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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97212	Caleb's inheritance in Canaan: by grace, not works, an answer to a book entituled The doctrine of baptism, and distinction of the covenants, lately published by Tho. Patient: wherein a review is taken, I. Of his four essentials, and they fully answered; ergo II. Dipping proved no gospel practice, from cleer scripture. III. His ten arguments for dipping refuted. IV. The two covenants answered, and circumcision proved a covenant of grace. V. His seven arguments to prove it a covenant of works, answered. VI. His four arguments to prove it a seale onely to Abraham, answered: and the contrary proved. VII. The seven fundamentals that he pretends to be destroyed by taking infants into covenant, cleeered; and the aspersion proved false. VIII. A reply to his answer given to our usual scriptures. For infant-subjects of the kingdom, in all which infant-baptism is cleered, and that ordinance justifyed, / by E.W. a member of the army in Ireland.	Warren, Edward, Member of the army in Ireland.	1655 (1655)	Wing W956; Thomason E856_2; ESTC R9139	117,844	134

Rock and Manna a type of Christ from hence the sense of the Text is drawn plain That as the spiritual disciple or Israelite is baptized into Christ so the temporal Israelite was baptized to Moses in the cloud and sea and they are called spiritual meat and drink by a figure A. He hath no way to put off his false doctrines but by turning all Scriptures into allegorical notions for what exposition he hath here given is as much besides the Text and as unlikely to be true as for me to say the man in the Moon is like M. P. for let us but consider that those Sacraments were spiritual to Israel as Gods Church as the Sacraments of the Gospel were spiritual to the Church of Corinth Now the Apostle in drawing the parallel doth not speak of a spiritual Church in a carnal Church or a spiritual Israelite and a carnal Israelite thereby making onely some to be baptized to Moses but tells as plainly they were all baptized to Moses Whereas this whimsical notion would make us believe there were some of Israel not baptized to Moses and when Paul saith they did all eat the same spiritual meat and did all drink the same spiritual drink M. P. tells us directly contrary You see then with what evidence of truth he speaks when the Authority of an Apostle must vail before him and though he saith the Sacraments are spiritual by a figure yet if he were askt by what figure he must either give a Parrots answer or say nothing albeit he shews his ignorance to be medling and his confidence I am unwilling to call it worse to notionallize the Sacraments themselves as if they were not a spiritual meat and a spiritual drink to the Church of God By which we see rather then he will have any dependance upon the Law he will run beyond the Gospel P. p. 127. Those typical signes and figures then which typed out Christ to come did properly belong to the typical seed the body of Israel that typed out the spiritual seed to come in Gospel-Ordinances instituted since Christ came which are for confirm ng that he is come and these belong only to the spiritual seed in whom Christ is come already dwelling in their hearts by Faith A. Here is such a pack of distinct●ons that were not I believe heard of in past ages It seems the spiritual Israel had no need of Ordinances for they did not properly belong to them but to the carnal lump and why then should Abel Noah Abraham and all the seed by promise be sacrificers why then should David cry out after those water brooks and even envy at the happiness of those birds who had their nests neer the Altar 2 If the body of Israel did type out the spiritual seed to come under the Gospel then whom did the spiritual seed of Israel type out either no body or by opposition the carnal Gospellers for the spiritual Israel were types though yet the carnal Israel or the body of Israel it will be hard to prove them types especially in that nature unless they were types of the Roman Apostasie 3 If temporal Israel did then type out the spiritual Israel now then their Apostasie backslidings divorce and casting off must type out the divorce apostasie backslidings and casting off the spiritual seed 4 If the carnal seed in those typical Ordinances did type out none but spiritual seed to be admitted to Gospel-Ordinances then all that are now Church-members must needs be spiritual and so there are no hypocrites now in the Church Let the world judge whether this is not wretched stuffe which yet is the natural consequence of thi● unnatural distinction P. 128. It was not necessary that all that were Circumcised should believe and repent and so be first made