Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	glory_n	life_n	lord_n	7,031	5	3.5646	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A96525	The sealed fountaine opened to the faithfull, and their seed. Or, a short treatise, shewing, that some infants are in the state of grace, and capable of the seales, and others not. Being the chief point, wherein the separatists doe blame the Anabaptists. By John Wilkinson, prisoner at Colchester, against John Morton prisoner at London.	Wilkinson, John, of Bernards Inne.	1646 (1646)	Wing W2243; Thomason E1205_2; ESTC R208780	11,502	29

that untill the Law be known and transgressed there is no sin But the Apostle saith to the contrary That sin was in the world even unto the Law though sin was reckoned no sin so long as there was no Law Yet that sin was in the world though not reckoned of as may appeare by this That death Reigned from Adam unto Moses which it could not have done if sin had not been in the world for death is the reward of sin and therfore reigneth over none but those which sin hath dominion over though not transgressors after the same manner that Adam transgressed Thus the Apostle teacheth and by this we may learne that no Infants are without sin Now if this will not be yeelded them that Infants are without sin then would they know how they can be reconciled unto God Vnto this I answer That unto those which are the seed o● the Woman God was reconciled in Christ and in him adopte● them to be his Children before the world was And unto such the corruption of their nature shall not b● imputed God hath made them accepted in his beloved But they presume that it must be yeelded that Infants a● without sin and being so they would know what need they have to be Baptized To this I answere That Baptisme is the ordinance of God and therfore is to be used of all his people to that end fo● which it was ordained It was given of God to set forth and declare what benefit those which be members of Christ have by his death and resurrection That Infants have benefit by the death and resurrection of Christ these men will confesse though not aright Gods people therefore must Baptise their Infants to declare their faith concerning the benefit that they have by Christ They give us a needlesse caution or warning that we should not conclude that because Infants are subject to bodily death with their Fathers that therfore they perish i● hell No we will neither mount so high nor dive so deep as so to determine But this we doe affirme that if Infants were without sin bodily death should have no power over them But they will say that bodily death hath power over other creatures which be unreasonable I grant it But may a man as lawfully kill an Infant as he may a Sheep or a Bullock Surely no he which sheddeth mans bloud by man his bloud shall be shed These men therfore are very unreasonable to match Infants and other unreasonable creatures together But this is monstrous that they imagine that unreasonable creatures that are dead and have perished have prepaed for them the glorious liberty of the Sons of GOD and ●hall be freed from the bondage of corruption when the Sons of GOD shall be revealed And that this is the glory and liberty wherof Infants shal be ●artakers yea and that all other creatures shall have ●tory after death for th' afflictions of this life and not the ●embers of Christ only unto this vanity of mind are these ●en given up The Lord give them better understanding if it he his will From 2 Cor. 4. 10. and Rev. 20. 12 13. they conclude that Infants shall not appear before Christ to receive judgement because they have done no works in the flesh good or evill What works Infants doe GOD knoweth I know not Iohn the Baptist sprung in his Mothers womb Ieremie was sanctified in the Womb Iacob and Esau strove in the womb God is wonderfull in his works Therfore I dare not determine of the doings of Infants But Iohn in his vision saw all the dead both small and great stand before God and the●fore Infants as I unde●stand And Paul saith we must all be made manifest before the judgement seat of Christ I understand him to speak of all mankind and so of Infants And it is too much boldnes for any to say none where the Apostle saith all But what dare not ignorant zeale doe Their conclusion is that Infants have not sinned And therfore need no Baptisme for the remission of sins And I answere that in Adam all mankind sinned and that by meanes thereof all Infants come tainted with sinne from the womb And that therfore there is no hope of salvation for any Infants further then they may be reckoned to belong un●o Christ as ●eing the fruit of such branches as are ingraffed in him by Faith And thos● which be such are to be Baptized thereby to declare wha● benefit all have by Christ that are partakers with him whos● holinesse is such that he sanctifyeth all that have fellowship with him To whom be glory for ever Amen JOHN WILKINSON FINIS