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A48758	Pneumat-apologia. Or, An apology for the power & liberty of the Spirit as at first to give a being to, so still to give a blessing by his ordinances. In three sermons preacht at Great Budworth, to some persons of honour, and several of the clergy then present to communicate in reference to the late act. By James Livesey, A.M. & vicar of Budworth.	Livesey, James, 1625-1682.	1674 (1674)	Wing L2595; ESTC R213711	65,921	192

by being regenerated by the grace received in Baptism de sp s cap. 10. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Baptism is unto me the beginning of life St. Ambrose is for it Ep. 23. and Austin too see his Epistle to Bomface a noble Earl on this Argument and to Daranus Ep. 57. Sacramenta in solis electis c. The Sacraments do work that which they signifie only in the Elect Zanchy lib. Confess cap. de Bapt. P. Martyr loc com class 4. cap. 8. sect 2. that is quoted by P. Lombard in Sent. Calvin and Chamier those two great Lights of France are full for this too though in their Circumcision Infants could not apprehend what that sign meant yet they were truly circumcised unto the mortification of their depraved and defiled nature which when at maturity they meditated on Instit lib. 4. cap. 16. sect 20. Vbi plura ad propositum See also cap. 15. s 12. And Chamier de sacr lib. 2. cap. 6. p 4. Tantum abest c. 'T is so far from us that we should teach that Baptism effecteth nothing upon Infants till they come to age that on the contrary we know that the effect of Baptism which is perform'd immediately by the Spirit himself sometimes goes before the very celebration of Baptism therefore we say that either then there is some effect in truth and indeed when the Sacrament is administred aut nullum unquam futurum or else there will never be any at all that is then our sins are truly remitted and our Adoption made sure to us but all this morally with them concur our own Chieftains Jewel Ward Davenant Bucer Ames and Ainsworth the last in his censure of a Dialogue of the Anabaptists urgeth this argument amongst others pag. 40. to 46. They to whom God giveth the sign and seal of Righteousness by Faith and of Regeneration they have Faith and Regeneration for God giveth no lying sign he sealeth no vain or false Covenants But God gave to Infants Circumcision which was the sign and seal of the Righteousness of Faith and Regeneration Gen. 17.12 Rom. 4.11 Coloss 2.11 Therefore Infants had and consequently now have Faith and Regeneration though not in the crop or harvest yet in the bud and beginning of all Christian Graces A little after They that deny this reason must either make God the Author of a lying sign and seal of the Covenant to Abraham and his Infants or they must hold that Infants had those graces then but not now both which are wicked and absurd or they must say Circumcision was not the sign and seal of righteousness which is by faith contrary to Rom. 4.11 Fourthly And in order thereunto some rules were hinted ' I shall only superadd one more now mark it well pray If you would have the blessing of the Lord upon this initiating matriculating Ordinance act regularly I mean according to the rule of the Word What 's that you 'l say I answer let them be baptized 1. Early 2. Publickly 1 Early Abraham the Father of the Faithful delayed not the Circumcision of his dear Isaac beyond the eighth day and that was a painful ordinance St. Austin well observes that the Sacraments of the New Testament are 1. Fewer in Number 2. Clearer in Signification 3. Easier in Observation Who dare say of this or that particular infant it is not regenerate and Mr. Tombs confesseth such are to be baptized early Joh. 7.22 23. John was circumcised the eighth day Luk. 1.59 So was Christ himself Luk. 2.21 That he was not baptized till about thirty years old was because till about that time John baptized none The Jews did circumcise the Children which they bought with their moneys the same day they bought them though it was the very day they were born yea i● the eighth day fell to be the Sabbath yet the Jews circumcis'd the Child therein Joh. 7.22 According to the Hebrew Canon Circumcision in the time thereof drives away the Sabbath See Mr. Ainsw on Gen. 17.12 Maimonid his Treatise of Circumcision ch 1. sect 9. i e. A man must omit the Sabbath the keeping of it for to circumcise in due time Was the Lord so angry with Moses for the not circumcising of his child in due time that he sought to kill him in the Inn Exod. 4.24 and is he well pleased with your delays St. Austin judgment is well known in thi● case Tanto magis pro parvulis loqui debemus quanto ipsi pro se loqui non possunt Aug. Ep. 89. juxla med Non est justum speaking of Baptism ut res quae tam magna tam praeclara creditur negligenter aut tardius quam expedit requiratur It is not just that a matter of such moment and importance should be