372 pctíauo saítb: tiifie themfilves, and walk their clothes, in or- der to the reception of the Law. Such as were Baptized they called, Renati, new -born, or regenerate ; and reputed them to be Sub alis Diving Maje(fatis, under the wings of the Divine Majeffy. But as yet Baptifm was no Di- vine Ordinance but only a 7ewifh cuftom. Af- terwards this cuftom was turned into a facred Ordinance in john's Baptifïn, which was not of Men but from Heaven : He faith of himfelf, That he was fent to Baptize, Joh. i. 33. And by whom St. Luke tells us, The word of the Lord came 6r? 'IWáyvtiv, upon john, Luk. 3. 2. as a Divine Warrant for the Work. His Bap- tifm is called, The Counfel of God, Luk. 7.3 o. And was fealed from Heaven by a wonderful 2heophany, the whole Sacred Trinity mani- felling themfelves at Chrifts Baptifm, by him. Afterwards Chrift gave a folemn charge about it, Go teach all Nations, Baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoff, Mat. 28. rg. and adds a fweet , Promife thereunto, Lo I am with you alr -cay even to the end of the world, ver.2o. Thus Bap- tifm is firmly eftablifhed in Scripture, and the Believer may experience it to be of God : He, though Baptized an Infant, wanting the ufe of Reafon, and uncapable in himfelf to make any formal Vow or Covenant ; yet finds a fe- cret bond or obligation lying upon his Con - fcience, which remembers him of his Baptifm in forme filch words as thofe of an Ancient ; Abrcn,vnciaf i Diabolo & operibus f iis, abrenun- y ciaffi
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