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A35959	Truths victory over error, or, An abridgement of the chief controversies in religion which since the apostles days to this time, have been, and are in agitation, between those of the Orthodox faith, and all adversaries whatsoever, a list of whose names are set down after the epistle to the reader : wherein, by going through all the chapters of The confession of faith, one by one, and propounding out of them, by way of question, all the controverted assertions, and answering by yes, or no, there is a clear confirmation of the truth, and an evident confutation of what tenets and opinions, are maintain'd by the adversaries : a treatise, most useful for all persons, who desire to be instructed in the true Protestant religion, who would shun in these last days, and perillous times, the infection of errors and heresies, and all dangerous tenets and opinions, contrary to the word of God.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.; Sinclair, George, d. 1696.	1684 (1684)	Wing D1412; ESTC R3405	145,943	378

did Acts 17. 11 12. 3 Because unwritten Traditions are subject and lyable to many corruptions and are soon and quickly forgotten 4. Because we have Life Eternal in the Scriptures therefore they must be most necessary to the Church Iohn 5. 39. 5. Because the Scriptures are given that the Man of GOD may be perfect thorowly furnished to all good works 2 Tim. 3. 16 17. And the Scriptures are written that men may believe Iohn 20. 31. Quest III. ARE these former wayes of GODS revealing his will unto his People now ceased Yes Well then do not the Enthusiasts and Quakers err who maintain That the Lord hath not ceased yet to reveal his Will as he did of old Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because GOD who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son Heb. 1. 1 2. The Apostle calls the time of the New Testament the last days because under the same there is no more alteration to be expected but all things are to abide without adding or taking away as was taught and ordained by Christ until the last day See also Ioel 2. 28. Acts 2. 17. The Wayes and Manners of old was first by Inspiration 2 Chro. 15. 1. Isaiah 59. 21. 2 Pet. 1. 21. Secondly by Visions Numb 12. 6. 8. Thirdly by Dreams Ioh 33. 14 15. Gen. 40. 8. Fourthly by Urim and Thummim Numb 27. 21. 1 Sam. 30. 7 8. Fifthly by Signs Gen. 32. 24. Exod. 13. 21. Sixthly by audible Voice Exod. 20. 1. Gen. 22. 15. All which do end in Writing Exod. 17. 14. which is a most sure and infallible way of the Lords revealing his Will unto his People Quest. IV. DO the Books of the Old and New Testament come under the name of the holy Scripture and Word of GOD Yes Well then do not the Quakers err who maintain That the Scriptures ought not to be called the Word of GOD Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because Christ says if he called them Gods unto whom the Word of GOD came and the Scripture cannot be broken Ioh. 10. 35. Here it is evident that the Word of GOD and the Scripture are the same 2. Because the predictions of the Prophets are expresly called the Word of GOD. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the Word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Ieremiah might be accomplished 2 Chro. 36. 22. Here we see it is evident that the written Prophesies of Ieremiah which are a part of the holy Scripture are called the Word of GOD. 3. Because what Christ calls the commandement of GOD He calls the Word of GOD Mar. 7. 9 10. compared with v 13. 4. Because the Apostle calls the sword of the Spirit the Word of God This sword is the sword of the Holy Spirit which he doth as it were put into our hand to resist Satan against all his temptations Eph. 6. 17. Therefore by the sword of the Spirit must be understood the Scripture not the Spirit it self as some Quakers affirm It is evident also from the fourth chapter of Matthew where Christ being tempted by the Devil with three different temptations resists him with three different places of Scripture And being asked by the Pharisees why his Disciples did pluck the ears of Corn upon the Sabbath day answered by Scripture Mat. 12. 1 2 3 4. Teaching us that Satans temptations must be carefully answered and that by Scripture as the onely mean to overcome him and his Instruments 5. Because the Word of GOD is quick and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword Heb. 4. 12. This cannot be understood of Christ because Paul in his other writings doth not call the Person of Christ by this name and therefore must be understood of the word of the Gospel the power whereof is described Rom. 1. 16. 6. See these following places of Scripture Psalm 119. 172. 1 Kin. 16. 12. and 2 Kin. 9. 36. and 2 Kin. 23. 16. Isa. 28. 13. Hos. 1. 1 2. Isa. 37. 22. Prov. 30. 5. By the Scripture or Word of GOD we do not understand the bare letters or the several written words of the holy Scripture which the Adversaries may imagine we call the Word of GOD. These are only the Vessels which carry and convey that Heavenly Light unto us But we understand thereby the Doctrine or Will of GOD revealed unto reasonable creatures teaching them what to do believe or leave undone Deut. 29. 