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A96362	A true relation of the conversion and baptism of Isuf the Turkish chaous, named Richard Christophilus In the presence of a full congregation, Jan. 30. 1658. in Covent-Garden, where Mr. Manton is minister. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.	White, Thomas, 1628-1698.; Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1807; Thomason E2141_1; ESTC R204020	32,885	117

Repent saith he and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call So that we see Repentance and Faith fits men for Baptism and to these the gift of the Holy Ghost is a consequent in the ordinary dispensation although in this case of Cornelius the gift of the Holy Ghost was dispensed before Baptism The Vses 1. To encourage Parents to present their children to God and to testifie their interest in his Covenant on their behalf If they desire God to be the God of their children they should present them to him and accept of the priviledge which belongeth unto them to put them in possession of it Marc. 10. 14. it is said that when Christ had reproved his Disciples for hindering the children to come to him he took them up in his arms laid his hands upon them and blessed them When they are brought to the Ordinance and receive the seal of the Covenant he takes them in his arms layes his hands upon them and blesseth them 2. To oblige Parents to teach their children the Tenor of the Covenant and upon what account they have been owned by God and what their duty is to live unto him If under the Law Parents were obliged to teach their children Deut. 6. 7. Certainly under the Gospel this ought not to be rejected where there is a Covenant under better promises 3. To teach us to observe the Qualities requisite in those who are to be baptized that the Ordinance may not be administred either too scrupulously or too negligently It may be administred too scrupulously when such a distinct knowledge of all the heads of faith and duties is stood upon which may become one who is a large proficient in Christianity It is to be understood that if they have the knowledge of the main object of our Faith and Hope with a desire to be saved by Christ although they know no particular controversal matters yet they ought when they repent to be admitted to Baptism for they are baptized to be made disciples and being such to be taught and directed in the wayes of God according to Christs commandement in the Institution of Baptism Matth. 28. 19 20. make Disciples Baptize Teach Again it will be administred too scrupulously if Baptism should be suspended upon the account that he to whom it is administred should be embodied into some particular Congregation for Baptism is not instituted to make a man a member of any particular Society but to make him a disciple and to own him as a member of the Catholick Church visible For all particular Congregations make but one body unto which all particular believers belong Eph. 4. 4 5 6. 1 Cor. 12. 12. till 21. It may be administred too carelesly if no respect be had to their knowledge whether it be of the fundamental truths that Christ is the Son of God the only Saviour and that whosoever doth repent and believe in him for the mission of sins shall be saved and if no respect be had to the seriousnesse of their intention whether they desire Baptism yea or no for the true end to have a relation to Christ as his disciple in the Covenant to be taught and guided by him or whether they desire it onely for some worldly by-ends as many hypocrites have done And now to make the Application of this to the person in hand and the present action we can testifie of the Qualification of the person that he hath more than a competent measure of knowledge in Christianity both in matters of Faith and of Duties and that his life is answerable thereunto as having renounced all for Christs sake to come to live amongst Christians in a penitent humble sober and mortified state seeking onely to be found in Jesus Christ for the obtaining of the remission of sins and righteousnesse through him This being known to us to be his aym and his profession and having earnestly desired upon these ground and upon the Confession of Faith which he made in one day to be baptized we may warantably and cheerfully proceed to administer the holy Ordinance unto him and say with the Apostle Peter in my Text Can any man forbid water that this man should not be baptized who hath received the Graces of the Holy Ghost as well as we For by his Confession of Faith it will appear that he is largely enlightned and taught in the Truth by the Holy Ghost for not being able either to read or write and dictating this Confession according to certain heads which were given him and doing it readily in one day it is evident that he hath received a large measure of Grace which fits him for Baptism Here the Confession was read as it was Translated out of the French Copy which his Boy wrote from his mouth and it is as followeth The Confession of Faith made by ISUF the Turkish Chaous Who was Baptized in Mr. Mantons Church in Covent-Garden the 29th of January 1658. His name was Richard Christophilus I Believe that there is one God onely who being Eternal of himself above and in all the Author of all life and being is a Spirit only good only wise almighty all just every where present and infinite in all perfection I believe that this Divine Nature doth subsist in three Persons to wit the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three are the same God I believe that the world and all that is therein visible and invisible have been made in the beginning by the Word of God in six dayes and believe also that every man was made after the Image of God faithful and holy and with authority to rule the creatures of this world by God who did breath an immortal Soul in a Body of dust and made the woman of one of his ribs and placed them in Paradise I believe that Man being made of God Faithful was obliged to do his will which if he did he should have lived joyfully in Paradise but if he did it not that he should dye according to the promise which he made unto him But man was tempted by the Devil to transgress the Commandement of God to the end that he should obey Gods Commandement no more but do his own will So the sin of Adam falling away from God became not only the sin of Adam but all his full Posterity is guilty of Condemnation for they are by nature children of wrath who do nothing at all good but alwayes evil All men born naturally of Adam do sin against the Law of God not only against that which is in their hearts but also against that which is revealed in the Word so that all are actually transgressors before God and guilty of death Moreover man

