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A47164	The Presbyterian and independent visible churches in New-England and else-where brought to the test, and examined according to the doctrin of Holy Scriptures ... : more particulary directed to those in New-England, and more generally to those in old England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. : with a call and warning from the Lord to the people of Boston and New-England, to repent, &c. : and two letters to the preachers in Boston, and an answer to the gross abuses, lies and slanders of Increase Mather and Nath. Morton, &c. / by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1691 (1691)	Wing K191; ESTC R21261	124,580	240

the sixth also seeing they believe it only to be but a Figure to wit that called the Eucharist And to say the truth they have not one whit more probability but rather less for the two Sacraments that they have reserved than for the other five that they have rejected And they have no cause to accuse the People called Quakers of Sacriledge for denying these two until they clear themselves of Sacriledge for denying five and give better grounds for reserving these two than as yet they have given 2. And as for Infants Baptism and sprinkling a Child of eight days or more or less on the Fore-head and call it Baptism it hath no footing in all the Scripture neither of Precept nor Practice as will easily appear by considering the places of Scripture they cite for it And first for Sprinkling on the Fore-head instead of Dipping they cite Heb. 9.10 to 22. But this Sprinkling was not of Water but of Blood and we do not read that it was only on the Fore-head and the Cups and Vessels that were sprinkled with Blood or Water were sprinkled all over and not in one single place And why did John baptize Christ by dipping into Water and others that he baptized if sprinkling on the Fore-head was sufficient in that day Next as to the baptizing of Infants they cite for it Gen. 17.9 Where God commanded Abraham that every Man child of his Posterity should be Circumcised and therefore every Infant of one or both the believing Parents are to be sprinkled with Water But this Consequence is meerly begged but nothing proved For the first we find an express command to Abraham For the second we find neither Command nor Practice in all the Scripture nor was the practice of baptizing Infants in use for an hundred of Years and more after the Apostles days among Professors of Christianity And let it be granted that Infants have a right to the Grace signified by Water Baptism it doth not therefore follow that the Figure or Sign belongeth unto them because they have also a right to Christ's Body and Blood and yet they confess the Supper is not to be administred unto them The next place they cite is Coloss 2.11 12. where Circumcision and Baptism are joyned together but neither the Circumcision nor the Baptism there mentioned is outward as is clear especially of Circumcision that is said to be made without Hands and therefore it is not the outward of the Flesh but the inward of the Heart and so is also the Baptism there mentioned verse 12. Buried with him in Baptism wherein also you are risen with him through the Faith of the operation of God Ye see here is nothing of outward Water Nor are all they who are baptized with outward Water either buried with Christ or risen with him but many still alive in old Adam and that too generally The next place they cite is Matth. 28.19 But this saith nothing of Water and if it were granted that Water-Baptism is understood as it neither is nor ought to be granted yet it will not prove that Infants should be any more baptized than taught seeing teaching and baptizing are joyned together Another place they cite is Luke 18.15 16. where Christ biddeth to suffer little Children to come unto him and forbid them not and that he blessed them and laid his hands upon them we read in Scripture but that he baptized them either with dipping or sprinkling we read not but on the contrary it is expresly said That Jesus himself baptized none to wit with Water see Joh. 4.2 Their last place they cite is Rom. 11.16 If the Root be holy so are the Branches but this doth not prove that Infants are more to be baptized than to have that called the Supper administred unto them And these Branches mentioned by Paul in that place Rom. 11.16 were really the unbelieving Jews that because of their Unbelief were broken off at that time yet the Root being holy to wit Abraham and the promised Seed Paul had hope of their conversion as many as did belong to God's election as he expresseth it verse 28. and these were not the immediate Children of Abraham but forty Generations after Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and therefore this Scripture saith as much for the aged unbelieving Children of unbelieving Parents if they have descended from any of their Fore-Fathers upwards of forty Generations that were Believers and if up to forty why not up to sixty and further Yea to Noah who is the common Father of all Men with whom God established his Covenant and with his Seed after him until the end of the World that all his Seed through Christ might receive the benefit of the same unless they do wilfully reject it of which I have said something already in Chap. 6. 3. And as for water-Water-Baptism in general we say it did only properly belong to John's Ministry and Dispensation and is expresly contradistinguished from the Baptism of Christ both by John and also by Christ himself for John did baptize with Water unto Repentance but Christ who cometh after John and was before him who is more worthy than John he baptizeth with fire and with the Holy Ghost and no doubt there was a spiritual blessing and Grace conveyed unto People by John's Baptism while it stood in force for God never ordained any outward thing but as it was rightly done in its day and season it had some spiritual blessing accompanying it as all the Sacrifices and Services of the Law And if any were raised up by the Lord as John was and could prove and instruct their being sent to baptize with Water as he was these to whom they should be sent ought gladly to receive it but to do it by bare imitation or a meer pretended Call which they cannot prove to be either mediate or immediate is great presumption yea superstition and to call that a Command of God which he hath given them no command to practise is to set up the Precepts of Men in the room of God's Commandments as the Pharisees did of old and is a taking of his Name in vain for which he will not hold them guiltless And they can never prove by all their art and skill that water-Water-Baptism is commanded by Christ Mat. 28.18 19. for all God's commands and precepts especially of publick institution relating to the Church are express in so many express Words and are not left to be gathered by uncertain and doubtful Consequences When God sent John to baptize with Water Water was expressed but in the Apostles Commission to baptize no mention is made of Water nor no words of Institution commanded to be used but the command is Go teach and baptize all Nations into the Name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost And the Name of either the Father or the Son or the Holy Ghost is most frequently if not always used in Scripture to signifie Power and Life as the Name of the