29. Quest. V. ARE the Scriptures given of GOD to be the Rule of Faith and Life Yes Luke 16. 29 31. Eph. 2. 20. Rev. 22. 18 19. 2 Tim. 3. 16. Well then doth not the Popish Church err who maintain their Unwritten Traditions to be the Rule of Faith Yes Do not likewise the Enthusiasts and the Quakers err who maintain the Spirit within that teaches the Elect to be the only Rule of Faith And that the Dictates of the Light within are of as great authority as the Scriptures Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because the Scriptures are called a Rule Gal. 6. 16. 2. Because nothing is to be added to the Scriptures Deut. 4. 2. and 12. 32. Prov. 30. 6. Rev. 22. 19 20. 3. Because we ought rather to follow the Scriptures in this Life than a voice spoken from Heaven 2 Pet. 1. 19 21. 4. Because the Scripture is written that we may believe Iohn 20. 31. 5. Because the Scripture is given for making the man of GOD perfect 2 Tim. 3. 17. 6. Because we must betake our selves in the whole of Religion to the Law and to the Testimony Isa. 8. 20. 7 Because Christ himself refers the greatest question that ever was whether he be the Son of GOD or not to the Scriptures Ioh. 5. 38 39. Search the Scriptures says he for they testify of me 8 Because the Holy Ghost did never give such a designation to his own Word as an Historical Rule and dead Letter or as some Quakers call them not the principal Fountain of Truth and knowledge nor the first rule of Faith and Manners but the Regula secundaria subordinate to the Spirit whence as they affirm the holy Scriptures have all their true worth excellency and certainty whereas Paul sayes expresly Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of GOD Rom. 10. 14. 9. Because the spirits cannot be known by any other Rule than by the written Word It is certain that the Devil transforms himself into an Angel of light 2 Cor. 11. 14. There is a spirit of the World 1 Cor. 2. 12. A spirit that rules in the hearts of the children of disobedience Eph. 2. 2. There is a lying spirit 1 Kin. 22. 22. And a Spirit of error and delusion 1 Iohn 4. 6. How shal these be known to be such or the Spirit which the Quakers obtrude upon us not to be one of them but by the Rule of the

Pet. 1. 19. 3. Because the Scripture enlighteneth the eyes and maketh the simple wise Psal. 19. 7 8. Quest XII HAth the Lord by his singular providence and care keeped pure in all Ages the Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek Yes Matthew 5. 18. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain the Old Testament in Hebrew and the New Testament in Greek which are the Fountains to be corrupted and that their common Latine Version is authentick Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because Christ sayes till Heaven and Earth pass one jot or one title shall in nowise pass from the Law till all be fulfilled Matth. 5. 18. 2. Because there can be no urgent necessity shown why the Fountains are corrupted 3 If any such corruption had been in the Scripture Christ his Apostles and the Orthodox Fathers had declared so much 4 Because they never have nor can make out any manifest corruptions in the Fountains albeit most manifest and undenyable demonstrations are given of the corruptions of their Latine Version which they make authentick Quest XIII ARE the Original tongues viz. the Hebrew and the Greek to be translated into the Vulgar Language of every Nation into which they come Yes Are we commanded in the fear of GOD to read and search the Scriptures Yes Iohn 5. 39. 1 Cor. 14. 6 9 11 12 14 24 27 28. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain There is no necessity of translating the Original Tongues the Hebrew and the Greek into the vulgar Language of every Nation unto which they come but rather a very great hazard and danger of Errors and Heresies Yes Do not likewise the same Papists err who forbid the reading of the Scriptures in the vulgar tongues Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because the Scriptures were given long since to the Iews in their own vulgar Language that they might be read publickly and privately by all Deut. 31. 10 11 12. Deut. 11. 18 19 20. 2. Because the New Testament was written in the Greek Language which at that time was most generally known to all Nations 3. Because Christ bids all promiscuously search the Scriptures Ioh. 5. 29. 4. Because the Prophets and Apostles preached their Doctrines to the People and Nations in their known Languages Ier. 36 15 16. Act. 2. 6. 5. Because immediately after the Apostles times many Translations were extant 6. Because all things must be done in the Congregation unto edifying 1 Cor. 14. 26. but an unknown tongue doth not edify 7. Because all are commanded to try the Spirits 1 Thes. 5. 21. 1 Cor. 10. 15. 8. Because the Scriptures teach the way of Life Prov. 2. 