teat all nations, baptising them, &c. And lo I am wit you allvvaies to the end of the world. We ha i j ( bltffed be God ) a command , and a promifc of h presence ; they have no fuch command, and thereto » I verily believe they find little of the prefence of G< in their adminiltrauons , either for converfion or therwiie; I am fure they cannot challenge much the hand of God ; For had I fm thtm ( faith tl Lord 5 Jer. 2^ ) they should have profited this prop* bad the j (titdinnrycwictl, and n$tranfof°u th TJVi wifcnt, (running away, as he* kid, with the erripf :arc ) thej shtnld have turned them from their I waits. \s for our pxdobaptifrn, ifit have nothing of Godt "ointment neither adminiitrator, matter, lorm, ht fubjcft, nor end, furely God would not own it e hath from heaven many a time and often. ~>bj. Ananias ^AUs^. 10. bung a Discifle-, ba- :ed. nfvrer, I. He had a fpecial command for the bapti- g of Paul, let them (hew the like prefident. Iud.c\2o. ft thou. Thus the command made it lawfull, which hout a {pedal command had been unlawful], secondly , It appears by the Eccleiiaftical Story , Was a MiniftCr of JdllS * see Com.* Lap. in a** ift, "*and fo indeed this Firftoneof 7 oDifciples,af- :d CDifciple] inhebrew tcrwards fixed »*"■<*- Jt for a teacher. Thus much for the third head. Fourthly, It is the warning with water, in, or the name of the name of the Father, Son, and y Ghoit, ARs 1 9. v. VVhen tkej heard thti^ they * baptizgdin the name efths I ord Jefus. will not deny but that there being an error in the ndation, there may be a rebaptization ; it is very >able to lbme,that thole Difciples were baptized of I, feeing that they were not baptized into the leof th-Holy Ghoft. They bring asked whethej they had received th« HolyGhoft, * that is, the gifts of the Holy Ghofl * Thcagh others take itin an- They anfwered, they knew no other fenle, lee fob. 7. %o. The , r7 i 1 1 TT , H*iy Gfoft was 7m yet f given) wnetner cnere were an Ho]' is ad ka to the text . Ghoft or no ; which word' no 'htplmateftib nomine baptifmi lni P A y *"€ eXlitCncc Or illbll fto-j, miumtinclos qtum ft e nce the of* third Perfon 1 fordiMtos. •«'•., See Mac. Mufc.Zanch. Deo- 1 rimtie. dat. £/^. W*W e|i w s/wta 3 car »«« e^m efc Lucx at Pauli werfoi e.-cf(?e»jj muSittam^iodadyArtieulasiliaigracAiaumet ^j» <£• /«, yfyi^y j« 5 Iqgittff' it ft.y J?ae Je fubfequente , et «/g J?;ie ^^ praemte Rom 3 :. 1 10. 1. Col- 2- 17, Luk ii- 39* Ad. 11. 'a«« deny not the fecond and third peribns in Tiinky, 2, Thofe were Jews, now many of the Jews dili not rightly underftand the doctrine ofthe Trinity. .3 . It appears by the quefrion Paul propounds vet 51. Unto what then were ye baptized ? Now no mai is baptized into the gifts of the Holy Ghoft , but inn theHolyGhofthimfelf 4. If that new interpretation be admitted thep is a taucologie ; for who doth not by the words go ing before (John verilie baptized with the baptifr, of repentance, ^.4.) understand that they were nl ready baptized by J ohn, v. 5,4 . To what purpofc the. (hould he fay in the 5 v. Whm they heard this , the^ were baptized into the name of 'the Lord Ieftu> falvi (eeing the force of this Argument, faith , They wer baptized with extraordinary gifts of the Holy gho{ : But that is expreft in the words following, when Pat, laid his hands on them. 5. That interpretation overthrows the grammar cal fenfe of the wQf^s, and fcems to render them voi C*7> of common fcnfe ; for the words fpoken by Paul to them, are in the fecond perfon, whereas thefe words {they were baptize din the name of the Lord Jcfm~\ arc fpoken in the third perfon; Therefore cannot be the .words of < Pau/tQ them, but of Luke concerning; them ; elf,: the Apoftle would have Cud Q when ye 6cardthis~] and not as we have them S^when they heard th:s.~\ Befidesit's fomewhat harfh to make the 4? eople v\ horn John baptized a and thofe twelve Difci- plesof Ephe/m the fame perfons : For the pronouns they and they in the 4 and j verfes, upon that fuppo- iition 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 heari this^ mult be taken as the words of Lttks, not of Paul; importing the baptifm of thefe Difciples up* on the preaching of Paul, and not of John. 6. The Apoftle, *s£ll % 19 4, doth plainly declare. That John , when he- baptized , did fay that they jfhpuld believe in him that mould come after him ; which Taul interprets to be meant of Chrift J efus. But if John had baptized in the name of the Lord Je- (US explicitly , Why did not In this fenfe fomc under- T out fay fo, rather than to fay &&£&£££* that he baptized them, faying erred in Fundamentals. unto them , that they -mould believe in him that mould come after him ? Whomever therefore mall acltroy the foundation, denying the Trinity and de- praving the form of baputm , their baptifm is in- valid. B Thus 08) Thus much oi tfte Definition. We pa r s from the definition to the Arguments for In f ant-bapcifm. The firft Argument is taken from the command of Chrift , Cjo and aifcip/e all na- tions ,6ap tiding them in the name of the Father,$CC. 1. By nations is meant Men , Women and Chil- dren > vhieh are a great part of nations, and ttiui needs be included in the command ; for when Da- /V£ex f orteth all people and nations to praile the Lord, he afterwards ex \ -lains himfelf, T»ung men and maidens f old men andchiJ.renJet tbempraife the name\ efthe L'rrd. Tf.rfm 1 48 I, 1 2, 1 3. 2. We know when the nation oi the Jews were: trade Difciples and circumcifed , their Children alfof were made Difciples , that is. fuch av were admitted into Chritt's School ; for a child is accounted a icho*| v lar the fit ft day ot his admiflion ; and fuch did Chrift Undertake to teach, non quia dottier ant fedutdotli effent : diicipling being not of peifons already » taught, but that they might be taught. lis 3 . In the words of the text, all nations are oppo- nt fed to that reftrictton of it to the J ews ; the com-i» miffion of the Apoftles being enlarged as to the gem re tiles; therefore Children are included in it, asthej were formerly. * s» • w, rr r rr« 4 * God ipeaks ol * Qutc quid dewvir fab ahjuo vntverfrnter . .* r ., Viktor; Udeornnibmfab-iftomherfaiicoA: nations Univerially , lt? m dic'Hvr. Yd, pfto xm gmtxdi, fori anc J pj ves no re (traWt U tiutnegfinmn ami. m y no determination o\ iei limitation unto any fexor age 5 therefore all are in- cluded. 5. Ml (IS) 5. It's a national difpcnfation , and from a natio- nal difpenlation no intire lpecies ever was exem- 6. The * manner of the Jews was to baptize the bildren of Jews and Profc- « A ftf3nger lhat is dfCUiac u ytes. £.V. IQ. S. they were all fed {itithMtanmidet) andnoc "-f'Woc wall.cd.Thus Gen. %£»&£££%$£ >5. 2. Jacob Clllcd the WO- Profelyte till he be both cu- nen and children to be bapti- cumclled antl bapaztd ' Jpd ; for baptifm Or Waillinq; And in the Talmud (as Mr- 1 ' 1 t I Lick foot- obferves ) they ba- mong the jeWS W2S a Known ptl z e little ones by the ap~ lite, folemnly ufed amon^ pointment of the confifto^. , ' r . J . . . . & The hebrew glofs upon th& hem for tl^.e initiating Ok F hce ianh , IFhe have !?ot * ews and Profelvtes into the f^her, and h / s ^ othe ™S - - the child to be Picelytea » >OVenant. " Therefore the chey baptiie him , beeaofe manner and form of baptiim SSm^SS^S^ nth the fubjecT thereor , be- Hence it is tha a jewiflt ,g well known totbejews, *££#&&, ley enquire not of John con^ :rning chofe things, tohn 1. 25, but onely queftiori is commiiTlon. This Jewifti cuftom Chriit turna lto an Ordinance, that he might quietly ufherit itothe world, not exprefsly mentioning the chil- ren, but including them in the general ; the right I children to the Seal being granted, and not at all ueftionedby them. Thus then I argue, Nations difcipled are to be iptized, But the children of believers are a part of ations difcipled : Therefore , Sec Mau - ^ ^ 9 ^ ev are to be baptized ."*T hat wnere thefc term* are con- ey are called difcipks it ap- foumk(i ' B % pears (20)" pears by A Els i ? to, Why tempt ye god to put ayokff! the difciples f All they upon whold upontbe neck^of th~ ~ v — r — - neck they would have layd this yoke are difciples. But they would have put this yoke of circumcifion upon children: Therefore children in the fenfe of the Holy Ghoft are here called difciples. Mind v.ii Except ye be circumcifed after the manner of MofeS ye cannot befaved ; thofe words, after the manner oj f \Mofes, include all Males whether young or old. ^ ° e^tf.21 .21. with v. 25. and 6. i4.Thofe MyrfrF ads or many-ten-thouiands were informed y That Paul tawht the Jews among the Gentiles to forfaM rt ■ , Mf Mofes, faying that they ought 9 ! %i^. t heyai>bM£btustn ur not toctrcumcife their chiA* W, with Wives and I children . J • . but the ElderS tell him, ?' Where wives and children are ' .. , ~ . , ; 1 included under the notion of as touching the O entiles tb A Diiciplw. believe, we have -written aM concluded that they obferve nofuch tiing, that is, thj' their children fhould be circumcifed ; for thereto!: tive (toi5w) muft needs be referred to the 21 verfi where he mentions the circumcifion of Children ' Obfer* e then he faith, we have written and conclude^' which words refer to zAlls 1 5 *3 - The J?°ft les A ■ ders & Brethren fend greetings to the Brethren whii 1 •are of the Gentiles. It appears that the queition v| - concluded as concerning the Gentiles and their chil dren, (and not the J ews children) called there 4 cities The Apoftles and Elders wave the quefticj as concerning the J ews children,for as yet the \z\\ were not able to bear it, *A$s 6 14 ; but they detfl mine that the Gcntiks fhould not circumcife trrt childrei («) children, or obferve any of chofc ceremonial Rites ; ave onely chac they abftamfrom things ftranglea, tnd fornication, from things offered to idols, and rom bloud. So that it is as clear as the Sun, that by Difciples, Alls 1510, children are meant. 2 . Children are iuch as do belong to Chrift, thcr*- ore they are Difciplcs of Chriit ; for to belong to Shrift, and to be a Difciple „ Pflat!unf ^, fli ^, , :if . )t Chrift, IS all One in iCri- tmUis txyenps {get, fedfjc»ip4* ,turephraie.^.2 7 57 with '^gfigtfS^ \£at.lOQ2>*WhofoeVerJball Chryf in Mat. 10. K*m i:i >ive a cup of cold water to one ZZ^daLnuos, nm fin* f the fe little ones > &C. Thefe haeChxyk&omufcdetalixum ire diftinguifhed from Pro- ^™«^™^™^- >hets and righteous men , but called Difciples. 3. They are fuchas Chrift undertakes to teach, fa. 54 1 3 , all thy children [hall he taught of the Lord, er. 3134, they Jhallall know me from the left to the reateft, that is young and old. This promife is ap- iyed (John 6 4 5. J unto the people of God in the tew Teftament, whom the Lord doth engage to each and incline their hearts to believe in him. Ob']. Itisfaidj Go teach (Mat. 28) and then ba- tize, that is> fay fome, fuch as are made Difciples by le teaching of men* A»f. 1 . We^deny that it's neceflary they fnould be mghc of men before they be baptized; Taul\vz% pt taught by man when he was baptized by Ana* ias ; it's fufficicnt to us that the Lord engages to :ach us and our children. 2. In fcripture we fay there is no priority or po- B 3 fteriority ^ hi ScripturU nm d.ttur prius fteriority ; therefore from the T ljtmuih P 1 ionty fimply the argument is not coriclufive : But if they will argue hence, That they muft firft be taught by men $ we retort Markjt 4, I ohn did baptise in the wilder we fs 3 and preach the baptifm ofrepsr.tanee ; where y bu fee baptifm is put before pieaching. 3 . * If we precifcly fiick to Matt 2 8 i 9 . „•,*/«' ;a,„ the words ^^^ women ^ tifr C;riCoLVTHi. The ante- T J J /* i i > ccd,ncco ** f i, *„ , ,1 ^eluded; for the word * u is>«i ,7a. Thus/f m ,« w 24 . Vi t>*j is the mafculine gender. «x«* ,??. CjilL^jp Ttuiapx £c x*'\h fcV/w. Col 2. i?. t&d JUf3|&J «£ *' Caput ex quo Mat. r 5. 4 mztfiit v. 6 «, i >« t » > /uiaty » y. J ohu 1 6. 1 3 . kI %nii& iuhoc> Which notes the perfonality of the holy Ghoft.', 4. For the adult, we fay teaching ordinarily goes before the adminiftrarion of the Seal ; but not^ to in infants : It was fumxient that Abraham was effectually taught , though his children were not as yet capable of inftmclion; notwithstanding as he,' io they were all admitted to thefcal of circumcifion; 5. If the Lord had given a CommilTion to the A- jpoftles, faying , Go teach all nations , circumcifing them in the name of the Father ; had this been m- confi 'lent with Infant-Circumcifibn? 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 Gh ft; why fhould any imagin that Infants are ex^j eluded ? This word ' '/xduTiva fignifles properly td djlciplc them , q.d. admit them into the fchool o£ Cbrilt ; thus the word is conftantly ufed in the new Tcftamcnt.asin^f^.»7 57, Wiitufffc r% ttm - * [Be He was Terr's difciple y or he was difcfple to him. Where we fee phinty, That * Heb ? M _ rh rel-tiVe dlldplelllip may be rrckved the Law, that is, were admitted or in fcripture. Atts ;ssf" d > dinned after a _ r v le^al manner, miswoSstow. 14.21, c'.^ntA lff^ 4 U&V0/ U TW SJO'Al'" WlVHV, M,«l ^5«TeC'(TxVT£? (K&V3C ; having evangelized that city, (that is, turned them into the mold of the Gofpel ) and difcipled a competent num- ber, they ordain dblders in every Church., v. 23. 6. Making difeiples being an aoritt , hath the force of a future taife, and ..-, - -*« baptizing is of the prelent teufe; therefore ^^-srt/^ovfes teems to have the pre- cedencie. 7. f hough (make difeiples) hefirfl: in order of words yet not of things .• For he doth not fay. Go make di(cip 1 esand baptize them ; but make difeiples baptizing them : As if he had laid, By dedicating them to God in that Ordinance , they are made dif- eiples of Chrift* 8. J f children be left out in this commiflGon , it- is becaufe, 1. They are not named, and To women arc excluded alfo, for they are not named , auric being ofthemafcuhne gender. Or, 2. Becaufe they are not capable of being taught, and fo of being Difeiples of Chrift. But the contrary hath been proved , That they arc taught by God , and after they are come out of their infancie , are capable of being taught of men. The Second Argument. Such children as are incovemnted, are to be fealed £ 4 with (h) with the initial fcal of the Covenant ; Butthechil- SircmcoHccUntw'mtyvffl, dren of believing Parents, cxtruvfigtumqu dmin«>ji? in are incovenanted •• Thero c -ni wtti Sacrament fotunt, it c T l I C i i t?'mtumf 1 .numinc.rmptrnbi'he.f i * ore > ' n e J ^ ! ' c tO be IwUci mkntffpamktsw Luther, with the initial Teal of the dj can tfap. Covenant. The fitft Propoficion is" proved Gen. 17 7,9, *W 1 will eft ablifj my Covenant between me and thee, and t;y feed aft*r thee in their generation* * for an ever- : ; lifting Covenant , to ha God to thee and to thy fed I *fier thee. Thou JJjalc k*cp my Covenant therefore y toon and thy feed after thee in their generations. You fee the Covenant is nude by the Lord himfelf a groun 1 of Circumci ion. Now where we have a jpromife Lud for the foundation of a duty, it is equi- valent to anyexprefs command ; feeing the will of God is as well known by promife or thrcatning, ( Ier. 1 25 ) or neceffary confequence, a> by expreis command or example * Yeathofe words \jhonfhalt keep my Qovenint therefore 3 extend to us alfo in the new Teftament; but notastocircumcifion, there- Fore to baptifm. I would fain know whether by- virtue of thi, covenant made with Abraham , the poftericy of Abraham fh all not re reinfrated into that land ( A fie. 7 t a^ Let them feed in Baflian and Gllead as in the d-ys of old ', and according to the days- thcre isno ^ y ^ mixd for chc nerved by fome ) but obiervance thereof fubfequent directory for the particular day. The inftitution it felf we fin i in v erf. 10, with- it any reftridion to infancie se*- Ainfworth. Num.9 6 j7l 8* that latitude, as comprifing "H?;*^ ales of any age , omnis m M ^ every male whether: an or child {hall be circumcifed. Thus the new lament, Gal. 3 28, £gff*y v.alSyihv,mate & female; there. (26) there is no limitation of it 3 therefore it may as largei lybecakena: the word before mentioned, Gen i^| 10. We fee then that the? I ovenant is ftili in tbrcei and the command thereto annexed, fc Tnat Infants fhouki be iealed 3 onely the Seal of circumcihon is turned into bap tifm. Thole males and females (Gal. 3 28) arc equally pfiviledged according to the tenor* ©i *4brdbam\\ Covenant; for, faith the Apoftle, we are all one in Chrift Tefus, and ir ye be ChrilVs then are v e %dbr*\ hams (r ed and heirs according to the promife : But! children are Chrift's : Erg. Abraham's feed, and therefore confequently alike priviledged with A- i» thaw's children. Add to this the words of the Text, Afts 2 \And let every one of yon be ba* ftized^for tt?e promife U toyott (Jews and Protelytcsl mndyonr children. This was the fir ft open promuln gation of the Covenant. The Jews were fo accuftomed to that great perfo^ fial promiie \_ I will be thy God, and the God of thj\ fiedf\ as that there needed n^t any explanation or itj it being ordinarily put for the Covenant, and contra-! i-iwife the Covenant put for it. Gal. 3. 14,17. Thak$ thtltleff.ng of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles* \ that we might receive the promife of the fpirit. Thuii j t yerf 17, This T fay therefore, that the Coven.m^ which was confirmed of God in Chrifl before the L*w \ 9»hich w as four hundred and thirty year s after , canno ^ difanuly that it Jhould make the promife of none */]j fell. / Sometimes the Apoftlc ufeth the plural Number h v.it &7) i. \6. Nov to Abraham and hu feed mere t /wpromi- es nude. Eecaofe this propo- ^ tecvtM faith , ,„ Abra . Ition \_ltVlllbe tbj (Jodj DC- ium *«<* J?m feed were ibe jw\>- ng the moth« promifecon- g^'tfgZZ aineth all other promites in iaith, i> *&ep.] r^Gai^i** hewombofit. f!u Sj R^. 4 ^X£SS£ 5. » «OTt. r ><-^, thepromifejtbat lviakh, hewfli jfew&i*Ebc s, the Covenant made to ^- iaBd,bumtbei 7 .he^ rah am, is to be under flood , being mentioned in hat hapt^r no lefe rhan four times. This promife, iaich the Apoftle Atls a , is to you md your chil iren, and to the Gentiles (when called) md their chil :ren : To you Jews actually ; (for hey were not as yet cut off) and to the Gei ciles m- entionally, anfwering the call of the Gofpel. As for that * interpretation of fending (Thrift, vhich is ^iver; by tone; we * Mn Tom his rev. ay , It's improj er to fay , the promife it } for it was lready fulfilled ; ( though it was included in AhrA- fonts Covenant; but as for remiflion of fins and ouring out the fpirit on them and theirs , they are ncludeJ in that great promife, [I -will be thy Cjod an& heGodof thy feed.~\ Thus the Apoftle Gal. 3 14, %*t 7v s might receive the promife ofthefiirit through wnh . This the Apoftle !^ad chiefly m his ey : For he giving of the Mejfta'i was the great promife of he old Teftament ; as the giving of the fpirit is the ;reat promife of the new Teihrnent See Lukj> *4« \9. Atts 1,4, k, and 2. 33. Having received ef th$ 7 ather the promife of the holy Ghoft. Compare A&S I o. 47. and 1 1. 1 6. and ij. 8 ; o. Giving them the (28f My Cjhoji as he did unto us , and put no difference bc~ I 'tween us and them , purifying their hearts by faith. Which words fhewyoti, that it's not meant onely of the extraordinary gifts , but of the ordinary gifts of fan&ification : By sjirtt then (Aft. 2 37 ) he meaneth not (omucb, or folely, the extraordinary gifts of the fpint , as regenerating graces , with the degrees of them. We have now proved the h*rft Fropofition name» ly, That fuch as are in Covenant, are to be feakd with the feal of the Covenant. It remains chat we prove the fecond,/? . That Children are incovenanted. For the proof of which , mind well the words of the Text, Thepr§mife u to yeuandto your Children, Obj % The pronrife ru.:s to children when th~y are called. Anf. Calling in the Jews di.l not go before the Covenant, but followed after , as appears by rftt.$f t 25. Te art the Children of the Covenant Which God made with our Fathers, faying unto Abraham , and in thy feed fhall all the families (7rKT£ixi THJ y5j, where children muft of necellity be included , as the word im ports ) eft he earth be bleff d. The promifc was not made to their feed , becaufe they did believe ; but lbme of their feed did believe becaufe they were under the promife : which pro- mife reaches to (pirituals as well as carnals, even to turn them from their iniquities. To the fewfirfi andalfo to the Cj entile was thu pro- pife made. The Jew before had a;w adrem, but up- whetner t* Pot he is not a God of the Gentiles mighf be partakers Jews onclv •. but alfo of the .. :.t .; T r 1 Gentiles parents and children, w «h tllC J CWS of the promi^ ashewastothej£ W s.7^2.2j; fe$ and their appertenanccs % therefore the Apoftle doth abundantly labour to prove , by four feveral places of Scripture , That Chrift is a minifter of the Circumciiion, to confirm the promifes made to the fathers ; and that the Gen- tiles might glorifie God for his mercie held forth m the fame promise. See^.p, n, 1 2 . Ido not remem- ber any placeof Scripture, where the Apoftle doth bring fo many proofs as he doth in this one place, Slewing that the Gentiles have an intereft: in the promises made unto the Jews ; that fo he might re- move all fcruples, and drive the nale to the head, and clinch it fait. For Firft , Tf children in the new Teftament had been left out , they had loft by the coming of! Chrift. Secondly y The grace of Chrift had been ftraighter in fhe new Teitament 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 I were wont to do; pleading the Covenant, it hc|di have no intereft to it as from his parent*? r 6. We have fuiiiciently proved, That the Cove- nant runs in the natural line ot believers , as to thi outward admjniftratton of its atkiltillitbc cut of: 3y parents or children , onely it is cftabhmed with l/aac, and all fuch as are true Ifkacs. 7. Except in relation to the Covenant in thae place, AEk. 2, there codd be no occafion of naming Children .- For, The Apoftle might have faid, Thefro.mfc * tayou 3 %ni thofc that are afar of, even as many as the Lord (ball call, without putting in Children, but he lets them understand, That, notwithstanding that bitter curie, Q hps blond be upon us and ufon our children 3 they were not as yet discovenantcd , though the ax Uy ( Ki'O Mat. 5) at the root of the tree, ready to cut them off from Abraham , if they clofed not with Chrift. 8. That limitation to children when they arc cal- ed , holds forth no moiepriviledge to the children Sf believers than to the children of Pagans ; but how uncomfortable this docTrine is let the world judg. 9. Is not this ftrange docTrine, That the faith of :he parent mould fet the child farther off from God? )efore they were near bv the bloud of the Lord , but low afar off ; In that very moment the parent be- ieves not, the child is under a Covenant ; in the lext moment the parent believes, r^for regeneration s in an *inftant as generation is) * Gmcrthfx mitfanu. hechild is disco venanted $ how comes this fudden hange ? 10. The Argument fb put as formerly is alledged 3 5 no Argument at all ; for whether the parent re- ent or not repent, in cafe the children be called, tHe tomife belongs to them. If a Landlord mould move move his Tenant to give up his old Leafe, ( where! the lives of his children are included., which all fcath certain privil edges to him and his children) an< to take a new one in which his childrens lives ar left out, having no more pnviledges than mei c (Iran gers; could he radonailypeffwadehimtofurrende up the old Leafe or grant , and to take a new or* from the benefit that may accrue to the Tenant. by it the lives of his children being left out in the Leafe 5 And what force is there in this manner of arguing judge ye. You and your children have been hcthertc under a Covenant of grace $ now in cafe you believ< your children fhall be discovenanted,.* butifhereat ter they or any of the heathens /hall believe , they fhall be admitted into the Covenant , but their chit drcn (liall be left out. Had this been of any force «t perfwade them to enter into the way of the new X lament? Or to comfort poor fouls, that doubtlef Were much troubled about that bitter cut fe, his blom be upon us and our children ? Would it not have dis- )v heartened them for ever, and made them flumbk a^, that flumbling-ftone? Obj. This promife is meant of extraordinary gifts. Anf. This falve reacheth not the fore; theywenfy prickea and wounded in the very heart, and nV>o< in need of comfort to fupport their fainting fpirits of a God to pardon, a Chrift to fave, a Spirit to Ian drifre and comfott ; therefore we may not limit th promiie to thofe extraordinary gifts : For wh; comfort had it b^cn to them to tell them they ilioul ((, rccetf I (33^ reive the gift of Tongues and working miracle si ben they hung over the chimnies of hell, (as I may, fpeakj or the frnoak or the damned , ready to be ft into the everlafting flames, for ought they knew, ery moment. 