The Baptising ofthe&with and aduifedvponwith the belt counfellwe can get,eueryword átallbeweigghed, at ina paireofballances, and weewill not fudden!ycngrotfc itas it multbcc. Whywill we that befoprouident for our earthly things,be fo timplc & fo rare- tie aboutheauenly ? Ifwehaue got but akinde of loofeand general! apprehen fionof Chriti that he is ours,there we refl. Oh let vs locke intoit againe,let vs bewarewhile we lineof a falfe title, askea little morecounfell, ifwe letit afone vntill the Hearing day, a writoferrour will not helpeit. Me thinker, lcannot fpeak toomuchagainit ourgreat fecur (ty. Every man feemall robe fore ofhea- uen,and yetfew inert euerknew, whatit was tohe in hazardofhear:n. work out yourfaásationwirbfeare andrremblingr. Thus much oftheEunuch, confeffion. fPhil.a.rsa Eucry man mutt be able (as he) togircaccountofhis Faith : Everyman muttbe willing(is be)toginsareafonofhis hope. Entry manmulibcleeoe (at lie) that lefar672,0 tothe Son ofGod: How hebeieeued this, andhowwe mull belecueit, hath beene(hewed, God makeit profitable. Nowfolloweth the Bapitlinc it lelfe, Theneom,banded bee thechariot to filed fill, &c. The wordsareplainecand . thefenfeisemdenttobethis ; TheEunuch beingfoundmeet for the Sacramentof Baptifine, there was acommandement for the flayingof the Chariot, in which the Ennvch rode and Philip withhim, whereupon they bothwentinto the Riucr, and there by the minillery of Philip the Eunuch was baptüed. The principali things confiderabie heere, are thee two. r. The placewhere theSacrament wasadminifired. a. Theadlionitfelfe. Out of the former thisdolirine fprings, That faire the commingof(hriil in the Doihi:.; _> fie/h there ienodatable orprecedence of oneplace abone anotherfor the ad,isin f ra- tion ofboy thing. Loe fée,here la Baptifineadminillredby the high;wayfide, and that inan ordinaryRitter: theSacramenthad binsto whir better to the Eorsssach, if heehad rcceiued it infomehallowedplace, orfit tome confecratcdveal. Ira the former times thatpublikeworflripof Godwas limited to a certaine place, Therefballbea placewhich the LordjourGail ball chafe, thither/hallyoWringallthat Í c.mmaódg,&c.- neither was'' thereany lawfulnes(ordinarily) for any altarbut gDeuc,a,a a`o atlerufalem. Therewas the PalTeoueronely tubefolemnized, there onelythe firli borne tobe prefenred to the Lord. But ChMbeing manifeliedin theHein who was thebody of all former f&adowesh, the diiiin, ionof lace'sis,abolifhed, hCoLs:rr,' and neither is Gods worlhip tyed to the lews TerufaIem,nor to the Mount Ga- rizimdaleSamaritans', butnow, ineateryplace incenfeJballbeoffered to my14ame i toh.4 sr: faith the Lord x,ThereforeChriilsfore-runnerexercited his Mini fleryopenly ri k the wilderneffe,andbaptized in the 'Rimeroflordasi: and ourSauiour preached in IMar.;.a6; Moanrainerm, by theSeafide,&oatoíToatín, anywhere,wheietheaudience was mManç.r. acccording. SotheApoflles,after, preached inhoufes,infields,andbaptizedié nMae:r aa6' any vfualf Riuerwhichcame nextto hand. Forwhich caufebyall ofatiy found iudgtment, that of Ceoj amine the Great, that famous Chrillian Emperour,, worthily renóvoned foemany things, is notwithflandingtaxed; as fomething fuperilitiohsgthat after hee wasconuerted from the Páganifine to the Chrüàian Faith, yet heedeferred his Bap(ifine, looking ffill foranopportunity togee to bordan it felfe, whereourSausour was baptized, as ifthere had been tome more vertue in that placeCheri inanother. hÍ'berifoeuer twoor threearegatheredTogether ir. mynames, ere. there is no exception ofplace, fo' that inother things the o Mat.rs,ao, d e formebeobfemed.Thlsmightbévrged' agatitllthefuperflitionofPolery, The Çfen which is muchdeuotedtp hallowedplaces,as ifforne worth'were àdded thereby to the feruices there performed and befides, thatilinplicity which was in he firfladntinifl rationofBaptifmr they haueasfulterated &corrupted, withinter. mixingfa lt,oyle,fpittl`e,creame,&e. with thefaclanienratl water; and then (for- tooth) the people muff imagine there is more in this confeftioti, and in this compounded fluffe,forthe benefit ofthebaptized, then ifthematter wereper: formedwith the naked elementasit cotnesfr6 the brook.This fuperilitionis not yet f
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