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A41783	The Pædo-baptists apology for the baptized churches shewing the invalidity of the strongest grounds for infant baptism out of the works of the learned assertors of that tenent, and that the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins is a duty incumbent upon all sinners who come orderly to the profession of Christianity : also the promise of the Spirit [b]eing the substance of a sermon on I Cor. 12, I, to which is added a post-script out of the works of Dr. Jer. Taylor in defence of imposition of hands as a never failing ministery / by Tho. Grantham.	Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692.; Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667.	1671 (1671)	Wing G1541; ESTC R39521	38,200	120

when used in opposi●●on to it as it often falleth out they ●re and partly for that ignorance of ●hat God hath promised for his Churches comfortable subsistance ●roves a great occasion and temptati●● to Christians to trust to failing and ●●comfortable helps in the great bu●●ness of the Ministry of the word and ●rayer c. Now in the words which we have ●●osen the Apostle shews his care for ●●e Church at Corinthus and in them 〈◊〉 all Churches that they should not 〈◊〉 ignorant concerning spiritual gifts ●●d labours in three Chapters toge●●er to instruct them fully in that point ●●der several considerations and ●●●st 1. By giving them a definition of those gifts or shewing what they are verse 8. 9. 10. viz. A word of Wisdom a word of knowledge faith the gifts of healing the working of miracles prophesie discerning of spirits divers kinds of Tongues interpretation of tongues which definition or enumeration of gifts he seems to inlarge Chap 13. 26. a Psalm a Doctrine c. 2. By shewing that the Church hath a perpetual right to and interest in all these gif●s Chap. 14. 1. Desire sor be zealous after spiritual gifts Chap. 12 31. Covet earnestly the best gifts Chap. 14. 39. Covet to prophesie and forbid not to speak with tongues 3. By shewing whereto these gifts d●serve or to what end they were given Chap. 14. 12. Forasmuch as ye are zealous of the spiritual gifts seek tha● ye may excel to the edification of th● Church ver 31. that all may learn and all be comforted Eph. 4 12. fo● the perfecting the Saints for the wor● of the Ministry for the edifying of the body of Christ 4. By distinguishing of gifts as they are more or less necessary and accordingly gives direction which to prefer in our asking them yet so as not to forbid the use of any of them so it might be done with edification Chap. 14. 1. Desire spiritual gifts but rather that ye may prophesie Ver. 5. I would have ye all speak with tongues but rather that ye prophesied for greater is he that prophesieth then he that speaketh with tongues Ver. 5. He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifyeth himself but he that prophesieth edifyeth the Church 5. By shewing that all these gifts how excellently soever any are endowed with them yet therein he is not to rest satisfyed because there is yet a far more excellent way of receiving the s●irit without which all gifts are as nothing This more excellent way he refers to the fruit of the Spirit which he both distinguisheth by its several branches 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 6 7. compar'd with Gal. 5. 22. 23. and also comprehends the whole in that excelling grace of Charity follow after Charity Chap. 4. 1. The greatest of these is Charity 6. By giving a notable Rule to know who are indeed spiritual Christians from such as only pretend to be so Chap. 14. 35. If any man think himself to be a Prophet or spiritual let him acknowledge the things I write unto you are the commands of the Lord. Those then are not truly spiritual or true Prophets who as many on the right hand do not only lay aside the commands of the Lord but prescribe to others their own Traditions neither those on the other hand who prefer their poor conceits and Notions as if the word of God came out from them when though perhaps it came to them yet it came not to them only ver 36. Thus much briefly to shew what the Apostle means in this place by spiritual gifts and in what respects he would not have the Church to be ignorant concerning them Nor shall I insist upon all those particulars now but only that which may be most needful to be demonstrated and that is the second particular For I find it is not only a general conceit among the National Churches that the extraordinary gifts of the Spirit were only Temporary and now ceased but also very many in the baptized Churches are doubtful at the least in this matter as if that glorious promise of pouring out of the Spirit according to the prophesie of Joel and the reception thereof by the primitive Churches were taken away long since from the Churches which succeed them and not to be so much as looked for in these days But that this is a very great mistake and that the contrary even that that very promise of the spirit and every part of it from the time of its first effusion upon the day of Pentecost Acts 2. belongs to