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A93044	Truth prevailing against the fiercest opposition being a vindication of Dr. Russel's True narrative of the Portsmouth disputation ... Also, a sermon upon Mat. 28. 19. by Mr. John Williams ... As also An answer to the Presbyterian dialogue, by another hand / published by Mr. John Sharp ... who was moderator at the disputation in Portsmouth.	Sharp, John, of Froome, Somersetshire.; Williams, John, minister.	1700 (1700)	Wing S3005; ESTC R217599	120,924	184

Controversy being about the Brethren not the Infants and the Yoke not being Circumcision barely considered but the false Doctrine together with Circumcision which Doctrine could not be imposed on Infants tho Circumcision might You asserted that Infants are a part of a Nation and yet I am sure you will not baptize upon this ground your selves why then did you offer it to us The vilest Wretches that are and the blackest Heathens in the World are part of a Nation will you baptize such Really I should blush to look back on such an Argument I have written these Lines in Love hoping that on second thoughts things may be better considered and that you will not stand by that you have not the Word to stand by you in The Commission saith that He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved Do you believe that all the Infants that you baptize shall be saved if not then you do not believe that they are all Believers and yet you baptize them as such That Faith that fits the Subject for Baptism it is a believing with all the Heart see Pool's Annot. on Acts 8. 37 38. it is such a Faith as doth evidence the Subject's right to Salvation Mark 16. 16. I shall offer you one Argument and so conclude If the Apostles that were injoined to teach the Observation of all things whatsoever Christ had commanded them never taught the Observation of Infant-Baptism then Infant-Baptism was never commanded them by Christ but they did not c. I shall now take leave and remain your truly loving Friend John Williams Mr. William's Sermon Matth. 28. 19. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost BEfore I come to the words themselves I shall give you a brief account of this Chapter and of some remarkable Passages contained therein Vers 1. we have the Women coming to the Sepulcher and the time o● their coming which was at the end of the Sabbath as i● began to dawn towards the first day of the Week Vers 2. we have an account of a great Earthquake together with the cause thereof The Angel of the Lord descended from Heaven and rolled away the stone from the door and sate upon it Vers 3. we have a description of this Angel or this extraordinary Messenger which was sent from Heaven 1st He is described by his Countenance His Countenance was like Lightning 2ly By his Raiment that was white as Snow Vers 4. we have the effect of this Apparition with respect to the keepers They are astonished at the sight for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men Vers 5 6 7. we have the Angel talking with the Women in which there are three things observable First he gives them a Caution fear not tho the Keepers did fear this bright shining Angel yet the Women should not fear their end was good in being there they came in love to Jesus Christ I know that ye seek Jesus that was crucified Secondly He preacheth unto them the Resurrection o● Christ the first tidings of this welcome News sounded it their ears He is not here he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay Thirdly he sends them on a hast● errant Go quickly and tell his Disciples that he is risen from the dead and behold he goeth before you into Galilee there shall you see him lo I have told you Vers 8 9. the Women return from the Sepulcher and first we have the manner ●how and that was with fear and great joy Secondly the speed they made they did run to bring his Disciples word No doubt they thought it would be welcome News to the Disciples as it was to themselves Thirdly They have a short stop by the way being met by the Lord Jesus who saluted them with all hail Peace be unto you or rejoice Upon this they came and held him by the feet and worshipped him Vers 10. and here observe First Jesus Christ gives them another caution Fear not Secondly he sends them forward in their Errant Go and tell my Disciples that I go before them into Galilee there shall they see me Vers 11 12 13 14 15. we have a Narration of the Watchmens coming into the City to acquaint the Chief Priest with what was done and of the way they took to stifle the blessed Tidings of the Resurrection of Christ They gave them large mony to report that his Disciples came by night and stole him away while they slept Vers 16. tho the Disciples were not forward to believe that Christ was risen yet they go into Galilee and into a mountain where Christ had appointed them Vers 17. Christ comes and shews himself to his Disciples according to his promise and here we may see the effect of his coming When they saw him they worshipped him but some doubted that is they doubted for a time but at last they believed Vers 18. he declares to his Disciples the full and ample Power that he was invested withal All Power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth By this Declaration he prepares his Disciples to receive their Commission which Commission you have in ver 19 20. together with an incouraging Promise of his own Presence Lo I am with you always unto the end of the world My Text contains in it two Branches of the Commission to teach and baptize In which words we may observe these general parts First we have their mission or sending Go ye therefore Secondly we have the Subject All Nations Thirdly their work and that is two-fold 1st To teach and 2ly To baptize In which there is the order to be observed they must first teach and then baptize 3ly we have the Subjects of Baptism in this word Them which word is a Relative the Antecedent is All Nations taught or discipled 4ly We have the Authority of the Ordinance in these words In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Before I give you the Observation I shall a little open the Terms First As to their mission or sending Go ye therefore there are three things to be inquired into 1. Who it is that sends and that is the Lord Jesus Christ as appears in the preceding Verse Jesus came and spake unto them and said go ye 2. Who they are that are sent First more immediately they are the eleven Disciples as appears by ver 16 17 18. Then the eleven went away into Galilee and Jesus came and spake unto them saying Go ye But more remotely all such as God should be pleased to gift and qualify by his Spirit to preach the Gospel and by his providence to call out and to open a door so to do The Eleven were here commissioned but the Commission was not restrained to them for First we find that there were others that did instantly preach the Gospel as well as they who had no other

