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<P>THE VINDICATION OF THE ROYALL COMMISSION OF KING JESUS.</P>
<P><HI>MAT.</HI> 28.18.19.20. compared with <HI>MARK.</HI> 16.15.16.</P>
<P>AGAINST THE ANTICHRISTIAN FACTION OF POPE <HI>INNOCENSI&V;S</HI> the third, and all his <HI>Favourits;</HI> that enacted by a <HI>Decree,</HI> that the <HI>Bap|ti&s;me</HI> of the <HI>Infants</HI> of <HI>Beleevers,</HI> &s;hould &s;ucceed <HI>Circum&s;ion. Deret. Gre. l.</HI> 3. which doth vniver&s;ally oppo&s;e the <HI>Commi&s;&s;ion,</HI> granted by <HI>King Je&s;us, Mat.</HI> 28.19. <HI>Goe teach and bapti&s;e &amp;c.</HI> by giving Autho|rity to all his Prei&s;ts, that receive <HI>Ordination</HI> from him, to <HI>Goe,</HI> and fir&s;t <HI>bapti&s;e</HI> the <HI>Infants</HI> of Beleevers borne within the <HI>Pari&s;h,</HI> and then teach them.</P>
<P><HI>WRITTEN (BY</HI> FRANCIS CORNEWELL <HI>Mr.</HI> of <HI>Arts,</HI> and &s;ometimes Student of <HI>Emanuell Colledge</HI> in <HI>Cambridge</HI>) out of his love and &s;inceare affection, he beareth to his native Coun|treymen; who with him have taken a <HI>Prote&s;tation,</HI> and <HI>Solemne Cove|nenant</HI> to oppo&s;e all <HI>Poperey,</HI> and <HI>Popi&s;h Innovations;</HI> And to &s;tand for a <HI>Reformation in England,</HI> and <HI>Ireland</HI> according to the Word of God; that his and their con&s;ciences may be freed from that guilt, mi&s;ery, and cur&s;e, that otherwi&s;e is falling on them: as Mr. <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> a <HI>Learned Synodian</HI> te&s;tifieth in his Sermon &s;tyled, <HI>A Covenant re|newed for the pacification of the quarrell:</HI> viz. <HI>that the Sword &s;hall goe through the Land to avenge the quarrell of the Covenant page</HI> 27. 28.</P>
<Q><P>I am come in my Fathers Name, amd yee receive me not: if an other &s;hall come in his owne name, him yee will receive.</P> <BIBL>John <HI>5.43.</HI></BIBL></Q>
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<P>Approved of by the Church of Je&s;us Chri&s;t; that is called, and pre|&s;erved by the Power of <HI>King Je&s;us</HI> according to his Pro|mi&s;e. <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.18.19.20. Printed <HI>An.</HI> 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE Hou&s;e of Commons a&s;&s;embled in <HI>Parliament.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Right Honourable</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>THE</HI> &s;ad and vnnaturall bloody Tragedies of our times may not vnfitly be compared, to the <HI>two Women</HI> &s;triving for a Child, <HI>1</HI> Kin. <HI>3.</HI> ch. one clai|meth it as her owne; the other &s;aith, Nay; but it is mine: the contention is &s;o hot, that King <HI>Solomon</HI> calleth for a &s;word; giveth out the Word of Com|mand; <HI>Divide:</HI> Content &s;aith the Harlot, let it be neither mine, nor thine, but divide it: but the true Mothers bowels yearned upon her &s;on, and &s;aid, oh my Lord, give her the living child: &s;hee could endure no divi&s;ion: Such (Right Honourable) is the controver&s;ie in our Land. The malignant par|tie pretend to fight for a Chri&s;t, and in their blind zeale they will dye too, but they will enjoy him. And you (thrice worthy Patriots) in all your Declarati|ons &s;ay &s;o likewi&s;e. Now the Lord to decide the Controver&s;ie, permitteth the Sword to come, and crieth aloud in our Land; <HI>Divide.</HI> Content, &s;aith the Antichri&s;tian and malignant partie: Chri&s;t, and their Arch-Bi&s;hops, Arch-Deanes, Deanes, Prei&s;ts and Deacons, and all Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall per&s;ons depending vpon them: Chri&s;t, and their devi&s;ed wor&s;hip, Temples, Alters, Tythes, and Offerings: Chri&s;t, and the re&s;idue of their Fore-fathers Tradi|tions: thus let them but enjoy a divided Chri&s;t, and there will be an end of Controver&s;ie. But they (Right Honourable) that are holy, &s;ynceare, faithfull and true Covenanters with you (according to the light they have received) even in all the three Ilands, will have an whole Chri&s;t, or no Chri&s;t; their faithfull &s;oules cannot endure to run divi&s;ion: a Chri&s;t, they mu&s;t have in all his Offices: Chri&s;t to be their King, and his Commi&s;&s;ion to be maintained, Mat. <HI>28.18.19.20.</HI> lea&s;t otherwi&s;e he make good his Word again&s;t vs, Luke <HI>19.27.</HI> Chri&s;t their Prophet, whom they will only heare (as the Father from
<PB REF="3"> Heaven chargeth vs to doe, Mat. <HI>17.5.</HI> And Mo&s;es truly &s;aid to the Fathers, him &s;hall ye heare in all things, he &s;hall &s;ay vnto you: And it &s;hall come to pa&s;&s;e, that everie &s;oule, which will not hear that Prophet, &s;hall be de&s;troyed from among&s;t the People, Act. <HI>3.22.23.</HI> And all Traditions of men, to be re|jected, as holy Paul recordeth, Gal. <HI>1.8.9.</HI> Chri&s;t their Prei&s;t; and no Medi|atour, but him only, <HI>1</HI> Tim. <HI>2.5.</HI> that the Lord Je&s;us may be one, and his name one, in the three Kingdomes; that we, and our po&s;terity after vs may live in faith and love, and the Lord may delight to dwell in the mid&s;t of vs. Now the cheife cau&s;e and roote of all our divi&s;ion, is from the Roman Hierarchie, who have made a Law, that who&s;oever &s;hall interpret, or give the &s;ence of the holy Scriptures, contrary to their determination, they mu&s;t remaine Anathe|ma; and the Furnace did burne then hotte&s;t again&s;t the Saints, when the Civill Magi&s;trate (that is appoynted of God for the prai&s;e of them that doe well <HI>1</HI> Pet. <HI>2.14.</HI>) joyned their power with Romes proud Bi&s;hops and Prei&s;ts, to per&s;ecute, and kill all them, that would not &s;ubmit to the Roman Juri&s;dic|tion: Hence aro&s;e all the Martyrdoms in England, from the time of Rich|ard the &s;econd, in who&s;e time, the Prelats obtained a Law to kill the Engli&s;h Subjects, that would declare the whole truth (&s;o farre as it was revealed t<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> them) and keepe a good con&s;cience to God and man. Thus by penall Statutes, the popi&s;h Engli&s;h Prelats, and Prei&s;ts did long tyrannize over the con&s;ciences of the godly and faithfull in the Land, that would not &s;ubject to their Decrees and humaine Traditions and corrupt Interpretations of the holy Scriptures: Hence it was that the thrice Noble and antient warlike Nation, our Brethren the Scots; when they contended for a Reformation ac|cording to the light they had received from the Lord, and ca&s;ting of Romes proud, papall, and prelaticall Government, with all her devi&s;ed Formes of Wor&s;hip, they mu&s;t dye: yea and the Engli&s;h Bi&s;hops with their High Prei&s;ts will give large &s;ummes of money towards the leavying of an Armie; and in|cen&s;e the King and Nobility to kill, and de&s;troy them: yea when the Lord opened your eyes, with the eye-&s;alve of his &s;pirit (Thrice Deare and Noble Patriots) to make a &s;olemne Prote&s;tation, to oppo&s;e all Popery, and Popi&s;h Innovations, and to extirpate Epi&s;copacy root and branch: Then evill coun|&s;ell prevailed with the King to withdraw from his Parliament, and under pretence of a Guard to protect his Per&s;on, to make way again&s;t you, that you might dye: But our faithfull Nobles, and true hearted Commons in England reply; &s;hall our Jonathans dye, who have in part freed our con&s;ciences from Roman Traditions; and Covenanted with vs for a pure Reformation ac|cording