2. It's to all that are a far off, to wit, Gentiles : 3W all fuch do not receive any fuch extraordinary rts , neither have they any fuch promiie ; if fo, ne in thefedays (foroughclknowj are effeclu* ^called. oput an end to this Text observe thefe 3 things. Firit, Thepromifes thac are made to Parents are ide to their children alfo ; Children are under the ic Covenant with their parents. Secondly, A tighttothepromifeis a ground ok! ht to the Seal : Or, being in Covenant is the. >und of being baptized ; for to whom belongs the venant, to them kelougs the Seal of the Cove-^ it. Feeder at ifunt fignandi. Thirdly, * Upon the fame ground that parents, baptized, their children * Mr there is the like reafon Uxm f^ Tom.Exer. the one as for the other ) But parents are ba< zed becaufe the promiie is to them : Therefore! : Children may and muft be baptized on the fame; nrndbecaufethepromifeistothemalfo. q.d. Ye vs that now repent and believe, be ye baptized thyour children 5 for the promife is co you and G to (34> to your children . The duty of being baptized . tends as far as the ground or reafon of it ; But f! extends 'to Children : Therefore fo doth the do alfo. vv. E come now to other Scriptures : F ikteM^ with this great fcriptl pyoftta nihil pojjwt in futuruprj. \Jltl* 2 ) the body Of t rnitttrc, fed quod uomeuosDmi- fcrinture doth COnr'urr Hi Hcmmavit fro^keticum eft fun- 1LU1 P rurc aocn COHCUrr. rarum. Riv in Gen. 17. Datum Gen I J J, and 28 A> &A full nmun pro ftgweffeBus '<«wi, • f / j> blefTmff if Aht fimm •, revecam in mtmm dei ham to thee and thy feed afl p ^S^bcATfm(umm% thee ' Compared with Gal htjtinaitium circumciftmis , vt S- 14 J hat the blejftncr of Abl quul/cjnftaretfachmprowffijmi, 1 • /*. A ^ imtmimadvnavgaumcir- ham Wffcf COW* #p*» / cumcifam, fed ad multas gentcs Gentiles. ThlS later text explained by the former. Lev % 26* 41 , I will remember mj Covenant wi T?COb, and my Covenant withl&zc and with Abi ham* Obferve how he afcends : He begins with f cob, (Efa* being cut off) from facob to Jfaac^ (Ij fnael being cut off ) from Ifaac to Abraham. Jl will he do when they accept or the punishment : their iniquity , that is , kits the rod , and hum! themfelvcs under the mighty hand of God; becai and Becaufe (for fo the original renders it) they ( fpifed his judgements. Then faith the Lord, ver. 4 / mil remember the Covenant of their Ancefier this promife relates to their laft captivity. ver./\ Compared with Rom. 11.1,26. 28. Dent. 4 1 , Jfin thy later days thou rttnrnj he yv ^35) ttot for aet the Covenant made with thy fathers, Verfi 57,- "Becaufe he loved thy fathers therefore he chofh \t heir feed after them. Cap. 7 , 8, IO, ver. 1 5, Onelf the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love tJjem, and he chofi their feed after tl) em. In which Text ofc- icrve, That God did (hew favor to the Children foe the Parents fake. Deut. 29 10, te ft and this day be^ fore the Lord, your little ones and the ft ranger that ft* in thy campy that thou fljeuldejt enter into Co* venant , He ipeaks to them all as one man. Neither frith you one ly ( that is,- you and your Children here preient) 00 I make this Covenant : but with him alfct that is not here this day, (that , obferve v . „. rbat ht may la is > the "* Gentiles and their to ike a Godot bebatb f V om *• C hildren unborn intentional- Abiaham « \y.) Deut. 30 6*, Twill circumcife thy heart, and the heart of thy feed. Compared with ver. 5, I wit multiply thee above thy fathers. Which implies that this promiie relates to their return out of their laffc captivity : For this command which I command thea this day } is not hidden frorru thee neither is it far ojfk This is a Gofpcl-promife as appears b y the Apoftls Paul, Rom. 10 6, The word of faith is nigh thee ; (a word of command and a word of promife being pro- rmfcuoufly ufed in fcripturc phrafe, ; Vfalm li 1 1 f ^ compared with the 10? Tfalm v. 8. He hath re- membered his Covenant for ever y the word which- hd commanded to a thoufand generations. Pfalm 37 2?» / have never feen the rightousforfaken y tr their feed begging bread, ferf. 21, Me * ever merciful and lendeth, and his feed is bleffecL Pfetwtfp) Thevo* C a Jwtary 00 luntirj of the people were gathered to the people of the God of Abraham. Pfalm$6 i<5, Save the fon of 'thy I handmaid. Pfalmii6 l6 y Truely I am thy fervant j and the fon of 'thy ■ handmaid • it appears not what his J father was, but it feems his mother was a good wo- 1 man, this Covenant as from his mother he pleads ] With God. Pfalm 103 17, #/**■ the mercie of the j lord isfr om everlafling to everlafting upon them that \ fiarhinuandhisrightoHfne.fi, ( .1. the performance ofthepromifes) tochildrens children, Vfal. 102 28, ] The children of thy fervantsjhall continue, and their j * m.66 22, Tmr/eeJjbaiicm- * fodjball be e flab UJhed before j Unue before me. thee. This is a Gofpel-pl'O- j mife for the continuance of their Children in their ] former ftate, as appears by the 17^. Th§u art the 1 fame, or, thou art he> (kvre$) fo interpreted and ap- I plyed to Chritt, Heb. 1 10. *Pfalm 1 1 2 2, yfo generation of the upright fball be bleffed. Efa. 29 23, #0* when he feeth his children the ; work^ofmine hands in the midft of them y they fb all fan~ Hify my name. Efa. 44. 3 , 7 will pour myfyirit upon thy feed, and my blefftng upon thine off *ff /■*'»£, that is, their fons and daughters ,* according to that expref- (ion Bfaias 22 24, And they /hall hang upon Him, * mSifftijieatfemmivexiikim namely Chrift , the offering tiatalcum. Matt..24.T«wflj)jMi- rfr t ht> ifTue that i fervej That the vein of election (hall run along in the loins of the feed of the elecT: , and their feeds feed for ever ; for that Church iriall never be dischurched . Efa. 6\ 9, Andtheir feed Jhall be known among the Gentiles > andtheir offspring among the people. Efa.6 $ 2 3, For they are the feed of the bleffed of the Lord, and their offering with them. This is a Gofpel-promife relating to the J ews. Non labor abunt inaniter 9 ne% gignent liber os ad conturbationem , nam femen bene ditlorum afehova erunt^cfrprognatieorum. Vifcat m They Jhall not bring forth children unto trouble>(q.d.) their iflue (hall enjoy the like quiet and proiperous condition together with their parents, whereas for- merly they were brought forth to the peftilence arid the fword , Hof. 9 1 2, 1 3. The reafon of this hap- pinefs of their children is given in the 23 verfe, For they are the feed of the bleffed of the Lord 3 and their of- fering with them ; So that by offspring he mutt needs C 3 intend intend their natural iflue, which is brought in as 3 medium to prove the former proportion, namely, That they fhall not bring forth children unto trouble, or, eic naTap^v, LXX. i e . to a curfe. To fay this is Jneant of the elecl: is improper, for irs all one as if the Prophet had fed, They are the elecl of the blef- fed of the Lord, and the elecl vvi h them : which is aiotfenfe. . T er 3° 10 > Their children alfo fcall be a* aforetime , *nd their Church ftjall be eftablifted before me: Teethe Hebr. This is a new Teftament promife grounded on thrift , (who engaged h*> heart to draw near to God, ■ Ver. 2t.) which (hall be fullhlied in the later days, Trhcn fhall fuch as have fcrupled this truth (ver 24. ) COnfider it ; for (rod will then be the godofallthefa-. mtUiesofUtsLcl, Ier $1 I, thaus, parents and chil- dren. If their children (hall be as of old, doubtlefs as they Were Church-members vifibly owned by God in the ©Id, fo (hall they be itill in the new Teftament : Bug to limit this text to their civil date onely , feems to be clear againft the fcope andpurpofe of the holj Ghoft in thefc words, vvhich is to fhew the glorious and blefled condition of that Church. Ier.$ 2 39,7^1 they may fear me for ever , for the good of them ant their children after them. This prophefy is applicabh to the Jews conrerted , v*r 37 , and is an implicit promife fuitableto that of the V. Commandment, \thatthoH may eft prolong thy days^ Compared with £fh. 6 I . And fo interpreted by the Apoftle. £%• \6l lyThoH hafiflain my children whom dots haft I (39) baft born rome t ( for we arc neither born nor reborn to ourfelvesj God owns them for his own though their parents were Idolaters. Ezj. 36*1, I will fettle you after jour old eft ate f 9 and will do better for you than at your beginnings , Or as fome read it , / will beftow benefits upon you more than at the fir ft. Then doubtlefs their children were not left out. E<> 47 f 4, Ye Jh all inherit it one as well as another, yea, faith the Lord, the ftr angers with their children {hall have inheritance with the children o/lfrael in that landofCanaan^ verf. 2 2. This is a Gofpcl-promifc as appears by many arguments which I could pro- duce ; the land being but a type of the Church 01 heaven, in which children (hare with their parents. Hof.14 $> They that dwell under thy Jhadow fhall return. This muft needs include the children, which ftiall be made good, efpecially to the Jews, upon their iaft return. Obp Thefe promifes are made to the Jews, and can not properly be applied to the Gentiles with their Children. An/. They were made in Chrift, in whom all the promifes arc ™i, that „ StQGlaf ^ ms91liVtpIfldem ^ IS, amrmed; and dmen^ duum Ednmu Junius dk per cum vmity «e tnac is, confirmed to ^^J^^^l, KOtniHe mo , ,. vt US GcntlleS. KOHtantum?udrowv*pojftd€bwu t legcrttnt wv\* terpreted, Ail.lJ.l6 9 req*trtnti uttde illud fa UgNtfaifif, P* 17. Hof, 2 22 COm- onK le&t*nx din bimo', undc illud rut pared with Rom .0, 24, r * C 4 *ft ( 4 o) 2 $. Hof. il 4, He found him in Bethel and there h Jpake with m : So that the promifes made unto J acol are applicable unto us alfo.Hence it is that all the peo pie of God ( g a l. 6 1 6) are called the Ifrael of God. If any fhall &y,That children in the old Teftamen were ceremonially holy : The Apoftlc.anfwers i Vet 2 o, writing to the twelve tribes fcattered (law.i.i they and their children were an holy nation Add to all thefe fcriptiues Exod. ib 5, She-win 'Man 1. lAhrabdm is brought in mercie unto tioujands of thet t **fo^™S wea ™* T > that love me and keep my torn to whom the promue was made; i ■ which runs along in the natural mtindmentS. ] hope none Wl line to Child , taking effcft in f a „ f 1 nof . f U» rn .^ r r,] l-,,, ^^ t L fomc of his feed in every gene- 3a > tll ? C tnemorailaW O. tE radon, Butieaft thisiiiouid be promifes thereunto belong SS&SwInttSS: in § a " abolifticd. Here is as Matthew defcaidsfrom^fft. prGinife made to thofe th tab am to Chrift T Lvic afcends j'.n • r^ ^ \ ' ^ I fromChnfttoJ^;tofliew worlhipGod in the beauti us that the Covenant extends to f holincfs, I mean ill the pi alLbeiievuig Gentiles as well as • <- i - _,• * •Jews, even to all the Sons of "ty OI I)1S Ordinances ; t * Adam fuch and their feed doth tl Lord extend rnercie. f which is a fruit of thcCovcJi riant of grace not of works ) The like phrafe v have in Timothy > Keep this command to the coming ; I Chrift, that is, if thou fhouldeft live fb long • So I the world fhould continue to a choufand generation \\ (which I (iippofc not, for Mat. 1 thofe tnree 14 g< derations took up a great part of the time from \A braham to Chrift) God will make c;ood his word t them, if they cut net off the entail of the promifes. * When Princes offend their favo- Ob). * This IS meal tites ;re beaten : So when Patents , r „i 'ii Mri jj tran-'srefs their children are winded- tO tilOlC CHlldren tn« lo\ love the Lord , and the contrary threatning to thofc Children which imitate their fathers vices. lArf. i . * If the command be fo underftood, then is there no pretence for children to complain, The fathers have eaten four grapes * Exod.34.7. virumj, Mbit and the children s teeth are fet f«w*fy^°& **&**&$* j *r-/-> j j* 1 J -r\ i* ml.iia , & quireddU iniintfta- VHeage* It OOd did punilh ump*#t!mfi!ijiacKqotzbHt.Hfr t children onely for imitating shewing marie unto thoa- T - J . O fands, but vihtingthe fins of tlieir parents VICeS. the parenrs upon the children to the third and fourth gene- ration : The words are put abfolutely, without retraining them to thofe bhat love or hate him, becaufc they relate to the parents } fo that doubt- ffs the child may fuffer temporal punifliment for the fathers fins, as be- *g apart of the rather; but not eternal. E\c% 18. 2. If he fpakeof children hating God as their fa- hers, why might he not have faid, Vifaing the in- iciuitie of the fathers upon the children unto a thou- sand generatons, as well as to the third or fourth? 3 . T the words be fo undcrftood, then is the force >f the companfon loft ; for he extolls his mercie a- )ove his juitice, faying, Viftting the iniquities of the at hers upon the children unto the third and fourth ■eneration , but , Shewing mercie to thottfands : For he attributes of God ?re equal, *W»c non hifyenw^ 4. What force were theie in this dehortation • You arents take heed of idolatry, for if your children to be third or fourth generation comrnitt idolatry ,. I nil punifh them ? It is not to be imagined , that ie wifdom of the father fhould argue thus irrational- f : For fo he mould puniiTi not fo much the fin of W father as the fins of the children. • Let none fty thefe are old Tcftament proofs, (in- trcnchjflg t c KKe the old Tcftamcnt, unWsitbe m > fuch plates wi thc £ pro f y , n their heads, and, in he faded not , but mau b hundred am i though the P^«" fc /;% m 4 f ? is a „ight muci * S,fo6y) tafckcdhisbond. Z*i 14. "^ (43) wlpen his fervant Ifrael in remembrance of his nter* ie , as he fpak? to our fathers , to Abraham and his eed forever, q, d, God in giving Chrift remember* :d his Covenant with Abraham. F.J2, To perforin he merciepromifed to our ^^ iKt& . ^ flj^ri^ W. or ef at hers* and to rer ie. Tojbwmtrcieio ov.r fathers i the v.b^Lo*. L,'j L n ]« /~„,.- fathers arc the obje&s of this favvur. nember his holy Cove- B«t what is this mcrcie and favour? \ant. Vetf 2, Compared The words following tell you , T« vichthe 76, •sfndtbou »*^*** <»«■«• "kild, {halt be called the Trophet of the Highejt. He >rings in the child here, q, d. Behold the Covenant s made good to Abraham in this Child. Zacharias who was both deaf and dumb, as the word (ignifies nd as it appears by the context, for they made figns into him how they would have him called) I fay, Zacharias triumphs in this, and magnifies Gods glo- bus grace, faying, »As he as. 3 „, a* ****»©• «.'«» b.tke by the month of all flu «&?$»&> B > lbe mmb °f a:l be "Prophets ; as if all the **.*"&* 'rophets had bue one mouth , being unanimous 1 their interpretation of the Covenant , v. jo, Inich Covenant was made not onelywith Abra- am, but with the fathers and their children; and lall we have a mouth to fpeak or a heart to think jntrary to the fenfe and meaning of all the holy rophets , which have been ever fince the world be- an ? Far be it from us, yea for ever far be it from us, iat pretend we have the mind of Chrift. Luke ip 9, Salvation to tkyhoufe, faith Chrift: to ach&Hs , or here is a covenant of grace for thee and iy children j but mind how he alters the pcrfbn. (44) 9 or tU much tu he alfo is a fon 0/ Abraham ; as if he Would have ftanders-by, yea all to take notice 9 That though Zachtw was an eminent finder and a Gen- tile: yet upon his conversion he and his children Were included in the Covenant. Gal 428, Now ws irethren^ <*f ftaac yeas, are the children of promife ; I* faac when an Infant was a child of promife , and fo considered when that promife was made ; which ^ a i5,N fl tur5jud ? i.]A^ promife was confirmed to htteltyjhnattaraliter ejfe immune* a him and t6 hlS pofteritV *. Wi StSSS then, faith theApoftk, (] nemfmebau ideb natwale vocatw andyOU GaUtians With VOUJ hoc bonunu Calv. in Gal. l A "\ / - m r 1 brethren ) are children of thi promife as Ifaac. This is the fenfe of the holi Ghoft- But as then he that was born after the flcihfc did persecute him that was after tbefpirit : foit if now. There were then fuch as were born after th flefh, that is, the natural feed, who in courfe of na » * w o n-T-A- : Jj tare came from nAbrahanu i *Rom. 11.28. Dilech propter . f - Patres.] K' $cros t feciatdumpdSifomantiE' If then there remains ^ W 4p^]0d. the bof()m of t heChur children born after the flefa , then is there the prrd ledge of Birth-holinefs ftill remaining, feeing as;! 'was then, fo it is now. Rom. 1 1 . Children with parents were broken o from the Covenant; therefore they were under i Yea, They with their parents at length fhall be ei grafted in again, as we /hall (hew hereafter. £pb* 3. 8. That the Gentiles (that is, parents ar \k childre lildren) fbould be partakers of bis promife > namely lat grand promife , I will be thy God and the God ? thy feed ; of which promife they arc not parta- :rs if fo great a part of the Gentiles be excluded* Add to all theie Scriptures that of the i C or - 7 14» Ife were your children unclean but now are they holy; ie queftion was not whether the marriage were wful , but whether they might lawfully live toge- ier,the one being a believer the other not. (there- ►re to plead the unbelieving fornicator is fan&ified I the believing whore, is improper j for thequeftion ras concerning man and wife, whereof the one was believer , whether thofe might lawfully live toge- ler. ) This queftion was propounded to Taul be • ig grounded on that Text in Ezra io> or i Cor. 5, ; isiuppofed by fome. Paul anfwers, Let not the believing bufbandput vay the unbelieving wife , nor the believing wife her tbelieving hufband ; fir the unbelieving hufband is nllified in the believing wife, & e contri, elfe wer* ur children unclean, but now are they holy. Sanc*ti- ;d , that is fay fome, they may lawfully converfe gctherasman and wife, el(e your children were egitinate. I have put the Argument as far as any that opinion have put it , but the words will not ar it f$nfe ; for Ssn&iflcation is never in all the >okof God ufed in that ienfe, and why mould we mit Of it here ? We mult * Neh- 8. Dabantfenfam Sctu nterpret Scripture by Scri- * ,w ™*™J*^mj»«™. ure , which is the fafefl way of interpretation; : there is nothing hard in one place , but ufually is explain^ (explained in another. Every creature ( faith the 1 * The difference between fan- poftle, I Tim. 4 5 , y IS * fat £S£JSdS£ Aft', t°o n ! ^'H^ ^ word of C*i a, tiTef an hoimeis m Swte. prayer. Here ic (knifies n< Nihil biccrit di?icv\i:\tu\i fax- _„ i i r , » - - ° • t r BiMtrm Ld%*Mi a'ddejje ondy lawful but an holy ufi quam Spkkualem gencrii nolilita- and fo it is taken in this tern, & tarn qmdtm non proprltim ^> t» • . . wtwtjedqutafcdmmjndbat. Cor - 7' Bu t « the ienie I Cai. in Rom. i i.i<5... .: fbme,the Pagans lawful relat ons & enjoyments are fanctified to them , which t aflert is very abfurd ; for heonely which ufech a for God hath all things fancTifieu to htm ; therefoi by the holineis of children the Apoftle means foed ral holinefs, according to Scripture phrafe , E^ra \ The holy feed have mingled themf elves with the pe> pie of the Lands. To fay the holy feed , that is, tr legitimate feed , would imply that allthofe childr* of the heathens were baftards. Dan. II 28, He Jball have indignation againft tt holy Covenant, that is, againft parents with the children incovenanted. J 2. The Apoftle fpeaks to the priviledge of a beli j° ver which he had not before , £ now are they holy {J ' a: priviledge, we know, is a peculiar benefit, appropr ^ ; ate to Come j not common to all ; but this is comrm Wi to all the heathens, well known to them, much mo ^° to the Corinthians , that their children were legi 1C ' mate. . J> But according to their fenfe 3. if We fay by SancllflC «< tti a&i?^ - tion is meanc a . lawful u< i the children of heathens. the Argument is a meret m fling, (idem per idem) for the queftion was, wheel h t «i (47) they might lawfully live together ? Yea, faith trio Apoftle, they may; for the unbelieving husband is fanclifyed in the believing wife, qd. They may live together, for they may live together. oij. The unbelieving wife is faid Co be fan&ified as well as her Children. Anf* She is faid to be fan&ified by him or in liim, but notfoas to be made federally holy , but onely fancTified to his ufe as all the creatures are ; for fan- cTification is a word of relation ufed with reference to perfons , but the word, holy, in the i Qor. 7, fig- nifies an holinefs of ftate, but, faith the Apoftle, they £re holy. Thus we have abundantly proved the minor pro- portion, namely, That the Children of believers are incovenanted, therefore we conclude, That the Seal of the Covenant belongs to them. O then 1 You that are fpiritual, that have the testi- mony of Jefus, which is the fpirit of Prophefy, fo as iounderftand the Prophefies; confider vvhatlhavc aid , and the Lord give you underftanding in all :hings. We arecompafled fas you lee) round about with a cloud of witnefles , _ . . . K^ . T , It was one and the fame cloud Sow the Lord grant we be (£**». 1425) winch was fir-he lot like the Egyptians, look- £i h £ j^?"?. 8 "* darl ? - l ! to Of.f ' r the Egyptians : Even io one ng at the darklom part Or and the fame fcripture to Come he cloud, (as many do; and ^t'^^Z^M lGt the li^htfom part; but 'he light within to lee the light hat this cloud may be as a ^ on &*?* loud by day, and as a pillar of fire by night ( even in hat night that is coming fall upon us , the ftudo ws of (48) of the evening growing very long ) to guid us in the Jruth as it is in Jefus. ; * Obj. Circumcifton was no feal of Rightoufneis tOtAbrahams pofterity. Anf. Look^to the rock^(Bfa.^l) whence ye are htwen* q d. Confider what mercies I (hewed to A* brahem , the Tame mercy may you expect to your felvcs. PromiTes made to believers as believers, belong to all believers; for it's a lure rule a quatenus ad omne valet confequentia , from a thing as fuch, the con- sequence availech to all. Thus the Apoftle, Heb. 1 3 5, applies that of Deut* 3 1 8, He will not fail thee- nor for/ake thee. That promiie was made not to fojhua but to the body of the Children of Ifrael, as Promifcsmndetothejewsas appears by the LXX tranfla- Sauits, are made to all ; there- flOn J for as it's applyed tO fore the Goipel-Church is cal- q n ; ' « « i * r hasim^dfcrufaim'h&tktht fojhua it hath but one nega- Jews names put upon it, be- t j ve DUt when applyed tO. cauie thofe prcmiies belong to , , * , c r rr 7* n - it. See«x, UdM"**$i* theDOdyotlfrael, verfe 8, it iy,>jn*\i™ a%. Heb. 1?, 5. hath four negatives, to which « & n «*W a « & * hw- the Apoftle adds a fift , No I TO?J ™• will not leave thee, no I will, not in no wife ferfahe thee. The Lord being willing more abundantly to confirm our faith adds five de- nials, becaufe he faw what doubting hearts we had. So much for the firft Propofition,/c-. That promi- fes made to believers as believers , belong to all be- lievers ; but this \J will be thy Goti and the Cod of thy fee&~y was made to Abraham as a believer ; therefore \o all believers .*• Whereof Circumcifipn vyas a feal ii (A9) inthc old Teftament, as Baptifm in the new. Rom. 4 2 1 , Circumcition is called a feal of the rightoufnefs of faith, which he had being uncircumafed, thatfo he might become the father of all thofe that believe, though notcircumcifed ; for Abraham was called tne father of them that believe , becaufe he was the firtf father that received thisblefling, which was a blefling upon parents and children ; for he received it noconely forhimfelf but for them alfo, that is, he receive J it as a father, and fo it is conveyed to us at this day. W Can. 2. The promife was made to Abraham arid to his natural feed, walking in theftepsof his faith ; How el(e reafons the Apoftle from the example of Abra- ham ? The promife was given to Abraham through faith,therefore't is yours through faith, v. 1 2,16,17. 2. How makes he Abraham the father of belie- vers in both people , if the Covenant was not efta- blifhed on him as a father for his children of both people? v . 17, who u the father of w aU 7 before him* whom he believed. God hath * , honored Abrahams faith, or.SrS/.rfilto. that in refped: thereof he ample of God. Exempt* cum hath made him likehimfelf, ?^ST*ft fc. a father, not of this or that nation, but univerfally of all, amongft all nations tha believe. 4. This promife £ I will be thy god and the God of thy feed 2 was not peculiar to Abraham , as appears by the fedpe of the Apoftle Rom ^ vvhich is to) (hew how we are j uitiried, and not Abraham onely ; for fathcrs|and children are j uitifica in che iamc man- D nee (5o) ncr; but Abraham was juitificd by faith and not by Circumcifion , though therein was fealed the remil- fion of fins. The Apoftle brings in Abraham as an eminent believer, and the father of the faithful ("for he was * Trimum mutuquo^genere rj* the fcrft explicit covenanter) !^$fe™, qm, „. as a rule to all believers | *fot uiamfHdaitejp Abrah*_^iw, the firft in every kind is the blhanc '(rrmtm loquitur , Abra- .„t fl r „ii «.l . M n , - hamfidejuftificaaisfuuinprsE. rule or all tnerelt ; and con- putio. Caiv. eludes tvr, 23* /* >> written not for his fake alone thdt it was imputed to him , but ttr alfo to whom it (hall be imputed, if tpc believe : So that Circumcifion was either a feal of rightoufnefs obtained, or rightoufnefs offered , therefore a feal to parents and children if they believe ; the like may I fay of D3ptifm which comes inftead of circumcifion, and is the feal of Abraham's Covenant. CjaL 329 7> are Abraham'/ feed, and heirs according to the tenor of tliepromife, which runs to him and his. 5. 1 he Covenant is the fame, therefore the par- ties included in the Covenant fpecifically, mud be the fame, elfe it's not the fame Covenant ; and there- fore as before, fo now children are included. That it's the fame for fubftance, it appears by. the CitL ?, That Covenant wai Apoftle, Gal. 3.8,28, The confirmed in chiift, therefore Scripture for efeemi that God towards chnft, fU.lt had re- Would juftifie the heathen, ipeer to Chrift. preached the Gojpel before un- , to Abraham. 1 hope none will fay we have another Golpcl, or a GofpelbefidesthisGofpel : The Apo- ftle doubles the phtafe to (hew them he fpeaks deli- berately b'efately- as pondering what he faid, $&%) $$% bring another G off el, &c GaL i. Brethren do W€ look for hSW §tHr)ftires3 6i:£nevV ; Gofpel to fave us ? Is hot the Faith f thiit f S) the* Dd- .drine of faith) delivered ohfce afid For tVerj as a pe*r« v petu.d rule: is not God one slrld the fafile though we btf changeable and at odds Wftti rilrhj G?li 3 id.^ Is ' not Gbrift yeilerday, and t6 dSy ", and for ever the lame, Heb. 1 3 8 ? Was this bri'ee an evangelical pro- mife Q / will be thy God, "] and is it not Fo (till ? Arid if that be evan^elicd , ( as is confefTed ) fhall we de- ny the liter £ / ipill be the God ofthjfeed^ to be e- vajigelical alfc ? 6. If the command of teaching our children which God gave to Abraham, belong unto usj theri the promife made to him and his belongs to us alfd ; for the promife is the ground of the duty % and the duty is the means of the performance oF the promiFe* Gen, \ 8 1 9, For I know him , that he will command, his Children , and his houfthold after him y and they frail kerp the way of the Lord to do jnfticc and judg- ment , that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that 7pHchhehathsfck*nofhii79. 