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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91515	Aqua genitalis a discourse concerning baptism. First delivered in a sermon at Alhallows Lumbardstreet, Octob. 4. 1658. and now a little inlarged. Into which is since inserted, a brief discourse to perswade to a confirmation of the baptismal-vovv. / By Symon Patrick, B.D. minister of the Gospel at Battersea.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1659 (1659)	Wing P747; Thomason E2142_2; ESTC R210125	49,818	131

upon us his Grace Tit. 8.5 that we may be saved through the washing of Regeneration and the renewing of the H. Ghost According to that of the Apostle 1 Cor. 6.11 the place before mentioned But you are washed but ye are sanctified but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of God Where as those words In the name of the Lord Jesus refers to being justified so those words By the Spirit of God refers to their being washed and sanctified So in that place of Ezekiel cap. 36.25 After he had said That he would sprinkle them with clean water it follows as an explication of it vers 26 27 A new heart will I also give you and a new spirit will I put into you c. And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes All which doth sufficiently shew that in this Washing with water the Lord ingages to give the Spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrys orat 1. de resur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fourthly We receive hereby a Promise of Resurrection unto life Though we by going into the water profess that we are willing to take up the Cross and dye for Christs sake yet on Gods parts this action of going into and coming out of the water again did signifie that he would bring such persons to live again That he would not leave their soul in grave nor suffer his holy one to see corruption And this according to Chrysostome a very judicious Interpreter who was so full of the Spirit of Saint Paul that he dreamt sometime that he appeared to him is the meaning of that difficult place 1 Cor. 15.29 Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead c. i. e. for their dead bodies Why do they profess in Baptism that they believe the Article of the Resurrection of the dead among the rest of the Articles of Christian faith Why are they baptized into the hope and expectation of it of which saith he the Minister gives them a sign or symbole 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the things themselves that he doth putting them in and taking them out of the water which is a sign of their descending into the state of the dead and their ascending up from thence Now what good do they receive by Baptism if they shall not rise again but remain alwayes in the grave If any think it harsh to render these words For their dead bodies by these For the resurrection of their dead bodies which in Baptism we profess to believe it is only for want of skill in the short manner of speaking which the Hebrews use And methinks they may otherwise be interpreted to the same sense more plainly after this manner Why are they baptized for their dead bodies i. e. for the benefit and profit of their dead bodies for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 denotes the end which an Agent intends in an action as Gal. 1.4 who gave himself 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some have it which is of the same force for to take away our sins and there can be no end upon our dead bodies which we can have but that they may live again therefore for this end we are baptized that they may rise from the dead which if they should not we should lose saith the Apostle the great benefit which in Baptism was consigned and to what purpose should we use that Rite It may be replied that I have already mentioned many other purposes which render it sufficiently beneficial But if it be considered how near sin and death are one to the other we shall conclude that so must remission of sin and the resurrection from the dead go together and that if the one be not believed we may easily doubt of the other or at the best we shall make forgiveness lame and very imperfect while this great punishment of sin viz. Death remains unremoved Luther indeed in his version of the Bible gives another interpretation of this place but sutable to my present discourse which is grounded Dilheirus thinks upon that practise I mentioned of Baptizing in the places where the Martyrs were nterred The sense whereof is this as one that understands the language interprets it to me What mean they to be baptized Uber Den Toden over the dead To strengthen saith Luther in his gloss upon the words or confirm the Resurrection they used to baptize Christians Vber den Toden grahern over the graves of the dead the intention whereof was to shew that the same the very self same person should rise again But I doubt we shall not find that custom so antient as St. Pauls days wherein there had been but few Martyrs and therefore I wave it thinking the other more clear and proper If any one like it then from both me may conclude that the wa●●rs of Baptism are like the waters of heaven which falling upon the dry earth and the dead roots of plants makes them spring forth and live again It gives us assurance that we shall not alwayes sleep in our dust but shall spring up and flourish in a better soil even the Garden of God never to die or wither any more And Circumcision seems not to have been without this signification neither for they used to cast the fore-skin cut off into a vessel full of dust to signifie it is like that the circumcised person did renounce the Devil and his lusts by whose impulse Adam sinned and so died and was turned again into dust V. Joseph de Voysin de leg Div. cap. 7. and that he did cast away all that evil concupiscence by which death came into the world hoping that that being buried he should attain the Resurrection of the body and live again To which purpose a very antient book the Zohar applies a place in Job which shews though not the sense of the Scripture yet their sense of Circumcision Job 19.26 In my flesh I shall see God i. e. by Circumcision which was the Covenant of God in their flesh come to immortal life And a tradition they have to this purpose That when a man is signed with this holy mark he is made worthy of the vision of God Fifthly Baptism is not improperly called by Divines a seal of all these things i. e. a Rite whereby the Covenant between God and us is confirmed whereby we assure God of our fidelity and he assures us that as certainly as our bodies are washed with water so certainly will he give us of his Grace if we perform our undertaking continually assist us with the holy Spirit pardon our sins deliver us from the power of the Devil save our souls and at last raise our bodies out of the grave and make them spiritual and immortal and unite both body and soul together i●●●ernal Glory That conditional Covenant of Grace and Mercy that was sealed before indefinitely by Christs blood