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A78588 The character of an Anabaptist. As it was presented to some Lords of His Majestys Right honourable Privy Council, for His Majesty, upon Thursday the 24 of January, 1660. 1661 (1661) Wing C2004; Thomason 669.f.26[51]; ESTC R210903 2,552 1

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THE CHARACTER of an ANABAPTIST As it was presented to some Lords of His Majestys Right honourable Privy Council for His Majesty upon Thursday the 24 of Janua●y 1660. AN Anabaptist is so called for being baptized according to the Scriptures * and as the Rubrick and Catechism of the book of Common-Prayer commands and instructs For the Rubrick commands Dipping not Sprinkling nor pouring on Water but on weak conditions both in publick and private baptism And the Catechism requires Faith and Repentance which the same Catechism acknowledgeth Infants cannot perform And this book is owned by the Bishops and Church of England If Bishops then and the Church of England do as they command and are command as they instruct and are instructed are not the Bishops and Church of England all Anabaptists OH THAT MEN WOULD WALK BY THEIR OWN RULE OR MAKE A RULE BY THEIR OWN WALKING The Anabaptist's ONELY RULE for all they endeavour to think say or do are the SCRIPTURES Nor dare they allow themselves or others in any thing not allowed and appointed by Scripture So that their Character is in Print legible to all the World And whosoever readeth the Scriptures readeth their very heart And this Rule the Assembly of Divines both of England and Scotland assert for their onely Rule against and above all Decrees Councils Opinions Ancient Writers and Doctrines of Men c. If then the Assembly of Divines both of England and Scotland be men of their word are they not all Anabaptists OH THAT MEN WOULD DO AS THEY SAY OR SAY AS THEY DO The Anabaptists have particular commands from God in Scripture far above all Oaths Covenants Statutes and Proclamations to fear God and honour the King To be subject unto the higher Powers acknowledging there is no Power but of God and the Powers that be are ordained of God And to submit to every Ordinance of man for the Lords sake whether it be to the King AS SUPREAM or unto Governors as unto these that are sent by Him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of them that do well and not to despise Dominions nor speak evil of Dignities nor of the Ruler of the People But to honour all men to do good to all men to pray for all men for Kings and all in Authority to follow peace with all men to do as they would be done by to pay tribute to whom tribute is due custome to whom custome fear to whom fear honour to whom honour and to owe no man any thing but Love If then both Judges and Magistrates Courtiers and Lawyers concur with the Anabaptists in all these Principles may we say that Judges and Magistrates Courtiers and Lawyers are all Anabaptists Oh that His Majesty never had worse Subjects nor Courtiers Oh that Magistrates never had greater Opposites nor more Refractory people to deal with unless they forbid and hinder them the Worship of God and then the Anabaptists have these special Rules To obey God rather then man Nor to Fear them that are able to Kill the Body but to Fear Him who is able to Destroy both Soul and Body in Hell Therefore to be Holy as He is Holy To keep the Commandements of God and the Faith of Jesus To render to no man evil for evil nor Railing for Railing nor yet to resist evil but to Love their enemies To blesse them that curse them to do good to them that hate them and to pray for them that despightfully use them and persecute them To rejoyce and be exceeding glad when they suffer for righteousness sake And to suffer for well-doing rather then for evil but not to suffer as a Malefactor OH THAT ALL ANABAPTISTS WERE PERFECT IN THESE RULES For then should the Spirit of Glory and of God rest upon them But every one is not an Anabaptist that is so called Nor if they once have been are they still so unlesse they continue in the Truth as it is written They went out from us because they were not of us c. For it is nor the outward washing away the Filth of the Flesh that makes an Anabaptist but the inward Answer of a good Conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ In doing whatsoever the Lord hath commanded And so far as any man comes short of all these Rules or any other written in the Scriptures so far comes he short of being an Anabaptist For the word though given or used in Derision or Malice yet whether it be compounded of Ana and Baptistes or Ano Baptistes The first in a Distributive sense as each Anabaptist is singly baptized or in an Augmenting sense like the Hebrew Dagesh as each Anabaptist is thoroughly and perfectly baptized The second as relating to a Baptism from Above joyned to that of Water here below They do all excellently set forh the Transcendency of that Ordinance of being Baptized or Dipped in Water INTO the NAME of the FATHER of the SON and of the HOLY GHOST But there was a Judas amongst the Apostles a Simon Magus an Alexander a Demas an Hymeneus a Philetus an Hermogenes c. amongst the First Christians False Christs and False Apostles and False Prophets and Ministers of Satan transforming themselves into the Ministers of Christ were all long since foretold Yet it is worth the Noting that the Profession of an Anabaptist is of that excellency that if any that do but come near Profession of an Anaabptist suffer as Malefactors through mistake or neglect of their Rule or as really guilty they cause more noise then All the Papists Episcopal men and Presbyterians that have dyed or suffered these 500 years except the Book of Martyrs This Use may be made of All Let Names be lesse odious and Sins more And amongst whom their are fewest Drunkards Whoremongers Swearers and Blasphemers found Let that Profession be esteemed to have the greatest Power of godliness and Christianity which Holy Emulation if once in voge would stifle in time all false Witnesses and Tale-bearers who are the very bain of Magistrates and Ruin of Nations From which Pest the Lord deliver his gracious Majesty that his Throne may be established in Righteousnesse to the Peace and Comfort of all his good people Amen LONDON Prinred by J. Clowes for P. C. 1666. * Mat. 3. 6.16 Acts 8.38 39. Iohn 3.23 Gal. 3.27 Rom. 6.3.4 c. Col. 2.12 1 Cor. 15.29 Chap. 1 Act. 7. Pet. 2.17 Rom. 13.1 2 Ioh. 19.11 1 Pet. 2.13 14. 2 Pet. 3.10 Jude 8. Acts 23.5 Exod. 21.28 1 Pet. 2 17. Gal. 6.10 1 Tim. 2.1 Heb. 12.24 Mat. 7.12 Ro. 13.7 8. Act. 4.19.5.29 Mat. 10.28 Lu. 12.4.5 1. Pet 1.14 16. Lev. 11.44.19.2.20.7 Apoc. 14.12 1 Pet. 3.9 Mat. 5.39.44 1 Cor. 4.12 Mat. 5.10.11.12 1 Pet. 2.21.3.14 15 16 18 18.4.15 1 Pet. 4.14 1 Joh 2.19 1 Pet. 3.21 Joh. 14.15.15.14 Mat. Acts 8. 1 Tim. 1.20 2 Tim. 4.10.14 Mat. 24.11.24 Mar. 13.22.2 Cor. 11.13.15 Matt. 7. 15. Luke 6. 26. 2 Pet. 1.2 1 Joh. 4.1