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A replication to a late book written by Mr. Benjamin Keach against infants-baptism intituled A counter-antidote, &c. By Gyles Shute of Lime-house.
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Shute, Giles, b. 1650 or 51.
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3. And immediately I was in the spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sat on the throne And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone and there was a rainbow round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald This was Christ whom God gave to be a Light unto the Gentiles and a Covenant of the People Isa 49.8 And the Rain-bow round about the Throne is an Allusion unto the Token of Noah's Covenant which is a Token of Mercy and Grace and the various providential Dispensations of God towards his Covenant-People and the various Gifts and Graces of the Spirit for the full accomplishment of all the Promises of the Covenant both to Jew and Gentile especially about the Latter-day Glory in calling and converting the Jews with the Fulness of the Gentiles when God will set Christ his King upon his Holy Hill in Zion and make all his Enemies his Foot-stool Psal 2.6 Psal 110.1 Which is Typified in that aforesaid Rev. 4.2 3. 2. We have Noah's Covenant recited in the Gospel by way of clear Expression in 1 Pet. 3. when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah while the ark was a preparing wherein few that is eight souls were saved by water The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us c. Here are Six things to be observed from these Texts aforesaid 1. Here is Noah's Covenant and the Token thereof brought down and joined to the Gospel-Dispensation and the Ordinance of Baptism which is the Initiating Seal of the Covenant in the room of Circumcision is also joined to it 2. As the Waters that drowned the Old World were Waters of Mercy to Noah and his Family because they bore up the Ark and saved them so Christ who is a Lyon of Judgment to the Ungodly is a Lamb of Mercy to his People and is the Ark of God wherein all the Elect of God are which is born up by the Power of God by the Waters of Regeneration unto Salvation of which Water Baptism is a Figure Titus 3.4 5. 3. As the Waters that were aspersed upon the Ark was a Token of Mercy and Grace to Noah and his Seed so is Water-baptism to Believers and all their Seed which is the Figure thereof Now how can this be a like Figure to the Dispensation of God towards Noah and all his Seed if our Children are excluded from Baptism the Figure thereof 4. This also points out unto us the subjects of Baptism as well as the Mode thereof 1. The Subjects of Baptism For as Noah and all his Children were in the Ark so all Believers and their Seed are in Covenant and ought to have the Figure of Noah's Preservation namely Baptism administred unto them in their Infancy For though all Noah's Seed were not eternally saved yet they were all in Covenant until Ham sinned himself out of it neither do I believe that all are saved or shall be saved that are baptized for Judas and Simon Magus and many others were baptized 2. It gives good Authority for sprinkling or pouring Water in Baptism for dipping or plunging is more like a punishment of Criminals than the solemnizing of Gods Holy Ordinance of Baptism It is a nearer Representation or Figure of Gods Wrath upon the Old World than of Grace and Mercy in the Covenant God made with Abraham and his Seed the blessing of which is devolved upon us Gentiles and our Children Gen. 12.3 Acts 3. Ye are the children of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers saying unto Abraham And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed Vnto you first God having raised up his Son Jesus sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniquities 5. As the Old ungodly World were all immersed and dipped in Wrath and Judgment so proud Pharaoh and all his Host were plunged and destroyed when he pursued Israel into the Red Sea but Israel passed through safely and were but sprinkled and so were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea 1 Cor. 10.1 2 3 4. 6. And Lastly By all these things God hath plainly demonstrated unto us that his Covenant Love and Grace is the same now as it was ever both to Believers and their Seed it is unchangable even like God himself that made it 3. Mr. K. saith in p. 25. The Covenant of Works was primarily made with Adam yet another Addition or Ministration of it was given on Mount Sinai and to that Covenant I did there prove Circumcision did appertain But how Mr. K. can make these things hang together I know not for Circumcision was Instituted 430 Years before the Ceremonial Law was given upon Mount Sinai and the Moral Law was from Adam's Time for Cain was Excommunicated for breaking the Moral Law But if the Moral Law was abrogated when the Ceremonial Law was then hath Mr. K. gained a Point for he saith the Substance of his other Arguments are in this and to prove it to be a Additional Ministration to the Covenant of Works saith he The Man that doth those things shall live in them Which latter is true in it self for there is no Salvation to be had without Moral Righteousness though not for it and so he lives in it in sincere Obedience though not in perfect Obedience for the latter is in Christs Obedience and tho' a Man in doing these things lives in them yet he is not justified by his own Obedience to the Moral Law but he is justified by Christs personal perfect Obedience both active and passive to the Law and Justice of God but by the Deeds of the Law no Flesh can be Justified in the sight of God Pray mind what the Apostle saith in Gal. 3.17 21. And this I say that the covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ the law which was four hundred and thirty years after cannot disanul that it should make the promise of none effect 2. Here is to be observed that the Everlasting Covenant God confirmed with Abraham of which Circumcision was a Token is called the Promise and the Sinai Covenant is called the Law but saith the Apostle in ver 21. Is the law then against the promises of God God forbid for if there had been a law given which could have given life verily righteousness should have been by the law Ver. 11. But that no man is justisted the law in the sight of God it is evident for The just shall live by faith 3. The Apostle doth clearly prove that the Sinai Covenant of Obedience to the Moral Law is still in force in Rom. 7.7 12. What shall we say then Is the law sin God forbid Nay I had not known sin but by the law for I had not known lust except the law had said Thou shalt not covet Wherefore the law is holy and the commandment holy and just and
