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A34433	The font uncover'd for infant-baptisme, or, An answer to the challenges of the Anabaptists of Stafford, never yet reply'd unto, though long since promised wherein the baptisme of all church-members infants is by plain Scripture-proof maintained to be the will of Jesus Christ, and many points about churches and their constitutions are occasionally handled / by William Cook, late minister of the Gospel at Ashby-Delazouch.	Cook, William, Minister of the gospel at Ashby-Delazouch.	1651 (1651)	Wing C6042; ESTC R1614	62,529	56

that had such qualifications only as their children but that those very babes might be admitted to Christ for prayer and laying on of his hands The Disciples rebuked them for bringing not humble persons of ripe years and otherwise qualified as children but those babes Christ is angry with them for hindering those very children pleads for the children and the bringers of them commandeth that the children should be permitted to come to him not such as them in humility and like qualifications at this time and gives this reason For of such is the Kingdom of heaven Now how were this speech and reason of Christ pertinent or convincing if when the question was about little ones he should speak only of those which were endued with humility and such qualifications yet of ripe years 2. The word such is taken most usually in Scripture if not alwaies for the same persons or things of which mention was made immediatly before and those that are of the same nature and kinde not those of different kinde of form that only agree in some remote unquestioned unmentioned qualifications 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as may appear by these and such like Scriptures Joh 4.23 But the hour cometh and now is when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and truth for the Father seeketh such to worship him 1 Cor 5.5 To deliver such an one to Satan this is meant of the incestuous man of whom the Apostle had spoken before and of those that were guilty of the same or like sins as he so 2 Cor. 12.2 Such an one taken up into the third heaven vers 3. I know such a man ver 5. Concerning such a man I will glory It 's plain that this is spoken of the man that had Visions and Revelations of God whether in the body or out of the body he knew not and that Paul would glory of that very man or such others for whom God had done such things as none of the false Apostles could glory of the like The same may be observed Gal. 5.21 Heb. 7.26 and Heb. 13.16 By which examples it is plain that though the word such in the English tongue often signifies but similitude yet in the Original it notes entity both specifical and numerical and consequently here are not meant those who were only like babes in humility and such qualifications but those very Infants that were brought and other such Infants viz. of the Church 3. If therefore only Christ admitted children took them in his arms laid his hands on them and blessed them because of their humility and such qualifications wherein these that will enter into the Kingdom of God must resemble them not because they themselves had interrest in the Kingdom of God and were capable of spiritual blessings then it will follow that it had been lawfull and commendable for men to have brought to Christ Sheep Doves or Serpents Salt Lights or Vine-branches good Wheat o● good Fish Mat 5.13 14. Mat. 10 16. Ioh. 10 14. Mat. 13. Ioh. 13.1 c. to have him put his hands upon them and prayed for them and that Christ would have taken these all or any of them into his arms or hands laid his hands on them and blessed them for the Godly are resembled to these and we required to be like unto them in some qualifications as we will be saved and where the same or like cause is the same or like effect will follow But the consequent is absurd and ridiculous if not blasphemous Therefore the antecedent is false I come now to the third Argument taken from this History and it is my fourth Argument in order Arg. 4. Arg. 4 Those and such as those to whom Christ hath vouchsafed his dear imbraces prayers blessing and imposition of hands as a sign or pledge of his blessing are doubtlesse in Covenant and have right to the sign or pledge of entrance thereinto which is Baptism now in time of the Gospel But Christ hath vouchsafed the little children of the faithfull his dear imbraces prayed for them blessed them Mat. 10 13.15 Mat. 10.16 and laid his hands on them as a sign or pledge of his blessing Therefore the children of the faithfull are in Covenant and have right to the seal of entrance thereinto which is Baptism To the clearing of the Proposition let it be remembred 1. The tender imbraces of Christ and ready entertainments of persons argue those to be in Covenant and in his favour whom he so entertaineth For he that forbad his Disciples to go to the Gentiles and Samaritans Mat. 10.5 Mat. 15.24 Luk 7.29 Luk 15.1 2 3. was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel would not have eaten with publicans and sinners but as they had been lost sheep and prodigall sons yet sheep and sons