An addition to the Apology for the two treatises concerning infant-baptisme, published December 15, 1645 in which the author is vindicated from 21 unjust criminations in the 92 page of the book of Mr. Robert Baille, minister of Glasgow, intituled Anabaptisme and sundry materiall points concerning the covenant, infants-interest in it, and baptisme by it, baptism by an unbaptized person, dipping, erastianism and church-government, are argued, in a letter, now enlarged, sent in September 1647, to him / by John Tombes . ..
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             An addition to the Apology for the two treatises concerning infant-baptisme, published December 15, 1645 in which the author is vindicated from 21 unjust criminations in the 92 page of the book of Mr. Robert Baille, minister of Glasgow, intituled Anabaptisme and sundry materiall points concerning the covenant, infants-interest in it, and baptisme by it, baptism by an unbaptized person, dipping, erastianism and church-government, are argued, in a letter, now enlarged, sent in September 1647, to him / by John Tombes . ..
             Tombes, John, 1603?-1676.
          
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           Baillie, Robert, 1599-1662. -- Anabaptisme.
           Tombes, John, 1603?-1676. -- Apology or pleas for the two treatises concerning infant baptisme.
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           AN
           ADDITION
           TO
           THE
           APOLOGY
           For
           the
           two
           Treatises
           concerning
           
             INFANT-BAPTISME
             ,
          
           Published
           
             December
          
           15.
           1645.
           
           In
           which
           the
           Author
           is
           Vindicated
           from
           21.
           unjust
           Criminations
           in
           the
           92.
           page
           of
           the
           Book
           of
           Mr.
           ROBERT
           BAILLIE
           Minister
           of
           
             Glasgow
             ,
          
           INTITULED
           ANABAPTISME
           .
        
         
           And
           sundry
           materiall
           points
           concerning
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           Infants-interest
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           Baptisme
           by
           it
           ,
           
             Baptism
             by
             an
             unbaptized
             person
             ,
             Dipping
             ,
             Erastianism
             and
             Church-Government
             ,
          
           are
           argued
           ,
           in
           a
           letter
           (
           now
           enlarged
           )
           sent
           in
           
             September
          
           1647.
           to
           him
           ,
           by
        
         
           JOHN
           TOMBES
           .
           B.
           D.
           
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Hen.
             Hills
          
           for
           
             Hen.
             Crips
             ,
          
           and
           
             Lodowick
             Lloid
             ,
          
           in
           Popes-head
           Alley
           ,
           
             T.
             Brewster
             ,
          
           and
           
             G.
             Moule
          
           at
           the
           three
           Bibles
           at
           the
           west
           end
           of
           
             Pauls
          
           1652.
           
        
      
       
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           EPist.
           Dedic.
           Edius
           reade
           Edingh
           .
           page
           2.
           line
           23.
           visible
           r.
           invisible
           ,
           p.
           3.
           l.
           penul
           .
           needlesly
           r.
           heedlesly
           ,
           p.
           4
           l.
           18.
           obhorrency
           r.
           abhorrency
           ,
           p.
           5.
           l.
           7.
           we
           r.
           he
           l.
           8
           know
           r.
           knew
           ,
           p.
           6
           ▪
           l.
           11
           Examination
           r.
           Crimination
           ,
           p.
           9.
           l.
           20.
           divert
           r.
           derive
           ,
           p.
           10.
           in
           margin
           all
           in
           r.
           Allin
           ,
           p.
           11.
           l.
           10.
           baptizeter
           r.
           baptizetur
           ,
           p.
           12.
           l.
           22
           considerately
           r.
           considerate
           ,
           p.
           13.
           l.
           4.
           desire
           r.
           devise
           ,
           p.
           18.
           l.
           6.
           credible
           r.
           incredible
           .
           l
           26.
           it
           sufficient
           r.
           insufficient
           ,
           l.
           33.
           right
           r.
           rite
           ,
           p.
           25.
           l.
           3.
           r.
           nor
           Mr.
           p.
           28.
           margin
           design
           .
           r.
           de
           Syn.
           p.
           29.
           l.
           32.
           all
           r.
           ill
           ,
           p.
           32.
           l
           23.
           a
           r.
           no
           ,
           p.
           33.
           l.
           4.
           refers
           r.
           reserves
           ,
           p.
           34
           l.
           19.
           scoffical
           r.
           scoptical
           ,
           p.
           36.
           l.
           8.
           no
           type
           .
           r.
           no
           less
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Bulstrode
           Whitlock
           Serjeant
           at
           Law
           ,
           John
           Lisle
           
             Esq
          
           Richard
           Keble
           Serjeant
           at
           Law
           ,
           Lords
           Commissioners
           of
           the
           Great
           Seal
           of
           England
           ;
           Major
           Generall
           Thomas
           Harrison
           ;
           Edmund
           Prideaux
           
             Esq
          
           Atturney
           General
           for
           the
           State
           .
        