the Church throughout all Ages to the end of the World I hope to evince to the satisfaction such as desire to see the Truth in this matter And First from the scope of the Apostle in these three Chapters Where as it is his designed subject to discourse of the gifts of the Spirit so he informs us that God hath set them there namely in his Church that is he hath placed setled or fixed that one spirit in that one body nor for a few days only and then to leave her as a body without a spirit for ever after in respect of spiritual gifts but to abide there as in his temple both by gifts and graces even the same which Christ by vertue of his assention obtained when he ascended on high which gifts are given to the Church for the work of the Ministry for the edification of the body till the whole be compleated See to this purpose Ephes 4. from vers 4. to 16. Again The promise of the holy spirit is made by our Lord himself to the Church for ever John 14. 16. I will pray the Father and he shall give you another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever c. I say with the Church for it were a strange exposi●ion to restrain this for ever to the age of the Apostles as some do for sith the Apostles and first Churches could neither pray nor prophysie as they ought but as that spirit did help their infirmity it were strange the subsequent should be able to do it though destitute of that distance seeing prophysie is expresly one of those spirituall gifts as before we have shewed That great Apostle Peter dates the promise of the holy spirit very largely Acts 2. 38. c. As descending to the very Skirt or last age of the Church of God even to as many as the Lord our God shall call and he here takes the promise in t●at sence wher● in Jo●l meant it and the Church had then received it which clearly intends both the gifts and graces of the Spirit for as 't is sure they received then very great gifts so 't is said great grace was upon them all Act● _____ This very p●omise of the Father is by this Apostle appropriated to all the called of the Lord even the servants and hand maids in th●se days Now these days must either be a few days at the beginning of the Gospel or it must

be referred to the whole time of that glorious dispens●●ion if the first then how shall all the called of the Lord receive it Or who will tell us when these days expired But we know that These days the latter days last time and last days are used with some frequency in Scripture to point out the time of the Gospel as it succeeded the time of the Law During all which time we are sure that the duties in generall and perhaps some difficult duties which were not formerly known which were imposed upon the first Churches are laid upon the Churches to the end of the World Mat. 28. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you c. Must the Churches now contend earnestly for the faith and that both against old and new errors must she be the Salt of the Earth the Light of the World must she strive to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom to all Nations must she keep her self in the Love of God building up her self in her most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost Surely if these duties remain and the Lord requires that she should glorifie him in the faithful and constant discharge hereof as also in suffering for his sake It cannot reasonably be imagined that he should recall his holy spirit in the gifts thereof from her who when she had them all had nothing that was superfluous but stood in need of all to furnish her for the work she stood ingaged to do in these forementioned and other like considerations sith then our God doth require the same service of his Churches now which he required of his Churches in the first ages of the Gospel let us not imagine he will require the same Brick and not allow the same Straw That the gifts of the spirit here intendby our Apostle are the portion of the Church in every age as her right appeareth from the nature of these exhortations she is under to ask them Luk. 11. 13. How much more shall your Heavenly Father give his holy spirit to them that ask it ask and it shall be given unto you vers 10. How frequent is our Apostle in these 3. Chapters in his exhortations to this Church and in them to all others to desire spirituall gifts to covet earnestly the best gifts to covet to prophesie wishing that they may speak with tongues and warning them not to prohibet that gift Now to what purpose is all this if these gifts be ceased and that the Church may not now expect them I hope no man will say these exhortations are now out of date least in so doing he deprive us of the exhortation to Charity for they are so linked together as the one cannot cease as 't is an exhortation before the other Follow after Charity and desire spiritual gifts and rather that ye may prophesie Thus we see the Church being under perpetual exhortations to seek for spiritual gifts without any restirction necessarily infers her perpetual right to them and every of them which consideration alone is sufficient as I conceive to satisfie any