being fallen into sin and misery could not deliver himself nor could any Creature find or procure a way for deliverance but God found a good Remedy for man I believe that Man was restored from his fall and misery by the Mediation of Jesus Christ who hath undertaken to save Mankind from the Curse of God and to reconcile God to Men and Men to God to destroy all the works of the Devil and all the Enemies of the Salvation of mankind to unite men to God by one Spirit God was moved to appoint and accept this way of Mediation for Mankind only by his free love towards the world and by his Eternal and affectionate compassion towards his Elect in Jesus Christ to the end his grace should be manifested by us The work of Reconciliation between God and Man was effected by the Son of God the second Person of the Holy Trinity who being God from all Eternity took the nature of man in the fulness of time being born by the power of the Holy Ghost of a Virgin and under the Law and so he became Emanuel God with us in one Person I believe that God said with his own mouth I am the Lord thy God who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage Thou shalt have no other Gods before my face c. I believe that the way by which he did bring to passe that admirable work was by the Administration of his three Offices Prophet Priest and King who in the state of his humiliation and exaltation became Wisedom to all Believers and also Righteousness and Redemption to make the work of Redemption and Reconciliation effectual and profitable in us he that did undertake it Jesus Christ is offered unto us with all his benefits in the covenant of grace and to all those to whom the Gospel is Preached this Covenant is published throughout the world by the publick Administration of the Word and of all the Doctrines of Repentance from dead works and of faith towards God and they are obliged every one to take an example by the grace of God which brings Salvation to receive it and to make use of it And the Doctrine of Repentance is applyed unto them that are transgressors of the Law to shew them to renounce wicked works which are first Atheism Idolatry false and Superstitious wayes of worshipping the true God all irreverence and abuse of his Name and all profanation of the Lords Day and neglect of his Solemn Worship and secondly to teach them to renounce all worldly lusts that is to say all disobedience to Superiors Murther and Malice Adultery and Villany False witness-bearing and all Concupiscence desiring things that pertain to his Neighbour I believe that the Doctrine of Faith is to be made use of towards those that have the use of reason to teach them that God is and that he is the Saviour of those that seek him diligently that they may know him and fear him and put their confidence in God the Father who hath made all things and in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son who having redeemed us is gone up into Heaven and is sitting at the right hand of God where he makes Intercession for us and from thence he shall come back in glory to give unto Believers their blessed hopes and in the Holy Ghost by whom the Church of Saints is gathered sanctified and governed in this world to be exalted in glory in the world to come I believe that God doth require good workes that thereby he may be glorified amongst men and we must do them that we may shew our love to him and to his glory and our thankfulnesse to his mercy that we may have assurance in our prayers and that we may build up our neighbour in the good way Moreover the Organ by which the Believers do good works is the life of the Spirit of Christ in them which makes the children of grace free from the dominion of sin and leads them in all truth that they may answer the Tenor of the Covenant to observe it also those that are faithful unto God in the Covenant of grace makes use of their graces towards Christ to remain in him and in his word and in his love and to follow him in their affection and actions that in all things they may be conformable to his Image I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord who was conceived of the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary did suffer under Potius Pilat was crucified dead and buried and descended into Hell the third day he rose from the dead he is gone up to Heaand sits at the right hand of God from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Universal Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of sins the Resurrection of the Body life everlasting Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our dayly bread and pardon us our trespasses as we pardon them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen I believe the Ordinances of Baptism and of the supper of the Lord are Organs to such as are Disciples to increase the Communion of Saints to seal the promises and to confirm the graces of the Covenant to believers and to their of-spring and to distinguish them from the World I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ having eaten the Passeover with his Disciples in the night in which he was betrayed did institute the use of the holy Supper that it should be celebrated afterward to remember his death and to shew it forth till he come again In the institution he took bread and having given thanks he break it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me in like manner after Supper he took the Cup saying This Cup is the New Testament in my blood do this as oft as ye drink thereof in remembrance of me he did make use of bread and Wine to let us know that even as the Body is nourished with meat and drink so also the Soul doth receive its spiritual nourishment from him in respect of his Body and blood given to us I beleeve that Iesus Christ did institute the Baptism after his Resurrection and before his ascention into heaven as an effect and a Testimony that he hath received all power in Heaven and Earth and the Disciples are commanded to administer the same to make it appear that all the Nations of the Earth are made subject unto him as to their Saviour and that being subject to