7. Chrift earns not KvQu tov vo^qv to loofcn or flacken the Law, much left the prophefies or pro- mises 7 but rather to confirm them made unto the fa- thers, Rom, 158; thatisnotonely tothe Jews but alfo the Gentiles ; and becaufe the incorporating ot the Gentiles Was a Sre my- /Hence \linifters may leariiui n /• \ j- • ii. 1 doubtful things to be mo*e co- ltery,(*,*; a divine hiddenle- pious i» proofs cretto the jews, the A pottle quotes* tour places of . D 2 Scripture Tsa; Scripture to evince tfot great controverted Truth, r c. That the Gentiles fhould be incorporated into one and the fame body w it h the J e ws. 8 Why fhould it be conceived t hat the Covenant of Grace fhould run in a different courle from all o-, * M r . Patuni faith, That Cove- t; er of Gods Covenants ? mntwiththePricftswasaCo- God made a Covenant with venant of works. Obferve there *.-,/. , . , ... is a vein of error runs through thmeM, did it not reach hlS his whok Difcourfe. poftcnty, Num. 5 ? So with David, Pfalm 89 28. And did not that extend to his poftcrity alfo? Did God ever make a Covenant with any, wherein the children were not comprehended? In the firft place where this Covenant is mentioned it runs thus , To thee and thy feed y Gen. 1 5 1 8, fr, which was ratified by the dividing of an heifer of three years old. 9. Gentiles are ingrafted into the fame olive tree, and made partakers of the fatnefs thereof, that is, the ordinances, promifes and their appertenances ; the root was ^Abraham and the holy anceftors ; the bo • die of the tree the Church ; the branches particular members , whereof Infants were a great part Ob- ferve three things, 1. Thaj: Children were in the Covenant, this cannot be denied. 2. They with their parents were broken off, and therefore may plead with their Mother as an harlot, Hof 2. 3. 7 hey with their parents are. to be ingrafted in again into the olive tree of the vifible Church of Chrift. - 10., Where is that great Statute repealed, or that Mapna Chart* vacated and made void, Q Ml be thy God and the God of thy fetdi *] Was not this one (53) one of the greateft promifes ^^ \**rybi&*h Ex " Of the Old Tdhment, greater ceeding great , nay the gteateft than which could not be? p™u* s . 2 to.i. 4 The promife in the 17 of Genefis is greater than that in the 22. For the Father was greater than Chrift as Me- diator , and therefore doubtlefs that was chief- ly in the ApoiHes cy . This promife was confirmed by many and fundry ways , iroAu^e^ > by piece- meals or parcels, Heb. 1 . 1 . yet one and the fame Co- venant gradually revealed to Abraham, as he walk- ed more exadly with God ; The glorious difcove- ry of the Covenant was referved to Chrifts time ; for the farther the times were from Chrifts coming the lefs light they had , but the nearer tneycame to Chrift the more fully was that Covenant difcovered, as appears from Dan.*}, to whom the Angel reveals the time of C haft's tuffering ; and fo doubtlefs when Chrift fliall more glo, ioufly appear in his Kingdom upon the calling of the Jews, .then (hall the Ark of the Covenant be feen in the Tempkj Ifcv. 1 1 . 19, But the Covenant was confirmed £ KeK.u(><&- (awh ] to Abraham 1 . By Sacrifices, Gen. 15.18. (being not mentioned before. ) 2. By the Sacra- ment of Circumcifion, Cap. 17. 3. By an oath, Cap. 22, Yea it was confirmed by God in Chrift i (therefore muft needs be of grace. ) Gal. 31.7. 1 . By the death ©§ Chrift. 2. By the merits of Chrift. 3. By the preaching of Chrift and his Apofiles, Dan. 9. He [ball confirm the Covenant for one weel^, ( which was fpenc in the confirmation thereof ) for P 3 Chrift (54) «Wv%«e^rfctf4MM. t h: & pXC2Chcd * thfCC y«9 ftetforcpnvcrfionis Jonaasco, and a hair , and the A pottles ^«fafe fijeihum \y priviled&ed.and all of them panes -Him equates danm omnibus by bonds and fmews (that is ^ejfavolumatedei,nonin^ua : fne fo^ Q f tne Covenant tnteramterramjuxtamuliitJidHiem and tile graCC Or the Spirit) tomhnm. Pokn. coupled and united together. C0I.2, tp. Sx. ao. 37. If then that Covenant did extend to the Jews Children as a part of the Ta ber- *iacle 3 then alio muft it of neceflity extend to the Children of the Gentiles which make up the other §>art of the Tabernacle, and fo both make one. E\>b. 6 If Children have no intereft in that Covenant £] will be thy God and the Godof thy feed] then have *hey no intereft in the Mediator of that Covenant, rior any part in Chrifts mediation , which is limited to them that are under the Covenant, Heb. 9, 1 5, 1 2, 34.1* fo, then not faved $ for, tell me I beieech you, are (57) arc any favcd or brought out of the pit wherein is no water of comfort, but by the bloud of the ever- la'iing Covenant? Zach. 9. Are not we and ours bound up in that as in a bundle of life ? 2 Sam. 2 3 . Ob). The Covenant of Circumcifion was not a Covenant of grace and life, but a Covenant of works by virtue of which the land of Canaan was given to tAbraharru and his feed. Anf. Here is a palpable miftake , as appears clear- ly by Neh.p. 8 Thoufoundeft his heart faithful before thee, and made ft a Covenant with him , to give the land of Canaan to his feed , and haft performed thy mrds , for thou art rightons. VYhat can be more plain than this , that the land of Canaan was not gi- ven him confidcred as a working but as a believing Abraham ? But becaufe the main itrefs of the Argu- ments of the AntipedoJ^ptifts lies here , ( for they ioconfefsand'pullickrf have affirmed, That if that Covenant made with sAbrahanu were a Covenant )f grace, there is no queftion but that the feal of ba- Dtifm muft be annexed ) therefore I fhall be the more :opious in fne win you that the land of Canaan was lot given by a Covei ant of works , but by a Cove- iant of grace. For, 1 . God doth engage to be his God, and the God )f his feed ; which implies more than a temporal leffing , for it's as much as if he had laid. Firft, I will vifibly own thy feed in the world," 30ve all the people under heaven, whereupon he :ts up his Tabernacle and ercfts his Church amongft them them i he gives them his word and ordinances, he hath not dealt 16 with any nation, faith the Pialmift, yea hevouchfafech his own prefence and that in a glorious manner. Secondly, When ne faith, 1 will give thee the land cf Canaan, and, I -anil he thy God y h is meaning is, I will give them a vinble iubfiftance in the world ; thus he made gcod his word to Abraham, who had tiieufeof that land though not by way or inheri- tance; the promife lay fo warm and fo near his heart and did fo glow upon his fpirit, as that by faith he en joyed it as his own. ( as it is with many a gracious Spirit in thefe days, that expeds the fulfilling of ma.« ny glorious promifes.; For faith is the fublbnce of things hoped for, and giveth being to fuch things a* have no being tbemfelves. Thirdly, If they take m^for their God, I will be their Gcd, and give unto them the (t& cW) the holj things of David, Efi. 55.5. Matt. 22. He it not thi God of the dead hut of the living, that is applied to the refurre&ion. 2. Canaan it felf was not given as a mere tempo ral bleffing, but as a type and pledge of fpiritual anc \ eternal bleflings. Therefore , Firft, It W2s called the land of Emmanuel^ 8f$>. Secondly, Hence it's matte a great part of the glo ry of that land, that it flowed with milk and honey Mtuefiui**, rhc life- even the ordinances of God fwee honey. Pfai. i*. ter than the honey and the honeyjj, comb, or dropping honey ; this phrafe Eztkjel goc over and over again, fiemrg with milk %t & kom rphw ($9) *ich ii the glory of all lands, Eztk^ 2o. 6. 3. Canaan was a typeot the Church, and of the are of glory. Heb.4 1, he If fpirituals and eternaIs were )Caks of another Kelt after not promifcd to the Father?, j • 1 • then were they not by faith ap- uy were entered into that pre hendedj for that which is .eft. Heb. x 1. Ir they had re- j™ P rdn }j Ied ,»^ faich caiinoc ed in that land, God would e appK ave been arhamed to own them as Children; but o w they dafire a better Country (faith the Apoftle) lerefore God is not afhamed to be called their God. lence it was that the Lord loved that land above all ther lands in the world ; and in that, fcrufalem; id in ferufalem, Sion ; he loved the gates 0/Sion wre than all the dwellings of Jacob, *Tfal. 87.) in ion, the Temple ; and in the Temple, the Holy-of- olies. ,, The nearer any thing comes to God, the lore he loves it. 4. Gal, 3.1aft. Then are ye ^Abrahams feed and eirs according to promije , not of an earthly Canaan y ut an heavenly. For the Galatians had nothing to o with that of Canaan. 5. Hence it was that Mofes was lb defirous to fee bat good land, that goodly Mountain, and Lebanon* is mouth runs over ( he was fo taken with it ) re- eating it again and again ; which prayer the Lord card as in reference to the end , fc. to fee the land, ut not in the way and means as he defired. Go up 9 Mount Pifgah and view the land y faith the Lord to lany a faint , yea and to many a reprobate that (hall ever fet foot upon that blefled land. f>. Hence it was that they were fo ambitious to have have their bones carried out of other lands into that ft land. Thus facob and hfifh. 7. Upon this account it was, that Efau was bran- $ iled with a black coal of infamy to all eternity, Thar j> v he reveled this land; that fo as oft as he heard his u name , he might remember upon what terms he ibid \ & his birth-right. EJau who is Edom, Gen. 36. t. 8. j) Sdom->) v. 19. who is Edam , and why fo } becaufe-j ffi that for a little (red-red that is) red pottage, he iold \ s his birth-right; his intereft in thepromiies, ordi- j< nances, heaven, Chrift, whofeland that was; and:y when he had fold it he went away from the prefence | $ of the Lord to Mount Seir, being not at all troubled ^ j for what he had done, fc. that he had discovenanted himfelf and his. p 8. Cjal 4. Mount Sinai in \Arabia7] Why fhould] a *PaHl make mention of the fituation of that Moun-j ( tain (when as there was none of theGalatians aslj might be fuppofed ignorant of itj but that there did lie a myftery in the i^tuation of Sinai; to wit, that it was without the * borders of the promifed land, „ _ . . . . . " which did {hadow out * t (edits dc fjno mmc agitur, & modum h- . . \ r* pieompt&ttur&fmemiUiMynimin.me- that heavenly COUn- vtxgclium Cbnfli $ iacusbujvs foederis uitdH. * rv * u/hich U/e arrl takmKnaMo&bivdmpmtbtreditan* ) r J t0 Wmcn WC artt vtl ht adhu byet)ef*ij, wherein haft tioti loved tts ? 1Y*£ not au Jacob'/ brother I yet I loved Jacob and hated \m. If the giving of the mi ldmuA k [edi < m y» id had not been a fign of ej&ttumwmnditm* ^ a r 1 i_ j Glaff. Mai. i. 1, 2. slove, tru Apoftlehadnot • ledged thole two examples to purpofe, Ronu* 9* rhich was to fhew who were the Children of God, id who not, for , C anaan ^ privatio etiam re'jettio* f afalute fymbolum* Arg. 3 . Circumcifipn was a feal of the rightouf- :fs of faith either had or offered, Row 4. It was a al of the rightoufnefs of faith with infants that :liev v. to. Gen 1 7. 2, to the 7 There ar promifes more particularly applied to ^Abraham in which all his feed did fharc ; "For what ever pre miles are made to any, are made direclly or indirect ly to the whole body, being all yea and ameni; Chriftj and therefore collaterally may be applied t us ; as, That God would multiply his feed both na turaland fpiritual, and rnake.him a father of man nations, (as the Apoftle interprets^ ac Text, Rom./\ and do riot we fhare in that promtfe ? Gen. 7. 7, i < / will be thy Godandthe Godof thy feed, Iwilleftt hlifb my Covenant between me thee, and thy feed afte thee. Hefpeaksoritasone and the fame Covcnat throughout ,and not as two Covenants, as fome font lydoxmagin. . . Fifthly , That women arc enabled to conceive bear and bring forth, and that their children are pre I vi Jed for, "t is of grace. . '. . . , '. t. Women, if believers, a^e faved by grace 1 11 child-bearing, 4#. 7. 8. tf r r^t/^ ^k» the Covenant of fircumifim, andfo Abraham \egat lfaac ; yea fo great a mercie is it, that ic enga- ged the heart of Enoch to walk with God 3 00 years tfter he begat MethttfaUh, gen. 5.22. Thus Abrn- 14m walked with God after he received the promife or the multiplying of his feed, Gen, 1 2. which is •o be underftuod literally, (Dent. 10. lad ) as well as fpiritually. 3. The provifion the Lordmaketh forfuchChil- jren , is a fruit of the Cove- nr us in the bloud of Chrilt. Sixtly, It had been little comfort to Abraham id his feed to have had onely a temporal portion aled to them. Others of his Children were before k Children of promife for outwards , Theft (faith the the Text ) are the Kings that reigned in the land o) Edem y before there reigned any King over the children o/ffrael, Gen. ;<5. 1 i. 1 Chron. i. 43. But what is ail this? yea what is that vallTurkirfi empire , but as a crum given to a dog, as Luther (peaks ? Doubtlefs if Abraham had Co underftood the Lori , he would have faid, fas once Luther did to the Duke of Saxo- ny, wrio offered him a great gratuity ).Nonfic fatia* bor Domine y I will not be fo put off, this, Lord, (hall not fuHfice me Seventhly, The bondmen born in Abraham's houfe had no inheritance in the land of Canaan , yet were circumcifed ; yea Abrahams feed for the (pace of 430 years enj yed ic not % therefore Circumcifi- on was not folely a feal of the land of Canaan ; for as thofe had no right unto it : fo Abraham in his po- sterity enjoyed it not for thar fpace. Eighthly, Tie Apoftle determines (*Eph. 2. 12. ) * %fli» Dm racramenta pato* U P° n , their UnCirCUmcifion j fat adjwgere f«\cM, ex co quod {a- that they were without God ** gmu itfos fuife pmkijxs, m the world, v iiyKemem* \ mm eft quidem perpetuum argumen- ber that at that time ye wen I turn, vain t.xnun quantum tdoxdi- ^-» • » ; it j varum del disjJfationem. Gentiles, .who were called nm k c a iv.inEph. circumctfion 5 that at thaii time ye were fir Angers to the Covenant of promife in Hence that phrafe, 7 hey dj the deaths of the uncircum \ cifedy he faith not Qieach"] but ^deaths] as tignifyin^ 1 not onely their corporal, but their fpiritual and ecer I naldea:hs. Ezek* Z 2 - M* 26 "- and 28. 10. Ninthly , When the Lord renews the Covenan > for that land of Canaan, ( mark welly the Lord di »/ nc (61) not reinftate tlicm into that land after their return Irora Babylon, nor will he Cm% I7 . : . Cn3nsin An d i will brfOg them backoUt Or their freely give my Covenant : So \\K\ captivity into thai land, **** * but by that gracious Covenant, fer. 3.19. How /ball 1 put thee among mj Children , and give thee the plea~ fant land t Thou Jhalt call me father and fh alt not de~ fart from me. Some lay the Covenantor Circumci- ficn is to be understood as everlafting as Canaan and the pofleilion thereof; which was untill drift's coming who was theiubftance thereof, it being a typical Covenant ; but it's as clear as the fun, That that land is promifed to them in the later times upon their general Call ; for into that land muft they re- turn and fight with (the fons of Greece Z^.p.i 3. *>) :he Turk and his adherents. EK.eh^. 20. 37. / will bring them into the bond of he Covenant, v. 12, There {hall the houfe of Jfrael ven all of them in the land ferve me. This relates to heir laft return , Rom. 1 1 . 26. So all Ifrael (hall be aved, that is, the body of the 12 Tribes. Thus £z*k* 1 6. 24. / will gather yon out of all Countries , and 'ring you into your own land , then will I fprinkla lean water Upon you , and yefball dwell in the land hat I gave to your father s.v. 28. Andyefhallbemj eople and I will be your God: Yea (faith the Text/ Aot for your fakes do I this , (v. 22 & 3 2 ) faith the r Jrd Goa y be it known unto you. q.d. Youmuft not xpeeT that land by a Covenant of works , as Mofes ^ain and again minds the Ifraelites, Dent.g. 4 Say ot for my rightoufnefhath the Lord brought me to £ foffcf (66) fojfefi this land v. $, 6, 7. And adds this memcnro> for tear Ifrael fhouk' forget it, Remember and forget not how the* -provoked ft the Lord it the willernefs. Will any then for ever (ay tor the rutur c, That the land of Canaan ws given to Abrahams* feed by a Covenant of work 4 ? I wonder at the confidence of fome, who ftrongly artirm(c.l/a€e^ - i : t his own dear people and this is the foreft judgment that I know, that lies upon this nation this day. Tenthly, That Covenant was Gofpel, therefore C- a l.:.i*.Cod,averheinhe- n0t * J^? Ca ™ al C ° VC '\ ritancc by promife , M^i&^at nant, G al. 3 .8 . The S< npture See 6 en . 1 7 rianm fore feeing that Godwouldju fiify the heathen through faith , preached before the Gofycl unto Abraham. Gen, 12. Saying, in thee Jhall till Nations be bleffed. cap. 22. He faith (in thy feed) * Nay fa* 3 ,c, neither can ^ from that time ( namely, the words Gal * be referred ro Gen, 22.) tO the COming OU1 the firft # p;on,fe Cm ,* For f - .- Exo ^ l% there wasno^i/MJincor conhr- *" SJf v nation mehdond before den. 41.) was not * four hundred anC and thirty years .-Therefore %$££££%*£& it mult be referred to this 1 5 menc of circumtifion j Uftiy, chapter or to the 17. But it 's ty»"*k**«* not much material to which place ofthe two you rc- Ferr it , feeing that it s one and the fame Covenant ; But more fully explained accordingly as Abraham walked with God , cap. 12, Lecie«u when God calls them out of Ic ' s **>**» cummiiL his country, he bids him go for himfelf, and tdh him, v. 3 , he will blefs him, and that in him ail nati- ons (hall be blefled ; upon this ^Abraham departed and comes into this land, where the Lord appears to him (cap. 1 2 .7.) and faith, Unto thy feed will I give this land , (he had not told him that before,) after this there was a great famin in that land, which was no fmall tryal to Abraham's faith, that coming o*t of fuch a fertil foil as ChalAea was , he lliould be put to fuch (traits, and forced to travel to tAZgypt for food , where he fojourns awhile, and thence returns to the land whence he came; there God appears to him a- gain, upon that felf-denying a#; (ca. 1 3.7.) Abraham takes notice that theCanaanite dwelt in the land,- and therefore yields to his brother Lot, who made choice ofthe fatteft foil, as intending rather to feed his flocks than to feed fouls; but the Lord again ap- pears to Abraham, (cap. 1 3. 4. ) faying, All this land willlgive, he enlargeth his charter, and lets him know ne fhall be no lofer by him ; upon another acl of 1 elf-denyal (lcaft the King of Sodom mould fay, He had made Abraham rich ) the Lord again appears to> him (cap, 1 5. 1;) faying, lam tiy excecdinggreat re- E 2 ward, (62) I *ard, the Lord leaves himiclf in pawn f that I may fo fay) till he had made good his promifc to him ; 'Butincap. 17.22. he more fully explains the Cove- nant. Eleventhly, The V. Commandment is not carnal , though it have a temporal promife annexed to it ; ; .. Eph. 6* 2. Children obey your Deut. 5.16. Ut prolonged dies] * k «* , . J J Potefi verbum mip mpcrfomliitr, parents , Wat It f»aj VC well frriongtntijrocotpuJcfitnlongca- w itb y 0M ^ an( ( t ^ at j e mU y live long on the earth : Surely none will fay but that children are bound to obey their parents under the Gofpel, as well as the Jews were under the Law, not with landing that motive ; Is there not the like reafon for the Covenant ? May it not be fpiritual though the Lord engage to Abra- ham and his feed to give them that temporal land of Canaan? andfhall we fay this Covenant is a temporal and a carnal Covenant < hath not godlinefs the pro- mife of this life and that which is to come? They might as well have faid the ten Commandments be- long not to us, becaufe CDeut. 5.) they are enforced with this confideration \jvhich brought thee out of the land of h denyed to Circumcifion ; but he would not fo much detract From that holy inftitution of God, as to denie all profitable ufe thereof. Circumcifion in- deed did bind them to keep the whole law perfectly, but it did profit them if there were an endeavor and a care in them to keep it, though imperfeaiy. Cap 3. 1. what priviledg then hath thejpw? what benefit then ts there of Circumcifion , if the fews were not juftified ly Circuitocifton ? Here arc two queries, the Apofrlt' anfwers to the firft, Much every way y bnt chief y that to them were committed the oracles of God ; thai is y all the prophetical writings, prophefies and promifes, &c, Thefe were committed to them, non ut alien* rei depobtum; but as their own proper treafure, i; they had hearts to.make ufe thereof : For the Covenant was made with all rhefeedof Abra- ham : many indeed loft the benefit of it, not becaufe they were not comprehended in it ; but becaufe of their unbelief, which deprived them of the benefit thereof .• yet this unbelief could not make the faith of God, that is, the promile, of none efFecT; for though fome didnotDelieve, yet others did ; not all but fome, did not believe ; for God hath ordain- ed, That as he keepeth truth in his promites ; So there fhould be always fome in the Church which fhould believe them. Thus (R$m p. 7.) the Apoftle Xh; weth that all the feed of Abraham are not the ele&ieed; but doth not Obew, That they were not Under the outward adminiftration of the Covenant, as appears from the 4 verfe, iov of that Covenant :3Wfpeak$ not, fiut if onely the eleel: and faithful be (73) 3C admitted' to the Covenant, as to the outward ad* hinittration thereof : then is there no fubje&left For the ordinance of baptifm; or how iball wc know who is elecT: and who not ? It*s therefore far better to give the feal to the po which are not the c- left, than to pafs by one to whom it jbftly belongs. Thus much in anfwer to the firft querie, Rom.7.^ ;• TothefeCOnd queriethe A- PhuI purpofely deferred th« poftlcanfwers, That Abr*. $£< ?*£2ff&g& ham Wa i not jllftified by Cir- 1 eceircd the fitccft anlwer. cumcifion, which the carnal Jew together with the works of the law refted in , as appears by moft of JW'sEpiftles^w. 2. Gal. 5. 2. They not wellun* derftanding the enor o{ the Covenant of grace, did look at it with a carnal ey, as a Covenant of works ; there ore Circuraciiion was urged as neceflarr to ralvation Atts 15. i. And in this fenle the yoke put upon the difciples , was fach a yoke as that neither they nor their fathers were ever able to bear. It's not to be imagined that the Lord would impofe any fuch intolerable yoke of circumcilion as fome conceive the meaning of the place to be , ( for hxjokfis eajy, Mat. 11.28. and his commandments are not grievous 3 1 John 5 % ) misconftruing the Lords meaning, and cleaving to the works of the Law ; for which caufc the Jews were cutoff, Rom. 9*32. comp. Hof. 4. $• ( I will cut of thy mother) becaufe they fought nghtovfnefs by the works of the Law , and not bjfaitk in AbiahamV Covenant, which included Chrift in the womb thereof. For Circumcifion was a feal of the remiffion of fins • or, as the Apoftk calls it, a feal of <74) of the rightoufnefs of the faith • wtich they had, ot Which was tendered unto them. Obj. fer. 1 1 3 . Curfed be the man that obejeth not theyvordsofthti Covenant, (GW 5 g.) which Covenant 1 commanded ycur fathers when I brought tbenu out of the iandofJEgypt. This Covenant wa* a Covcnam ot works. Anf. Mind the words following, [which Cov* TJAnt I commanded y our fathers when I brought them *Ht of the to/mi ofALgypr ] was this Abraham's Co- venant ? was nut this Covenant delivered on Moun Sinat 430 years after? for the breach b which thej are here threatned. That the Law was taken by the Jfwsfora C< tenant of works, is not denied, GalJ{ Rm.\* But thyt is diftind frrom Abraham's Cove nart « . 2. Let me tell you, As fomc pictures, if you loo! on them on this fide.they rcfemble the king or queen on the other fide ano her party ; So that Covers n confidercd largely, as that whole doctrine delivers on Mount Sinai , with che prefaces and promifes and all things that may be reduced to it ; fo it's a Co venant of grace, as appears from Hag, 2. 6.Accor Sunt vobtfeum ; riki: fM ^rdmg t0 th f ™ rd that J C ° •»ain nto'CimvirhoimL-wigrjim tenanted with j oh when poJetMffiimumeoitvcbv.fin. brought you OHt of the land I Verba (quopepigeram) ^lk,w m ./Egypt , fo mj Spirit remait, quo & propter quemvosj-ccptoibcu / * lueramjrecepiramiui^ tth among JOH ^ nONVtPcyrc Cai.Ub.3.cap.9. ceived not the fpirit , kit the Apofile. bv the works < the Law, but by the hearing of faith, Gal. 3,2. th: (75) Snot by a Covenant of works, but by a Covenant f grace : But confidcrcd as an abftra&ed rule of ightoufnefs; fo it's a Covenant of works. Thusthe ^of pel taken largely, hath precepts and threatningi nnexed, yea a bitter curfe , ( the Lord keep us trow 3ofpcl-curfcs! ) UW*r. \6. 1 6. He that beluveth not hall be damned; but ftriclly taken 'tis put for the dad tidings of a Savior. ' 3. That the Law was delivered with evange- ical purpofes , cannot be denyed ; for Chrift u ■he end of the Law , Rom. .10. 4- When Mojet aw that they had broken the Covenant, (though >hey had engaged, all this will we do, relying on their awn ftrength) he breaks the tables , to let them fee :hat God would break Covenant with them ; there- Pore he is not blamed by the holy Ghoft for fo doing, ^ft.j. At that time the Lord faid unto him, Take thou the tables which thou brakeft , and put them in the Ark; fignifying that Chrift mud keep Covenant with us and for us , elfe we (hall never keep touch with God. •4. Thofe words [_ obey my voice, and do according to all that I command you , ft Jhall Joh be my people and I will bey our God~\ if compared with the like Scriptures , appear to be the condition of the Cove- nant of grace, Exod. ip. 5- Now therefore if joh mil obey my voice indeed, and keep my Covenant, then ye (hall be a peculiar treafure an- seguiiah fignifietfe the pccuiitf to me above all people, and ye ***** » f Kin 3 s - . ^ jhall be to me a Kingdom ofVriefls and an holy nation. Which is applied to them in the times of the Go* (70 fpcl, xTet. 1.9. when all thofe types and cercmo* nies were abolifhed, and they not under a Covenant ' of works but a Covenant of grace, Rom. 6 r 14. Thus ' Lev. 26. 