9. Luke 16. 29. Acts 24. 14. 9. Because the Scriptures set forth the duties of every man in his place and estate of his life Deut. 17. 18 19 20. Iosh. 1. 8. Psal. 119. 24. 2 Chron. 23. 11. 10. Because they are the ground of Faith Rom. 4. 20. 2 Chron. 20. 20. 11. Because they are the Epistle of God sent to his Church Hos. 8. 12. Rev. 2. 1 8 12. 12 Because they are his Testament wherein we may find what legacies he hath bequeathed unto us 2 Cor. 3. 14 16. Heb. 10. 16. Ioh. 14. 16. 13 Because they are the sword of the Spirit Ephes. 6. 17. 14 Because being imbraced and known they make a man happy Psalm 119. 97 98. Luke 10. 42. Luke 16. 29. Psalm 1 2 Rev 1 3. 15 Because when the Scriptures are neglected or contemned they plunge men into all misery Heb 2 3 Matth 22 29 Psalm 50 16. Quest XIV WHen there is a Question about the true meaning and full sense of any Scripture must it be known and searched by other places which speak more clearly Yes 2 Peter 1 21 Acts 15 15 16. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain The Scriptures not to be a sufficient Interpreter of it self and that the sense of it cannot be gathered infallibly when the text is doubtfull from other places which speak more clearly but onely from the Magisterial Traditions and unwritten Opinions of the Church of Rome Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the noble Bereans compared Scripture with Scripture for finding out the true and sure sense of it Acts 17 11. 2 Because the Apostle Paul did the same Acts 28 23. 3 Because the same was done by the council of the Apostles and Elders Acts 15. 15 16 17. Quest. XV. IS the holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture the Supream Iudge by which all controversies of Religion are determined and all Decrees of Councils Opinions of Ancient Writers Doctrines of men and private Spirits are to be examined and in whose sentence we are to rest Yes Matth 22 29 31 Eph 2. 20 Acts 28. 25. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain That the Church of Rome and the Pope are the supream Iudges of all Controversies of Faith and that his Decrees and Determinations are to be believed without examination and implicitly to be believed by all Believers Yes Do not likewise the Quakers err who maintain that the Light within which teacheth the Elect is the only Iudge of all Controversies of Faith Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because God commands all men to go to the Law and to the Testimony in doubtful matters Isaiah 8 20 2 Because all doubts in Religion are to be examined by the Rule of the Word Acts 17. 11. Galatians 6. 16. 3 Because Christ and his Apostles did alwayes dispute and reason from the Scriptures against the enemies of the Truth Matth. 22 31. Gal. 3. 13. 4 Because the Church of GOD is founded upon the Writings of the Prophets and Apostles Eph. 2. 20. 5 Because we are commanded to prove all things and to try the Spirits 1 Thes. 5. 2. 1 Iohn 4. 1 6. CHAP. II. Of GOD and of the Holy Trinity Question I. IS there but one onely the true and living GOD Yes Deut. 6. 4. 1 Corinth 8. 4. 6. 1 Thes. 1. 9. Well then do not the Tritheitae err who maintain three GODS numerically distinct the Father the Son and Holy Ghost Yes Do not likewise the Manicheans err who maintain That there are two Gods being diverse and opposite as to kind viz. One good the Author and cause of all good things and of things immaterial being the God of the New Testament The other evil to wit the Devil the Author and cause of all evil things and of things material being the God of the Old Testament Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because though there be a plurality of Persons mentioned in Scripture yet it is ever God as One as is evident from the first chapter of the Revelation and the last For if that one God have in himself all perfections there can be no perfection beside him and so no God but this one true God for if there were He should not be God because not infinite

in perfection And if God be infinite in perfection then surely there cannot be a multiplicity of Gods seing that which is infinite in that respect cannot be multiplied 2 It is evident from Deut 32 39 where the Lord speaketh of himself I even I am he and there is no God with me 3 Because God is Omnipotent and so cannot be hindred by any other in his working Rev 15 3 4 It is evident from Christs words to the young man of the Gospel there is none good but one that is God 5 From the Words of Hanna in her Song for there is none beside thee O Lord neither is there any Rock beside our God 6 From the Testimony of the Apostle 1 Cor. 8 6 to us says he there is but one God 7 From what Christ said to one of the Scribes viz the Lord our God is one Lord Mark 12 29 8 Because God is a most absolute and most perfect Beeing and so beyond all other things One Iohn 10 29. Psalm 145 3 147 5 9 Because this one blessed God is most absolutely sufficient and furnished with infinite Power and Wisdom for the production conservation and ruleing all things in Heaven and in Earth 10 Because he is of all things without himself the first and supream cause from which all the Creatures visible or invisible have their rise and beginning 11 It is evident lastly from the testimonies of the most wise Heathens who have been necessitated to acknowledge but one God only Quest. II. IS GOD infinite in beeing and perfection Yes Iob 11. 