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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
nation_n	baptise_v	baptize_v	infant_n	1,224	5	9.3240	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93239	Infant-baptism and church-membership proved: and also the mode of baptism to be by sprinkling &c. In answer to Mr. Benjamin Dennie's book. By Giles Shute of Limehouse.	Shute, Giles, b. 1650 or 51.	1695 (1695)	Wing S3708; ESTC R231568	45,328	72

aga●● our Thesis external right in such a church seal propounded Let none confound this with inward 〈◊〉 saving right which is visible to God and not to 〈◊〉 man the initiating seal is propounded not all thes● or church priviledges as choice of officers and 〈◊〉 in other church occasions c. A male child of 〈◊〉 days old might be circumcised but was never intend to be injoyned personal appearance at the solemn ●bration of the passover Let none then object tha● may as well plead for Infants coming to the 〈◊〉 Supper as in Cyprian 's time In a word we spea● initiatory sealing of persons outwardly capable 〈◊〉 Thus you hear what this Authour saith 5. And lastly When they have said all that can be said concerning Melchizedec Lot Job and Elihu why they were not circumcised I cannot find that they were under any obligation to it and the reason is plain Because they had not Gods command for it for if they had Gods command for the doing of it and neglected it then they were guilty of a great sin for not complying with it 2. If there was no command for it then they had sinned if they had done it 3. God may make that an Ordinance at one time that may not be so at another time of which I shall give you an instance in the case of Israel's departure out of Egypt Exod. 12.7 13. And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side-posts c. And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are and when I see the blood I will pass over you and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you This Ordinance was but for that night 4. It is a sin for any man to be circumcised now God doth not require it and it would have been a sin in Gods Israel under the Law if they had neglected it for he that was not circumcised at eight days old was to be cut off Gen. 17.14 5. If these holy men had done it namely Melchizedec Lot and Job c. they would have been as deeply guilty for the doing of it as Abraham and his seed would have been for the neglecting of it 6. And lastly It would be a great sin in a Gospel-Minister that was duly qualified for it with Gifts and Graces and a right call to the work of the Ministry if he should refuse and neglect it and it is as great a sin for any to intrude and undertake that great Work without being duely qualified with Gifts and Graces and not having a clear call unto it as too many Novices do i● this our day that do not understand Covenant-Mysteries for the Scripture saith in Psal 25.14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him and he will shew them his covenant So that this case of these holy men is fully answered For if Circumcision had been a Duty incumbent on them as they were good men they would not have lived in the neglect of it Thus you see this quaint new-found Notion of a Covenant of Peculiarity made with Abraham and his natural Posterity fairly laid in the Dust for dust thou art and to dust thou art returned 2. I shall prove Infant-Baptism and Church-Membership to be of Divine Institution 1. From Acts 2. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that sa●● Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Chri●t Now when they heard this they were pricked i● their heart and said unto Peter and to the rest ● the apostles Men and brethren what shall we do Then Peter said unto them Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift 〈◊〉 the holy Ghost For the promise is unto you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lo●● our God shall call First Here we may observe that whatsoeve● the Promise was unto the Jews and to all the● children in the former part of the verse the Promise is the same to the called Gentiles and 〈◊〉 all their children in the latter part of the sa●● verse But by the way before you go any furthe● What Promise is this that is here mentioned 〈◊〉 when was it made to the Jews and their childre● and to the Gentiles and their children also 〈◊〉 it is no other than the Covenant that God established with Abraham wherein he promised that he would be his God and the God of his children after him and that this Blessing or Promise should descend and devolve upon the Gentiles and their children also And for clear proof of this mind these Scriptures Gen. 12.3 here is the first broaching this Celestial Liquor of Life to Abraham Acts 3.25 Gen. 13.16 Gen. 15.5 Gen. 17.2 4 7. Gal. 3.8 14 16 17. Thus you see this Promise is the Covenant in which are comprehended all Gospel-believers and all their children so that if we went no further than this here is sufficient Authority to administer the Initiatory Seal of the Covenant to the Infant-seed of believers 2. But secondly when they heard what the Apostle charged them with which was with the blood of Christ they were convinced being pricked in their consciences and then they said What shall we do Even as the Jaylor that had been tormenting the Apostles when he was convinced said in Acts 16. Sirs what must I do to be saved so these here What shall we do Pray observe the Apostles Answer unto them was mandatory viz. Be baptized every one of you That was themselves and every one of their children that did belong unto them This must needs be so because the Apostle to reinforce his Mandamus with a clear inclusive Argument said For the promise is unto you and to your children Now what need Baptism have been commanded and the children presently mentioned if they had not been to be baptized as well as their Parents for they were as much in the Promise as their parents Pray where lies the difference For the promise is unto you and to your children and upon which Baptism is intailed for it mentions no conditions in the Promise with a respect to children And therefore it is as clear as the sun that the children of believing parents ought to be baptized let who as will or dare deny it 2. There is Christ's positive command for the baptizing of Infants as well as others in his general commission to all his faithful Labourers in his Vineyard in Mat. 28. Go and disciple all nations That was baptize them for the Learned do say that Baptism precedes Teaching Now children are included in this commission or else they are no part of a nation which is nonsence to assert or imagine for they are a very great part of a nation and therefore they come under the command of Christ to be baptized every one of those children where their parents did