negligently and slowly gone about can you devote and dedicate your Children to God too soon Can you seal them too early The sooner the better they are solemnly consecrated to the Lord and have his name put upon them Is it not a great and choice priviledg that our Children have a visible standing in the Church can they be too early initiated into the Church or too soon engaged to serve the Lord Gal. 5.3 2 Publickly This is according to the ordinary common rule of the Gospel Zepper de Pol. Eccles lib. 1. cap. 12. and the Liturgy of the Church Baptism is a publick seal of the Covenant of Grace and therefore should be done publickly You honour God most when you solemnly and publickly devote and dedicate your little one● to God You honour this ordinance mos● by a publick owning and using o● it and we should preserve the honour of his Institutions all we can never more need Your little ones are most advantaged this way they have the prayers of the whole Assembly and by the solemnity of this Ordinance your selves are more quickned in remembring and renewing your Covenant with God on this occasion So much is said and so rationally by a learned Pen Mr. Samuel Langley's Suspension reviewed c. that I cannot presume to add thereto O● that for the future what is amiss amongst us may be redressed let the honour of God be more consulted and not the humours of men When Christ was baptized he sent not for John to come to him but himself went to John and was baptized publickly Mat. 3.13 16. He hath left us his own example let none think himself too good or too great to follow his steps But because of this present occasion the rest of this discourse shall be confined to the third Ordinance viz. The Lords Supper The Doctrine's this Doct. The Spirit of the Lord is not so straitned but he can cause this Ordinance to work for their good who walk uprightly In prosecution of this Proposition I shall resolve but only eight Queries very succinctly For brevity is good Whether it be or be not understood 1 Q. What does this term or expression Walk import and intimate 2 Q.

Christian man To take care that his Soul be not unthankful to his God Have I received any light or life or increase of grace and peace I will remember to my dying day though 't is wrought in me yet 't was not wrought by me Non nobis Domine non nobis Not unto us Lord not unto us Because not by us Lord not by us but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts Though I cannot praise thee so much as I should yet will I praise thee as much as I can Sacramenta Judaeorum umbra Christianorum Aug Enar in Psal 37 nobis 38 At the Jewish Passover was sung the 113. and some following Psalms and this they call'd the Great Hallelujah And the Sacraments of the Jews were but shadows unto ours In every thing we must give thanks but for this especially others stand without you are admitted into the Presence-chamber of the great King They feed on husks and trash you on the hidden Manna My flesh saith Christ is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed All other food compar'd with this is cibi tantummodo umbra vana imago as Cameron speaks all shadow no substance To a worthy Receiver the choicest of mercies and blessings are here exhibited one calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Food made up all of Thanksgiving And having tasted so much nay drunk so deep of the cup of blessing does it not concern you now to sing Glory be to the Holy Ghost That praise is due to God from every Creature in the World and from every corner of the world I need not prove but 't is not comely for any but such as you Psal 33.1 'T is a garment that suites none but Saints Isa 61.3 You read there of the garment of praise The Jewish Doctors have a saying That the World subsists by three Pillars the Law the Worship of God and Thankfulness O let the high Praises of God be now and for ever in your lips and lives Hath the good Spirit of the Lord gone out before you in love and mercy Do you follow him now in praise and duty 'T is the happiness of the Saints in Heaven to enjoy God and 't is their only business in Heaven to bless God and is it not your wisdom as well as duty to be daily doing that on Earth besides which you shall have nothing to do to all Eternity in Heaven Hosanna's here and Hallelujahs hereafter 2 Walk charitably Do all the good you possibly can for the Spirit of the Lord and for the people of the Lord. I know your goodness extendeth not to God but let it the more to the Saints Yet you may plead for and vindicate his honour which is by many now laid in the dust many father their errors and blasphemies on the Spirit laying them at his door as if he were not the Spirit of Truth There are four sorts of men amongst us 1 Some who are all for Ordinances not eying at all the Spirit of the Lord for his teachings 2 Some are all for the Spirit Sans-ordinance men casting of Baptism the Ministry of the Word and