7 8 9. Iob 26 14. Well then do not the Vorstians Socinians and Anthropomorphitans err who maintain that God is finite in beeing and perfection Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because God hath a beeing from himself and all things have their dependence from him and therefore there can be nothing by which he can be limited Romans 11. 36. 2 Because GOD is every where present in heaven and in earth and beyond the Heavens Ierem 23 24 Isaiah 66 1. 2 Because the Scripture affirms that the perfection of God is the highest is unmeasurable unchangeable and infinitely great beyond all creatures Iob 11. 7 8 9. Psal. 145. 3. Iob 26. 14. Quest. III. IS the only living and true God a most pure Spirit invisible without a body and parts Yes Iohn 4 24 1 Tim 1 17 Deut 4 15 16 Luke 24. 39. Well then do not the Vorstians Anthropomorphitans and Socinians err who maintain God to have a body and endued with parts and an outward shape and form Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because God is the Father of spirits Hebr. 12 9. 2 Because God is invisible 1 Tim 1 17. 3 Because God is like to no bodily thing nor can he be represented by any image or corporeal likeness Isa 40. 18. Acts 17. 29. Quest. IV. ARE there in the unity of the Godhead three Persons of one substance power and eternity Yes 1 Iohn 5. 7. Matth. 3. 16 17. Matth. 28 19. 2 Cor. 13. 14. Well then do not the Arians and Socinians err and others Who deny the Godhead of the Son and holy Ghost Yes Do not likewise the Tritheitae err Who deny the Unity of the Divine essence Yes Thirdly do not the Sabellians err Who deny the real distinction of the Persons Yes And lastly do not the Quakers err who maintain there are no Persons in the Godhead Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 From the places of Scripture already cited 2 From the Apostolical Benediction in which the three Persons of the God-head are called upon expresly 2 Cor. 13. 14. 3 From 1 Cor. 12. 4 5 6. Where the three Persons are named Spirit Lord God And from Iohn 15. 26. But when the Comforter is come whom I will send unto you from the Father even the Spirit of Truth 4 Because there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Son and the holy Spirit 1 Iohn 5. 7. These three must be either three Persons or three Gods This last is the hight of impossibility therefore they must be three Persons Here they are put to silence and have nothing to reply such is the strength and power of Truth which is able to stop the mouths of the greatest rebels against religion and reason But there is good ground for the word Person Heb. 1. 3. where Christ is said to be the express Image or impression of the Fathers Person Because the Person of the Son perfectly represents the Person of the Father as an Impression doth the Seal wherefore he is also called the image of the invisible GOD Col. 1. 15. The Greek word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Subsistence or Person whereby is understood the Person of the Father as distinct from the Son and subsists of himself and in himself and is as the Original of the Person of the Son by an eternal and ineffable generation That there are three Persons in the Godhead it is further evident 1 from all the Epistles written to the seven Churches of Asia For as may be gathered from Rev. 1. 1. it is the Father that sends it is the Son that gives Iohn the Commission and it is the holy Ghost in the close that is mentioned as a joynt speaker 2 Because in that Epistle written to Thyatira there are three distinctly named first the Father and the Son in these words these things saith the Son of God Next there is named in the last verse of that second chapter the Spirit he that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the Churches 3 Because in the beginning of that Epistle to the Church of Sardis they are all three put together these things saith He to wit the Son that hath the seven Spirits of GOD. Here GOD that is the Father is distinctly considered as another Person The seven spirits are the holy Ghost 4 Because these three Persons are most fully and clearly distinguished in the fifth chapter First the Father sitting on the Throne Secondly the Lamb or the Son of GOD And thirdly the seven Spirits or the holy Ghost so called from the pouring out of his Gifts upon the Churches in that aboundant manner as if he were seven Spirits or a sevenfold Spirit It is evident also that the Father Son and Spirit are really distinct from one another and are three Persons They are indeed in respect of their Essence which is indivisibly communicable to them One and the same GOD but considered Personally they differ really for the Father is not the Son neither is he that sits upon the Throne the Lamb. Neither the Father nor the Spirit were incarnate but the Son who died and was buried which can be said of none but of a Person It cannot be said that the Father died or that the Spirit died Next is not the holy Ghost the spirit of GOD as the Son is the Son of GOD And if that suppose a real distinct personality this