3. If ye will keep myflatutes^ v. 9. then -will J eftablifb my Covenant with yott,v. 12. and I will T»alk among yon and be pur Cjed. Compared with 1 Cor. 6.16. I will dwell in them dndwalk^ in them, and will be their God. To thofe (captures add fer. 7. Pfal. 8 r . 1 5. Ah that my people had hearkened untt me } and Ifrael had walked in my ways 1 Will any fay, That thefe pathetical expreflions, and mournful ex- postulations relate to a Covenant of works, and not rather to a Covenant of grace tendered to them a- gain and again. 5. Confider the Text fer. 4. 4. The end of Gods requiring obedience on their part 4 was not for his own but for their benefit, that he might do them good, and give them a land flowing with milk and! honey ; which land, as hath been (hewed, was gi- ven by a Covenant of grace ; for which Covenant the Covenant of works did make way, as the needier wakes way for the thred. * 6. The Prophet fetts to his feal, faying, *Amen; Which word isfekbmufed in *M™g rcfpcd tO thofe gta- any heathen author, unlefs in ClOUS WOl'ds in tne dole 0t xhkophok. hisfpeach, q.d. So let itbe, that this people being careful to keep Covenant With thee, may enjoy ftill t bat bleflcd land , which thou did ft by oath bind thy feif to fettle them in. \Otj. But what fay you to thofe noted places fer* 3 1. 32. Heb. 8. 8? Bnt finding fault with the frf? CtVtm (11) 'oven At}, htftith, I will make 4 new Covenant with * bonfe of Ifrael. Donotthcfe places hold forth * ovenant of works? Anf I fay that Covenant the Prophet fpeaks of not the Covenant made. with Abraham , but the iorenant made with them when he brought them at of the land of v£ffpt 9 which (as I told you be- >rey was 430 years after Abraham % Covenant; ral. 3. and therefore doth Iw mbtibqod,u conferred to ot dilanul the former Cove- be a Gofpei-promife. ant, and yet ufually they onfound this and Abrahams Covenant, which hey confefstbbe the new Covenant or Covenant, fgrace. 2. f anfwer, That old Covenant largely not ftriclly aken, with itspromifes and appertenanccs , was for ubftance the fame with the new Covenant, Be*. : 3 . %i Chrifi ever the fame , as appears, Firft, The old as well as the new was ratified by he bloud of the MefftM , that bloud of his being as veil typified by the bloud of neb. 9. 1. The fiift covenant hefaenfiecs, asinthefedays had ordinances of divine fer- t is reprefented and fealed to ^fflffl fc in the Lords fupper.There- the ufe of chofe Ordinances, ore >t is called a Teftament ; the * WMC iuftifietL Sce am ' 10 w a Teftament mud needs be a Covenant of grace, or where a Teftament is ( v. \6.) there muft be the leath of theTeftator; whereupon neither the firft rcftaxnent was dedicated without bloud. 3. It was a marriage Covenant, fer. 31- 32* Though IvfOi anhttfband to them (faith tht Z»rd) or, •r, Should 1 continue an hyjband to them , feeing tl. LXX.or.TbeycnumcJnotm brAJ ^ ™) Covenant. P< rm Cnmant , and Ircg.irdcd them takes the fenfe of the Pi ttoh cl3ich che Lord ' } phet ; not tying himfelr Words* . 4. \Jn the day he too^ them by the hand, Uof. \ \ r, , , . , ,. denotes his tender affecti duaion. ] chrift hands us to to them, and fatherly care the Father. t h em % Hq ^ u ^ W j, j phrafe implies it was a Covenant of grace. • j 5. This diftinftion of the Covenant into the C and New, is not a divifion into his fpccies , but 1 adjuncts ; for the Lord (as others well obferve) ma wei.8. Faulty not abfoiutely but one Will or Teftamei but comparatively* but caL1 f ec { lt t0 be Writ in < verfe characters , and fome more legible and p< fpicuous ; one and the fame Covenant may be eitrj in paper or in parchment, and be fealed with wax The Apoftie faith rcovenantsi bloud ; therefore, I fay, j £ I*. 1. 1 2. Rom . 9.4 Becauie Co called 2. DC W Covenant , III oF:cn renewed and enlarged. fimp | dy fa rcgar J el is more clearly and di- ftin&ly reveale J, 1 Pet. 1. 10 They had a teaofbrafs, we a fea of Ordinances, clear as cryftal, though min- gled with the fire of contentions, till this Covenant in its full extent be revealed to us. Rev. 4 6 (£- 1 5.2. 3 . Tie former Covenant was muc ! ■ upon tempo- ral promifes in that infa'nt age of the Chinch ; for the Jews ( like little Children, won with a nut ana loft with the fhell "» were much taken with the gilled DUtfide of the book , rather than the infide , to take , DUt a fpiritu4 le(fGn,GW.4 ; but now in the new Feftament the promifes are rciore orfpintuals, and efs for carnas ; the Church having attained to a jreat r ftatureand meafurc of gra e in Chrift. 4. {jBetterfromifes~\ becaufc more large and full. I. For the ceremonfal part; for .heir facririces vere tor the moft part for fins of ignorance, called >y the Apoftle (Heb. 9. ayvoHu/xro> v.j.) the errors )f rhe people ; ( th.ere is in the fins of the people of jodanovercl6udi .g of the judgement, Lev. 6. % $ \, 5, Hence that expreffion of the ^po&k f Rom. 7 .c;. (8o) Thepafftons of Jin which were by the Law.) In the ge r **$*«? ra & waft'w, ncral t here was a Sacrifice foi to '7-5 an*nofprefarnption,Zfz/.i5 21 .but in one place oncly is any mcb allowed in par- ticular ; there is,one, fas was laid of the thief on the CroCs ) that we might not deipair ; and but one, leaft we ihould prefume Lev. 6, 3,4, $ . TEJut here the bloudofChrift cleanfeth from all fin, 1 J oh, 1 . 6. Ac- cording toh promife, Mic, 7. 18,19. Who is a God like unto thee, forgiving iniquity ', for that obliqu;tic of nature) and pajfing by the tranfgreffions (that is, the voluntary and deliberate fins J of his people. Sec the Hebrew. . 2, More large as to the fubjecT-, it being in thofe days for the mod part confined to the jews and Pro T felytes of the Gentiles ; but now propounded and exhibited to all nations that'diall embrace the faith of Chrift, Mat. 1 6 16. 5. The promises of the new Covenant arc better promifcs> in regard of their efficacy ; the Spirit be- ing more abundantly poured out now, than in the cbys of old. %sffls 2, 17. In the laft days I will pour eutry.y Jpirit up. nail fle/b, your old men /ball dream-* dreams, ( in which God hath' often revealed himfelf, but foaivs rhat dar kly, but ) the young menfhallfee vi- Jions. ej.d. They have a clearerfight (oftentimes) than old men in thofe days ; for they have the help of thofe that went before them .* now if you fet a child upon a Giants fhouiders , he will lee farther than the Giant fees. Stella, • 6 % This new Covenant is eft ablifheJ upon bettei promifes. C8U promifcs, in regard of the continuance of it; That is, as to the ceremonial part thereof, which was K> be done away, Heb:jQ.g. * He taketh away the prft that ^ i9to j K1 , ncV oft cordis inu- be may eftabliilj the fecond. ntumquivc^iumufwitm? rrimm ,,,,•, 1 J eftVludvubi pruverbiKtn> acccflb- vVhicn appears robe meant r -i um r C qui n acuramfuiprincipa- of the typical part thereof, lis - No>i^ umigitJ{r f teerei n eHia3 r> -n 1 • r* c W A n ™ tl font quam appendices ve~ Ver. %. But this Covenant or teris Tt&matti , ftmul cum W$ ^Abraham is a Covenant ufaf^ufmmhtotg. , in/ Cal. in Lev. cap, 8. v. 8. that latts for ever even to a thoufand Generations. 7. In regard of the (lability of it, fer. 3 1 .3 5 . Not ac< or ding to the Covenant wade with your father A- braham when I brought jou out of the landof ^ALgypt* which my Covenant they brake, (or continued not in} But this is my Covenant I will make withyeU y (faith the Lord) I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; if thefe ordinances of M.007* andfiars depart from me, (v. $6.) thenjball the feed of Jfraelceafe from being a nation before me for ever ; if heaven above can be meafured, then will Icafi off the feed oflfraelfor all that they have done, faith the Lord* Jer.3 5. 20 Ifyou can breaks the Covenant of the day, and my Covenant of the night, then alfomay my Cove- nant be broke with David, That he Jhould not have fal. 2. 8. <£■ 7i> IO & 102. 22. ^ 47.1aft. The vo- luntary of the people [ball h gathered to the God of A- brab-im. Or , what Qy you to thofe pafiages of the Prophet? Efa.49.1. 6^42.4, 10. #51 5. tf- 66.9. In which places the holy Ghoft feems to have a fpc* cial ey to thofe Iflands. Efa. 5 5.7. Nations Jhall run unto, thee Ez*k± 20- 40. In my holy mountain there Jhall all the houfe of Ifrael^allofthem in the landferve me. Ez>e. 3 9. 7 5 . / mil have mercy on the whole houfe of Ifrael. Thus Ronu. 11. 26. All Ifrael fball be /*W. That is, the body ofthc 12 tribes. Eze 42.15. The portion of the Levites allotted to them, as the verge of the Ternple, amounteth to a (pace bigger than all the land of Canaan, and the Temple it felf bigger than the Citie. As Ezekiel meafureth the Ci- tic 1 iofohn, Rev. 2 1. Which prophefie pointeth out the new Jerufalem coming down from heaven; I mean, the Jews again called after their rejection, and holdeth forth Jerufalem, that is, that Church, of the Jews as far larger than that oiS^ehieL 3 . Was i\ not an aft of grace, that God fcparate J that* people to himfelf above all the people Undec heaven? "Deut 4.6,7,8. And will it not bean a<$ of the fame grace, to reftorc them to a far more glo- rious ft ate and condition? 4. This Covenant is never to be rcverfed, as you have heard from Eft. 5* p. This is nmv me as the E % inner* (U) waters" of Noah. I would fain know of any Neope^ lagian, Whether, that if the World be never fo fintul, it (hall once more be deftroyed with water? they will fay no, ("but, I mud tell you, that as in the law a par- don of feionie binds the malefactor: (for fo the par- don runs ) fo a pardon of fin binds the (inner to his good behaviour:) Even fo, faith the Lord, This it unto me as the waters of N furely though the Jews fhould much degenerate ( which I truft they never will) yet they (hail never be brought fo low* as they have been in this their laft Captivity. To this agrees that of the prophet, 8 fa. 3 3* 20. Sionfball be a tabernacle that Jhall not be taken down. Amos 9. 1 5 . They fl) all n more be plucked out of their land y For the gilts and calling of God to that Church are without repentance. Rom. 1 1 . 29. As therefore this Covenant was National : fo it (hall be. It will be, faith reverend M r burroughs , a fufficient ground for any to plead an intereft in Church priviledges , that he is a member of that Nation. Efa. 4. 3. He that is left in Jemhlcmjballbe called holy , the rebels being cafl out, E^ek. 20.38. Obj. Notwithstanding that Covenant, the Jews were equally in a damnable condif ion with the poor heatheniili infidels ; all equally guilty before God, 2*^20.38. iAnf. They were fo by nature, but that they mis- carried > it was becaufe ehey wilfully rejected the Co- venant of Grace. 2. So are many of the rebaptized ones, though under the outward adminiftration , many of them in (85) a fad and deplorable condition, and damnable ftate though taken for faints by others , therefore doubt-; lefs there is no force in that Argument. Obj. Circumcificn was a feal oncly to Abraham., a fignto hispofterity. An. Are there not figns exhibitive as well as figr nifaative ? and wherein did luch (igns differ rrorn feals? 2. May not feals be to confirm a future as well as a prefent benefit ? Or, 2. Is that feal ( Rom. 4. ir.) applyedto Abra- ham alone, and not written for thofe hereafter that fhail beleive ? Rom. 4. 2 3 . It was not written for his. fake alone ( faith the Apoftlej that it wis imputed to him for rightoufnes , but for us aifo to whom it Jball be imputed if we believe, 4. Was not the prom i(e to Abraham to be heir of the world? that is, of Canaan included in that pro- mife; Was it not (I lay) through the everlaiting Co- venant, and not through the works or the law which the carnaljew retted in? i^.4.13. 5 ># Did not Abrahams posterity Hand in as much, need of a feal to ftrengthen their Faith as Abraham did? ^Abraham-, was troubled with doubtings, and the Lord again and again ftrengthened his faith. If he that was fo eminent for believing wasfo put to it, what (hall we fay to the poor fhrubs. Pfiil. ioj. Will the Lord be w anting to them in any thing that may ftrengthen their faith? Ob). If this opinion be maintained, That the Cove- nant of circumcifion was a covenant of grac ( e,it fhakes F 3 the (S6) ] Refoundation of theGofpcl, and overthrows many i fundamental points of religion. I Anf. Here arc great fweiling words, but fuch do i but verba, dare, there is no proot for what is after ted; , . Dare any lay in the prefence of Chrift when taking : leave of the world, That this doclrme delhroys the foundation of Chriitian Religion? Will they juftifie this at the laft day before theLord Chrift the J udge *Ex$ai>mHs judicium tmm,D- of quick and dead? * We ex- wwi. Auguftin. p C .^. t { li2 judgment and de- termination of God himfelr in this controvcrfie , as &4tt(kin fayd in another cale. But let's fee their Arguments. They fay, Firft, The firft fundamental point muft needs be denyed, That all mankind by Gal. 2. 15. Jews by nature 3 v. lmj /f Quiapromffloitrcdnariamb ne- nature are the children Ot d&h.en fiuMAt, uko nam* wrath, Eph. 2. 2. If all men vacatur. Cal. in Gal. , , ^ s-\ *% 1 c by nature be the Children or wrath , then are they not under this Covenant of Grace ; for to be under the Covenant of works and the Covenant of grace are contradictories , which cannot be true at the fame time. Anf. Contradictories may' be true ( «c^Vrf^o % «v*j ) in a diverfe refpedr, 2 Kings 1 7. 34, 41 . They feared the Lord, and, they feared not the Lord ; that is, they feared the Lord in their way , and the Gods of the nations aifo ; And therefore it *s fayd they feared not the Lord. Thus Eli (ha to Hazael concerning B en* jpadad, 2 Kin. 8. 10. He may recover , honvBeit the Lord hath /hewed me that he jh all certainly dy, that IS, he may recover of this difeafe, but he died notwith- ftanding (*7) (landing by the hand of Haz^eL Sons in'fbme fenfe are no fons, Deut. 32. 5. Their Jpot is not the fiot of my children, yet (faith Thcre are pBomifcs for grace> the text ) they are children in a. «« grace , children are wider / s^:*L . r^ • ~ ~/z both in lbme fenl'e. whom u no faith. iKtn.2.26. lAbiathar is a man or death, and yet by the Kings favor he lives. The Ifraelites at the lame time were enemhs for our fakes, and yet beloved for the fathers fake, Rom. 11.28. 'Paul was under the Covenant as being defcended of ^Abraham-*-, and yet was by na- ture ( as he tells us £ph. 2. 2.) a child or wrath as well as others : So children considered in their natural ftate, as the fons of Adam, are under wrath ; but con - fidered as children of fuch gracious parents in Cove- nant with God , Co are they under grace , and there- fore under thofe divine Diipenfations which they are capable of. Gal. 2. 15. We who are Jews by nature (that is, by defcent from fuch parents ) cannot with all our birth-priviledg attain to rightoufnefs. Thus we fay ? Such are naturally Englifh, that is , by defcent. ] n this fenfc the Apoftleufeth the word Rom. 11.24. If the natural branches are broken off, &c* The Gen- tiles wanted this, being by offspring ftnners. So that nature in Efh. 2. 2. is taken for that corrupt qualifi- cation of nature which they draw out of their pa- rents loyns. Grace at firtt was connatural to [us , ; and had been propagated from parents to children j ex traduce, if Adam hadftood ; as now corruption is. As therefore the children of Urael were called the holy feed , and yet fome of them arc (tiled the J F 4 children I f88) children of the Sorcerer and the whore, Ethiopians, Xfrc. Efa. 57. 3. \Amos p. 7. So may one and the famepcrfbnbe holy by way of Covenant , and yet tinhofy in reipect of thofe internal qualifications; Tor there is a relative and a po(itive holinefs, though they want the later , yet may they be under the f or- incr. 2. Their children are under grace; for are not many of them under the everlafbng Covenant made between the Father and the Son, ts$ yo^a,v Kiav/a", before thefe fecular times , therefore all time , even from eternity. Arc not deft children given to Cbrilt. before all time ? Doth he not know them by name? And having loved them with an everlafting love, doth he not in time draw them with the cords of his love, even with the cords of a man, luitable to a rational creature, out of the hands of (in, Satan, and this prefent world? Doth he not fw«ddle them and bring them into the bond of the Covenant , even in- to that Covenant called the fure mercies of David ? Doth he not glorioufly irradiate with the beams of bis countenance on their fouls in heaven , for their heaven is the face of God ? Will not Chrift at the laft day embrace fuch, fas he did on earth) faying, Here am I , and the Children which thou haft given me i Arid were they not under grace? Is not all this a part ©f electing grace? Surely this is the fpring of all, the firft wheel that moves all the reft, ( R om. 1 1 . 7.) and though there be a wheel in a wheel, yet all (hall rend to their good , as all the wheels in a clock tend to make the clock ftrike. Ob]. Ofy. The (econd fundamental point that this cr- •or oppofeth , is the liability in the Covenant of *race • they fay, The Covenant made Abraham's ecd was conditional and broken by them 3 but the ovenant ofgrace is abfohite. csfnf. The Covenant of grace is conditional, as ppears by the whole current of the fcriptures, Deut . 12, 13. Wherefore it ft> all come topafiif ye hearken tkefe judgments and keep and do them y that the Lord hy Godfj all keep unto thee the Covenant and.the mer- le -which he /ware unto thy Fathers. Lev. 26. 41. If hen their uncircumcifed hearts be humbled^ then will 'remember my Covenant with Jacob , audmy Cove- nant with Kaac, and my (Covenant with Abraham will ' remember. J oh. 5. 16. That whofoever believeth hould not perifb. Where we fee plainly, That the r ovenant ofgrace is conditional. *. This Covenant hath been broken , therefore t's conditional. ord rejefted ail the feed of Ifraei. £fa. 24. 5. They have broken the everldfiing C°~ enant. Nunu. 14. 54. Te J} ja ll know my breach of •omife ; For they failed in point of faith, therefore icy did not enter into his reft. Dan. 9. Hefballcon^ (9o) frm the Covenant with many for one wcekjt *n\the midfi of the week, he (hall caufe the facrifices and tht Mations to ceafe. Chrift preached 3 years and an halt and did confirm or was ready to confirm that Cove- nant made with Abraham and his pofterity ; which Covenant was tenderb.1 by the Apoftles to the Jews. for another 3 years and an half , but they not clofing with Chrift , as the facrifice ceafed with his death i fo the Covenant not long after was made void ; foi the ax was all that while layd to the root of the tree and at laft for their unf ruitfulnefs they were discove- nanted and cut ofTf rom the root Abvaham y foh. 8.3 5 Then was the ftaff of beauty broken , (Ztc. 11.10/ even that which was the beauty and glory of thai nation, ( which the Covenant of works never was^ and this upon their wilfull and obftinatc rejecting ol Chrift ; which (hews plainly , it could not be th< Covenant of works. 3 . There were two forts of Ifraelites, the fpiritu- al and the carnal Ifraelite, with both thefe the Cove. nant was made conditionally ; the Lord promifec them the land of Canaan, but they believed not cithci There are many that are vifibly that ever God intended it &£^i$ZA or thatthe land was fogoo( from cods people , & yet it foi- as was reported to them , o IT 7$£& £C that ever they (hould be abl fey them. to enter in, becaufe the An a kirns were there * therefore (faith the Apoftle) the; could not enter in ; for though the promife Was ab iblute to fome of the feed of Abraham to enter in, ye for particulars it was conditional. The Lord promi fe< (9D j;d they fhould enjoy the land for ever, 2 Chroifb 3.8. Neither will I remove them any more out of the wd, fo that they will tak* hied to do what I command- i thtm % Thus £than pleads as was mentioned Pf.%9* 4. Mj Covenant will I not breaks, nor alter the hing that is gone of my lips ; but (faith he) thou hafi tade void the Covenant of thy fervant, thou haft pro- wed hi* Crown by cafting it to the ground* Solomon broke Covenant with God in tolerating iolatry, letting up two Gods, therefore God kt up wo Kings , and cut off the line of Solomon in Coni- A, fo called ob contempt urn, Jer, 22. 3 o. Write je ths* nan childlef, for <' though he had feed, yet were they :ut offin the captivity, 1 o that J no man of his feed did It upon the throne of David for ever. And were not he Children of Ifrael cafl: out ? Did not God depart rom Sion and the Temple, (though he had promifed hat in Sion he would dwell for ever, and that his cy nd heart fhould be upon the Temple , ) becauie hey had been unfteady and falfified with God in the Covenant ? Vfal. Sp. Thus he dealt with the carnal fraelires , and with the body of that nation, and ould thefpiriuial iiraelite plead not guilty? But yet ecaufe their hearts were right before him for the lain , the Lord did not look at their miscarriages as breach of Covenant, fo as to make it null and of oneerTeft. There mav be articles in a Leafe broken by theTe* ant, but whilft the main Covenant is not broken (as on-payment of Rent) the Leafe is not forfeited : So I the Covenant of grace there arc many particular articles (9Z> articles which arc often broken $ but the main condi This Pepper-corn of obedi- tlOn IS , That thoU (halt tak cice is the condition. me f or thy God , ( as I an Willing to take thee for one of my peculiar people., now if this Condition be not broken, the Covenan IS not broken ; neither have -we dealt falfly in thy Co- venant, (iaith the Pfalmift TfaL 44. 1 7. ) This con dition was not broken by the fpiricual Ifraelite ; fo (fay they v. 1 8, 2 o. ) Our heart is not turned back^ neither have we forgotten the name of our God, Ther< may be fallings out betwixt the wife and the hus band , but unlefs fhe chuie another husband the mar- riage is not null : So there may be many fallings ou: between God and the foul, bu* till the foul make: choice of another God there is no breach of the Co- venant as to the main. But here is the happinefs of a true Ifraelite , That God keeps Covenant with him and for him, there is no condition in that Covenant of grace , which! Chrift hath not undertaken to perform for us; there-: fore He^eklah when he fees the Pather angry* turn: to the Son, the fecond perfon in Trinity, faying. Lord undertake thou forme , Efa. 38. 1 4. There arc two things by which we live, by what God faith, and what he doth ; byapromife and a providence thou haft f aid it and thou haft done it, ( v . 1 5 .) In theft Two is the life of my fpirit. Temporals were but a< nuts and apples given to that infant Church in the time of their infancy, to engage their hearts to God. Hence that phrafe, 1 triltgfve the land to thy feed, (fer, *j.y.) to be a Ged to them $ hut though God deni- ed tchehuskandoutfideofthepromife, yet he gavel e kernel and infide of it to che fpiritual Ifraeltte ; : promiied them filver and payd them with gold. fa. 60. To thofe gave he reft in a better land ; with tern fas his Church) he did reft and abide forever ; s ey and his heart was towards them and their ayers, though poormrubspraying in the Temple : towards it, (i. e.) in Chrift or towards Chrift ; lough they could not evidence their union with hrift, a wiftly look after Chrift was accepted. I 4. Therefore, I fay, from adherent federal grace ;ch as are onely vifible members of the Church may }\ y Gal. 5.1,2. c Dan 1 1 . go And {ball have intel- wence with them that for fake the holy (fovenant. Heb. I . Let us therefore fear leafl a promife being left us entering into his reft, any ofyoujhouldfeem to come ort of it, that is, fhould really fall fhort of it, as the ord is ufually taken in (cripturephrafe; but as for le eleel, Chrift hath undertaken for them, that they all never perifh, foh. 10.28. Efd. 55.3. 1 will give u the (ure mercies of David, that is, r hrift. Otj. This Tenent overthrows the neceflity of onveriion. Anf. This Covenant includes regeneration and .nverfioninit , Deut. 30. 7. 1 wilt circumcife the art of thy feed, which fheweth, That the outward ircumci/ion did fignine the drcumcifing of the art ; which the Lord promifeth to make good to ir feed now in the days of the Gofpel, as appears omv. 1,5, 1 1. Compared with Rom.iQ.6, Hof.iq. ?hoft under thjf Jkafaw fiall return* 2* Hath C*4) 2. Hath not the Lord made faith and repertory the condition of the Covenant on our part, ( J oh, 1 6.) which Chrift hath undertaken with the Fath< to work effectually in the eled < For want of whic qualifications many tboufands are damned for eve though the Children of Abraham vifibly . What ha thou to de ( faith the Lord, Pfal. 50.16.) to take n Covenant in thy month , feeing thou hat eft to be refoi 9*ed? Yet were their children under the outward a iriinift ration of it ; therefore we fay, They mig as well have debarred all the children of Iirael fro that outward priviledg , as now debarr the childn of believers ; upon the fame account it *s {aid, Ma 8.12* Many fhall come from the Raft and from t We ft) And {ball fit down with Abraham, Ifaac and ] Cob, in the Kingdom ofheaven } bnt the children oft Kingdom fhall be caft out , that is , fuch as were born , and vifibly fo continued for a while ; fuch lay, fhall be caft out of the Kingdom of heaven, the Church here below, not the Church above 5 o of which none are properly faid to be call: , I caufe they were never in it. Obj. This opinion overthrows the foundation all Gofpel-Churches, As, Firft, It deftroys the matter of a Church, whi •ughttobe Saints by calling , 1 Cor. 1.2. But t tenent doth unavoidably admit into the Church | the unconverted and unregencrate children, born the bodies of fuch perfons that either were or hs (?een accounted believers. Secondly, It admits joto the Church good a : (95) ud promifcuoufly, and all thofeunbarrtized; and vhat light in the Gofpcl have you to juitifie luch an Mfcmbly to be the true Church of Chrift? Anf. To the firft , we fay, It deftroys not the mat- er of a Church Vlfible Conii- Therefore they are incomplctf ling of vifible Saints., for Mcmbers otche Church - uch are children , and fo owned by the Apoftle as wly, (i. e.) relatively holy if not positively, i Cor. 7. Ez,ra 9.2 . — the holy feed, (i. e.) fuch as are fet apart or God and dedicated to him in a peculiar manner, md many of them fan&ified from the womb. Thus leremiah, Sfaias, fohn t Baptift,the laft of theold, and :hc firft of the new Teftament ; Now whether hould we take the teftimony of God or the tcftimo- ly of men ? If we receive the witnefs of men, ( faith he Apoftle) the witnefs of God is greater , 1 J oh. 5.9. Vlan makes confeiTion or profeflion of Chrift , this s an human teftimonie 3 and we accept it ; and fhall vc rejed a divine teftimony ? God forbid. Let God \c true and every man a Iyer > Rom. 3. 