<PB REF="3"> to the Word of God and pre&s;erved our e&s;tates, and liberties from an Arbitrary Government: &s;hall they dye, that have wrought &s;uch a delive|rance in the Land? They &s;hall not dye; we will bleed our &s;elves (before an haire &s;hall fall from your heads) if either we with our per&s;ons, prayrs, coun|&s;els, &s;tates, or &s;words can prevent it. Even &s;o your pore Petitioner (Right Honourable) by eating a litle of the honey of Gods eternal truth his eyes have been opened to &s;ee and vnder&s;tand, that the Royall Commi&s;&s;ion of King Je|&s;us extendeth no further, but to Beleivers, that are in&s;tructed in the faith by the Go&s;pell, and they only to be baptized, Marke <HI>16.15.16.</HI> oppo&s;ing the Decree of Pope Innocentius the third, that appoynted, that the Bapti&s;me of the Infants of Beleivers &s;hould extend as farre, as Circumci&s;ion; thereby e&s;tabli&s;hing Nationall Churches, and overthrowing the particular Churches of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, that are called out of the World by the preaching of the Go&s;pell, Marke <HI>16.15.16.</HI> for the denying of which popi&s;h con&s;equence (as my en&s;ewing di&s;cour&s;e will more largely demon&s;trate) J mu&s;t dye, and be de&s;erted of my freinds, and allies; yee and al&s;o J have received much inju&s;tice from &s;ome, that would be counted the Mini&s;ters of Chri&s;t, which have recei|ved my Arguments from vnder my hand fairly written, this <HI>14.</HI> or <HI>15.</HI> monthes, with a promi&s;e, that if they &s;hould convince me from the word of God, that I was in an errour, I would willingly recant; yet I never received any &s;atisfactory An&s;wer from them. Wherefore (Right Honourable) you are the Sanctuary (next vnder Heavens protection) to flye vnto for Ju&s;tice: Seeing you are joynt Covenanters with all them, that &s;tand for Re|formation according to the Word: For it is not the voyce of the A&s;&s;embly, but Chri&s;t only in the A&s;&s;emblyes, we have covenanted to li&s;ten to; as Mr Ca&s;e te&s;tifieth in his Sermon &s;tyled, the Covenant renewed, pag. <HI>43.</HI> Oh con&s;ider! what a dangerous thing it is to praevaricate the lea&s;t from the Co|venant your Honours have made: as Mr. Thomas Goodwin once admoni&s;hed you in his Sermon on Zach. <HI>4.</HI> v. <HI>6.7.8.9.</HI> p. <HI>43.</HI> line <HI>30.31,</HI> pag, <HI>44.</HI> line <HI>1.2. 3.</HI> viz. For if you &s;hould build the lea&s;t hay and &s;tuble, you will not only &s;uffer lo&s;&s;e; but lay a Foundation of a new rent, and divi&s;ion in the age to come. David not carrying the Arke according to the due order of the God of I&s;rael cau&s;ed breach vpon Vzziah, <HI>1</HI> Cron. <HI>15.12.13.</HI> For God is &s;o jea|lous of his Glory, that he cannot endure his Wor&s;hip to be corrupted with the lea&s;t mixture of man, Levit. <HI>10.1, 2.</HI> If the Reformation begun in the time of King Edward the &s;ixt, and queen Elizabeth of happy memory, had been e&s;tabli&s;hed according to that order, that King Ie&s;us the great Prophet
<PB REF="4"> hath left vs a pattern for, in his Word; I am confident England had never &s;een this bloody day: Is not England like Egypt (you grave religious Patriots) almo&s;t de&s;troyed; (Exod. <HI>10.7.</HI>) becau&s;e the Lawes and Orders of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, the Great King of his Church is not ob&s;erved: The Lord put it into your hearts to be like minded to noble Cyrus and Darius according to your Cove|nant to give libertie of Con&s;cience, to all &s;uch as know the Lord Je&s;us, and are a&s;hamed of the abominations, that they have done in the Land of their &s;pirituall Captivity vnder Antichri&s;t, to build the &s;pirituall Hou&s;e according to the Patterne (the Lord Je&s;us hath left vs) in his eternall truth, that we may pray for your peace, and the Kingdoms pro&s;perity, Tim. <HI>1.2.1.2.</HI> And as for them that know not the Lord Je&s;us Chri&s;t, let them alone (as the Lord Je&s;us informeth you, Mat. <HI>15.14.</HI>) vntill God call them forth out of My&s;ticall Babylon, Rev. <HI>18.4.</HI> For none can per&s;wade a pore <HI>Japhet</HI> (a pore <HI>Gentile,</HI> who is alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in him, Ephe&s;. <HI>4.17.18.</HI>) to dwell in the Tents of Shem, but a God alone, Gen. <HI>9.27.</HI> lea&s;t that Judgment befall the Kingdome, that <HI>Mr. Ca&s;e</HI> hath threatned in his Sermon, called a Covenant renewed, page <HI>27.28.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Your Honours humble Servant, and Souldier,</HI> that hath hazarded his life for his Countryes Liberties; that is willing to be reformed, if he &s;hall from the word of King Je&s;us, be righly in|formed, that he is in an errour; and humbly &s;ubmit him&s;elfe to your Honours Cen&s;ure. <HI>FRANCIS CORNEWELL.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>THE VINDICATION Of the Royall Commi&s;&s;ion of KING JESUS.</HEAD>
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<Q>He which &s;aith J know him, and keepeth not his Commandements, (<HI>beleive, and be dipped,</HI> Marke <HI>16.16.</HI>) is a lyar and the truth is not in him, <BIBL><HI>1</HI> John <HI>2.4.</HI></BIBL></Q>
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<P>HE which doth any thing doubtingly, is condemned in him&s;elfe: For what&s;oever is not of faith is &s;in, <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.23. You therefore that are &s;tronge, ought to informe the weake, ye that are mighty in the Scriptures, ought to in&s;truct the ignorant: Lea&s;t through your neglect you de&s;troy him, for whom Chri&s;t dyed, <HI>Rom,</HI> 14.15. Oh that the learned of the Mini&s;try (that are in Covenant with our Parliament Worthies, and the whole Engli&s;h Nation, for a Reformation agreable to the Word of our good God: And to Extirpate Popery, Prelacy, &s;uper&s;tition, &s;ci&s;me, Here&s;y, and what&s;oevr &s;hall be found contray to &s;ound Doctrine, and the power of godlynes) would rightly informe me, and re&s;olve me this ca&s;e of con&s;cience, before it be condemned for Sci&s;me, and Here&s;y; and my &s;elfe for holding of it, be adjudged an Heretique; lea&s;t for the neglect, that Judgment befall the Kingdome (that Mr. <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> a member of the <HI>Synod</HI> threatned) viz. <HI>that the Sword &s;hould goe through the Land to avenge the quarrell of the Covenant:</HI> as his Ser|mon in print te&s;tifieth, <HI>pag.</HI> 27.</P>
<P>That which God hath joyned together, no man ought to &s;eperate.</P>