must do it also Now if the Father be God and the Son be God and the Spirit God also who have one and the same divine nature and essence indivisibly communicated to them and so if there be but one God and yet these three really distinct then they must be distinct persons in respect of their Personal properties seing they are Persons and distinct The Son as was said is called the express Image of the Fathers Person which evidently shews that the Father considered as distinct from the Son is a Person and subsists If then thus it be must not the Son as distinct from the Father and so lively and expresly representing his person be a person also having this from the Father The same must be true likewise of the holy Ghost who is GOD equal with both yet different from both for he who proceedeth from the Father and from the Son must differ from the Father and from the Son as he who is begotten must be distinct from him that begat him Some Quakers either ignorantly or perversely will have the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 translated substance as it is Heb. 11. 1. and thus they read Heb. 1. 3. the Character or Image of GODS substance which is to be understood of Christ say they not simply as GOD but as Man But they might as well have said it signifies confident or confidence because it is so translated 2 Cor. 9. 4. and 2 Cor. 11. 17. But they speak here consequentially to their own Tenets who in effect deny the Trinity and all distinction between the Father Son and holy Ghost not only in words but in very deed The Apostle in this place is proving Christ the Son of GOD to be Lord and Heir of all things because GOD created the Worlds by him He is the brightness of his glory the express Image of his person upholdeth all things by the Word of his power These Titles are here given to the Son of GOD as a Creator and a Preserver of all things which belong to him only according to his Divine Nature therefore these Titles must be understood of Christ forasmuch as he is the eternal Son of GOD and a Light from the Eternal Light of one Essence and Glory with the Father nevertheless distinguished from the Person of the Father by whom the Father executes his Operations and shews his Properties even as the Sun by its light doth shine Quest. V. IS the Son of God of the same substance Power and Eternity with the Father Yes 1 Iohn 5. 20. Rom. 9. 5. Isa. 9. 6. Well then do not the Arians err who maintain the Son to be a creature brought forth before the foundations of the World Yes Do not likewise the Socinians err who maintain the Son to have had no Existence before he was conceived in the Womb of the Virgin Mary Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 From the Scriptures above cited 2 Because the Son is Omnipotent the Creator and Preserver of all things Rev. 1. 18. Col. 1. 16 17. 3 Because he is Omniscient and searcher of the heart Matthew 9. 3 4. Iohn 2. 25. Iohn 21. 17. Quest. VI. IS the Holy Ghost GOD Yes Acts 5. 3. 1 Cor. 6. 19 20. 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. Well then do not the Macedonians or Pneumatomachians Arians Socinians and many of the Anabaptists err who maintain the Holy Ghost to be a Creature as do the Macedonians or a Power Vertue or Efficacy of the Father as many Socinians and others do Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because the Holy Ghost is to be worshipped as God Matth. 28. 19. 2 Cor. 13. 14. Rev. 1. 4. 2. Because he is omniscient and knoweth all things 1 Cor. 2. 10 11. 3. Because he is omnipotent the maker and preserver of all things the worker of miracles and it is he that sanctifies and justifies the Believers Gen. 1 2. Psalm 33. 6. Matth. 12. 28. Compare Isaiah 6. 9. with Acts 28. 25 26 27. 4. Because Ananias is said to lie to the holy Ghost Acts 5. 3. and verse 4. he is said not to lie to men but to GOD. 5. Because Believers are said to be the Temple of God 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. And they are said 1 Cor. 6. 19. to be the Temple of the holy Ghost therefore the holy Ghost is God seeing to be the Temple of God and the Temple of the holy Ghost are the same 6. Because none can be properly sinned against but the true God therefore the Holy Ghost is God because many have been said to have sinned against the holy Ghost Matth 12. 31. Quest. VII DOth not the Holy Ghost eternally proceed from the Father and the Son Yes Iobn 15. 26. Gal. 4. 6. Well then doth not the Greek Church err who maintains the holy Ghost to proceed only from the Father Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because he is sent by the Son Iohn 15. 26. Acts 2. 33. 