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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12524	The Ethiopian eunuchs conuersion. Or, The summe of thirtie sermons vpon part of the eight chapter of the Acts. By Samuel Smith, minister of the word	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1632 (1632)	STC 22847; ESTC S119101	159,079	581

Reas 2 Secondly it is cleare in the order of our faith and Creed nothing that is lesse then God can be beleeued in there must be a difference betweene the Creator and the creature No creature is to be beleeued in We beleeue in God and in Iesus Christ c. But when we come to the Church wee say We beleeue the Catholick Church not in the Catholike Church The communion of Saints not in the communion of Saints For Christ is the proper obiect of true faith it euer looks vnto him Vse 1 This serues first of all to condemne that dangerous and damnable Doctrine of the Church of Rome that teach That by faith we are iustified indeed But how Not in regard that Christ is the obiect thereof but in regard of those excellent motions it produceth in the heart such as are The feare of hell Loue of God Desire of saluation c. and so fitteth and prepareth vs that Ex congruo wee receiue grace and saluation Then the which what can bee more derogatory to the all-sufficiencie that is in Christ For faith and works in the matters of Iustification are opposite and cannot stand together Vse 2 Seeing then that sauing faith hath Christ for the obiect of it this then may serue to admonish those that looke to be iustified in Gods sight that they learne to renounce all things in themselues and to rest wholly vpon Christ for if all our actions shall finde acceptation with God so farre forth as they are done in faith Heb. 11.6 for without faith it is impossible to please God And seeing againe that faith it selfe doth not iustifie any further then it hath Christ to be the obiect there What then can our best actions do in the matter of Iustification But indeed euery man is a Papist naturally which is no small argument to shew that their Religion cannot bee good Faine we would haue some thing in our selues to commend vnto God in liew of his mercy towards vs. O the pride that is in mans heart by nature Is not all fulnesse in Christ 1. Cor. 1.30 Is not he made of God vnto vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption We must then learne to go out of our selues that we may be found in him renouncing all confidence in our owne righteousnesse and merits that wee may partake of Christs who is our Righteousnesse VERSE 38. And he commanded the Chariot to to stand still And they went downe both into the water both Philip and the Eunuch and he baptised him PHilip hauing shewed the necessitie of sauing faith to the due participation of the Sacraments of the Church and hauing receiued good satisfaction by the Eunuch his confession that hee was rightly qualified for the same Now he comes to the celebration of this holy ordinance it selfe He commanded the Chariot to stand still c. Doct. Men rightly qualified must not be denied the Sacrament Note we hence first of all That the Seale doth of right belong to such as haue the Euidence Where men are rightly qualified for this holy ordinance they may not be denyed to participate of the same The Minister is not to neglect it When Peter had preached to Cornelius and his company whereby they were brought to beleeue Can any man forbid water saith hee that these should not bee Baptised Act 10.47 that haue receiued the holy Ghost aswell as we meaning that it shold be an iniury vnto such to whom God had giuen grace to beleeue not to haue the Sacrament which is the Seale for the Confirmation of the same Vse 1 This teacheth Ministers not to bee too sparing in the administration of this ordinance of God what though we haue Dogs and Swine amongst vs to whom holy things are not to bee giuen as our Sauiour saith giue not that which is holy vnto Dogs neither cast ye your pearles before Swine c doth this hinder but that the children should haue their portion For their sakes only wee must often administer this Sacrament Though wicked men abuse it as they doe all things else to their perdition yet God will haue his children regarded for whose sakes he hath betrusted his Church with this neerest and dearest pledge of his loue Vse 2 And this serues likewise for singular comfort and consolation vnto the godly that haue grace to repent and beleeue The seales of Gods couenant are not to bee denied vnto such Neither is this all to haue an interest into the priuiledges of the Church but such shall not misse to haue the same ratified vnto them by the inward worke of Gods owne Spirit And they went both downe But had not the Eunuch men enough to fetch the water vp to him No doubt he had yet heerein is his humilitie and obedience seene that hee can so readily and willingly stoupe to Gods ordinance to leaue his chariot and to goe downe with Philip into the water Our lesson is That there is no degree or calling whatsoeuer but must yeeld obedience to Gods ordinance Doct. All must stoup to Gods ordinance This Noble man must out of his chariot and he must into the water How base and simple soeuer the ordinances of God may seeme vnto men the greatest amongst the sons of men must stoupe vnto them We may see this in Abraham a great Prince yet was Circumcised hee and all his house And in those noble and Religious Kings of Iuda and Israel whose greatest honour was that they stood for religion were zelous for Gods glory and were frequent in the exercise of holy duties but of this before And this shewes indeed by what spirit his holinesse of Rome Vse is led by that professeth himselfe to be the Successor of Peter but is better acquainted with the Sword then the word preaching is too meane and base a thing for his greatnesse to bee exercised in Peters kayes haue vnlockt vnto him such treasures that hee hath left off the feeding of Christs flock Wher are those Gregories Damasens and other faithfull Bishops of that Sea whose paines in preaching and writing proued them Faithfull in Gods house Surely their pride and pompe in these later dayes hath deuoted them wholy to their pleasures and ease and made them forget the seruice of the Church And they went downe into the water Some question may hence arise both concerning the time and the place of the Baptising of the Eunuch It might seeme strange that Philip giues way thus to the Eunuch that he must thus suddenly be Baptised by the way side was it so dangerous to haue put it off any longer as that the Eunuch might haue hazarded his own saluation I answere no it is not the want of Baptisme when it cannot conueniently be had that is so dangerous or damnable but it is the contempt of it Which may bee noted against that vaine and vncharitable opinion of those that thinke if an Infant dye vnbaptised it cannot bee saued and so conceiue that there