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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26961	Much in a little, or, An abstract of Mr. Baxters plain Scripture-proof for infants church-membership or baptism with a few notes upon the anti-queries of T.G. / by the same hand that wrote the Fifty queries.	Barret, John, 1631-1713.; Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. Plain Scripture-proof of infants church-membership and baptism.; Grantham, Thomas, 1634-1692. Quaeries examined.	1678 (1678)	Wing B1314; ESTC R14073	29,895	84

meritoriousness of Christ is not as available to save Infants without any mans acceptance thereof for them I doubt not but the second Adams obedience and merits are available so far as was intended and agreed betwixt the Father and him But it lies on you to prove that it was so intended and agreed that all Infants so dying shall absolutely be saved Antiq. 37. p. 29. Whether it be his will that the grace of that Covenant should depend upon others observation of the condition for them And whether this be not to put the Salvation of Infants out of his own hand Infants are not saved by the Covenant of grace which is to Believers and their Seed if they neither be Believers nor the Seed of such Only that I be not misunderstood I add If any that enjoy not the Gospel that never heard that joyful sound come up to the terms of the Covenant of Grace made with Adam and Noah I rank not them and their Seed with Infidels To what you say of Gods putting the Salvation of Infants out of his own hand I need say but this you might as well query whether God put not the Salvation of the Adult out of his own hand if their Salvation be suspended on performance of the condition required One thing more I cannot but observe wherein I suppose you are a little singular also In Antiq. 26. p. 19. You make your Imposition of hands as generally pertaining to Members of the Church as Baptism Where I might note that you seem to grant Baptism generally pertains to the Members of the Church But that by the way Now elsewhere you tell us that In this holy Ordinance of Prayer and Imposition of hands we are in a solemn manner ushered into the promise of the holy Spirit You go on Imposition of hands doth put us in a better capacity to seek daily for the gifts and graces of the Spirit because now solemnly interested in the promise by that very way the primitive Saints were interested therein Act. 8. 15 17. Act. 19. 2 6. 2. Tim. 1. 6. Heb. 6. 1 2. What shall I say The Scriptures or these Scriptures are evidence sufficient that this Crdinance is of Divine Institution is from Heaven the promise which it leads to is perpetual and universal it belongs to the whole body There is one Body and one Spirit c. This is the conclusion of the Sermon p. 96 97. And what gifts of the Spirit you speak of is very plain throughout the Sermon For brevity I will mention but one place p. 77. Thus you see the Church being under perpetual Exhortations to seek for spiritual gifts without any restriction necessarily infers her perpetual right to them and every of them which consideration alone is sufficient as I conceive to satisfie any Christian that the promise of the Spirit even the same that was given to the first Churches in respect of gifts as well as graces belongs to the Church of Christ throughout all Ages Now if Imposition of hands generally pertains to all the Members of the Church and solemnly interesteth them in the promise of the Spirit methinks it should follow that all such Members on whom you lay your hands supposing you have right to do it as you take up the practice if I be not mis-informed should have some extraordinary gifts of the Spirit And I have reason to think you encourage your followers to submit to this Imposition by working in them such a perswasion and expectation For p. 88. of the forecited Sermon you have these words As the promise of gifts as well as graces pertains to us as we are the called of God we ought to stir one another up to seek with all diligence and full assurance for the Spirit of promise And p. 95. 'T is well known and I think granted on all hands that they i. e. the Primitive Churches used the solemn Ordinance of Prayer and Imposition of hands for obtaining the promised Spirit at least with respect to these gifts Then seeing these gifts are promised to us as well as unto them and are attainable and in part at least attained by many what should hinder the Churches but that now they should tread in this path with faith and full assurance that a blessing is in it But while you call for full assurance here I am full of doubt that you have no such Promise nor Commission for your practice of Imposition of hands for conferring the gifts of the Holy Ghost Take heed of pretending a Commission from Heaven take heed of counterfeiting Heavens Seal Oh be afraid of taking Gods Name in vain Will you herein imitate the Apostles May it not be said of you you know not what Spirit you are of May you not as well take upon you to lay hands on the Sick to heal them Because of that Mark 16. 18. They shall lay hands on the Sick and they shall recover or anoint them with Oyl in the Name of the Lord because of what you read Mark 6. 13. Jam. 5. 14. I dare not limit God or his holy Spirit and I desire that you may not tempt him When you have pleaded all you can for the continuance of those extraordinary gifts and for the promise of them being perpetual universal to the whole body and pertaining to us as we are the called of God whereupon it follows that they should pertain to all that are called of God yet experience will confute you and prove they are not so ordinary When you make Prayer and Imposition of hands The means ordained of God to obtain those gifts Ser. p. 94. 95. I might retort some of your own words Antiq. 33. p. 25. Shew us what benefit c. And Antiq. 39. pag. 31. Name one Name one that hath received those gifts of the Holy Ghost by the laying on of your hands If the gift of healing c. was seen to follow these might draw in more to you then your Writing or Disputing And I wish you would be advised ere you encourage all your hearers to seek for Spiritual gifts without any restriction lest Women seek to Prophesy or men seek new Revelations and so turn Enthusiasts and think themselves above Mans teaching There is enough to be said against your Imposition of hands though I have nothing to say against Confirmation being duly and orderly performed but have long wisht for the Restoring of it So I have nothing against Imposition of hands in setting apart persons that are proved and fitted to the work of the Ministry But this pertains not to every Member of the Church I can pass by what you say of me that I am worse for my Baptism in Infancy as resting upon that c. Antiq. 40. p. 32. Doth not your Conscience tell you that the Baptism of Men and Women upon profession of faith and repentance is beyond the reach of contradiction The Baptising of such as were without the Church or were first of the Jewish