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A96113	A scribe, pharisee, hypocrite; and his letters answered, separates churched, dippers sprinkled: or, A vindication of the church and universities of England, in many orthodox tenets & righteous practices. Whereunto is added a narration of a publick dipping, June 26. 1656. In a pond of much Leighes parish in Essex, with a censure thereupon. By Jeffry Watts B.D. and Rectour of Much-Leighes.	Watts, Geoffrey, d. 1663.	1657 (1657)	Wing W1154; Thomason E921_1; Thomason E921_2; ESTC R207543	280,939	342

regard them as little as you do our Students and the learned of our Universities but is there any such to be seen in the chair of Moses or to be read in the Pentateuch of his books all that I can meet with is this that when their children should ask their Parents the meaning of the Pesseover the Parents were to instruct or Catechiz them therein and so prepare them for a Passeover against the time should come that they under stood the service thereof in the mean the memorial of the Angels passing over them in Egypt and their passing over the Red Sea into the Wilderness was so held up even amongst their children Exod. 13.14 What 's now become of your old Quaere now what expresse command have you for such and such I retort it upon your self for childrens eating the paschal Lamb Every Male-child shall be Circumcised a command is expresse for the Circumsing of children Deus 16.16 and sure if chidlren had been to eat of the paschal Lamb there would have been as expresse a command for this and whereas Exod. 34 23. Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God the place which he shall choose whereof one time was the feast of the Passeover it s granted as a Commandement that such children who could hold the father by the hand and walk with him up to the Temple went along with him but wherefore namely to be instructed Catechized and blessed of the Priest but not to eat of the paschal Lamb unless they were of that groweth in years and in understanding of the mystery if otherwise they had other food than the paschal Lamb for them of lesser age and knowledge as also for the unclean as some might happen to be and uncircyncumcised both at home when they did eat the Passeover and also at the Temple as for the unleavened bread I suppose the children did eat of that because for seven daies together all leavened bread was to be put quite and utterly out of the house and burnt insomuch as they must not look upon any yea it was under Gods curse if any did eat any leavened bread during those seven daies which at other times ordinarily they did but for the paschal Lamb which was to be eaten up all in that one night and what remained of it to be burnt with fire in the morning I take it the children of the Jews did eat nothing of it at all who were there fore had to bed and laid to sleep whilest the Parents were celebrating their evening and night-service of the Passeover At other Sacrifices and Offerings which were not Sacramental it s expressed it shall be for Aaron and his sons for the Priest and his children as being a part of their maintenance Now this I the rather enlarge upon to perswade you from your opinion that you have taken up I know not where yes I believe I know where you have taken it up even where it lay in-Tombed that so you may be no occasion of reviving and raising up and old bruied error that hath lain quiet in its grave these thousand years and upwards and that is The administraing the Lords Supper unto Infants and children of Chriftians as necessary and decent This opinion was of force in the Roman Church in the daies of Pope Innocent the first I will not name some others of ancient and reverend remembrance in that Age who held the same thing and practice and did thereby shew that men standing too much upon their own conceited interpretations of Scriptures may fall from the truth and erre from the faith in some particulars as you Sir have generally done throughtout your whole Letter for then He and the rest of the Roman Church under him believed that Infants baptized could not be saved except they should participate of the Eucharist taking their ground from that Scripture John 6 53. Jesus said unto them Verily I say unto you except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you and therefore they held it the Lords Supper wherein the flash of the Son of man is eaten and his blood drunk necessary to the life and salvation of Infants But this was not the right interpretation of that Text as which is not meant of that Eucharistical or Sacramental feasting upon Christs Body and Blood but of a Spiritual Faith and believing in Christs Death and Passion And hereupon this opinion of Pope innocent the first and the Roman Church under him is since retracted and rejected by Pope Pius the fourth and the Roman Church under him in that Council of Trent whose Decrees are all held and canonised to b●●●lieved upon necessity of salvation as who have determined against administration and participation of the Eucharist as neither necessary nor decent for Infants How say you to this you Great Patrons and Imitators of the Church of Rome who say she cannot erre at leastwise hath not erred Did the Church of Rome not erre in the daies of Pope Innocent then is she now in an error doth she not now erre herein then did she formerly erre and conseq tently may erre hereafter But now if those above named had light upon your Tenet or error as I think it and could have made it hold up