this blessed Sacrament Beza in 1 Cor. 1.12 As Beza said so shall I Hoc Pestilentissimo morbo utinam nulli hodie laborarent Oh that none had this Plague-sore now 3 Others and not a few neither regard the Spirit nor men nor means nothing but mundum fundum 4 Only the sincere Christian is for all and he is the man to whom I address this counsel if you espouse not his cause who shall if in your stations as Magistrates as Ministers as Christians you plead not for it who will But walk charitably towards men that 's the duty I would press on you Has the Spirit of the Lord done you good do you now all the good you can to others shew your love to God by your love to your needy Brethren and your love to them by works of mercy Acts of charity do not impoverish but enrich Perhaps the Purse may be lighter but your Crown will be heavier Who ever heard or read of a man that liv'd charitably that died miserably Non memini me legisse malâ morte mor●●● qui libenter opera charitatis exercuit Hieron Morison in his Itinirary Hierom in his Epistle to Nepotian tells us he never did nor did the royal Prophet Psal 37.25 26. One tells us of a fountain of Salt in Germany of which all the poor about it had Salt-water freely for their use but when once it was deny'd them it lost its vertue If once you harden your Hearts against or hide your faces from those pale faces and withered cheeks and maimed arms from those who have no bread to eat nor where to lay their heads well may the Spirit of the Lord suspend his influences at the next Communion and then it cannot heal nor seal nor do you good What greater incentive to shew mercy to others than a due sense of mercies received from God Do good to all as you are of ability and have opportunity but especially to the houshold of Faith 3 Walk contentedly Have you received good and much good at the Lords Table then be not so full of complaints if you have little of the worlds goods Is your grace increased have you got more assurance of your Lords love do not murmur though your Corn and Wine and other matters increase not Whilst those put gladness into your Hearts let not the want of these cause sadness to appear in your faces It is enough says Jacob Joseph is alive So say you It is enough the Spirit of the Lord is alive and hath enlivened and sealed 1 Tim. 6.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and comforted me at and by this precious Ordinance Shew us the Father says Philip and it sufficeth us The sight of God without riches or honours or lands or friends should satisfie your Souls Having food and raiment you should be content well Having food not fine fare Raiments not Ornaments and you have both nay much more viz. the Mediatory Righteousness of Christ to deck and adorn you and his precious Body and Blood to nourish you And whatever afflictions you meet with in or from the World still be contented They say whatever betides a Spaniard he will not change his pace whatever troubles betide you let no change appear in your Face Whether God give or take whether he stroke or strike Nimis delicatus es frater si hic vis gaudere cum mundo posthac regnare cum Christo Hierom. whether men hum or hiss fret not your selves shall you receive good from the hand of God What all good and no evil you are too delicate if you would have two Heavens one here and another yonder above the Clouds 4 Walk Compassionately Have you tasted there of the Lords graciousness can you tell of the great things the Spirit of the Lord hath by that Ordinance done for your Souls

really so It was a cutting question which St. Austin put to one Quid tibi prodest vocari quod non es What will it advantage one to have a name to live if he be dead See H●insius in Joh. 1.47 To pass for a Saint here and to be found amongst Sinners hereafter to be reputed an Israelite indeed and to be a Gibeonite to be named of the House of Jacob i.e. of the Church of God and to be of the House of Sodom How shall Men and Angels stand amazed at the great day when the secrets of all Hearts shall be disclosed to see some taken up to Heaven who were named the vilest of sinners and others turned into Hell who were reputed choicest Saints A form will do nothing without the power of Godliness There are two things which every man is mainly concern'd to mind 1 To be Good 2 To appear so He that is not so is lost with God and he that appears not so is lost with men Ones goodness if unknown to himself will afford him little comfort and if unknown to others it will procure him little credit Abbreviatus contractus Drus Is the Spirit of the Lord straitned Doct. 5. The Spirit of the Lord is not so straitned but he knows how to inspire and instruct his Prophets Doct. 6. The Spirit of the Lord is then straitned when proud people presume to prescribe to dictate unto his servants the Prophets what and when and to whom they shall speak and when and what not Are these his doings Hence note that