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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
spirit_n	baptism_n	baptize_v	holy_a	6,403	5	6.2103	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88693	Suspension reviewed, stated, cleered and setled upon plain scripture-proof. Agreeable to the former and late constitutions of the Protestant Church of England and other reformed churches. Wherein (defending a private sheet occasionally written by the author upon this subject, against a publique pretended refutation of the same, by Mr W. in his book, entituled, Suspension discussed.) Many important points are handled; sundry whereof are shortly mentioned in the following page. Together with a discourse concering private baptisme, inserted in the epistle dedicatory. / By Samuel Langley, R.S. in the county palatine of Chester.	Langley, Samuel, d. 1694.	1658 (1658)	Wing L405; Thomason E1823_2; ESTC R209804	201,826	263

should be denied to none who demand it on that account one mans humour being of as much validity as anothers and this will not weigh down the Disswasives from a private celebration before rehearsed And then again a sick mans desiring the Communion should be a sufficient reason for our private administring of the Lords Supper unto him in a private house where the Church hath not free accesse of which there is no footsteps that I know of in the holy Scriptures 3. Nor is the pretence of a custom to have feastings and entertainments which may not fitly be on the Lords day a sufficient reason for private baptism for that custom ought rather to be altered then the ten former inconveniences of private baptism should be admitted And it is altered easily in some places by the Ministers perswasion that they have their feastings on a week day where they are of ability to have them when the baptism is on the Lords day But it 's known experimentally that many invited to such entertainments in Country Villages do not use to come to the Church to be present at the baptism as making this the least part of their businesse at such a time And upon the same pretence last mentioned two or three perhaps more Lords daies or other opportunities for publique baptism are neglected till they be prepared for their dinnerings which I suppose is a fault in the Parents agreeable to what the fore-praised Zepperus in the Chapter mentioned quotes out of Augustine in his Sermon de immolat Isaac Rogo vos fratres ut quicunque filium aut vernaculum suum baptizari desiderat jam nunc Ecclesiae eum offerre non differat that phrase suits best to publique baptism Quia non est justum ut res quae tam magna tam praeclara creditur negligenter aut tardiùs quam expedit requiratur I now proceed to speak positively to the point under consideration by laying down this Rule 11 Private baptism then hath place when the case is such as the expediences thereof for the general good of the Church do over-weigh the fore-mentioned inconvenicies More particularly as 1. In the first gathering of a Church since they who are to be members thereof are to be solemnly made disciples by baptism there may be a necessity that some who are the first fruits of the place must be baptized privately for Church order supposeth a Church existing wherein it should be exercised and observed But where a Church is constituted there this hath no place 2. In times of persecution when there cannot be set solemn Assemblie● but Christians as they may catch at an opportunity of convening It 's a greater inconvenience to the Church that Baptism should be omitted then that it should be celebrated privatly But I did not need to put in this case unlesse the persecution be raised against this Ordinance rather then preaching for as I have stated the Question baptism is not to be called private which is as publique as the ordinary preaching in the Church is at that time 3. A like case hereunto is that in times of grosse defection and Idolatry in the Church where this ordinance cannot be publiquely administred without superstitious or heretical mixtures as in Popish Countryes 4. There may possibly occurre some Instance wherein an eminent respect to Gods glory propagating the Gospel and the good of the Catholique Church may warrant private baptisme that being to be preferred to the advantages of a particular Congregation in some respects This I suppose was the case of the Eunuch to whom Philip was directed by the extraordinary dictate of the Spirit who being on his journey to his own remote Country was converted and then instantly baptized of whom Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical history lib. 2. c. 1. according to Hanmers translation saith He was the first of the Gentiles which obtained of Philip the holy mysteries by the inspiration of the heavenly word he was made the first fruits of the faithfull throughout the world And as it is reported after his return unto his native soyle he preached the knowledge of the Universal God which giveth life unto men and the coming of our Saviour whereby the prophecy was fulfilled which said Aethiopia shall stretch her hand before unto God so he And so this instance falls also under the first case for private baptism That example of the Jaylors baptism and his houshold comes under the first and second case that being a time of persecution and Paul and Silas then imprisoned and knew not when they might hope to be released much lesse when they should have an opportunity of assembling the Church in that neighbourhood And it s not altogether improbable that many other Christian prisoners might be there and then there might be a solemn assembly agreeable to the allowance of those troublesome times What other cases there may be of like exigence as to private baptisme I refer to the disquisition of better judgements 12 None of these singular cases wherein baptisme was privately administred do for any thing I know occur in the present times among us If there be conceived to be some analogical or proportionate to these as to this matter it concernes them who think so to name them and to prove the same the three fore pretended ones I have already shewed not to be such And I know none else pretended except 1 the gratifying Separatists some whereof would suffer their children to be baptized at home with a select company of their own only present but separate from our publique Assemblyes as no rightly constituted Churches 2 And very rarely perhaps one convinced of the errour of Antipedobaptisme who hath been tainted therewith before seemes inclinable to have his children baptised at home but is loath to honour God so far as publiquely to appear in the devoting his seed to God in this ordinance But if we comply with the former we wrong our Churches and seem to take upon our selves the disparagement they lay upon us in their unwarrantable separation And the humouring the latter seems to be a wrong to baptisme it selfe the honour whereof had need to be carefully preserved in these times And the Question in this case seems to be whether the real honor of Gods holy ordinance or the imaginary supposed though indeed false honour and credit of these people should be most respected I have now plainly layd down before you my apprehensions in this matter shall add nothing more herein save that upon a review I conceive it may be needful to expresse my selfe more fully in one thing which hath been hinted already viz. What we shall call publique baptisme to which I have answered that such a place convention of Christians as is judged meet for the ordinary exercise of ministerial publique preaching is a place and society to administer baptisme in if we would have it to be publique baptisme According to which rule more particularly I say 1. Baptisme in a private