<P>But Faith and Bapti&s;me (or more properly Dipping) God hath hath joyned together.</P>
<P>Therefore Faith and Bapti&s;me (or Dipping as the Originall ren|ders it) no man ought to &s;eperate.</P>
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<P>Major is evident, <HI>Mat.</HI> 19.6. <HI>what God hath joyned together let no man put a&s;under.</HI> To this Mr. <HI>Perkins</HI> &s;ub&s;cribeth (in the ca&s;e of the unlawfulne&s;&s;e for private per&s;ons to Baptize) in his Comentary on <HI>Galat.</HI> 3. <HI>c.</HI> 27. <HI>p.</HI> 262. <HI>n.</HI> 45.46.47.48.</P>
<P>Minor is evident, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.16. <HI>Beleive, and be Dipped. Acts</HI> 8.11.36.37.38. <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="blotted" EXTENT="1+ letters">6.15.33.34. <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.26.27. <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 4.5.</P>
<P>Oh that the learned Engli&s;h Mini&s;trie would enforme me (lea&s;t my blood like <HI>Abels crie</HI> loud to heaven, for vengance for not &s;ati&s;|fying a troubled con&s;cience, that long hath laboured vnder this burthen) How J &s;hall admit, or con&s;ent to the admittance of the Infant of a Beleiver to be made a vi&s;ible member of a particular Congregation of Chri&s;ts body; and Baptize, viz. <HI>Dippe</HI> it, before it be able to make his confe&s;&s;ion of his Faith and Repentance: Lea&s;t J con&s;ent to &s;eperate what God hath joyned together; and make my &s;elfe accur&s;ed, <HI>Gal</HI> 1.7.8. And be rejected of all the Churches of Je&s;us Chri&s;t as &s;ci&s;maticall, <HI>Rom.</HI> 16.17.18. Marke them which cau&s;e diui&s;ions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have lear|ned and avoyde them: For they are &s;uch as &s;erve not our Lord Je|&s;us Chri&s;t, but their owne bellys, and by good words and faire &s;pe|ches deceive the hearts of the &s;imple: For J &s;peake only of vi&s;ible re|ceiving in of Members of particular Churches of Je&s;us Chri&s;t; and not of invi&s;ible; &s;ecret things belong to God, revealed things to vs, <HI>Deut.</HI> 29.29.</P>
<P>It is acknowledged, and confe&s;&s;ed; that faith is required of men of yeares, that are to be admitted into a particular Congregation of Chri&s;ts Body: But not in Infants who come from the loynes of beleiving parents. For they argue thus; As <HI>Abraham</HI> and his &s;eed were circumci&s;ed, &s;o the Beleiver and his &s;eed mu&s;t be baptized. Now I doe earne&s;tly de&s;ire the Learned and faithfull in the Land (that are in (Covenant for a Reformation) to &s;hew me what word of Chri&s;t they have to warrant this their con&s;equence (&s;eeing the Word of Chri&s;t according to our Covenant ought to dwell richly in us, to decide this controver&s;ie, <HI>Col.</HI> 3.16.) For my part I know none; though Antichri&s;t hath, in&s;tance the Decree of <HI>Pope Innocentius</HI> the third, <HI>Decret. Gregor. lib.</HI> 3. <HI>tit.</HI> 42. c. 3. as Dr. <HI>Willet</HI> in his <HI>Synop&s;is Bapti&s;mi, de bapti&s;mo Infantium</HI> citeth.</P>
<P>That whereas Circumci&s;ion (by the Commandement of God)
<PB N="3" REF="5"> was conferred vpon the Infants aswell as the Elder &s;ort: So Bap|ti&s;me al&s;o which &s;ucceedeth in roome thereof, and is more gene|rall to men and women mu&s;t be conferred to both: vid. Infant, a&s;well as Elder &s;ort.</P>
<P>Now becau&s;e I have taken a Prote&s;tation, to oppo&s;e all Popery, and popi&s;h Innovations, I doe deny this popi&s;h con&s;equence, for the&s;e en&s;uing Rea&s;ons.</P>
<P N="1">1 For the Circumci&s;ing of Infants, there was a precept from God to enjone it, <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.11. An example that <HI>Abraham</HI> circum|ci&s;ed <HI>I&s;aac</HI> the eight day, as God commanded, <HI>Gen.</HI> 21.4.</P>
<P N="2">2 A prefixed day, to wit, the eight day, <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.12. <HI>he which is eight dayes old &s;halbe Circumci&s;ed.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3 A penaltie impo&s;ed, <HI>the vncircumci&s;ed man-child who&s;e fle&s;h of his foreskin is not circumci&s;ed, that &s;oule &s;halbe cut off from his people: He hath broaken my Covenant, Gen.</HI> 17.14.</P>
<P>But for the baptizing of Infants into the &s;pirituall Hou&s;e of the new Te&s;tament whereof Je&s;us Chri&s;t is Lord, <HI>Heb.</HI> 3.6. and Head, <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 1.22.23. yea, and King, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.18.19.20. and Prophet, <HI>Mat.</HI> 17.8. <HI>Act.</HI> 3.22.23. For it is not the voyce of the Church, but Chri&s;t in the Church, that we have covenanted to hearken vnto, as Mr. <HI>Ca&s;e</HI> his Sermon te&s;tifieth, <HI>pag.</HI> 48.43.</P>
<P>Now there is no precept from this glorious Head, King, and Pro|phet to command it, nor any example in all the New Te&s;tament of any Beleivers Infant Baptized or Dipped; if there be, let the mo&s;t learned in the Land &s;hew it, and I will acknowledge I am in an er|rour and recant it.</P>
<P N="2">2 Neither is there any day appoynted when it &s;hall be Dipped.</P>
<P N="3">3 Nor any penaltie impo&s;ed (for it is Election &s;aveth the In|fant dying yongue and not Bapti&s;me as Papi&s;ts fonly teach, <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.11. <HI>For the Children being not yet borne neither having done good nor evill, that the purpo&s;e of God according to Election may &s;tand, not of workes, but of him that calleth.</HI> 11. <HI>It was &s;aid the Elder &s;hall &s;erve the yonguer:</HI> 13. <HI>As it is written Jacob have I loved, and E&s;aw have I hated.</HI></P>
<P>Thus then I argue again&s;t <HI>Pope Innocencius</HI> the third and all his favorites.</P>
<P>That which is not of faith is a &s;in to the Church that doth it,</P>
<P>But the Baptizing (or rather the &s;prinkling) of the Infants of
<PB N="4" REF="6"> beleivers (as it is u&s;ed) is not of faith.</P>
<P>Ergo the baptizing (to wit, the &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Be|leivers is a &s;in to the Church that doth it.</P>
<P>Major is evident, <HI>Rom.</HI> 14.23. <HI>What&s;oever is not of faith is &s;m.</HI></P>
<P>Minor thus. That which hath no precept, nor example out of the Scriptures for the doing of it, is not of faith.</P>
<P>But the Baptizing (or &s;prinkling rather) of the Infants of Be|leivers hath no precept, nor example out of the Scriptures for do|ing of it.</P>
<P>Ergo, the baptizing (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of be|leivers is not of faith.</P>
<P>Major is evident: <HI>Mat</HI> 15, 19. ip <HI>Jo.</HI> 14.23. <HI>In vaine they wor&s;hip me, teaching for doctrine the Precepts of men. If any man love me he will keep my words. Gal.</HI> 1.7. <HI>If I or an Angell from Heaven preach any thing, &s;ave that ye have received, hold him accur&s;ed.</HI> 1 <HI>Joh.</HI> 2.4. To this &s;ub&s;cribeth Mr. <HI>Perkins</HI> in his Coment: <HI>Galat.</HI> 3.27. in the ca&s;e of the vnlaw|fulne&s;&s;e of private per&s;ons to bapti&s;e: <HI>pag.</HI> 262. <HI>lin.</HI> 48. 49. 50. 51. to wit, what&s;oever is not of faith is &s;in, (now the Admini&s;tration of bapti&s;me by private per&s;ons is without faith; for there is nei|ther precept nor example for in the Word of God.</P>