Christian that the promise of the Spirit even the same that was given to the first Churches in respect of gifts as well as graces belongs to the Church of Christ throughout all ages Let us now consider whether the Church of God do not even now injoy the promised spirit in the gifts and graces of it at this day for the latter I think there is none do●h question it and yet should the graces or fruits of the spirit which now appear be strictly considered by what did formerly shine forth in the Churches it might peradventure put us to some pause yet not thence to conclude that we have not that spirit of grace or that the graces thereof are ceased but it would surely become a provocation to cry mightily to God for an enlargement of what we have received in that behalf And as I intend not to boast of the gifts of any so I may safely presume that the gifts received in these days are far more then I can set down or give you account of because the Church is diffused through many Nations and her gifts there unknown to me I will then restrain my observations to the Churches in this poor Island who may not vie with all Churches but rather in humility conclude themselves to be short of many concerning spirituall gifts And yet shall we say she hath none or may we not rather say she hath many that are endowed with a word of knowledge and that meerly by a gift from God having otherwise no capacity or fa●ulty more then others but therein far short of many of their brethren only the gift of God and no naturall faculty hath made the differance How have men of knowledge in this world been found to have no skill and the foolish to attain knowledge and some to excell so far as to confound the wisdome of the wise and to bring to nought the understanding of the prudent yet out of the mouth of Babes hath our God ordained strength and thereby hath sometimes stilled the enemy And as Wisdome is usefull to direct so hath God given it to such as fear him who if we respect their education c. could never have acquired it some by a word of wisdome here understand the well ordering of affaires in the Church others the right or usefull applycation of the word c. surely according to these expositions the Church hath some even by the gift of the spirit of God to go before here in these respects Neither is the gift of Healings so abnegated but that something of it hath appeared as many living witness by experience have testified and how far faith over and beside the common faith hath therein appeared as also in some other memorable undertakings against Sathan himself or against his designs with some good success becomes others to consider more then it doth me to write as for me I rest satisfied that miracles are not ceased as a gift to the Church of God though perhaps they are but rarely found as being in the wisdom of God not so necessary now in many places as in times past Now for the gift of p●ophesie which the Apostle here intends 't is certain the Church enjoys it very gratiously in these days sith she hath them that by the gift of Gods spirit and not by acquired Arts do minister to her the word of life by exhortation to her edification and comfort which yet she could not have if the gifts were ceased seeing prophesie is not only one of the spirituall gifts but the very best of them and the greatest of them all Nor is the spirit of our God removed in the gift of discerning of spirits for if it had false spirits had by their subtilty ere this day made havock of the Churches but through the grace of God notwithstanding all their cunning craftiness they have been discerned and their

of their former Life c. Then dip them in Water c. Walfridus Strabo de rebus Eccl●s●●c 26. tells us that we must know at ●h● fi●st believers were baptized simply in Floods and Fountains The learned Grotius tel's us in his judgement on Infant baptism That the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies to dip over the head and ears To whom we will joyn T●lenus whose Testimony is in these words Baptism is the first Sacrament of the new Testament instituted by Christ in which with a most pat and exact analogy between the sign and the thing signified those that are in Covenant are by the Minister washed in Water The outward Rite in baptism is threefold immersion into the Water abiding under the water and resurruction out of the water the form of baptism to wit internal and essential is no other then that analogical proportion which the signs keep with the things signified thereby for as the properties of the water in washing away the defilements of the body do in a most suitable similitude set forth the efficacy of Christs blood in blotting out of sins so dipping into the Water doth in a most lively similitude set forth the mortification of the old man and rising out of the water the virification of the new That same plunging into the water holds forth to us that horrible gulf of divine Justice in which Christ for our sins sake which he took upon him was for a while in a manner swallowed up Abode under the water how little a while soever denotes his descent into Hell even the very deepest degree of livelesness while lying in the sealed and guarded sepulchre he was accounted as one truly dead rising out of the water holds out to us a lively similitude of that conquest which this dead man got ●ver death which he vanquished in his own Den as it were that is the grave In like manner therefore it is meet that we being baptized into his death and buried with him should rise also with him and so go on in a new Life Rom. 6. 