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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26844	Mr. Baxter baptiz'd in bloud, or, A sad history of the unparallel'd cruelty of the Anabaptists in New-England faithfully relating the cruel, barbarous and bloudy murther of Mr. Baxter, an Orthodox minister, who was kill'd by the Anabaptists, and his skin most cruelly flead from his body : with an exact account of all the circumstances and particularities of this barbarous murther / published by his mournfull brother Benjamin Baxter.	Baxter, Benjamin.; Parker, Samuel, 1640-1688.; Savill, Laurance.	1673 (1673)	Wing B1170; ESTC R92	4,862	10

Mr. BAXTER Baptiz'd in Bloud OR A SAD HISTORY OF THE UNPARALLEL'D CRUELTY OF THE ANABAPTISTS In NEW-ENGLAND Faithfully Relating the Cruel Barbarous and Bloudy Murther of Mr. Baxter an Orthodox Minister who was kill'd by the Anabaptists and his Skin most cruelly flead off from his Body WITH An Exact Account of all the Circumstances and Particularities of this barbarous Murther Published by his mournfull Brother Benjamin Baxter Living in Fen-Church-Street London With Allowance LONDON Printed in the Year 1673. A Sad History of M. Baxters Bloudy and Cruel Death by the Anabaptists COuld any man believe that Phanatick Fury had such power to impell and force any that pretend to that Sacred Name of Christians to perpetrate such villanies which the Myrmidons and Scythians in the midst of Barbarism it self never heard of But it s a Maxim in Philosophy Corruptio optimi est pessima The best things corrupted are the worst So as the profession of Christianity is a most sacred thing the doctrine of the Gospel a most holy Rule the Authour of our Religion an exemplar and pattern of meekness so when Christians renounce this sacred profession lay aside this Holy Gospel and abrenuntiate Christ the pattern of meekness they soon become the most desperate villains in the world as may be instanc'd in Julian the Apostate and Sergius the Associate of Mahomet and compiler of the Alcoran And we daily see that among the Turks none are such implacable persecutors of Captive-Christians as Renegade-Protestants When I seriously consider these things I forbear to wonder at the great and desperate Villanies perpetrated by the Anabaptists those Renegade-Christians who deny Baptism that initiating Ordinance and first Sacrament of Christianity Dares any man affirm the Anabaptists to be Christians For how can they be Christians who deny Christning deride Christs Institution of Baptism and scoffingly call it Baby-sprinkling and in place thereof substitute their prophane Booby-dipping But what need words be multiplyed when deeds cry out so loud And are not such unparallel'd Villanies enough to un-Christian the stoutest Professors in the world Mr. Josiah Baxter in the year 1661. was sollicited with much importunity by some Virginia Merchants to leave England and imbarque for Virginia He condescended to their requests not upon the account of any earthly concern but because he thought in those New Plantations they might not be so well provided of Labourers in the Lord's Vineyard and in this Nation God be thanked there was good store both of able and painful Ministers He also propos'd to himself the effecting some good upon the Indians as he often intimated to me before his departure He lived many years in Virginia and did much good among those people But seeing that his health was much impaired by his Studies and Labours and that the Ayr of that Countrey did not at all agree with his body he began to think of removing and especially seeing he had such a fair opportunity as the most courteous and loving Invitation of M. T. M. G. and M. O. very considerable Merchants in New-England and his ancient and intimate Friends and Acquaintance He therefore in the year 1672. with his Wife and Family left Virginia and setled himself in a solitary house about a mile and half distant from Boston The Merchants and good people of Boston and the circum-jacent Countrey receiv'd him with all the kindness and tenderness imaginable He had not been long in these parts but all good Christians had him in great veneration for his great learning his diligent preaching and for his great zeal He had not been many Moneths in New-England but he understood there was a notorious Sectarian by name Richard Batt who formerly had been a Taylor in Coventry but some two years after the happy Restauration of his Majesty under pretence of a tender Conscience he left Coventry and came to New-England This Batt was a fellow of a prodigious confidence a good wit a voluble tongue and an insinuating carriage and comportment M. Baxter therefore quickly found out this Fox and was very apprehensive of his designs against Christian Religion for the advancement of his unchristian Sect and was also inform'd that he had already seduc'd many well-meaning people He thought it was now high time to oppose this Son of Belial to discover from Gods Word the falsity of his Tenets the wickedness of his principles and the danger of his practises and also to confirm good Christians in the Truth He therefore omitted no pains but constantly in all his Sermons evidently declared and prov'd from God's Word the Divine Institution of Baptism he answered all Objections and most solidly proved that the Anabaptists were most sacrilegious persons who endeavoured to rob Christ's Church of that Holy Sacrament which Christ her Spouse had left her and that the very denying of Infant-Baptism was a denying and renouncing of Christianity it self because Christ had instituted Baptism to be an initiating Sacrament whereby such as embrace Christian Religion were to be admitted within the Communion of his Church but these wicked Sectarians deny this Sacrament and compel their adherents to renounce their Baptism and to be dipt again in their prophane waters He told them also that the waters wherein Batt dipt his followers were not as he falsly told them the pure waters of Jordan wherein the holy sons and daughters of Sion were baptiz'd but the stinking and prophane waters of Egypt wherein none but Babylons children were dip't and prophan'd He also charg'd and conjur'd all good Christians if they had any care or regard for their souls not to associate with those prophane and Sacrilegious persons the Anabaptists but to consider their personal vices their scandalous lives and their bloudy and dangerous practices in forreign Countreys but especially in Germany Holland Poland and Switzerland and he would often instance many of their high misdemeanours in several places in England and pressingly urge his hearers not to have any commerce or society with men of such bad principles and detestable lives Thus did this zealous Minister of the Gospel like a good Shepherd diligently watch over the Flock which Christ had committed to his charge Good men were much edified by his zeal and the weaker and wavering Christians were most solidly confirm'd in the Truth But this good man thought it was not enough to edifie the orthodox and confirm the doubtful but he did most earnestly thirst after the conversion of misbelievers he was resolved to try all means for the conviction and conversion of the Anabaptists themselves He did endeavour to bring M. Batt to a personal conference He openly challenged him in the Church and openly protested that if he would come to a publike dispute and conference all things should be manag'd with Christian lenity and brotherly love but in case he should refuse such Christian-like Proposals of a publike conference and dispute the whole world would conclude he was conscious to himself both of the badness of his Cause