which you onely raise and startle having the Gift as any gisted Brother that ever I read to prove nothing and affirm any thing That the Infants of the Jews did eat of the Paschal Lamb and Supper they would have had a far fairer pretext and faster ground for the Infants of Christians to participate of the Eucharistical Cup and Bread of the Lords Supper for then they would have pleaded hard for a Commandement of Christian Infants to partake of the Eucharistical Supper even in or out of that Commandement you mention but shew not of the Jewish Infants to partake of the Paschal Supper and pressed it the rather for that the Eucharistical Supper succeeds in place under the Gospel unto the Paschal Supper under the Law and rather more for that the Grace of Christ now exhibited is of larger extent and greater latitude than when he was to come and be revealed And I tell you these reasons would have troubled much these Tridentine Fathers to have answered and refelled more than that Text of John above cited But I believe that you never had any such notion or dream in your head either sleeping or waking nay upon a re-view of your words I see I may answer to your Question and say as you mean and you never the nearer to what you aimed at for you say thus Did they eat the Paschal Lamb before they had a Commandent I answer They did not eat the Paschal Lamb before they had a Commandement you mean so do you not and so do I and what then therefore the Jewish children had a Commandement to eat the Paschal Lamb. But this followeth not well nor will before

Reason If Baptism be a means and Remedy to free Christian-Infants from originall sin as to guilt and punishment and the dominion thereof in them that are E●ect and Beleevers Then such are and ought to be baptised The Church or Minister of it knowing nothing of this and that particular Infant but he or she may be such This Warant is reasoned out of Gods Word or this Reason is Warranted out of Gods Word Romans 6.3.4 5 6. verses We as many of us as were baptised into Christ were baptised into his death therefore we are buried with him by baptism into his death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead so we should walk in newnesse of life c. Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve sin I must here add a little explication lest there may be a misconstruction construction of some Popery The Popery in this poynt is this That baptism taketh away original sin that it ceaseth after baptism to be a sin properly and is nothing but a defect or weaknesse which maketh the heart fit and ready to conceive sin like Tinder which is not Fire but is apt to conceive Fire This I abandon as Popery and an Error But this I aver as Truth and Protestancy 1. That after baptism in the Elect Infants original sin is taken away as to the punishment of it for there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Rom. 8.1 2. As to the guiltinesse of the person there being nothing to bind them to punishment if no such condemnation 3. As to the dominion of it it shall not reign in their mortal bodies nor they serve it 4. As to the Imputation of it it shall not be imputed to them but be pardoned and in that respect be as if not But for all this original sin or concupisence remaines in the Elect Infants even after baptism and ever after and is still sin and properly sin some limbs and portions of the old man and the body of sin remain even where he is said to be crucified and destroyed in the manner above and there are and will be defilements in them that are washed I must enlarge no farether here However this may be a comfort to Beleevers that in Christ the promised seed who should and did break the Serpents head which in some good sense I may call original sin there is pardon of this sin to their natural seed and therefore Christ was also born not in the ordinary way as others of Mankind but of a Virgin as conceived by the Holy Ghost that so being free himself from original all sin He might procure the pardon of the same and be a plea against it Yea though Infants in present have no actual sins yet their baptism extends its vertue to the taking away also of the guilt punishment dominion and imputation of sins to come so the party baptised stand to the order terms of Baptism which is to turn to God beleeve actually in Christ and continually renew repentance as the place above mentioned imports Romans 6.4 and thus baptism saveth 1 Peter 3.21 So doth baptism seal the Pardon as of original so also of actual sin Acts 22.16 Ananias said to Paul Arise and be baptised and wash away thy sins calling upon the name of the Lord. Oh but we commit sins dayly after baptism that after justification will the Lord continue to pardon such sins yes if we continue to repent of and purge away sich sins So 1 John 1.7 8. If we confesse our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us how faithful and just to forgive sin it implyeth that he hath somewhere bound himself by promise to do it and where and when but in baptism and to whom but the party baptised so far as sin is repented of when the Conscience makes any question whether God will continue to pardon sin the washing of Baptism doth seal the assurance thereof the person baptised may say I am assured of it I have it sealed to me so many years ago at the time of my Baptism It is also a popish device who tell you that Baptism onely serveth for Remission of sins done before and therefore for sins does after they must have a Sacrament of Penance distinct