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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37722	Baptismes in their verity: or, The baptisme of John, and the baptisme of Christ what they are in truth, as they are described in the scriptures of truth. And of what necessitie they are unto salvation. In a plain and brief manner herein declared. By one of the most unworthy servants of Christ, J.E.	J. E.	1648 (1648)	Wing E13A; ESTC R215328	20,684	42

hands all one with baptisme in truth And therefore he saith further If then yee be risen with Christ seek those things which are above where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God Set your affections on those things above and not on things on the earth For ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and when Christ who is our life shall appeare then shall ye also appeare with him in glory Col. 3.1 2 3. This is that first resurrection spoken of Rev. 20.5 wherein whosoever hath part the second death shall have no power on him This baptisme then which the Apostles thus preached and describeth and causeth these spirituall and heavenly effects must needs be that given them in charge by Christ Mat. 28. Mark 16. the same which Peter saith saveth us 1 Pet. 3.21 according to the words of Christ He that beleeveth and is baptized shall bee saved This baptisme is of necessity to life and salvation which that with water of springs and rivers is not this may be where it is not and it where this shall never be And concerning the Belief that goeth before this Baptisme it is that common Beliefe which any man may have upon the generall publication of the Gospel as it is said Goe ye into all the world and preach the Gospell to every creature And is the same kind of Beliefe that Judas and those Disciples had who when Christ told them that except they did eate his flesh and drink his blood they had no life in them were offended and walkt no more with him of whom he said there are some of you that beleeve not though they did beleeve in that common kind And this kind of beliefe every one most have in some measure before hee can repent and beleeve unto remission of sinnes and salvation before he can eat the flesh of Christ and drink his blood by beleeving in him But he that beleeveth not that is to say he that rejecteth the word after he hath heard it and been convinc'd by it despising the counsell of God concerning himselfe as many of the Jewes and also of the Gentiles did and doe at this day hee shall bee condemned as Christ saith Mark 16. John 12.45 And so some mens sins goe before hand to judgment as it is written And whereas Paul faith There is one Spirit one Faith one Baptisme Ephes 4.4 5 6. he speaketh distinctly of those three speciall graces mentioned by Peter Acts 2.38 and by himselfe Acts 19.4 5 6. before observed whereof the birth from above and Baptisme spoken of John 3. Matth. 28. Mark 16. consisteth and calleth the baptisme of Repentance by the name of one baptisme as distinguishing it by that name from that one Spirit and one Faith which he doth also distinctly name as being all three speciall things peculiar to Gods elect agreeing in one So Ephes 6. he counteth them as principall parts of the Armour of God and calleth the baptisme of repentance The preparation of the Gospel of peace vers 15. And these are the three spoken of by John where he saith And there are three that beare witnesse in earth the Spirit and the Water and the Blood and these three agree in one 1 John 5.8 Meaning by the Spirit the Spirit of Adoption and by the Water the teares of repentance proceeding from an humble contrite heart and by the blood the mercy and love of God shed forth in the same heart by the Spirit and so enjoyed assuredly through Faith in Christ which is the garment dipt in the blood of the Lamb. And so they agree in one bearing witnesse to the truth And these three were in all the holy Fathers and Prophets from the beginning bearing witnesse with them to the truth And in that woman which washt Christs feet with her teares and with such spirituall affections of love kissed them and anointed them with oyle of all which Christ himselfe gives testimony and proveth by her much love that she had much forgiven her Whose example is recorded unto us all to this day to read and consider For although the sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ was not then offered yet it was in account with God as the price wherewith they all of his chosen were bought and those graces purchased for them And therefore it being now accomplished the Disciple whom Jesus loved testifying of him and bearing witnesse also of the truth having those three witnesses in himselfe saith This is he that came by Water and Blood even Jesus Christ not by Water only but by Water and Blood and it is the Spirit that beareth witnesse and the Spirit is Truth 1 John 5.6 For so had John seen it as he saith But one of the Souldiers with a Speare pierced his fide and forthwith came there out Blood and Water And he that saw it bare record and his record is true and he knoweth that he saith truth that ye might beleeve John 19.34 35. And so it is true indeed as John said That Christ came not by Water onely but by Water and Blood for both came forth of his fide with the speare He came by Water to purchase the Baptisme of Repentance for us in respect of our sins and by Blood that we might be washed therewith from our sins and by it and his resurrection jus●●●ied and by his life saved according as himselfe declared to his Disciples after he was risen from the dead Luke 24.46 47. and as Paul saith Rom. 5.10 Unto him therefore who is the faithfull witnesses and the first begotten of the dead and the Prince of the Kings of the earth to him that hath so loved us and purchased these great things for us washed us from our sinnes in his own blood made us Kings and Priests unto God and his Father was dead and is alive and shall never die more to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever Amen NOw if all these things be so and that no man can be saved except he be born of water and of the Spirit and that this birth is not from below but from above of God and not by the will of the flesh nor of man as the Scriture saith Joh. 1.13 Joh. 3. Then no man can by his own will or power attain thereunto as some men teach and perswade who say that Adam with all in his loins was restored by the promise of the seed which is Christ to all that hee lost by eating the forbidden fruit and that there is therefore no originall sin to be supposed and that all children are conceived and born without any sin holy and good as Adam was in his first estate and that every child which dieth before it commit actuall sin is saved This kind of generall Redemption which some teach is not onely contrary to the Scriptures and so deceiving to the people but they doe hereby also make God to deal very unreasonably and unjustly in putting Adam and all in him