2. Because all things which are the Sons are the Fathers except the Personal Properties by which they are distinguished and all things are communicated from the Father to the Son and consequently the holy Ghost Iohn 16. 13 14 15. Matth. 11. 27. Iohn 17. 10. 3. Because Christ gave to his Apostles the Spirit by breathing it upon them Iohn 20. 22. To shew that he proceeded from himself 4. Because he is the Spirit of the Son no less than the Spirit of the Father Gal. 4. 6. 5. Because if the holy Ghost did not proceed from the Son as truely as from the Father he would not be a person really distinct from the Son which is contrary to Iohn 14. 16 17. 6 Because it is said Iohn 16. 14. He shall glorify me namely by his testimony gifts and miracles for he shall receive of mine that is the doctrine of Salvation which I have taught you he shall also reveal it unto you seing he shal receive the same from me and shall shew it unto you And Rom. 8. 9. He is called the Spirit both of the Father and of the Son It is said if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ that is the same Spirit which in the foregoing verse is called the Spirit of GOD namely the Father and is here also called the Spirit of Christ because he also proceeds from Christ and is procured for us by Christ Iohn 14. 26. Iohn 16. 7. CHAP. III. Of GODS Eternal Decrees Question I. DId God from all eternity by the most holy and wise Counsel of his Will freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass Yes Eph. 1. 11. Romans 11. 33. Heb. 6. 17. Romans 9. 15. 18. Well then do not the Socinians Arminians and Iesuits err who maintain the things which come to pass in time to fall out and come to pass without the Decree of God Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. From the knowledge of God whereby from all eternity he hath known all things infallibly which come to pass

Sacrament of Baptism in case of necessity Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ gave the power of dispensing the Sacraments to them only to whom he gave the power of Preaching Mat. 28. 19. But the power of preaching is not given to all men Heb. 5. 4. 2 Because all that ever did dispense the Sacrament of Baptism in the New Testament were either called Ordinarly or Extraordinarly as is evident from the examples of Iohn the Baptist and the disciples of Christ. From the example of Peter Acts 2. 41. From the example of Philip Acts 8. 38. From the example of Ananias Acts 9. 18. From the example of Paul and Silas Acts 16. 15. 33. 3 Because it is unlawful for any man to affix the Kings seal to a Charter or Letters-patent unless he be a person authorized and deputed by the King for that use But the Sacraments are seals of the Covenant between God and his people Rom. 4. 11. 4 Because women are not permitted to speak publickly in the Church therefore they have no power to dispense the Sacrament of Baptism 1 Cor. 14. 34. 1 Tim. 2. 12. 5 Because the Adversaries grant that it is unlawful to women or Laicks to administer the Lords Supper therefore it is as unlawful for them to administer Baptism No just cause of reason or disparity can be given 6 Because the benefit of regeneration is not tyed as the Adversaries may dream to the outward Baptism as is clear and evident from the conversion of the Thief upon the cross And from 1 Peter 3. 21. Therefore there is no such necessity of Baptism as the Papists and Lutherians do fancy Quest. VI. ARE the Sacraments of the Old Testament in regard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited the same for substance with those of the New Yes 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3 4. Well then do not the Papists and Lutherians err who maintain that the difference between the Sacraments of the Old Testament and the New consists in this that those did deliniate and shaddow forth Grace these contain offer and confer Grace Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Apostle 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3. expresly says that the Cloud and the passing thorow the Red-Sea did signifie these same things to the Iews which Baptism signifies to us And that the Manna and the Water from the Rock did signifie the same thing to them which the Lords Supper signifies to us 2 Because the Sacraments of the Old and New Testament did obsignate and seal up the same righteousness of Faith Rom. 4. 11. 3 Because the Scripture applyeth to Believers under the Old Testament the Sacraments of the New 1 Cor. 10. 1 2 3. And on the other hand the Scripture applyeth the Sacraments of the New Testament to Believers under the Old which is not done by reason of the sign for the signs are diverse and different therefore it must be done by reason of the thing signified and by consequence the Sacraments of the Old Testament must agree in the thing signified with the Sacraments of the New 4 Because the Sacraments of both Testaments agree in the Word of Promise Gen. 17. 7. Acts 2. 38 39. Rom. 4. 11 12 13. Gal. 3. 