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truth_n	faith_n	scripture_n	tradition_n	2,203	5	9.2236	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91797	Some briefe considerations on Doctor Featley his book, intituled, The dipper dipt, wherein in some measure is discovered his many great and false accusations of divers persons, commonly called Anabaptists, with an answer to them, and some brief reasons of their practice. In seven sections, viz. I. Dr. Featley his secret and haynous accusing the honourable Parliament. II. That he is guilty of greater errors, than to go into the water to be dipt. ... VI. Some reasons alledged against infants being baptized. A question proposed to consideration, that if it be an error to be baptized again, whether the punishment, some would have inflicted upon them, and some have suffered, be not too great? VII. How many sorts of Anabaptists he saith there are, and what they hold. Whereunto is added, what is conceived the Doctors mysticall frontispiece may more properly declare. / By Samuel Richardson.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.	1645 (1645)	Wing R1414; Thomason E270_22; ESTC R212288	20,332	22

of our Translators they doing it upon oath but truth must not be taken by tradition and if the knowledge of Hebrew Greek c. be sufficient to teach them the minde of the Spirit of God then all that know the tongues must of necessity know the minde of God in the Scriptures and if so Apollo being a learned man and saw the first copy of the Bible should not need to learn of Aquila a tradeseman one of the Laity and Priscilla his wife the Word of God more perfectly as he did Acts 18. 26. And what is the reason you agree not among your selves about the minde of the Spirit of God in his Word so that some of you in your Expositions differ as much as light and darknesse and if our translation be true then we may know the meaning thereof as well as you and if it be not true tell mee what is that preaching worth which is proved by a false translation And if we must believe contrary to our translation because you that know the originall say so what is this but an implicit faith so human And seeing you so differ among your selves about the meaning of the Spirit of God in them tel me how I shal know which of you I am to believe also some who know the originall affirm some one word will bear 7 or 10 divers significations how do you know which of them is intended by God unlesse hee reveale it to you and if he please hee can reveale it to illiterate men God hath hid that from the wise which he hath revealed unto babes God saith the naturall man cannot perceive the things that be of God though he be learned surely no man can know the things of God but he to whom the Spirit will reveale them unto The Word saith hee revealeth to us the deep things of God by his Spirit 1 Cor. 2. 10. he doth not say by Greek and Hebrew c. But it will be objected Cannot learned men understand the Scriptures as well as illiterate Asses as the Doctor calls tradesmen I answer yes both alike not at all of themselves But are there other means and helps to the understanding the Scriptures without Greek and Hebrew yes only the self-evidencing light of the Spirit of God which first inspired the Pen-men of Scriptures is in the hearts of the Saints the only Interpreter of the Scriptures Secondly the knowledge of the body of Divinity or the Analogie of the faith to which the Scripture is to be referred for its right interpretation Thirdly the Law of God written in the hearts of the Lords which savoureth the truth and disrelisheth errorr Fourthly help to the understanding the Scriptures is the manifold experiences of varieties of temptations and the experiences of the work of Grace in the soul Lastly to compare Scriptures that are dark with Scriptures of the same nature that are more plain and so to let the Scriptures expound themselves I conclude this all men are pur-blind yea dead till God gives life and opens mens eyes And although humane learning is necessary for translating the Scriptures c. yet many Idolize it as the children of Israel did their golden Calf the issue of the conference as he saith p. 18. was that they were not able to withstand the truth it seems he was hee saith the Knights and Ladies thanked him but he cannot say he did deserve it and he saith the Anabaptists went away discontented and grieved Answ. It seems they were very sorrowfull to see his great blindnesse and hardnesse of heart and he saith none of them ever after that troubled him any more it seems they could do him no good and so they resolved to leave him to God till he shall please to open his eyes Luke 11. 25 26. Sect. 5. That Doctor Featley justifieth dipping in Rivers to be a lawfull manner of baptizing in which he justifieth the practice of the Anabaptists in their manner of baptizing DOctor Featley in p. 33. 71. 223. 224. saith Whatsoever is alledged for dipping we approve of I grant that Christ and the Eunuch were baptized in the river Matth. 3. 16. Acts 8. 38. John 3. 23. And the Church of England approves of dipping and that such baptizing of men hath been and is and may lawfully be used yea and is fit to be used in warm seasons and the word Baptizo sometimes signifies to dip Answ. Now you justifie our practice for we doe no more in warm seasons and as for those that chuse cold seasons to be baptized in doe they not suffer sufficiently for that falt I beleeve you would judge so if the case were yours though your Epistle declares the contrary and pag. 70. I conceive he should have declared to us when the times are the word signifieth dipping or what Scriptures they be that will beare that signification Also it is worth the observing that baptizing of beleevers in rivere by dipping is so clearly expressed in the Scriptures that the enemies to it are forced to confesse it and may not one wonder how hee durst condemne any for doing of that which he confesses the Scriptures approve of but I leave him to consider Rom. 14. 22. Sect. 6. Some Reasons alledged against Infants being baptized WE contend for the perfection of the last will testament of our Lord Saviour Jesus Christ that it is as perfect to direct in the administrations of the ordinances therof as the old Testament was to direct in the administrations of the ordinances therof in wch was expressed first who was to administer circumcision Gen. 17. 9 11. 21. 4. Secondly who should be circumcised every male child born in the house or bought with mony Gen. 17. 10. 12. 13. Thirdly the time when he that is eight dayes old shall bee circumcised c. Gen. 17. 12. Fourthly the place of circumcision ye shall circumcise the flesh of your fore-skins Gen. 17. 11. Fifthly the manner which was to bee cut But if Infants are to be baptized because they are the subjects of baptisme then if the new Testament doe not expresly command infants to be baptized the time when they are to be baptized and by whom they are to be baptized and the manner how they are to be baptized but if the new Testament expresseth any of these things with the manner of sprinkling the place where they are to bee sprinkled we desire they would shew it us wch they confesse they cannot it followes by their doctrine the new Testament gives us not as expresse direction in the administration of the ordinances thereof as the old Testament did for the ordinances thereof and so the new Testament to come short of the old But the new Testament expresly commands who shall baptize Matth. 28. 19. Goe yee teach and baptize Secondly the persons who are to be baptized such as repent and beleeve and confesse their sinnes and professe their faith both male and female Make Disciples baptizing them Matth. 28.