The Baptising o f tne_Eunuch. 2S; A fecond Dedirine out of this Motion made by the Eunuch,is, Thataaheré Doctrine z; the heart is truels Mischa, and thefouleindeed turned untogod, thereit 4 dfiretobe partaker of the Sacraments. This Eunuchbeeing now through Philips preaching feafoned with the fauingknowledge ofChrift l efus, doh euen longto beepar- takerofthe Sacramenig whichmight bee a pledge ofhis new- birth, and an car- nett ofhis ingraffing into the rnytficallbody of his Sauiour, Oh Philip, as thou haft taughtine,fe lp*ay thee alfò tobaptizemee, let me not want thecomfort ofthe Sa- crament,now that 1 hose receiued benefitby thy doeirine. Thisvery thing may bee gathered out ofthis, that the Apoffics 11111 vrged the vfe of the Sacrament pre- tentlyvpon the peoplesyeeldingtoteceiue theDoetrine,as though that fhould bea tryail'ofthem, whether they heard in fincerity or no. l ftheyhad refuted theSacrament,their hypocrifie had beenehfoones difcouered, iftheyembraced itin Cuchmanner as became them, it wasan euidence that their hearts were fea- fortedas was meet. Thus lobs Saptfi boundhis hearers to theSacrament o;and aMIar. ;; Teter,Amend year lines andbeebaptizedb andafter that orderdid theredpro- 6Aft.a,; s;. ceede. 1 remember how the negleft of the Sacrament is made tobeea marke ofadefpiter. The Pharifees are faydto haue de/yifed thecounfell f godin Johns miotlety : and how cloth that appeares They were not baptized ofbins'. In the 'e Lek.7 h oldeLabe, hoewho profeffedhimfelfe tobee oneof Gods people, and madea thewof religion, and yet neglebled the Sacrament,wascalled, a breaker oftheca. uerent,and wasthreatned to be cat offa. There beenit caufes of defiringthe Sa- AGen,t7454i cratnent, inhim that is enlightened: 1. Heekuoweth theeft of theSacraments . to be Gods ordinance, and thereforeinobedience tohiswillrheewill makecon- fcience thereof, a. Fleeconceiueth them to befealcs ofehe righteosfnes which is by faithe,alfurancesoffocietywith quiff, for whichcauie they mull needesbee éR4,tut fweet vntohisfoule. 3. Heapprehends then, tóbe badgesof hisprofellion ,and ofhis feruice varo Chrift, and therefore hecannot but defilethem: 4. Hebelee. ueth themtobe bandsofthe communionofSaints, andin that relpebt hemull 'needsaffeet them. This is a very behoouefull point to 6ee fpckenofin thefe dayes, becaufe a- mongmen profelfrng godlinelfe, there is notthat refpeâ to the Sacraments that there should bee. The Sacrament of Baptifine, the truth is, wee haue reedited it in Our childehood, but what man of many, laboureth to make the right vfe ofhis Baptifine, or feeketh to know what it meaner, andwhy it was? :It feemeth menare led withan ignorant conceit, that thegoodofBap: tifine is limitedrc thetimeof receiuing it, andwasonely then as adooreof en- pance intothe outward fociety of Godspeople, whereas indeedc thereisgood vfe tobemade ofthat Sacrament, at amans laft breathing, and not at the brit inftantofpartakingitonely. So that I fay fill, men gluing good hopes of tome religion to bein them,are exceeding carelelfein thispoint of ioyning the vfeofthe Sacraments to their cuftomaryhearing,and fobythatmeanes they de- priue themfeluesofanvnknowneand vnthought ofhelp,both to provoketo o- bedience,andto flrengthen faith,andtoincreafe the comfortofthe inward man.' Andas for the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, generally it is made no more reckoningof,then Come three-halfepenny ordinary, face onelyat Come feafon ache yeere, or at Tome (fuppofed)good times, as though feafons and moons and the influencesof the skie, gaue venue to Gods ordinances. Certainely this is anargumentoffcantnelreofgrace amongfimen. There cannot but bee a liomacke tothe Sacrament,where there isfeltfweetnehle in theWord-Andit is well known thatin thofe primedayes,when walewas (truest, thehelmets Met not together toheare, but withal( theydidcommunicate; and thisvfecon; tinedmany yeeret. Itwas Popery that Sri!brought in thefeldomnetle ofthis feruice,andaloft drewit to oncea yeere,makingthe peoplebeleeue, that inre- fpehofthedifficulty tobewelprepared,it wasbettérfor diemtoebmunicatein hens
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