Selected quad for the lemma: love_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
love_n	apostle_n	faith_n	work_v	4,705	5	7.7266	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85408	Philadelphia: or, XL. queries peaceably and inoffensively propounded for the discovery of truth in this question, or case of conscience; whether persons baptized (as themselves call baptism) after a profession of faith, may, or may not, lawfully, and with good conscience, hold communion with such churches, who judg themselves truly baptized, though in infancy, and before such a profession? Together with some few brief touches about infant, and after-baptism. By J.G. a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.	Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing G1189; Thomason E702_7; ESTC R207109	25,228	32

PHILADELPHIA OR XL QUERIES Peaceably and inoffensively propounded For the Discovery of Truth in this Question or Case of Conscience Whether Persons Baptized as themselves call Baptism after a profession of Faith may or may not lawfully and with a good Conscience hold Communion with such Churches who judg themselves truly Baptized though in Infancy and before such a Profession Together with some few brief Touches about Infant and after-Baptism By J. G. a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius And I baptized also the boushold of Stephanas besides I know not whether I baptized any other For Christ sent me not to baptize but to preach the Gospel 1 Cor. 1. 14 16 17. For ye are all the children of God by Faith in Christ Jesus Gal. 4. 26. For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but Faith which worketh by love Gal. 5. 6. Circumcision is nothing nor uncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the Commandments of God 1 Cor. 7. 19. Deus nobis imperavit congregationem sibi servavit separationem August in Mat. 13. 47. Infantibus minime negandus Baptismus quos Deus adoptat filii sui sanguine abluit Calvin Harm. p. 253. London Printed by J. M. for Henry Cripps and Lodowick Lloyd and are to be sold at their Shop in Popes-head Alley 1653. QUERIES ABOUT Lawfulness of Communion with Churches deemed unbaptized As also about Infant and after-Baptism I. WHether is there any Precept or Example in the Gosp●l of any person how duly soever baptized who disclaimed Christian Communion either in Church fellowship or in any the Ordinances of the Gospel with those whom he judged true Beleevers upon an account only of their not having been baptized especially after such a manner as he judged necessary for them to have been Or in case there be neither precept nor example found in the Scriptures to warrant such a practise upon what ground are the Consciences of such men who practise it satisfied or emboldened in their way Or if it be replyed that there were no Beleevers in the Apostles days who were not baptized and that truly and consequently that there was no occasion of scrupuling communion with any Beleever in these days 1. How can this ever be proved viz. that there were no Beleevers unbaptized in the Apostles days the contrary being apparant as may be touched hereafter 2. Be it granted that there were no Beleevers unbaptized or unduly baptized in the Apostles days upon what ground notwithstanding can the practise now queried be justified or maintained unless the Practisers certainly know and can satisfie themselves that in case there had been such Beleevers in these times I mean who had been un-baptized or unduly baptized those duly Baptized would have declined such communion with them as that specified especially considering that positive actions such is a declining or withdrawing from communion with the Saints in Church-fellowship cannot be justified upon negative grounds at least not further then in point of meer lawfulness or indifferency no nor thus far in case of scandal which is the case of those who withdraw from Church-communion to the offence both of that Church from which they withdraw and of many others II. Whether can it be proved from the Scriptures or by any Argument like or meet to satisfie the Conscience of any tender and considering Christian that the Apostles or other Christians in their days would have declined Church-communion with or denyed Church-communion unto such persons whom they judged true Beleevers in Christ and Partakers of like precious Faith with themselves only because they had not been Baptized or dipped in water after a profession of their beleeving especially in case they had been baptized and solemnly consecrated by washing with water unto the service of Jesus Christ before considering that the Apostle Paul expresly saith that in Jesus Christ i. e. under the Gospel or profession of Christ in the world neither Circumcision availeth any thing nor Vncircumcision BUT FAITH which worketh by love a And again That Circumcision is nothing nor Vncircumcision is nothing but the keeping of the Commandments of God b meaning that under the Gospel and profession thereof neither did the observation of any external Rite or Ceremony Circumcision by a synecdoche speciei being put for all kind of external Rites or Ceremonies avail or contribute any thing towards the commending of any person unto God nor yet the want of any such observation discommend any man unto God or prejudice his acceptation with him but that which was all in all unto men and which availed any thing in and under the Gospel that which being sound in men rendered them accepted and approved of God and the want of it disapproved was such a kind of Faith not such or such a kind of Ceremony or such or such a kind of Baptism which by the mediation or interveening of that heavenly affection of love uttereth and expresseth it self in keeping the Commandments of God viz. so far as they are made known unto them and as humane infirmity will well bear and admit Or is it to be beleeved that either the Apostles or other Christians taught by them would have rejected those from their communion who were weak in the Faith and were not convinced of every thing that was in any degree necessary for them to know and to do only for want of such an external observance of the lawfulness whereof they were unconvinced and which had they submitted unto it would have availed them little or nothing III. Whether can it be proved by any text or passage of Scripture either directly or by any tolerable consequence that Christian Churches were in the Apostles days constituted by Baptism or that none were reputed members of Churches or admitted into Christian Communion with those who were Baptized but only such who were Baptized likewise considering that that text Acts 2. 41. commonly and only as far as I know pretended for proof of such a thing doth not so much as colour much less cotton with such a supposal or conclusion the tenor of the place being only this Then they that gladly received his word were baptized and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand Souls For 1. It is not here said that all they that gladly received the Word were baptized but indefinitely only They that gladly received c. Now indefinite expressions in Scripture are not always equipollent to universals but sometimes to partitives or particulars When the Apostle speaking of Beleevers under the Old Testament saith that THEY stopped the mouths of Lions quenched the violence of fire c. Hebr. 11. 33 34. he doth not mean that they all did either of these nor indeed that many of them did either See Mat. 27. 34. compared with vers 48. to omit an hundred instances more of like import Yea many times universal expressions