Disciples but Baptism is a confirmation of our Regeneration and our New-birth and Union with Christ by Faith And therefore belongs to them only that are regenerated and born again of water and the Spirit so the Lords Supper Let a man examine himself c. A. It was necessary that Abraham should be a believer before Israel could be circumcised For had not Abraham believed there had been no such seal given to his family as is already proved 2 To let pass his Tautologies as the least of his offence If baptism belongs onely to such as are regenerated why was Judas Demas Magus and those Act. 20.29 30. baptized or how shall it be known who is new-born or can it confirm Grace where there is none what confirmation was it of the New-birth to Judas and the rest surely his words must admit of a large charity to think that all that are dipt have truth of Grace confirmed in them thereby P. Pag. 130. The carnal Israelite was as capable to perform every Ceremonial Law without Faith as truely as the Believers A. A man had need of a belief of the biggest size also to credit this for the true performance of those typical Sacrifices was not barely in the work done but when the worshippers had an eye to Christ which the true believer then ever had For the main ing edient to make that worship truly performed was Faith then as it is now and he might with as much truth say that he that is formal in Gospel-duties either in prayer hearing receiving doth as truely perform them as he that is a true believer It is to me a most unsavory expression and such loose stuffe that surely if there be any close-walking Friends to the truth they cannot but reprove such loose doctrines P. Ibid. There is no less then a profession of Faith required in the Church of England before baptism and therefore this doth justifie what we hold and condemn what they practice A. He begins now to flye low to seek to streng hen his feeble practice by the Liturgy and Canon of the Church of England who before doth seemingly rejoyce that he is converted both from their doctrines and practice but what if they do hold that profession of Faith and Repentance should precede baptism so do we all And as Faith was to Abraham and is to us the condition by which all our seed is taken into covenant with the Parent so baptism seals the covenant and upon this ground Peter moved his hearers to be baptized he backeth the motion not barely from their own interest in the promise as personal believers but upon the joynt interest of their children with them upon their Parental believing Act. 2.38 39. Repent and be baptized For the promise is to you and your children implying that the covenants sealed should run as largely as the covevenant As it was to the grand covenant Parent of all the heirs of promise i. e. Abraham Thus all Noahs children were bap●ized in that typical baptism with their believing parents in the Ark 1 Pet. 1 3 21. Gen. 7.1 which was upon the same covenant-account that Abraham and his seed were circumcised and that a parental covenanting

Sacraments although it be but for a day this is lookt upon as a sufficient warrant to make such a person fit for the work and thus the practice thereof shall run in the vein of Discipleship one baptising the other which is expresly against the very nature of the Ordinance and all Scripture examples and presidents Look upon John the Baptist a Prophet a man sent by God the Disciples of Christ all by himself called and Commissioned and so they were to administer baptism in a way of Office to the end of the world and not onely the Apostles but their successors also Pastors Teachers Which are as well given to the Church as the Apostles Prophers Evangelists Eph. 4.11 and do and shall continue so long as the Commission remains till the worlds end had it been given equally alike to all the Church Disciples he would not have singled out persons in Office so Philip an Evangelist called by a voice from Heaven Ananias called by a vision from God Act 9. Obj. But Baptism is an Ordinance that belongs to the Church and it is in their power to give the keys as they shall judge fit Answ The Church can do nothing against the truth but for the truth nothing without the rule If granted that all the males have their votes yet the administration of the keys lies in the Office or Angels power for administration of the Seals Rev. 21.12 Ezek. 44.5 11. Thirdly Consider yet further how shall we know who is enabled to bring down God to the soul and the soul up to God Conversion is an act of Grace and not in the Creatures power and though a Minister may be truly called to the work by God and man yet we know the word may not work for many years but like seed may lie hid in the ground yet must not this man baptize any by this