Mr. K. One that read Mr. Shute 's Book observed and told me he hath writ near 20 Leaves to no purpose to prove that which No body denies viz. That the Covenant of Grace God promised to Abraham is not Dissolved c. This looks as if Mr. K. had not read my Book himself but did answer it by hear-say because he saith that one told him so Indeed Mr. H. C. did say so in his half-sheet he printed against me and my Answer to him shall serve for an Answer to you which was as followeth Mr. C. saith That I spent 20 Leaves in proving that which No body denies c. These 20 Leaves they speak of begin at pag. 74. which I spent in proving that all the Infant-Seed of Believers now under the Gospel are all in the same Covenant with their Parents which God made with Abraham and his Seed both spiritual and carnal in Gen. 17.7 And therefore they have a Right to the Ordinance of Baptism Now if No body denies this How comes it to pass that there is any such thing as an Anabaptist in England So that Anabaptism it self hath resigned up the ghost and this may serve for its Funeral Sermon As in pag. 20. of my Replication to Mr. H. C's half sheet 4. Saith Mr. K. Mr. Shute hath lest part of the Words in some Texts and added words in other he hath quoted See pag. 120. where he mentions the words of that Text 1 Cor. 15.22 For as in Adam all die so in Christ shall all be made alive he has wrote thus For as in Adam all the Elect die so in Christ they shall all be made alive I have not mentioned the Text at all in that place but I said by way of deduction thus For as in Adam all the Elect died and not die as he saith so in Christ they shall all be made alive These were my words exactly no more nor no less Now let any Man of Sence judge whether this be any addition to or detraction from the Text when I did not so much as name it nor intend any perversion of the Sence of it for will any Man say that all the Elect did not die in the first Adam And will any one deny that they shall not all be made alive in Christ Jesus the second Adam Did I say that none but the Elect died in Adam and that none but such shall be raised up at the Day of Judgment This is a most unworthy Prevarication 5. Saith Mr. K. in pag. 37 So in pag. 133. mentioning Mark 16.16 viz. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned He hath wrote it thus viz. He that believeth shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned Pray Reader mark He said I mentioned Mark 16.16 which is abominable false also I refer you to my Book and pag. 133. aforesaid where you will find it thus written viz. 15th That there were two Covenants from Adam to the coming of Christ and from thence to the Conversion of the Jews at Christs Second Coming and to the End of the World I do own and they are the same from the making of them as with Adam only that of Works was then broken though they have passed through various Dispensations and Declarations but the State of both is the same He that believeth shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned So it was from Adam to this Day and ever will be to the End of the World These were my very words without mentioning any Text at all for it had been Non-sence for me to mention Baptism in the first Declaration of the Covenant with Adam 4000 Years before that Ordinance was Instituted 6. In pag. 30. saith Mr. K. I promised to forbear hard words but a man that argueth thus should be severely dealt with one way or another It is well for me that this Man hath not an Inquisition at his beck and command for if he had I could promise my self but little favour at his hands Pray Sir give me leave to tell you you have broken your promise over and over many times already in these few things instead of many that I have here cited for if Calumnies are not hard words I do not know what are 7. Saith Mr. K. quoting part of my words in pag. 4. viz. I will not render Railing for Railing c. I shall labour to declare in the Spirit of meekness c. Hath he been as good as his word c. I have been as good as my word but it is a very great fault in you that you quote Authors so as to pervert the sense of their Words And therefore I will lay down the words fairly as they lie in my Book in their full Latitude and Extent which had a Reference to Mr. H. C's abusive opprobrious Language which is in his Book against me Pag. 4 5. But I bless God I can bear all your Reproaches and Calumnies chearfully and it shall no ways discourage me nor hinder me from vindicating the Truth and contending earnestly for the Faith once delivered to the Saints and I will not render Railing for Railing but what I have to offer in Vindication of Infants Baptism and the Everlasting Covenant God declared and made with Abraham I shall labour to declare in the Spirit of Meekness only sometimes you must expect a gentle Touch to put you in mind how grosly you have abused me and in some things where it cannot be avoided but I must grate a little smartly upon you there you must bear with me although I should accost you in the most sensible parts because otherwise I cannot Vindicate the Honour and Glory of the Grace of God nor my own Credit and Reputation Now let any Man read Mr. Collins's Book and mine also and see if I have not been as good as my word 8. And Lastly Whereas it is said in the Preface of Mr. H. C's Book viz. Here thou hast the Cavils and Objections of the Adversary answered 2. Infants or little children proved to have no Habitual Faith 3. The Dissolution of the Old Covenant-State demonstrated 4. And the Infants of Believers to have no right as the Seed of such to holy Baptism The Cavils and Objections of the Adversary are placed to my Account by Mr. K. which is very unfair Thus you see by these Eight unkind Steps what kind of Spirit this man is of and you may measure not only Hercules but also Benjamin by his Foot Thus having premised and taken a view of these things I now proceed to the matter in hand And in the first place I shall begin with the Mode of Baptism Mr. B. K. hath spent his first Chapter wholly in labouring to prove That Baptism is onely by Dipping or Immersion of the Subject all under Water and that any other Mode is no Baptism and to prove it to be so he hath quoted several Eminent Paedobaptists