found again which had been humbed by Johns Ministry would not doubtlesse tenderly imbrace any young or old that were without God hope Christ or Covenant 2. These whom Christ prayeth for are not of the world and therefore called out of the world to the Church and Covenant Joh. 17.9 3. Christs laying on of his hands being a sign or seal of spiritual blessing for we reade not that these children were brought to be cured of any corporal malady but Christs saying Of such is the Kingdom of God sufficiently implieth that the blessings which he bestowed and confirmed to them Rom. 14.17 by laying on of hands were blessings of his Kingdom which are principally not corporal but spiritual was of the same nature or equivalent to or at least implied right in Baptism For we never reade that God or Christ or any by Divine appointment communicated imposition of hands as a sign of the blessings of his Kingdom to unbeleevers and persons out of Covenant and so uninterested in the seal of entrance into Covenant 4. Hence follows each of these favours of Christ much more all laid together prove that those to whom they are vouchsafed are in Covenant and so have title to the pledge of admission thereto As to the Assumption let it be noted 1. That it is in the very words of the text 2. That though this priviledge of corporal or visible imbracing and laying on of hands and vocal or audible prayer and blessing from Christ was peculiar to those Infants that were then brought to him yet that the same blessings for substance invisibly and spiritually to be conferred by Christ and what is equivalent to these outward signs belong still to children of Beleevers under the Gospel may be gathered from the whole context is partly cleared in the handling of the two former Arguments and might be further proved if need were and intended brevity would suffer Arg. 5. Arg. 5 If all Nations were by the Apostles to be made disciples and baptized then the children of those in the Nations by whom the Gospel is received for children are a very great and considerable part of a

the Ranters that abominable rotten blasphemous and hellish Rout. Warwickshire and the Counties adjacent know whom I speak of and the truth at large of what I briefly touch Yea this wretched man is notoriously known in the chief City of the Land so true is that of the Apostle speaking of hypocriticall flagitious Deceivers 2 Tim. 3.5 6 7 That have a form of godlinesse but deny the power thereof Which creep into houses leading captive silly women laden with lusts ever learning and never coming to the knowledge of the truth But saith he 9 13. their folly shall be made manifest to all men And again Wicked men and seducers wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived It might seem strange that they who so much depend on the answers of providence in outward successe as irrefragable arguments to demonstrate the goodnesse or badnesse of causes and persons should not acknowledge and tremble at Divine providence by this and many thousand such like spirituall plagues warning all men that have any care of their souls to beware those waies that lead thereto But it is not strange that they thus preposterously judge for those whom God hath given up to a sensual judgement a reprobate minde and hard heart do alike cry down those waies that are attended with outward disgrace and misery in a course of strictnesse and conscientiousnesse though accompanied with riches of spirituall graces which usually is the lot of the godly and admire and greedily embrace the waies of sin and licentiousnesse which for a time visibly prosper in the world though accursed from heaven with invisible and spirituall plagues which is the common condition of the wicked It is a sad and shamefull thing that evil men should be more industrious active and bold to study plead for and promote errour and falshood then Gods servants are for the maintaining of the truth and particularly that these men should do more to cast themselves and their children others and their posterity out of Covenant then the godly will do to clear to themselves and others theirs and their childrens interest in the Covenant but it is so The best see know beleeve and love but in part Whereas corruption lust and errour wholly reign in every unsanctified man and have too strong a party in the most sanctified Divine truths and Evangelicall mysteries are strangers to our corrupt mindes and receive but cold entertainment there Errours and lies are connaturall to mankinde and soon closed with when men speak lies they speak of their own Honours pleasures and filthy lucre fleshly liberty and ease have a mighty influence upon carnall hearts to carry them on in promoting and receiving falshood and resisting and rejecting truth Nothing out pure zeal for God love of Christ and his truth care of our own and brethrens souls can stir up earnestly and sincerely to contend for the truth especially when it lies under outward discouragements disgraces and frowns from the world and alas how rare are those graces amongst men and how weak in the strongest Christians Yet surely in other respects Holinesse and truth