I of Saluation and Vamnation. 73 tht/IJV: but i{tboube• '"'"fi."Jfo.•rofthe IA<t1, h Nm •f yonl•.r CrifPm •nd Gaim. 15. Le•fi•~J thy nrcumcifton iJ. m4de vncJrcHm(ijion-. And JhoHidf"J~fh11db11ptiudin:o min:otl'nt nam~. Aut•#.h<lth chisfaying, JjthtJH receiut it ciirWithin the cuuenant are all the feecic of ...1/y, '" re.feth it mtto be fPirit•"', though tO Abrah.m,or the recde of the faithful!. Thtfc' thu it be nrt((}. 1 r .TheekB:,as yet not coouerare either of riper yeares,or infanrs. tcd to the Lord,doe ri!c iue in like manor the Thofc ofrip:r yeares,are all fuch as adioybarc fignc:s without the rhing fignifi~d;yet fo ning themfdu~.~ to the vifible Church, doe as that Sacra net Gull in them aftwnrd haue both teftifictheir repentance ofrhcir fins,and his g()od cff~a. For the s 1 crs.mt:nt: rcc~iu.:d hold the f"oundati6s of religicin,raught in t~e before a. tn!ns conucrfton,is afcerwa.rd to the f:.lme Church,M~th. 3.6• .Andth!J 'Wttt' bapripeni<ent both rJtified,and becommeth·profiz.'dofhim in lordan,CDnf,ffir.g tl!eir Ji•,.M±.8. table:and that vfe ofthe Sa.cra.mem which be31"• .As they ~mt tht)' t:,-;me to~ waur::.thtn tht fore was vrterly vnla:vfull, doth then b:coTJe EHnucl;foid, Su, here i$ ~Mcr,wh.zt hindnuh very lawfull. Ill. The eleCt alre>dy conuer. meto beb•ptiz.td? 37· Thtn Thilip foid,ff thou reo:J, doe to their faluation receiue, both the belemn~ith 40thin! h(att,th:m m~itfl: hefnid, Ggne and the thing Ggnified together; yet (o, B 1belmtt th•t lejm Chrij/ is theScnne if qod. as tfllt for their vnworthy rccciuing thereof, 38. IV"!1Jd thry \\Nnt e.'"Wne into the RMttr, b~th the whichcommeth ro palfeby reafon oftheir Philip ""d tl>e E•nnch, •ndh" bapthed l.im. manifold infirmities, and relapfesinto finne, Exod.12. 48. If~ jlrlfnger dru/1 wirb thee,,;nd they are fubietl: voto temporal! punifhmenrs. Will"~ erHt the Pflj{rcucr()f the L()rd ,.Jet him The diff~rence betwixt aSacramentand a circumcift ts!lthemttil! t.l.uu beimg 1JY.to !Jjm,t~nd Sacrifice.. is; in 3 Sacraffient God bdlower:h rhcn/et hilN comt andob(erneit,.andthtn ke j1u1U his grac'5 vpon vs: but in a facrifice were~ be M one thllt U borne in the land: for none ':Inturn~: vnco God faith and obedience. circumcifiJperfon jJMO Mtethwcof. . There are many differences betwixt the Sa. lnfJnts within the Couenant, are fuch at cra·nent•of the Old Tefiament, an~ thc(e of haue one atrbe lea(\ oftheir parent£ faithftll: rhe new. I. They were n,.any; thefe bur few. 1.Cor.6.14. Thevnbelwting h;ab.>nd u fmilrfil I. They pointed at Chrifi ro c0me; thefe edby the wife,&the vnbelmting '<)pifi u fm[i~F,ed fhc,, rhat he is eo ne. l I I. They wereapprob7 thehmb.tnd, t/fo wereycurchilcinn "Vr.dc~tm .. p·iate vnto tlie po!leritie of .,ibr•h•.,; bur bnt n•w they are holy. Rom.tl. 1 6. ![thejirff there are co,nmon to rhe wbol• Church cuifuirs be hoiy,fo u· the whole lump:& iftherm be ledout of the !ewesandGentiles. c '"lr,fo .rerhebranch<J.Gen.I 7· 7·1 wit efl•biifh CHAP. XXXIII. TH(re aretwoS1cr.aments. r.Cor.ro.t ./ wau/dmt ht~lfe you it,mrant~th4ta// our Fa. thers lt'ere vnder the c/Qud,lftldallpaffidtbr"'~fh the{t.c 1. And werea/br:~pti:vdvntaM6{es in the cloHd, ..mdm the{e4. 