29. CHAP. XXVIII Of BAPTISM Question I. IS the Sacrament of Baptism with Water by Christs appointment to be continued in his Church to the end of the World Yes Matth. 28. 19 20. Well then do not the Quakers err who maintain that Baptism with Water is not an Ordinance of Divine institution and that there is no Gospel precept for it Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ taking his fare-well of his Disciples gave them this Commission Go ye therefore and teach all Nations Baptising them in the Name of the Father Son and Holy Ghost Or according to the Original Word make all Nations Disciples by your Doctrine Baptising them in the Name of c. All which words are spoken with one breath Whence it is clear that the same very persons that were commanded to make all Nations Disciples by their Doctrine were commanded to baptise them But it was not in their power to administer the Inward Baptism that is to baptise with the holy Ghost and with fire Men may well administer the Water or external sign but it is Christ that bestowes the inward Grace and thing signified as is clear from Matth. 3. 11. where Iohn the Baptist sayes I indeed baptise you with Water unto Repentance but he that cometh after me shall baptise you with the holy Ghost and with fire If any man had received this power of Baptising with the Holy Ghost then surely Iohn should have received it whom Jesus so highly commends as that there was not a greater than he born of women Matth. 11. 11. And though our Saviour subjoyns he that is least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he yet this will not infer that any among the Teachers of the Gospel had the power of baptising with the holy Ghost which he had not but only that they did shew Christ more clearly as having most perfectly accomplished whatsoever was requisite to our salvation and did publish this not only to the Iews but also to the Gentiles And so Christ as the Master employed only the Disciples as his servants to dispense and act ministerially in his service reserving the blessing of their employments to himself Now baptizing with the holy Ghost is the greatest blessing of the Gospel and so cannot flow but from Christ himself 2 Because the Disciples of Christ acted only ministerially under him in working of miracles therefore they could not administer baptism with the holy Ghost seing this is a greater power than the other The cureing of the soul is a far greater work than to cure miraculously the body The work of Conversion and regeneration is a work beyond the creating of heaven and earth There was only here the introducing of a new Form but no contrary Form or quality to be expelled But in this the heart of stone must not onely be taken away but a heart of flesh must be given That they acted only Ministerially under Christ it is evident from what Peter sayes ye men of Israel why look ye so earnestly on us as though by our own power and godliness we made this man to walk Acts 3. 12. And the same Peter says Eneas Jesus Christ maketh thee whole Acts 9. 34 See Mark 16. 17. 1 Cor. 12. 10. 3 Because if this commission empowred the Apostles to baptise onely with the Holy Ghost and not with water then they in the exercise of this Commission would onely have baptized men and women with the holy Ghost and not with water but the contrary is manifest Acts 2. 38. where Peter makes a distinction between being baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and receiving the gift of the holy Ghost namely the gifts and graces of the holy Spirit which are common

to all believers and necessary to salvation 4 Because if baptism with the holy Ghost be here meant then all whom the Apostles did baptize were baptised with the holy Ghost which is false for Ananias and Saphira could not have been Hypocrites if they had been baptized with the holy Ghost And Simon was baptized and yet not with the holy Ghost as appears by Peters answer to him verse 21 22. of the fifth chapter 5 Because if Christs commission carry not a warrant for baptizing with water whence then had the Apostles a warrant for baptizing with Water Either they must produce and let us see another commission for it or else they must acknowledge that the Apostles did warrantably baptise with Water But another commission the Quakers cannot shew us from Scripture Quest. II. IS dipping of the person to be baptised into Water necessary No. Is Baptism rightly administred by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person Yes Acts 2. 41. Acts 16. 33. Well then do not the Anabaptists err who maintain Dipping to be an absolute and necessary ceremony in Baptism Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Greek word in the original signifies as well to poure and sprinkle water as it signifies to dip Mark 7. 4. Where it is said and when they come from the mercat unless they wash or be Baptised they eat not 2 Because we read of three thousand baptised in one day in the streets of Ierusalem by twelve Apostles at the most where there was no river to dip them into Acts 2. 