Baxter - BX5202 B291 1679

[155_ orfinances of divine fervice and a worldly fane auarÿ : ffeb. 9 1,8. I I. He taketh away the firfr Lave and Prielihood, that he milt effablifh tile fecond, Lteb. ro. 8, 9. I I. 16. i , arc. § I o Whileti it is agreed on,thar the effentials of the work or office of the Jevi-ifb Priefts is ceafed, (as. lieb. 7. and 8, 9, and i o fhew,) and their Title bv birth, and the appropriation to one Tribe,&c. it followeth that the Jewtíh Prieffhood is ceated . But `et we confefs that Chrift,ifhe had pleafed,naikit have fetltd a H,gh Prieft and Coun- cil like theirs in everynation for his own work. But if the old form bind us not, we ase left only to enquire what new one is fètled by Chriff, and whether he have done fo or not. § z r.We juh1y maintain againft the Anabaptifis; That Infants relation to the Covenant, and the iriniverfal Church (as ru mbers ) was nor. repeá.. ied by Chrift, becaufe it was rot founded only on the Law of ° ,Mojëx which if it a ad, it were as fichreper;led . i f ` r lhOft by the 4nofl;les AEf. 15. bath declared ' to all th; Churches of the Gentiles that they are not bound to keep the Law of Mfes, and bath abfolved ris from all; favir g things antecedently, and on other reaiuhs Ueetfáary. tierfr. 28; . §I'3 If the Jews form of Government be burs,` then the High--Prieft muff have the power of the Sword, or fît in judgment for life or death, as Detzt. 17. 12, 13. and of her OaeeS ft'ew : But fn-any Papilts and Proteftanrs are agreed that the clergy have no power of the Sword, or force, unlefs the King make them alfò Magistrates. § 14. h is a matter of fo great iñ i ortance to the

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