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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62870	Præcursor, or, A forerunner to a large review of the dispute concerning infant-baptism wherein many things both doctrinall and personal are cleared, about which Mr. Richard Baxter, in a book mock-titled Plain Scripture-proof of infants church-membership and baptism hath darkned the truth / by John Tomes.	Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.	1652 (1652)	Wing T1812; ESTC R27540	101,567	110

PRAECURSOR OR A FORERUNNER To a large Review of the Dispute concerning INFANT-BAPTISM Wherein many things both Doctrinall and personal are cleared about which Mr. RICHARD BAXTER In a Book MOCK-TITLED PLAIN SCRIPTURE-PROOF OF INFANTS CHURCH-MEMBERSHIP AND BAPTISM hath darkned the Truth By JOHN TOMBS B. D. LONDON Printed by H. Hils and are to be sold by H. Crips and Lod. Lloid in Popes-head Ally T. Brewster and G. Moule at the three Bibles at the West end of Pauls 1652. To the right Honourable Bulstrode Whitlock Richard Keble Serjeants at Law John Lisle Esq Lords Commissioners for the Great Seal of England Major General Thomas Harrison Edmund Prideaux Esquire Atturney General for the State of England Denis Bond Esquire THrough the influence of the favour of many of you as instruments of the Lord for my liberty to preach the Gospel and peace at the Temple in London I enjoyed sundry years in the late tempestuous times an unexpected calm until a new storm arising by reason of the violence of men bent to bear down dissenters from the determinations of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster by reason of the publishing my Examen of Mr. Marshals Sermon for Infant-baptism I was necessitated to leave the harbour I had at the Temple and to remove a great distance from London to the place of my nativity in which I hoped for a setlement which I found not For partly by the States selling my lands out of which my maintenance there arose and partly by reason of the alienating of mens spirits from me through the distance between me and the Antagonist I here answer I was in a great measure frustrated of my hopes But it pleased the Lord nevertheless to order things so that by the means of some of you as Patrons and others as helpers I enjoy a comfortable supply for my maintenance together with that which is dearer to me the liberty of holding forth the truth of the Gospel where I laboured many years heretofore In testimony of my thankful acknowledgement of that ample favour which it pleased some of you to vouchsafe me by your appearing for me and bounty to me at the Temple and testimonial of me at my departure thence the readiness of you all either to invest or to setle me in the maintenance I now enjoy that there may be something in your hands to vindicate me from injurious aspersions under which my self with the truth I avouch do suffer much I humbly presume to present this writing to your hands and praying that you may honor God in your places who hath raised you up to do him service I subscribe my self Your Honours humble and real servant JOHN TOMBES Lemster December 26. 1651. To the dearly beloved my Auditors formerly the Inhabitants of Bewdly in Worcestershire THe fame of the dispute between Mr. Baxter and my self at your Chappel Jan. 1. 1649. was at first spread over the land by Mr. Bs abusive passage in his Epistle before his book of The Saints everlasting rest to which I opposed an answer in my Farewell-speech to you and that it might be communicated to the Nation printed it with some additions in my Antidote which I intended in the first place for your use After this Mr. B. printed a large book for Infants-baptism framed in manner of a Sermon as intended and accordingly tendred in an Epistle to you In which how injuriously he hath dealt with me and how weakly he hath opposed the truth I taught you will appear in part by reading this Forerunner to the rest of the answer that is to come after I did presently upon my first reading of Mr. Bs. book in a set speech briefly shew you Mr. Bs. grounds and the reason why they were unsatisfying Yet neither my Antidote nor that speech do I find much regarded by many of you nor perhaps will this writing take much with you However I have conceived it necessary to tender this writing to you that it might thereby appear how vain the excessive boastings of Mr. Bs book have been how justifiable their receiving the truth who have yielded to it is and how inexcusable they are that persist in Mr. Bs. way What ever you think or speak of me yet I do and shall study your good and committing my labours for you and among you to the blessing of the Lord I rest Your loving Countrey-man and servant in Christ JOHN TOMBES Lemster Oct. 1. 1651. The Contents Sect. I. OF the necessity and occasion of this present writing Sect. II. That the Title of Mr. Baxters book is a mock-title Sect. III. Mr. Baxters citations from Fathers advantage him not Sect. IV. Mr. Baxters citations from my writings advantage him not Sect. V. Mr. Baxter unduly suggests many things in his Epistles Sect. VI. The chief points of Mr. Baxters book are very briefly touched Sect. VII Many personal occurrences are cleered by relating of which Mr. Baxter hath in his History sought to create prejudice against me Sect. VIII More personal matters which the History of Mr. Baxter hath made crooked are set straight Sect. IX In my alleging Peter de Bruis and others as Antipaedobaptists 500. years ago is no untrath Sect. X. That Mr. Baxters charge of accusing and of disputing my children out of the Church and Covenant of Christ is vain and some inquiry is made how they are in Covenant Sect. XI About Mr. Baxters 4. Texts urged impertinently to prove Infants visible Church-membership Sect. XII That Mr. Baxter unjustly chargeth me to be a Sect-Master Sect. XIII That it is not a right way to judge of the truth of doctrine by strange accidents though wonderous Sect. XIV That Mr. Baxter doth not rightly expound Christs rule Mat. 7. 15 16. nor is unholiness of men a note to know fals doctrine by Sect. XV. Mr. Baxters insinuations of the wickedness of Anabaptists is Calumniatory and vainly alleged to condemne their doctrine of Antipaedobaptism Anabaptists and with them my self are vindicated from charges of Schism neglect of the Lords day c. Sect. XVI The ground of my opposing Infant-baptism is confirmed by Mr. Baxter himself Sect. XVII The gross absurdities to which Mr. Baxter vaunted I was driven in the dispute Sect. XVIII The gross untruths Mr. Baxter chargeth me with are not such Sect. XIX The 6. imagined errors charged on me by Mr. Baxter are cleered from his censure Sect. XX. Many learned men with the Oxford Convocation of former later times take Infant-baptism only for an unwritten Tradition Sect. XXI Many things are cleared about my Conformity Anabaptists necessity to be baptized the manner of dipping used by them their standing to their confession of faith c. Sect. XXII The speech that no one Countrey is gathered into Christs visible Church containes no malignancy to-Christ but is a manifest truth ERRATA PAge 2. l. 13. debare reade debate p. 4. l. 14. specially r. speciously p. 5. l. 3. after r. afore p. 7. l. 7. contrary r. century p.