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A47535	Gold refin'd, or, Baptism in its primitive purity proving baptism in water an holy institution of Jesus Christ ... : wherein it is clearly evinced that baptism ... is immersion, or dipping the whole body, &c : also that believers are only the true subjects (and not infants) of that holy sacrament : likewise Mr. Smythies arguments for infant-baptism in his late book entitled, The non-communicant ... fully answered / by Benj. Keach ...	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1689 (1689)	Wing K68; ESTC R17190	114,897	272

given him at his Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven And having declared himself Supream Lord and Law-giver He 2. Delegates a Power to his Disciples Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 make Disciples that must be by preaching the Gospel to them instructing them in the Principles of the Christian Faith teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you alway to the end of the World that 's the Promise These are the words of the great Commission which contains part of the last Will and Testament of the ever blessed Jesus the glorious Testator of the New Covenant wherein Baptism is found and expresly given forth and with as great Authority and in as solemn a manner as ever was any Precept or Ordinance that we read of in all the Book of God. Object But 't is not said baptize them in Water it may therefore intend the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Answ To which we answer As 't is not said baptize them with Water so 't is not said baptize them with the Holy Spirit They were commanded to baptize that 's evident and that it was Water our Saviour did require them to baptize with and not the Spirit we prove First Because the Baptism of the Holy Spirit was never by our Saviour or his Apostles commanded it was never injoyn'd as a Precept or Duty to be done but was always mentioned as a Promise He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with Fire And again Ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence It argues great Weakness or else Wilfulness that Men should see no better how to distinguish between a Baptism that was commanded as a Duty to be done and a Baptism promised which was never injoyned as a Duty Secondly It cannot mean the Baptism of the Holy Ghost because the Disciples of Christ nor no Man under Heaven had ever any such Power delegated or given to them as to baptize with the Holy Ghost 't is strange Persons should be so blind and bold to think much less to assert that meer Men can give the Holy Spirit or administer that Baptism as if the Holy Ghost was at the disposal of the Will of Man or that Men know whom to give it to which indeed only lies hid in the Breast of God himself who bestows it to whom and in what manner he pleaseth And therefore Thirdly We do affirm from the Authority of God's Word that to baptize with the Holy Spirit is the peculiar Prerogative Royal of Jesus Christ and that he did never impower any Disciple of his to give it He shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit The Father by him and he immediately by himself in his own Person distributes or gives forth of the Spirit according to the good Pleasure of his Will without imparting with this Sovereign Prerogative or peculiar Power to any other Now since Christ's Disciples could not baptize with the Spirit and yet are commanded to baptize it follows clearly it must be Water Object Doth not the Apostle shew that Men had Power to give the Spirit what else is the meaning of these words he therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit it appears that Persons who preached ministred the Spirit Answ By the Spirit is meant the Gospel or Word of Christ as the Law is called the Letter so is the New Testament called the Ministration of the Spirit 2 Cor. 3. 6. The words that I speak unto you saith Christ are Spirit c. Doth God as if the Apostle should say concur with our Ministry and give the Spirit to those who hear it and help us to work Miracles to confirm it And is this done by our preaching the Law or by the hearing of Faith that is the Word of Faith viz. the Gospel see vers 2. or by preaching the Word of Christ Fourthly The Baptism in the Commission cannot intend that of the Holy Ghost because the Spirit 's Baptism signifies the miraculous Effusion or extraordinary Gifts thereof and not the saving Influences Graces and Operations of it which but a few and those too in the Primitive Time did partake of but the Baptism in the Commission is injoyned on all that are made Disciples in all Nations and in every Age even to the end of the World. Fifthly It must be Water-Baptism because our Saviour joyneth it with Repentance and Believing Now all along in order of Practice these two went together both before this time and also afterwards You may be sure had it been any other Baptism it would never have been thus joyned together in order of words with that Baptism that was so united in order of Practice with Repentance and Faith without the least intimation of any thing by our Saviour to the contrary Sixthly Because 't is a Baptism that is to be administred in the Name of the Father of the Son and Holy Spirit how can any with the least shadow of Reason suppose it should be meant of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit sith it is to be administred in the Name of the Holy Spirit Were any ever baptized with the Holy Spirit in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost The Spirit was that with which they were baptized and therefore not baptized in the Name of the Spirit Seventhly The only way further to remove this Objection is to observe what the practice of the Disciples was after the Ascension of Christ in the execution of this great Commission What was it they baptized with See Acts 8. 36. And they came to a certain Water and the Eunuch said See here is Water Vers. 28. They went both down into the Water and Philip baptized him Acts 10. 47 48. Can any Man forbid Water that these should not be baptized And he commanded them to be baptized in the Name of the Lord Jesus That Baptism which in the Commission the Lord Jesus commanded his Disciples to baptise with was the Baptism which they after his Ascension did baptize with and that it was Water the Scriptures we have now cited do evidently shew certainly the Apostles well understood what Baptism it was their blessed Master did command them to administer Eighthly Besides were it not the Baptism of Water which was given to them in the Commission Matth. 28. 19 20. They did that in his Name i. e. by his Authority which they had no Authority to do for other Commissions they had not this being the only place where Water-baptism is mentioned as being instituted and given in Commission to them to administer and to all other Disciples and Ministers of Christ to the end of the World. Now Secondly that this Holy Ordinance of Baptism doth continue to the end of the World is evident First Because whatsoever is given forth by Jesus Christ is given forth by him as he is King and Mediator of the New Covenant and as part of his