2. They are acknowledged as members of the Church by the -Apoftle Paul ; for (writing to the Churches of Colo]} and Efhefus, Col. 1 .2, 3, and 20. tpb.i.i.) hedirecls his Epiftlc to children as well s parents. 3. Weanfwer, That children upon their difcove- y of themfelves not to be vifible Saints, arc to be fuf- ended from the Ordinances; as in the old Tefta- lent the Priefts were to diftinguifh between the oly and the profane, fer. 7. The Lord complains wt they made hi* houfe a den of thieves jjfocfr then were (96) were not to be admitted to the Paflbver. In order b which the Porters were charged to keep back fror the Temple fuch as were unclean ( in any matter though they were circumcifed. 2 Chron 22. 19. I this rule were obferved in the old Teftamem, the ftrely it is not to be negleclje^in the new. •AnJ. To the fecond Objettion M' Tat. pag. 69 Whereas they fay , Such Aflemblics are not.hui ches, becaufe they are not baptized, u hich is efien tial to a particular vifible Church : therefore we ma have no communion with them ; for God never ha any Church- union or communion with any foi Which was not baptized, that is, rebaptized. Here are great fwelling words, as the Apoftle^ faith, fuch Ipirits it feems there were in his time. Bi we anfwer , Firft , If fuch were no Churches, then for man hundred* oFyears Chrift's promife fell to the grounc Afat* 1 6. 1 8, 19. / will give unto thee the Keys oftk Kingdoms of heaven. The Keys, as they grant, wer given to particular vifible Churches, againft whicl making up the body of Chrift, the gates of hell (fait Chrift) fhall not prevail ; but by this Doclrin the* did prevail for above 1500 years, feeing that ti that time we read not of any fuch Churches as the challenge to themfelves ; thefe therefore are but far dy foundations , and certainly when the winds c temptation (hall blow, and the rain of affliction (ha fall, and the fiouds of perfection come, their houfc will fall. 2. Whatfayyouto2to\ii,4? Are not the tw Candle (97) Candlcfticks the Churches, according to (criptuVc s? wbich.arc to be n i . • i • i • , We had Churches in InglenA befoia II as die ol've chere was any church 2 ff »f ; afl tred>> aliCtle before the Mttthew P' AntlCnrilt, have done, hdd they received efae Go- for one thoufand two ^ix S^rv^Sf C * " *****" Il ** m hundred and chreefcore years : and will or dare any disown them , becaufe not rebaptized ? 3. Had they minded well the command of the holy Ghoft , they had not been fo grofsly rniftaken: Son of man, (faith tllC Tfcerei^butoncgoiagin, and thati* ^crd, -E-S.,44 S«J w ^^ tu - fingalar nnmber j but maay goings ~,„// *£,„»«*»,,;*,/* «' M *4 OHC °f tlae Church of Ood, whichlaft mil the entering tn of wor d is in the plural, e^ 44 .*. pom ^ hoitfe . and every curttam C«1J3&S] mhjsreffttdomuSy is, roing forth of the San- ""*" *"** tx > m ***** Ztiary, They fay we mutt enter in by 6aptifio,whicK seflentialtoaChurch; but thus they unchurch all he Churches in the world but tkeir own, whereas (feare vifiblc members of the body of Chrift before* leing under the Covenant of grace, which is the i [i-let to the Church of Chrift, but folemnly admit- ted by baptifin : "For _ .* - . , MMt m ^hrifthimfelf was head fcfthe Church before he was baptized, being King r thejews. * $> Whereas they fay, Chrift hatha* fwch union (p3) or communion with our Churches , becaufe not ba- This is one of the greateft errors that ptized : J anf WCr, I am ever was broached in the world; but f,x fTV rrk fi»-f,, r I, * fr»i }« fav, The communication of Faith *O»ryt0 »€C lUCtl a tpi- is made efteaual by the acknowledging Ht Or error and pttdc r/ro4 e Kif n§wh ' chChriftl ^ h gone forth into the Nm balet dei ebdrltatetn qui Ecckjia non World>that menfhoilld msitumwcm.k^^n. maintain fuch palpa- ble errors with fo much confidence and arrogancie ; for have wc not proved that our Churches are true WhereChnit vouchsafe* his piefence, Churches ? And hath there wc may and mufti vouchfafeour? j t , rk „ f*Urt(l i«„JI„=.,4 i« unief. there be fome apparent -roaad to n0t Chrllt Walked in the contrary but in our Churches the mid ft of OUr Can- Chtift v«uchlat't;c his ^rcfence : Why j; a n; I t. ^1. *s thenfhould any withdraw, Teeing they WC-lUCKs nethertO t «an render no reafon for fo d-ung ? Rev.2. The experiena of thoufands yea millions of fouls may bear witncG to this truth, an i rife up and call us blefled ^ yea up on our late repairing f the Tabernacle or Taberna cles , hath not the. Lord w.uchlafcd his prefence anc filled our Tabernacles with his glory? Exod. 40. 34 JrV^w.p. 15. On that day the Tabernacle was reared the clond covered the Tabernacle. Thus upon th< cafling cut of the poor blind man, J oh. 9. 3 5 . Jefu appeared unto him and made tuch a difcovery cfc himfclf to his foul , as you (hall fcarfe read in a 6: the book of God j but they have not onely excorr P municated fome few, (that diffent in judgment fror f( them in this pointy though godly, but all the Chu: f ches of God in the world, trying (as they in Efa.6m 5, / St unci by thy \elj\ some not near me , I am koljXto than thou, that is, I havedevifed nholyer way mn jvorlhip c^an thou, Thefe are a fmoke in the noftnpilii (pp) ' of the Lord, and a fire that burnetii all th« day : BiS doubtlefs God will appear to the joy of iuch as are caft our, clave crrante l with an erring key, and to the (name of ihofe that thus have cad them forth as abominable branches. Efa. 66, y Ob)* The Jews were truly under the Covenant of Orcumcifion, (Gen.iy. i o. ) but never all of them io much as viiibly in the Covenant of grace. Aft. We grant they were allcircumcifed, (whicH ftil! they call the Covenant) but that they were all under a Covenant of grace favingly we deny, though fo far as it extended there was a reality in it. 27V* 6 24 1 8. ovt&S bamcpvySflis rck fuao-fxctTa tS K(fau& * Ha- ving truly efcaped the pollutions of the world » through the knowledgof Chrift; thefe common gifts , purchafed by Chrift and given by the fpirie to the fons of men , are true and real though not fa- ving grace. Thus the carnal J ews and carnal Gofpcl* lers children may be faid to be urxder a Covenant of grace truly and really, fo far as it §ocs , though the/ never attain to the enjoyment of the fpiritual part thereof; the Jew had much bencficby that Cove- nant as we (hall Ihew hereafter : But it was not ful- illed to them all in the utmoft extent of it. Secret hings belong to God , but things revealed to us and o our children 2 That God will be our God and the 1 aod of our feed, is a thing revealed, therefore it be-; ongs to us : but how many of our children he hatf* r hofen, or how far he hath taken them into Cove- nant with himfelf, or how far thepromife belongs A o them, is a fecret tftfng which g}gft be left to God. • (ioo> It is true Abraham and his pofterity were circuities fed, Gen, jj. xo. but it doth not follow, that all hi poitrity were in reality and truth under a Cove- nam of grace as to the fpiritual part thereof, thougl vilibly they were under it as to the outward adml fiiftration , and enjoyed many common mercies b] ( virtue of that Covenant For what haft thou ( faitl the Lord} to do to take my Covenant in thy mo; ti feeing thou hatetl to be reformed ? But Go : did no cut off that entail till he gave them a bill of divorce Ob). No children fare the bette ; for the faith o their parents in refpc£t of this Covenant. Anf. This que y the Apoftle an(w rs, Rom. 3 . 1 What advantage h -th the few more than others ? 1 7trt£iAJov ; guidamflitu fud % but as their own proper t realu re. T/a 1 47. ip. 'Dent. 4. 6, 7 8. What Nation is there J great f &c. Three things make a nation great. 1. That they have God nigh to them, and th: they are nigh to God again. 2. That they have ftacutes and judgments 1 rightous as theirs were. 3. In that they arc a wife andundcrftaudingpec pic Thefe three you have in the Text : But ho^ came they to be fo wife if not by the enjoyment < thefe Ordinances, which are the glorie of all lands? Secondly, By virtue of this Covenant theyh? the Tabernacle of God amongft them; a Church reftc fioi) reeled , and they with their children members of J that Church. r fal. 147, 1 3 . Heh;th blefcdthy chil- dren within ttiee. How highly doth the Apoftie ex- tol thischnftanprivileJg' Heb £2.22 Ye arc n*t come to Mount Sinai, y H t to Mount Sion y viz. To fellowship with the Church below and the Church above, (for thefe two differ but as the porch and the houfe, the fuburos and the city.) Great is the privi- ledg that members have in this reipedfc. Confider how near and dear fuch are to God. ffkl. 87. 2 . Hg. loves the very gates ofSirn ( in which gates they h&i their AflembhesJ even the wtfidt ofSion , more than all the dwellings of Jacob, What fwect enjoyments have chey that walk in fueh ways ? [f it be fa fwect on v.atth, where a few impened members mixed with many, corrupt members meet together ; ah I how ir.uchmore Iwcccwitl it be in heaven, when that great AfTembly fhall meet, and have no mixtures at all J is it therefore no advantage to children that they may fit down with Abraham, Ifaat , and Iacob in the Kingdom of heaven? But.:h! how fad will it be with them, if they be herearter cait oat into utter darkneis ] Thirdly, The prefence of God is in his Tabernacle, Bxo % 40. $4. The glory of che Lord filled the Taber- nacle, when they punctually ofeferved the command Of the Lord by che hand of Mofes. Fourthly , By virtue of this Covenant the AngeJ of his prefence faved them, and (food betwixt ?h&* r^&andchem. Exod. 14. 10. qj. Thou muft ftrikc through my loins if thou wound Xfeel my grit-born. (*3 Yt» ( 102 ) I Yea the Archangel Chrift hath his Angels under him, which always behold the face of their heavenly £a- ; ther, and are ready at a beck (askuowinghismind by his looksj to revenge the wrong of thefc little [.ones, Mat. 18. 10, Yea this Angel oi the Covenant ijbfa.o. 3, 9.) ftands betwixt them and hdl,fufpen« ding the execution of that fertence of wrath, [_In the day thou finnejl thou Jh alt dj the death y ~\ which is an axiom true at ail times ; but the fzed of: the wo- man comes in & reprieves fuch for a while. H'.il ? J^.'/jm ^Abraham (ie a}~ rat hers : bo that vVC . e//iJ , .,,,.,,, ,.- .„,.,,„ p ,.,ji JWilWb ^J niay lately fay. ^eCc* dan fm^ut :< rjn.. am^.tikbxur pop* J f .1 ,'<*.'?*s eww \Abrat).iyxo vfifcwz. venant is inaoe with £>p m bMvfejj2. believers and all their p ^ feed, in refpccl: of the exter alpart; but with be- liever, and their el eel: feed onely, as to the internal part thereof. Seventhly , They have common gilts , constrain- ing and reftraining grace by virtue of this Covenant, though their nature be not changed, as the prophec fpcaks, Efa. n. Yet at lcaft they are retrained , bus a lion is a lion ftill though a tame lion. He hath rc7 : ceived (faith the Vfa\mi(i) gifts for the rebellions 3 that is, laving grace foriomc, Mimiters and people; re- training grace for others , that the Lord God may dwell among them > elfc there were no abiding for the peuple < f God in this world'. Ei^htly , They had by this Covenant offers and tenders of grace, inthatfenfe they were called the children of the Covenant , v*#. 3. partly becaufe it was tendered to them, ( but not foleiy for this caufey for fo all nations to whom the Gofpd is preached fhou^d be in Covenant, which we utterly deny) and partly bepaufe accepted bv them ; herein many are miftaken that make the offers and enders or the Go- fpcl (imply as furficientto render a t eopk in Co- venant witb God, without their acceptation; but JVC fay, There muft be the accepting oj thofe offer* G 4 mi (104) and tenders, and doling with Chrifi: ("externally at leaft,) elfeit's no Cover2nt properly fo called. Ninthly, Many children have faving grace ^Wrought in them by virtue of this Covenant, Tient. t 3 O. 7. I will circtmcife the heart of thy feed, fer^i, , -That great inruJer, (in , that ufurps authority over . ajl, (even over iuch as have not finned after the fimi" MtuAzof tAdam*s tranfgreflionj comes in by th of ourfirfl: parents : and why may not children there* ,forc be reftorcd by the next parent inftrumentalh ? If the Lord didadmit fuch onely as believe, rbcij , the faith whereby we believe were not liv 1 ! Covenant; but what faith the ?rc r c \ th. 3 1. v. 34. They ft dl all know mefrowu the I ) the greattft, that is, yong and old ; which knov , is interpreted to be faith. John 6. 4 5. / will write my l I t an> in their hearts, wrat law^ onely die moral law* jjYea the evangelical law, itfo, then the law offaittu -Have then ^iect children no laving beneSt by the IfGovenant till tbeybeiieve? Yes they have this bene* ?£t,That they ftull believe- f or there are proroifes for rgrace , 2 to grace. When the Lord faith, I will be ;the God of thy feed, there is a promifefor grace, q.d. ( 'The vein of election fhall break out in fome of them, ■not all ; for fuch promifes as thefe are indefinite pro- 4 Earn.*.— ZriMtfcrmm, mif " > ? nd thc ^°^ tru f» vii. yrmijio ilia grati*, Gredtus tllOUgh 110t VCrlfyed in all. W frjtaft* f* Ren$t ^ ^ what tf fomc did rfipt believe, to whom the promifes were made, fhall Jtheir unbelief make the faith of God of none effect* ,3 fay then, that tfcc vein of ele&ion fliall breakforth in i fome , ( though for the prefent it runs undefc round, as lome rivers do ) for it cannot be but that 3me of Gods peoples children {hould prove religi- us ; feeing that the church fhail have a feed and feeds- red For ever ; the word and the fpiric in thofe (hall ontinue till the coming of Chnft, faith the Lord, tfa. 59. 3 1. TcFwhich place the Covenant mention- \{Rom. it. 27.)' is to be referred, y.d. That Church f the J ews flhallnot fail in her fpiritual offspring foe /cr : This is a ptomitcfir grace in the feed , to race in that Gnu ch, out of which Covenant the ord hath not excluded any children of believers ; ercfore parents have a ground to hope he hath in- pled all , be having not excepted any. Here thea an objeft for the faith of parents to work upon, buf low alturedly that according to your faith fo tilings > with you. VfoL 3 s.laft. Let thy mercy, Lord, be up- hs according as we put oar trttft in thee, I lob, 5 . ict. mp. lam. 5.15. If any man fee a brother fin a fin itch is not unto death, lit him pray for him, and it ill be forgiven him. It's not to be expected that all" auld be heard in this particular , as it is not in that ' m. 5.15. Such promifes are not univerlal but Rfinite'j becaufe oftcimes not always the Lord mts fiich their deflres ; the meaning is, prayer is ordinance to which God hath madefuch a graci- js promiie, and he often doth reftore the fick, pray- 1 being put up by believers for them ; therefore in h cafes we are to rely on (Sod by an ac"r. of recam- lcie, though we cannot rclie on him by anacl: of 1 aflurancej but fach as have trwch coramianioa frith God, may know much of his mind, and hav< a particular faith for a particular mercic , whethei fpiritua! or temporal .• children have general anc Indefinite prorrifes , and conditional upon fairh am obedience, fucb3sdetermin not the kind of goo< promifed, nor the particular perfon , and arc there lore true if performed to any perfon in any fort. HeL a 1 . 27. Many fpiritual and io temporal promifes ar indefinitely propounded andfo to be underftood, nc that the Lord intends an abfolute and univerfal obli gation of hirnfelf , neither is the aft of" ta?ch in tl* application of it required to be an abiolute and infa lible perfuafion chat God willbeftow thefepartici iar things upon us : but the Lord expects wefhou- Jrely on him to do what is inoffc for hu> glory and 01 good. But let me cell you faith may do much, (M* $>.) When he faw their faith, he /aid to thefick^tft fa/fie 3 Be bold, thy fins are forgiven thee. When 1 law their faith, that is, the faith of 1 hem-that broug him : So when he fees the faith of parents bringii their children to Chrift in the vifibte way of this C dinance , (for I know no other vifible way to bri: children to Chrift J he faith to them , Your fins ; forgiven you. Thus children are faved by the fai E ©f the parents, begetting faith in them. Hence tl B jpaflage of David concerning his child, Ifiallgc tt y it fh all not return to me, he means not of that if tef death in the grave, ( for what comfort could t fceto David that he fhouk go to the the grave w It? but the ftate of °loTy,tr. which he was afTure $yas gone, aad to Which he ftmuld follow after. -- ■ - - . Tentt r: (1*1) Tentbly, I am apt to be very charitable to thi 'nfants of all believers that „ J . a .. . . rj , , r . _ Ccdo quo nomine h* vnbrt kwen* Iv before they commit actu- m »#« m wrh, Egofim dcus 1 transeref lion . heaven fure- #•** *> * ac ^/n****** ** y IS fuller 0t luCh Infants, demaitmnenditffm.Ca.ltA, ban of others ; and there- „ *&**& ™ <*« f*'i<* e 8 ra: ™f* i ; '\ r r t -rr t f :m ' ' c ft> ^f? wtawx* Ah Ulo fa den ore as he 'aid- lo (ay I, It I fi -W ^ J file Tina tromip iemfi. lad 20 Children I would not: &***> ***&**> <*™ dtfiritdtu* ^ , _ . mi dtjercHiem. See Forb. . nzc God one. But how are :befe Children faved if noc oy that Covenant? I wiH \ethy Cjod **d the God of thy feed? from which ^r£cioui Covenant, if afterwards they turn not a- ivay, they obtain the things promiftd, and theic ouls are bound up in a bundle oi life f ov $ver&ep %$• Ob] There was no promife of eternal life menti- )ned in that Covenant. v nf. In that Covenant Gcd promifed them tem- porals more largely * fpirituals more fparingly, ac- ording to his fecret difpenfations of thefe and tfiofe imes; threv were children , „ . t F . -. j i|i %-rr c Henca the metro et the Prince ;nd a cnud differs not from ofw»ies, [isirvhug*/^^. fervant in his nonage, now J^S^^t nudren are more taken ^, c h e Greek **«, the La. vich childiih things ; there- «»« word^o- figwfie either a „i fi ° r chili «r a let van:. ore they had more of tern- orals and lefs of fpirituals , more of the ipirit of iondage than the fpirit of adoption, that is, thac, pirit that makes us fons, -vnlfiiQc wo^ff/W, and tes- tifies we are fons ; but yet we fay in that Covenant ife is propounded implicitly, in that he iaitfa, I*M 'c thj 6W a which is interpreted by e*r Sayioj to in- fclude not onely fpiritael life here, but eternal life hereafter. Chrift by virtue of his ipiritual dwelling inns, willraileus up atthdaftday , for as the union betwixt Chrift's humane and divine nature ceafbl not even in the grave : fo neither doth the union be tvvixt Chrift and the foul and the body ceafe. Row.% Seeing that we arc not railed by the graces of the fpirit, but by the fpirit it felf dwelling in us ; it is true, Chrift as Mediator (hall ceafe having yielded up that vie ar turn Regnum to his father, but he conti- nues head of the Church for ever. 2. When the Lord explains that Covenant, ler, 31.33. Doth he not fay, / will be their God, their pns and iniquities will I remember no mere ? and arc not our fouls bound up in this as in a bundle of life? is not liere juftification of life for children to lay hold up- on < Nay when the Lord faith, 1 will write my Lan in tfcir hearts^ and they Jhall all know me fern the left to the greateft, that is, yongand old, is not chi< the Law -or the fpirit of life ? and will not he Write the! law of faith too , by which we live the life of th fons of God? Gal, 2.20 3 That bleffedncls (fpokep of vi K . Evtry brat* fruit to it fdf : thefe having ti>atbtmnotfimi*imt.?ohLy entered into Covenant with c " : **** God, may be laid to be under the Covenant condi- tionally, (of which conditional promifes the Sacra- ments (no) meats are feals J and by virtue of itbemadcparta kers not oncly of temporals, but alfo of thofe com jnon graces by which they are ian^tified for this o that particular fervice. Heb\ 10. 29. (And hath coun tedthe blond of the Covenant An unholy things where with he was fitnttified. ) Which grace is fometime called l:fe, (though it fall fhortoF regeneration. fude 12. But the Covenant is etfabliflxd with tfc fpriritualfeed of Ifaae pnely, and fuch as walk in th fteps of the faith of our father Abraham, Gen, 17.19 I y/#eftablifhz^ Covenant with him for an ever la ffing Covenant. Jfmael was under the Covenant but mocking at the promifedfeed, (that is v Ifaac y child of the promife j he was discovenanted and cat out ; therefore he was in before, {Gal 4. 30.) elf how was he caftout ? Efau was under that Cove nant of Ifaae, but he, profane wretch I fells his birth right, and goes to Mount Seir , therefore he is ca ftiiered alfo , and not fo much ss mentioned in th Genealogie of our Savior upon this account. Ob). All the promifes of the new Covenant wer jmade to the fpiritual feeed. Anf, But did not thofc promifes run along bein guampmum qui* nam eft ex. entailed upon 'Abraham h i^p«rme,ji«i»/bfi«i^4 : po ft e rity i and are not tt . s cftmcifi*f»it, bahbtturm Ku^pxotniies made to the VlilD l£&51&lu&- Chnrch whereof Chriftistl , ip wiiic.de sacr. vifiblehead ? were childrc )t evcrcaftoutoFthatmyflicalbodieofChtift? Gal. \ K 35oubtlefsthe Apoftlcfpeaks of a Church which w; u jAcvifibie Micof Qhrift, tov^hichthefeals we applic (Ill) applied, for there was no diitin&ion of a flefhly and piritual feed in the old Teftatnent, but ail were in- 1 luded in one and the fame Covenant, till they dege- lerated from it. When there is mention made of ^Abraham's car- alfeed in opposition to his (piritual feed, Rom.p. IaI. 4, As Ifmael is kid to be born after the fieflx 1. It's not becaufe fuch were reprobates, for ma- y ot Abrahams feed were reprobates, and yet not eckoned to be born a^ter the fieih. 2. Nor becaufe fuch were begotten by carnal ge^ eration, for fo Efau and Jacob were. 2. Nor merely becaufe _ ^ , . , ff . D c tt c -r» j ^eeGrot dejurebeJh. fcij, orn or tiagar , tor Cjoa ugt m$s ifhdit* m uneba*. ommandedcircumcifionto m j J*"!** mm lege M * r , , . ^brabsmipojtmtas, qu&e out pom atS Upon the COilCUbineS p4iextrU/r&iuutinumeijiJw*i hildren Gen \1< 12. eoteredibile tfimtaE/aw mtK imurcii. /rw. 17.1*. cctburxpftriivatif: 4. Nor merely becaufe nregenerate , for many elect perfons are not con- erted in infancic. 5. But Ifmael is faid to be born *fter the flcfli be* aufe Hagar was a bond-woman, (andinthattiine type of the Covenant of works ) too likely an inr rument in che courie of nature for a child of the pro- life to be begotten of. Gal 4. 33 . it's probable aA* raham mighr not io much n-ake u(e ot his faith , as ature:nuiingH4grf>-. and in this I/mad was a type f all hypocrite* that have no moie than what may : attained toby humane indultiy; but Abraham* ad Ifaag io by faith in the promife as it there were 9 uje of fHtiu$, 4br*hm Stfciamciicd Ifmael % jvhic!} (nz) "Which Sieweth, that as none but tie vifible fairhfi arc to be baptized : So all the fccd.of fucharetob looked upon as ele& fas Abraham did ) untili God o they discover the contrary j for God hath not dis ahullcd .Abrahams Covenant which runs in the; na ftiral line, nor added to it, the whole Gof pel bein; bat an explication of Abraham's Covenant. Hel 4.2. Therefore it remains in its latitude, including children as well as parents. The Covenant having an external adminiftratior Jnany might be in it according to Gods rcveale will, but not according to his fecret purpofe ; nov we are to proceed according tohiswill revealed 1 his word, for what ever Arguments are produced a gainft the children of believers now, might hav Believers were the feed of a- been pleaded agai nit ^4 bra h J?l m z a TZ g rrF CS T\ Eom ' Ws feed of old; therefor 9. 6> 7» 0. Therefore our savior , r * argued, thofe Pharifeesnot to Rom* Q. Paul IpeaKS nOt be che childre* of Abraham. word of fl dl flfe rent dllpenff tion of the Covenant of Abrahams in the old an i new Teltament : I lay , there is not the left wor hineed , that infants, becaufe children of the flefl therefore are no children of the promife but rathe in the contrary : For Ifaac though of Abrahams fled yet was a child of the promife when but eight da) old , and let me tell you , The Covenant in fome re n« fpe&s makes the father a fpiritual father , and tl Kr child a fpiritual feed as well as natural. To conclud m the Apoltlc doth not ihew in the forenamed chapte Wj who were the feed -as to Ordinances , but who w«i 1 the feed as toelsftipn and lalvation. it ..... . (»3> For though there was a Covenant for Ifmael, yet was it not dhbli (lied with him but with Ifaac. Gen. 17.19. He (hewed indeed that ail the children of the flefh are not the elect feed , but doth not' fheW they were not the children of tsibraham's Cove- nant, v. 7. The children of the promifc arc thofe that are born to Abraham according Sce Pifeit in Gcn . Ir ^ to promife 3 there ore all /- To thee win 1 give this land, r > ru^J *~^-Al~rr +~ *U« and rky(eed for ever.] Poferi4 faac steed according to the ^nJt^nomnibv^Utmunt firm, were children of the «*««« #»»*>» cnjns nf f &* ., c * •/- eru.it frmen. tattm (i ) pnidu* tantf* promile; for the promifes 5fcc ; p . 