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A02928	The vvay of lyfe A Christian, and catholique institution comprehending principal poincts of Christian religion, which are necessary to bee knowne of all men, to the atteyning of saluation. First delyuered, in the Danish language for the instruction of those people, by Doctor Nicolas Hemmingius, preacher of the Gospell, and professor of diuinitie, for the Kynge of Denmarcke, in his Uniuersitie of Hafnia: and about three yeares past, (for the commoditie of others) translated into Latine, by Andrew Seurinus Velleius: and now first, and newly Englished, for the commodity of English readers: by N. Denham, this yeare of our redemption. 1578.; Via vitae. English	Hemmingsen, Niels, 1513-1600.; Denham, Nicholas.	1578 (1578)	STC 13067; ESTC S103963	117,088	234

the new Testament promiseth to the beleuers forgiuenesse of sinnes and regeneratiō by the holy ghost addeth an outwarde signe which in the scripture is called The Baptisme of Repentance He promiseth also that he would offer his body vpon the Altar of the Crosse and shed his blood for the remission of sinnes and heere hee also adioyneth an outwarde signe which he nameth his body and blood and the newe Testament And so it is manifest what custome God hath kept in opening his wil vnto men namely BY VVORDE and BY SIGNE bothe which he hath set foorth to be perceiued with the minde and sences that we might be the easilyer and fullier of his wil instructed Secondly It is to be considered why God hath giuen to the Sacramentall Signes the names of the thinges themselues for whose cause the Sacraments are instituted Doubtlesse for this cause that when wee doe vse the outwarde signes wee should lift vp the eyes of Faith to the cōtemplation of y e heauenly things of which the outwarde signes haue obtayned their names When Abraham circumcised his sonne the name set vpon Circumcision by God wherwith he named the same his couenaunt with Abraham and his seedes came into his minde And Moses when he sprinkled the people with the blood of the red Cowe thought vpon the name of TESTAMENT whiche God had giuen vnto this signe So in like manner our Baptisme is called The Baptisme of Repentance that wee might lifte vp the eyes of our hart from the element of water to the promise wherewith GOD sealeth vnto the repentant his MERCIE and GRACE For whiche cause Baptisme is called the Fountaine of Regeneration that we might consider that those which are baptized are spiritually borne again by the holy Ghoste After the same manner Bread is named the body of Christe and wine the blood of Christ in the Lords his supper because they doe note foorth that secret meate which Christe reacheth foorth vnder the bread and wine To be short God of his infintie wisdome hath giuen to the Signes and Sacramentes the names of the spirituall things and giftes which by the Sacraments are signifyed that wee should not stick in those things which are seene with the eyes only but in those things rather whiche Fayth seeth and beholdeth in the Sacraments After that wee haue expounded these two things of the substance of the Sacramentes in generall wee may now be the easilyer brought vnto the knowledge of the Sacraments of the new Testament of which I will now speake in order Of the Sacrament of Baptisme THat wee may the more profitably vnderstand the reason of our Baptisme let vs heere in the beginning see the cause why our Lorde Iesus Christe would be baptized Why Christe would be baptized aswell the voice of the father from heauen vpon him doth shew as also the appearing of the holy Ghost doone in the shape of a Doue The voyce of the Father vpon Christe nowe newly baptized was this This is my beeloued Sonne in whome I am well pleased Of this voice Baptisme witnesseth For this is the cheefe and principall end of baptisme that it is a testimonie or seale of the fauour of GOD towarde the Baptized It is therefore to be noted that wee which are cloathed with Christe through Baptisme are gratefull and acceptable vnto God through Christ Wherunto Paule also hath respect Ephe. 1. when hee sayth VVee are beloued in the beloued Yea God himselfe sayth In him I am pleased CHRISTE therefore would be baptized and vse this outwarde seale of the grace of God that according to the voyce of the father we which are baptized and ingraffed into his body by Baptisme may knowe that we haue GOD mercifull and pleased through Christe Therefore all the efficacie of our Baptisme dependeth on Christe The appearing of the holy Ghost in the shape of a Doue signifieth that spirituall Baptisme wherwith Christ doth inwardly baptize When the minister of God worketh the outward Baptisme of water according to the commaundement of Christ This is that which Iohn Baptist saith I baptize you with water but amongst you standeth one which baptizeth with the holy Ghost That the holy Ghoste appeareth in the shape of a Doue the same is a shewing of peace and reconciliation made betweene God the partie baptized that therewithall we might be admonished what the Arke of Noah did signifye out of which the Doue beeing sent returned bringing a Braunche of an Oliue Heereof therefore wee make vp the definition of Baptisme in this manner BAPTISME is an outwarde signe signifying the inwarde Baptisme which Christe woorketh by his holie Spirite to seale in VS THE MERCY and GRACE of God Furthermore that we may with the more frute be occupyed in the meditation of this our Baptisme a threfolde signifycation of the same is to be obserued The first is that Baptisme is A testimony of Grace The second is that it is A Symbole or token of secret and spirituall things The third is that it is the Cognisance of our outwarde profession and Christianitie Of this threefolde signifycation of Baptisme I will speake in order Firste that Baptisme is A testimonie of Grace wee haue proued before For it is an outwarde seale of the grace of God testifying that the partie which is baptized is sanctifyed and as a sacrifice consecrated vnto GOD who regenerateth vs beeing cleansed and seperated from the deuil his societie that we may be made new men yea the sonnes of God himselfe whome he adopteth in his beloued sonne our Lorde Iesu Christe Secondly Baptisme is A Symbole or token of things which by his proportion or comparison teacheth vs. Whereof Augustine saith If Sacraments had not a certaine cōparison with those things whereof they be Sacramentes they were no Sacramentes at all So our Baptisme in the which man is dipped vnder the water and is drawne foorth againe hath his spirituall signification for whiche it is called A Symbole or token of things Baptisme is A Symbole or token of two thinges cheefely namely Of the doinges of Christe And of our dutie Concerning the doinges of Christe it teacheth vs foure things namely VVhat hee hath doone VVhy hee hath doone VVhat he doth to them which are baptized And moreouer what he wil doe vnto them How then doth Baptisme teache vs VVhat Christ hath doone It putteth vs in minde of the history of the three dayes namely of the day of the preparation in which Christe suffred And of the Saboth in whiche Christe rested in the Sepulchre And of the day of Easter in the which Christe hauing ouercome death rose from the dead Therefore Christe calleth his death buriall and Resurrection BAPTISME Marke 10. where the sonnes of Zebedee Iames and Iohn required that the one might sit on the righte hand of Christe the other on the left in his glory to whome Christe answereth Are ye able to drinke of the Cup which I shall drinke of and to be