though as a spark of fire in the midst of a sea of corruption or as a Pearl in the bottom of a dunghill or as a little glimpse of light under a dark chaos of naturall and acquired sinne and ignorance have the advantage for being of a divine originall they are of prevailing invincible power and therefore beleevers that have this unconquerable truth in them and on their side cannot be excused if they do not stirre up the grace of God in them and take care and pains that they may be able to contend for and maintain the truth that was once delivered to the Saints especially in these times of so great light wherein besides the Scriptures in a known Language and plentifull publike Preaching in Catachism●s and larger Treatises the Truth is so fully cleared It may be that God hath as for other causes so for the correction of our sloth and carelesnesse suffered these Controversies to break out that he may quicken us to the more diligent use of all holy means to grow in grace and knowledge If for this use dear brethren this my poor labour may be serviceable to you or others to whom at your desire upon the consent and approbation of my brethren in the Ministry it may be made common I have my desire But before I leave you let me intreat you and others that may make use of it that you will not content your selves with a slightly looking on it but be serious as the matter handled concerning yours and your childrens interest in the Covenant of Grace requireth deserves howsoever in the manner you may finde sundry imperfections in the instrument yet let not that be any prejudice to the truth whereof God is the author Because I was forced at the first to quote Scriptures briefly for speed which their importunity called for and since I have not writ them out at large to prevent bulkinesse which might deter many from looking on it let me intreat you to turn over to every proof in your Bibles and read and observe the same carefully and if you would write them out in the margin or some paper it might be time well spent without pains and diligence no profiting can be expected he that deals with a slack hand will come to poverty but the hand of the diligent maketh rich Thus committing this service and your use thereof to the blessing of God desiring that he may have the praise if you shall receive hereby any increase in the knowledge of the truth and stability therein and that I may have the help of your prayers who remain Yours in Christ for the service of your souls to my power WILLIAM COOK AN ANSWER to two PAPERS subscribed by Henry Huggar and James Brown Wherein they endeavour to maintain their own Opinion and Practice of Anabaptism and oppose the Practice of Baptizing INFANTS They begin their first Paper thus Gentlemen YOu having avoided publick dispute by your selves so much prest for at first H.H. and J. Br. and since rather paper conference We to gratifie your desire herein have written these few lines hoping thereby to beget some discussion of the truth Wherein we affirm That the Baptism or sprinkling of Infants whereby the National Churches of Spain England France and Rome c. are constituted and from thence called Christians and Christendom is not the Baptism or dipping of Beleevers which Christ Jesus ordained and his Disciples practised for the right constituting of Churches under the Gospel whereby they rightly became and were truly called Christians Answer IN this your stating of the Question Ans divers things must be animadverted that you deceive not your selves and others through darkning the truth by words without knowledge 1. Here you take it for granted that we hold That by the Baptizing or sprinkling Infants Churches are constituted This we deny For 1. As faith or

the Name of the Father Son and holy Ghost which is your practice these Scriptures I am sure contain no such command or practice If you say you finde a warrant for rebaptizing Act. 14.3 4 5. I answer Ob. According as the Original will well bear it Ans in the History the fourth and fifth verses may be so understood as to contain but a relation made by Paul rehearsed by Luke concerning the nature of Johns Baptism for the satisfying of those twelve Disciples that whereas they had been baptized by John that was sufficient in respect of the outward sign For thus saith Paul John truly baptized the Baptism of repentance saying to the people that they should beleeve in him which was to come even Jesus Christ But they which heard him or the hearers viz. of John were baptized into the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ meaning not only those twelve but all Johns hearers as they were taught by him to beleeve in Christ for they were baptized by him into the Name of Christ so that we must not judge that in the fifth verse Luke makes relation of what was done at that present time by Paul to those twelve disciples but sheweth how Paul continues his speech to satisfie them and others present that the Baptism which they had received of John was the true Baptism in the Name of Christ so that they needed no more external and material Baptism nor had any cause to scruple the truth of their Baptism And this