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A42893	Miscellanea, or, Serious, useful considerations, moral, historical, theological together with The characters of a true believer, in paradoxes and seeming contradictions, an essay : also, a little box of safe, purgative, and restorative pils, to be constantly taken by Tho. Goddard, Gent.	Goddard, Thomas.	1661 (1661)	Wing G916; ESTC R7852	164,553	225

Jesus Christ a Don Anthony de Guevare Diall of Princ. Fol. 9. When the Romans created any Knights they caused them to swear 1. That they should spend all the days of their lives in Wars 2. That they should never through fear poverty for riches or any other thing take Wages but of Rome only Lastly that they would rather choose to dye in liberty then to live in Captivity In our Baptismal Covenant which is an honor and happinesse infinitely beyond that of being a Romane Knight for thereby we are made members of Christs body and as I may say Peers and Nobles of his Kingdom we do solemnly and faithfully promise and engage 1. To fight the Lords battails under the great Captain of our Salvation Jesus Christ against sin temptations the World the flesh and the Devill untill Death 2. That we will not be hired corrupted allured nor prevailed withall either by pleasure power credit profit or any thing to serve the Devill or our own Lusts against Christ And Lastly that we will neither willingly suffer our selves to be pinioned or manacled by our spiritual enemies nor live in cursed slavery or captivity under them but that we will as Hannibal solemnly swore to Amilcar that he would be an irreconcileable enemy to Rome both live and dye in a Christian couragious constant implacable hatred against them and opposition of them Baptisme it 's the brand whereby we are known being thereby brought within the pale of Christs visible Church and also whereby we are distinguished from Heathens and Pagans Certainly then those parents are very unwise unnaturall yea cruell to their Children who will not suffer the covenant of Grace nor that Deed of an heavenly inheritance which God hath drawn and is ready made to be sealed by this Sacrament to which they have an unquestionable right by vertue of Gods promise which is made unto and entailed upon them as well as their Parents unto them But instead thereof do without all both pity and affection not only keep those Lambs out of Christs fold In Baptismo Cyprianus seatit omnia peccata deponi diabolum opprimi spiritum sanctum accipi Idem Cent. 3. p. 247. but also expose them to Wolves and wild beasts Hereticks and Seducers to be devoured And rather choose to have them continue foul and filthy then to have them * Not per illud sacramentum ablutis delictis nostrae cacitatis in vitam aeternam liberari inquit Tertul. de Baptismo lib. de Baptist Hist eccles Magdeburgens cent 3. p. 239. washed in the laver of Regeneration Besides they do grievously sin against their own souls in slighting opposing and despising so sacred an institution For although the want and in some cases the neglect of Gods ordinances be not yet the contempt of them is damnable Woe to them Et Origen docuit peccati fordes per Baptismum deponi● omne genus delictorum auserri Idem Hist Ecclesiast Magdeburg Cent. 3. p. 253. saith a learned man that in the Administration of this Sacrament of Baptisme deny their duty to dying infants under pretence of I know not what discipline And wo 't is sadly to be feared will pursue and overtake those who will not suffer Ministers to perform their duty to Infants neither living nor dying through their dangerous delusions and under both vain and ungrounded pretences For the administration of this Sacrament of Baptisme hath both the best foundation and text the * Mark 1. 4. Acts ●38 39. Genes 17. compared with Coloss ● 11. 12. word of God to warrant it and the best clearest and safest comment to wit the practise of the Apostles and also both the judgement and practise of all Christian Churches in the world for some hundred of years to confirm it c The Baptisme of Infants was not derived from the authority of man neither of councess but from the tradition or doctrine of the Apostles saith S. Augustine contra Donatist lib. 4. cap. 23. 24. Baptisme hath its beginning from Gods word and from the use of the primitive Church saith Mr. Philpot. d And the Ecclesiasticall History and others acquaint us that Auxentius who was an Arrian with his adherents was one of the first that denyed infant Baptisme and next after him that Heretick Pelagius And then the Anabaptists These are the spoysoned springs and muddy channels from which and down which this dirty unwholesome dangerous stream of Antipedo baptism did flow run into this vertiginous truthsick and truth-despising if not loathing age into which the former times have conveyed and emptyed their dregs froth and filth and wherein gray-headed errors and Heresies are not only grown young again but vamped furbished and new gilt on purpose to vent them unto such Mr. Simpsons History of the Church Mr. Philpot c. either ignorant inconsiderate or profane chapmen as without care or conscience will sell their souls to purchase their Lusts For now it 's become a gainfull trade to retaile those damnable and dangerous Heresies and principles that are sent by wholesale out of Italy by the Popes Factors and which is more all that will may set up and be free of any Company they like best 'T is no wonder then that Gods Temple and Table have but a few guests when the Devill is permitted to revell and keep open-house for all comers or that truth should be opposed when the Father of lyes hath liberty to speak against it Infant-baptisme being heretofore questioned after so many years quiet enjoyment of its undoubtted Right as inabled it to plead prescription for it It was Defendent in the cause and produced such cleer strong and good evidences that it got both a verdict and judgment upon it which still hangs upon record in the Court of antiquity against the adversaries thereof But of late time it hath been forced through the unjust disturbance of some turbulent spirits to be Plaintiffe also And through the good providence and the divine assistance of him who hath given e That pious and learned Divine Mr. Baxter cum multis a●iis and amongst them that emnently learned Dr. Hammond pract catech some of his Servants such a mouth and wisdome as none of its enemies are able to resist It hath again cast the most cunning active and irreconcileable enemies thereof to the glory of God the vindication of truth the comfort of his people and the everlasting both shame and silence of those whose either passion or interests have blinded their Reasons or corrupted their affections so as that they either know not or love not the truth For f Cypr. Epist 59 ad Fidam A baptismo post Christum prohiberi non debet infans recens natus saith Cyprian † and with him agree so many both pious and learned men * Vide Dr. Hammond pract catech p. 212. to 219. that but to name them their arguments and sayings would swell this Subject into a Volume