' 2.; Booke. ~ Cafes of [onjcience. 75 ficd hauefairh.., ~hich inrotnrs hauenor. Anf. /A: dcanf~rhyou from your hnnes,yecannot be c;Jod fa~th, / wiUb:ethJ God,and th~ Godof thy laued. fud,. Byvcr<ueof thi• promtfe, the parent The Vfe. By thJS dnc1rine touchino the lai·cs hoJdcon thec·)Uenanc, for h1rnfcJfe and ne::e~ir1eof Baprifinc, are1ullly chalJc~gcd , for htschilde;and thechdde bcieeucs,becaufc t m lorrsof men. the father beiecues. . .,, . Ti;efirll ISI he Pop101fore, who bl!IIJ rhc It is obie{led againe,tbt i~fant1are borne abfolute necclliry o( BJpttfme vpon fa!fc and in originaiJ linne 1 .and therefore cannot bee vnUabJcgrounds.Forchcy ccacf? in rhc1r wr:.., bomeh0iy and fanctified, Anfw, Euer1 betings,tbat all men arc bornein linneandcorJeeuing parent liJllaines a double per{on, ruprion,and vnlelfethey be cl,ean{"d frow Jt, F~rft, as bee is a man, de{cendmg of Ada111, they can neuer bcfaued.Now Baptiliue(Jhey by corruptedfeede;and thus,beeinglumfelfe lay) is appointedby God,as thoonelyreme· , corrupted and vncleane,hischildren alfo are d~t and lole meanes whereby they may bee corrupt and impure. Sccondly,as he ts aho~ purged from th1nc, and cori1e ro faluar1on. ly and bcleeuing man, ingralfcdby faith mto Andthl< they !hew by a comparifoo of BapChnLl the fecond Adam. And th4s by his B tiline wJth the brazen Serpem: which as Jt fat rh, comes his chdde to be m tbecouenam, was the onelj rcmedie for rhccurcof rhofe •nd partaker of the benefi!S and priuiledges which were lbnged byferpents, foisthisSa· thereof; andby the fame faith hec beemg a cramenttheonely mcanes,fct aput by God, belceuer, the gudr of originaiJ corruption, to keep them that are parta!cers rhereof/rom ~o~.hich is in the infant new borne, is not im. chc_Cltns,ofdeath ami ctcrnail dcllruCHon. pured vnro lmu ro co.Hiemnation. And for Buc tne anfwcr IS plaine out of the forrhcfecaufes, tl1c $Jcramcnc ofBapri(me, is mer doctrine. Tint rhough all men bee con· not ab(olutclyand pccctlCly neccilarie to fa!~ cemed ~nJ bomcm finne, anJ cannot enter uartvn, bur {o, and in thariorr}as ha1h bccnc into rhe ki11gdomc of htauen, except they declared, . beclean{cd' yet baptifille is not of aofolute Againfl thinlm,'ltine it is obie{lcd, that neccllitie fo r this purpofe, For it is not ap Chnllfaitb to Nichodemus; Excepr. ma.6e polllted by God, as theonely remedJeof thJS borne of ~arcrand theholy Ghofl, he Coinnot enter euiJl, but cndy ro bee a !Jgncand (igni6cari~ into dJek.!_'ngdomcofGodJoh. 3·>· on of rhcpurgmgand cleanling of tiune, by TothiSob,eCtion, fundrie anfwers are gi. C Jhc blood ol Clm(l, Now tho{e that are uen. Firn,1fr~place be vnderltood of Bapp within theCOucnanr, may hauc rhe1r linnes rif1nc1thcn the words may carryone of thelC:: re.mtted by the ITICrcieof God,and that ac ~ tw-ofcofes. Fidllrhat our Sauiour directs this cordmg to rhefox~J1eofchecouenaot,chough fpecch principally againtl Nichodemus,who they rc~;fiHcpor~ the fjgne thereoF; (o becu wJs a timorous profelfour, g,nd remained igthey do~ 110~ wiJfuJJy contemnc.,lor neglect noram,and had long neglected his bapt~fonc. the fame wheq •t may bee had. Againc, the Secondly, that the ktngdome of beauen is fCJ pent f1fied vp by M ofes, in Jt felfe, ond by here put, not for eueriaUmg happinelfe, bur tt ownc vcrtuc }Vat. a bare iigne, and was no to ligmrierhe vifible ellateof the Church of rcmed1c to CU!C the dtfcafed Ifuehtes: bm the .ncw Teflan1ent; and then the meanmg tllcy \\'Crc-,~rCd by theil' faith tn the word of is,nomancanbcadmltted into the Church, Gods promife anr;cx~d vmo thctigne; ac~ and made avifible member thereof; but by cotJmg to whtch Dauid faith,Hejenr hu word the water of bap11fme: ncithe5Hflti!I/J' man andhealed t/;em,Pla1.Jo7,to, And tothefame bee made ~ liuely member of.GJuiil, Iefus, elfe<'t Augullmelatth, Thar tbemrea•dh<alin Lib, dcmi· but by the fpirit, t~at is, by r~gi!ACration, ofrhrf;rAr/!tel, c~mcnol from the S~rpent, 6m rab Script. whichalone ma·kcs the partie that i'cnrred Jrom God.;comtiJaundcmwt o6ryrd, 11nd bu pro- ~·~J.Non into the Churchbybapnfiue, to heeahuely D mife bclce~rd. And fo JSBapnfinearcmcdie, :~.j~:f,c~~· member of the bodie of Chn!l. Sccon.dly, and noocnerw1fe. Dominimr others anfwcr.that this place is to b~e vndcr~ The lL'cond is, the common ignorant fort pctio& flood not of Baptifm~,budimpJy of rcgene.. of people, who chinkc that an int3nt dying promdtO, ration, and that ChriUalludes to the faying'): withourbapufil'lc,die,~\'ithoutchrificndomf; &c. ofthePropbets,which fpeakeofcleane '"""', andthat it c•nnot pontbly be• Chrillian,vnExod. 36. >). anJ expoundsthefame in this letre it be baptized. Thistheirvpinion is v-.y forr; Thou Nichod<mus,att by prdeffion a crron1ous. I;' or by itthey make bapt>fil>< the Parilic,and vfofi rnanyout\l.'ard wallJings:but Iealeofchc couenam,robeasnecc:-llary as the kno.w this withall, that vnletfc thou bee wa.. couenant it {dfc. Whereas on the contrary, fhcd inwardlybyc!cmu wt~~tcr, that is, be rcge.. baptifmc IS not fimply and ab(olutely nacef. n,eratcd and renewed by the holy GhoO,thou far~e,(o as the parric dywgwnhout it, cannot cahflnor enter into Goqs kingdomc. Laft. bee faued, but onclym parr, as it f"' ucsto diI:Yjitjs anfwcrcd,.thattbe necellirie of faluanmgullh therrue Church ftom the ialfe,ro be ~ tion lies not in both,buronfy in ~henew birth a nccctfar'y iigneofouradnHtfion & cntranc..c by the holyGholl; as if Cl:ri(l 0Jpuld fay, lll\o,thethurch, yea, toconhr,"e our faith Except ye bee regenerate, a:nd borne anew of'\ in the p~omi(c of God. N ...nllcr is bapt~Spirit, Which as cJeanc water, purgeth and I t1fmcof force ro make a Chn(llan,buronely G- z ------ ro
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