392 ThefecondBoake ofDiuinitie, CH4r. 5.6. Firf} , That it is thefide Sacrament ofthe Church, as birth is the fir!}beginning of our life. Secondly, children of belee- Catabaptifts, that denie uing parents, in that they are the baptifineofchildren. members of the Church, and partakersofthe Couenant, cannot bee !hut from Bap.. tifine , which is the Sacrament thereof, no more than theymight from Circumcifion. Wherefore our Saul- 1 Marke 10.14. our I faith , Suffer little children to come unto mee : for unto fuch belongeth the Kingdome ofGod. Thirdly, that is to bee done but once only,asmen are borne The Donatifts andNo- uatians, that hold Rebap- but once ; yet it affureth vs of rization. our unionwith Chrif},not once, The Papifts teach, that but all the dayes of our life, and Baptifme bath onelyforce tef}ifieth the forgiueneffe of all to purge limes pa IL af}, refent, or to come : The Nouatians denie fnnes,P P forgiuenef aof fins to them And therefore is Paid to faue vs, thatfell afterBaptifine. a.Pet.3.2. Fourthly Hereupon wee are Paid to be baptized into an Matt.1S.19. the name of the mFather, and of the Sonne, and of the Holy ÇÇhot ; becaufe by Baptifirae, wee being confecrate to God,are ioyned to him,to beare his name,as the wife beareth thename of her husband. Fifthly, It is a Sacrament alto of our vniting into the n 643.t7. Church. Therefore n Paul, after he hadPaid, Asmanyof you ad are baptized into Chrifti, halm peat on Chrif#, imme- diately addeth, For allyouare one in Chrifi lefus. Sixthly, Being a Peale of Regeneration, confequently itfealeth vp the fruits thereof. Iuflification and Sanctification : Hee bath famed vr, o Tit.3.1,6,7. faith PAv L , by the Lauer ofRegeneration,and of the renewingof the holy Spirit , which bee bath fliedforthvfion vs richly, through Iefue Chrff our Saviour ; That being fmfiified by hidgrace, wee might be madeheirer in hpe of eu4rlating life. A Peale
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