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A67315	Baptism anatomized being propounded in five queries, viz. I. What water-baptism is? II. What is the end for which it was instituted? III. What giveth right to it? IV. Who are the true administrators of it? V. Whether it be lawful for a man to baptize himself? Wherein the right that the infants of believers have to water-baptism is vindicated: the duty of believing parents in that matter, asserted: and that by the contrary tenet and practise, they ought themselves to be excluded from the Lords-Supper, is plainly and fully proved. And wherein also is proved, that the covenant which God made with Abraham, Gen. 17. and with Israel Exod. ch. 19. and Deut. 29. are the Covenant of Grace in Christ, and not part of the covenant of works made with Adam before his fall. By Thomas Wall.	Wall, Thomas.	1691 (1691)	Wing W474; ESTC R218344	98,232	196

the Gospel Matt. 5. 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil Rom. 3. 30 31. Seeing it is one God which shall justifie the Circumcision by Faith and the Uncircumcision through Faith do we then make void the Law through Faith God forbid yea we establish the Law Rom. 7. 7. What shall I say then is the Law Sin God forbid I had not known Sin but by the Law For I had not known Lust except the Law had said thou shalt not Covet James 2. 8 9 10 11. Thus the Law is of the same use to us now as it was to the Church of the Jews We have the Gospel to shew us our Righteousness by Christ without the works of the Law so had they Heb. 4. 2. for unto us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them see Levit. 26. 42 45. Luke 54. 55. 72. 73. Deut. 30. 1. 12 13 14. Rom. 10. 5 6 8. Gen. 15. 6. Psalm 32. 1 2. with Rom. 4. 6. c. 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3 4. Heb. Chap. 11. only in the manner of Administration of the Law and Gospel there be Differences manifested Ainsworth's Defence of Scripture Page 119. In which Answer of Mr. Ainsworth's is proved these things 1. That the Church of Israel had the very same use of the Law we now have to shew them and us our Sins that we as well as they might be lead to Christ 2. They had the same Gospel to shew them as us our Righteousness in Christ without the works of the Law 3. They had Ordinances for Worship which figur'd Christ to come which they in believing and looking for his coming offered in Faith Heb. chap. 11. so worshipped they the Father in Spirit and in Truth as Christ said to the Woman of Samaria Ye worship ye know not what we know what we worship for Salvation is of the Jews but the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him God is a Spirit and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth John 4. 22 23 24. and such Worshippers were the Church of the Jews though not all as in the Gospel-Church many were reproved for seeking to be justified by the works of the Law Gal. 3. Therefore as well they of the Circumcision as others the Apostle testifieth worshipped God in the Spirit though not all as it is written For we are of the Circumcision which worship God in the Spirit and rejoyce in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the Flesh Phil. 3. 3. And thus in the Church of Israel many were Righteous walking in all the Ordinances of the Lord blameless waiting by Faith for Christ in the Promise to come the Consolation of Israel as it is written of old Simeon when Christ was born and brought into the Temple He then took him up in his arms and blessed God and said Lord now lettest thou thy Servant depart in peace according to thy word for mine eyes have seen thy Salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all People a light to lighten the Gentiles and the Glory of thy People Israel So likewise Anna she coming into the Temple at the same Instant gave Thanks likewise to the Lord and spake of him to wit of Christ To all them who looked for Redemption in Israel Luke 2. 25 28 to 39. Rev. 3. 4. These things being duly observed let the impartial Reader judge whether the Church of Israel were a Carnal People or had a Carnal Covenant and Promise of Carnal things as Mr. Smith feigneth or whether the Church of Israel were not such that worshipped the Father in Spirit and in Truth under the Covenant of Grace by Faith serving God although under Figurative Ordinances for the hope of the Promise made of God to the Father Acts 26. 6 7. yea believing that it was not the Blood of Bulls and Goats that could take away Sin Psalm 40. 6. 51. 16. Heb. 10. 