3. 4. Col. ● 12. Th●● far Tile●●s Bishop Jewell in his defence Appol ● 5. p. 308. brings the councel of Worms determining the manner of baptism thus In aquas demersio in 〈◊〉 ●u●sus ab aquis ●emersio R●surrectio est The dipping into the water is the going down into Hell i. e. the grave The coming out from of the water is the Resurrection From all which Testimonies and many more that might be brought it is evident beyond all doubt our opposers being Judges that whether we respect the signification of the word baptizor the signification of the ordinance it self or the consent of the primitive Churches in their practice of holy baptism dipping the subject or party baptized in the Element Water is the due form of baptism and therefore sprinkling or crossing the face is an humane innovation Or Upon the whole matter these ten particulars are very apparent First That Infant baptism was innovated after the holy Scriptures were written which appeareth both from the deep silence of the Scripture in that case and the confession of learned Paedo-baptists themselves 2. That it came in stealing as it were being for a considerable time left at liberty a sign it was not from Heaven and was disliked by the Antients who therefore disswaded from it 3. That which gave it its great advantage for a more general reception was this false opinion that without baptism none could be saved This saith Mr. Perkins doth St. Augustine every where assirm 4. That the Lords Supper was as eagerly pressed to be necess●ry sor Infants as baptism and they continued in use together about the space of six hundred years this conceit was confirmed saith Mr. Perkins by the councel of Toledo Can. 11. And Augustine was so earnest for this also that he boldly sayes in vain do we promise Infants salvation without it Aug ep 23. ep 107. contra ep pelag l. 1. c. 22. contra 〈◊〉 l. 7. c. 2. l. 3. c. 12. 5. That divers in the Greek Church have all along to this day refused Infant baptism Gro●ius his words are these as Mr. T●mbs quotes them In every age many of the Greeks unto this day keep the custome of deferring baptism to little ones till they could themselves make a confession of their Faith And the Armenians are confessed by Heylin in his Macrocos p. 575. To defer baptism to their Children till they be grown to years of knowledge 6. Those foolish and sinful adjuncts which the Authors and promoters of Infant baptism were constrained to invent to make it look like baptism for example their device of Godfathers c. do sufficiently declare it to be of an infirm and humane Original 7. The grounds upon which Paedo-baptism was at first urged are now in a manner wholly declined and new grounds daily invented whereon to built it which are no sooner laid but raized again by some of it's own favorites 8. That the stoutest assertors of Infant baptism hath ever met with as stout opposers Thus Agustine met with the Donatists and Pelagius whose arguments he could not avoid but by running into greater absurdity and though they are blamed and perhaps justly for holding some errours so also is Augustine and that not undeservedly 9. That many of the Learne● have much abused this age in telling them the Anabaptists i. e. the baptized Churches are of late edition a new sect c. When from their own writings the clean contrary is so evident Tenthly and Lastly Observe how the baptism of repentance for remission of Sins which is that one and only baptism commanded in holy Scripture hath been neglected traduced and its affertors frequently abused and that chiefly by thi● device of Paedo-baptism which now hath so lost it 's first form that it cannot with any shew of truth o● good sence be called baptism and ought therefore to cease with its follow errors viz. the giving the ●ords Supper to Infants c. That God may be justified in the submissi●n of all sinners to the baptism of repentance for remission of sins Luke 7. 39. The Second Part Of the Promise of the Spirit Delivered in a Sermon upon 1. Cor. 12. 1. To which is added A post-script out of the works 〈◊〉 Dr. Jer. Taylor touching the layin● on of Hands chiefly declaring ho● Religiously it was observed by th● Antient Christians as it is now revived by divers of the baptize● Christians of this age 1 Cor. 12. 1. Now concerning spiritual gifts brethren I would not have you ignorant THere was never more need for th● Church of God to seek and searc● for all those things which God hat● promised for her strength and encou●agement then now partly for that her ●pposers are men of exquisite parts by ●eans of all Arts and Sciences which ●●e not more profitable when used in 〈◊〉 way of subserviency to the truth ●●en pernitious