         
           OUt
           of
           a
           love
           to
           truth
           ,
           and
           respect
           to
           my
           Engagement
           by
           Solemn
           Covenant
           I
           framed
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           desire
           to
           prevent
           (
           if
           possible
           )
           the
           oppression
           of
           men
           ,
           for
           holding
           a
           truth
           ,
           I
           printed
           (
           some
           years
           since
           )
           
             Two
             Treatises
             and
             an
             Append●x
             to
             them
             ,
          
           and
           after
           that
           an
           
             Apology
          
           for
           them
           ,
           with
           a
           
             Postscript
             ;
          
           which
           were
           presented
           to
           some
           of
           your
           hands
           by
           me
           .
           Finding
           that
           great
           hatred
           is
           against
           such
           as
           dissent
           from
           the
           
             Assemblies
          
           determinations
           ,
           specially
           in
           the
           two
           points
           of
           
             Baptism
             ,
          
           &
           
             Discipline
             ,
          
           (
           which
           this
           writing
           treats
           of
           ;
           )
           and
           those
           that
           shelter
           them
           from
           violence
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           quarrel
           between
           
             England
          
           and
           
             Scotland
          
           is
           ,
           for
           not
           establishing
           
             Presbyterial
          
           Government
           ,
           with
           rigour
           ,
           which
           is
           thus
           expressed
           in
           the
           
             Scottish
             Assemblies
             Reply
             to
             the
             〈◊〉
             Declaration
             ,
          
           Edius
           .
           22.
           
           Julii
           1650.
           
           Sess.
           17.
           
           
             That
             Jesus
             Christ
             be
             Lord
             over
             his
             own
             house
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Ministers
             keep
             Courts
             and
             exercise
             Jurisdiction
             and
             discipline
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             censures
             of
             the
             Kirk
             from
             the
             lowest
             to
             the
             highest
             ,
             in
             his
             name
             only
             ,
             against
             all
             that
             depart
             from
             and
             do
             oppose
             the
             truth
             ;
             or
             that
             walk
             loosely
             as
             doth
             not
             become
             the
             Gospell
             :
          
           and
           hoping
           this
           writing
           to
           one
           of
           the
           
             Chief
             Presbyterians
          
           in
           
             Scotland
             ▪
          
           may
           contribute
           something
           to
           discover
           the
           unreasonablenesse
           of
           their
           violent
           proceedings
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           and
           some
           Truths
           ,
           not
           commonly
           discerned
           ;
           
           I
           have
           yielded
           to
           the
           publishing
           thereof
           ,
           in
           this
           sad
           time
           of
           a
           bloody
           warre
           ,
           raised
           much
           from
           the
           forementioned
           hatred
           .
        
         
           Such
           as
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           humbly
           present
           to
           your
           Honours
           ,
           in
           testimony
           of
           my
           thankfulnesse
           for
           the
           favour
           and
           pitty
           to
           me
           ,
           vouchsafed
           by
           some
           of
           your
           Honors
           in
           conferring
           on
           me
           ,
           &
           others
           in
           being
           eminently
           instrumental
           in
           the
           quiet
           settling
           of
           me
           in
           this
           place
           ;
           in
           which
           ,
           after
           plunderings
           ,
           and
           many
           tossings
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           I
           have
           had
           some
           abiding
           :
           wherein
           I
           still
           endeavour
           to
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           publique
           ,
           and
           to
           acquit
           my self
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             humble
             and
             devoted
             Servant
             ,
             
               JOHN
               TOMBES
               .
            
