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A96442	An ansvver to Mr. Francis Cornvvells positions & inferences, concerning dipping, anabaptisme, antipædobaptisme, tythes, and consecrated churches. Wherein the English Ministry is vindicated from the Anti-Christianisme, so deeply by him charged upon them. Published in speciall reference to the good of Mr Cornwells misled congregation. / By Robert Whittle, minister of the word of God at East-Malling in Kent. Whereunto are annexed, the fore-mentioned positions of Mr Francis Cornvvell, entituled, the Nevv Testament ratified with the blood of the Lord Jesus, is the Magna Charta of Beleevers in Jesus the Christ dipped; by which they are justified to be no hereticks.	Whittle, Robert, 1597 or 8-1679.; Cornwell, Francis. New testament ratified with the blood of the Lord Jesus.	1647 (1647)	Wing W2046; Thomason E516_1; ESTC R206141	27,828	25

Covenant to oppose all Popery and Popish Innovations and so will make this a Popish innovation Where first let him remember that wee are as well tyed by Covenant to endeavour the extirpation of all Heresie and Schisme and let him first clear himself of these before he accuse us of the other but let us see how he will prove this to be a Popish Innovation He tells us we joyn with the Apostate Fidus and the Councell of the 66 Bishops in the dayes of Cyprian If Fidus were alive to answer for himself he would returne to Mr. Cornwell the name of Apostate and content himselfe with his old name Fidus by which he hath bin known these 1400 years and whereas the title of Priest is cast upon him as a reproach it is no other then Presbyter sotranslated by Mr. Cornwell and if it be accounted an Innovation to joyne with 66 Bishops and that glorious Martyr Cyprian faithful Pastors assembled together in the Primitive times and that in the received doctrine and practice of the Church of God continued from the Apostles as Origan and Augustin witnes concerning the Baptisme of Infants which hath so good warrant from the word of God against a Sect sprung up within lesse the one hundred and thirty years first spread by St●rkins in Germany if I say to joyne with these in this be Innovation then let us be accounted Covenant-breakers But let Mr. Cornwell or his adherents shew when ever in the Primitive times the Baptisme of Children was not in practice in the Primitive Church or else no body of a sound minde can beleeve it to be an Innovation The question from Fidus to Cyprian was not whether Infants were to bee baptized or not but whether or no they were to bee baptized before the eighth day because Baptisme succeeded in the roome of Circumcision To this Cyprian with 66. Bishops assembled together answer'd in his eighth Epist lib. 3. Quantum ad causam infantium pertinet quos dixisti●intra secundum vel tertium diem quo ●atisunt constitutos baptizari non oportere considerandam legem esse circumcisionis antiqu● 〈◊〉 ●ntra octavum ●iant cum qui natus est baptizandum sanctificandum non put 〈◊〉 long●aliudin concilio nostro omnibus visum est in hoc enim quod tu putaba● esse faciandum ne●o consensit a Baptismo gratia prohiberi non debet infans receus natus None agreed to the not baptizing of Infants but were all of another minde even that children though newly borne were not to be kep● from Baptisme This was then the Doctrine and practice of the Church and how can you have the face to affirme that it was left arbitrarie till in the time of 〈◊〉 the third it was ratified by a Deor●● under the penalty of Excommunication you ha●● been already lasht for 〈◊〉 and dare you persist you cannot but know that this is a meere falshood of your owne invention if you doe but open your eyes and look into any Antiquity but you thinke none of your Congregation can discover it then do matter Innocent the third lived about the yeare 1198● Math. Palmerii 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 You have taken a leap of above 900 yeares to joyne Cyprian and Innocent together When you say By this Act of Fidus and the Councell of 66. Bishops and the Decree of Innocen●ius the third the Nationall Churches have trodden the holy City of Beleevers in Jesus Christ dipped under fo●t 〈◊〉 42 Moneths which reckoning a day for a yeare may 〈…〉 1260 yeares Rev. ●1 2. From whence doe you take your Computations of 〈◊〉 1260 yeares if from Cyprian it will amount to more by above one hundred and thirty yeares if from Innocent not 〈◊〉 so much by above 800 years and you cannot reckon from Fidus or Cyprians time for your selfe confesse that in their time and a long season after untill Innocent the third baptizing of infants was held an arbitrary thing and therefore that was no trampling of any under foot for if arbitrarie all had their liberty therefore your account must be from Innocent the third whom you give us both in Figures and words at length lest any should thinke you were mistaken and here sure you come short of your reckoning above 800 yeares will you not confesse your selfe here at fault tell your Congregation you were mistaken and let them for other things trust you accordingly But let us see if it were left arbitrary till Innocent the thirds time I suppose you know that the Decrees of Councells were so binding that they left nothing a●bitrary which they bound under the penalty of Anathema you may finde a Decree in the Milevitan Councell many hundred yeares before Innocent the third Quicunque parvulos recentes ab uteris matrum Baptizandos negat Anathema 〈◊〉 Whosoever denyeth Children to be Baptized as soon as they are borne let him be Anathema Was this to leave it Arbitrarie And if it had beene Arbitrary yet from thence it appeares that it was the practice of the Church in those Primitive times even whilst under Persecution neither can Mr. Cornwell or any other shew when ever the Baptizing of Infants was not in practice in the Church of God And whereas he requires Actuall faith and repentance as necessarie to Baptisme he cannot but know that faith and repentance are as necessarily required in Scripture phrase to justification and salvation as to Baptisme Luke 13. 3. Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish Rom. 3. 28. A man is justified by faith Mark 16. 16. He that beleeveth not shall be damned Now if the want of Actuall faith and repentance even in the judgements of Antipad●baptists themselves doe not debarre Children from justification and salvation why should it debarre them from Baptisme And seeing that the blessing of Abraham is come upon the Gentiles even the Covenant of grace which God made with Abraham not abrogated Gal. 3. 15. 17. but continued and confirmed to all that are in Christ as Abrahams seed verse twenty ninth For that Covenant or Testament which the Apostle speaks of as the old Testament abrogated was not in reference to the Covenant made with Abraham which was the essentiall Covenant of Grace but in reference to that Covenant which hee made with the Israelites when he took them by the hand to lead them out of the Land of Egypt as appeares Heb. 8. 8 9 13. which as the same Apostle explaining himselfe tells us stood in meats and drinks and divers washings and carnall Ordinances Heb. 9. 10. Which were outward Ordinances annexed to the Covenant for its manner of Administration yet called by the name of the Covenant even as Circumcision also is called the Covenant though but a Signe or Seale of the Covenant by a Metonymie of the Adjunct these outward Adjuncts are onely abrogated as it stood onely in these but the substance I will be thy God and the God of thy seed continues still firme God then having