4. but it was the Blood of Christ the Lamb of God the true Sin-offering 2. Cor. 5. 21. that on him was laid the Iniquity of us al Isaiah 53. that shall be saved As John hath proclaimed Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world Therefore what an Erroneous Doctrine is it that John Smith and Mr. Danvers have laid to build the way of Anabaptistry upon to deprive the Infants of Believers from the Right they have now to the Sign of the Remission of their Sin Water-Baptism And not only so but by their Doctrine they Damn the Infants of all Gods People of old if the Covenant the Church of Israel were accepted into with their Children was no other than a Carnal Covenant for a Carnal State is opposite to a Spiritual State as the Apostle proveth Rom. 8. 6 7. for to be carnally minded is Death but to be Spiritually minded is Life and Peace because the Carnal Mind is Enmity against God for it is not subject to the Law of God neither indeed can be so then they that are in the Flesh cannot please God Now if the Church of Israel was in no better State and had but a Carnal Covenant their State was Death and Damnation for as much as there is no Eternal Life but in the Covenant of Grace in Christ John 17. 3. so the Church is not the World which Christ pray'd for ver 9. But that the Church of God from the day the Gospel was Preached to Adam and he and his Wife believed in Christ to come they had the Covenant of Grace whereby God was the God of the Faithful and their Seed so that the Gospel first Preached to Adam that the Seed of the Woman should bruise the Serpents Head is the same Gospel the Apostles taught as it is written And the God of Peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly Rom. 16. 20. And this glad Tidings is summed up in these words of the Everlasting Gospel-Covenant made with Abraham and his Seed as it is written Gen. 17. 7. And I will establish my Covenant between me and thee and thy Seed after thee in their Generations for an everlasting Covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee which Covenant together with that in Exod. 19. 5 6. that in Deut. 29. Mr. Cary affirmeth to be but three several Additions to the Covenant of Works made with Adam before the Fall so no part of the Covenant of Grace in Christ Now for as much as Mr. Cary and others when they seek to pervert the Scripture from its true Sense or Meaning as afore hath been shewed concerning the Sense of the word Baptize so here concerning the word Everlasting Covenant Mr. Cary saith in P. 126 127. of his Book Solemn Call It is true saith he the Covenant of Circumcision is called also an Everlasting

but a God unto his Seed in that Salvation was come to his House his Children with him therefore to whom the Gospel is by the command of Christ to be preached unto and the Promises applied to them go teach all Nations these are they by B. Keach's own grant that our Lord Jesus hath commanded to be Baptized as it is written in the great Commission Go teach all Nations Families or Kindreds of the Earth Baptizing them c. Again seeing Lydia and Stephanus were Baptized and their Housholds Acts 16. 15. 1 Cor. 1. 16. if the Scriptures of the Prophets do expound to us That a Man and Womans Houshold were their little ones their Sons and Daughters then we hope none can deny but that the Believers and their Children were Baptized for the proof whereof we read how David and his Men dwelt with Achish at Gath every Man and his Houshold 1 Sam. 27. 3. but in process of time while David and his Men were absent from their Families their Wives and Children were taken Prisoners so that as it is written Every Man lamented for their Sons and Daughters 1 Sam. 30. 6. Thus what before were called their Housholds in 1 Sam. 27. 3. are explained to be their Sons and Daughters Again it is written Jacob went down into Egypt Every Man and his Houshold Exod. 1. 1. the Father and Mother with their Children concerning whom Joseph said unto his Father and Brethren I will nourish you and your Housholds Gen. 45. 11. which is expounded I will nourish you and your little ones called their little ones in Gen. 46. 5. and 50. 