C éï AP. 5.6. ofthe church, &c. 391 went farre before the bell of vs , in Faith , Know,- , and all other Chrif}ian venues, whole names the Scripture celebrateth as mirrors and examples for vs to follow. But of the whole difpen fa" tion "of God towards the Fathers , full of fo great varietie)af matter, because it would aske aVolume,and is -oo large for thisplace and our purpofe,you haue a treatife by is felfe, intituled,The Old 7eJatnent, or, The Prormife : Let vs now come to the Sacraments of the NewTeftament,and the feuerall forts of Minilferies. There bee two Sacraments of the New Tef amens Touching the Baptifrne, p ane, and the Lords Supper, as theApofilerecko- Sadraments and híiw;í}e- neth them,i.Cor.ro. i.Cor.I2.1 3,14. ries of the new Baptifine is a wafhh .g withwater,to affure our incor- Tefiament: porating into Chriil. There be two Where the outward figre is double : firfl, The Ele- Sacraments, Baptimc and nient or Matter is Water , and not anyether Liquor, F}1e Lords Ofatth..3. I' Y. 1 baptize yon with Witter Ingo aRepen.. Sup!). r. tgnCe,, Baptifine is a Secondly, The a6lion and forme of - Baptifine, is the wathingwith Minix}ers waffling of the baptized perfon, which in the water, Eafl and and hot countries,was wont to bee by the dip- ping and diuing,as it were, ofall the bodie into thewa-. ter; whence Baptifme bath his name : with vs., it is by coaíi'ureortr fprinkling; for that young childters bodies arc not able entrance into to beare the other. And here a three-fold Ceremonie is the Couenant to be obferued. i Tit.3.5. Ac- Firfl, The fprinkling : Secondly, The lying, as it were, cording to his vn der thewater :Thirdly,The rifing out of it: all which fandv be y the t1e Apofilenoteth,Rom.6.3,4. Lauer ofRcge- The'grace figuified, is our incorporating intoChrifl : neration. And therefore it iscalled, t The Lauer; or Sacrament of k ßa .3$7 Regeneration: and thereupon wee are laid in Baptifine, Ufmany f °d kto put oa 'hriji. Whereof.followeth, into chi:ji, bane Firfl, put on (brill.
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