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treatife

of

C'onf

ience,

165

r

ighteouf'nefle

and true

holineffe

:

And we

can

never

be

laved

(

though

we

are Bapttfed

)

except wee can

anfwer with

a good

conlcience

that

we

live

as

we

vowed

in

our Baptiline

;

i

Pet.3.

al.

The

like

figure

whereunto, even

Baptifine,

Meth

alfe

new

Pave

Ne;

not

the

putting

away

of the

filth

of the

flefb,

but

the

anf

wer ofagoed

co,

fcience towards

God.

Mark

;

Unlef%

we

can

anlwer with

a

good con

cience,

that

we

live according

to

our

promtfes

in

it,

our Baptifine cannot

lave

us.

J

pray, confider

that

fpeech

of

St.Paul

;

Ws

Are

buried with

Chrit

by

Bapti

f

oe

into bie

death,

that

lrke as

Chrif

WAS

raifed

up

from the dead

by

theglory

ofthe

Farber,

even

fo

we

elf.

fhould walk

in

ueir-

neffe

of

life.

Mark

;

There

is

the

vow that

we

made

unto God

in

our Baptiline

:

And

the

Apofe

there

telleth

us

we

are

bound

in

con(cience

to

keep this

vow

;

otherwile we

had better have

been

without our

Baptifine.

Do

not think

that God

will

be

mocked

:

Yc

are

content to go

for

Chriflians

:

but

if

yee be

Chrif

+ians, confider

ye are

under

á

great

vow

;

and

ifye

do not

keels

it,

Gods

covenant

hath

a

quarrel

againfi you,

and

ye

(hall

be-broken

in

iudgenaene.

There

is

no

(-nine

that

ye live

in,

no

lufl

that your

conlcience

cell:th

you hach

entertainment

in

your

hearts,

but

it

is

fàcramentail perjury againft

the

vow that

ye

made

unto

God

in

your Eaptifine.

Are

ye dead

to

good duties

?

Ye

vowed

in

yon: Baptifine ye

would

not

be fo.

Do

Yee

not

daily mortifie

and fubdue

your

aff

&ions

?

Ye vowed

in

your

Baptilmeye

would.

Do

ye not

daily

fight

ag2 in(}

inne

and

the

flesh,

like

the

faithfull

fouldiecs

of

Chrit+

?

Yc

vowed

in Bap-

tifine ye

would.

What

a

horrible

perjurie

is

this

?

Nay,

it

is

tiv

rlc

:

it

is

a

iàcramentall

perjarie.

Whtn

the

Apo.`'tles

law

any

finne

in

the people,

presently

they tell

then of

Bap-

tifine

:

as

if

they

Ihould lay,

Do ye

live

thief

and thus,

when

ye

vowed

the contrarie

in

your

Raptifine

?

When

there

were

divifions

in

Corinth

;

Some

would

be

of

Cephas,

and

lóme

of

Apollos, and

Tome

of

Paul

:

Paul

then telleth them

of

their

Baptifine;

here

yee

baptized

in

the name

of Paul?

As

if

he

had laid,

I

pray,

con!ìder

how

contrary

this

is unto

your

Bap

-

tifine

:

re

were

baptized

into Chri7

;

and

are

lee

thus divided

morons

Rom.

6.

4.

Cont.

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