<P>The Minor I doe earne&s;tly de&s;ire the godly learned, and faith|full in the Land, to &s;hew me; or el&s;e let them glorifie God in ac|knowledging the truth, as Mr. <HI>Mar&s;hall</HI> hath lately done in his Ser|mon <HI>Rom.</HI> 4.34. that the Sword may not may not goe through the Land for the avenging the quarrell of the Covenant, as Mr. <HI>Ca&s;es</HI> Sermon in print te&s;tifieth, <HI>pag.</HI> 27. 28.</P>
<P N="2">2 Rea&s;on, why I oppo&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of <HI>Innocenci|us</HI> the third is this;</P>
<P>That con&s;equence which oppo&s;eth many of Gods divine truths contained in the in&s;pired Scriptures is not of faith.</P>
<P>But the popi&s;h con&s;equence of baptizing (or rather &s;prinkling) the Infants of beleivers oppo&s;eth many of Gods divine truths contained in the In&s;pired Scriptures.</P>
<P>Ergo, the popi&s;h con&s;equence of baptizing (or rather &s;prink|ling) of the Infants of beleivers is not of faith.</P>
<P>Major is evident: <HI>E&s;a.</HI> 8.20. <HI>To the Law and the Te&s;timony; If they &s;peake not according to this word, it is becau&s;e there is no light in
<PB N="5" REF="6"> them Ro.</HI> 16.17.18. <HI>Gal.</HI> 1.7.8. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 6.3.4.5. 2 <HI>Joh.</HI> 9.10.11.</P>
<P>Minor is evident: 1. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of beleivers doth put an Infant into a &s;tate of grace and remi&s;&s;ion of &s;innes, before cal|ling: whereas calling in the Scriptures is the fir&s;t meanes, by which God doth evidence to his Elect (whom he loved in Chri&s;t before the world began, 2 <HI>Tim.</HI> 1.9.) the riches of his love in pardoning their &s;innes, and in giving them an inheritance among them which are &s;anctified by faith in Chri&s;t Je&s;us <HI>Ac.</HI> 26.18. <HI>Ro.</HI> 8.30. <HI>Heb,</HI> 9.15.</P>
<P>Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the baptizing (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers doth con&s;titute them vi&s;ible members of the paricular Congregation of Chri&s;ts body before calling, which oppo&s;eth the written Word, 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 2.9. <HI>yee are a cho|&s;en generation, a royall prei&s;thood, an holy Nation, a peculiar people, that you &s;hould &s;hew forth the virtues of him that hath called you out of dark+ne&s;&s;e into this marvelous light.</HI> 10. <HI>v. which in time pa&s;t were not a people, are now the people of God; which were not vnder mere y, but now have obtained mercy, Ro.</HI> 1.6.7. 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 1.2.</P>
<P N="3">3. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence, of the bapti&s;me (or &s;prink|ling) of the Infant of Beleivers doth make the materials of the &s;pirituall Hou&s;e of the New Te&s;tament whereof Je&s;us is Head, <HI>Ephe.</HI> 1.22.23. to con&s;i&s;t of dead &s;tones; which oppo&s;eth the In|&s;pired word, 1 <HI>Pet.</HI> 2.5. <HI>Ye as lively &s;tones are built vp a &s;pirituall Hou&s;e, an holy prei&s;thood, to offer vp &s;pirituall &s;acrifices acceptable to God through Je&s;us Chri&s;t our Lord.</HI></P>
<P N="4">4 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or &s;prink|ling) of the Infants of Beleivers vpholdeth a Nationall Chucrh-&s;tate (as Circumci&s;ion did of old) which oppo&s;eth the Scriptures, <HI>Rev,</HI> 1.20. <HI>The &s;eaven Candle&s;tickes which thou &s;awe&s;t, are &s;eaven Churches.</HI> To this Mr. <HI>Thomas Goodwin</HI> &s;ub&s;cribeth: in&s;tance his Sermon preached before the Parliament on <HI>Zechary</HI> 4:6. <HI>Nati|nall Church but one Candle&s;ticke, the particular Churches &s;eaven Candle&s;tickes, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="5">5. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers doth in&s;tate all the Infants of the beleeving Gentiles to be borne in a Covenant of grace, and to have a right to a promi&s;e of life in Chri&s;t Je&s;us: as Mr. <HI>Tho: Wil&s;on</HI> affirmed in his Sermon at <HI>Maide&s;tone,</HI> that the Covenant
<PB N="6" REF="7"> made <HI>Gen.</HI> 17.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14. is a Covenant of Grace, which is a greater priviledg, then belonged to the &s;eed of <HI>Abraham</HI> and <HI>I&s;aac</HI> after the fle&s;h; and is oppo&s;ite to the eternall truth of God, <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.9. <HI>For they are not all I&s;raell, which are of I&s;raell, v.</HI> 7. <HI>Neither becau&s;e the &s;eed of Abraham are they called children: But in I&s;aac &s;hall thy &s;eed be called,</HI> 8. <HI>v. that is, they which are the children of the fle&s;h they are not the children of God, but the children of the Pro|mi&s;e they are accounted for the &s;eed, Gal.</HI> 3, 9.26.28.29. <HI>Rom.</HI> 9.9.10.11.12.13.</P>
<P N="6">6 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Baptizing (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers declareth that grace is entayled to generation, and not to regeneration; which doth con|tradict the word of Chri&s;t, <HI>John</HI> 3.5.6. <HI>That which is borne of the fle&s;h is fle&s;h; and that which is borne of the &s;pirit is &s;pirit; marvell not that I &s;ay vnto you, that you mu&s;t be borne againe.</HI></P>
<P N="7">7 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleevers holdeth forth, that all the Infants of the beleeving Gentiles have a right to a promi&s;e of life in Chri&s;t Je&s;us before faith received, which oppo&s;eth the written Word, <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.21. The Scriptures concludeth all vnder &s;in, that the promi&s;e by the faith of Je&s;us Chri&s;t might be given to them that beleive, <HI>Joh.</HI> 1.12. <HI>as many as received him to them he gave power to be called &s;ons of God even to them that beleive in his name:</HI> 13. <HI>which were not borne of blood, nor of the will of the fle&s;h, nor of the will of man, but of God.</HI></P>
<P N="8">8 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers holdeth out, that the In|fants of Beleivers may be &s;aved by their parents faith, which is op|po&s;ite to the &s;acred word, <HI>Heb.</HI> 2.4. <HI>The ju&s;t &s;hall live by his faith, Gal.</HI> 3.11.</P>
<P N="9">9 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prinkling of the Infants of Beleivers endangers to bring the Admi|ni&s;trators of Infants Bapti&s;me vnder a dreadfull cur&s;e for entitu|ling the word <HI>&s;eed,</HI> or <HI>children</HI> to have right to Bapti&s;me, that God hath not added, <HI>Rev.</HI> 11.28. <HI>If any &s;hall adde to this thing, God &s;hall adde to him the plagues written in this Booke. Gal.</HI> 1.9. <HI>If any preach vnto you any other Go&s;pell, then that yee have received, Mar.</HI> 16.16.
