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A86328 The foundation of the font discovered to the view of all that desire to behold it. And, the baptizing of men and women when they believe (in rivers and fountains) proved to be a standing ordinance in the Church of Cchrist to the end of the world; by plain Scripture-proof. In answer to Mr. Cook's Font uncovered, for infant-baptism; and Mr. Baxter's Plain Scripture-proof for infants church-membership and baptism. With a word sometimes upon occasion to Mr. Hall's Font-guarded; which is more fully answered by Thomas Collyer. By Henry Haggar, a servant of Christ, and the congregations of his saints. Haggar, Henry. 1653 (1653) Wing H186; Thomason E711_1; ESTC R207114 109,478 143

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Apostles they were no infants and as for thos e scattered they were no infants for they went every where preaching the word which infants that cannot speak nor understand cannot possibly do Therefore no such infants in the Church at Jerusalem Obj. But questionless there were women scattered as well as men and then it must follow they preached also and then we have women preachers I answer Although the Ministers in out days would have neither women nor men a preach but themselves yet the Scripture telleth 1 Cor. 11.4 5. that in those days women did use to pray and prophesie and they did it with their heads covered and Philip had four daughters virgins and they did prophesie Act. 21.9 and the Lord saith he will pour out his spirit upon all flesh upon his servants and handmaids and they shall prophesie Act. 2.17 18. and they that do prophesie do speak to men to edification exhortation and comfort 1 Cor. 14.3 therefore women may preach or declare the mind of God to others to edification exhortation and comfort if they be indued with gifts and abilities provided they do not usurp authority over the men 1 Tim. 2.12 And thus is the objection answered Argument III. My third Argument is from 1 Cor. 1. where Paul saith in the second verse he wrote to them at Corinth which were Saints by calling with all that in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus c. and in ver 10. he exhorts and beseecheth them to speak all one thing ver 12. he saith that Every one of them did speak and one said I am of Paul and another I am of Apollo and I am of Cephas and I am of Christ But infants that cannot speak nor understand cannot call upon the name of the Lord Jesus as ver 2. nor speak all one thing as ver 10. for they cannot speak at all neither can they say for their parts who they are of whether of Paul Apollo or Cephas or Christ Therefore no infants that could not speak nor understand were members of the Church of Corinth its evident for every one that was a member there could speak and say they were of one of these Argument IV. My fourth Argument is from 1 Cor. 6.4 If then ye have judgements of things pertaining to this life set them to judge that are least esteemed in the Church That he meant them that are least esteemed for wisdom and judgement is plain in the 5. verse But infants of eight or ten days or weeks of age cannot either judge or speak in such cases Therefore I conclude there were none such members of the Church at Corinth Argument V. My fifth Argument is from 1 Cor. 10.16 17. compared with ch 11.28 29. which words are these The cup of blessing which we bless is it not the communion of the blood of Christ and the bread that we break is it not the communion of the body of Christ for we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread and Whosoever doth eat of this bread and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord and eateth and drinketh damnation to himself not discerning the Lords body c. But infants that can neither speak nor understand cannot discern the Lords body from the world as it is sanctified and separated from it by faith and obedience neither can they discern his body broken nor his blood blood shed for them which is so lively represented and holden forth in this bread and cup to every discerning believer till he come ver 26. Therefore such infants are no visible Church-members or if Mr. Baxter or any will yet have it so then we must needs conclude with the Scripture 1 Cor. 11.29 that they eat and drink damnation to themselves not discerning the Lords body which would be absurd If any object and say that Infants must not nor do not eat of that bread and drink of that cup till they be of riper age Answ They discover abundance of ignorance like those 1 Tim. 7. which desired to be teachers of the Law and yet knew not what they said nor whereof they affirmed for if they be Church-members as Mr. Baxter and Mr. Cook say then they are to partake both of the bread and the cup for the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 10.16 17. that both the cup and the bread are the Communion of the body and also that the members of the body being many are all partakers of that one bread c. Therefore either little infants that can neither speak nor understand are no members or else if they be they eat and drink damnation to themselves not discerning the Lords body as aforesaid let Mr. Baxter Mr. Cook or any man alse avoid this absurdity if they can Argument VI. My fixth Argument is from 1 Cor. 10.17 compared with 1 Cor. 11.28 in these words for we being many are one bread and one body for we are all partakers of that one bread but let a man examine himself and so let him eat of that bread c. whence I argue thus If all that are members of the body do partake of that bread and they that do partake of it must examine themselves and so eat then little infants that can neither speak nor understand are no members visible of Christs body the Church for they can neither examine themselves nor none else for them because they cannot speak nor make answer But all that are members of the body do partake of that one bread 1 Cor. 10.17 and all that do partake of it must examine themselves and so eat of that bread c. Therefore no such infants are visible members of Christs body which is the Church Object If any shall object that we may as well exclude women as children for the Text saith Let a man examine himself c. I Answer first it discovers but a wicked cavilling spirit for conscience telleth them that both men and women did partake of it because its the communion of the body as I have proved and that women are members of the body of Christ which is the Church Eph. 1.22 23. I think none fearing God dare deny but lest any should I shall prove it Gal. 3.27 for as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ There is neither Jew nor Gentile bond nor free male nor female but ye are all one in Christ c. and we read when they believed Philips preaching they were baptized both men and women Act. 8.12 Again that women are members of the body is evident for Paul writing to the Church of Corinth 1 Cor. 11.4 5. Saith Every man that prayeth or prophesieth with his head covered dishonoureth his head but every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head and ver 11. he saith the man is not without the woman nor the woman without the