2I la vbipd-nabugare Were made tO them, npt- lfinje:em t iddii&hd*rdti9Kt,NtM withstanding f otnc of them were thrown out, and fome entered not in. Thus the Gofpel Church hath thepromife of falvation madeto them, but fo as manv vifible Saints may fall ihort thereof. Heb* 4. T. Which * The word ^Sfignifies not a iheWS yOU that ^-Abrahams feeming but a real falling ihort, : Covenant contained all his IVrth^Jo^^r^oxfli eed indefinitely , for that this place. home fhould enter in : The promifc is abfolutc,' nut as for the individuals it was upon condition of h a:th ; fo there is a company of believers elected that yhallcertrinly enter intoglorr, andthefe determi- c led by God. But as for particular perfons confidered li is vifiblemembers of the Church ; thefe enter in, oj: Inot, accordingly as they believe, or believe not. t When a man covenants with another , That fuch a. a >iece or land mall defcend to his heirs , who {ball be lis heirs is unknown , onely it's known in general jf ~" H " that that the child is the next of kin : Thus inthisfcafcj who (hall have the bencfa of this Covenant imy bet unknown, but in general it 's known that believers fhall. The Lord appoints his Church to look upon luch pcrfons as faints or no faints, according to their! vifible holinefs , and to look on their lee^ 1 to be iuchl as their parents are for lfmael is reckoned fir it as Abrahams, afterwards IfmaePs feed are reckoned as enemies and ftrangers like himfelf. Exod, 12. 48. I Chron, 1. tj It appears fethro was an Ifmaelite, yet chap. 1 7. 2 5. he *s faid to be an Iiraclitc. Ijmati "was under the Covenant, and God did rruch for him as the fon of fuch a father, (£ believe in ma fob 6.45,64,6$. That place or the prophet implies a multitude of fuchin the Church, far above what had been^in former times : to (ay it's meant of trfc elect. , as dually they interpret fuch places, reachetlt not the fcope of the place which imports a greater* number than ordinary in former times, whereas of the elecr. it v\ ould be true were they never fo few, or in thofe times no more of them, than had in any o- thcr age formerly been ; therefore it is well obfer- ved that the Covenant is the ground of faith, and not faith the ground of the Covenant : For who can believe without a promife ? what ground hath the faith of the parent to work upon, .if you take a- way the promife ? ^Archimedes faid if he had but footing to ftand upon , he would tofs the earth like) a ball ; and what cannot faith do ( which infomc s fenfe is faid to be omnipotent ) if it have a promife "! to work upon? but if faith have no ground to work * upon, it can do nothing. 3 . Do they not proceed according to the judg* * nent of chanty in their admimftrations , as the A- ' " Hz — r/ pgftlci (xi6) I ftles" did"? Aft. 2. they were all baptized from the " leaiYtothe sreateft, that is, yong, and eld, and were all thefe really taints ? fob. 3.26. Thefe wt-re ac- counted thefpiritual feed, till they manifefted the contrary : If liich, why not children? For it the Co- venant (as they (av) beonely with real taints, and the feal adminiftrcd onely to (ucb ; then none at all arc to be baptized , feeing with Peter we may eafi4j be miftaken. But were it not bitter to admimlter the feal to 99 that are not really tanctified, than deny il to any one to whom it doth belong. The third Argument is taken from Circumcifion fmants werecircumci.ed under the law, there onj now to be baptized under theGofpel. Firft , Becaufe the Covenant of grace made wit! the Jews and Gentiles is the farre Covenant toj fubftance, as hath beenfumcienJy proved -, tbougl there be diverficie of adminiftrations thereof, gal. :| 8. A man in this or that habt is the ftme man,thoug' diver fei^ his apparel : even (o the old Covenant foi ttierly adorned with that drets of ceiemonies, btj now ftript oi; them and made pi in , is one and thl fame Covenant with the new Covenant. Secondly, Circumcilion and biptifm are bo^ feals of the fame Covenant , and they are rhe fameil craments or feals for fubftance , and for the fpintuj part and ufe thereof. Circumcifion lealed the G venant of grace to Abraham.* «nd his ieed. Rom. | 11. And baptifm doth the like. Thirdly, We may argue from the Analogic b twijet Circumcilion and baptilm : for they both g r (H7) gree in the fubfhntiak , though they differ in Tome circumltantials Now they themfclves do confefs we may argue from parity ofreafon or Analogie. I. When A lalogie doth not inftitute a piece of Worth- p, bat onely helps to the understanding of it • jr>w as tor the rdmance or Bapdfrn it's clear , but as fo< theappl cacion of it ro this or that fubject* we need the help or Circuoicifion. a. When wc o not reft olely in the comparison,' but hive a tarthei e«fon for it; now it's not the ba e Analogie between Circulation and baptifm, bv which we enforce the Daptii'm of infants, but the grouuds of bot'i fro n -capture. 5. When it h List^lip.o >o lion in fcrfpturc'o thac for which it's br^u^h , which we (ay, Qr< urn- cifion doth to bapti-m, unlefs in foinc particulars wherein a peculiar veafon may be given. We lay then, 1. 1 hey agree in their hgniiiction , ior the/ hold forth to us mans „,. r Lli -'„....■■« 1 The fubftance of all divinity lay in COfUptlon by nature. Cireumcifion, (as£,Kf&:rweUobfervcs> Jofb, K. -2. The hill af ^ he like ma y we fa ^ of W» fm y thcre ' •> ,? _. . J foreif we would be iiood Divines, let us pre- Skins* ThlS Was ftudie our baptifm : For the Lord hadi Clearly ftndjwed out ? uc a r Sr c * c t cfi u P r n fuch 6ruths as . ' . /v « fce.« $ Jurat, viz. fidm ted andconfecrated to God, H^«*» « dedkuweprvrt, that is, given up o him and ?m spoxfia &\c\w put?, qwmfr to his ter k i ce roi ever, i Sam. qtiiit mm frimMn f9aM , 9 ^ con ^ 1. 28. therefore as < ircum- £**?> & dp &afi &#<*/*$* ciGon.fobaptiimbinosusco y^L^S the keeping of the Law e- &:ri2 Pef ?*vguwcm cpmmcip#H i f ^ j|^ ifam daw e$ JpdHfits ikbis , twe Van jCllcaily . diccbat {pWUs fimgumm p' 3. They ferve to diftin- •***»*%«**• ichiiidi seeLsx. •; guifli us from the world of JJ!/^ ™ **^* s t heathens and pagans : they ** ' S/W1 " and theirs lie all 0$ them uncircumcifed, I mean, un- baptized , with their iniquities upon their bones, as the Prophet faith of Mechech, Elatru y Tubal* anh : The Apoftleanfwercchj You are buried wit him in baptifm, You are circumcifed becauie bapt zed; ox baptifm (applies the place and room < Circumcihon , and is every way as advantageous t ynu : So that we plainly fee the/ were comp l eat i C hrift . as to this Ordinance feaiing outwardly. Su? pofe ( faith M r Sydenham) the Ordinance ihould ; gain be changed, and theinverflonth s , That b> ftifm ihould be abolifhed and Cireumcifion fet t again, and the Apoftle (hould exprels himielf aft this manne , Ye arc compleat in Chrift ? in whom a (o ye are baptized with the baptifm of C hnlt , bein m circumciied with him; Would not this dcducTit tli be clca! , That <> lrturncihon was ordained infteaJ « baptiln: ? Therefore wc fay, Either baptifrw iuccec< the facrament of Cireumcifion, as to children; - tl elfe fome other Ordinance doth fucceed ; or cl!c m { thing at all remains in lieu thereof : But nothing el fo fiiccesds Urcmucrfori 5 therefore either bapti( f) fuwcte<| U25) ccccds it, or clfc there is no fcal of the Covenant t as to children, but they without any viable to- n of Gods avour depart out of: the world. 5. Becaufr an Ordinance once enj yr-cd and ne- repCaled ltands dill in * All Gads comrrandmentsa»* rCC; butthetealingOt the kftiturfom ibo.* the Sacra- ' . 2 ,, raents of the Jews, bind us at DVCnant tO the lnrantS Or tin* -lay in all things which be- lirvinrr r^ri»rrt« ic pninw- long to the h bihnce or r.h • t o- licvmg parents is enjoy- vcn | nc and wcenotacci , en . :d in the old Tclrament , tai to them. n. 17 and never repealed in the new, if it be, let ly ma*i flic w where. *. Becaule the privileges of the Gofpcl are as rge to be ievers for them- ~ ... r .. lvcsand neir leed, as un- t«J> - #«!*« a mtr.m tjn er the law. Take away ba- fa*?"*?* .**»*** in »W . ,. J mum cum reliquM facramatm , ills tiim From lnrantS 9 and pa- rccte a^lkmm U ontnn facra- m now fcall want one £&#£%* > «? icans & t at no (mall one/c. /g*7/*w *fci, the leal of God toflrengthen their faith icheCovci ant of grace for their children, which arcntshad then : andchil rcn now mall want one leans to confirm and efte&ually promote their fal- •ation, even while they arc infants or children, who nay dy before they be men. Thus much for the bird Argument taken from Circumcifion. The fourth Argument. Children are inchurched, if children of believers be :hat is, members or the viiible ac - oun l ted *° b 4 don s t0 ** -,1 1 « r . Church , the Argument will church; the e'ore to be follow foi baptifm Mr twi. baptized. Eph. < 26. ^hat be '• l * 9 Sccche *- trJk " t mi£htju., :, «..-. ~~*. 1 ^«..r,«J *«eafon of their noncvcumci- ^nurcn are not baptized fion , and not their journeying through the P.ede& of the] from place ro place 5 as fom: 1 • 1 ■ , % think, for iomcumes they ftay- parents, which is a lad ome ed lone iii a place; if there- that the Church may yd fore it had been the Lords plea- , , , - •« , fure that they fnouid circum- wandet long in this wildei ci(e their children, the Lord nefs ftate. If then childre would have minded them of it: t r 1 ru but for their rebellions the Lord Were members C* tllC Vlilbl fufrends the ftab, q . d. 1 will Church, they ar<* r o (till ; (o disown and discovenant you and , ' r 1 • j y®urs,ifyoupcrfiftinyourfi«s. We read HOt Ot their dlS churchin! (127) lurching in the new Terhment. Yea the PropheS itb, J*r.%o. That the children of the J ewsfhall be f as of old time. Hence that of the Apoftle, Gaf.q, 4s it was then, foie 'snow. Then they were mem- rs, being the children of the pnvnife: fl^now we ith our children are children of t v e promife,, as 1- ac was, though a child, erg. confequently vve with ir children areC^hurch members. Again, Such as obftinately reject Chnft are caft it, Gal^. therefore they were included before, fehow could thev beexciud J- bucasit was then, it's now, faith the Apoftle. There were then thofe at chd forlake the holy Covenant, Dan. 1 1 50. to *s now ; but for this they are to be.caft out oi rne hurch of God. Though the Church of the Jews dead off the leave? of its figurative holinefs, yet e lubftance thereof ftill remains. Secondly, That children are members, it appears xnRom. 1 1. where the Apoftle f peaks of a vifible lurch- which I {hall eafily demonftrate. 1. There was a partaking ^^ ^ „. Th£s word COUJmOn of the fatnefi intimates inch, a partaking as ifwcetnds of the Olive !^£tfS'f?.*tt2 ?C, that is 3 the Vifible would make the world believe. lurch, to wit, o the ordinances, promifes, fcals the Church; now thefe are in a vifible Church, :refore thofe branches that were broken off, were :mbers of a vifible Church. fok i%.6. cj<; *Ah(a.k, a branch in appearance is a vifible branch. a . The 6raking off is from a vifible Church. ' Be- IdthelevcrityQrQodj aTTOTtytfav, vcrf.iz. The breaking breaking off was vifiblc and (harp. The ax of tr Word lay long at the root of the tree as ready to a them off but fuddenly the Lord cakes it up, he* them and cuts them down from the root Ibrahat and gives them a bill cf divorce, feeing they had vc luntarily and obftinately rejected his fon, Att % 13.2* After he had diseovenanted them, then he come with that Roman ax (as Luther calls it) and cut them down root and branch in one day. 3. Their reingrafting (hall be vifiblc, and in n- , ,, ,«. vifible way . v. 25,26. A: tttt^** rt"!? 11 b , e r r d ' tha ; { f * the body of the 12 tribe So the Prophet interprets it, Ezel^. 37 22. / -wu make them one nation in the land. Th is clearly argue that he fpeaks of that vifible Church of the Jew* though not as a body politick, meeting in one place having publick officers in common, and ordinance in common : but as a Church in his general norio; confidered. 4. He fpeaks (Rom \ 1.20) to the vifible Church s Rome, ffor will any fay , they are exhorted to tak heed they be not cut off from Gods eternal election this is not to be imagined. ) boafting oi her extern; i priviledges, whom he warns by this vifible '-xampll of the Jcwifh Church rejecting Chrift, an.: thcrefotl rejefted by Chrift, becaufe chey did cleave to a Cc| ; venant of works and not o l grace; but thefe all taking no warning were dischurched, when they ejfc alted works above Chrift, 01 at leaft mao'c them con ffl petitors with Chrift ; looking tor juftification t then (1*9) them, and not by Chrift alone, as Kemmtms well 'obfervesj for which chat Church was dischurched. 5- Ir they were broken off from the in vilihlc Church, then werethev of it before, whether wc ipeak of reprobates or real members ; if of repro- bates, then, according to their fenfc, reprobates were broken off from the invifibie Church , which is not to be imagined ; if of real members, then fuch chri- ftians may fall from faving grace finally and totally ; tor thofe individual perfons (hall never be reftored, though the branches Ipecincallv confidered , (hall be rcmltatcd into the vifible bodie of the Church. 6>Rom.u t i$.i hey are (aid to be caft away, which :annot be verified of the invifibie Church, feeing thrift hath choienthem, (Efa.^.g.Ihaveehofir* '»",andnotc*jlthecart*y.} and cnMacd(?^. 19.) hat they mould never perifh. > / 7. The invifibie members did belicve,how then could hey be broken offfor unbelief? therefore I fay thac nc ingrafting of the Jews; Rom. 1 r, fhallnot oricly •e by f nth into the invifibie, but alfo bv calling and 'rofehion of faith into the vifible Church 1 the forking of which in the nation of the Jews, when ailed, will appear to be a mighty work of God.cven s the refurreftion from the dead. Thefe things being premifed, I thus ar°;ue, 1. It onelyfome branches be broken off, then the a ve ™ mn 8 in Church-mcmbcrfhip, both parents f C c !™ rc made partakers of the root and fat :ls of the Olive tree. 2. Apmri 9 \ Children are broken off by the uabe ft i d3o) . Jicfof parents, wilfully rejecting Chrift ; therefore they are grafted in by their parents , embracing that Covenant of grace for themfclves and their children: For the ingrafting of the Gentiles rauft be iuitablo to the breaking off the Jews. 3. The Olive tree, that is, the vifible Church, ftill remains, faith the Apoftle , fome of the branches tM*,T.i7.Le ou4« fM - ondybcinghrokeiroff; and culm-} Kammttguarboresnonfo We aS a Wild OllVC grafted fitmm Bex*. i0j ^ v ^ vlXf ?s, inftead of them, as the Syriac tranflation alfo renders it Hence it is, the Vineyard,*, that Church for the fubftantials of it is given to the Gentiles Mat 20. 1 6. 4. The unbelief for which the lews were broken off, was net merely the rejefting of the Covenant of grace, as made to themfciv s perfonally ; but as it was held out to them and their feed jointly : therefore children are included in the fcnfeof the Apoftle. 5. Row. 11.28. As touching cleftion, they are be^ loved for their fathers fake 3 Eleflion muft be un- derftood in that place of the external grace of the Covenant, whereby God choiethis-nationtohim- felr. De ut . 4 27. By which expreflion we may plain- ly lee, That the Covenant the Lord leaves to pa^ rents, extends to their children alfo. The Patron* areola the 6. Why are they called na- root, not in refpeaot their per- £ Ura [ branches more than o- fons, but of the promiie which .„,,-• -A is made to them aud their feed j for the internal perfonal qualities arc nol « conveyed by generation, bur (as is obferved by others) the external prm- . ledges which are given to a flock or kinred do difcend by generation, trorr . believers not confidejed as the fon$ of Adam , fcwc a* f«b *' uctnCorc^ nan; with Ood. therS ' (13 thers? Surely not in refpeft of their goednefs i£ nature or natural propenfion to grace ; for they are naturally a$ ftirTncckcd as any people : but in refpedfc of the nature of the Covenant of grace given to tncic anceftors and their feed , according to which God i$? more readily inclined to pour out of thefpirit of hi» grace upon the feed and offspring of his covenanting people, than upon Grangers and aliens. Now though the Gentiles in their firit ingrafting may be faidta be the wild Olive, (as thelewsatfirft were) yee afterwards they were naturalized, and their children become natural branches of the Olivctrec, (i e.) the Church of God. l>fal. 128. Thy children as Olive plants, green and legitimate , for the Olive tree ad* Imitteth no other grarT. esfinf. in Pfal 128. The a» bleft of that opinion do grant, That now in the days of theGofpel, children are under the promifc ; and that the promifc ( Cjcn. 17 7.) is aGofpel promife* notwithftanding they denie the leal, though the pro- mife be made the ground of annexing the feal, what* ver is faid by any to the contrarie. See M r Tomfo $ Revieye.f. 3. Othersbeing convinced that the Apoftle {peaks of vifible Church, ("which indeed is undeniablic true ) ie to their old diftin&ion, to wit, the Covenant of -ircumcifion , or the Covenant of works ; from which Covenant they lay the lews are cut off to thi$ ay ; toinake this good, they diftinguifh betwixt? ttrahambcgtttin*, and a working Abraham , and a elieving and faithful Abraham. Thus they (ay, Th« &olc nation of the lews were legally holy till that 1 2 Covenant 030 *Govenant wasabolifht. I anfoer, They make a di- ftindion betwixt ^£r^w believing and Abraham working, where none ktc be made ; for did not his works Q: c^^uV] work together vv ith his faith, de- claratively, not onely before men but God ? were jm.i m i* [shew me thy faith not theie worb brought in, (faith the tianflarion) withoit (lam^t. 1 8.) as fruits ofc hlS thy worssl biuit Ihonkl r.uher r • t u* t. • l j* • berendmdCbytbywotki] U faith, Which IS the Cndltl- i^yup, that is, [m'aue thy faith on of the Covenant of grace? ; ^ar .out of thy works.] fa f£th withou( . WQrks j, dead, how then can it juftifie? 2. Obferve, They fay that Covenant mentioned Row. 1 1 . Heb. 8. is aboliihed , as being a typical Co- venant : butweanfwer, We have alreadie proved it to be an cverlafting Covenant. 3. What priviledge, that is, peculiar benefit was it to that nation to be under the Covenant of works? fiom* 3.1 . which is common to all nations confide* ed as the ions of Adam : but in Rom, 9. the ApoftL {peaks of that Covenant and the fulnefs thereof, ai a peculiar prerogative to that nation, and not com mon to others. 4. What pre j udice could it be to them to be cu off from that Covenant? nay it had been well fo ihem if they had been cut oft from the Covenant c works, which neither we nor our fathers were eve able to bear. The Apoftle tells us they are ha»denec $nd the Lord hath fent a fpirit 01 (lumber, v. 8 th he hath caft them awa \ , v. 15. and broken them of Mi . 17. and why? becaulethey did not cleave to tr ^Covenant of grace , ( which they were under, *<**> fl33) 3.25 and 4. 4. ) but wilfully and obftinately reje- cted Chrifi, being unskilful in the word of rightoui- neis, (Hek 5. 1 *,) that is, not defcerning aright that /unification was held forth in the old Covenant, but cleaving to the works of thelaw. Rom. o. 3 1 ,5 2. comp. Rom. 11. 7. 5. If that Covenant be abolifhcd, how can they t>e teingrafted into it ? for the Apoftle here (peaks of a reingraKi.^s into the fame Covenant, which plainly argues it was no typical or carnal Covenant, butaCov\ fp ace (till in force. 6. TIik belief they were broken off, that is-, (fay they) from the Covenant of works ; therefore (according to their doctrine ) if they had believed, thev had continued in the Covenantor' works to this d?y, vv ch is a contradiction .*. *nd yet they arhrm that - (Covenant ended with Chrift, it being atypical Zz car- rial Covenant as Canaan may. But have not fueh caufc to mourn,, that iuch a grois fpirit of error ihouli ti-is feiz on thci .2, and lead them into tbolefalie and by waics ; ccj *■ building uoon the foundation thistrajh, wood, hay, and itubblc, they (hall ft jd& i. of their labor, and 2. of their reward ; For: the day r all reveal it , and it fhaU be confumedas by fire. [ Cor, 3.13. Ah then rot, 18 with Auftin. and undeceiv. thole poor fouls you h^vc deceived, lead the Lord be angry with yoc? 3. Arg. Of fuch chil&enjs the Kingdom of hea- ven, ergo, they are inchurched. Mar io. And they brought, little children to. him, tttM.be JhouU touch fam ; and the pifciples rebuked drf* that brought I 3 fhem: I] tltem : but when Jefa faw it, he was muthdifp leafed, and faid, Suffer little children to come unto me, and I forbid them not, for of fuck is the Kingdom of God. J£*rk.lo.i2. -Lru.26.^.p^2\}yty^bcciufe. I. Obferve, they brought Mar. i o 6. u*?, «*>«. (^ fciqvi ) * WJi babes to Wence the word Profclvte, thus >,| -a i- ' J J r the chii^cn of the Gencik« Chritt ; this is recorded tor ^creProfelytes. our i m i Catl0 n, Mat. IQ. I 3, Iw%Mwix$n&Af 9 little children were brought. 2. Chrift faith, Suffer little children to come to See the like phrafcMiM.ai. me, that is, tO DC brought tO fifiiio^o; -v^im; ?£««/*- mc t $ not t hj s - maxim in male brought «obeput«nd«r force in all ages rrom Chnit ab ^ el * to the end or the world? Doth not Chrift now fay to our diflenting brethren, Suffer little children to come to me? And how fhould jftdiaafiiicindicimpimiHnfuvt wenow vifibly bring therr vdnuUvrndmrcrdrnmnrnmedi. tO Chnlt hut in that Ordl- r.m t veibaptifmtts-ffi medium nance of baptiftn* I know no other way : For the invisible, coming of invifibh members falls not under the cognizance of the fom t;f men : therefore fuch a prohibition had been in congruous. 5 . We a re rjpt oncly commanded, but charged, Tor hid. them.3 not. 4« Chriit was very angry with his own Difciples that offered to put them by ; for even Chrifts owi dear people may be injurious to children , as we fe it in our days ; but with thefc doubtlefs he is as mud displcafed, as over he was with them, feeing that h hath the fame tender bowels in heaven as he had o eath. J. Oj 5. Of fuch (h: faith) is the Kingdom of heaven, that is, of children, and fuch as are like to children : (according to the phrafe of Nehemiah, Shall mch an one as 1 fly * that is, I or any in. my condition.) For children arc capab'c of be- Mar. lo.is.rvbof ever rutwnh ing iittefts of any Kingdom ^£&*!££S&!2 on earth ; and why not ot ceivesit, At^'m) fc jhaiim the Kingdom of grace? Luk^ CHUr in, ° tl * ^ ltom tf ****** ch.sfi. Saith, Whofoe^er receivetb this child, Now lcaft ive fhould chink he intended that child onely, as having fomc lingular thing in him, he faith, Ltik* 1 8. 16. Qf fuch is the kingdom of heaven, that is, they are children of the Covenant, as the children of |hat nation were till they were discovenanted. To fay it 's meant of humble fouls, is not fenfc, and therefore not befceming the eldeft Son of wifdorrj fo \ to fpeak : for judge you, yea why do you not of your • fclves diiccrn, and fhew your felves men, Jfa % 46. 8. Isitfcnfetofay, Suffer little children to come unto me, for of humble fouls is the kingdom of heaven ? I were not Chrift's fpeaches full of rcafon and weight? how did the Phanfees won- ,* &&& ^ $^4 ; der at his anfwer, Give to 3*; *» *«*. obicrva how he Cdfar the things that are C* ™]t lp !i? L he .^ rdc l! F 7 he , n hc ~J . & fpcakso( the dungs of God, or . JOTS 9 ana to that Goa the chat which was indicated to his things of that God. And (hall W0,fhl P- we make Chrift here ( with reverence be itfpoken) to peak nonfenfe? 6. He laid his hands upon them and blefled them. | Thofe that brought the babes to Chrift , found more j love and tendemefs than they -could expert ; for ht \ ~~ J 4 IM ! r; c^wmf/tta^tK^Si- laid both his hands on the m, J l^u^^mf&UpSk embraced them, and bkffcd rniferkorMsadvtnip* Cal. rhciM 2^ Jacob on the foP.S Of ; Jofeph. owning them as his children. r. and tnerc'ore, as Auguttir.c mrif. Thefe Texts do imply onCefilJ, fdve #6 detlAjit, fte that Chrift fpcaks of a panricular ~i -n ,r„ t~ \ a u J :«. U« Imlc child 5 and yerltaft it Chrijti'A fit y TaKC heed It DC Ihouid be thought that other not God, thac it be not Chrift lehildrc-n of the Covenant werfl . , , t - 1 wciudcd, he faith, w:„,: C v- thatbeegs an alms or thee, ieceimb one fuch lir.ie child and thou denied hia* : So I tn myname, receivetiime ., . . r , r . . , n&ittdepnma *. *ay in thiscaie, lake heed niodicituY ,•**., ..-. that we reject not Chrift in Bcza rejecting infants, tendered to us in the Ordinance or bapciTrn ; for may noc Chrift at the Lift day (ay to fuch as plead they never rejected Chrtft, Verily in that you rejected one of thefe little ones, yon rejected me. Ob'}. Thefe children were (ick. *>*nf. He is fick that fays fo, for there is not the ' leaft word in the text that way tending; nor was there any reafon orpretenfe that the Difciplcs ftiould forbid fick children to be brought to Chrift. 8. Awajori, If the kingdom of heaven belong to others ( *J7 ) >thers bccaufc fuch, then it belongs to children much nore ; forchey are made the pattern of conversion nd humiliation to all fuch as expeel: falvation by efus Chrift. Mat. 18.3. Vntefsye be converted and ecome as little children , ye [hall not enter into the ingdom of heaven^ q. d. They Arc fo far from not be- ng members of the kingdom of heaven, as that none ball enter into ic that arc not faftiioned or molded ccording to the mold of little children. Ob). There is no mention ma/lc of baptifm in this fourfaviour. tAnf % Though it 's not exprefled yet it is implied, For, 1 . Chrift faith, Suffer little children to come nto me, that is 3 to be brought to rue in a vifiblc vay. 2. He faith, Of fuch is the kingdom of heaven ; hereforc to fuch the broad fcals of that kingdom ap- ertain. 3 . Whofoever rccciveth one of thefe little ones my name, rcceiveth me : wh^h is a proposition f eternal veritie in all ages. 4. He laid bis hands upon them, owning them as is own children,' as Jacob did the fom of Jofeph, low rhe hying on of hands was ufed for confirrna- on after baptifm. Heb.6 1, 2. To thispurpofe may c apply this acYofChnft to thofe infants, which ras to confirm the promifes folemnly made to their arents in baptifm. 4^. What is ic that makes a vifiblc member of the ' hurch ? 