The I3aptking ofthe Eunuch. ble1Cing to beebellowed vpon othersbefides the Apoales (co whomthe words were perlonai)yfpoken,) euen to uch s Mould be tmployed in thatiemiie to tothe end, foitdeclarethwhaccootie is. tobee held to the end, Preaching, and Baptizing. AndwhereasPaudfàith he was notfäm to&prizebut topreach ucmittt ,cos r.x7 not aken as fpokenfrmply, as if Pad/ hadnocommnthon at alt tobaptize; for how then did he-baptize Crftuand gaiti ,and thehoulhold°FStephansu. "a? but aVo rq,ró it isfpoken comparatiucly,namely, thathis maine errand on which hewaslent was topreach, and thereupon heewaschiefly to attend, leauing the adtninil}ra- tion of Baptifineveto others. Such a kndeof fpeaking wee 'hall finde in the Prophet, llÿakenot vnroyourfathers, nor commanded, &c. concerning facwficesb ; b lee,7ss; did not God fpeake at all touching thofe things? yes, but that wasnot all hee fpake, or thechiefe thing hee flane chargeof. So is this place of Partite be ex- pounded. Let Vsa little confider why this Sacrament and c_eremonieof Bap. tifinewas ordainedbyChrilt toaccompanythepreachingof his Word. There are twomaineends ofit. r. Tollrengthen faith, z. To heuselhnsooy of pro. feflion. Baptifineferuethto t}rengthen faith twowayes. r. Byreprelentauon. v. Bya'furance. Firlt, thething it reprefenteth, and the thing itatfureth ateall one, namely, awalhing awayoftheguiltoffinne by theblood ofChrilt. Bap. tienelhadoweth out this faith. Water fitly refembling thepurging power of Chriflsblood. Itcleanfethfrom a lvnrighteoufnes o. Againe,the outward wafhmg eeIoh:r.y1 ofthebody reprefenteth theinward purgingof theioule by the fpirit, which ftandeth in iuflificationbeforeGod, andlanfiificationbefore men. Ï encethe Scripturefpeakingofthofe things,vfeth theterme of-xe4hinga, and regeneration drCorO.ttö is calledti ew.rJfl000g ofoho new furbo. Further, that rnanneriofbaptizing ,which eTie ;,s. was in vfe inhoner countries, and inbaptizing teenof yeeres, and which was here vfedin baptizing the enttaih,was arite ofworthyfignification. Thegóing downeinto the water fignifiedmbrrificationOr fellowlhipwith Urals deathf theflaying wider the water, theburial' of finite; the conimingout, the riling from finnetò newneifeof life. Therewereexcellentfgnifications, and to thefe Paulhath areference, inihofeworth, Kraw yéenot, that all we Which halebeeise baptized toro kinChro, howkenobaptized into.his death ?We arebàriedthen with himby bapr%meinto bra death, that bhp, at Chrifl warratfedop from the dead by the glory oftheFarher,jowe alfoJhouldwake innewrieffe of life t: And wemay conceiue fom,6,3.ge` a refemblance of their three, in our ordinary baptizings t in the puttingon of the water, in theleting it toremaine a time, and in the wiping it off. Thus Bap- tifinefetteth before our eyes the benefit by the blood cfChnll, and the good that commethby beingingraffd into him. Now as Baptifine reprefenrs, fo ital- !meth. For the Sacraments are not naked lgnesand bare fhadowesoffpirituall things,but theyareappointed ofGod to be pledges untofis of heauenly grace: and fo is Baptifine, a pledge to a beleeuingfirmer, that ashee Both fee thewaffl- ingofwater to purifie the body, fo certainly labia routecleanfed from the guilt oflianeby thebioodofChrtlf. Thus is thefirlt end ofBaptifinetoflrengthcn faith. Itisalto a witnesofprofellion. Fiift,the common natureofa Sacrament, is tobe as a folemne oathvndertakem for the performance oftome important matter. Secondly, the being baptized, in thename of theFaeber,rhe Son,and the holy Çhoff; fignifieth an admittance into the houfhould ofFaith,& theaddidting of mans feifeto the feruiceofhim, whole name is called upon, ouer him in Baptifine,andfo teflifiethhis couenantingwith'theLord, to denyvngodlineffeand f Jhly/uffra, andtobewareofreturningafterthiswa fhingtoawallowingagaine ggTic:;tsi; in the mire of old vndeanneffeh. TherforeisitrhatBaptifineis calledtheBap- hsPet.ns:i ofmeofrpentancei, becaufeitremainethasawitneffeofaprouifeofrepentance, iLuk.3,3, withwhich the baptized pathbound himfelfe to God. This is plaine. Baptifine is of perpetual'vfe in the Churchof Chrill, and thatforgood ends, namely, to ffrengthen our faith, and to be a continual)remembrancervnto ys what wee prolelfe. Now 307
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