all this that may give occasion for any man justly to say or think that God the Father or the Lord Jesus Christ should bind any mans legges and then command them to goe and to doe this or that as the Free-will teacher would inferre But I wish that he would tell us plainly the cause why some men doe repent and beleeve and are saved and not all If he shall say as some doe that it is because some men will and some will not Then I ask him the reason or cause of this great difference of will in man that one should have a will to will unto life eternall and another to will unto death eternall If he say it is by Gods worke of creation in the womb or in Adam then he makes God to bee the author of the evill as well as of the good which he would seem by his Doctrine to avoid If he say it is by the operation of the Heavens Sunne Moon or Starres which Mathematickes say cause severall dispositions in men some to evill and some to good Then hee makes those creatures the cause which were very heathenish Neither can they cause such a difference in mens wills as to life and death eternall nay then may those people be excused who adore them as Gods Therefore we say there is no such difference of will but all mens hearts are by Nature since the first fall of Adam and because thereof hard and their wills stubborn and bent to ill whose fruit is death And it is by the speciall operation of God from heaven that any mans heart and will is brought to repent and beleeve unto life eternall to be so born of water and of the Spirit without which no man can be saved no nor child how young soever And it is true God doth not effect or bring this to passe in every man neither did hee so determine any more then hee did to keep those Angls that fell or Adam from falling for then must all have been saved And where had been then the glory of the power of God in respect of his justice and the riches of his mercies whereof Paul speaketh Rom. 9.22 23. and which sundry other Scriptures doe so often make mention of and declare to the glory of God and comfort of his chosen And it is also true that as God did not decree or will to save all men so neither did he decree or will the destruction of all nor of any man but upon those just grounds and causes in themselves before declared which he foresaw And so men are said to be ordained of old to condemnation and Esau to he hated before hee had done good or evill yet did he not ordain sinne nor make death nor did he ever break the bruised Reed nor quench the smoking Flax nor will or desire the death of a sinner but rather that hee should return and live as it is written And so it is true and cleare that the salvation of man is meerly and freely of GOD through Jesus Christ and his destruction is of himselfe And this shill all men and Angels know assuredly in that day when God shall judge the secrets of all men by him even Jesus Christ and shall justifie God in all things both in respect of his justice on them that perish and in respect of his mercies on them that are saved And every thing in the estate of that world it being the end for which all things were created shal be so much to the praise and glory of God and to the joy and rejoycing of his chosen as nothing that can bee thought of or wished could be more And as comcerning the Free-willers doctrine of falling away from all graces and gifts of the Spirit regeneration and whatsoever which they would seem to ground on those Scriptures which speake of some excellent gifts that men may be made partakers of and fall away from them and perish as Mat. 12.43 44 45. Heb. 3.12 14. Heb. 6.5 6. Heb. 10.26 27 28. 2 Pet. 2.20 21 22. Ezek. 8. and other places Herein also they are much deceived and erre exceedingly not discerning things that differ nor knowing to distinguish between those gifts of the Spirit which are common to all men and those that are more speciall and peculiar onely to a few Which is one main cause of their erring so much in every thing And doubtlesse the cause of the same cause is hardnesse of heart and unbeliefe the contraries to the baptisme or birth of water and of the Spirit without which no man can have the faith of Abraham nor know the mysteries of the kingdome of heaven And was the case of him unto whom Christ spake and said Joh. 3. Art thou a Master of Israel and knowest not these things For although it bee true that men may be made partakers of those common gifts in the places mentioned and fall away from all as there it saith yet it followeth not neither is it true that any of those that are born of water and of the Spirit who have that faith in Christ whereby they eat his flesh and drink his blood that have their sins washt away therewith and their heart sanctified ever did or can fall away and perish And the reason is because they are kept not by their own wills but by the will and power of God and of Christ as Christ himself saith Joh. 6. And this is the Fathers wil which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lese nothing but should raise it upagain at the last day v. 39.40 And again My sheep heare my voyce and I know them and they follow me and I give unto them eternall life and they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand My Father which gave them me is greater then all and no man is able to pluck them out of my Fathers hand Joh. 10. They are kept by the will and power of God as Peter also saith of such faithfull ones Blessed be the God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead or an inheritance incorrupible and undefiled that fadeth not not away reserved in heaven for us who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation c. 1 Pet. 1.2 3 4 5. And John saith whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God 1 Joh 3.9 Meaning not willingly in his minde for hee had said before If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 1 Joh. 1.8 He may through temptation be led captive to sin as Peter was but he never in his mind becomes a servant to sinne more hee therein serveth the Law of God and so it is no more he that sinneth but sin that dwelleth