3. .Anddid tJ// e4te tf:;efame fPirituAI mu1.4.And drtfn~dtl thef~tme fPiritH· •11 drm~r: (for they drank! '[thejpiritua!lm~r that follo<~Pcd them, which rockf. "'"' Chrifl ) Tortul. 4· booke contra Marcio". Augufi. de Symhol ad Catechum+bookc.6.cap. The fir!! Sacrament is rhat, whereby Chri. fiians are.: initiued , and admitted into the: Church ofGod: and this is Baptifme. The fecond Sacra:nenr, wbereby they are perperu1lly prcferued and nourithed in the fame Church,is the Lords Supper. Btp(i(ine, isaSacramt:nr, bywhich fuch as arC" within thecoueoanc,are wafhed with wa– ter, in the name ofthe Father, the Son, & the holy. Gho(l, that being thus engrafled into C:"rdl .• they may haue perpetual! fellowO,ip ~~r.h h1 n.~at.2.8. r9 Gri,tt.t~halltutions1b:tpllt..lngthem utth1 nameafthe Ft~thrr,tbt SoH,(!j." th• hoiJ Ghoji,Mar.t6.J6.He tharheletHtth & ;, b•p<iJ!d.(h•l hef••eJ:he th4t beleeoethnor f1 14 1 b''''!t.."u.J.r.Cor.J. 1.~./s ChrijJ·diHided?w41 P~JNIcr~ifieJf•rJ•N!ttth.-rwereyeh4pti;,.edint() th••••m ofP••ff •4./th•nk.! God,llt•ptiz.td my c:o6cci'IAnt betwun me & thee,& rhyfted afur tbu,inthrir,generariQfor an (Hf:11.1fling&OU!Rfit, "be God'r11tto tbre,& thyfeed .Jierrhu, r ;.He thllt is borne inthznehOHfo, ~ndhe thlfSt ii boJtght With mony,mlfjl ner:ds bcci1clfm&i[ed:(om! coue– H4tJha!J be in JMr Jltfhfor tineutrlafling CDHtri~t. At!.t 6.J I. Theyford,beleeuei!J rbe Lord!efiu, and thouJl>•lt be f"•ed,and thy rr!JOI' h01jboli. f2..urjl. !-low arc the chilercn of laithfull parc:nrs in the coucn.:lnt ? AnfHoly parents are t•.vo waiesrobecon– fidercd. F~r!l as they were rhc fonnes ofthe fir(\ Ad•m,ond fo are as yet partly carnal!:In rhis eOate tl\ey tn l1kc fort doe beget their fonncsthe cl>ildren of wrath. For the father D begerteth a fon, nor as he is a good man, bur fitl~pty 35a man; and 1:hertforebeing impure, he muft needs b~ger that " hich is irnpu.re. Se. condly, we mull cor.fidcrrile pareorsas they ne the (onnes ofGod, engraftt'd into the fc. cond .AJam : In thi.s dl.ae though they can– not deriue faith vnto their pofier:ry, (for the fonnes of God are not rra Je fuch by narurall generation, but by the Adoption cf God the Father, yet m!} they belreuc both fcrthem ~ fdues ar1d ot.hc1 s, .1ccording to the. tt·nour of thecouenanc ofgrace: as eAdamdid finboch !or himlelf<&orhors: and as PareJ>rs in bar– gaines do ccuenant both for themfdues <fnd thdr hdres :.~frcr rhem. Hence it is that P~tul faith, t .Cor.7.J4.that tht>parents arc like vn~ ,. rhefirj/f••rJ whi<h/ailrfie rhe .,.k,J.Iump.So then, the faith of the Parentsma.keth theft G 4 their
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