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B20542	Believers-baptism from heaven, and of divine institution Infants-baptism from earth, and human invention. Proved from the commission of Christ, the great law-giver to the gospel-church. With a brief, yet sufficient answer to Thomas Wall's book, called, Baptism anatomized. Together with a brief answer to a part of Mr. Daniel William's catechism, in his book unto youth. By Hercules Collins, a servant of the servants of Christ.	Collins, Hercules, d. 1702.	1691 (1691)	Wing C5360; ESTC R224066	50,763	158

Christians 'T is most likely those who baptize Infants baptize Heathens for we are all the Children of Wrath by Nature Eph. 2.3 It is you plead for Baptizing Heathens we plead for Baptizing Believers and Christians Object 11. There is no express Command for Womens receiving the Lord's Supper yet there may be good Consequences to prove it lawful so of Infant-Baptism I Answer Who will say there 's no Command for Women's communicating so long as that stands upon Record 1 Cor. 11.28 But let a Man examine himself 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Common Gender and so let him eat The Learned do know the original word signifieth Man or Woman The Apostle saith There 's one Mediator between God and Man 1 Tim. 2.5 the word signifieth Man or Woman Gal. 3.28 Male or Female all one in Christ it is the same word with the former in the Original Moreover we read of Women who believed and were Baptized Acts 8.12 so are fitly qualified for the Lord's Table We have also an Example of Women's communicating in Act. 1.13 14. we read Mary and other Women with the rest of the Disciples were altogether And in Act. 2.44 it 's said all that believed were together and in ver 42. these continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and in Fellowship and in breaking of Bread and in Prayer So that here is a Command and an Example for Womens communicating tho none for Infants Baptism therefore the Objection is false and weak Object 12. Infants are Disciples therefore they may be Baptized I Answer This Objection being grounded on Act. 15.10 11. we shall shew the Occasion and Scope of it and see whether it can prove Infants Disciples or that they ought to be Baptized Some having asserted who came from Judea Vnless a Man was Circumcised he could not be saved Then the Church of Antioch determined that Paul and Barnabas with certain of the Church should go to Jerusalem to the Apostles and Elders concerning this Question which when they came together to consider this Matter Peter rose up and said Why tempt you God to put a Yoke upon the Necks of the Disciples Acts 15.10 This proves not Infants Disciples neither that they ought to be baptized which neither our Fathers nor we were able to bear The Meaning of the Apostle is Why should we impose the Yoke of Circumcision upon the Necks of the Disciples viz. Believing Gentiles which are by no Law obliged unto it this is to bring us unto that Bondage God hath delivered us from Now how this doth prove Infants Disciples and so ought to be Baptized I leave to all judicious Considerers Object 13. Circumcision nor Vncircumcision avails any thing but a New Creature We fear Persons lay too much stress upon Circumstantials not minding the Power of Godliness I Answer Those who lay too much stress upon Circumstantials 't is doubtless their Evil But can any lay more stress upon it than our Saviour who though unspotted yet would not live without it Tho Circumcision be nothing which is abolished is Baptism nothing which is called Righteousness and the Counsel of God and calls it Righteousness The laying the stress of our Happiness upon Christ should not hinder but further Obedience and always doth where the Faith is of the right Kind And whereas the Apostle saith Circumcision avails not any thing it did avail something when God threatned Moses with Death for not circumcising his Son Exod. 4. And when God said Whoever was not Circumcised should be cut off from among the People Gen. 17.14 The Apostle never intended to undermine Gospel-Commands by saying Circumcision nor Vncircumcision avails any thing for in 1 Cor. 7.19 he adds but the keeping the Commands of God What tho Circumcision is nothing because abolished is Believers Baptism nothing which is a standing Ordinance What tho some Jews might lay more stress upon Circumcision than upon the Lord Jesus for Salvation which might be the principal Cause of the Apostle's thus speaking I hope Persons have more charity than to conclude we lay more stress upon Baptism than our Lord's Merits Object 14. If Children may not be Baptized under the Gospel their Priviledg is less than under the Law I Answer The Priviledg under the Law and under the Gospel is the same to Infants as to the Covenant of Grace and as for Circumcision it was indeed a Priviledg to the Jews in comparison of the Heathens but called a Yoke in comparison of them under the Gospel We grant Why should this be esteemed the loss of a Priviledg more than not enjoying literally a holy Land a holy City Temple or Succession of a High Priest and Priesthood by Generation it 's a great Mercy for Children to have Godly Parents having the advantage of