<PB N="7" REF="7"> <HI>let him be accur&s;ed:</HI> and &s;o di&s;covereth him to be of the <HI>evill one, a liar Joh.</HI> 8.44. As wi&s;e <HI>Agur</HI> admoni&s;heth, <HI>Pro.</HI> 30.6. <HI>Adde not thou to his wods, lea&s;t he reprove thee; and thou be found a liar.</HI></P>
<P N="10">10. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of Bapti&s;ing (or rather &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers (as the Pope enjoyneth all his prei&s;ts, that receive power and juri&s;diction from and vnder him) fir&s;t to Baptize (or rather &s;prinkle) them) and then to teach them: which doth flatly oppo&s;e the Commi&s;&s;ion granted by King Je&s;us to his Di&s;ciples, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.15. <HI>Goe yee into all the World, and preach the Go&s;pell vnto every creature: He which beleiveth, and is Dip|ped, &s;halbe &s;aved.</HI></P>
<P N="11">11 Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or &s;prink|ling) of the Infant of a Beleiver declareth, that the Infants of Be|leivers are the &s;ubjects of Bapti&s;me before faith and repentance is manife&s;ted, and confe&s;&s;e, which contradicteth the in&s;pired Scrip|tures, <HI>Act.</HI> 2.38. <HI>Repent, and be Dipped everie one of you in the name of Je&s;us for the remi&s;&s;ion of &s;innes. Act.</HI> 8.36. <HI>See here is water, what hindereth, but that I may be Dipped.</HI> 37. <HI>If thou beleive&s;t with all thyne heart, thou may&s;t.</HI> He An&s;wered, <HI>I beleive Je&s;us is the Sonne of God, &amp;c.</HI></P>
<P N="12">12. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the &s;prinkling of the In|fants of Beleivers doth vniver&s;ally oppo&s;e the order of Chri&s;t Je|&s;us granted by his commi&s;&s;ion, Mat. 28, 19. <HI>Goe yee and Di&s;ciple all Nations, Dipping them in the name of the father, &s;onne, and holy &s;pi|rit,:</HI> And the practice of the Apo&s;tolicall Churches, <HI>Act.</HI> 2.41. <HI>they which gladly received the Word, were Dipped, Act.</HI> 8.12.36.37.38. <HI>Act.</HI> 10.47.48.16.15.33.</P>
<P N="13">13. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the Baptizing (or &s;prinkling) of the Infants of Beleivers vpholdeth that vn&s;ound doctrine of vniver&s;all Redemption, to wit, that all baptized per&s;ons are &s;aved: or el&s;e it will nece&s;&s;arily follow, that &s;ome may be in a &s;tate of grace in their minority, and fall away from grace in their &s;eniority, which is oppo&s;ite vnto the &s;acred Word, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 92.13. <HI>Such as be planted in the Hou&s;e of the Lord, &s;hall flori&s;h in the Courts of our God, and they &s;hall &s;till bring forth fruit in old age, and be fat and flori&s;hing.</HI></P>
<P N="14">14. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h con&s;equence of the baptizing (or &s;prink|ling)
<PB N="8" REF="8"> of Infants of Beleivers vpholdeth the accur&s;ed doctrine of Rome: to wit, that the Sacraments conferre grace <HI>ex opere operato</HI> by the worke done: <HI>Ber,</HI> the Mini&s;ter acknowledgeth, before he &s;prinkled it (that it was borne in &s;inne, and a Child of wrath, which is as cleare a truth as any in the Scriptures, <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 51.5, <HI>Joh.</HI> 3.6. <HI>Ephe.</HI> 2.3.) But when he hath prayed over it, and taken it vp in his Armes, and ble&s;&s;ed it, and &s;prinkled it in the name of the Father, and of the &s;onne, and the Holy Spirit; then it is regenerate, and borne a new of water: and of the Holy Spirit, and grafted into the body of Chri&s;ts Congregation, and made a lively member of the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="15">15. Becau&s;e this popi&s;h Con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;ing (or &s;prink|ling) of the Infants of Beleivers oppo&s;eth the Kingly and Prophe|ticall Office of Je&s;us Chri&s;t in faith and Order.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, Chri&s;t requireth, that the &s;ubject that is to be dipped, be a Beleiver; that is, to be converted to the faith of Je&s;us Chri&s;t through the preaching of the Go&s;pell, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.15. <HI>Goe yee into the World, preach the Go&s;pell to every Creature: He which Beleiveth and is dipped &s;halbe &s;aved, Act.</HI> 8.12.35.36.37.38.10.44.37.47.48.16. c. 14.15.30.31.32.33.34.</P>
<P>Secondly the Order of Je&s;us Chri&s;t was, that the beleiver, that manife&s;ted his faith, and repentance &s;hould be dipped, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19. <HI>Di&s;ciple the Nations Dipping them in the name of the father, the &s;on, and the holy &s;pirit. Act.</HI> 2.38. <HI>Repent and be Dipped every one of you in the name of &amp;c. Act.</HI> 8.12.36.37.38.10.44.47.48.16.14.15.33. <HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 4.5. <HI>one faith, one dipping.</HI></P>
<P>Oh that the Learned Engli&s;h Mini&s;trie would timely con&s;ider, (what a dangerous thing it is to hault betwixt two) and remember <HI>Elijah</HI> &s;peech, <HI>If God be God follow him, if Baal then follow him,</HI> 1 <HI>Kin.</HI> 18.21. Knowing what the Lord Je&s;us &s;aith; <HI>No man can &s;erve two Ma&s;ters, he will love the one and hate the other, Luke</HI> 26.13. to this <HI>Paul</HI> admoni&s;heth to take heed: <HI>For there is no agreement betwixt light and darkene&s;&s;e, Chri&s;t and Belial, the Temple of God and Idols.</HI> Oh that you had an heart to obey the voyce that followeth, <HI>Come out from among&s;t them my people, touch not the vncleane thing, and I will receive you,</HI> 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 15.16.17. Lea&s;t for contemning the eternall Commi&s;&s;ion of Je&s;us Chri&s;t (<HI>Matth.</HI> 28.18.19.20.) yee heare
<PB N="9" REF="8"> that dreadfull voyce, <HI>Luke</HI> 19.27. <HI>The&s;e mine enemies that would not that I &s;hould raigne over them, bring them hither, and &s;ley them be|fore me.</HI></P>
<P>As al&s;o for contemning his propheticall Office. Seeing the Fa|ther from Heaven commandeth vs to heare his Sonne, <HI>Matth.</HI> 17.5. The Apo&s;tle <HI>Peter</HI> tels vs the extent: how farre we &s;hould heare him, <HI>In all things what&s;oevrr he &s;hall &s;ay vnto you.</HI> The danger followeth. <HI>And it &s;hall come to pa&s;&s;e, that everie Soule, that will not heare the voyce of that Prophet, &s;hall be de&s;troyed from among&s;t the people, Acts</HI> 3.22.23 Oh let vs not feare them that can kill the body, they can doe no more. But let us (my deare Countreymen) feare to di&s;plea&s;e this Great King and Prophet Je|&s;us Chri&s;t, that can ca&s;t Body and Soule into Hell, <HI>Mat.</HI> 10.28.</P>
<P>My third Rea&s;on (why I deny this popi&s;h con&s;equence) is this.</P>
<P>That Con&s;equence which is upheld by the Traditions of men, is de&s;tructive to the Nationall Covenant of <HI>England,</HI> and <HI>Scotland</HI> ratified by an Ordinance of Praliament.</P>