John 4. 1 2. Jesus 't is said there made and baptized more Disciples than John it is not rantize them and then teach or make Disciples of them as the manner of some now-adays is and for a long time has been Lord that ever Men should be so bold and presumptuous as once to attempt to alter or change any thing of this Holy or Great Commission or adventure to do Things contrary to what is given forth here by Jesus Christ as King and Law-giver of the New Testament What will they say when God rises up What will they answer him when he visiteth them Job 31. 14. 4. Note the Extent of the Commission here given by Christ to his Disciples Go teach all Nations baptizing them Go into all Nations or as Mark has it Into all the World East as well as West North as well as South into Cold Countries as well as Hot and make Disciples where-ever you come and Baptize them c. not Rantize them not dip them in hot Climates and sprinkle them in Cold. 5. Observe in whose Name they are required to baptize viz. in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost into the Name so the Greek In the Name doth not only import the naming of the Names of the Father Son and Holy Spirit but in the Authority and into the Profession of the Blessed Trinity of the one Divine Being dedicating the Persons baptized saith our Annotators to God the Father Son and Holy Ghost But how dare any presume to Rantize a Babe that is uncapable to be taught or made a Disciple by teaching In the Name of the Glorious Trinity can they say and prove it Christ hath given them any such Authority I am sure they have no Warrant nor Authority so to do from this Blessed Commission of Jesus Christ It was by dipping of Adult Persons then But it was in an hot Country say our late Annotators where at any time without the danger of Persons Lives it might be so done Doth not our Blessed Saviour's Words immediately following fully answer this Objection and lo I am with you always to the end of the World Has not Christ Power to preserve protect and uphold all such Persons which he commands to be Baptized Nay can we think Christ would institute an Ordinance to destroy the Lives of any Persons Besides we know he has preserved thousands in this cold Climate nay and never did I hear of any one Person that received the least Hurt or Damage by being Baptized according to the Commission of Christ though some have gone into the Water in the time of the great Frost and at other Times of bitter Frost and Snow nay and Persons very Aged and of both Sexes and some that have been very weak and sickly though our Adversaries have falsly reported to the contrary But can they be so 〈◊〉 left to themselves to think this will be a good 〈◊〉 for them for changing this Ordinance of Jesus Christ when he comes to call all Men to an account certainly they will find themselves deceived But say our late Annotators Where it might be we judg it reasonable and most resembling our burial with Christ by Baptism into Death but we can't think it necessary for God loveth Mercy rather than Sacrifice Answ Sirs wherefore do you judg it reasonable and not necessary Is it not necessary for you to do what Christ hath commanded and when at no time there is any danger of the Lives of Persons If you will follow your Master's Command and only Baptize such who are made Disciples viz. believing Men and Women is it not necessary for you to do Christ's Work as Christ has required Is it necessary you should alter any of his Holy Laws and make void one of the great Sacraments of the New Testament by your Traditions I pray my dear Brethren consider more seriously of it From hence it is evident that those who ought to be Baptized are Disciples and none else and that a Disciple is one that is a Believer one that is taught or has learned of Christ The Disciples were first called Christians in Antioch Acts 11. 26. Not only say our Annotators as Scholars were called amongst the Greeks from their Masters viz. Platonists Pythagor●ans to teach us whom we profess to learn of and be instructed by but to mind us of our Unction for Christians are Anointed ones 1 John 2. 2● Such Disciples are the true Subjects of Baptism Yea Christ saith Mr. Baxter in his Commission directeth his Apostles to make Disciples and then baptize them promising That he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved And in another Book of his speaking of the same Commission This saith he is not like some occasional mention of Baptism but is the very Commission it self of Christ to his Disciples for Preaching and Baptizing and purposely expresseth their several Works in their several Places and Order Their first Task is To make Disciples saith he which are by Mark called Believers The second Work is To Baptize them whereto is annexed the Promise of Salvation The third Work is To teach them all other things which are after to be learned in the School of Christ To contemn this Order saith he is to contemn all Rules of Order for where can we expect to find it if not here I profess my Conscience is fully satisfied from this Text that there is one sort of Faith even Saving that must go before Baptism the profession whereof the Minister must expect What can any Baptist say more Let Mr. Baxter tell us what difference there is between contemning that Order Christ hath left in his great Commission and a direct derogating from it or acting quite contrary to it And is not this so viz to Rantize or Sprinkle instead of Baptize and Sprinkle first before they are taught or made Disciples nay and such too who are not capable to be taught or made Disciples of Is no● this to flight is not to contemn Christ's Order in his Commission for sith Christ appoints such that by Teaching are made Disciples to be Baptized he excludes all other the institution of Christ in this his Commission being doubtless a perfect Rule and those who do otherwise follow their own Inventions I find Mr. Danvers cites Mr. Perkins I have not that Book of Mr. Perkins speaking to this purpose on the words of the Commission Teach all Nations baptizing them c. I explain these Terms saith he thus Mark first of all it is said Teach that is make Disciples by calling them to believe and repent Here we are to consider the Order which God observes in making with Men a Covenant in Baptism First of all he calls them by his Word and Commands to believe and to repent In the Second place God makes his Promise of Mercy and Forgiveness And Thirdly He Seals his Promise by Baptism They saith he that