Sac 1.1711% The Godly are WalkedandSana fi d, 377 by to look toaunts b'oud of which r'aeCe were T p s , As the Ap rile argueth at large to the Hebrews. in :h . Nc Al Ta : -tw+r .. alto although rh external hires strebuc few in number, whtc'. Chrift appointed u'der the Gofpeli, his Church beingnowout of her Infancy, and fo more enabled to difcern feiritua':.l things of themfelves. Yet oneof the tw'Sacraments, viz. Baptifm, Gudha happointed fjr this cod, tofigntfie our inurall pollution, and the renewing operationof Gods Sp ten Thus Bap:iz n' is asmuch as Wafhing. A I that are made Chriffs Drlcipleshe would have waned, to (hew that they hadnoyfornneffe tsp.'s them ; and that theSpirit of God mutt cleanfe their fouls. ?a'An; y. Mille a maw be born 4 Water and the Spirit, be cannot enter into theKiugdame of hrav'n; He doth not (peakof Baptifm there; for Cheat had not at that time app inted Bap- tilm ( though IohnBaptized ) and to be lure it was not appointed thenunivrr- tally toallNations, as appeareth by theCommifion afterwards ; Goe, Baprize auNations. This is confeffed by Rellarmine himfelf: I rather therefore take wa- ter for theSpirit of God, asafterwards it is compared to fire ; fo that the fenne is Onlefe aMan be born of the Spirit of Clod, which is like water, cleanfing, healing, quenching, Sandifying, he cannot este, into the KingdomofHeaven. But though this placecarry it not, yet many other places fpeak of this Baptifm, and the fig- nification thereof : fo that the foulneffe of finne, and the nature of Regeneration isexcellently decypheredby the Sacrament of Baprifm. Doe not thou then rat in thyB iptiim, doenot prefume upon that; for anleule thereby thou arc caught to loath thy felf for finne : unleffe thou arc washed from filthy frnnes and lutt(nll wayes, this wafhing is no more to thee, than the waffling of a Blackamoor, which leaves him as deformed as he was. Oh that Baptizedmen, washed men fiiouldyet be fo foul and noifome in their lives, unclean bodies, foul tongues, earthly hearts ; all thefedrfile. Confider that place, Hrbr, ro. aa. where the Apollle fheweth theduty, and the priviledgeof of the peopleof God ; they may come withboldneiTe untoGod, he hach held out the Scepterof Grace to invite them. But who are thole whom God will thus honour? Firft, Such as arewashed from anevill Confcience; all clink who wads them. (elves from all knownevils; who avoid inward finites, pride, hypoctifie, earthly WhoGod and immoderate affeltions, Oh thouGantt have no boldneffe to pray, or tocall on bold acceljé God, wholeConfcience eels theeof fuch defilement. and wickednef( thou liveft unto him. in: And, Secondly, Their bodies waffled with purewater This is an allufion tither to the legal wafhings, or to Baptifm, and implyes, that not onely the feat, but the bo- dy all() mutt b<wathed fromall its bodily filthinefs,as z Cor.7. Let ate cleanfe our' felvet promallfiltbinefeoffiefbb andSpirit; fothatfoul-wickedne.fr, andbodily wick- ednels muff be wa!he d away, Fourthly , Therefore the Scripture fpeakethof a twofold jub;eta to be waled, Firff, theheart; thus as in the place mentioned, having your hearts Iprinkled 4. and cleanfed fromall filthineffeof fpiric. This heart-wafhing is fielt to be let up- Öf the walk- on,as being the root,. rtnci le, and foundation. Thus purifie your hearts, ye 'ne of the , g P P P Y > Y hearq: double minded,7am.48.1f theFountainbe not cleanfed,all the ftreams mutt needs be muddy. Now althoughmolt men negleft this Duty, yet this is the main of all. A bad heart is an ill Treafury t out of the heart proceed evil) thoughts, and all manner of admit evils. This point our Saviour preffed much upon the Pharifees , who had cleanfed their lives from outward wickedneff, but their in- wards were full ofall foul and noifome tufts : and thenecel icy of thisappearechi in that God accepterhof no exter all religious Duty, no Praying, no Hearing, no Charfcie, no Humilitie , except they be fielt wafhed in their beasts; There lyeeh the greatelt filthineffe, though youmolt takethe candleof the Scripture, if you would find out the Dull there, and fweep it away. The lecónd kindof Waffling the Scripture (peaks of, is the wafhfog of out Cc e hands
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