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death_n	observe_v	young_a	youth_n	28	3	7.9324	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39051	Plain and exquisite Scripture-proof, that St. John Baptist and the blessed Apostles, and all the primitive baptizers, did baptize by sprinkling, or pouring water upon the person or persons they baptized, and not by dipping the person into water ... also some observations upon Mr. Keach's reflections upon my late treatise, intituled, Plain and express Scripture proofs, that John Baptist did as certainly baptize infants in the church of the Jews as the adult, with the confirmation of the truth reflected against by him / by Joshua Exell ...	Exell, Joshua.	1693 (1693)	Wing E3857; ESTC R15010	107,024	64

Pharisees and all the Jews lay in a strict observation and keeping to the letter of the law especially the lesser matters thereof is as clear Rom. 2.17 27. Matth. 19.18 19. The young man that observed and kept all from his youth does shew it That they did purifie and were to purifie is as clear because it was not put an end to till the death of Christ and that they expressed their purifying by this word is as clear as any thing else from this text Luke 11.38 Whence they had the word is no matter Be sure we may that they did not use it in Imitation of John nor of Christ For John they said had a Devil and for Christ they said he did cast out Devils by Beelzebub the Prince of the Devils and they made a law that whosoever did confess Christ should be put out of the Synagogue John 9. This is clear that they did use this word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to signifie and express their sprinkling thereby And they could have had no ●●ew or pretence for accusing any for non-observance of it if it had not been performed according to the Law by sprinkling nor never could have pretended any shew of religion in it though for the particular matter it might be the tradition of the Elders Philip 3.6 7. Had they not had a law they could never have pretended to righteousness in it Touching the righteousness that is in the law blameless So Rom. 9.30 31 They going about to establish their own righteousness Israel which followed after the law of righteousness Besides it could never have born the Name of cleansing or purifying or making clean or purging had it not been with respect to the Law and thus Our Lord Jesus the true and faithful witness is pleased to stile it Matth. 23.25 26. and this with respect to all the Pharisees Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and platter Luke 11.39 So Matth. 25.26 which none can make to be meant in a civil respect or humane cleansing Because Christ Blames them for neglecting their inward wickedness and for drawing near to God with the mouth only in it The word for to make clean is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 constantly used in the New Testament with respect to a religious cleansing or purifying Heb. 9.14 1 John 1.7 Heb. 9.22 23. Matth. 10.8 23 25. Luke 11.39 Matth. 7.9 Matth. 11.5 Luke 7.22 Mark 7.19 Acts 15.9 Ephe. 5.26 James 4.8 Titus 2.14 1 John 1.9 2 Cor. 7.1 and so also the Noun from it John 3.26 Heb. 1.3 John 3.25 Luke 2.22 2 Peter 1.9 Mark 1.44 Luke 5.14 and should they have performed their additional purifying any other way than what the law did enjoyn in all cases where the law did command it This would have made their own traditions have been known from Gods commands and the people would have observed them accordingly And besides was it likely That the Pharisees who were for the lesser matters of the law and for an easie light religion themselves whatever burthens they did lay upon others would turn sprinkling upon some part of the body to the Dipping of the whole person in water and this so frequent as they did baptize which was as often as they did eat and this of all the Jews too Mark 7.1 2 and Immediately before Dinner and besides the person that was unclean was not to touch the water him self for whatsoever he did touch he did defile and whatsoever he did touch and if any one else did touch him he was defiled Numbers 19.22 John 8.28 And how then could he that was looked upon unclean be dipt into it And who could grasp him and not touch the water and yet dip him or how could he and the unclean person go together into the water as some Imagin Philip and the Eunuch did Acts 8.38 And where could they have a clean person for such a one they must have to cleanse them if it were with water and the Priest if it were with blood Numb 19.18 19. Levit. 7.14 If all were to be dipt before they did eat they must not all eat at one hour and with knowledg of one anothers hour who should be capable to dip the rest else and how few could they have for strength to perform this act of their Baptizing to all sorts of persons of whatsoever age or sex and either such as did do it must never be unclean or capable of Defilement or must never eat themselves or not be of the Pharisees or Jews Religion and where should they have pits or Rivers enough to go into to dip after this manner and if it was in their present wearing apparel they must all have abundance of change And if without apparel that they did Baptize they must be so far from Religion as not to have humanity Baptize they did but if it was by dipping so often as they did Baptize it must be altogether Impossible and Intolerable as to baptizers and Baptized Therefore believe it who can supposing they kept to the letter of the Law it must be done by sprinkling And John the Baptist did it the same way why else did the Pharisees so stile his baptizing John 1.24 25. and this as messengers to examine and to carry tydings to the Sanedrim at Jerusalem and as sent out to that end by them Would they give Johns baptism a wrong Denomination or title in love to it and if in hatred never raise one quarrel in one word against the doing of it They made more conscience then than thousands in our days do if they did do so However this is certain that they must step beyond the Devil in what he did in his dispute with Christ Mat. 4. And beyond what the Sadduces did in denying the Resurrection Matt. 22.23 to 32. If they make any gain-saying of the express Scripture that declares that their purifying was by sprinkling and this they called baptizing and this with respect to the external baptizing with water John 1.24 25. Luke 11.38 and the same we have also in Mark 7.2 3 4 8. Where the utensils mentioned some at least were not possible to be dipped by any one single person The matter is clear that their baptizings were their religious washings how else could they be said to draw near to God with the mouth and with the outward man in it and by the command of God this was to be performed by sprinkling And who can prove that they had turned it to Dipping Does not Christs call it purifying and making clean of the outside of the cup and platter and does not this prove that it was not changed as to manner tho as to matter it was their own inventions If any can give from Scripture such or more evidence that they did dip in their religious purifications then there will be matter for faith to believe But till then all that men say must go for Dogma an opinion But a little further that we may find