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A78215	The nevv birth: in which is brought forth the new creature. VVith a description of the true marks and characters thereof; which being manifested and declared, is the true and proper ground of visible communion, in which the sons or children of God are to receive and own one another as brethren, although they differ (for want of light) in some particular ordinances. Whereunto is annexed a briefe description of Antichrist, not only without men, but within them also. / By R.B. an unworthy servant of Iesus Christ, who desireth and prayeth for the unity of all saints.	Bartlet, Richard.	1654 (1654)	Wing B984; Thomason E1503_2; ESTC R208658	20,521	90

which the new man is created An. I answer first negatively What the Image of God is not That it is not the changing of him into the image of corruptible man and to birds and to four-footed beasts and creeping things Rom. 1.23 as some prophanely have done in drawing of the image or similitude of the Holy Ghost like to the picture of a Dove But secondly I answer affirmatively What the likenesse of the spirit of God is that by the image or likenesse of the spirit of God is to be understood those holy and blessed graces by which he is pleased to manifest himselfe in the holy word of God as namely righteousnesse holinesse * Gal. 5 22 2 9. love joy peace long-suffering gentlenesse goodnesse faith meeknesse with many others that might be reckoned up which indeed are as it were the very nature of the spirit of God And those graces of the spirit aforesaid they are as the engravings of a signet or seale which being set home by the power of God upon a soule as a signet upon a seal of wax it stamps its owne image and begets its likenesse so that a soule receiveth grace for grace holinesse John 1.16 for holinesse love for love faith for faith and so of all the rest of the graces of the spirit And these holy and blessed graces they are called the fruits of the spirit in Gal. 5.22 23. That is to say the spirit of God is the good tree upon which they grow according to the saying of Christ a good tree bringeth forth good fruit Mat. 7.17 Gods spirit is the root from whence true faith or any other grace doth flow So that if any desire to know from whence true grace doth proceed whether it be love to God or love to his people or whether it be true faith by which any receive Christ and have the priviledge of being made the sons of God or whatsoever grace it be why it may be seen that it doth evidently appeare from the word of the Lord that it is the proceed and product of the spirit of God and cannot be expected from any other root for men doe not gather Grapes of thorns nor Figs of thistles no more can true faith Mat 7.16 or any other grace proceed from any thing whatsoever besides the spirit of God Thus I have given some hints of the new creature and as it were described the image and form of the new man which is begotten and born of God in the new birth And so I come to the third particular namely that true faith in the name of Jesus Christ True faith is a certein marke of the new Creature is an infallible Character both of the new birth and new creature And in the handling of this particular namely to shew the true character of son-ship or of the new birth I might make use of all the graces of the spirit which are begotten and born in a soule in this new birth but I only name faith or beleeving because it is only mentioned in the Text not but that I beleeve all other graces are included and doe accompany true faith wheresoever it is as shall be shewn in its due place But for the proofe of the thing in hand namely that true faith is a Character of son-ship and of the new Birth is plainly held forth in the words of the Text as may clearly appeare by proposing of this querie and that is this Querie By what marke or Character may we come to know a true sonne of God or one that is borne in the new birth why the Text giveth this answer that those that were made the sons of God were them that beleeved in his name so that wheresoever we find true faith in any man or woman we may be confident that man or woman is a child of God Secondly the Text tels us that true faith and beleeving is a certaine character of the new birth as appeares in these words them that beleeve in his name are those which were born of God And the Apostle Iohn doth fully confirm the truth of this in the first of John 5.1 Whosoever beleeveth that Iesus is the Christ is born of God whether it be male or female Col. 3.11 Gal. 3.26 compared with 28. Iew or Gentile bond or free high or low rich or poor And moreover this truth may be proved by this argument namely that the spirit of the Lord in this new Birth is the root and tree from whence faith springs and upon which it groweth as hath been already proved And Christ tels us in Luk. 6.44 that every tree is known by his fruit and that for this reason that a good tree cannot bring forth corrupt fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit So in like manner the corrupt naturall birth cannot bring forth the spirituall new man nor the spirituall new birth bring forth the corrupt old man John 3.6 But that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit So that wheresoever we find faith which is a spirituall grace it is a certaine character that there is the spirituall new birth from whence it springs Now having proved that true faith and beliefe on the name of Jesus Christ is a true mark and character of the sons of God and of the new Birth I might take occasion to shew what is to be understood by the name of Christ And secondly what it is to beleeve one his name But I shall not enlarge upon this but rather come to shew of what use the Doctrine as it hath been opened may be to all the people of God Only in a few words briefly to give you my understanding cocerning the same And What is to be understood by the name of Christ first by the name of Christ is to be understood whole Christ that is whatsoever he is in respect of his God-head or in respect of his Man-hood whatsoever he is in himselfe or whatsoever he is unto others is comprehended in his name And therefore in this Chapter out of which the Text is taken we shall find that he is called the word which name or title doth include his eternall power and Godhead as in the 1 verse In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God 2. It also includes his Manhood as in verse the 14. And the word was made flesh so that in short the name of Christ may be thus defined that he is what he is that is to say he is what he is in himselfe that he is what he is to his people that he is what he is to his enenemies And this we find to be the name of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the 3 of Exodus 14. (g) Or according to the Heb. I will be what I will be I am that I am which name Christ applyeth to himselfe in the 8

