nectouo Jattp. 375 ágainfl outward and inward Enemies, Moreover the Believer may find in himfelf thofe Divine Eleffìngs which are fealed up in Baptifn, and fo prove it to be of God. Baptifm feats up Regeneration, and is therefore called by the Apoille the Laver of Regeneration, Tit. 3. 5, And the Believer may find the New-birth in himfelf, We know that we are of God, faith Sr. john, z Joh. 5.; 19. Baptifm feals oui' Vnion with Cbrift ; and hence we are laid therein To put on Chrift, Gal. 3.2 7. and To be buried with Chrif, and rifen with Chrift, Col. 2. z 2 . Which two are notably adumbrated in the Baptifmal Immerfion into the water,and Edu6 ion out of it. And the Believer may know his union with Chrifl ; he may not only believe, That Chrift is come in carne Marie, but thew that he is come in carne fua, as Origen fpealis ; he may not only believe, That aria died and role a- gain in the fief]; which he took of Mary, but fhew that he is dead and rifen in the Believer that is, Chrif }s Death and I4furre }ion are felt inhis!or I citídn and Vivifìcatioii B pttfin ea s remit on aind-divine Eavour;ltence we read of Baptiftng for the remifonof fins, Á6f.2.38, and the Believer may be able to read his Par- don, and fee Heaven as it were open to him in the gracious favour of God. Thus by experi- encing,the Divine Blefíìngs fealed in Baptifm,, he may fatisfa6orily prove to himfelf, That Baptifm is an Ordinance of God. In the next place I fhall inflance in the Preav ring of the Word, This (however flighted 4b 4
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