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Show Jam 3. OF A C H R IS TIA N 671511.42. ' I . ' . ' wilely , to expcét the coming of Clnift Ihe1eal'te1 ,1, 1n Patiand Faith wrth Obedience to their prefent Magiftratcs. in cafe the .1 o W cm}? I r ointaoftheir C01nmilfion,1s to Eton/10,172 the mm of the 123th: aid ofthe 5077,47"! of the H 0/}: Ghtfl. What is Baptit‘mef ave uta e1gne cp n . , . ywit ourothcr net, or fentence of the Abfolvent, made vord , and hath no effect mall to Salvation,but on the contrary, tofrthe Avggragmtion Dipping into water. But what is it to Dipa man into the water" of h1s Sin.'1 herefore the Apofiles,and theirSucce orts,aie 110 oilow in the hame of any thingc' The meanmg of thele words of Baptifine is this. He that is Baptized, 1s DlppCdAOI: Walhed, as a fign of becomm'ing anew man, and a loyall lubieét to that God whole Perfon was reprelented in old time by Moles, and but the outward marks ofRepentance, whichappearing, tiey iavc no Authority to deny Abfolutron; and 1f Phey apbpeagcf not, they have no authority to Abfolve. The ame a1 0 1:1to e (it erved in Laptnme: tortoaconvcrted jew, or Gentile, t e fipo les had h 131i [1 Prielts t C ‘ gh' 5 when he reigned over the Jews», and to jcfus 3 God and Man that hath redeemed us, and Chnfi' 115- 01"ne Dane nature Repréfent his Fathers Perfon in his {hall 1n ‘nsdmmiafter‘the Refurreftion; and toacknowledge the not the Power to deny Baptilmc, nor to grant it to t e Un-penitent. But feeing no man 13 able to difcern the truth of anothermans Repentance, further than byexternall marks,taken from his words, and actions, which are fubjeét to hypocrifie; another quefiion will Carnal-1 K"? 101?): oflles who affilted by the Spirit of the Father, Dofti'rmc O t 16 1 P left for uides to brinU usinto that kingdome, and or the 501"!) " Cdcalfured \ioiay thercuntof) This, being Oiir protOIbF F116 one l. 2 an and the Authority of Earthly Soveraiens being flm/ trofptzflc Agni/31]} thuggo .md tt/l hm; ht"; fault hetzvecn thee,tmolh1'm ‘63 I 7' mile in Baptilgie 3 till the da 1 ofjudomenb (for that is Exprel‘iely not to be put (1))" n1 Co 1 >22 23 a: where he faith, A: m doth: affirmed b S. l 3‘" I[l [bar/l [9377111213 nlwh. But every mm to hit 511"]! 4/151": firm/Ctrlflflj'm afterwflld ,1", thdt m chm/[5, .1: hi; /IC.:7‘ them/wt tal'e 113th thcc ort:,or two moramtdtfhc [ha/l neg/oz}? to hear them, tcl/ t‘t unto the Chrtz'ch3hut if he neg/cc? to hear the Church, let him he unto thee .15 .m H cat/1m mm, and 11‘ Poly/lam. By \VhiCh it order,Chr/flthztfiyfifib fl" firflf'u/J ihe end when he find! hot/odtlzvtrfd tip the" €0W"""§3 c Pal/1671:1255" 1;: [ball hoe-e [ml down all Rule, tance, belonged not to any one Man, but to the Church, that is, to the jaggfimfltz 7, , fiZJSZJ Patter) ii is m anil‘tft, that we do not in Bap1 1 conflitutc over us» ~another authoritv. , by. which our externall tlne ' re to bee governed inthis hit; but promil'e to 'tal‘etht their Reprelentant. But belides the judgment, there is necelrary alV alwaies to the lo the pronouncing or‘Sentence : And this belonged Apollle,» or form Pallor ol‘the Church, 3';Pl‘0l0CllT01‘; and ofthis 3&an a l A "Ill 5 forourdiicétion 111 the way to lite etetdoftrmc Of [ 1c PO 6 ' "311' . {MW/fig" and Retention of Stmm , called 3111‘ the our Savrour lpealteth 1n the 18 Verle, M'ha' oce'cr yo flM/l hmd a]; earth‘flntl/ h: homtdttz heart/'3; .tiro'nvh.1t/oct'er ye /hi1// loo/e on earth, [hall he loo/'t'dtrI/Iilt'cx'. And confi‘n'mable hereunto was the praetile Audra Fm: Th? Pger (he and Bittzimziand lblnctiines the Key: of III! 11 tz'g{inimi'fd l‘" POW" 0. 