1. Is it the promifc or Covenants and havews no* r of proved that children are incovenanted ? JE* pr, mifjionedei non tantum ex profejftonc hominum, aft Vi. tu acifoptilnvLj. Bull, de bapt. k*wmk*m**m. *• * s "tircprofcffion , hoc nos itt-anm baptism** , im V^nrilU and IS not DaptHrn P S^'^aatJ "i*oi ? h an nnplictt pr< j™< it*, Jjot cenhrts /tonus de in, fefflOn 01 (Thrift? did flOt tl {£:i5PC" children of Ifrad virtual The *i*™;^>»voi were vifibic niake a Covenant with Go r uxed e " Ui ° rc chcywere ^~ though by ftcrifices? Pfo f " xe 50. And do we not in all di ties tendered to God , as it were lay , 1 take th God for my God, and give up my felf to him to t cnecf his people? I 1. Is not the confeflion of God, ( who faith, th children are holy) more than all the profeilions 1 men? is not the witnefs of God greater than the wh nefs of men i (1 fob. 5. p.) the one being anhuma the other a divine Teftimony. 5. C hrift an infant was born head of the Churcf Mat. 2. where is he (fay they) that it born Kin^ *& %wst If Chrift an infant was a member, then wh x : t the children of belie vers ? there can be no reafo given to the contrary. , •/. AJ i'L.~_: . 6. Their children are < famibw in eccttftdm s nmqubd ad tnCDOaiCOt Cftl'llt, CliC nC meeekfiaH-Jttfertingretpritu, nan r 9tt *A . f nr half of the de* sp eji ; Ceded jtgnumviftbiU noflr* die HI infanClC , WniCTl UlU rtmicmmctriwOrijiuBvL ^^ ^fa j f they fa m of thebodieof Chrift. £fb. J. 23* Hcutbeftvm tf the body. 5. A*l (139) J. Arg. Believers may be baptized ; but fbmc chil- dren arc believers: therefore fome children may be laptized. The firft propofiti- Lutheratf . .^ m ( . &m fa < )n is granted by all , the mi- atuAi credere , etftcvuiextis m ess kw proposition is proved, tSfSSS^SSTM I. From (CriptUrCj Mat, a& -• j • , Wal. lo;t cotr.de Bip- u *. 3, 4, 5. (compared with hwk j^utumfMi^i-cmw. *. JWar.9. 2 0*. ) Whofoever &f«««j^«w;^jj«*» "hall receive one fmcb little etjifs nan ni{i aidmim extra. :hild in my nime % receiveth idem Wal. Tie : but whofoever fkall off end one of thefe little ones ^ 'hat believe in me> it were better that a milftone were Ranged about hU necl^ y and he caft into the midfi of 'hefea. The oppofition (hews he fpeaks of children , For t *s an undoubted maxim, Where terms ftand as op- >ofits , the one is to be taken in the fenfe oppofit to :he other. Now it's clear from ver. 3 » 4, 5» that he peaks of children whom wc are vifibly to receive n Chrift's name , to wen Ordinances as they arc rapable of; therefore the words are fo to betaken, vers, (little ones that believe in me.) There is the like phrafe Rev, 9. 4. It was comman- led them that they mould not hurt the grafs of the rarth , neither any green thing, neither any tree, buo )ne!ythofc men which have not the fcal or God irt heir foreheads ..• Which exception (hews you, Tha« )y grafs, green things, and trees, he means men : Foe he exception (as wc fay 1 muft be of the lame kindei f Exceftioeftejusdem generic.) Sec Rtv 7,3. . *. Wcmaytectmse^cjirjifi|diam^ny t iy^/.a^ 9&* (140) $. Thou madeft me hope when I hung upon my tnothtk brtfts. This is true in the antitype, Chritt, who h feith from the very womb ; it 's true 2K0 in D*v. Pfal, 7 .5 Thou Art my truffifror* mj % childhood, thee 1 hav* been holden fr*m the womb, (v. 1 7.) Th haft tau± ht msfrom my childhood naw tlfo when I a gr heaven y and they do be- %; pUwbimjiuefuigpre rnJ Did the face of God, (which P^tf. "*?** <*>*» «J • an act Ot f ;lth rw.I I .27 % ) Jcmm fradiartt len have tney faith in hea- Caj *»* L 4 - c - '* en; if fo, why not on earth? 2 . They reft in hope of the refurre&ion, elfe they irere miferable, Pfal. 1 6 % g. that is, tl c foui doth reft: 1 hope 3 for the bodie prdperly is not die fubj eft of lOpe, now hope is the daughter of faith 3 . There will be this ufe of Faith in heav< n to be- ieve that which we cannot comprehend, ("for faith stheevi ;encc of things not feen) even the infinite >eing of God, who dwells in that tightthaenone can pproaeh unto ; therefore we conclude infants in icaven have faith, and why may they not have the :edof it here ? feeing there is' no gracr. in heaven vhichwas not wrought on earth. Hence it is that egeneraf ion is called an earthly thing, Ioh. 3.becaufe s for other rcafons, fo this, it muftbc wrought on arth. 4. Thcfirft Adam had powerto convey grace as aith to his poftcrity • and hath not the fecond A- Iam much more power i Was not the faith of Adam f the like nature with the faith of believers? though t do not put forth that aft whereby we are juitiri- \d. 5. Can any live without fairl, or befaved fo* :ver without it? and fhall w* denie it to infants, whoftand in need of juihrkauon by faith as well ts wee 9% U4*J Olj. How can they be juftified by faith whic 3 cannot aft? fe Anf> Faith maybefaidto be paflive in our [uft fication, becaufc the habit of faith is paflive before put forth any ad; now wcarcjuftihedfo foon a by the habit of faith we arc alive in Chritt in the fir moment of our converfion , before faith put fore any aft. Thus children are juftified by the habit c faith , for as we were guilty of Adams fin, f which i imputed to us) before we were aftive in giving coi: fent unto it : (b is the rightoufnefc of Chdfl: impute- to children before they put forth any elicit aft c faith. Therefore I fay they are capable of that pal five Ordinance of baptifm. Ob]. Children have no knowledge, therefore n< faith, therefore no intercft in the Covenant or fea thereof. Anf. Arc they not rcafbnablc fouls, becaufe fo the prefent they make no ufe of reafon ? and ma; they not have habitual knowledge lying dormant 11 them, though no aftual? is it not Ch'rift that enlight cneth every one (not that is going out, but \%wv& vov ) coming into the world ? doth not the reafona ble foul lie dormant in the body till organized? dotl it not live though it move not for the prefent? whei a man isafleep he afts not grace, doth it therefor follow he hath none ? may not a child be included ii a leafe and conditions made which render him ca pableof the benefit of it* if he perform the conditi ons therein fpecificd, though at the making of thi ieafc he give no content at ail ? and were not th< cmidrei (143) hildreninche Evangclift blefledby Chrift, h-Mi^c leyunderftooditnot? or was Peter wafhed in va i ccaufe he knew not what Chrift did $ yet? Mi Vv#£x(aith, If he knew an infant fuch an one ?* ohn was . fuch a one he would baptize, and fai thee e faith, that fuch as Chrift blefled might be ba ^tiz c •therefore baptifm belong to one infant, it's enbiigS d confute them who denie it to all; but accord' 3 this account, if onelytheclc&andfaithtu] c admitted to the ddinance of baptiun, there is i ibje&left to whom we may difpenfe :!r* ^j, ance. 6. A rg. Taken from examples in fcriprurfjwh (d irailics were baptized, none obferVei m fimiiie ara ecluded; for houfe inferi- ™f± c p*^™ l r n -r i vi IF any one fay here i' a Sir- tore pnrale ligmheth chu- necdochc , the whole being put ren throughout the Book £r*ti!£2R£ 'God. I have read it again «», m nuiu 41 mw cur umr%; r i to this point of baptifm, ^/"<™ raife up feed to his brother. In this fenfe Ra chel and Leah built the houfe of Ifra*el, Ruth 4. 11 *Pfa.l. 115.12,13. By the houfe of Aaron he mean both fmall and great. Pfal t 1 1 3. 9. He makes the bar re* dwell in houfes y that is, fruitful mothers of chil dren. See Gen. 30.30. & 35. 2. & 50. 8.^^^.12.5 Jtfif.7-1*. 2 Sam. 17.23. & 23. 5. l Km. 14. r; a A^*V 9. 7. <£- 20. 16. I C&recaufechey were of her family . A U. 1 6. 3 1 * The ailor and his houfe. Obferve, he firft makes mention >fh is being baptized, then of his faith. v Aft. 16. 3 3. 14. Cnfpus and his houfehold. & 18. 8. Stephanus nd his houfehold. 1 £V. 1. 16. The houfehold o£ taiftobulus, and the hoafehold of Narciflus. Rom.\6. o. T^kr? a^s^sa*-, tJOcl ts> en, tS NoC/pMAJS. Vhich mud be meant of their children, which came »ut of their loins, as the word imports. Thus iTim- .4. One that ruleth well his own houfe , having his hildren in fubjeSlion with all gravity. I Tim. 5. 8. f any provide mtfor thsfe of his own houfe , (that is, bildren , not fcr vants ) he is worfe than an infidel, yah 6r 10. Do good to all, especially the houfehold of r iith, and muft there be no refpeft had to the orphans i. id fatherlefs ch ildren of fuch ? thofc doubtle "s wc a ight in a fpecial manner to provide for. as being in- 1 uded in the houfehold of faith. Thus Aft. 4. the be- k 'vers had all things common, and did not their chil- li en (hare with them? Joubtlefs they were not exclu- I :d. Gen. 50.8. All the houfe of^ofe'fh and his fathers 4 #/£, went up to bury his father -, d?»^ their little ones \) ty left in Gofhen. It's obfervable ihat trie little ones .$ : included ( for the exception is of the fame kindjl h the word houfe ■ here excepted, 6ecaufe of their un- to nefs for travel ; but in all the places before mentio- | d thercis notthelcaft word hinted why little ones * K &QUW fbouldjbc excluded. From all which places obferve. I. Thcdanguageof the fcriptures holds forth chi fJren to be the houjhold, & by confcquencc the fiibjef of baptifm : Let them (hew any one place where chi drenarc excluded if they can , for Exod. 12. includ< children, though infants were excluded, becaufe ur capable. K I f . Lydia baptizata eft & filii domtu eju a. Obferve theSyriac fo renders that word houj or hottjehold, which was the known language < tbofe cimes , and or great repute throughout tl Churches of God. 3. Ofthcjailorit'sfaid^r^^^/o/^w,^) th were of him. Alb. 15.33. Baptrzatut eft ipfe & fit domtu ejus omnes, comp. v.$i. cfr eum omnibui fits domtu fut , as in the Syiiac. Or* Samaria it h fai (Aft. 8.8,12.^ all of them from tbelcalt to the grc teft,thatLs> yonc and old were baptized , both mc and women ; for children are included in the mc in fcripturc phrafe, as Jacob faith, t?«/. %/\> 36. lb ing but few in number , they {hall gather themfelves t f ether againft me, and deftroy me. Ez,el^ 9. 6. SI. othmxids and little children, but come not near a) man on whom is the markjn his forehead. Grace mitt< in the heart by the man Chrift Jcfus , ( who hath r inkhornby his fide) (bines in the forehead of 6ab and others. Eccl.%. 1. When Mofes demanded Phaiaoh to let Ifrael go , he meant children as w< as the elder people, as he afterwards cxplaineth hit fclf , and (hall we be more cruel than Pharaoh, grant libcrtic to fuch as are adult , but keep poor i fan ti in bondage? Thus ink, 6. 10, Max. 5.44. coi par pared with Mat. 14.15. iC or.io.l. All $ur fathers \ were baptised into r JHofes i in fathers children arc in- cluded ; and thus I underftand .Aft. 15. i.Vnlefsjc j brethren be circumcifed, ( that is, you and your chll- dren) yoHca>motbefaved y as Raul explain? it A&. 2 r . 2 r , 2 5. Thus H?/\ 9. ZfV appointed for all men \ once to dy, and are not children here alfo intended? So> that we fee plainly chat by a Synecdoche children arc included m their parents. 4. The promife or Covenant is made to the pa- rent in the bchalr of the chil- In 0Mii numerg ^ te?lij ^ dren. o^#. 1 6. Believe thou, tw> ifcri f*k patritwmm c«tu» Ani thou {bah be fiived and fc "^ mm9dat m Cvlz *fa thy ho us ho LL So when Chnfl: **«0 meur Ectufa, Aixmm j>«- railed the Kulcrs daughter, mdaHti aamma ^m t M /ta- li e required no more but this «««»• ■ «*caiti«4it«y(;,^i^4i <• i_ r» i,~l- r ir r> -. vittrt altera. Aultin. of the Ruler himfcir, Be not afraid , onely believe and fhc fhall be faved ; now i% the promife were the ground of baptifm to the pa-^ rent, it mull be fo to the children aifo ; therefore thd parent was bound in confciencc to ice his children! baptized. We have no mention made exprelfly of the Patriarchs keeping the fabbath, but were they not bound to keep it?or {hail we be (0 uncharitable tci think that for fo many hundred years they altogether neglected it? though doubtlefc the devil did endea* vot to blot out the memory of the fibbath, and off :he creation , that fo he might dfrtcr in the ctcrnitie Df the world. Sometimes we have a precept or m word of alio wancc, but no example, as in that of th^ abbath, and in that of the eating of the fcveraj trees K a gf YI48J I of the garden. Sometimes an example and no precept I mentioned, as^ii; that of thefacriftcingof Abel, for I which doubtlefs there was a command, ( though not | mentioned} elfe God would not have lent fire down j from heaven to confume the facrifice,tcftifying his ac- 1 ceptance, if there had not been a divine inftitution for thofe facrifices : ThereFore we fay, it's fufficicnt to us that the will of the Lord is revealed either by com- mand, promife, Covenant, confequence, or other- wile, though there be no example tor it in fenpture. 5. We have the example of whole families bapti- zed in the Applies times, (and tome in after ages, which gives light to the places of fcripture mentio- ned ) families as families, the parents thus embracing theGoipel, are made the precedent tor that admim ftration , therefore children muG be included ; for fee that excludes nothing, includes all. There was no word for women to tat the Pateover , yea it's faid exprelfly , No uncircumcifed perfon mould eat thereof , and yet they grant that the women were to eatthePafso.er., being part of thehoufehoid. Exod 12.3^4. and fhali children (contrary to the whole infmesMfiimrdmnpar,: current of fcripture) be ex verion rjb non fytriminfmitti in eluded from this Ordinance d.nvbM i/h'5, Kibilominte ad do- £ k an fifrj-|> m \ifuifmmdom&Hsbr k t? «wwr», faminvn iu Lydia , and when tney nad I Jam prima* ttmtijfe r>wd ad fidtdl- r een ♦.[,<, hrffhren ) hut rathf r I S>i»#^«i5^, i'i leenvneDrctnrcvuutiatLcr : mdtcUrii* liqutty qued in ejuiadis loUlC Ol the CltlG- Ot Other ■"•^"wwtf.cair. parts that met at the hbufe. 3. Suppofcthat, yet it makes not againftus, tor the children were baptized as well as the brethren. Thirdly, The words, he rejoiced with all his honfi, a/*~ *r *- k J(L > or, there w:s joy in, ( or, i5*hey cryed out all at once. throughout J the houie , lie $iyi}t*0mwaKiKimm7VJ- having believed. It's not 2ffV*/, Eiartnitamom. f a jj Cnat all his hoilfc bell m dtmo fua, credent Av. Thus f . , r the Spanifh Bible renders it. Sk Ved ; for tllC prOrlllle was *a*»ut mvtuptibmi dtcumur , ^ made to the faith of the Jai- /MfwKc^Bui lor, not a: all mentioning the faith of any of his houfchold, A CI. 16.13. Believe? dndthettjbalt be fared and thy houfe. 4. Deut. 14.26. Thou /halt eat there before the Lord tndthoufhah rejoice thou, and thy houfehold^ Little children could not rejoice in what they put thcii hands to, but might they not eat ? doubtlcfs the] might, for they were o: the houfehold . t^Obj. Paul preached to all inthehoufc, thcrefor< rot to children. vf»f* 1. May not the Go/pel be preached to littl childra children as well as others ? yea may it not in fome ibmefenfe be preached to babes? LuJ^i.j6. Andthon child [halt be called the prophet of the higheft. Doubt - lefs there being iuch an effect wrought upon the Iai- lor and his houfc. they would bring the little ones in their arms, rather than any /hould be hindered trom hearing when Paul preached. ' 2 . This fpeech is fynccdochical, the whole being put for a part , ( to all the konft) that is, fuch as were capable, which is ac- , SMh ,.»,.ThemanEicmah cording co fcripture phrale, and ail his houfc wene up to of- nr i tj- * >r I S/ I fer to the Lord ] Yet n appear* rjal. 102. tie rat/eth all that f rom v. 22. thac Samuel being *re fallen , thac is, all fuch as llttle > dld no: S<> U P- are raifed, arc railed by the Lord. As we (ay, fuch a icoolmaftcr tcacheth .11 the children in the town, that is, all that are taught, arc taught by him : So, the Apoftle preached to all in thchoule, that is, to all fuch in the houfe as were capable of inftruclion. Thus much tor the (ixth Argument, wherein we fee plainly that houfc always includes children, erg. We fay, it *s very evident, That the Apolties did ba- ptize the children or. the laid households formerly ' mentioned. The feventh Argument. Children are capable of the grace of baptii'm, there, fore or baptifm it fclf. 1 . They arc capable of inherent grace, for a fub- jeft capable of fin, is capable of grace : but in ants arc capable of (in, being fhapen in iniquttie, and con- ceived in fin. Tfal.$ 1. Therefore they arc capable oF the grace of baptifm, both which it fcals, and which M it (IJ2) h conveys ; for the Lord being a free agent, hath noi limited him (elf to any time ; but as before baptifm fo fbmetimes in, fometimes after baptifm he dotr convey that ipirit of grace to infants. The more or- dinary way for fuch as are adult in the conltitutiorj of a Church, is by the word ; but the Lord hath not tied himfelf to this way, efpeciallyin a Church ga- thered, but doth doubtlefs breath in this Ordinance alfo : for look what the navel h to the child in the womb, the fame is baptifm to infants in the womb of the Church. Cant. j. 2. The child in the womb is not nourished in an ordinary way, as by the mouth, but by the navel : even fo infants are not fanftified by the ordinary way o\ hearing > but by this of ba- ptifm. I know other fenfes are given of that fcri- pture, but as Bernard faid of the Pope, Either this is he or (hew me fuch another : So I fay, Either this is the fenfe of the holy Ghoft, or elfe let any man ihc jv me a better. I would not willingly bring a (enfe to . r ~ r . t r * the fcripture , but fetch it Bafii. from the fcripture, (ror we H*t* { Ai'&vf?ri&y>;,i.e. Ac- muft: prophefie according to uS^™j£%& th= meafure of faith ) wh.ch God hath given. Torino pro- may eafily be found out by phefie according ro the n;ialo"ie • • r ' a ~ ...«*L if ftith, whence exceed not comparing fenpture with the meafure of the gift befiovv- fcriptUre. NOW the like phrafe you (hall find in Prov. 3. Trufi in the Lord and it (hall be health to thy navel, And marrow to thy bones, that is, in a (ecret way thou fhalt be fed , though the ordinary way rail. We fee this truth daily fulfilled , That though a poor mans lay- dyings-out arc greater than his in-comes, yet by a Secret providence he and his are maintained : even fo by the fame good hand of God are infants in the womb of the Church nouriftied by baprfm ; for the fpirit of God doth move upon thefe waters, as fomc have allegorized that of Gen. i. 2. 2. Infants are capable of remiflion of fins, elfe how can they be faved ? the promife of remiflion of (ins in the fame fentence and the fame fenfe is propound- d to parents and children, *Att % 237. and fhall we fay that remiflion of fins is promiled to parents, and outward priviledges onely to children? 3 . They are capable of the holy Ghoft: , elfe how an they be united to C brill ? doubtlefs that fpirit hat doth guide the bee to its end, did actuate Jacob n his mothers womb, and made him fo wreftle with us brother, that he prevailed againft him ; which vas very ominous for the future. Thus Zanchj on iefea. That fupplanting of Efau, m v*W*™ lti *fa r ii> p? T* m r ° r T J , ■, r 1% coby cum adbuc tatnen uti itidtcte 'as align Ot IaCObS defire Of ncnpjPhimffahdiitrmtbatur.Fi- nng born before his bro- ?^??£ tH *}' ^'P^f^M j / r fa™* 1 aefidery qui sfficttbiUMt divt- icr , and conlequently or nam UaMhntm cmfaim&t ; c birth-right : alfo 2, of fS^^JSSS^lSf^ Jtaining that dlVine blel- cupivit diviuamtrgajegratiam> & g which was promifed be- * T0 m *Jto™& ***»"**- re : for being acted by the Non J ,flr fa -menu mdueitu* .1 V^l i\ f 1 aut truwferiur gratia, fed cut* facr*. )ly Ghoft after a wonder- mm \u . *&£»* fmmm* efe land unfpcakable manner. *«**» fr/r™. rf ™ *^ r T** j earnettiy dciired and en- uummdUtftd^iAvhnmtfm^ dwYprci (154) pr /fcMmraxw. whit. _ deavored after the grace ol „**W'£*«*-«E2 God, eren in his motner: * 7^foHn««v-^.Bar. vvomb. As fumearc thusfan * j^i/;i^imj«*wfjiH ,i / mir,w clified in the womb, loma " txttman* quinfao *ceed*tret & . faviflP Work tVon ^ vmitf, (mtmutftr extern* tntdti By naVC a UV1HL wurKiruil Wn«oj> roiw. cai inft. p. 4«<> ; the dawning and ipringinf •" Dcum umm wbufdam, dum rM -_ n Wj fne (<; that fa )1- fcjpt^Mtw babuum fmu m/««- ot rea on. witneis mat ra £ «fcr« non neganm. Amcf mOUS lllftanCC of loHJC littl J! w/tfa) n* bail Lnlcioqns Indian children in New* v^utvminflUlan^ ffdrnemi wo- England related by M r £ c ^am/w fart4Ktur;ftvevtvificMwr, llot in hlS book intituled, 7 « ■ &4faivd'tbdnuwfto-*liti : tearf f repentance ) Wltl I mdosixi-cendofatjamhiibtlcsttit . ■/ /I 4. ... mwereddmturd&i.2n which he (huts up his dljd ^ ^^ •" ** Jf! courie, w*. The profeOior « iu mhii dbbai mm nofram'rfim ( if I rnay (o call it) or rathe ft dtiHy&finrifcitquodfa.rat,, CXD " r cflion and manife ■ «£ <*imc < whereof force with great torments m their bowe^ died • amongft which two little children of the a? ■ abovefaid, and ac that time both in one houfe beir ffi taken with that difeafe : The firft of thefe childntl in the cxtrcmitie of its torments, lay crying toGto in th^fe words, godandjefvt CbriB,G*dmdJef* ■ Chrift,help?Hcl and when they gave it any thing- I (155) at, it would greedily take it, fas it is ufual at tfce ap* .roach of death) but fir ft it would crie to God, Oh Jod and Jefm £krif} } blep.it I and then it would ike it; and in this manner it lay calling upon God id J efus Chrift until it died. The father or the child Did me the ftoric, with great wonderment at the race of God , in teaching his child fo to call upon 5od. The name of the father is Ni[hohkon y whofe* onfeflion you ha v e before. Three or four days after another child in the fame oufe, fick of the fame difeafcj was (by a divine hand oubtiefsj ienfible of the approach cf death, ( an un- tfual thing at that age J and called to its father, and ud J am going to Cjod, feveral times repeating it, I m going to god. Th mother, (as other mothers ufe o do J had made for the child a little basket, a little poon, and a little tray ; thefe things the child was vont to he greedy delighted withall, (as all children vill) therefore in the cxtremitie of the torment?, they et thofe things before it , a little to divert the mind nd chcar the fp ; rit; but now the child takes the asket and puts it away., and faid, J mil leave mj baf- et behind me, for I am going to God , / mil have my boon and trey behindme, ( putting them away ) for 1 m going to God, and with thefe kind of cxprcflions he lame night finifhed its courfe, and died. The fsu hcr of this child is named Robin fyeen, in whofc onfeflions he makcth mention of this child that di- d in faith. When he related this ftorie to aie,he (aid le could not tell whether the fbrrow for the death >f his child, or his joy for its faith were the greater. *• Shew I 4. They arc capable of union with Chrift, f firft Chrift hy& hold on us before we lay hold on hit Phil. 3 That I may apprehend that , for which alfo anu apprehended of Cfoift Jefus. 5. Of eternal life. All -which things are fignifii and fcaled in the holy facrament, What hinck therefore why children may not be baptized ? A{ 10. 6. Baptifm is of eternal ufe, ( for what God dot remains for ever, EccL 3. ) not onely for the prc'ei but for the future ; therefore children are capable it. For, 1 . As parents may plead a Covenant for their ch dren, which is no fmall prop of their faith, ftrengtl | cned and confirmed by this vifible word, Exod. 4. 5 ^ fo children may afterwards ple.id a Covenant as froi ; ( their anceftors, (for a leal of an eftate made to infani in their cradle, is firm) and come m their fathers c I mothers name to God , as David and others hav i done, temporals but f piri , deliverance from our fpmtual ttials. Rom. IT. Beloved^ (f< r enemies is colleded from the L» „„11-J \ {»*> +L*;~ f general promise [ / mil U thy aS *0 be Called ) for their fa ,, Sod&ibeGedofibyfesd.3 thers fakes. Deut.30- Itvu. eircumcife the heart of thy feed, Which pro mi fc be ing fpoken indefinitely, who dare limit it to fuch a ■ are of years of difcretion ? feeing that babes are th< a feed of the faithful as well as fuch as are adult ; ani we know it's as great a fin to iimit God in hisgracj as in his power, who hath fo wifely ordered that Ctr venaiil enant of grace, 2 Sam. 24. that as in every moment 3*me die: (and furely halfoJ the ele. ■ .■? nyiurd- {tied fanh John) haptUe 'Z^V^fif^. OU ( Phariiees, a generation randi. Mufc. in Mace 2a. f vipers ) with water feic fxifocmaJii) unto revcntance y berefe+e (feeing y ou hsye now been baptized) briAg or th fruits worthy of repentance, f. % 2. It pp'li'getl '0 tutu re faith, for circu^rxifion vasafealof the rightoufneO of faith, (which is the bndftio'n of the Covenant of grace, Mar. io\ i5.) 'o Adonijah arid Abfalom as well as Solomon , if hey believe, tor fo the tenor of the Covenant runs, t 's well 'bferved by fome that God dealt in a way "preventing grace with Ifrael, m inftituting the aflbver be 1 ore their deliverance ; and foin appoint- ig the Lords Supper before the Work of redemption / is wrought. And thus hath he ordered the bapti- ing of children, as that which is prccedaneous to lith, as well as fub'equent to it. J; ft oblige* to obedience, for as in all duties we 9 virtually lay, I take this God tor toy God, Si give up my felf to him as one of his people : 7y*/.f That make a Covenant with me bjjacrijice So m tl' Ordinance of baptifm , the child doth implicitly c venanc with God, and doth bind it ielf to obedien for the future. He that is Hrcumetfed (Taitji Pai Gal. t .) is bound to keep the whole law , if not legal ^ as a Covenant of works, yet evangelically as the co J dirion of the Covenant of grace. If he dare not itai to the former Covenant, (as who dates?; let hi cleave to the later, and in Co doing he ihall live. Having ipoken fumcier riif1 perjr^m quam decent, veru ly tO the JHt d*Vtn*m 0\ \ \ w ataem docenio futtdtu ton fm~ dobaptifai,and fhewed plai ^StSkSttAwm* and ly that it hath a divine Han then teach, but having taught, f tlUth Uponit, LetUSCOr. m °a{njlikiartudaturpraxi4.er^. tOthe lVTSty£lOL 0* pra£U< Paul will rather feem to {peak pa t f t hlS OOint , whl« falfe greek, not underftandmg F a,w Vl r % His greek grammar, as Jerom fhall be a dlfluallVe trom t faith, (thoughitbeanAtticifm) m L anfl f m . anc l vV hat I fh than that they rhouid not apply naoaptiim , ana Wiuu to thcmfelves in particular what lay herein, I WOUla lay in, he fpoke ingeneral- Gal.5.1. cfa fa ^ c f K i n gc. No ^ Reftore ye fuch an one, or the Lord grant mC gOOd lU ^ put him in joint agairb confider- CCiS this day .' *s th y fclf - And that I may the mo effectually prevail with you, confider , ^ I. The way of Anabaptifm is not the way of Gc ? for fir? it's not of Gods planting, therefore fecond J not of his watering. For whatfocver the Lord harj not planted, whether perfons earthings, that ccf tainly he will not water ; therefore it cannot ftarj but muft of ncceffity be rooted up. Mat.i 5,13. j \ For the firft, That it 's none ofGods planting, or; That that way is not the way of God which the/ J walk in, it appearcth, x. In that they ftand not in the ways , and ask not jtorthe old paths, where is the good old way, that t hey may walk therein, fer. 6.1 6. (Thus Mat. 1. SeeJ^ ^Ite Ur* at the Priefts mouth.) They advife not, nay j:hcy arc not ufually willing to be advifed by the anhful meflfengers of Chrift, enquiring after the /ootfteps of the flock by the Shepherds tenci, but j ecm to be vailed Qnw>3 and turn alide by the flecks j )f his companions. Cant, 1. 