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Show 8z * * fi e Chap. 4• whofe cbildren h.:ve rigf;t to Baptt m • · . . . c hatfoever member of the ftian Church , not ot the Jewifb; ' 0 r w h M "i· h and profeffed J~e w:ilirn Chn rc h, as bel e eve du'tCin.· ifra.s tf oed iiechu tahe'y were whom that faith,_ he was capable 1 ~tP~~f~Dlfciples, Job+ 2. yea all the_ Jolm baptized, M.1~·3·6: •111 ! 11d d ·n the ~ea, in the dayesof Ifraelim were bapuzcd 111 the c 011 an I G 1 . 1d both their Mr>for, I Cor. to. 2. As for L~dia, and thee· . ao fpb~~ippi AEI:. I6. c. il' h J'ved together m the f.1me we 0 ' lam Ies, t ey I lfi fother brethren, ver. 4· and from :~~~ ~~~~fn~ ~f~h~1b~lrd twhich doubtldfc wa~hhe1; ~e fZ,ea· . hed to them Al1n6.) he fpeaketh of them as a urc 1 ' ow c Pi ·t:M)arr;(faith he) tbat in the begin11ing of the G•JPel,rro Clmrc/1 yee n•r. r'te d with mee.MC~O IIcer.n mgg·t v·m g amt recet·V I'1 1g ' but;·eeomlo•> cPohm ·mt remca W· hich evri-dently ho ld en1 tl1c m r h Church at IOrt as a . ht ·1· I5 · nd th•t p au! did firll: gather the brethren there mto a tC hat umh e, ha n he "b aptized Lydt.a , and the G. w1 e r, an d oth e J· s t IJ ere. An~r~Je":J ~he Commiffion which Ch:ill: gave his Ap.o~les, hold th it forth that they were by preachmg to make DJfc1ples, be· f~re they baptized them and their chil~ren, Mat. _'28·19· Now.a Difciple (as the meaning of the word 1mplyeth ) IS a S~holler m Chri£ls fchoole and therefore when the Apofrles were d1re&ed to make Difciples before they did baptize theni, they were no~ o~e~y co convert them to the faith, but alfo to gather them as DJfc~-.e~ or Schollers into a Schoole of Chrifl ; and the Sc?oole of C n _ Is every particular vifible Chri£lian Church,~he_rel.n t:om~ are tt~ chers (orne are Difciples or Schollers, and h1s DJfciplme IS exe~d fed a~10ng!l: them. Neitheris it credible, that the Apofrles w~ baptize any, that is, apply to them the feale of the Covenant give~ unto the Church, before they had taught them the Covenant It felfe and entred them into it , in which regard wee ca~not eaf~a thinke, that when Peter baptized Corne lim and his family' .he di onely perceive they had received the holy Gholl:, and ev!denh Y profeffed the fame in newtongues,(Altr 10. 45> 46, 47· )butt. ~t be did alfo gather them in toone body, direEI:ing then~ to the fym· tuall ufe of the newly received gifts in the Comnmmon of Saldtsf and baptized them into the fellowfhip of the Lord Jefus, an ° one another in his Name. Ofli Thirdly, Wee anfwer, as the Apofrles were tranfcendent ad: cers oft he Ch·u rch, fo they received tranfceudent powemr ~n0u. {\ er miniltcrthcir worlre. As the Father fent Chrifr, fo Chrifr fent th.em, .'fob. 20.2I.towir,Cum amplitudine & plenimdine potejlatif, V:Ith all fulneffeofpowcr, fo that any mreApnjllc received both the giftr and power of all the Officerr of the Church.A1ry Apojlle might doe the workc, not on ely of an Apojlle, but of a Prophet of an Evangelijl, of a ~ajlor,of a Teacber,of a Du1con. They doe foretell (as Prophet!) dungs to come, AU1 27. 2 2. They travelled up and downe ~ot onely to plant Churches, but to water Churches, as Ev . ngelijiJ, AEI:s 15. 41. They as Pajlor1 feed the floc/z.!!fChrift with wholf~ me ~ords of exhortation, Job. 21. 25. They as Trachm of the Genules, asP au! fpeakcth ofhimfelfe,taught them in the myfreries ofthekingdome of God. They (as Eldm) rultd tbe Church, not as 1Ard1, but as ex ampler to the flocke, and as Deaconr they received the oblationr of tbc Church, ~nd difrributed the fame according to the neceffitie of the Saints. Yea, though when the Apofrles came where Churches were planted, they dicl put forth no act of tranfcendent ant.horitie, bm did all with the confer1t of the Church ; yet in the abfence of the Churches, they might doc any aU which any Cbu,.:b, and alit be Officm tbercnf might doe together. As for ought wee know they might in fi.1ch a ~afe impoj< handr alone ; fo P ar1l might fct apart Timothy to fim1e fpeciall office, 2 Tim. 1. 6. they might alone deliver zmto Satan, 1Tim.1. 20. they alone might baptize, in as much as the pre fence, and the power, and fellowfhip of any one of them, did comprehend as much as the prefence and power and fellown1ip of the whole Church together; their aEI:s therefore in fi1ch tranfcendent cafes , arc not patterns, nor prefidents for us; but according to the mea jim of the gift ofChrifi, wee are to rl'lo,·e in onr owne line, and to aB: onely as the Minillers of Chrill: and his Church, in the prefence and fellowjhip of the Church. 2. It ir objected againe, that children of excommunicated pe11- fons, ft1ch as being call: out, are not holden as members of the Church, have yet right unto Baptifmc, and therefore it is not well done of us to deny the Baptifme of the children of fuch as are not Members. · That children of Excommunicated perfons have right to Bap-tifine, they prove by fundry Argur:nents. · 1. From the conlideration of·the divers forts of Members; !\.! 2 fome Rev.'· r. 1 Tim.:. 7• * |