lO ~liftakf!J about Conver{ion~ ' twic~gerterated? But 3· and above all, This grants however the thing I contend for, that what ever men do, or pretendto receive in baptifm, if they be found .afterwards to be grofly ignorant, or pro· faQe, or formal, without the power of godlinefs, they.· muft be bornagain; orelfe be ihut out of tbe Kingdom .of God. . Sothen theym\1ft have more.· to pl~d for themfelves., than their baptifmal rege... neratton. vVell, in this you feeall are agreed, that be it more · or lefs that is received in baptifm, if (when n1en come toyear~ they~reevidently unfanctifie.d,. . they muft be rene .edagatnbya through and pow· erful change, .or el e they cannot efcape the damna– tion ofHell. FriendsandBrethren, benot·deceived, God·is not mocked ; Gal. 6. 7. Whether it be your, li.aptifm, or whatever elfe that you pretend, I tell youfrom·the-living God, that ·if any of you be a· prayerlefs perfonl 'fobJ r 5'. 14 ;pr unclean, or ma· licious, or covetous, orriotous, or afcotfer, or a lover of evil company, Prov. 1 3· 2o~ in a word, if' youare not holy, ftritl: and felf-denying Chriilians, 8kb:12.. 1.4~ Mttt. 16. 24~. youcannot be faved, ex– <te~·-_ you: be transformed -bya further,work upon you, and renewed agai,nby repentance. · Thus Ihave fhewed, that it is not enough to evi-– denc.e-aman to .be.regenerate,that hehath beenbap· . tized, efectual grace not neceffarily accomJYc!nying baptifm, as fome have vainly a1ferted. But I muft : anfw.er one ObjeCtionbefore I pafs. Obje51~ The Sacraments do .certainly attain their·· :e~5; where man doth not ppntreobicem;orlay fome . ,r)i)ftruttioo, which infants do,not. SoL.~ lanfwer)it is ~notthe , end of Baptifm to rege.. t:terate:... ~~ ~Becaufe,then there .would be no reafon, . wh:v.1it mould. ,be confinedonly to the feed ofBelie– :'felSJ . for_b:Gth.the La~J. , ofG,od ..md the·_ nature. of' . - · Charity, .
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