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A85810	A treatise of baptisme: wherein is clearly proved the lawfulnesse and usefulnesse of believers baptisme; as also the sinfulnesse and vanity of infants baptisme. With many usefull instructions, concerning the same matter. Grounded upon Ephes. 4. 5. One lord, one faith, one baptisme. / By Robert Garner.	Garner, Robert.	1645 (1645)	Wing G263; Thomason E314_16; ESTC R200501	29,978	40

to obey him in all things and to make open profession or confession of him And to such indeed the Lord will give a glorious and everlasting Name which shall not be cut off even a Name in his house better then of Sons and Daughters And this I conceive to be the speciall meaning of the Holy Spirit in this Scripture which is in no wise pertinent and proper for them to bear them out in their Church-covenant and their entrance into the Church by it only Thus much I conceived necessary to speak by the way Tryall Againe This that I have said concerning this priviledge which believers have in baptisme through Christ may serve as a fourth Touchstone for the tryall of Infants baptisme whereby it is discovered not to be of God but of men onely For if all baptized persons according to the Scripture were baptized into one body to wit the Church of God and all the priviledges thereof as hath been cleerly proved from the 1. Cor. 12.13 and Acts. 2.41 42. And doubtlesse there is but one and the same rule for all the Churches of Christ to walke by Then surely the unlawfvllnesse of Infants baptisme is hence also proved Are they meet subjects to be joyned or added to the Lords body who neither knew the Lord nor his body nor the priviledges of the same Are they meet to be added unto the body in baptisme who are no wayes meet to partake in the priviledges and liberties of the body Who are no wayes meet to walk with the body in doctrine in fellowship in breaking of bread in prayers and in other liberties And surely according to the scripture those who are added unto the body are added unto the present partaking and enjoyment of all the priviledges of the body Are they meet to be added to the body who are no wayes usefull helpfull and profitable unto the body Such who cannot care for the body nor suffer with it nor rejoyce with it nor perform any office of love or duty to the body Surely the body of Christ according to the scripture is not made up of such unequall unusefull unhelpfull unprofitable Members Hath the most wise God made all the Members of the naturall body proportionable and usefull And hath he not made the mysticall body the Church of Christ glorious in the proportion and usefulnesse of all the members I speak not now concerning the salvation of Infants for that Infants dying in their infancie may belong to the Election of Grace and be saved even the Infants of believers and unbelievers of Turkes and Indians who can deny it But the wise will understand what I say I leave the use of this Touchstone to their consideration And so much for this Touchstone and this priviledge Thirdly Another priviledge is this to wit Believers in baptisme through the faith of the operation of God have fellowship with Christ in his death and resurrection by the power of which the strength of the body of sinne is more subdued and they are more enabled to walk in newnesse of life Rom. 6.3 4 5. Know ye not saith the Apostle that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death Therefore we are buried with him by baptisme into death that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so also we should walk in newnesse of life And agreeable to this is Col. 2.12 Buried with him in baptisme wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead In which two Scriptures acccording to the matter in hand I pray you take notice with me of these four things to wit First that in or by baptisme beleevers have a great ingagement lyeth upon them to walk like such as are dead to sinne to the world and to all humane traditions whatsoever in point of worship and to live to God in holinesse and righteousnesse and spirituall worship according to Christ in all things Seeing that in baptisme they professe themselves to be dead with Christ and to live with him they ought from thenceforth and from that time to be more diligent to live accordingly Thus the Apostle expressely speaketh Rom. 6.6 Where having relation to Believers burying and rising with Christ in baptisme in the 4 and 5. verses He saith in this verse that henceforth we should not serve sinne Minde that expression Henceforth And to to this purpose is that exhortation to the same believers and indeed concernes all professing or confessing Christ Let not sin therefore reign in your mortall body that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof And as they have a great ingagement upon them from thenceforth not to be subject to sinne and the lusts therof so likewise not to be subject to any human traditions in point of worship you may understand some difference betwixt what I call sin and what I call humane traditions in point of worship though these are sinfull also I say Believers baptisme ingageth them from that time or from thenceforth to cast off all these things Thus the Apostle reasoneth Coloss 2.20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ that is seeing ye are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world why as though living in the world are ye subject to Ordinances after the Commandements and Doctrines of men Where he layeth down this conclusion that they are dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world that is from all those things which were but Types and shadows of the Lord Jesus And he proves this from their profession in Baptisme verse 12. for unto that it is most evident he hath relation ye are buried with him in Baptisme And from this conclusion he presseth this exhortation by way of reasoning Why as though living in the world are ye subject to the Ordinances c. It is a dishonourable thing and altogether unanswerable for such as have the Name of Christ called upon them in Baptisme and therein professe themselves to be buried with Christ from thenceforth to serve any sinne in the lusts of it or to be subject to Types and shadowes of Christ or any Ordinances which are after the commandements and doctrines of men Whereas on the contrary it is an honourable and a glorious thing for believers to walk up to that engagement which the Lord Jesus hath laid upon them and they have taken upon themselves in that Ordinance Secondly by baptisme believers have a great ingagement lyeth upon them to seeke after and set their affections upon things which are above where Christ sits at the right hand of God Col 3.1.2 If ye then be risen with Christ that is Seeing then ye are risen with Christ set your affections upon things which are above where Christ sits at the right hand of God He here also layeth downe this conclusion that they are risen with Christ for so much the words imply And this he proves