7. Yea I fear fomcof them if they look into their ^earts, will find them toc-too-delirou< to ajake truth Ijjn their iidc, (having been plunged betore they were lipped J and that that way might appear to them to 1 >c a way of God, which they moft afre&ed ; having ' he perfons of feme, and their doctrines in admira- tion for ad vantage fake; if fo, God may juftly har- . len them as he did Balaam and (contrary to bis own :xprefs command^ bid them, Go, anlwering them -ccording to the idol which they fet up in their jicarts. 2. We find no inftance in fcripturc of any that vcrc dipped or rebaptized, after that in their infan- 1 ic they were dedicated to the (crvice of God by flptifin ; nor of any child of a believer fufpended 1 ill he came to years cf difcretion , and was able to ! ?ve an account of his faith. We challenge them in c name of Chrift to produce any one tbtoughc >ut all c book of God, cither rebaptized ty fufpended f ro«i . sit Ordinance till then. h Such 5. Such* rejecT: the ccunfcl of God againfi: them felvcs, Luk*7* 30. Yea in rejecting this Ordinanc they refill God, (.4tf.ii. 17.) as the Pharifeesdid t their own deftruction. But tell me, is it not a grievous fin to refufe tha God to be thy God, and the God of thy feed? Is no that promife [J mil be the God ofthyfeed^ as mud evangelical as the former, [I will be thy God? ~\ am in fo doing, doft thou not discovenant thy feed a much as in thee lieth ? and may not the Lord there- fore take the advantage, and cut off the entail for e- ver ? For, (faith the Lord, Cjen. 17. ) Theuncircum cifed man-child, whofe fefh of his foreskin is not cir- cumcifed, that foul 'Jh all be cut off from his people. Hi hath broken my Covenant. The feal being part there of, & ofttimes put for it in fcripturc phrale. Aft 7.8. guifqvUne&leBobtptifmofexuda. 4. Is nOt thlS to trampl< trewffi** cMc^m^jimui* Un der feet the bloud of Ch rift faKguiiem.Ca\. and crueihe him again? toi whereas Chrift died but once, butliveth to God foif tvttyRom.6* 14. this doctrine andpra&ileof reba ^pt q uotrebafiv>uttr,Chrijlum ptlZatlOn holds forth tO thtf'r ienuficrxtf&pt. cai. world that Chrid died thefc' fecond time, and rofe again' Yea it evidently impli. k eth a pbflibilitie of falling from grace totally, clft Wi v. T hat rjeed of rebaptization • for as many as arc bu- V ried wjth Chrift in baptifm, arc planted into the fi- '< militude of his death , and (hall be alio planted intc ^ thcfimiUtudeofhisrcfurreftiont^6w. 6. 5,4, 0, 10 m In that he died he died but once , in that he liveth fa na livcthttJto God. i ' u i 5. Sucl 5. Such unchurch all the- Churches of God, Ty- ing) There is no true vifible Church in the world but their own, for the Church everfince hermerab rs pvere full, hath for many a zes \v c hid Mimflas ana ch«r- bonfifted afriftfl wholly of *) fg^ ,,,. Aiiemblies Of them who dam$ro!ix*ep (i eftatur, h, t r^ k«„~ u„,,*- -J ;•-. •.'««:». ' : i> !vS c 7 alios yeu&tfilmoi rbrifii- ^ave been baptised m cicir ^ ^ ,* ^ ftd g£ In fan cie ; it fo, then Was emali more folklcetebrStre, Madcap-, .1 ' VL1 -i^L L. tiurnejs no!> :l mi (id ex Orknte there no vifible Church on E^jfrJLwwwf^ earth for many hundred cWocflftimTerlratis^^. years together ; contrary to Afat [6. where our Savior engageth that the gates of hell fhall never prevail againft it. And (half we thus defpife an. flight the womb that bare us? thofewns that embraced us? and the paps that gaveusfuck? Go- forbid; for doubt- less thai rigid way of feparation God never watered, (I mean of fuch who' unchurch all the Churches of the world fave their own, l[ <5. Info doing they are very injurious, to them- R Pelves, as rendring themfelves in the hght of God, l( 1. Covenant breakers. Gen, 17 14 zAndthettn+ ^ircumcifed man-ckild whofe Gm J? , 4 ^ (ife ^£ ){ lejb of his foreskin ts not Ctr- dtt,i. e circumeidi Witytrit, fed ■ Lmm Zr„J 4-L^t. f t (J ~ll L- e'rweifiritem n&lcxctit vel eon- ,, nm tjed, that [out frail be um? ^ t . eteni)1 ^ yb:m ^Jj fo'ftt off frorru my people : be . AWakam alone was » Tj ..U— n-fi .,^.. r noi the Covghanr .,t fign of , j mittW tO the PalSOVCr ; fc< ftcng rhae he and his children j n g that in Gods flCCOUnt b »re ,e>yncd together. • , , 3 5 was ai uociroirocilcd per fon: the like may be I id of baptitm > for ptrwm t* dew efi rat'9. 3. J fuppofc with fubrr iHfior to better Judgment* the meaning ot thole words, ( E^ \ ^4. 9. Noun eirenmrifrd per/on % uncircttmcifed in hrtiri or uncir cvmcijtd in fitfk,fbhammah. Ez* 48 5 W- Tth make much for the proving of th th ng in hand, as 1 1ee in Exod. 12. 48. fVben Jtratigit will front* %'i b thee, let all bis mules be cm €*w fifed, for no unetrenmcifed perfen Jhalledt thereof He v hefc child was uncircumci fed, was uncircumi ci ed himfclt in Gods account .• Even 10 he who! child is unbaptized , is (aid to be unbaptized himlelf fl and therefore not to be admitted to the Lords Suf* per, Tor baptifm is caUcd Circumcifion, (Col a i ij ii and put nJtcad thereof. I 7. They *te nr t 1 1 ely injurious to themselves, bu 4 thy I iv tath the Lord, takenaway my gloric froi 11 •hcuchikien. Mn.z.f. lot what 4 is the glory cfi hi d«3> hi* people? is it not the Covenant of grace arH Chrift held Forth therein with the leak thereof? 8. Oonfidcr the abfurditics that follow upon if. x . By this do&rine h that is unbsptized himfclfi < may lawfully adminiftcr baptifm unto uthers (which we denie unlets he had a fpecial commifljon 10 to do, jas John Baptift had) for the firft Anabaptift was ba- ptized by one that was baptized in hi* infancy - there* i fore his baptifm vtas null , and fo confequcntly all * their baptizings are mere nullities. 2. It lcaveth the children of believers in as lad a ^condition as the children of heathens, being m novi- Iiblc way of falvation , for i hey depart out of this vorld without any vifiblc nVn of Gode favour. i p. In renouncing their baptifm they a& Satinj * part, who will n- 1 make a league or Covenant v* ith :iny foul, till he have renounced his Covenant with { whrift firft. b io. The Churches of Chrift have no fuch cuftoni^ I I Cor. 1 1 . which will appear u ciMnt t c p roycd thac er* t iv the tcftimonics of the an* tl u ic w *°!« chtt *fr * God «* , / , . ri . r \ tho th Councils hive i lt'^£r«i j lent, and the practice or the W c grant hat a* N>uim ««,*• i hnrche* til thefc later times "Fl** **• So PO pre»«ipu°» & nurencs m cncic laxer umw. wll t b force -^ Go J ^ it utho Martyr (who lived in hi*, truth, w*>< *«¥*«>«• If 11 likelihood in Johns davs, i*nwt* jpsMr^4frfrWellobletVeth, do6nnes. ruta, ordinances,* ft Dr he was converted cochri- ^ f rim i tiTt **f K %fi lic * . . , .. Chinches then h:d «nd did •- lanitic in the year or our joy, -^.u injunction wa^w op- b .ord t >8. and wrote bu firft ^ta^et^^ onpologieintneyear 150 as co.rufc pwtigim «*» j>r*a*- o uhkm from km own tcfti- !■?• III t » QfMC monle gathereth.) faith, Peftquam verb per Ckrifium dditttm ad kum nalli fumus >non carnalem fufcepimui eircurncijionemjedfyirhttalem, quam Enoch & fimi- les cuftijuierxnt earn vera no s per baptifmam^ ejuwdo- qnicte n pec cat ores fuerimus •, propter miferibordiam tp~\ ft tu dti accepimw* cmnibufj^ adeo illam accipere inte- grum eft. Thuj [raiaeus who lived within (ome43 years of fbh i, Jmns venit per feme 'tipfum falv are Q omnts mquam qui per cum renafcuntur fid eft, hapti-< z,an?ur ; inUeum Anftntes y parvulos &ptter 'os juvenes I & feniores, ideofer omnem venit Atatem^ infantibus in fans fatlus, fanclifictns infantes et in farVulis parvu- Ifis, &c. Observe by the way that renafci is an ordi nary term among the fathers (ignifying as much as baptizari. Tertullian is clear in this point, Co is Ori- gen, who faith, QuidcaufA eft rum baptifma ecclefit in reiniffionempeccatorun detur^ fecundmn ecclefta ob (ervAntiam, etiamparvults baptifmus non detttr. lib. 5 cap.6adRom. Cyprian (who lived within near ar hundred years oflohn) with 66 BHhops in Council & determine that children *nay be baptized before th< w eighth day. Higinus Bifhop of Rome did fir ft or dain Godfathers and Godmothers at the baptizing ft of infants. This Higinus was near the /Vpoftle lohn time. Auftki tells us it is luch a Church cuftom , an withall it's an Apoftolical tradition. Accordingly the Magdeburgeofes in their Centuries obfervc tha in the firft hundred years after .Chrift infants wer baptized Lucius King of Brittain, and the firft chr||j ftian King in the world, ( who was converted by tr: prayers of the Saints, as Matthew Paris relates ) w baptize (165) baptized with his houfe and whole people, ("there- fore Brittifh children alfo. ) Which Balaeus morcfal- l> c.eareth, ^.1.^.27. Lucius ( baptized^ it might kcin cbatrhc child t in her womb w^c Djptizcd with her, a* being altoge- ,thcr united to her wh nee it will come to pafs, |:h*t after ths babe is ben , cither it may be left .unenlightened, (or n« -baptized ) or it it be ba- ptized, it ma> be Aoaght tr.ar it is rebapcizeU Thii he maketh theoccafionof that antieut Canon , and it's very obteiv able what was theoccafion of it. t. That they might avoid that milchier of leaving babes . anbiptiicd, a. That they mg it avoid the other ex* cream of rebaptization Bat let us tee what B a! i imoa iddeth farther, (peaking of (uch infants, that they could not make promifes, <**. For how it is ^irh rhe babe in the womb noac cr\ e.iqiurc, no? be fare- tic for, faith he, but infants (ft. that arc born) do af- firm by thofe that are their (olccptors, and are accou 1- icd to be a&ually enlightened (or baptized) with di- Einc illumination or Jivine baptifm. They then ac- rountcd haptifm of infants no antichrifU m baptifm, but divine baptifm. Therefore I concluieths rcfti* uonic of Groti us is altogether invalid. Sec nd\y, This was never watered by God (nor e- ircr will) therefore not of God* pla iting For, I. T heir minifterie ( a? they ca- 1 it) wh > difclaim rhe orfice, is not ufuaily blcf- i would not for a'J rhe 6 ui ed byGodfbrthecoovcrfi. &?^t"$L$5£ Miofpoorfinncrs; many in- to ftc " thaa fome « &** iced- are perverted by them, "EmS* wrwt & nm t + few or none converted t ha; **,^s*^ «'««**« m>fc If ci I ncara or. cut as many rt m miuji^d ^m «,?*;■ .-. ^ I 4 ^ (i68) frit, &fH*m.vri pfe ndpm^n. cail .tneir.neighDOrs bees to •ffycwdus, qui Kin dtu to regime their OWn hives, which fas dtqiL-icammoratur, i,ko mm nidi A 'k^.. Y^t, "\ ^l ••' 1 fttncxbat; & qhandjtxthdmtur them, or as the partridge or ft j^rhSr ttr . fl ^ jW ^ cuckow gathered, yong ones * \Kon fortum dem Uboretegrum Which (lie hath ilOt hatch- IS fyum wiam MgS£7SZ ed : evcn r <> d6 they gather «* *««««»*, l uth tam. <, members out of other Chur- pkttmta pt&imus Homk cbriL ct]cs ln ™hote con^erfion b fop*. Bdiar c. r 2 tney were not at all inftru- mental. 1 herefore I do not believe th™ were com- ; mi.Tionsted b ; Chnft to preach the Gofpd, feeing u- iually his pretence doth not accompany them in their Un 'Y na tow doth Paul prove that he was lent to the Gentiles, v, likewise Peter to che Jews, Gal. 2. ».i>utbycheefficacie of his minifterie ? for faith the Apoitk,he chat wrought effectually by Peter to the circumci:ion,the fame was mighty in me towards the Gentiles. This was excellently typified by Aarons. WithetM rod v the budding whereof was an emblem of the fuccefs of his minifterie, by which the Lord did fclcarly manifeft that Aaron was a faint of the Lord, let apart to that ornceto ferve in the tabernacle, though Mofcs was an holier man than he. 1 2. Their fpirits run out after th)s way, putting a x /Many ate xeatour onely in this greater ftrefS Upon it thai) U0- fl "different in o:h«r- ma r r ers of %. r\ j- r greater concern ,ent, but Phifi- on . aa y 0tner Ordinance ;* til fans hy vniverfiha fmt bma, now where man laveth a umverfcls are ^ood, whereas to „ • i J . feiioc -in one part -and cold in g^ter weight upon any m- r ^^dbot y ^° mof a ^tutionof Chnft, thanhim- I b ielthach laid, it s juft. with m God God fo to leave them, as that they fhould find little or nothing in it, much more when it is but an hu- mane invention which per- _*. . „, _ ■ •,v i-i r j 1 Col. i. so. /« «t^» Lfcat not, iJnecnintheuiing, and lea- t aft not, touch not, (the words veth no impretfion behind it, ftoi ' ld be f° ^^) al1 which «. r . , perifhin the uling.1 as all mens imaginations do. ° 3. This is the inlet thofe grand errors in the WOrld, not which aCClden- Theyfddorr, flick at the de- tally follow, but which*, - ">ttlm&|;, ra «* pcrly and naciiraiiv flow frona « * vtHketmu Hi md ni-us «p«//«- . fcoiepriHCiplq," asatjuft ' m JX # i)(Afe ^ hand of God upon that way. nw , soamatm AMm tAndbapt- For do we not dayly fee J*' 1 Hornb - thatfuch ceniethetrinitie, the perfonalitie of the Son and the holv Choft \ iayirg , ( as they or old) Thee are leveral manire&ations of God, one in Mo- csi another in Chrift, and another in himfelf. And io they not cry down the Sabbath becaufe not fo dearly held forth in the new Num .2610. And they t^.Da- Teftament ? do they not cry th *» ard Abi . ram be "™ a fl p , • n • -^ to give warning to all tot the lOWn the minilterie, Or at future, that they nfurp not the eaft die office of theimn.fte- ?^<;f«^$S ■le, (faying, Whoever Will, in the gainiayin^ of Core. ] Ic hough the loweft of the JXfegES^tA >eople may confecrate him- nocaii the people of God holy) elf, and adminifter the teals) *^ e f5 r ?* r # hough God hath fignally appeared in all ages (efpe- :ially of late in England) againfi: all tho!e that rofe ip againft Levi. Dent. 53. 11. Strike through the ynsof them that rife againft him, and of them thzt me him } that they rife not again* T his prophefie ot it* prayer (i7o) prayer will be of force till the worlds end , for the prayers of the faints dyed in the bloud of Chrift, .re of eternal cificacic, there being a ncceflitic incum- bent on God , that the prayers cr the f ch u.*''or. 01 communion with any Church in the wor T d that is not rsbaptizcd. I might mention many more grots errors which flow from the principles of AntipxdabaptiiU ; one* ly let mctcll you fome have con fefled , That when they have been i nclining to that way, they have found their hearts fitting loote from all former ovynad prin- ciples of truth, and a* the firft matter fit to receive any form, impieiiion or error whatfoevcr, though formerly loathed anddecencd. ~ 4. Thac way feidum thrives but when it i$ counte- nanced and made much of, cfprcially by tbe higher powers : whereas truth on the other hand hath flou- ri&ed moft under persecution /. G . 5. Do they ror aba e in their graces, haying loft that heat and zeal that formerly they had ? U they cxamin themhlves I fear theywillexpencr.ee this truth, that their bow is not bent as formerly, their ipirits more feeble , and the things which remain in lome readie to die. Re » .1 a. For when they depart- ed from God, then God deparccd from them. Mm a. f. It's obferved that ouc cx«cut«d for muriher in the cine of London, confcfied , Mark?.??. [ n» ma* tfca» Thjf from fhr fimr nf Km prw worketh a miracle in my name. i mt rrom t nc trnicor m> go- can (Ughrfy) fpcak cm} j )f|n&3 mg under water, he fcnfchly [^ Suddenly, a -imrepmifk found Cod departing from **?#»*"• him. /. - who were the great dii ur- *' m - ' Mm l *!?jt%J "" ,0 . ^ tile can tratur , vuicn pojftt 'm.nm >Ci* Ot the* hurCll in nOlC tamen 4*vm* verknw tdittime hyi It's obfervibk chat in &£^ r $£*.'** he fevcral ages in wv hich in- cup :«tMr« ^wUu\\«™ fart toptifm wa» opnoicd, ^^JJJj^aST'^ '^ t vi»4 by fuch as were giod- y erroneous in Other things. Now what probabi'i; y s thrrethat the Lord ihould conceal his truth from 11* faithful Servants in all ages toeing eminent for pi- tif in then generation, and revca. it to fu h as were W themott part his enemies , andoppofe g f the rownanddipn'titsor (vision j- '• ? seeing then he Chui ch ! ath beti poflidfidd o* cbi< divine 'iiltitu- ioi> terthtfe •, ttecn hundred c cs an upwards, nd then pc HcT: o . nctcueftioi ed till o. lace, Ictus Ootend farnefth f« >r it, s; d . « t tufFer » .ur li .cle ones y he call out « i then < :bi«< 1 1- ncrabtrfcip , till our *4i«iitJU) j brethren c^«i« with their ejc&i$*e firwd, Tfgnfc br according to the Law of Chrift, which they neve will. Obj. If this be not the way of God, how comes i to pafs that fo many go t^at way i *Anf Univerfahtie is no fign of the truth , for ai the trees faid to the bramble, Come thou and rule o ver us, but they faid not fo to t nerelt of the trees.Th ground of the mhtake is 1 . Becaufe this truth is not fo clear, truth lies (a. we fay) at bottom, and is not ealily found oir, but b; diligent fearch and enquirie T.ade. The cflentials tc falvation are clear and evident, but other truths no fo. 2. Many have not found chat benefit by their ba ptrfm they might have had, beciufe they have not endeavored to improve it for their fpi ritual ad van tag;e , therefore it's no marvel though with profane Efau they fay, What profit (hall this birth -pri vii edge do to me. Gen. 2$. 32. J fliall never forget thy word, faith David, fot hereby thou haft quickened me, that word that hum-jji bles the foul, and that word that raifes and quicken? » the foul, will not eafily be forgotten : evenfothofe Ordinances which chriftians have reaped good byJ& they will not fuddenly caft offand renounce. But ii&j they reap no fruit by them, it *s no wonder if they forfakethe (tzriGXW&ytoylu}) afTemblingthemfelvejta together ; which the Apoftle holds forth as the highjj rode to the great tranigreiV.on. Heb. 10. Not for/a* faking the affembling cf our [elves together into the | Sjnagog, for ifwefm wilfully after we have receiver tk (17*) ihe k*oi*ledg of the truth , there remains no morefacri- fice for fin* 3. Many havenotbeen fo rooted and grounded in the principles of religion, in the dodrine of the beginning of Chrift, ( Heb.6. 1.) in the prefent truth of this age, (i ) the truth that is To much op- posed. Hence it is that they being but children arc tofted to and rro , and carried about with every wind of dodrin by the flight ( w&ins to believe a lie. When the wrath of God is kind- ed againft a people , there is no error fo abfurd but >atan can perfuade it ; as we may iee in the do&rine )f Mahomet, that great Quaker, and the firft o«- that eel fince Chrilt, who was raifed to fcourgc the Church for her apoftafies, (Rev.^.uh) efpecially the -hur£hofRome. 6. Theit affections bribe Efa . 7t Nifl credMtUi ^ ^ ■heir judgment, ( W ch is done f«//M*» ] As the old tranilatioa tveral way*) the hearts of ,enactsit - M jnajij! U771 many, I fear, being engaged to that way for carnal 2? «f.f.2 4 .«rwr^v^ and by rcipcfts , that they in their iuit« he deiircred hon may rife in the world ; ther- 72X7£g3£2r& &»' «'» no wonder that things of God ; (h.retorenocto their iudsrnents are capti- be approved of. vatcdj and they brought ^ der the power o r crror Rom. i, 24, a 8. So much for the firft Argument, namely, Anaba- ptifm is not the way of God. I (hall be brief in the reft/ Secondly, Confidcr the neglcft of this Ordinance of Chrift doth argue the Church is (till in the Wil- dernefs, and for this and other Wildcrncfs fins, may continue long in that ftate ; for their rebellions ol old the Lord was angry with Ifracl , and fecmingl; did discovenant them, and caft them of! as none ol his people, making them like thercfidueof the hea- then, who all then died uncircumcifed, as the pro- phet Ezekiel ipeaks ; and is not the Lord angry witf many of this generation, on whofc feed he hath fei no vifible ligp of his favor, but fuffers cverv man tc l do whatsoever is right in his own cys ? which Mo. fl fes makes a fign of the Wildernefs ftate of the Churcl m pf Cod. Deut. 1 2.8. Tejhallnot do tfter all the thing. h that ye f his child : Mo * fes was now going to bf a rclormerof others, an** 1 had not reformed his own familic, therefore th v < Lord Wvuid have flab him ; and is not the Lor Ul angrjtt (178) angry wiA not onely private chriftians but fbmc publickpciAonSj for their neglefting of this great Ordinance of nv ant baptifm? I fear he is, which fooner or later they will expciience ; for in the fan- ftionor thefecond commandment, God threatens to vifit the neglect of this Ordinance of God upon the fathers to the children , to the third and fourth generation 4. The contempt of this Ordinance argues pro- fanenefsof fpirit, that many do io undervalue, nay defpife this birth priviledge. Elau for a little red pot- tage fells his birth-right, (*>.) promifes, the land of Canaan , the Ordinances, with the feals of the Co- venant, and after he had fo done, he Lett the Church of Ifrael, fas thofe do that renounce their baptiiai)' and went to Mount Seir , being noc troubled for what he had done ; therefore he was branded with that black cole of infamie as a profane pcrfon, \_cfau that is Edam] which words compared with chap .12. 1 14. do argue that the birth-nghc was not merely a I civil thing, but typically did reprefent thofe fure inercies or holy things of David (Ifa 5?. 3.J held ^orthtousinthc Covenant of grace. This example pf Efau the Apoftle applies to the Church of the \ ews in the new Tcftament, Let there be no profane y \erfon among yon as was Efau> as if he Ihould fay, Do , lot part with your birth-right priviledges upon fuch afie terms, as many now adays do, (for it feems they verc apofiatizing and falling back from the Ordi- f( lances of the new Teftament, unto their former beg* r ;crly rudiments ) lead there be hereafter no place V 2 left (179) kft for repentance, though you fhould feck it care- fully with tears. ?• Can any forbid water that children mould not be baptized, which have received the holyGhoft as Welhswe? Is there any impediment on Gods part prohibiting ? no ; for he bids us bring them to hup : On childrens part prohibited i no; tor or fuch is the kingdom of^ heaven : Or in reaped: of the thing it (elf? no; for it's a paliivc Ordinance ; What fhould then hinder why children ihould not be ba- ptized ? 6*. Such as lay hold on the Covenant , and keep the Sabbath, (tor thefe two udully go together) fuch will God make joyfull in the houie or prayer, even in the Church or God. Let not the Eunuch fay, ( faith the Lord ) I am a drie tree and have no chil- dren ; nor theftranger fay, I and my children arc utterly fcparateci from the Lords people, for thefe vvill he bring to his holy mountain. I fa, 56. ( which is a Gofpel-r romife as appears by the context. ) Oh then lay hold on the Covenant for you and yours, if you uedre to {"hare in the foul-raviimng joys of the: people of God / 7. Coniider the vifion of Phiipot, -who tells us, That as Peter had a virion a little before thofe Mei fengers of Cornebus came to him , by which he wa much fatisfied concerning his converting with th< Gentiles, Ail. 10. 1 7, 28. Even fp this holy man of God M< Phil ;ot, a little before fomc came to him to be informed in that great queftion of infant baptifm, had the like vifion ; namely, a description of a glo- rious riouscidc four-fquare , into which we are folcmnly toenterbybaptiusi. For, faith he, the militant (i.e. theprefent) Church ought to content to the primi* tive t hurch. By which appearance he was much confirmed in the prefent truth. This teftimonie of that worthy and eminent fer- vantor the Lord, being an humane teftimonie, may challenge an humane credulitie, though not a divine, ifweconfider, i . That he was a judicious fobcr man, not lead by fancicasmanyare. 2 . That he was a Martyr of Jefus, to whom, as ci- thers, Chrift did eminently appear , and reveal thofe things to chem which he would net to the men of the world. 3.. That when he had this apparition , he was near his death ; now the foul doth fr emitter e tn mor- te, fbiue forth in death , and fees things more clearly being carried to the top of Mount Pifgah, the Mount of God. 4 That this vifion was never queftioned by any Pa- plftS or Others that ever I We may be induced to believe fiMrrl rr rparlnF therefore T by the Church •• an inftrument, near a or reaa or, cnererore 1 but not AS thf formal reafon in _ am the more apt tO believe to which our faith is ultimately the truth thereof. * Alanus ^J^T vmh ' m Copus , though he endeavor **A\**m cop** ^ngiw, $.$66. f but in vain J the confutation of Mr. Fox, labouring to prove the falfitie of the relation of fundry miracles and vifions, yet never gave the lcaft hint concern- . ingthis. • M 3 ?ut f 1 8 1 > But I have held you too long in this Difcourfe therefore I will briefly conclude : Onely ictmeask you this queftion, ( as o«,r Saviour in another cafe ) The baptifin of children is it from heaven or from men? if of men, rejeditj ( for it will pcrifh in the ufing) if from heaven, (as I am aflurcd it is) fee you flight it not, leaft youfeem to withftand God, and be found fighters againftthc Lord of. hofts. A SI 11.17. I have now discharged my duty , and (rwll lay down my head in peace, expecting the judgment and final determination of God in this (landing con* trovcrfic of the times; to whom in heaven I appeal r*wk*. *!«.&+ 1* for the v ^dication of this m five jpkim podiem minrnm great truth, ( for no truth IS ^ ""fr"* little that iffues from the fa- cred mouth of Chrift) though managed by a poor worm; humbly befecching the Lord to grant, Thae what is fown in weaknefs may rife in power. 1 F I K IS. S I r I ~v^^ -* — 4F&- w*