cffalt/Arion Andd4m, ,ætiar. I3 5. For ifwe begrafedwithhim to theursilitudc ofhis eleath,etterfö f gall i;e bet to theftmslitttdeoftbe refisrreißn. The aalonofthepartie to be baptized,istwo-fold. The fist} is, tooffer himfelfe tobe baptizedbefore the minifler, and that in the pretence ofthecongregation, This fignifieth that hedothconfecratehim- felfeveto the Lord, and that bee vtterly renounceththe Flefh,theWorld, and theDiueIl. t.Pet,chap.3.verf. a r.Tothewhichalfa thefigurewhichnowfaateth vs, euen baptifme .agreeth, (not thepattingawayofthefilth ofthej Alb, 6tf: i s that agood confcience nraaketh requeft vnto God) by the refssrrettton of lefsea Chrif . The fecond is, to receiue the externall waftingby water : this fignifieth, that thepartie baptized dothreceiue the internall waíhirìg, which is by the blood ofChrif},or at the leaf} that it is offered vntohim. Rebaptizing is at nohand tobe admitted: for as in naturali generation man is once onely borne ; to inuf} hebee in the fnirituall regeneration. Therefore they that are baptizedofa minif}er, which is anheretike, not yet degraded. from that calling,(if the externall formeofadtninifirationbe obferued) muff not bee baptized againe ofthe ChurchofGod : efpecially, if after baptifme they haue beenmade partakers of the Lords Supper : onelythey ought to be inf}ru&ed in the truefaith. Eufeb eeclefhit}.7.1ìb. 8.cap.faith, There ryasinor Prossinceanauncient profeffor oftdte,faith,yea beforeIwas createdBishop, nay beforerrypredecefor Heracla:irhò,whess bermsprePentatthebaptifineo ffome, andheardwhat queflions they wereasf¿ed,.:ndwhat anfiver theyreturned, forth.. withcameweepingvetome,assdhumbling hirefalfebefore me,confe ffdthat he maybaptizedbyanheretskeyet in regardofthatadrmsiniffration whichhe few >e inour Church, he accounted thatno baptifine, inthat the confefon therevfed, waspfraught with 6laFhernies. Thisaltbe added, that he wasfor thisofencefo foregrimed, tf>at he dtarf1notfo much as lift vp his eyes to heauen: wherefore he moll earneflÿbefou ht me,that hemight be clenfedandpurified with thebap. tofineof our Church, and fo receiue thegift oftheholyGbofl. The tsbids not- withfizanding,Íd rftnotprefurnetoadrntntfler, butfeed, itmufsffictentforhim that hebadbeenfo longaprofe9-or amongft vs,& thatat the receit ofthe Lords Supper,heanfrvered, flsnen.rhefe things1toldhimwere o f forceenoughtepurge bins. And therefore fadui fedhire, to re(l himfelfe in hisforcerfaith andcon fcsencealreadie fas cierltlypurified, elecially in that he fa long Wasparty leer withvsin theSacraments. Auguf}:Lb.;.cap. 2.contraPettiiani literas. The right vfe ofbaptifiize is this. When inwardly in thine heart thou fenfibly fceleff,that through the heate ofconcupifcence, thouart mooned to commit fome finne, then begin-to haue fome holymeditationofthat folemnevowe, which thou drddef} make toGod inbaptifine. Againe,ifthro ugh infirmitie,thou fallefl once or often into fome finne_,t }ill haue recourfe veto baptifme, that there thou tnaiff receiue courage to thy I ule, For altheugh baptifine.becbut once onely adnnni£;red, yet that once 13 te(lifiet4i 9
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