Grounds and Reafons for this, are, I. Be- , caufe GOD will have his Service freely entred)n and Uf)Oll Cho1ce, as/. that Way , which is tnoft agreeable to his Honour ; for, as the Covenant binds ' nl~Hually, fo do the Seals thereof alfo, and therefore upon our Part is Bapttfm a Sacranzental Oath· of Allegiance to God. 2 . Becaufe it tends to a n1ore reiolute and firn1 Ad– herence to the Ser\tice ofGOp~ that this Eufinefs fhoulcl be _perfor1a1Iy _brought Hotne to Me1:ts Confcience, ~fpeciall y before their firH Admittc:n1ce to. the -Sa– cran1ent of the Lo R n's Supper, and thus/ to engage then1 as .7ofhua did, Chap., XJ:iv. 22. 1/}; are 11/itneffis,·againfl yot~r"! [elves herein, 'and they jaid, we are lfzt-' neffes. 3· Becanfe ttis is e~prefly he,ld ., forth, I Pet. iii. 2 1 .. o/here Bapttfin is called the Arzf;ver of a (good c;onfticnce to;. ' ward God, -upon this Ground,.: that .fi1ch then who were co111e to Yearsof Know– ledge, were-perfonally' brought to cou– firtn 'by their own Confent that fole1nn ·Engagement and Dedication by Baptiftn . to1 be the LoRn's, and therefore it is · / called €'Jref~TJH~~, which is -vpxjurz·s, aJ1d, , fignifies, .fponfio, & Jlipulatio publica ~in.. • ter ·Chrijlian!ttn~ & · ponzin_un~ Chrijlut,~t, I \ as I
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