Commission but this Acts 11. 19 20. They that were scattered abroad upon the Persecution preached the word not only to the Jews but to the Gentiles also Now there was no Commission to preach to the Gentiles but this therefore it must be by this commission or none at all I can't suppose that they did run before they were sent for the hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed and turned to the Lord and if sent it was by virtue of this Commission These were not the Apostles that preached unto the Gentiles but such as were scattered abroad when the Apostles stayed at Jerusalem Acts 5. 1. compared with the 4th 2. It 's by virtue of this Commission that the Gospel is preached at this day and the promise of his Presence which is annex'd to it remains to this day Lo I am with you always unto the end of the World 3. Why did Christ send them this word therefore carries us back to the 18th Verse All power is given to me in Heaven and in Earth Go ye therefore He had power to send them and now he exerts his Power Secondly What are we to understand by All Nations there is no great dubiousness here the Commission is now inlarged unto the Gentiles that was before restricted unto the Jews It 's to all Nations as Providence should direct them and open a door to them for there was a hand of Providence in steering their course Acts 16. 7. They essayed to go into Bithynia but the spirit suffered them not Mark renders it thus Go preach the Gospel to every Creature that is To every rational Creature among the Sons and Daughters of Men Angels are rational Creatures but Ministers are not sent to preach the Gospel to them 2ly It must be such as have the use of their Reason among the Sons and Daughters of Men Children in an Infant-state are rational Creatures but they have not the use of their Reason and Understanding they are not capable of hearing and receiving the word it would be but lost labour to preach the Gospel to them Ministers are not bound by their Commission to preach to Children in an Infant-state And here by the way observe that if Ministers are not bound to preach the Gospel to Children in an Infant-state then they are not bound to baptize them in an Infant-state for they must first teach before they baptize that is the same Person Not teach one and baptize another that was never taught Thirdly What are we to understand by this word teaching 1. To teach and to preach is the same thing as appears by comparing it with Mark 16. 15. it's the same Commission and there it 's said Go preach the Gospel to every Creature To teach or to preach then is to open and interpret the word by the word and to apply it To preach the Gospel is to preach Christ crucified buried and risen again 1 Cor. 15. 1 2 3 4. it is to declare the Doctrine of Christ contained in his word to press men by the word and exhort them to believe in Jesus Christ with assurance from the promise of Christ that whosoever believeth shall be saved Mark 16. 15 16. Luke 24. 47. 2. To teach here is to disciple to Christ it 's granted by them that understand the Greek that the word is to make Disciples or to bring Disciples to Christ or to disciple to Christ First then a Disciple is a Scholar one that learns So the English Schoolmaster defines the word Wilson in his Dictionary tells you that a Disciple is a Learner a Scholar one that submitteth to another to be taught one who learneth the doctrine of Christ that he may believe and practise it The word does import as much in Scripture John 9. 27 28. and he said unto them Will you be his Disciples they answered him Thou art his Disciple but we are Moses ' s Disciples What does this import but that they had learned the Doctrine of Moses and that they would not learn of Christ it's observed the word is sometimes translated learned John 6. 45. Every one that hath heard and learned of the Father cometh unto me And so the word Undiscipled is translated Unlearned 1 Pet. 3. 16. A Disciple of Christ then is one that hath learned Jesus Christ and so learned him as to deny himself for Christ 1. He is one that hath learned Jesus Christ John 6. 45. Every one that hath heard or learned of the Father or is discipled of the Father cometh unto me A Person can't come to Jesus Christ till he have learned Jesus Christ the act of the Understanding must precede the act of the Will 2. He is one that hath so learned Christ as to deny himself for Christ Luke 14. 26. If any man come to me and bat● not his Father and his Mother and his Brethren and Sisters yea and his own Life also he cannot be my Disciple This hatred here may not be understood of a positive hatred but of a less loving the Soul must love Christ more than these or he must love these less than Christ ver 27. And he that taketh not up his Cross and follows me can't be my Disciple Vers 33. And whosoever it be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath cannot be my Disciple 3. A Disciple here in my Text and a Believer Mark 16. 16. is the same thing for it 's the same Commission tho variously exprest and the various terms or expressions do help to explain each other Calvin in his Institutions observes that the words Disciple and Believer are two words to express the same thing and that Luke in the Acts does often make use of the word Disciple for Believer Acts 6. 1. When the multitude of Disciples were increased that is the multitude of Believers Acts 11. 26. the Disciples that is Believers were first called Christians at Antioch Acts 15. 10. Why tempt ye God to lay a Yoke on the neck of the Disciples These Disciples were such as had purified their hearts by faith ver 9. And what were the Disciples that came together to break bread Acts 20. 7. Were not these Believers To teach then is to disciple them unto Christ or to bring them to believe in the Lord Jesus First Sometimes by Baptism we are to understand the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit Acts 1. 5. And you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence This was done when the Spirit appeared in the form of Cloven Tongues and sat upon them Acts 2. 3 4. Secondly By this word Baptism is sometimes understood Afflictions Sufferings Matth. 20. 22. You shall indeed drink of the Cup that I am to drink of and be baptized with the Baptism that I am to be baptized with Thirdly By this word we are sometimes to understand Water-baptism that which is an Ordinance of Christ John did baptize in Enon for there was much Water and in this sense I take the