<P>But this popi&s;h Con&s;equence of the Bapti&s;me (or rather &s;prink|ling) of the Infants of Beleivers is upheld by the Traditions of men.</P>
<P>Ergo this popi&s;h Con&s;equence of the Baptizing (or rather &s;prinkling) the infants of Beleivers is de&s;tructive to the Nationall Covenant of England and Scotland, ratified by an Ordinance of Parliament.</P>
<P>Major is evident: Pecau&s;e the Nationall Covenant bind|eth us to &s;tand for a thorough Reformation in Religion in England and Ireland, in Doctrine, Wor&s;hip, Di&s;cipline, and Government, according to the Word of God, and the Example of the be&s;t reformed Churches, which is the primative patterne foun|ded on the Word of the eternall truth, <HI>Ephe.</HI> 2.20. As Mr. <HI>Tho|mas Wil&s;on</HI> a member of the Synod affirmed, when he preached, and pre&s;&s;ed, the takeing the Nationall Couanant at <HI>Town-mauling</HI> in <HI>Kent.</HI> And to exterpate Popery, Prelacy, Super&s;tition, Here&s;y, Sci&s;me, and what&s;oever &s;hall be found contrary to &s;ound Doctrine, and the power of godlynes, that the Lord may be one and his name
<PB N="10" REF="9"> one in the three Kingdomes. To confirme the truth of this Co|venant, the&s;e &s;elect portions of holy Scripture beareth record, <HI>E&s;a.</HI> 8.20. <HI>Rom.</HI> 16.17.18. <HI>Gal.</HI> 1.7.8. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 6.34.8. 2 <HI>Joh.</HI> 9.10.11.</P>
<P>Minor is as evident, that the Bapti&s;me or &s;prinkling of the In|fants of Beleivers is but a Tradition of men, <HI>Augu&s;t. de Bap. contra Donat. l.</HI> 4. <HI>ch.</HI> 23. <HI>Origen in Levit. Hom.</HI> 8. <HI>in Epi&s;t. ad Rom. lib.</HI> 5. <HI>E|ra&s;mus lib.</HI> 4. <HI>de ratione concionandi;</HI> &s;aith, <HI>That they are not to be con|demned, that doubt whether Infants Bapti&s;me were ordained by the A|po&s;tles.</HI> The Papi&s;ts them&s;elves from whom we derive the origi|nall of the Bapti&s;me of the Infants of Beleivers, openly profe&s;&s;e, that the Bapti&s;me of the Infants of Beleivers is grounded on Tra|ditions, and not on the Scriptures, <HI>Bellar. lil.</HI> 4. <HI>he verbo Dei cap.</HI> 9. Mr. <HI>Dan. Rogers</HI> in his <HI>Practicall Catechi&s;me on the two Sacraments</HI> &s;aith thus, <HI>I take the baptizing of Infants to be one of the mo&s;t reve|rend, generall, and vncontrouled Tradition (which the Church hath) and which I no le&s;&s;e doubt of, then the Creed to be Apo&s;tolicall, al|though I confe&s;&s;e my &s;elfe yet vnconvinced by demon&s;tration of Scripture for it.</HI> Now &s;eeing it is confe&s;&s;ed by the Learned on both &s;ides, that it is but a Tradition; Oh let it never be &s;aid of the Covenan|ters of England, nor of the Learned Mini&s;trie of our Nation (as Chri&s;t &s;aid of old of the <HI>Phari&s;ies</HI>) full well ye reject the Comman|dements of God, that you may keep your owne Traditions, lea&s;t the &s;word goe through the Land to avenge the quarrell of the Co|venant: <HI>Levit.</HI> 26.25. that was made to &s;tand for a Reformation in Doctrine and Wor&s;hip in England and Ireland according to the Word of God.</P>
<P N="4">4 If Bapti&s;me &s;ucceed Circumci&s;ion; then to the &s;ame per&s;ons, vpon the &s;ame Commandement, vpon the &s;ame day, and vnder the &s;ame penaltie, or els it is no &s;ucce&s;&s;ion. Then it will nece&s;&s;arily follow.</P>
<P N="1">1 That none but males mu&s;t be Dipped, &s;o all females are exclu|ded, which oppo&s;eth the &s;cared Word, <HI>Act.</HI> 8.12. when they belei|ved <HI>Phillips</HI> preaching the things concerning the Kingdom of God, and the name of the Lord Je&s;us, they were Baptized both men and women.</P>
<P N="2">2 They mu&s;t be Dipped the eight day: or els the penaltie will follow; the vnbaptized or vndipped Infant &s;halbe cut off from his
<PB N="11" REF="9"> people: he hath broaken my Covenant, <HI>Gene&s;is</HI> 17.14</P>
<P>To reforme any errour crept into the Churches of the Old and New Te&s;tament, it was their holy cu&s;tome to reduce all things to their fir&s;t In&s;titution, <HI>quod primum virum,</HI> according to <HI>Tertullians</HI> judgment: As <HI>David</HI> in the mi&s;carige of the <HI>Arke,</HI> 1 <HI>Cro.</HI> 15.2.12.13. And zealous <HI>Jo&s;iahs</HI> rule (whom the &s;pirit of God &s;o com|mendeth in Scriptures, that none was the like before him for his Reformation, 2 <HI>Cron.</HI> 34.31. And as <HI>Nehemiah</HI> did after his returne from the <HI>Babyloni&s;h Captivity, Nehem.</HI> 10.29. They clave to their Bretheren, their Nobles, and entered into a Cur&s;e, and an oath to walke in Gods Law, which was given by <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> the &s;ervant of God, and to ob&s;erve, and doe all the Commandements of the Lord our God, and his Judgments, and his Statutes. So is the reforming of the particular Churches of the New Te&s;tament, whereof Je&s;us is head, King, and Prophet; and (if ever &s;he be rightly brought out of her &s;pirituall Babyloni&s;h Captivity) we mu&s;t re|forme as the Lord Je&s;us hath left vs a rule, about the regulating of that long &s;pread errour of <HI>Lygamie,</HI> and <HI>Polygamie;</HI> refuting the <HI>Phari&s;ies</HI> (though he had a Toleration by a Law from <HI>Mo&s;es</HI>) with a <HI>non fuit fic ab initio, from the beginning it was not &s;o, Mat.</HI> 19.7.8, yea and we mu&s;t &s;o follow the Apo&s;tle <HI>Paul</HI> (as he followed Chri&s;t, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.1.) in reforming the abu&s;es crept into the Church of <HI>Corinth,</HI> reducing all to the fir&s;t In&s;titution, with a <HI>what I recei|ved from the Lord, that I delivered vnto you,</HI> 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.23. And not be carried away with the corruptions of evill times, under the &s;pecious pretence of Antiquity, Vniver&s;ality, Vnity; the three great Pillars of the Roman Hierarchie; looking more after Pope <HI>Gregories</HI> re&s;olution, that he gave to <HI>Au&s;ten</HI> the Monke and Arch-Bi&s;hop of Canterburie, that in ca&s;e of nece&s;&s;ity the Infant might be baptized as &s;oone as it were borne, <HI>An. Chri&s;ti</HI> 599. as Mr. <HI>Fox</HI> in his Booke of Martyrs relateth.</P>
<P>Or what Pope <HI>Innocentius</HI> the third decreed, <HI>Detret. Greg. lib.</HI> 3. <HI>tit.</HI> 42. <HI>c.</HI> 3. as Dr. <HI>Willet</HI> in his <HI>Synop&s;is Papi&s;mi de Bapti&s;mo Infanti|um</HI> recordeth.</P>
<P>Then what the Lord Je&s;us (that Royall King of the New Te&s;ta|ment (by his Commi&s;&s;ion hath commanded: <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.28. <HI>All pow|er
<PB N="12" REF="10"> is given me in Heaven and in Earth.</HI> 19. <HI>Goe ye therefore; and di&s;|ciple all Nations, dipping them in the name of the father, and of the &s;on, and of the holy &s;pirit:</HI> 20. <HI>Teaching them to ob&s;erve all things what|&s;oever I have commanded you, and loe I am with you alwayes vnto the ends of the world. Amen.</HI></P>
