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A38779 The voice of King Charls the father to Charls the son, and the bride say come being an invitation of King Charls to come in peaceably and be reconciled to his father's minde and shewing the integrity of His Highness Oliver Cromwel ... / by Arise Evans. Evans, Arise, b. 1607. 1655 (1655) Wing E3471; ESTC R26694 43,143 81

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upon their own score And now let us see whether their then practice was agreeable to the Scripture delivered to us by Christ his Apostles I have delivered seven Arguments grounded upon the Gospel for the defence of Infant-baptism which are so invincible that I believe all the Ana baptists are not able in so few words to answer them which Arguments you shall finde in my book called The Eccho to the Voice from Heaven besides it is evident that the promise is aswel to their children as to the believing parents Act. 2. 39. and therefore the Apostles upon the confession of a master or head of a family baptized all persons both great and small in the house Act. 10. 33 47 48. Act. 16. 14 15 30 31 32 33. according to the saying of our Saviour to Zacheus Luke 19. 9. Salvation is come to this house that is to all in this house both great and small Infants being not excepted nor exempted for our Saviour counts them the purest Luk. 18. 15 16 17. Now to prove that Infants were baptized by their sureties or upon their account some Authors do ground it upon the command of God Isa. 8. 1 2 3. and the example Luk. 1. 57 58 59. These types indeed being well considered are very forcible and a sufficient warrant for it and the Apostles command bindes us to do it saying Rom. 15. 1. We that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak And again Gal. 6. 2. Bear ye one anothers burthens and so fulfil the law of Christ Infants are most weak and we ought in charity to help them in what concerns their souls as we do in what concerns their bodies All by nature are born children of wrath Eph. 2. 1 3. that Infants are not onely dead in sins and trespasses but are also so dead that they know not wherefore they are plunged in water-baptism they know not what their washing signifieth though indeed they have Faith in Christ Mat. 18 6. and a dependency upon the supream power that brought them forth into the world far above that of the young Ravens which cry to God for their sustenance Job 38. 41. Psal. 147. 9. yet Infants are not capable of entring into atonement with God through Christ in baptism and if without it they depart this life they cannot be saved Mar. 16. 16. Jahn 3. 5. Therefore in charity we ought to help them and be sureties for them until they come to age Now Infants being dead in regard of original sin and in regard of speech and understanding what Baptism is 1 Cor. 14. 20. in the Apostles time there were some that did answer for them and perform that part in Baptism for them which they themselves being unable could not do and this is clear by the Apostles words 1 Cor. 15. 29. Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead if the dead rise not at all why are they then baptized for the dead that is if Infants do not awake to live righteously that God may be all in all their sureties must answer for it 1 Cor. 15. 28 34. and by these dead ones here is meant Infants for to what purpose shall any be baptized for them that are corporally dead as if that would raise them again And therefore the Church of England is right in this point for in the book of Common-prayer the question is not put to the Infant but to the suretie saying wilt thou be baptized in this Faith the surtie answereth That is my desire so that accordingly the surtie is more properly said to be baptized then the Infant though all is for the Infant's sake and the Infant if he by his washing perform the external part in Baptism that is all and that is but the ouside of it as the Apostle saith 1 Pet. 3. 21. For Re-baptizing also you shall finde that it was put in practise in the Apostles time Act. 19. 1 2 3 4 5 6. for them Disciples being found ignorant were baptized again and if you compare Act. 10. 47 48. with Act. 19. 5. you finde they were baptized with water and to clear it further saith he Tit. 3. 5. He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost Hence I conclude that here he spake of Re-baptizing mark the words regeneration and renewing it signifieth to make an old thing new again and as the renewing of a covenant cannot be done to him that never was in covenant nor can you renew your friendship with him that never was you friend so the renewing of baptism here intimated cannot be said to be done to them that never were baptized and it must needs argue from this place Tit. 3. 5. that in some measure when they were Infants they had baptism and that now being defiled by the sins of their youths they were rebaptized washed and had the Spirit renewed on them again and as David after he went in to Uriah's wife and by sin defiled his holy Spirit he desired God to wash him and to renew a right spirit within him Psa. 51. 2 7 10 11. yet David then had the holy Spirit though in a weak measure because of his sin therefore he desireth God not to take his holy Spirit from him but to wash him and renew the holy spirit he had by giving him a greater measure of the same spirit so in like manner them now that are rebaptized should not despise the holy spirit which they received in their Infant-baptism but with David desire God to renew that holy Spirit within them by giving them a greater measure of the same spirit Again from these Texts Heb. 10. 22. 1 Pet. 3. 21. we must needs understand the rebaptizing for how can Infants be said to come to baptism with full assurance of faith having their hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and their bodies washed with pure water whereas Infants understand not what conscience is and how can they have the answer of a good conscience toward God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ seeing they are not able to know these things surely this baptism meant here is not to Infants but it belongs to them that are of ripe age to receive it And therefore from hence it is evident that those who are to be saved notwithstanding their baptism in their infancy ought to be baptized again As for them that died in the former times of ignorance which God winked at Act. 17. 30. doubtless God was merciful to them but now it will be required if you refuse rebaptizing for Infant-baptism is but as that of John which is appointed to prepare a people for the Lord and truely the holy Ghost is in some measure in John's baptism for our Saviour had the holy Ghost descended on him at his baptism Mat. 3. 16. but the fulness of all is in Christ's baptism who had not the spirit by measure John 3. 34. And St. Augustine understood it thus for speaking to God as if