ALthough I dissent from that opinion which this discourse at least intimates That the infants of beleevers are not capable of Baptisme yet I approve that moderation which is therein earnestly perswaded in reference to communion in the worship of God with all those who give a faire evidence of their spirituall son-ship or New Birth and so of their union with Christ in the spirit though in the sence of this Author as yet unbaptized Ioseph Caryl The tenth of the 12 month 1653. THE NEVV BIRTH In which is brought forth the NEW CREATVRE VVith a description of the true Marks and Characters thereof which being manifested and declared is the true and proper ground of visible Communion in which the sons or children of God are to receive and own one another as brethren although they differ for want of Light in some particular ORDINANCES As many as are led by the spirit of God they are the sonnes of God Rom. 8.14 Sirs ye are brethren why doe ye wrong one another Act. 7.26 Whereunto Is annexed a briefe description of Antichrist not only without men but within them also Little children even now are there many Antichrists 1 Io. 2.18 By R.B. An unworthy servant of Iesus Christ who desireth and prayeth for the unity of all Saints 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I pray thee let no strife be between me and thee for we be brethren Gen. 13.8 London Printed by W. H. for L. Blairlock and are to be sould at Temple Bar and by John Hancock in Popes head Alley 1654 To all true beleeving soules who are begotten and born of God through the spirit Rich Bartlet wisheth grace mercy and peace to be multiplied c. BEloved brethren for so I presume to call you because we are the children of one father although we may differ in our apprehensions concerning some particular Ordinances To you I dedicate this little book for this end that there may be no strife between me and you because we are brethren Now forasmuch as it is so pleasant a thing for * Ps 133.1 brethren to live together in unity my endeavour is to regaine those that are otherwise minded and for those that are like minded (a) namely to live in unity to * Eph. 4.3 keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace and upon that account I have published this little book to shew the true grounds of brotherhood which is the being children of one father adopted by the same spirit heires of the same promise joynt heires with the same Christ And also by way of caution I have laboured to perswade al true beleeving souls that they take heed that they reject not any of the children of their Father because peradventure some have not attained to the like measure of knowledge with themselves but rather to receive them and labour with all meeknesse to instruct them in those truths which they are not enlightned in That to the weake those that are strong may become as weak that they may gaine the weak and not to keep at distance from any gracious soule because they know not so much as others nor cannot declare so much as others But to love owne and receive them because they are born of God as well as others for although many a precious soule may bring forth but 30 fold yet seeing it is good seed and sowne in good and honest hearts let them not be despised by those that bring forth an 100 fold for we shall find that among the sons of God some babes some young men some fathers some aged in the holy understanding some newly entred therein yet all children So that where we find the good seed sowne in the good and honest heart bringing forth good fruit though in some more and some lesse we should love and own them For this we find to be the example of Christ not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoaking flax but to have much respect to the lambs and little ones that beleeve in him which spirit may be upon and in us all is the prayer of the unworthy servant of Christ and also yours for Christs sake Rich. Bartlet London this sixth day of the 12 month 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vulg Feb. 13. in the year 1653. To the Reader REader if thou beest one of the new creation and a subject of that Kingdome that consists of righteousness peace and joy in the Holy Ghost I hope thou wilt accept of my smal mite cast into thy hand for although it is but small yet I hope it is good seed and I doe assure thee it is not in the least intended by me to be the seeds of contention but that which tends to peace and unity and to this end I have sown it and dispersed it abroad hoping by the blessing of God when it fals upon good honest hearts it will bring forth good fruit and although it may not bring forth an hundred fold yet if it bring forth but thirty fold I shall rejoyce and think my labour well spent But if thou beest one that is in the strife and contention smiting thy fellow servants either because they know more then thou or because they know not so much as thou then my prayer is that the spirit of the Lord Jesus may meet with thee and turne thee out of that way lest in thy persisting therein the Lord should come upon thee before thou art aware and find thy feet * Or to hate thy brother without a cause Mat. 5.22 swift to shed blood because the way of peace thou hast not known and shall deale with thee according to what he hath threatned in Mat. 24.51 But I shall leave what I have written to the Lords disposing and thy consideration R. B. THE NEVV BIRTH c. John 1.12 13. But as many as received him to them gave he power or (a) Hoc jus priviledge to become or (b) Fieri to be made the sons of God even to them that beleeve on his Name Which were borne not of bloud nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God THE Evangelist St Iohn having in the beginning of this Chapter declared the Eternall power and Godhead of the Lord Jesus Christ as verse 1 2 3. he afterwards commeth to treat concerning his manhood as verse 14. compared with the 11. in the 14 verse we shall find that the word which was in the beginning with God and was God was made flesh and came and dwelt amongst us and therefore in the 11 verse it is said he came unto his own but his own received him not He came unto his own that is to the Iewes his owne peculiar people he came to his owne Nation the place which he had chose for to set up his name and therefore the word is in the Neuter Gender (c) Ad sua venit But his owne received him not that is his own people of that