<P>This Commi&s;&s;ion is explained by King Je&s;us him&s;elfe: How his Apo&s;tles &s;hould di&s;ciple the Nations, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.15.16. <HI>Goe ye in|to all the World, preach the Go&s;pell vnto every Creature:</HI> 16. <HI>He that beleiveth, and is dipped, &s;halbe &s;aved.</HI> To this expo&s;ition Mr. <HI>Perkins</HI> agreeth in his Coment. on <HI>Gal. c.</HI> 3. <HI>v.</HI> 27. on the forme of Bapti&s;me; Make them di&s;ciples: to wit, Teach men to beleive and repent, and when men beleive and repent, then baptize them.</P>
<P>They which de&s;pi&s;ed <HI>Mo&s;es</HI> Law, and refu&s;ed to conforme ac|cording to the patterne God left them by the hand of his &s;ervant <HI>Mo&s;es (who was faithfull in all his Hou&s;e, Heb.</HI> 3.) were ruined, both their Kings and Kingdomes, as appeareth, 1 <HI>King</HI> 17.5.6.7.8.9, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> The like hard thing befell <HI>Judah,</HI> for her corrupting the pure wor&s;hip, 2 <HI>Cron.</HI> 36.14.15.16.17.18, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>How &s;hall we e&s;cape, (if we neglect &s;o great &s;alvation) which at the fir&s;t began to be &s;poaken of by the Lord, and was confirmed vnto vs, by them that heard him: God bearing them witne&s;&s;e both with &s;ignes and wonders; and with divers miracles, and guifts of the holy Gho&s;t, according to his owne will, <HI>Heb.</HI> 2.3.4. Seeing the father from Heaven commandeth vs to heare him, <HI>Mat.</HI> 17.5. And <HI>Peter</HI> &s;aith, Mo&s;es truly &s;aid unto the fathers, the Lord your God will rai&s;e vp a prophet from the mid&s;t of your brethren like vnto me; him &s;hall ye heare in all things, what&s;oever he &s;hall &s;ay vnto you: And it &s;hall come to pa&s;&s;e, that every &s;oule, that will not heare that Prophet, &s;hall be de&s;troyed from among&s;t the people Acts 3.22.23.</P>
<P>Therefore I &s;ay unto you (my dear Countrey-men) Chu&s;e you, whom you will &s;erue, and obey; I and the Saints vnited with me, will &s;erue the Lord Je&s;us only: as <HI>Jo&s;huah</HI> told <HI>I&s;rael, Jo&s;h.</HI> 24.15.</P>
<P>My Rea&s;ons are the&s;e.</P>
<P N="1">1. If the Lord Je&s;us be not my Prophet to teach me, and the Saints vnited; he will not be our King to protect vs, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.19.20.</P>
<P N="2"><PB N="13" REF="10">2. If he be not our Prophet to teach vs: he will not be our Prei&s;t to interceed for vs, <HI>John</HI> 17.20. <HI>I pray not for the&s;e alone, but for them al&s;o that &s;hall beleive in me through their Word.</HI></P>
<P N="3">3 If he be not our prophet to teach us: he will not be our Judge to acquit us, <HI>He which rejeteth me, and receiveth not my words hath one that judgeth him, the words that J have &s;poaken, the &s;ame &s;hall judge him in the La&s;t Day. John</HI> 12.48.</P>
<P>But if I, and the Saints vnited confe&s;&s;e him, he will confe&s;&s;e vs before his father, in Heaven: <HI>Mat.</HI> 10, 32. But if we &s;hall be a|&s;hamed of him, and his words, in this &s;infull and adulterous gene|ration: he wilbe a&s;hamed of vs, when he cometh in the glory of his father with his holy Angels, <HI>Mar.</HI> 8.38.</P>
<P>And what will it profit a man, or any of vs then; if we &s;hould gaine the world, and loo&s;e our owne &s;oules? or what &s;hall a man give in exchange for his &s;oule, <HI>Mat.</HI> 16.26.</P>
<P>For I am a&s;&s;ured, it will be &s;aid of me (who&s;e eyes God hath opened to di&s;cerne this popi&s;h corruption,) if I &s;hould altogether hold my peace, and for filthy lucre &s;ake, betray the liberty of the Go&s;pell, de&s;pi&s;ing the Kingly and propheticall Office of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, as Chri&s;t &s;aid once of Judas I&s;cariot in an other ca&s;e, <HI>Mat.</HI> 26.24. Goe thy wayes, it had been good for this man that he had never been borne: And becau&s;e I received not the love of the truth that I might be &s;aved: for this cau&s;e the Lord in Ju&s;tice will give me vp to &s;trong delu&s;ions to beleive a lie, that I might be damned, who beleived not the truth, that I might be &s;aved but had plea&s;ure in vnrighteou&s;nes, 2 <HI>The&s;.</HI> 2.10.11.12. And &s;o ju&s;tly peri&s;h with the Antichri&s;tian Synagogue, that denyeth that Je&s;us is the Chri&s;t, to wit, the eternall King, Prei&s;t, and Prophet: For they are the An|tichri&s;t, that denyeth the father and the &s;onne, 1 <HI>John</HI> 2.22.</P>
<P>Thus then I argue in the defence of Je&s;us my King, and Prophet.</P>
<P N="1">1. That way that Je&s;us Chri&s;t as Head and King hath con&s;titu|ted his Church, that is the way for all Beleevers to take vp, and walke in.</P>
<P>But by teaching the Go&s;pell and Dipping, Je&s;us Chri&s;t as Head and King hath con&s;tituted his Church.</P>
<P>Ergo, teaching the Go&s;pell, and Dipping is the way for all Be|leivers to take up and walke in.</P>
<PB N="14" REF="11">
<P>Major is evident, <HI>John</HI> 14.6. <HI>I am the way, the truth and life, no man can come to the Father but by me, John</HI> 10 9. <HI>I am the Dore, by me if any enter, he &s;hall be &s;aved, and &s;hall goe in and out and find pa&s;ture.</HI></P>
<P>Minor is as cleare, <HI>Marke</HI> 1.14. Je&s;us came into Galilee preaching the Go&s;pell of the Kingdome of God: 15. Saying repent ye and beleive the Go&s;pell. 16. He called Symon and Andrew: Follow me, and I will make you fi&s;hers of men. Their faith was manife&s;t|ed. <HI>v.</HI> 18. they &s;treight way left all, and followed him. 20. <HI>John</HI> 4.1. The Phari&s;es heard, that Je&s;us made and Dipped more Di&s;|ciples then John.</P>
<P>That way the Apo&s;tles con&s;tituted their Churches, that is the way for all Beleivers to take vp and walke in,</P>
<P>But by teaching the Go&s;pell and Dipping, as Je&s;us by his Com|mi&s;&s;ion commanded, <HI>Marke</HI> 16.15.16.) the Apo&s;tles con&s;tituted their Churches.</P>
<P>Ergo, teaching the Go&s;pell and Dipping (as Je&s;us by his Com|mi&s;&s;ion, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.15.16. hath commanded) is the way for all Belei|vers to take vp, and walke in</P>
<P>Major is evident, 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 11.1. Be ye followers of me as I am of Chri&s;t. <HI>Phil.</HI> 3.17. Brethren be ye followers of me, and marke them that walke &s;o as ye have vs for an en&s;ample.</P>
<P>Minor as evident, Goe ye into all the world, preach the Go&s;|pel to every creature. <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.16. He which beleiveth, and is dipped, &s;hall be &s;aved.</P>
<P>Acts 2.38. Repent and be Dipped every one of you in the name of Je&s;us Chri&s;t for the remi&s;&s;ion of &s;innes, and ye &s;hall receive the guift of the holy Spirit.</P>
<P N="39">39. For the promi&s;e is to you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, even as many as the Lord our God &s;hall call.</P>