a good Education Prayer and good Examples But what benefit can Infants have from Baptism when God never appointed it for them nor made any Promise to them in it but most glorious ones are made to such as believe and are baptized namely Remission of Sins the Gift of the Holy Ghost and Eternal Salvation Mark 16.16 Object 15. The Children of Believers are Holy therefore they ought to be Baptized I Answer By explaining the Scripture upon which the Objection is grounded 1 Cor. 7.14 The Apostle is here giving an answer to a Case of Conscience that is Whether it were lawful for the believing Husband or Wife to leave or depart from the unbelieving Wife or Husband The Apostle in the Negative answers By no means for these Reasons First Now your Children are Holy viz. lawfully begotten in Wedlock but if the Husband leaves the Wife The Greek Preposition 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is well translated to by the Geneva or Wife the Husband every one will count your Children unclean that is Bastards therefore don't part but live together because the unbelieving Husband is sanctified or set apart by God's Ordinance to the use of the Wife and the Wife to the use of the Husband in a matrimonial way 1 Cor. 7.14 This is not an inherent spiritual nor a federal Holiness as some would beg and therefore argue for Baptism this Holiness is a legitimate Holiness And there can be no more concluded because these Children are said to be Holy therefore to be baptized than the Baptizing Zacharias's Bells or Pots in the Lord's House because they are said to be Holy Zach. 14.20 Object 16. All Nations are to be Baptized Infants are a part of the Nation Ergo Infants may be baptized I Answer The Lord Jesus Christ saith Mat. 28.19 20. Go ye therefore and teach all Nations 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Disciple all Nations but that must be first by Preaching and Instructing them in the Principles of the Christian Faith And addeth I cannot be of their mind who think that Persons may be baptized before taught Pool's Synopsis on Mat. 28. Baptizing them c. Never intending any should be baptized but what

were first taught 'T is as if a King should give a Commission to an Herauld to proclaim throughout his Dominions whoever in the Nation Male or Female would go to School and learn the Greek Tongue should have a Wedg of Gold Doth this follow that every one in the Nation should have a Wedg of Gold because a part of the Nation No not unless they do learn the Greek Tongue So in like manner A dreadful piece of Infant-Baptism appeared when the Heads of 6000 Infants were found murdered and buried in a Warren near a Monastry no more in the Nations are to be baptized than what are first taught and learn Christ Christ did no more intend that every one in the Nation should be baptized than the Prophet Haggai did So superstitiously zealous were some in the 7th Century for Infant-Baptism that a dead Child was taken from the Grave and Christened its Father's Name given unto it that every individual in the Nations of the World would desire our Lord's coming because he saith the Desire of all Nations should come Hag. 2.7 which is only the Believers in all Nations God did not intend Infants had robbed him when he said Ye have robbed me even this whole Nation they being not capable of it No more are Infants of Baptism tho a part of the Nation being not first taught and made Disciples according to the Commission Object 17. Men of Years were first Circumcised afterwards Infants So in the Gospel Baptism was first administred unto Men and Women but afterwards Infants were Baptized I Answer You say well Men and Women were baptized first Infants were never baptized by virtue of a Commission from Christ tho Believers were and it was about three hundred Years after Christ before any Infant was Sprinkled Danvers on Baptism p. 204. Christ's Commission was to baptize Believers now unless any can show where this was abrogated and a new Commission for Baptizing Infants given this remains and will to the end of the World Indeed Abraham was Circumcised when he was old as a Seal of the Righteousness of his Faith to assure him he should be a Father of many Nations a Spiritual Father unto Believers Jews and Gentiles And after this God commanded him to Circumcise his natural Seed and when any can shew us as plain a Command for Believers to Baptize their Infant-Seed as Abraham had to Circumcise his the Controversy shall end Object 18. Infant-Baptism is an Apostolical Tradition Tho this Tradition be not written in any Apostolical Book yet it is of no less Authority with us than the Scripture Bellarmine and though the Scripture be silent in the Case the uninterrupted Tradition and Vsage of the Church makes up that Defect I Answer Tradition ought to be proved by more than one Evidence viz. Origen whom all other Ages have condemned of Errors Dr. Taylor And whose Works are so spurious that he that reads them knows not whether he reads Origen or Ruffinus Erasm With Dr. Taylor Tradition saith he must by all means supply the place of Scripture and there is pretended a Tradition Apostolical that Infants were Baptized But at this saith he we are not much moved for we