reading is confirmed by these considerations 1. The conjunctions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the beginning of the fourth and fifth verses argue strongly that those two verses make up but one compleat sentence and so that it is the continued speech of Paul holding on his discourse concerning Johns doctrine and Baptism as sutable both of them referring to Christ the one leading the other dedicating people to him 2. Whereas our Translatours render the beginning of the fifth verse When they heard this it may be more properly read so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to the Original But the hearers or they which had heard or when they had heard they were baptized the word this is not in the Original 3. This reason also may be added If Johns Baptisme was not sufficient but that they must have a new Baptism it will follow that Johns Baptism was not the same for substance with Christs and his Disciples which is not to be granted seeing Christ was baptized by John And as our Saviour shewed his fellowship with the Jews Church by receiving the same Circumcision which they had so he shewed his communion with the Christian Church by receiving the same Baptism for substance with them 2. Others understand the fifth and sixth verses to speak of the same things and hold that these men were indeed baptized again yet not with water but with the holy Ghost Mat. 3.11 Act. 2 3 4. Act. 10.11 11 15 6. Act. 8 15 16 17. by the laying on of hands according to that of John I indeed baptize you with water but he that cometh after me shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and sire And agreeably to those relations in the Acts of the Spirit in the shape of fire descending on persons according to that prediction and at other times given by laying on of hands a good time after Baptism and thus understood it will make nothing for you 3. If we should grant it to be understood of different baptisms with water it will make nothing for you For the Learned which hold that say that Johns Doctrine Mat. 11 11. Ministry and Baptism were introductory to Christs and though higher then the Ministry of the Priests and Prophets yet inferiour to the full Gospel-Ministry Now you cannot say that the case is here alike and that our Ministry is subservient and introductory to yours by Gods appointment as Johns was to Christs 4. Act. 19●7 This Scripture will do you no service if it be granted that those men were baptized again for they had not so much as heard if there were any holy Ghost but those whom you rebaptize were baptized into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost and were often instructed in the doctrine of the blessed Trinity If you reply Though these whom you dip had heard of the holy Ghost yet they had never felt the work of the holy Ghost in them I answer That indeed is too probable at least in many of them that because they have plaid the hypocrites so long being destitute of the spirit of sanctification 2 Thes 1 10 11 12. Iud. v. 19. and right discerning through their own fault they are thus miserably given over to strong delusions to beleeve lies separating themselves from Gods humble people and powerfull Ordinances because they are sensuall not having the spirit 5. Yea though we should grant that these were baptized again by the Apostle here it was for this end that by laying on of Pauls hands they might receive the gift of the holy Ghost with speaking strange tongues and prophecying vers 6. This you cannot procure for them whom you rebaptize Therefore plead not this place for your practice Now I come to consider of the particular Scriptures which you bring First say you The commands of Christ Mat. 28.19 20. Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost c. Mat. 16.15 16. And he said unto them Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel unto every creature He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved he that beleeveth not shall be condemned Ans To these Scriptures I answer three things 1. They make nothing for your opinion and practice For 1. These commands were given to the Apostles 〈◊〉 15.21 22. ● Cor. 10.15 1●● who were to lay the foundation of Christian Religion where Christ had not been heard of as is plain in these very Scriptures and by the example of Paul and other Apostles acting by vertue of this Commission But you do not so but boast in things without your measure even of other mens labours and boast in other mens Lines of things made ready to your hands 2 Cor. 10 15 16. as the Apostle implies the false teachers at Corinth did It is well known that you go to them which are by profession Christians already 2. Though these Scriptures command to make Jews and Gentiles disciples and baptize or to preach to all creatures and baptize yet they forbid not baptizing those that are not capable of outward teaching and preaching to for the present If you gather from the order of the words that none but those that beleeve actually and personally must be baptized you may as well gather none but those that are baptized shall be saved for as in the text beleeving goeth before baptizing so