God acting faith in them in this Ordinance doth not onely clear up to them more sweetly the pretiousnesse of the death of Christ but also confirm to them more richly their interest in the same to wit the remission of all their sinnes and their peace with the Father through Jesus Christ Hitherto I conceive tends that of Peter to his perplexed hearers Acts 2.38 Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes He doth not say neither dare I say that baptisme is a remedy to remit sinnes for then I should run into the mistake of such who pleading for their Infants baptisme do say Baptisme is a remedy to take away that sinne which they as the sons of Adam have conveyed to them But this Scripture I conceive holds forth to us especially two things First that repentance and remission of sins are preached given only in the Name or through the Name of Iesus Christ There is sufficiency of grace and strength in the Lord Jesus and in him onely to give you repentance and remission of sinnes And so it will agree with what is written by Luke 24.47 And that repentance and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all Nations beginning at Ierusalem Secondly that the Lord Iesus doth in baptisme confirm or witnesse unto Believers in some comfortable measure the forgivenesse of their sins in his Name And therefore he commands them to be baptized partly for this end that in baptisme he may confirm to them in some measure by his Spirit acting faith in them the remission of their sinnes For when a Believer is baptized in the Name of Christ and the Spirit of God acts faith in him in his baptisme then is his heart more sweetly assured that through this Name all his sins are remitted and he is at peace with God And to this purpose I conceive we are to understand that Scripture Acts 22.16 Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the Name of the Lord. Not that baptisme doth wash away sinnes for it is the bloud of Christ onely received by us through the faith of the operation of God that washeth or cleanseth us from all sinnes But thus Be baptized and in thy baptisme call on the Name of the Lord that is act faith in the Lord Iesus in whose Name thou art baptized that through faith in his Name in this Ordinance thy heart may be further confirmed in this assurance that all thy sinnes are washed away in his pretious bloud And to this purpose I conceive we are to understand Mark 1.4 and Luk. 3.3 concerning Iohns baptisme Only Iohns baptisme did point at Christ yet to come and that which Christ after gave in Commission did hold forth Christ already come And this priviledge or benefit believers have doubtlesse found in baptisme Hence it is that the Eunuch after he was baptized went on his way rejoycing Acts 8.39 He had found something of Christ in this Ordinance which gave him occasion of rejoycing It was not a uselesse but a gainefull Ordinance through Christ to him And so it was said of the Iaylor and all his house after they were baptized He rejoyced believing in God with all his house Some increase of faith and some witnesse of the Love of Christ they had found ministred to them by the Spirit in this Ordinance And as it was given to our Lord Iesus straightway after his baptisme to see heaven opened and to heare the love of the Father witnessed from heaven to him by the holy Spirit Even so the like mercie in a lesse measure is given to believers in and after their baptisme Neither is this fruit onely to be found in the present administration of baptisme but in respect of this benefit amongst others baptisme hath an influence into the whole life of a believer And truly the grace of God is very observable in this respect for by baptisme or straight way upon it believers are called out to wrestle with Satan as it were in the open feild they are set as a But for Satan and the world to shoot against and therefore they had need be Armed with the strength and love of Christ given into their hearts by the holy Spirit in this Ordinance Thus much concerning the explication of this priviledge Instruction Hence believers may be instructed to act faith dayly in the Lord Iesus in this Ordinance and to expect a renewed power of the Spirit of God inabling them in the faith to looke often upon Christ therein As also witnessing afresh to their hearts in such actings of faith the remission of all their sinnes through him in whose Name they are baptized for baptisme is not onely usefull to believers in the present administration of it but for future times also The comfort and benefit of it through the power of the holy Spirit whose Name is called upon them therein hath an influence into the whole life of a believer Therefore let believers account their baptisme to be of great use and comfort to them through Christ by the operation of the holy Spirit in them therein Tryall Againe the clearing up of this priviledge may serve as a fixth Touchstone for the tryall of Infants baptisme whereby the unlawfulnesse thereof will be further discovered I lay downe this conclusion to wit Baptisme may be lawfully administred to none but to such whom the Lord Iesus hath made meet in some measure to be partakers of such a priviledge in baptisme to have the remission of their sinnes through the Name of Christ confirmed or witnessed to their hearts by the power of the holy Spirit whose Name is called upon them in this Ordinance Are Infants meet to have repentance and remission of sinnes preached to them through the Name of Christ and to be baptized in his Name for the remission of sinnes are they meet to have remission of sinnes through Christ witnessed to their heart in baptisme by the holy Spirit who neither know their sinnes nor know Christ nor know the holy Spirit in his gratious and comfortable operation Therefore the baptisme of Infants is not of God for I affirm as I said before that baptism can lawfully be administred to none but such whom the Lord Jesus hath made meet in some measure to receive remission of sinnes in baptisme I meane to have the remission of sinnes through the Name of Christ witnessed and confirmed to their hearts in some comfortable measure by the holy Spirit working gratiously in them in that Ordinance And Surely at the least it is needfull that they know their sinnes and know Christ and know the holy Spririt and know his operations when he puts forth his grace and power in them Now how these things will agree to Infants I leave to the Iudgement of the Wise Thus much concerning the priviledges or benefits which the Lord Iesus gives in a gratious and meet proportion unto believers in their