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A38702 The defence of Iohn Etherington against Steven Denison and his witnesses their accusatons and depositions vvherein their whole proceedings and ground whereupon he was censured and committed to prison by the high commission court is in brief declared : which he having now opportunitie and speciall occasion also urging, thought needfull to publish. Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645. 1641 (1641) Wing E3384; ESTC R7935 45,195 66

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be excluded from entring into the Kingdome of God as he that dyeth without the second part the Baptisme of the spirit That the first part of this birth from above is something called in Scripture by the name of Baptisme besides that which is called the Baptisme of the holy Ghost is out of question I thinke to all Outward baptisme it cannot be for the reasons before mentioned because one may be saved that is never baptized therwith as hath been proved Then without all doubt it must bee some speciall necessarie principle of Christ called in Scripture by the name of Baptisme and signified also by outward Baptisme because it is layd downe in the first place as a necessarie part of the new birth and first plantation of a Christian And there is no principle of Christ so speciall and necessary called by the name of Baptisme and signified by outward Baptisme that is required to the first plantation of a Christian besides the Baptisme of the Holy Ghost but onely repentance That repentance is a speciall principle of Christ is evident by Marke 1. 1. 2. 3. 4 Luk. 24. 47. Act. 20. 21. Heb. 6. 1. That it is so necessary is also evident by Christs owne testimony in Luke 13. where hee urgeth it with the same words of necessitie saying Except yee repent yee shall all likewise perish Vers 3. That it is called by the name of Baptisme and signified by outward Baptisme is manifest by Mat. 3. 11. Mar. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Luke 3. 3 Act. 10. 37. Act. 13. 24. Act. 19. 4. And that it is required in the first place to the first plantation of a Christian is also manifest by sundry Scriptures where the Holy Ghost saith Repent and believe the Gospell Repent that your sinnes may be blotted out Repent and be Baptised every one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost Mar. 1. 15. Act. 3. 19. Act. 2. 38. Therefore the first part of regeneration is the Baptisme of repentance even the same which Iohn the Baptist a speciall Minister and patterne thereof preached in the power and spirit of Elias wherewith hee made ready a people prepared for the Lord as it was prophesyed of him Esay 43. And is a turning and dissolving of the heart which naturally through sin is hard and stony to water as it were to flesh as the Scriptures speake even to weeping and mourning and humble confession of sinnes unto God as Christ himselfe expresseth it in a Parable saying Wee have lamented unto you and yee have not wept and is caused by the speciall power and working of the Holy Ghost and is of the Gospell and not of the Law The second part of this birth from above is that Baptisme of Christ which Iohn the Baptist also spake of to his disciples whom he had prepared by the Baptisme of repentance saying I indeed Baptise you with Water to repentance but he that commeth after me is mightier then I hee shall Baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire as if hee had said I indeed through the power and Spirit of God preaching unto you repentance have prepared you ready for the Lord I have brought you into the travell of the birth to weepe and mourne for your finnes the first laver of regeneration But Christ which cometh after me he is mightier then I he by a more excellent gift of the Spirit as it were with fire will purge and sanctifie your hearts by faith and so justifie you from all your finnes he will deliver you that labour and are heavy loaden and accomplish in you the new birth comfort you that mourne bind up your broken hearts and speake peace to your soules For although repentance be a part of the Gospell in a generall confideration the first principle and of the purchase of Christ as it is manifest by Luke 24. 47. 48. Act. 20. 20. 21. Heb. 6. 1. c. yet the Word preaching peace by Iesus Christ the glad tidings of remission of sins to the repentant is the Gospell and so called in a speciall distinct manner from repentance and the preaching and the enjoyment thereof by faith is a more excellent thing then the ministery and enjoyment of repentance And in this regard hee that is the least messenger of the latter is greater then hee that is the greatest messenger of the first as Christ himselfe testifieth Matth. 11. 11. This is it which the Prophet Esay prophecied of before concerning Christ saying The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me and hee hath annoynted me to preach glad tidings to the poore and to bind up the broken hearted c. he saith not to all or every one in the world but the poore the broken in heart onely c. This is that word preaching peace by Iesus Christ which is said to begin to be preached after the Baptisme of repentance which Iohn peached Not but that it was preached before this time even in all ages from the beginning but because no one did receive it or had it so preached unto him in such a speciall peculiar manner but such a one as was first prepared by repentance therefore it is said to begin to be preached after And because it was now to bee done in a more plentifull and larger manner then ever it was before Therefore was Iohn sent before the face of the Lord in the power and spirit of Elias to prepare his way before him This is it which Christ sent Iohn word of saying Goe tell Iohn The blind doe see the lame doe walk and the poor have the Gospell preached unto them as much as to say the humble repentant sinners the poore and contrite in heart they have the glad tidings of peace and remission of sinnes preached unto them and ministred unto their soules according to the prophecie of Esay and they receive the same or believed it with joy and peace in their heats for this preaching implieth such a believing or receiving And so doth Saint Paul interpret the words of Iohn concerning this Baptisme of Christ in Act. 19. where he saith Iohn verily Baptized with the Baptisme of Repentance saying unto the people that they should believe in him which should come after him that is in Christ Iesus Iohns words beeing He shall Baptise you with the Holy Ghost with fire So that as to bee Baptized with the Baptisme of Repentance is to repent to weepe and mourne for our sinnes washing them as it were in this first laver So to bee Baptixed with the Holy Ghost and with fire is to believe in Christ to bee justified and purged from our sinnes by faith in him These are the true parts of regeneration the special and most necessary principles of Christ the foundation as Saint Paul calleth them the briefe or sum of the Gospell as Christ declareth This did Christ Preach at