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R.
%phefians,Chap.
5.
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653
who with
tooth
and
naylc fight
againft
this, that
the
effc&
of
the
Sa-
craments fhould
be brought
to beliefe, or
require faith
to
come
be
-
twee=
;
for
they
fay
that faith
is
not
neceiary
in
the
ufe
,
that provi-
ded there be nothing done
againft them
a
man need
not doe
any
thing
to
help
their working
in
him,
they
doe
their worke by
rcafon
of
Gods
power, Chrifts
merit, the
faithof
the
Church
,
notthat faith
of
him
that receiveth
theta
:
As
a
medicine
ifa body
be
prepared,a
man fhall
heare
of
it though he
fleep
or
wake
:
a
wicked
doârine
that
calleth
men from
faith,
and
communicateth Gods honour with creatures.
This text
doth
refute it,
which fetcheth
all
the
efficacy
of
the
wafhing
from the
Word
;
now
all the
efficacy and
working
of
the
Word
is
from
being mingled
with
beliefe,
Aek.4.z.
objeel.
But the Papifts will
fay
that the
Apoftle meaneth not here
a
word
preached
to
beget faith,bnt
a facramentall
word which
ferveth
to
make a
Sacrament.
But this diftinction
is
abfurd, which denyeth
to
a
word
facramentall the
common nature
of
every
word
of
promife,
viZ,
to
be
werd
of
faith
:
for though every word preached
to
faith
is
not
a
facramentall
word, that
is,
doth
not
make
a
Sacrament, yet
eve-
ry facramentallword
is a
word
ferving
to beget
beliefe.
object. But
one may
aske,
Why
doth the
Scripture fay,
by Bap.
tifine we
are faved , cleanfed
by
waffling,
if
the
laver be
not the
caufe
properly working
e
which
left wee fhould
doubt
S. Peter faith
,
Bap-
tifme
doth
fo fave
us,
as
the Arke
faved
Noah
:
now
that
did
truly
and
effectually fave
him.
.rnfw.
They
thus
fpeake becaufe
God
hath ordained thefç things
as
inftruments with himfelfe to
worke
that which
himfelfe ()tidy in-
tircly
cffecteth.
The
place
of
Peter
compareth the Arke
and Baptifme
in
thatwhich followeth them both, not
in
the manner
of
working
in
the
confequence, not the
efficacy.
a.
Peter
fpeaketh
of
Baptifme as
it
is
wholly confidered, comprehending Gods action
within
as
well
as
the
mercies Without.
objelt.
2.
One
may aske,
Why
do you give it
to
Infants
who
can-
not
believe
e
tnfw.
We
doe baptize
them
as
expcfüng they
fhould live and
ome to be inftrufted
in
that
Sacrament,
if
they
dye before
they
knowgoodor
evill, we
fay
Baptifme
is
not
in
vaine, it
ftrengtheneth
the
faith
of
the
Parent,
it entereth
the
child
:
though
a
Papift
need
not
aske
this queftion; for we may aske
him,How
did
Circumcifion work
by
ftirring
up
faith
e
hbwthen might it
bee miniftred
to
Infants
that
had no faith
e
a:
One
may
fay
that
baptifme
if
it doe
butnitre
up
faith, then
one
may have
as
much advantage
by
Peeing
another baptized,as
by
being
themfelves;
as
a
Sermon
though
fpoken
to
one man, edifieth all
alike
that
heare it.
Two
things
in
Baptifme.
r.
Inftrnu%on.
z.
Application
to mein
particular.
Inttration
in
two
things.
a.
Touching
Chill
crucified.
L
t
I
a.
Touching