Doct. 7. The ordinary way of the Lords dealing with men is in love and mercy acts of judgment are his but they are his strange not his genuine acts how full and sweet is that in Hos 11.8 How shall I give thee up Ephraim How shall I deliver thee Israel c. In this sacred volum where is the parallel What pathetick Interrogations puts he there unto himself q.d. Thou art upon the brink of destruction 't is but a giving thee up and thou art ruined Oh but how how shall I do it Do not my words c. Doct. 8. Note that the Word delivered and Ordinances dispensed by faithful Ministers are his Attend them then with due care and conscience with fear and reverence with faith and patience Doct. 9. From the connexion of the principal efficient and instrumental causes viz. the Spirit and the Word Such as sincerely desire to receive good from God must attend to and depend on the Spirit of the Lord in the use of Ordinances Ubi enim Ecclesia ibi spiritus ubi spiritus Dei illic est Ecclesia omnis gratia Iren. lib. 3. udvers Haereses For the Word can do nothing without the Spirit and the Spirit will do nothing ordinarily without the Word Let people talk as their deluded fancies prompt them One day they will see and say that they who are enemies to the Word are no true friends to the Spirit despising the one they do quench the other Quae Deus conjunxit c. How sweet Oh what a reviving Cordial is that precious promise to a pious Soul in Exod. 20.24 In all places where I record my Name my word and Ordinances by which I am known as a man is by his name I will come unto thee by my Spirit and I will bless thee there shall be a comfortable meeting and a Cordial closing of my Spirit with your Spirits See one for all Isa 30.20 21. Thine eyes shall see thy Teachers mark that and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee c. Do not my words do good There is a twofold word the one is verbum audibile that 's the Holy Scripture Ephes 6.17 and there is verbum visibile viz. the Sacraments they are call'd visible Sermons as Christ in that conveys himself by the ear so in these he conveys himself by the eye into the Heart Hence observe Doct. 10. That the Word and Ordinances of God are very operative and powerful The Spirit of the Lord concurring they are not only preceptive and directive but affective and effective they are the rod of his strength Psal 110.2 In a word there is a sevenfold force or power in the Word There is a Sin-subduing power it puts down strong holds casts down carnal reasonings Oh 't is mighty through God 2 Cor. 10.4 5. A Soul-humbling power it lays a proud sinner as low as Hell makes him cry out Lord I am vile what wilt thou have me to do and I will do it To be and I will endeavour to be it Act. 2.37 9.6 16.31 A Soul-cleansing power Joh. 15.3 Now are ye clean through the Word which I have spoken to you And chap. 17.17 Sanctifie them through thy truth thy word is truth A Soul-solacing power This word of promise is my comfort in my affliction Psal 119.50 it keeps the Soul from fainting a promise like pearl in broth is cordial A Soul-quickening power No such Incentives to holy duties in the World as in the Word Psal 119.50 A Soul-searching power It ransacks and rifles the Conscience and looks into the most secret transactions of the Heart When the Sun shines into the House the Atoms are easily discerned when the Word shines into the Heart our secret lusts are easily discovered Rom. 7.7 Heb. 4.12 A Soul-healing power Psal 107.20 He sent his Word and healed them How long might a Soul sit at the foot of a Philosopher and hear his Lectures of Morality ere it should experimentally feel and find such an Heart-transforming power going along with them such a mighty change wrought by them Est quaedam verbi omnipotentia as Luther said of Prayer To him that walketh Doct. 11 D. 11. Christianity is a walk a Christians life is not a standing or sitting still every day must we do a days work and go a days journey towards our Heavenly Country Up then and be doing here is not your rest Quo brevior opportunitas co major sedulitas lose your season and you may lose your Souls opportunities are for Eternity but they are not to Eternity The Spirit will not always strive with man now Christ stands and knocks Gen. 6.3 Cant. 5.3 but he that stands stays not give him no childish no churlish answers work and walk now now if ever now for ever you may want an 1 opportunity if you slip this Esto in diebus aestatis Formica Prov. Arab. who knows what a day may bring forth if you be not present in duty God may be present in judgment may come quickly Rev. 2.5 His Judgments are often sudden and prevent mens expectations but never their deserts Lam. 4.12 Hos 10.15 Ere you can get out of bed he may let out your blood Or 2 you may want ability and not be in a capacity a sickness may come that may take away your senses your friends perhaps may be forc'd to bind you in your beds and is that a