4$° A Commentary opon theGo#eC Ch ° Axd the D.ifeipter rebtsked their] Theyheld it a bufineffe be- At low their Lord to look upon littleones. But it is not withour God, op vsoat ex as with their Idol that had noIeifure to attend fenaller matters. rye eOwl a,i, Chriftian Children are the Churches nurfery : the devil feeks. to re lavi. deftroy them, as he did the babes of Bethlehem : but Chri1E bath a gracious rcfpeet unto them, and lets them ona rock that is . higher then they. Verle 14. Far offxeh is the Kingdom 3 That is, all the bkf- Pings of heaven and earth comprized in the covenant, belong both to theft and fuch as tbefe, Mftth.18.3. Let them therefore have free recourfe to me, who will both own thetmard crown themwith life eternal'. Verfe 15. And he hid his bands on thews] So putting upon them his fathersbleng, as lacob did upon lofephs tons, whom by this fymbol headopted for his own.. And albeit our Saviour baptized not chete infants (as neither did he thofe that were bigger,) yet forafmuch as they were confef edly capableofChris. gifts, they were doubtleffe capable ofthe fignes and Peals of thole. gifts : if capable of impofìtion of Chrif&s hands, of his benedi- Rion, and kingdom, then capable alfoofbaptifmc, which faverb Pet. ;aF. su,faith S t Peter,in the time prefenc, becaulè theufe thereofis per- manent ( though the ad. tranlient) fo longas one liveth. When- Bever a tanner repents andbeleeveson the promifes,Baptifine ( the teal thereof) is as powerfull and t ffeetuall, as if it were then pre- .ifib.4 difiai1. fently adm:iníflred, The Decrees, and bookoffentences fay, that aAcap,ts. Confirmation is ofmorevalue then Baptifine, and gives the holy Ghoft more plentifully and of eefuaily. And the Papiics ge- nerally abyfe this text, to eftablith theirSacrament ofConfirms- tion,or I;ifhoppingof children. But 1, Thefe were little infants, not led but brought in their mothers arms. 2. Confirmation, as they ufeir, was never commanded to Chrills Miniítcrst nor pra: ailed by his Apoftes. Verte i t Anti beholdoxe came ] Oneof good rank, a Ruler, Luk,. i S,18. of good (Rate, for tie was rich,, and had great re- venue. (Xe%!,ewTy, faith Lake, n7áua7nefaith Matthew, he had. a.. Match 19.% I. good title to that he had,andhe lived nor betideit.) He was alto a °' U?ngkaa>, young man,. in the prime andpride of hisage, and hadbeen well wxxb bred ; both for point and civility, hecame coogeeing, to our Sa-. f41u14Vit. Y1our,4iark10.1.7. And for matter of piety, hewas noSadducee, f_Qr he enquires after atrrnall, hfe, which they denied.. And, alshcuyth.
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