00f "is a confc uence of the Authority to l'rzipme , or "7‘" "mm‘l' my, 3, c 0 M 111 0 N-WL‘ A L TH. 612,110.42, Heart ofman,and truth of his Penlitence and Conycrfionklyauft 1condi' , . fl , 17 nonally, tobtrhle ,Pénfllténtl.) Andf tns §%?1:c1::nCCC, 1:):herebo utiog, dW'e 0/ Hem-€77, F l‘CfoC to Baptllfi; Bil (tilillc is the Sacrament bf Allcgmncg‘ or ori , Idinto the Kinadome ofGod-ahiit is to (at. icm that are P". elrece VC {1 1 to Remilfim ofSin : For as Etcrnill mm Eternall weft 1% lifigl‘tggi. n, it is "covered by thC "cmlltlnfl strife. Who it is that is confiituted judge Ol‘thOfC marks. And this quellion is decided by our Saviour himl‘elf; [ft/1y Brother (faith he) Md" 18915, aloha-,zflhall heart/Jet, tho/t lvt/fgllm'dt/ly Brother. But t'fh: mil/7101' i: manifcfl, that the judgment concerning the truth of Repen~ Alleniblv or‘the Faithull, or to them that have authority to bee ot‘St. Paul (1 Car. 5. 3, 4, 8t 3.) where he faith, For Iver/[y , m' ahfcm 1;; ho:ly,httt profs/1t mfptrtr, have determmedalrmdyattr though I ntrrr Prefer", comer/71713 him that hathfo do": thi: doe/l; In the 77.1"16 tf ot/r Loki [Lt/:15 Chrlfl when ye are gathered together , (II/([771] [Pit/t, Ii‘lf/i tht'Powcr ofottr Lord Itfitt Chr/fl, To (leltvcrfltth r1 one to Satin}, that is to fay, to call him out of the Chm-ch, as a man whofe Sins Me was 1§fl bXH‘i c,?dof1§;tpt:ilillc i5 lieinillion or $1115: :llltlillc'l'f: me not Forgiven. Paul here pronounccth the $02335 P‘ertfi', when they that were com erted by his Sermon on fl: day of pentecoll, asked what tlicywvci'e to dog ao} lltillilill‘l‘nzflrr tt"tdm the name of 1t/Ilafor the Item/{1112,11, t rent, 1" :11}:f Ito _ leek" to Baptizc is to declare the Reception at wen 1n- {\ll:"‘ll‘lj\' "'4‘? MR l"(lj"f"1‘tl[1? Cfiulk? (first P131 was/abhentfland 11} t mi‘e'qu‘tn'te toad-n, tmn um. art in trolame c :apteii_vc1.lr 1,12,) t_ie .[111 :mtin in hit 1.1 tale 1s more expiefltly attributed to t it Alleuibly : [Jar how I have tvr/Itert ttmoyott, hot to keep company, tf [my A"? ‘ lgrliizlfdomt‘? and to reliile to liaptizc ,5. to (1_0{1;1,.ng.;1‘ E>:- to 10¢» ‘ f E "t'li that the l'on'er to declare them Cali Ullf_‘.‘f Kit dull???1Fr0\\f:\:tyi\3cn[t)tllc raineApoltles, and their Subl‘t;tutC~. 3:151i‘Sui‘rgellioraw rind therefore after our Saviour had breathed 11??? them, hiyinw) (Io/m 20.2 2.) Henry: the Holy (,‘h ./'~ he: iltlele'lll in I»: nextverfe thofe foe-"on Sm: w Rm") a," are litifliltfltl II'lt‘l'L'Y: Sentence; but the rm; "Mt. IJ‘ taller/a Brother he a l‘orttzrotttr,.j~t,mith fun} a om no not to eat. fortvhat have I to [lo to 71mg them that are nr/Ihotttc' Do not flPJUdg'thr/Il[hatttrewithtfl? The Sentence therefore by which a 111313 walkout out of_Cl111rcl1, was pronounced by the Apoltl'e , or Ia «(>113 "th the judgment concerning the merit of the cattle, was in 1‘ij lllfL 1; that is to lay, 1 as tee times were before the converhon and whoftjfotivr Sm: ye Retail/41w .Irt Rammed. by watch 110111; 0' l 1}"893‘ and men that‘had Soveraign Authorityin the Common» is not granted an Authority to Forgive, or Retain Sins, llmf-‘Ax‘ :2": ablbluiely,as God Forgivuh or Reta-meta them, 12.2,) known.» A ~ "61 f 1,; the All'einbly of the Chrilhans dwelhng in the lame City a J,.--: 1.«A 35 |