Z ~iftakii ltbout Converfion: l~k in the golden chain, fafi:ned to election at the - ~ .cr1e end, and glorification at the other, Rom. 8. 30. :2 The[. 2. 13. 1 Pet. r. 2 •. The filver cord may not be broken, nor the connexion between fanctification and falvation, between grace and glory, impioufly violated, Matth. s~ 8. If we were indeed begotten :again, it is toan inheritance incorruptible, reierved .. in heaven for us, and the divine power is en~aged tokeep.us for it, 1 Pet. 1. 5'. And if the very rege– nerate may perifh at laft in their fins, we will no .more fay, tliat he that is born of God, his feed re. maineth inhim, anQ that he cannot fin, 1 Job. 3· 9· i . e. unto death, nor that it is impoffible to deceive the very Elett, Matth. ~4· 24. 1 _ · And indeed, were this true, thenweneed lookno farther to fee our names written in heaven,than on– ly to fearch the Regifter, and fee whether we were. . tlaptized: Then I would keep the Certificate of my ~aptifm, as n1y faireft evidence .for heaven, and fl1ould comeby aifurance of mygraciousftate, with a wet finger: Then men fhoulddo well to carry but a Certificate of their Baptifm, under the Regifi:er~s .haQ;<l, when they died, (as the Philofopher would · .be buried with the·Biibop's Bond in his hand, which _he had given h4n, for receiving his alms in another world;) and upon fight of this, there we1;e no -doubt of their admiffion into heaven• . In fhort, if there be no more neceffary to conver,.. -fion or regeneration, than to be turned to the Chri– fiian Religion, orto be baptized in infancy, this will -flydireetlyin the face of that Scripture, Matt h. 7. 1 4· 2!1S well as multitudes of others. for firit, We will then no n1ore fay, {trait is the gate, and narrow is the ,W4J; for ifall that are baptized,and of ~rQ~ Religion, ·are faved, the door is become heavenly _wide, and wewill henceforth fay, Wide is the gate,and broad ~ tb~ way t~!;.~ l~g~th ynto life .; ~Q~ if this be thru 1 e, · woe . ~ ' - .
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