from Baptism appointed for a remedy For the Sacramental force of Baptism doth extend it self to the whole life that is to be a Seal unto them of Remission of sin in the blood of Christ And the confession of sin is but a more effectual application of the force of Baptism like as the people who were baptised of John confessed also their sins And therefore there needs no Sacrament of Repentance or Penance to be set up for this purpose after Baptism to be a second Table for Refuge after sins actually committed like as they say making Baptism but the first Table for Refuge after original sin contracted For Baptism it self is the Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of sins Mark 1.4 Christs baptism being not different from Johns Baptism as is shewed as which teacheth and ingageth us to dye unto sin and rise unto newnesse of lie Romans 6.4 Which is nothing but Repentance which is called Repentance from dead workes and so a rising from them Heb. 6.1 It would therefore much promote the good cause of Infant-Baptism if the Doctrin of original sin especially also actual were pressed and urged upon People and Parents especially a little more and they heard oftener how all Men and Women and Children born in the ordinary way sin Adams fall are born in the guilt of original sin and have a sinfull and polluted being whosoever have any being and may and must every one confesse with David I was born in sin and in iniquity hath my Mother conceived me it is plain that he confesseth not his Parents but his own sin this being the scope of the whole Psalm so with Job Who can bring that which is clean not of that which is unclean that which is born of the flesh is felesh flesh and blood cannot inherit eternal life and that by Nature we are the Children of wrath and all Infants as that in Ezekiel 16. polluted in their bloods their Fathers are Adamites their Mothers are Hevites c. This if preached and pressed would shew to Parents what great need there is of a New-Birth for their Children and so would lead and drive them to procure for them the outward washing in Baptism as a Seal of the inward washing away of that natural pollution of sin by the Spirit Thus our Saviour Christ inforces it unto Nicodemus John 3.5 and that not so immediately in reference to actual sin as original or Birth sin the natural pollution in which Infants are born and I can see no good reason to the contrary but that the outward Elementary Baptism of Water is here intended as

Theodoret useth who relateth it that they did it by pouring or sprinkling of water upon their head those Heretiques imitating therein as their manner is in those things there is no difference the Custom of the Orthodox And yet before these Athanasius who lived about 325. Orat. 3. Contra Arianos hath another more express testimony where having shewed that the Arians could not give a true and perfect baptism because they erred in the foundation and essence of it as who though they pronounced the words I baptize thee in the name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost believed not in the sacred Trinity as who deny the Son he hath these words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 so that those who are sprinkled and aspersed of them that is baptized are rather polluted and defiled with ungodliness then washed for so I think the word ought rather to be rendred as having reference to baptism according to the sense and purpose of Athanasius in this place then as Petras Nannius doth Redeemed for though the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifie also to be redeemed yet he shewed him self a true Translator indeed of the word in General but not so good an Interpreter of the sense nor word here in this particular which also signifieth and here must to be washed for the reason above I have given and so Vossius saith elegantly as pertinently polluere ait non abluere rather polluted then washed as I rendred it but that which comes hence to my purpose that Athanasius calleth and maketh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the sprinkling and aspersion of water in the right form to be baptism and that it is good and true baptism which is given in that way and manner But I can bring forth a testimony far beyond these for the Antiquity of aspersing or perfusion in baptism and that is of Tertullian living about the year 190 lib. de poenit cap. 6. I deny not saith he but that the Divine benefit Ablutio delictorum the washing of sin should be ready and safe to all that come to the water and then he addeth but they must labour also to come thither for otherwise saith he Quis tibi tam infidae paenitentiae viro asperginem unam cujustibet aquae commodabit if thou beest a man untrue to thy repentance thou makest who will let thee have one sprinkling of water in opposition or allusion to the Trine immersion as I suppose and meaning that if he would not come to the waters being in health to be dipt thrice he deserved not to be come unto in sickness to be once aspersed and sprinkled so speaking plain enough for sprinkling and aspersing the sick and weak especially the which also Cornelius a Byshop of Rome in Cyprians time maketh mention of in an Epistle to Fab. Antioch which is in Euseb lib. 6. cap. 43. where he likewise relates of Novatus the Heretique that when he was freed from the evil spirit and fell into a grievous disease upon his bed desired baptism and so was in his bed baptized i. e. perfusus aqua by water poured sprinkled upon him This was