who rely upon the written Word of God as sufficient to establish all true Religion do not value the Allegation of Tradition The pretended Proof for Infant-Baptism being an Apostolical Tradition from Dionysius the Areopagite Justin Martyr's Responses Origen's Homilies Cyprian in an Epistle to one Fidas a Priest have been examined refuted and found fabulous and forged Danvers on Baptism pag. 133 to 150. It is very improbable that Infant-Baptism should be an Apostolical Tradition when decreed by several Councils in the 4th Century the Council of Carthage of Neocesarea and Laodicea c. they did hold forth the necessity of Confession and Profession before Baptism In short It is against the Reason of a Man to conclude this an Apostolical Tradition because this were to make the Apostles act beyond their Commission which were to Baptize only Believers Object 19. Infants were once Church-Members and that Law was never abrogated neither do we find they were cut off I Answer John the Baptist abrogated this sufficiently when he told the Pharisees and Sadduces it was a vain Plea to say Abraham was their Father that was a good Argument for Infant-Church-membership under the Law by Circumcision but signified nothing to Church-membership under the Gospel by Baptism now the Dispensation is alter'd If any bring not forth good Fruit in his own Person the Ax being laid to the Root of the Tree it is to be hewn down and cast into Eternal Fire The Apostle Paul in Rom. 11.20 ends this Controversy plain enough where he asserts the natural Branches were broken off by Unbelief and if they come to believe they may be grafted in again Who can shew any Instance where Infants were accounted Members of the Church under the Gospel but until then they remain broken off and that Law of Infant-Church-membership is as plainly abrogated under the Gospel as the Passover and Circumcision c. which all grant is void tho not so formally done as once commanded there being no need the Substance being come necessarily Shadows cease Object 20. In Mat. 3.11 John Baptist said I Baptize you with Water unto Repentance And in the 6th Verse Were Baptized of John in Jordan confessing their Sins Here say some is Baptism before Confession or Repentance in the order of words therefore we being Baptized in our Infancy if we repent and confess our Sins afterward 't is sufficient and we need not be Baptized again I Answer 1. If you were only sprinkled in Infancy you were never yet Baptized 2. 'T is said they were Baptized in Jordan confessing their Sins but I never heard of an Infant confess Sin in the Act of Baptism as these did I will gladly Baptize any Souls that shall truly confess themselves Sinners in the very Act and Administration of that Ordinance to the Glory of the Messiah who came to save Sinners 3. Tho the Text says I Baptize you unto Repentance none dare say that John Baptized them before they did manifest Repentance because when many of the Pharisees and Sadduces came unto John's Baptism he said O Generation of Vipers John's Baptism is called The Baptism of Repentance for Remission of Sins because Christ preached Remission of Sins to the Penitent Believer Piscator on Mark 1.4 bring forth Fruit meet for Repentance and think not to say you have Abraham to your Father 4. John's Baptism is called the Baptism of Repentance Mark 1.4 Can any other be the meaning than this that John was appointed of God to demand Repentance from dead Works of all that were Baptized and Faith also in him that was to come Acts 19. and upon this John did preach unto them the Remission of Sin I think it never did enter into any Man's Heart that John did first Baptize

that hath Christ's Authority stamp'd upon it tho it were the blowing of Rams-horns round the Walls of Jericho Josh 6.13 Exod. 20.24 25. Making an Altar of Earth or rough Stone taking the Blood of the Trespass-Offering putting it on the Lap of the High-Priest's right Ear Levit. 8.24 the Thumb of the right Hand the great Toe of the right Foot having on it a Divine Stamp is an Argument sufficient for our Obedience Acts 9.18 St. Paul a very learned Man the Eunuch who was Lord Treasurer under Candace Queen of Ethiopia Crispus a chief Ruler Constantine and Theodosius great Emperors our Lord the only Potentate accounted it so honourable a thing as to practise it when about thirty Years of Age and led us the way as well by his Example as Commission Nothing sure can be more obliging Believers unto Obedience than their Saviour's Precept and Precedent CHAP. III. What Baptism is FIrst Negatively Not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 28.18 19 20. It 's not sprinkling dropping or pouring of Water Sprinkling is known to be Rantising not Baptising or Baptism Baptism is an external washing plunging or dipping a profest Believer in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Which I thus demonstrate The Hebrew word Tabal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dip. The Septuagint translate it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Dr. Hammond notes on John 13.10 Gen. 37.31 Levit. 