;68 Ike. `Rapti ing ofthe Eunuch. ZJfe. r. Now forthe vfe,firft this may furtherthole that are ignorant in this tnátteri how to behauetherdfelues in thevfe ofBaptifine as men of knowledge. A ge nerall vfe there îuofBaptifineamongilvs, but the warrant ofvfirgit, is nor for wellknöwne, as the thing it felfe ordinarily is receiuedt and the moil, inoffe: ring their infantsvnteiBaptifine are more leddeby cuflomé; and carried with the lireameofcommonpratiice,then guidedby any certainerule from him,whe is the lawmakerofhis Church. This ,na(ceth this Sacrament to be vied fo tgno- rantly,fofrper fiitioufly,fovnprofitafilye It (hall not beeantille therefore for thofe that be to Peekaherein, to learnehence, whence it commeth, that fuch á matter is in vfe. That which is not done inobedience, though it bedone neuer fo formallyin the eye and outwardappearancesis of noacrobat with God. Se Tç.1, condly, this may teach a's all; or at leaf}put vs ill in mihde whatvfe to makeof our Baptifine. r. To curryone ofvs fo often as wethinke uponourbaptifme, it ought tobeafpurretoholicelfe. A (truant to agreat man, when herlooketh uponhis Huffy,cannot for fhame ifhehate any common honefly, beanchemy tohim,ofwhom hé bathreceiuedir;the fight of it isradiera common callervp- on himtobe faithful/to Bin, into whofe Cookeheiseared. So Baptilnac isthe cognizance ofa Chriflian, andby it wee haue takenon va toweare (askwere) thecolours ofour grand Captainelefus Chrill ; thevery thought thèreofshould reftraine vs from doing thebulinetle ofSatan, and worke vsby all meases to the willing obeying oftheLord, to the liudÿing, reaming, andpraftiingofhis will. How excellent-were it, if indoing Of manythings, whichweeruin vpon without atryfcruple,wewould fay toour fates', Is thisdccordinr tepromlf,iachi, agreeing torbeoh*ofBaptifine? 2 Ter thofe that thus make efeofBaptifine as a motiueto obedience, itisaftore.hóufeofmuch Comfort. Whinmens titles ter land bein queflion,they fall toperufng theirféaled evidences ; and foa Chri [ü= anmuffOften lookto the willanddeed ofhisheauenly Father fealedvp inBap. tjfine,and byit we Ilialihauecomfort, Wefeldomelookebackefo farm-as Baptifine, and we limit itonly to the prefent vfe, conceíuing it as an entry into Chriflianity:but as afpurre,towalke worthyour profefhon, and a meases tobuild vs vpin Chrill, wecdoe' not vfeit, and fowee depriue our felon ofworthy comfort, THE
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