their oftences every Assizes and Sessions we will now come to the teachers and leaders of them and see what they do and and how they behave themselves for examples and now I shall not trouble you with outlandish news from Germany and other places beyond the Seas neither will I foolishly and maliciously invent things against you but I will refer you to a book that is printed by the order and authority of Parliament intituled The first Century of scandalous and malignant Priests c. printed by George Miller dwelling in Black-Friers wherein you shall find the Persons names the places where they had their benefices and the reasons why they were sequestred And that you may the better understand what manner of creatures these Ministers and Teachers were I shall briefly put down the names and causes of some few of them word for word as it is in the book which was printed by the authority of Parliament to which I refer the reader for further information where you shall find no less then a whole hundred of these vile and abominable wretches called Ministers of Christ by some and so lookt upon as if the Parliament had done them wrong All these were found in eight or nine Counties at most about London therefore we may judge how many of these Locusts are in England Scotland amongst the Covenanters and in Wales of which persons and their practices I now come to speak particularly Page 1. The Benefice John Wilson Vicar of Arlington in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he in most beastly manner divers times attempted to commit buggery with Nathaniel Brown Samuel Andrews and Robert Williams his Parishoners and by perswasions and violence laboured to draw them to that abominable sinne that as he shamed not to profess they might make up his number 18. and hath professed that he made choice to commit that act with mankind rather then with women to avoid the shame and danger that oft ensueth in begetting of Bastards and hath also attempted to commit buggery with a Mare and at the baptizing of a Bastard-Child blasphemously said openly in the Congregation that our Saviour as he was in the flesh was a Bastard and hath in his Sermon much commended Images in their meeting-houses as good for edification that baptism takes away original sin c. and hath openly said that the Parliament were Rebels and endeavoured to starve the King and that whatsoever the King commands we are to obey whether it be good or bad and hath openly affirmed that buggery is no sin and is a great drinker 2. The Benefice of Robert Hiliard Vicar of the Parish-Church of Ewell in the County of Surry is sequestred for that he said the Parliament is a Parliament for the Devil and the Divels Court and that the Petitions of the Parliament to the King are like the Petitions of Jeroboam to Rehoboam viz. commands and not Petitions and that he had rather live under the government of a Heathen then of the Parliament and is a common frequenter of Taverns and Ale-houses sitting tipling and quarrelling there is often drunk is a common curser and swearer and hath jeered the holy Spirit of grace saying We have Ministers now for sooth will preach and pray by the Spirit and hath threatned to kill those that have exhibited articles against him and went about with the Cavaliers at Kingstone directing them to plunder honest men Mr. Baxter saith the Anabaptssts are traytors to the State but I wonder who are traytors now 3. The Benefice of John Peckham Rector of the Parish-Church of Hosteedparva in the County of Sussex who giveth out that he is the Kings Chapline is sequestred for that he hath been very negligent of his cure absenting himself from his Parishioners sometimes a whole moneth together without leaving any to officiate for him and hath resufed to adminster the Lords Supper to his Parishioners that would not come up to the railes and is a common drunkard and a notorious adulterer and unclean person having drawn divers women to commit uncleanness with him and hath bragged that he could lie with divers women and never get them with Child and hath used sordid and beastly carriages towards women to entice them to satisfie his lust not to be named amongst the Heathen and hath expressed great Malignity against the Parliament and proceedings thereof and hath affirmed publickly that a man might live in murther adultery and other gross sins from day to day and yet be a true penitent person 4. The Benefice of Richard Hart Rector of the Parish-Church of Hargrave in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house-haunter an upholder of private Ale-houses and commonnly sitteth drinking in them divers daies together as from Tuesday to Sunday-morning and then being come home durst not come to Church his face was so battered and beaten and forced his Parishioners to go to other places by reason of his inabilities either to preach or read service to them and used on the Lords day on the afternoones to draw his Parishioners with him to his house forceing them there to drink untill they be drunk causing every one to to cast a Die in their course and to drink so many cups as fell to their chance perswading them that if they would take their cups he could forgive them their sins And when he hath preached on Fast-daies he hath told his Parishioners that he knew not wherefore the Fast was And on Whit-Sunday last though he had administred the Communion in the fore-noon yet in the after-noon he drew a Man and his Wife to a private Ale-house and there kept them drinking till night and then led them to his own house and there made the man so drunk as he fell asleep and then enticed the mans Wife up into his Chamber where they were all night together drinking and taking Tobacco and hath expressed great Malignity against the Parliament professing he would rather curse them then pray for them 5. The Benefice of Nicholas King Vicar of Priston and Snape in the County of Suffolk is sequestered for that he is a common Ale-house-haunter and a companion of scandalous persons and men of evill fame and oft drunk and attempted the chastity of Elizabeth Scotchmer who going to his house to pay him some monies he inticed her to lie with him and did strive a long time to abuse her by force and would have corrupted her thereunto with monies but she protesting unto him that she would not sell her soule to the Devil for mony he replied to her she was a fool for God did forgive the greatest of sinners and he hath expressed great Malignancy against the Parliament 6. The benefice of John Wells Parson of the parish Church of Shimplin in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he is a common Ale-house-haunter and common drunkard and in his drunkenness hath lain abroad in the fields lost his Hat fallen into the Ditches