rule though converted by others because the success of his own labour lies hid so as that he is not able to say he hath been instrumental in that kind to the souls of his hearers In pag. 7. He strikes down our Ministry at a blow and indeed opposeth diametrically what before he affirmed That though a Minister do preach so as to convert and bring down God to the soul yet if he be ignorant of this practice of dippping which he calls the true way of dispensing the Ordinance and a fundamental he is no justifiable Minister that in stead of dipping shall sprinkle carnal ignorant Children By which we may see that the foundation of a true Ministry in his sense lies more in the water then in conversion For he denies any true Gospel Ministry but those of his own stamp So that when the Apostle Paul affi●ms the truth of his Ministry was evidenced by that Seal the seal of my Apostleship are ye in the Lord 1 Cor. 9.2 This Author would have it run The seal of a justifiable Minister are ye in the water and thus he destroys not onely the present Ministry of Christ in this world but also that of the Apostles themselves For as I shall afterwards prove they were all strangers to this practice of dipping their manner being by pouring water on the subject If Jesus Christ shall then justifie our present Ministry in sealing their labors it is too bold an act for a man of such a feeble practice to condemn them Thus the Reader may see his result on both hands when the Argument is brought against our practice then no man is a lustifiable Minister except he know how to plunge and doth so practice when he comes to shew what a lawful administrator is in his sense then he that can bring down the soul to God so that we may from hence see what a Babel Ministry this man of contradictions would set up in the world If I should here ask the Author of this new Baptism under what Ministry he was converted no doubt but his answer would be very favourable to those whom he here opposeth Remember then your third Doctrine That 't is the disposition of such that have the beginning of saving light to desire more and that from them whom God hath spoken to their souls by Or else you may question whether you have any light at all But because 't is to speak a word for the truth in opposing error let me therefore return him Talion Law 1. He that takes the Covenant of Grace for a Covenant of Works can be no Gospel Minister because ignorant of the Gospel in the fundamentals thereof 2. He that affirms a Believer at one time may be under two Covenants of Works and Grace he is no Minister of the Gospel 3. He that denies the extent of the Covenant of Grace to be as large and compleat under the Gospel as it was under the Law can be no Minister of the Gospel 4. He that is not lawfully Ordained to the work of the Ministry he can be no lawfull Minister because like the false Prophets he runs before sent 5. He that shall by his Doctrine and Practice put greater burthen and yoaks upon the necks of Christians then ever the false Teachers did by Circumcision Acts the 15. he is no warrantable Minister But such a one is this Author of the Doctrine of Baptisms ergo The Minor I shall make appear through this whole discourse given in as an Answer to his Book Lastly as to that contempt and reproach which he casts upon the seed of Believers who are Abrahams children calli●g them carnal ignorant as though they were uncapable of any good Let him that rails know that he that casts off Abrahams seed when infants as not fit matter for worship doth keep them out as an unclean thing And so though God hath separated them to a holy use they are made unholy and kept off as execrable and so accursed Which the Lord no doubt foresaw when he gave Abraham that promise Gen. 12. I will curse him that curseth thee I say this this word of the Lord will at last reach such and pull them down if their ●est were built as high as the stars of heaven Therefore hear and fear and do no more so wickedly all ye that hope for the blessing of Abrahams Covenant CHAP. III. His second Essential relating to the manner of Baptisme by Dipping answered THe second Essential he so calls in this Doctrine of Baptismes is the manner thereof by Dipping not sprinkling To prove which though he say the word is rendred to Dip Dous Drown or Plunge in this he speaketh with a hood-wink'd understanding and must shake hands with the Roman Tribe that acts from an implicite faith believing as learned men tels him though yet he can hardly afford them a good word or charitable censure As for the place he brings 2 Kings 5.14 where the Prophet bids Naaman go wash in Jordan seven times and he dipt himself Answer Though washing is sometimes by dipping yet not alwaies yea but seldom A man may properly be