so customary amongst the Ancient to sprinkle and asperse the sick in bed if there they came to their first conversion that it was called Baptismus Clinicorum the baptism of the bedrid though they did not so highly esteem of such as were so baptized in bed upon sickness yea they debarred such from being of the Clergy because they thought they become Christians rather of necessity then good will And because I have mentioned such a thing as the Baptism of the Clinicks or such as were converted and baptized in their sickness and death beds I will put you a Quaere upon a supposition which often falleth out knowing you will presently run to your master of quaeres for answer and resolution Suppose one of your children or his or any your other brethren who by vertue or vice rather of your opinion hath been kept and detained from it's baptism during it's infancy and minority should be at 13 or 14 years of age visited of God with sickness and so scholed and enlightned by him therein and thereby for schola crucis est schola lucis that he should come to a good measure of knowledge of himself and God of his sins traduced at his birth and committed in his life of Gods mercies promised in his word and covenanted in Christ and so lying in bed under great distempers even fore-going death should upon and after confession of his sins and profession of his faith in Christ earnestly desire and require baptism as the Seal of Gods Covenanted Mercy and as a confirmation of his faith therein and a strengthening of him against the fears of death before and at his departure out of this world What would you now do here Dare you deny still and withhold baptism from him in this condition when as it may be and ought to be ministred unto him then will you be and are you guilty before God of a plain and palpable contempt of the ordinance of baptism which is and will be damnable to whomsoever Gen. 17.24 Exod. 4.24 25. And if you think it now needful for him to have baptism for that he is now capable of it according to your own tenet and the thing is now feizable and possible to be had I ask how and which way shall baptism be given and conferred unto him Will you remove him out of his bed in his clothes or in his bed and its cloathes to your Pond or cause to be brought to the bed-side some big Vessel or Tub of water which later is more then I need grant unto you in the point betwixt us and so either the one or the other way 〈◊〉 immerge his whole body in the cloathes or out of the cloathes which is still more then I need yeeld Then in all probability may and will you be guilty both before God and man of the death and destruction of the party the which is and will be as damnable to whomsoever Now advise and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me You cannot but see and say as David once you are in a great straight 2 Sam. 24.13 14. For according to your opinion and practice you must either let your child depart the world without baptism when it might have it if you would which will be prejudicial to your soul and your salvation or you must give it your dipping baptism which will be prejudicial to its body and its preservation as causing it to depart the world sooner then otherwise it would The onely way to come out of your straights is straightway to fall now into the hands of the Lord God with David and laying down your imaginations and every high thing of yours that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God 2 Cor. 10.5 to call for and suffer some lawful Minister of God to come and after such confession and profession heard by him

by the Beard and mouth and slew him for all his roaring quirks and howling quaeries and so have delivered you if you will be delivered from the spirit of bondage and love not your chain and fetters of their Errors more then the Freedom and Liberty of Truth for if the Truth or the Son of God who is the Truth have made or shall make you free then you are free indeed Now then and lastly Sir shew your self a true Israelite come and hear the Truth and know your friends the soul-truth which is the sole-truth and your soul-friends which are your sole-friends and come away from those Task-masters that lay heavy burthens upon your bodies and dip them under water over head and ears for their own gain more then yours and for their advantage to an evil cause Forego your bondage and darkness of Aegypt which goeth under the name of New-light and Liberty forget your garlick Onions and Flesh-pots which they call The Spirit and the fruits of the Spirit run from their hot furnaces and rash fires which they tearm Zeal keep away from their Ponds cold waters which they call Dipping Baptizing depart from the Tents of those that practice Rebellion under pretence of Religion Holines shake off your fellowship with their unfruitful works and words and as you have heard unprofitable Preachings and Teachings presumed upon under the Title of a gifted Brother-hood and Fraternity leave the Citizens or Farmers field and the Husks there and arise and go to your Fathers house the Church of God where is bread enough and to spare for the servants and much more for the Sons Get loose from those Bushes and Brambles where you are are entangled before you lose all the wool off your back and be fleeced by them Come now then and let us reason together saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow though they be red like crimsom they shall be as wool If you be willing and obedient you shall eat the good of the Land but if you