4.6 Deut. 33.24 2 Kings 5.14 Josh 3.15 1. From the Scripture-acceptation of the Word the word Baptize in the New Testament is taken from the word Dip in the Old as the Learned do know Where 't is said Joseph 's Coat was dipt in Blood The Priest's Finger dipt in Blood Asher 's Foot dipt in Oil. The Priests Feet dipt in Jordan Naaman wash'd or dipt seven times in the same River with many more places of Scripture ☞ Moreover 't is worth our noting the word translated Dip John 13.26 Rev. 19.13 Luke 16.24 concerning the Sop Judas had And where it 's said Christ's Vesture was dipt in Blood it is from the same Original word Baptism is that our Translators might had they pleased have rendred the word Baptizing Dipping being from the same Theme Bapto as Baptism is We are much to be governed by the Common and Vulgar acceptation of words as they were used and understood among all Nations God so inspired the Prophets and Apostles to deliver his Mind always in such words as were understood among the vulgar and ordinary People or else they would have been Barbarians unto them We cannot understand each other in Discourse but this way I call for a Book it 's readily given me because every one knows what it is we call a Book So if Tabal were used among the Hebrews for Dip in the common Acceptation and the Learned Hebrews by the Order of Ptolomy King of Egypt did translate that word Baptizo which was commonly accepted for Dip among the Grecians and we also translate Baptizo Dip none but an Enthusiast will object against the common acceptation of words This puts me in mind of a Discourse between Bishop Vsher and Mr. Hanserd Knowllys about the Propriety of the word Baptizo the Bishop said it signified to sprinkle as well as dip Mr. Knowllys said it signified only to dip there being other words in the Greek for sprinkling and pouring 'T is observable 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to wash 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to pour 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to sprinkle are never taken or used for Dip or Baptize nor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 simply taken for Washing by sprinkling or pouring Danvers on Baptism p. 206. To end this Controversy those who could produce the best and most Authors for their Sense should carry it the Bishop after some search found Two for his Opinion Mr. Knowllys brings Seventy for his Two namely the Septuagint and so the Controversy ended The Writings of the most Learned of the contrary Mind do confess that the Original Word * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from whence Baptism is taken signifieth properly to dip Leigh's Critica Sacra saith The native signification of the Word is to dip into or plunge under Water as the Dyer dips his Cloth in his Fat 's The Book of Canons saith You shall dip c. So the Dutch translate the Word In those Days came John the Dipper Ende doc Jesus ghe Doope was quam hysterstont vanden Water and when Jesus was dipt he came out of the Water Calvin saith We see what Fashion the Ancients had to Administer Baptism for they plunged the whole Body into Water 2. The end of the Ordinance sheweth Baptism to be dipping which is to hold forth unto a Believer the Death Burial and Resurrection of Christ as the Apostle saith Rom. 6.4 We are buried with him in Baptism Although there be no manner of similitude and likeness between Christ's Death and Burial with sprinkling a little Water on the Face yet burying in the Water is as lively a Similitude and Likeness of Jesus Christ's Death as the breaking Bread and pouring out the Wine is at the Lord's Table So that they lose one great End of this Ordinance who Rantize instead of Baptize for no Man accounts him buried who hath only Earth cast on his Face but he who is in the Heart of the Earth and covered with the same 3. John the beloved Disciple gives this as the Reason why John the Baptist baptized in Enon John 3.23 because there was much Water there the place was commodious for that Ordinance Hence our blessed Saviour came from Galilee to Jordan From Galilee to Jordan where John baptized is about thirty or forty miles to be baptized of him there which if Sprinkling would have done there had been no need of much Water nor Rivers 4. That Baptism is Dipping appears from Scripture-Metaphors explaining it Luke 15.50 Our Lord's Sufferings are called a Baptism because his Pains were not only upon one part of his Body No such thing as Sprinkling or Rantizing used in the Apostles Days nor many Ages after Mede's Diatribe but his whole Soul and Body was baptized and plunged into Sorrows Thus one that is Baptized is plunged under Water to shew how Christ was Baptized and plunged into Sorrows for Man's sake Great Measures of the Spirit are also discovered by Persons being said to be Baptized with the Spirit Acts 1.5 for where the word Baptism is used whether it be joined with Suffering with the Spirit or with Water it always holds forth a great quantity either of Sufferings of the Spirit or Water 5. Hence in the 5th place The vast height of Waters which stood above the Church in the Red Sea like a high Wall is called 1 Cor. 10.2 3. A Baptism unto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea because encompassed with it for the Ordinance of Baptism was not then in force but