1 treat fé of f Confcience, r ighteoufnefhe and true holineffb : And we can never be lived ( though we are Baptrfed) except wee can anfwer walla good confèience that we live as we vowed in our Baptiline : e Pet.3. ae. The like figure wheresonto, even Baptifine, doh alfa new five au; not the putting away of the filth of the flefh, but the anfwerofa goad confcience towards ad. Mark; Unleflè we can antwer wich a good confcience, that we live according to our promifes in it, our Baptifine cannot fave us. J pray; confider that fpeech of St.Paul ; We are buried with Chr:fi by Baptifine Rohs. q. into his death, that lake as f hrif! was raifed up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even fe we al fa fhould malt in ne°r- neffe,of life. Mark ; There is the vow that we made unto God in our Baptifine : And the Apofile there telleth us we are bound in confcience to keep this vow ; ocherwifè we had better have been without our Baptilirc. Do not think that God will be mocked t Ye are content to gp for Chriftians : bat ifyee be Chriftians, confider ye are under a great vow and ifye do not cep it, Gods covenant bath a quarrel again(( you, and ye (hall be broken in judgeuaene. There is no finne that ye live in, no lull that your conièieneetclleth you bath entertainment in your hearts, but it is facramentall perjury againft the vow that ye made unto, God in your Baptifine. Are ye dead to good duties ? Ye vowed in yonr Baptifirìe ye would not be fo. Do yee not daily mortifie and fùbdue your af}ècîions ? Ye vowed in jour Bapritme ye would. Do ye not daily fight ag lint/ finne and the &Ili, like the faithful( fouldie,s of Chri(I ? Ye vowed in Bap- tifine ye' would. Whit a horrible perjurie is this '? Nay, it is \vorfe : it is a ffcramentall perjuric. Whtn the A'po`Iles ° faw any finde in the people, preféntfy they tell then of Bap - tifine : as if they (Ilonld fay, Di ye live thus and thaw, when ye vowed the contrarie in your Baptifine ? When there were divifions in Corinth ; Some would be of Cephas, and fcsspeof Apollos, and tome of Paul t Paul then telleth them ortheir Baptifine; Were yee baptized in the name of Paul ? As if he r. Cor. r. had laid, t pray, confider how contrary this W unto your Bap 13 t i fine t Te were baptrs sd unto Chrifl ; and on yee thus divided --4" 1x65
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