41. And was not Ierusalem and all Iudea and the region round about Iordan baptised by Iohn the Baptist himself alone which could not be done to all and every one by Dipping Matth. 3. 5 6. 3 Were not many baptised in private houses as we read in the History of the Acts chapter 10. 47. and 18. 8. with 9. 17. and 16. 33. 4 Because Dipping of Infants into water in these cold Countries would be hurtful and dangerous to them But GOD will rather have mercy than sacrifice Matth. 9. 13. Quest. III. ARE the Infants of one or both believing Parents to be baptised Yes Gen. 17. 7 9. Gal. 3. 9. 14. Col. 2. 11. 12. Acts 2. 38. 39. Rom. 4. 11 12. Well then do not the Anabaptists err who maintain that no Infants though born of believing Parents ought to be baptised Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because to covenanted ones of which number the Infants of Believers are no less than their Parents Acts 2. 38 39. Acts. 3. 25. Rom. 11. 16. Gen. 17. 7 22. that seal of the covenant of which they are capable is not to be denyed Gen. 17. 7 10 11. 2 Because the outward Sacrament of Water cannot be denyed to such as have received the Spirit of Christ and to whom the promises of the New Covenant sealed up in Baptism do belong Acts 10. 47. Acts 11. 15 16 17. But to some Infants of Believers as well as to others come to Age the Spirit of Christ hath been given Ierem. 1. 5. Luke 1. 15. Matth. 19. 14. Mark 10. 13 14. And to them do the promises belong Acts 2. 39. 3 Because the Infants of Believers are members of the Church which is sanctified and cleansed with the washing of water by the Word Eph. 5. 25 26. Ioel 2. 16. Ezek. 16. 20 21. 1 Cor. 7. 14. 4 Because Infants no less than others come to Age were Baptised in the Cloud and in the Sea 1 Cor. 10. 2. 5 Because Christ commanded that all Nations should be baptised a great part whereof were Infants Gen. 22. 18. Matth. 28. 19. 6 Because Christ commanded Baptism to be administred to Disciples Infants also are here to be taken in Acts 15. 10. Matth. 28. 19. The word in the Original is Matheteusate Teach Instruct or make Disciples all Nations or make Disciples among all Nations baptising them The signification of this Greek word may be gathered from Iohn 4. 1. where it is said that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made Disciples So that Matheteuein and Mathetas poiein are both one thing 7 Because the children of Believers were by a Divine right circumcised under the Old Testament therefore the children of Believers under the New Testament ought to be baptised because the one hath succeeded to the other That Baptism succeeds to Circumcision is evident first because they both seal up the same very thing Next as Circumcision was the initiating Seal under the Old Testament so is Baptism under the New because the Apostles did administer it so early to the Disciples at the first appearing of their new birth and interest in the Covenant Moreover because by Baptism we are said to put on Christ Gal. 3. 27. That they both seal up the same thing is evident by comparing Rom. 4 11 with Mar 1 4 Acts 2 28. Where Circumcision is declared to be a seal of the righteousnes of Faith and Baptism is held forth to be a pledge of the remission of sins as also may be seen Rom. 4. 6 7 8. see Col. 2. 11. 12. Where the Apostle teaches that our being buried with Christ in Baptism is our circumcision in Christ which shews that Baptism hath succeeded to us in the room of Circumcision 8 Because the Apostle sayes that the Infants but of one believing Parent are holy 1 Cor. 7. 14. that is are comprehended in the outward Covenant of GOD and have access to the Signs and Scals of GODS Grace as well as they are that are born of both believing Parents Quest. IV. ARE Grace and Salvation so inseparably annexed unto Baptism as that no person can be regenerated or saved without it No. Are all that are baptised undoubtedly regenerated No. Acts 8. 13 23. Well then do not the Papists and Lutherians err who maintain that Baptism is simply necessary to Salvation and that all and those onely who are baptised are most surely regenerated in that same very moment of time wherein Baptism is administred Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Thief upon the Cross and others were saved that were never baptised Luke 23. 43. 2 Because persons unbaptised have had saving Faith Acts 10. 22 44. 3 Because Infants that are predestinated unto life though they die in their mothers belly yet they cannot perish Matth. 18. 14. 4 Because some children before their Baptism have been beloved of GOD whose love is unchangeable Rom. 9 11 13. Others have been Regenerated by the Holy Ghost Luke chap 1 ver 15 and some have also been comprehended within the Covenant of Grace Acts 2. 39. 5 Because that Baptism without faith and the inward operation of the holy Spirit hath no efficacy to Salvation Mark 16. 16. 1 Peter 3. 21. 6 Because the Baptism of the Spirit at one time goes before at another time follows Baptism with water Acts 10. 37. Matth. 3. 11. 7 Because very many that are baptized within the visible Church are damned Matth.