Land did not receive him and therefore the word is put in the Masculine Gender (d) sui eum non exceperunt so that his owne people the Iewes the seed of Abraham according to the flesh which were his by the old Covenant made with them they received him not So that the Apostle's words were made good * 1 Cor. 2.14 That the naturall man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God But there were some of the seed of Abraham according to promise they that were true Isralites indeed those that were borne not only of blood and of the will of the flesh and of the will of man but of God which persons did receive Christ and are declared in the words of the Text But as many as received him to them gave he this priviledge c. In the words of the Text you may observe these foure particulars 1. Four particulars in the Text. That there are certaine persons to whom the Lord Jesus hath and will give this power and priviledge to be made the sons of God 2. You may observe who those persons are to whom Christ hath and will give this power and priviledge to and they are those that receive him But as many as received him to them gave he c. 3. You may observe who they were that did receive Christ and had this priviledge given and those were such as beleeved on his name to them gave he this priviledge to be made the sons of God even to them that beleeve c. 4. You may observe who or what these persons were that did beleeve in the name of Jesus Christ and they were those which were borne of God Even to them that beleeve on his name which were born not of the will of man but of God Now from these four particulars 3 Things very considerable there is this very considerable 1. That those that have this priviledge to be made the sons of God are those that receive Christ 2. Those that receive Christ are those that beleeve on his name 3. Those that beleeve on his name are those that are born of God so that From the new birth Note persons come to believe one the name of Christ and through beleeving they come to receive Christ and by receiving of Christ they come to have the priviledge of being made the sons of God Now although many truths might be raised from the words thus opened yet I shall at this time mention but one by way of Doctrine which may be most sutable to the purposo herein intended and that is this Doct. That true beleeving on the name of Jesus Christ by or through which a soule doth receive Christ with the priviledges aforesaid is a true and infallible Character of a son of God or of the New Birth And this truth ariseth in the words from a twofold consideration 1. The truth of the Doctrine from two considerations in the text From the consideration of what those persons were that did receive Christ and had the priviledge of being made the sons of God and they were them that beleeved on his name so upon that account beleeving is a mark or Character of son-ship 2. Considering that those that did beleeve in the name of Christ were such that were born of God and upon that account beleeving is a character or marke of the New Birth Now in the handling of this Doctrine I shall take this method 1. The Doctrine opened 3 particulars To shew what is to be understood by the New Birth or to be born of God 2. I shall give a description of the sons or children of God which are begotten and born in this New Birth 3. I shall shew how true beleeving in the name of Jesus Christ is an infallible character both of the new Birth and son-ship 4. I shall endeavour to shew what use may and ought to be made of the whole by all the people of God 1. VVhat the new Birth is or to be born of God 1. Birth or being born What birth or being borne doth signifie in 2 particulars it imports a begetting and bringing forth of that which is begotten or conceived or 2. It is the time wherein a child or Infant hath its first beginning in the world and this is called the birth or time of its being borne and this the Hebrew word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth properly signifie and commeth from the root 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifieth to beget or create and bring forth But my purpose is not now to speak of that which is born of the flesh and is flesh But of that which is born of the spirit and is spirit And this spirituall Birth is that which I call the new Birth or being borne of God And first I call it the new Birth 3 Reasons why the spirituall Birth is called new for these reasons 1. Because it is begotten and created in a soule after the birth of nature for saith the Apostle Paul in the 1 Cor. 15.46 That was not first which was spirituall but that which is naturall and afterwards that which is spirituall and therefore it is called the new (e) Regeneratio or new Birth Birth in Mat. 19.28 And a being born againe Iohn 3.3 2. Because that which is begotten and born in this new birth is a new creature 2 Cor. 5.17 3. Because it is called the new man Eph. 4.24 and Col. 3.10 Secondly it is called the being born of God for this reason Because that God by his spirit doth beget and create and bring forth this new creature in a soule and this worke of God's spirit is put in opposition to naturall births and therefore it is said in the Text not of (f) ex sam guinibus it is in the plurall number to shew that naturall births doe proceed both from the male and female bloods nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man but of God Having shewed what the new Birth is and what it is to be born of God I shall in the next place give a briefe description of the new creature which is begotten and born of God in this new Birth and I shall define it thus That it is a divine being A description of the new creature called the new man which the Lord by his spirit hath created and implanted in a soule after the image of himselfe in righteousnesse and true holinesse Eph. 4.24 compared with Col. 3.10 So that as it is said of the first Adam that he begat a sonne in his own likeness Gen. 5.3 after his own image VVhy so the Lord by his spirit doth beget sonnes in his likenesse and after his own image therefore saith the Apostle Paul as we have born the image of the earthy we shall also by this new birth bear the image of the heavenly 1 Cor. 15.49 Qu. But what is the likenesse and image of the spirit of God according to