21. Now if Men will not believe the Spirit of God his own expounding his own word to be sufficient ground of Faith to believe that the Houshold is the Children or little ones of his People there is no credit to be given to such Teachers or People in Matters of Faith but the Spirit of God hath expounded the Housholds to be Children therefore all that will take Gods word for their warrant may answer themselves That the Apostles Baptized Children or little ones of Believers when they Baptized Believers and their Households If the Anabaptists will not believe this let them shew better or more clear proof for any thing as an Article of their Faith which they believe making the Scriptures of the Prophets and Apostles agree in one harmony together But if any shall object that Servants are included in the word Houshold on purpose to cavil at the Right Infants of Believers have to Water-Baptism The Answer is to them such need to be taught rather than to be accounted Teachers that can no better distinguish between a Son a Child and a Servant the very light of Nature might convince them that great is the difference between a Son and a Servant a Mans Son is his very next a Kin Gen. 12. 1. with Gen. 43. 7. Gen. 15. 4. and 21. 10. Gal. 4. 7. Heir to his Father beareth his Fathers name a Master to his Fathers Servants As for example when Abraham sent his Servant to take a Wife for his Son Isaac in their return Rebecca seeing a Man coming in the Field to meet them she asked the Servant who that Man was he said it was his Master to wit Isaac Gen. 24. 65. Again the Prodigal Son when returning to humble himself to his Father said Father not Master but Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee I am no more worthy to be called thy Son make me as one of thy hired Servants Luke 15. 18. Now by all this we see a Servant is inferior to a Son therefore when the Angel said to Cornelius Send for Peter he called two of his Hired or Houshold Servants Acts. 10. 7. these were not the House but Servants to the House but a Son abideth in the House because he beareth the Name of the House for ever or for Life So then if a Servant were equal with a Son an Heir or to bear up the Mans Name doubtless Absalom who had no Son to bear up his Name therefore he erected a Pillar 2 Sam. 18. 18. which he needed not to have done if a Servant had been equal with a Son to have borne up his Name as a Son doth his Fathers Name And who were they that were called the House of Israel the House of Aaron but their Children and not their Servants Thus we see none are properly a Mans House or Houshold but a Mans Children So Leah and Rachel as aforesaid are said to build the House of Jacob or Israel by bearing Children in the Covenant Heirs with Isaac in Infancy of the Promises in Christ until they with Ishmael for Sin be disherited and become Servants with the Bond-womans Son Obj. Another pretended Plea is say the Anabaptists Shew us a Child by name that was Baptized Answ It was the way of Christ to some to answer a Question by a Question we say to them shew us a Woman by name that received the Lords Supper They will answer it is evident that Disciples did break Bread at the Lords Supper and Women are called in Scripture Disciples therefore here is sufficient ground to believe that Women did partake of the Lords Supper It is granted a Scripture Consequence is good Proof that it is to be believed even in an Article of Faith Now then we read that Infants at eight days old with their Parents are called Disciples in Scripture as it is written Acts 15. 10. when circumcised Why therefore tempt ye God to put a Yoke upon the Disciples neck which neither our Fathers nor we were able to bear This answer was made by the Apostle when the Jews that Believed taught that unless the Gentiles and their Children were Circumcised they could not be saved here Infants with their Parents are called Disciples So then we read that Disciples were Baptized Infants being by the Spirit of God called Disciples We have grounded reason to believe that Infants were Baptized by the Anabaptists own grant proportionably to their own Plea aforesaid in the Objection And that Infants of Believers have right to Water-Baptism is most certain because Christ hath taken away their Sin as John saith Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the Sin of the World So is Salvation come to them as to their Parent when he the Father actually Believeth as Christ said to Zacheus Luke 19. 9. when he believed This day is Salvation come to this House for as much as he is a Son of Abraham having the Faith of Abraham believing as Abraham did that God was a God to him and unto his Family or Seed his Children and they that have not this Faith have not the Faith of Abraham so are not Abraham's Seed and if not Children of Abraham they are not of Christ for it is written Gal. 3. 29. If ye be Christs then are ye Abraham 's Seed and Heirs according to promise So the Children of the Promise are accounted for the