<P>Now that neither the Jew, nor his children hath a right to the the promi&s;e of life in Chri&s;t before calling; it is cleare, if you compare this fir&s;t Text, Acts 2.39. with Heb. 9.15.</P>
<P>And for this cau&s;e Je&s;us is the Mediatour of the New Te&s;ta|ment, that by meanes of death for the redemption of the tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ions that were vnder the fir&s;t Te&s;tament, they which are cal|led might receive the promi&s;e of eternall Inheritance, <HI>Rom.</HI> 8.30</P>
<PB N="15" REF="11">
<P>Acts 2.41. Then they which gladly received the word were Dipped, and the &s;ame Day were added to them (to wit, the 120. per&s;ons, Acts 1.15.) three thou&s;and &s;oules.</P>
<P N="43">43. And they continued in the Apo&s;tles Doctrine and fellow&s;hip, in breaking of bread and prayres, &amp;c. Acts 8.12.10.44.47.48.16.14.15.31.32.33.34</P>
<P>There were women in the fir&s;t con&s;tituted Church after the Apo&s;tollicall Order: Acts 1.14. and had a right to the breaking of bread as well as the men.</P>
<P N="3">3 Thus I oppo&s;e the Antichri&s;tian faction that denyeth that Je&s;us is the Chri&s;t, 1 John 2.22.</P>
<P>They which enter into Church fellow&s;hip other wayes, then Je&s;us Chri&s;t and his di&s;ciples entered, are theeves and robbers.</P>
<P>But Pope Innocentius the third and his followers entered into their fellow&s;hip otherwayes, then Je&s;us and his Di&s;ciples have entered.</P>
<P>Ergo, Pope Innocentius the third, and his followers, that are entered into their Church fellow&s;hip are theives and robbers.</P>
<P>Major is evident, John 10.1. He which entereth not by the dore of the Sheepfold, but climeth up &s;ome other way; the &s;ame is a theife and a robber.</P>
<P>Minor as evident.</P>
<P>They which enter not into their Church-fellow&s;hip by teaching the Go&s;pell and Dipping (as Je&s;us and his Di&s;ciples entered) are theeves and robbers.</P>
<P>But Pope Innocentius and his followers are entered into their Church-fellow&s;hip not by teaching the Go&s;pell, and Dipping as Je&s;us and his Di&s;ciples entered.</P>
<P>Ergo, Pope Innocentius and his followers that are entered into their Church-fellow&s;hip, are theives and robbers.</P>
<P>Major is evident, <HI>Mat.</HI> 3, 16. And Je&s;us when he was Dipped went up &s;treight way out of the water; And loe the Heavens were ope|ned vnto him: and he &s;aw the &s;pirit of God De&s;cending like a Dove, and lighting vpon him: And loe a voyce from Heaven &s;aying, this is my beloved &s;onne in whome I am well plea&s;ed.</P>
<P><HI>John</HI> 1.3.1. J knew him not: but that he &s;hould be made manife&s;t vnto I&s;raell, therefore am I come Baptizing with water: 32.33.</P>
<PB N="16" REF="12">
<P>Acts 2.41. <HI>Then they which gladly received the Word were dipped, and the &s;ame day were added to them</HI> (to wit, to the 120. per&s;ons among&s;t which were divers women with Mary, the mother of Je&s;us <HI>Acts</HI> 1, 14.15.) <HI>three thou-&s;and &s;oules, and they continued in the Apo&s;tles in breaking bread and prayers, Acts</HI> 8.12.10.44.47.48.16.14.15.31. <HI>doctrine, and fellow&s;hip</HI> 31.32.33.34.</P>
<P>Minor. I doe de&s;ire my deare and native countrey men with their learned Mini&s;trie (that are in covenant with our Parliament wor|thies, for a thorough Reformation according to Gods Word; And to extirpate all poperie, &s;uper&s;tition, &s;ci&s;me, here&s;ie; and what|&s;oever is found contrarie to &s;ound doctrine and the power of god|lines, &s;eriou&s;ly, and timely to con&s;ider with them&s;elves, whether the Congregations in England be con&s;tituted by the preaching of the Go&s;pell, and Dipping? as the Lord Je&s;us the great King and Prophet by his Commi&s;&s;ion hath commanded and e&s;tabli&s;hed, <HI>Mar.</HI> 16.15.16. <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.18.19.20. or not rather, as the Antichri&s;ti|an popi&s;h faction in corrupt times decreed.</P>
<P>That by bethinking them&s;elves, they never &s;ide with Antichri&s;t any more, to oppo&s;e them that &s;tand up for the gathering of Churches according to the Commi&s;&s;ion of King Je&s;us, <HI>Mat.</HI> 28.18.19.20. as learned <HI>Gamaliel</HI> advi&s;ed, lea&s;t we be found fighters again&s;t God, <HI>Act.</HI> 5.34, 45.36.37.38.39. but rather to become protectors of all &s;uch as are re&s;olved to keep their Prote&s;tation and covenant accor|ding to the oath they have taken (that God may make good his word to our Parliaments, as he promi&s;ed to <HI>A&s;a,</HI> and they in part have found it, 2 <HI>Cron.</HI> 15.2.) and to depart out of the &s;pirituall and My&s;ticall Babylon according to Gods call, <HI>Rev.</HI> 18.4.5. And be vnequally yoaked no more, 2 <HI>Cor.</HI> 6.14.15.16.17.18. that God may be a father to us, and to our di&s;tre&s;&s;ed and di&s;tracted Land in the&s;e bloody dayes; and we may be his &s;onnes and daughters: And let vs never forget the words of our deare Redemer, <HI>John</HI> 14.23. <HI>If any man love me, he will keep my words, and my father will love him, and we will come vnto him, and make our abode with him:</HI> Lea&s;t we bring our &s;oules vnder a dread|full <HI>Anathama, Maranatha,</HI> 1 <HI>Cor.</HI> 16.22.</P>
<P>Your pore de&s;pi&s;ed countreyman that is willing to be reformed of any errour; if he &s;hall from the word of the in&s;pired Scriptures
<PB N="17" REF="12"> be rightly informed (from under the hand of any learned pen) that he is in an errour: Otherwi&s;e he is re&s;olved to hold forth this truth in practice, and to &s;tand for a Reformation according to Gods ho|ly word in his native countrey: And to extirpate all here&s;ie, and &s;ci&s;me with the pruning knife of Excommunication (that is not according to &s;ound doctrine, and the power of godlyne&s;&s;e, <HI>Rom.</HI> 16.17. out of the particular Congregations of Chri&s;ts body: Though for the maintenance of the &s;aid truth, he &s;uffer many hard things by his owne countrey men, as in part he hath done already: yet I am per&s;waded, that none that love and feare King Je&s;us will ever con&s;ent vnto it: For I am confident, If I &s;hould altogether hold my peace at this time, light would bring up to the pore &s;cattered Saints in England (that have long lay under &s;pirituall Babyloni&s;h Captivity) an other way: but I &s;hall peri&s;h, and who koweth whether my life were pre&s;erved for the di&s;coverie of &s;uch a popi&s;h errour (as <HI>Mordecai</HI> told <HI>He&s;ter</HI> in an other ca&s;e, <HI>He&s;t.</HI> 4.14.) as this.</P>
<P><HI>Search and &s;ee, you noble and Hierical Engli&s;h Covenanters, who cau&s;e divi&s;ions and offences among&s;t you, Rom.</HI> 26.17.18. <HI>Gal.</HI> 3.8.9. 1 <HI>Tim.</HI> 6.3.4.5. 2 <HI>John</HI> 3.10.11. <HI>And from &s;uch withdraw: Lea&s;t yee incurre the high di&s;plea&s;ure of Great King Je&s;us, Luke</HI> 10.27.</P>
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