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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

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

likewise as he did the former concerning their being dead with Christ from their profession in baptisme vers 12. of the second chapter for unto that it is most evident he hath relation Buried with him in baptisme wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God and from this conclusion he presseth this exhortation upon them Seek after and set your affection upon those things which are above where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God As if he should say seeing ye professe your selves to be risen with him you must ascend up with him also in your affection setting your mind upon those things which are above It is a dishonourable and an unanswerable thing for believers who professe themselves to be risen with Christ in baptism to set their affection upon things on the earth Whereas on the other side it is a glorious and an answerable thing for such to set their mind their joy and delight upon things which are above to live and converse with the Lord Jesus in the bosome of his Father Thirdly the Lord puts forth a glorious power to Believers in baptisme giving in unto their hearts in what proportion he pleaseth the power of the death and resurrection of JESVS CHRIST acting faith in them to receive the same whereby they are in some measure enabled to perform that which their baptisme doth engage them unto Rom. 6.4 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 we also should walke in newnesse of life This Scripture hath much in it for the comfort of believers Wherein this is layd downe for a certaine truth to wit that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father even so marke that expression even so we also should walke in newnesse of life that is like as the glory of the Father was put forth in raysing his Sonne from the dead even so the glory of the Father is put forth unto believers in baptisme crucifying the power of sin in them and raysing up their heart and minde as it were into heaven to sit with Christ to walke with him in a holy and heavenly conversation to live a new life which the Scripture calleth a newnesse of life And therefore those words even so we also should walke in newnesse of life doth not onely hold forth what is our duty but what is our priviledge also for they carry the force of a promise in them and are to be thus understood to wit even so we also through the glory of the Father acted in us in our baptisme shall walke in newnesse of life And so it will agree with the 5 and 6 verses of the same chapter For as we are planted together with him in the likenesse of his death we shal be also planted together in the likenesse of his resurrection And this is a greeable to that other place 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 Wherein I observe that the same operation of God which was put forth in raysing Christ from the dead is put forth unto believers in baptisme in such proportion as the Lord pleaseth acting faith in them through which they rise with Christ or pertake with him in the power of his resurrection in a glorious measure And this is so cleare a truth that Peter is bold to say speaking unto believers Baptisme doth also now save us not the putting away of the filth of the flesh but the answer of a good conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ That is the baptisme of believers must not be looked upon with a fleshly and carnall eye as a washing of the flesh but with a holy and spirituall eye as a holy and pretious Ordinance of Iesus Christ in which Ordinance he puts forth the power of his resurrection unto believers through faith saving them more richly then before from the power of an inward pollution or filthynesse even a filthy polluted conscience with the accusations of it and working in them more abundantly an enlightned holy good conscience which answers or speakes good to them towards God And whether that Scripture in Heb. 10.22 may not agree much to this purpose I leave to the consideration of the wise Neither doe believers enjoy this fruit and benefit in the present administration of baptisme onely but this grace and power of Christ in baptism hath an influence into after times also even so long as they continue in the estate of mortality The 4th and last thing considerable to my purpose in the two Scriptures above named is this to wit Baptisme thus considered is part of that compleatnesse which believers have in the Lord Iesus Col. 2.10 Where the Apostle speaking to believers he saith And ye are compleat in him If ye ask in what manner or in what respects he tells us in all respects as it appeares in the following verses of this chap. and the beginning of the next And amongst the rest this is one ye are buried with him in Baptisme wherein also yeare risen with him And to the same purpose is that Rom. 6.5 Believers in baptisme are planted together with Christ mark that expression planted together with him in the likenesse of his death and in the likenesse of his resurrection also And surely herein is the compleatnesse of a believer to be planted together and grow together and live together with the Lord Jesus And therefore such do in part come short of their compleatnesse in Christ who do yet come short of being baptized as believers in the Name of Christ Thus much concerning the explication of the third priviledge which believers have in baptism Wherein I have been the larger that so I might as the Lord hath helped me and not without much comfortable experience through Christ cleare up the minde of God in it partly for the instruction consolation and incouragement of believers partly to be an Apologie for them and partly to be another Touchstone or tryall of Infants baptisme First partly for the instruction and incouragement of believers who are under the injoyment of this Ordinance upon profession of faith in their owne persons Much hath been spoken to this purpose in the explication of this priviledge as those that are spirituall may understand Exhortation I shall presse this forward upon my selfe and them with a word of exhortation I beseech you in the Lord that you receive not this Ordinance of CHRIST in vaine Endeavour to walk up to that ingagement which lyeth upon you by baptisme Let not any sin therefore reigne in your Mortall bodyes that you should obey it in the Lusts thereof Be not you subiect to Ordinances after the commandements and doctrines of men Be not ye in bondage to the rudiments of the world to