464 rl .trea!if `e of Confcience, i confider and be abfolistely refilved to perform, ,to be ofa i,e ' with the LordGod ofhefts : rhoLordh.ith nopleofiers in fowls Thereforepapal thy good vows, mid be humbled for thy riß, wows. But we arc fallen into badtintes,_ when ti uth and equity is perithcd from amongmen; : Every one is a deceitful) bow yea, the bcft (alrnoff) is a briar :.Nothing fo common as vows and prornles; but few makeconfcience of performng, them. Nay, men arc card-die-0k' their grand vow whim they haVe made untoGod in their Bapfiiinc. O this is a very fearful] tin' Bapt(mts Yc have all mac a._Vpyv u.rto 4 ;oa. in your baptiimethat ye would live otherwife then ye do, andye make ra,o con-lcience to keep it. Baptifìne is a very weighty thing : Ifthere were nsa o- ther thing to bind you to holincífe andobedience .and faith but onely the vow ye entred into in your 0aptilme, did ye confider what a vow it is,.it would more you alone. ,It_is faid ofApol- 4fl3 I S. los,that he wt s. fervent tuna fpirit though he keep/ atstbiarg km the 25, baptifins ofJohn: Apolloscortfidered what a vow he had made unto God in his baptifme, that, though he knew nothing elfe, it made himzealous for God.; Baptiime is a very great binder of confcience It bindeth a man to believe; and togo out. ofhim félf attdto,fubmitto JefusChrifl.'The wickedPharrlies, taw. mattb.2 i- this to be true : lfwee.:fha11 fay tbat Johns báptifete wmfrotas , heaven bewillfef?Why didy-r;aaor thrs believe .i Beloved,was not your bapcifme from heaven ? Was it not an ordinance of God ? and did ye not !olemirs1y then tow unto Gott',;? ,thy thendo ye not believe ? W_tyçg yendtdëny your : fel-ves, our works, your wayes, and tale up Chriflsicroffe ? As Çlrifl faith Mattá.r i. ofjohn Baptif t,ç4mo th sth4t,ar jirn of t;k to kirk I i . not been Agreater then Johan tbc: psif ; ib may J lay ofborçls and ofVgv.'s and covet ants; ncAmorig -,all the VOWS .aud ,é,vvé rants thm e,verfvvert made diet .halo not !been a greater .then : c iis,ofBaptif :' A1-14 there'd -befit look tátlfe r forming,ofwhat ye then vowed : If:ye do not ye aregrievóri#;-( breakers offcovenant with God ; which fnnc will Curtly (+4 .11 3 againf{.you for evil. It is molt, certain, that F3aptilire`doth, 3 greatly bind us in confcience to ti *1k anfwerably to it in'aIl, j rig,htc-
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