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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A74992	An ansvver to Mr. J.G. his XL. queries, touching the lawfulness, or unlawfulness of holding church-communion, between such who have been baptized after their beleeving, and others who have not otherwise been baptized, then in their infancie. As likewise touching infant, and after baptism. In which answer, the undueness of such mixt communion is declared, the unlawfulness of infant-baptism, and the necessity of after baptism is asserted. By W.A.	Allen, William, d. 1686.	1653 (1653)	Wing A1054A; Thomason E713_17; ESTC R207237	74,298	97

profession of Christ Neither let any man think that I wrong the Querist in wresting his words contrary to his intention For though I believe that which I infer from them was no part of his intention yet I doe not wrest his words but onely infer from them that which must be true if that which he layes downe querie-wise for a truth be a truth And it is a thing not unusuall for persons who plead the cause of any errour in Religion at one turne or other to utter that which cuts the throat of their own tenent But now to answer to that which the Querist intends indeed 1. If there be no example in Scripture of any mans being baptised after many yeares profession of the Gospell it is because there is no example in Scripture of any such sinfull negligence in Believers as to continue many yeares in the profession of the Gospell without being baptised if there were any lingering and delaying in this case they were awakened to their duty as many Believers have now need to be And now why tarryest thou Arise and be baptised Acts 22.16 If then Believers in these dayes have been more remisse and negligent in yeilding obedience to Christ in this command of his then Believers were in the Apostles dayes well may it serve to humble and to shame them but by no meanes to encourage them to persevere in that neglect 2. Christ Jesus himselfe would be baptised because he would fulfill that law of righteousnesse which enjoyned B●ptisme Mat. 13.15 though oth●rwise he had as little need of it as the greatest he that thinks his long standing and great attainments in Christianity should privil●dge him from it and therefore methinks as such have any tendernesse in them lest they should be found neglecting any righteous precept of the Gospel or any of that zeale that was in Christ to fulfill all righteousnesse or any such love to Christ as to tread in his steps should not have their hands out of this businesse upon any pretence whatsoever 3. Cornelius had beene a long time a fearer of God and it is probable had knowledge of Johns baptising or of Christs baptising long before in as much as he was famously knowne among the Jewes for he is said to have a good report among all the nation of the Jewes Acts 10.22 and therefore it is not unlike but he might as well know what was done among the Jewes as they know what was done by him besides Peter speaking to him and those with him saith That word I say you know which was published throughout all Judea and began from Galilee after the Baptisme which John preached c. Acts 10.37 and yet notwithstanding his long profession of the feare of God and notwithstanding he had not been baptised when he had knowledge of others being bapt●sed yet such were Gods respects to this upright man that rather then he should be any longer without a more particular knowledge of the Gospel and without that Ordinance of the Gospel-Baptisme he spares not to send an Angel to him to direct him to Peter Acts 10.4 5 48. 4. He that is baptised though not till long after the time in which he began to beleeve does not by being baptised then fall back from perfection to imperfection from that which is more spirituall to that which is more carnall as the Querist supposes because he shall not thereby lose any thing he had before of that which is spirituall but shall be sure to make a faire addition thereby unto his spirituall stock if he doe it heartily as unto Christ and afterwards make that spirituall improvement of it of which it is very capable 5. The Ordinance of Baptisme is as well matter of obligation as signification to oblige and hold a man fast to the service of Jesus Christ as to instruct him in the things of the Gospel upon which account Paul presses the improvement of it upon the beleeving Romans Rom. 6.3.4 5. so long after they had begun to beleeve as that their faith by that time was growne famous throughout the whole world chap. 1. ver 8. And what hath not even the strongest Christian himselfe need of all the holy bonds and ingagements of the Gospel to engage and binde him faster and faster to Christ and to presse him more and more forward in his way 6. Baptisme as well as the Table of the Lord is rememorative yea in some respect more for the Supper properly is but rememorative of the death of Christ whereas Baptisme is rememorative and declarative of the Death Buriall and Resurrection of Christ And therefore the Q●erists reason being built upon this mistaken supposition that Baptisme is not rememorative as well as the Table of the Lord is invalid as to tender Baptisme any more unnecessary to men of long profession then the Supper it selfe is unnecessary for them 7. What ever else they have professed I am sure they have not professed so much and so far as they ought who by being baptised into Christ have not professed the Death Burial and Resurrection of Christ and their owne Death Buriall and Resurrection with him 8. There can no more reason be given as I conceive why Baptisme should cease to be a duty to a believer because he hath omitted it in the properest season of it viz. the time of his new birth then why Circumcision should cease to be a duty to the Israelites having omitted it many years after the eighth day of their Age which was the proper time for it and yet we see such an Omission in them did not cause Circumcision to cease to be a duty to them though perhaps the ground of their Om●ssion was much more approveable or at least excusable before God then the ground of that Omission of Baptisme of which we speak can well be conceived to be Josh 5.7 9. An Omission or negl●ct of Baptisme by the Believers let it be under what pretence soever it will is guilty of an unkindnesse to God and to Jesus Christ in that they doe not Justifie God in the face of the World in that as well as in any other way and in that they doe not put on the Lord Jesus in Baptisme as the first and best approved Believers did Luke 7.29 Gal. 3.27 10. Such Believers as n●glect Baptisme upon a supposall they have no need of it because of their long-standing in Christianity are unmercifull to their owne soules in cutting themselves short of such a meanes or spirituall accommodation as Baptisme is and doe offer injury both to that Wisdome and Goodnesse of God which consulted their good in that Ordinance They reject the Counsell of God against themselves in not being Baptized Luke 7.30 XXIII Querie Answered 1. If the Law of Edification ought to over-rule all Lawes and Precepts concerning spirituall Church-administrations as the Law of Salus popul● ought in things civill as the Querist supposes and takes for granted from Cor. 14.26 Then the Administration of B●ptisme