676 Ufthe SE N n IN a Sermon 8, --~~~------~--------------------------------- .~t~t~~iiit~titt~tttittttiittiftttittt'~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I T cam~ to pajfethatwhen, &c. TwoBaptifmuwe have here: • The Peoplerfir[f "Ihe P~;p/tt • Then C .! R I ·• t i. How idhould come topajfe, thePeoplefhonld be baptize/ Bapli{mr. we fee gobd reafon : but pot how idhould come to pajfe, that CH R, sr al(' I ?.latth.l.6. Fortbtir fins. ACt '9·4· 1 Tim.6.g. ~Pet,l. 1.:.. ThePeople,they came cMfejing theirfinnes ; and fo.neei:led thebaptif m~ of repentanc:; fo was 1~h11s baptifme. For, the Peoplenot being ~~~7•(~1'"''' baptized, but (to ufe the Ap~les_word) Cv6i(~l''~"' even foufi·d over head and eares in thei~finnes,in manyfoolifo and noy{ome ltefls, whzch dronme mmm perdttton, Tanquam fm ~volutabro; they had ne~d to bew.jhedfrom the wallowof their.fin~ they had long !yen in. And not onely for their finn_e: even theirright_eou_fndfe(take_,itatrhebell) Fartluir"iery r 1 b d b ;t:. ,fl riz.b"'•i"D'· even that, was not 10 c eane, ut 1t nee scome to aptljmt : ,VtpoteJ'tilantes q•otidi~ . fuper ttlam juf/iti£, faninn concupifoenti£ (they bee Pope Adrians owne words) As ::.;~""'" Stn· dropping every other while, upon the web of thofe few good works we doe fuch ftuffe j the Prophet refembles it to fo homely a thing,as Ilill: nottell you wha;itis: Ef>y 6~. 6, but it is p/t'nnm menflruatm, englifb it who will. Reafon then,fortheP;ople : And not one!y for f£:< poftdi, but evenJlos populi, to bebaptized, It might well come 10 pajfe, that. The Ptspltt tWdr<n•b•P~ tifmt. I Pct.2..a. Job •4·4• Pfal.s•-f· Ez.d(.t6,6. ~!~•.H· YeHeafon, thateventhey, who of alltherelt, feemeleafhoneedit the Pea~ ples children, dp1•-yi'"7~ Cpl~,, the poore new.borne babu. For, beingmeei~u/of mt. rleane feed (lob: ) and, warmedin afinfi•ll wombe (Da'l:lid: ) at their birth,tollutedno lejfe infinne, tkan in tkeir bloud (Ezekiel ;) there is not* Infans tmim diei Jt~ptr terram (asthe Sevenne readn) not ach!ldea day old, but needs baptifmm l•v.cri, if it bee bur for b~ptifmm uteri; the baptifme of the Church, if ir be but for thebaptifme,it had in thewombe. Let the peopleth~nbebaptized in Go v s name·good:mdbad, men and children and all. I I: . stdqttid fdcltu haptiz/:ntes ie{ilm f (As JJernard askes at His Circumciuon; c HR 1sTs 12..!!}d fMitif circumcidentes Puer11m bunc? What doeyou circumci(lngHim,in whom t•p•ifme. nothing fuperlluous ~ So here) What doe youbattizingHim, in whom nothingun· ~ ~3~ ~';'~ cleane ~ What IJJould He doe beingbaptized? How comes that to pajfe? Goew11h ""'~octo be your fpotrcd lambes 2nd fpare not: rhis Lambe isimmaculate, harh not rhe leafi j}ol h•Pll'{!d· ilpon Him• .f)&non fecit peccarum(it is Paul;) ~nonmJvitpeccatum (it is1'eter:) : ~~::·~.·:~. Neither did, nor knewfinne : He bath none to repent of; what IJJould He doeat the • Cor.f·' '· baptifmc ofrepmtance? All• '9+ . Onemightwell aske, Why did nottheBa;tifl repell Himfinally~ Not fay : I Matth.p 4 • have nudto he baptifJ!.!difthe-e, (that is) Tho11 haft no need to be baptizedofme: thanvJs too faint ; that, was not enough : But, Thou haft no need robebaptiudltall. Yea, lfal.J,H· one might well aske the water(with the P(almifl;) Why it Jlednot; and lordap,whJ 11 Will not driven backe, at t'pisb~tptifme? . Ycr cHR.IST Yet theYerfe is plaine: thar, with t!te People, CH It I s T alfo w.u bapttzul. ' w>s bapti"<!d How came thi& topajfe? Whybaftized? Whywith the People ? It may feeme Was ir this; though He needed it not, yet for txemplum dtdi vebt&, He would of very h•mi. condefcend roir, togiveall agoed~ample of humilitie; as he did, at Hts UUa11ndtt, ~!~;, 13 . rr. whenHewAjhedH:! Difciples fett~ . . . Indeed,I muft needs fay,great Humilitie there was init~ as at His Crrmncifl~~~ro rake on Him, the brand of aMalefaflor : fohere, to fubro.1t Htmfelfewrhervar,tnt proper tofinntrs only. • Then againe, uor ro take ir alone, bur to rake it at the hands ofoiie fo far inferiour to Him, as he reckoned not himfelfeworthy tojloope andu~•fi HIJ jlJoolAt>het. 3 Againe; that not baptizedon!y)but baptizedwith tht Pe~ple. s;;
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