refuse and rebel you shall be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Esay 1.18 19 20. Yea come and return as to the Lord so to your Pastor Here 's the right hand of fellowship and true Brotherhood I offer unto you to set you free and to help you out and to defend you against them yea and now that I have been long going after you as a lost sheep and one of my hundred fold and have found your at last I will lay you on my shoulders to bring you home again and wil undergo any labour and pains for your Reversion Reduction bearing also with your former defects or defaults with patience and meekness as the Apostle bids we should bear one anothers burthens Gal. 6.2 yea and I shall call together our friends and neighbours to a publick rejoycing and thanksgiving bearing also the Burthen of the Song or Psalm my self and saying Rejoyce with me for I have found my sheep which was lost yea and the blessed Angels above will be of the Quire and there will be joy in Heaven over one sinner that repenteth as your self yea and Christ Jesus the Great shepheard of all the sheep and of all souls will embrace your returning delight in you Who his own self bare your sins in his own body on the Tree 1 Pet. 2.24 For you was as a sheep going astray but if you shall return unto this Shepherd and Bishop of your soul When the chief Shepherd shall appear you shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away whereby you will be glorified in heaven and in the mean time he will put a Crown of Righteousness upon your head that falleth not off whereby you shall be both justified and sanctified also Nay your self will thus become a Crown of rejoycing to us all my self especially For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoycing Are not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming Yea you are our glory and joy 1 Thes 2.19 Therefore my brother dearly beloved and longed for my joy and crown Phil. 4.1 return unto the Lord the Lords Church and Flock the Lords Ministery and Pasturage the Lords Covenant with Parents and their Children the Lords Baptism and Sheep-mark and so stand fast in the Lord my dearly beloved Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepherd of the sheep through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant make you perfect in every good work of righteousness and word of truth working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen Heb. 13.20 21. If yet notwithstanding all this friendly invitation and fair warning you will not hear and hearken to come in but will go still astray My soul shall weep in secret places for your pride and mine eyes shall run down with tears because the Lords flock and your self for one amongst them is carried away captive Jer. 13.17 Wherefore I take you to record this day in which you have read over what I have written to you that I am pure from the blood of you all you and all for what I say unto you I say unto all for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God Acts 20.26 27. in these particulars that he hath out of his Word revealed unto me And so I have delivered my soul as to you and them by foretelling and forewarning you of the truth as a Watchman set over you Ezek. 33.9 if you will not deliver your soul by obeying the truth and submit thereunto when it is held out to you by him who hath the rule or guide and oversight of you and watcheth for your soul and must give account and would do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you Heb. 13.17 Then you will die in your iniquity and obstinacy your blood will be required at your own hands and will lie upon your own head who can help it unless God forbid it the which also God forbid I pray God Yea once more also I call heaven and earth to record this day against you Deut. 30.19 or for you that I have set before you life and death Blessing and Cursing therefore chuse life that both thou and thy seed may live and that thou mayest love the Lord thy God and that his Covenant that he made to be thy God and the God of thy seed and that thou mayest obey his voyce and that command for the baptizing of the Parent and his Seed That thou mayest cleave unto him and not forsake your God in Covenant with you sealed in your Infancy by renouncing your Baptism then and now running after other unprofitable Dippings for he is thy life and the length of thy dayes that thou mayest dwell here on earth a while and also be in Heaven for ever And now to him that is of power to establish you according to the Gospel and preaching of Jesus Christ and the Revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the Commandement of the Everlasting God made known to all Nations for the obedience of Faith To God onely wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever Amen Rom. 16 25 26 27. To which onely wise God and his Providence committing my self and what I have written here as likewise to the same onely good God and his blessing commending you and what you shall read here even to the Word of his Grace which is able to build you up who are fallen from that of Baptism and to establish all that stand therein I take my leave and give you farewel resting your affectionate and inseparate Pastor and Friend Jeffry Watts FINIS ERRATA EPistle to the Reader page 2. l. 8. read Printer p. 11. l. 22. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p 19. l. 16. r. word p. 24. l. 27. r. even p. 25. l 13. r. Hypocriticab p. 27. l. 18. r own p 32. 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