          
           
             Ledbury-Hospitall
             in
             Herefordshire
             
               Sept.
               4.
               1650.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reverend
           the
           Moderator
           and
           Commissioners
           in
           the
           next
           Nationall
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Scotland
           ,
           or
           the
           next
           Provincial
           Assembly
           unto
           which
           Glasgow
           in
           the
           Kingdome
           of
           Scotland
           belongs
           ;
           the
           Complaint
           of
           John
           Tombes
           Presbyter
           ,
        
         
           Humbly
           sheweth
           ,
        
         
           THat
           in
           pursuance
           of
           the
           SOLEMNE
           COVENANT
           taken
           by
           me
           
             to
             endeavour
             reformation
             in
             Gods
             worship
             ,
             according●●
             the
             word
             of
             God
             ;
          
           I
           published
           
             Two
             Treatises
          
           about
           INFANT-BAPTISME
           at
           
             London
             December
          
           15.
           1645.
           and
           an
           APOLOGY
           for
           them
           in
           
             August
             1646
             .
          
           ●●d
           that
           in
           the
           year
           1647.
           a
           book
           intituled
           ANABAPTISME
           was
           published
           at
           London
           ,
           by
           ROBERT
           BAYLY
           
             Minister
             of
             Glasgow
             :
          
           wherein
           I
           was
           wronged
           by
           many
           grievous
           
             false
             accusations
             :
          
           concerning
           which
           I
           have
           (
           as
           near
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           )
           followed
           the
           rule
           of
           Christ
           
             Ma●
             .
          
           18.
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           17.
           as
           may
           be
           perceived
           by
           the
           close
           of
           the
           letter
           to
           Mr.
           BAYLY
           himself
           :
           For
           after
           I
           had
           advertised
           him
           by
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             S●●dd●r
             ,
          
           of
           the
           injury
           he
           had
           done
           me
           ,
           I
           wrote
           to
           him
           
             July
          
           22.
           1647.
           which
           letter
           was
           delivered
           to
           Mr.
           
             Samuel
             Rutherford
             Sept.
          
           17.
           1647.
           with
           Directions
           how
           to
           send
           back
           .
           And
           in
           the
           year
           1649.
           
           I
           wrote
           a
           letter
           to
           Mr.
           
             Rutherford
             ,
          
           to
           certify
           me
           what
           became
           of
           my
           writing
           delivered
           to
           him
           ?
           with
           desire
           to
           know
           what
           Mr.
           BAYLY
           would
           do
           to
           right
           me
           ;
           yet
           after
           so
           long
           waiting
           ,
           I
           find
           no
           remorse
           or
           righting
           of
           me
           made
           by
           the
           said
           Mr.
           ROBERT
           BAYLY
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           do
           devolve
           the
           matter
           into
           your
           hands
           ,
           being
           taken
           for
           the
           Church
           ,
           to
           which
           such
           complaints
           should
           be
           made
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           rule
           
             Mat.
          
           18.
           17.
           and
           do
           expect
           to
           have
           right
           done
           by
           you
           to
           him
           and
           me
           ,
           as
           to
           a
           Fellow-Christian
           ,
           —
           Presbyter
           ,
           —
           and
           
             Covenanter
          
           with
           you
           ,
           as
           is
           meet
           in
           such
           a
           cause
           concerning
           the
           
             truth
          
           of
           
             God
             ,
          
           and
           
             innocency
          
           of
           your
           
             Brother
             .
          
           And
           forasmuch
           as
           the
           charge
           against
           him
           and
           proof
           may
           be
           evidently
           seen
           in
           this
           letter
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           and
           my
           writings
           ,
           (
           which
           [
           if
           you
           please
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           ]
           you
           may
           easily
           come
           by
           ;
           )
           I
           presume
           you
           will
           not
           expect
           my
           personal
           appearance
           before
           you
           to
           pursue
           this
           
             Complaint
             :
          
           but
           of
           your selves
           examine
           the
           matter
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           the
           rule
           of
           Christ
           binds
           you
           ;
           besides
           the
           engagements
           towards
           a
           
             Fellow-Covenanter
          
           in
           the
           
             sixth
             article
          
           of
           the
           
             Sol●mne
             League
             and
             Covenant
             :
          
           and
           permit
           your
           fellow-servant
           to
           attend
           the
           work
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           place
           where
           he
           is
           seated
           ;
           who
           shall
           pray
           for
           your
           welfare
           ;
           and
           continue
        
         
           
             Your
             brother
             and
             Fellow-Servant
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               JOHN
               TOMBES
               .
            
          
           
             London
             
               Sept.
               24.
               1650.
               
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reverend
           ,
           Mr.
           Samuel
           Rutherfurd
           Professor
           at
           St.
           Andrews
           in
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           
             ANno
          
           1647.
           was
           delivered
           to
           you
           a
           letter
           of
           mine
           to
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Bayly
          
           of
           
             Glasgow
          
           your
           fellow-Commissioner
           ,
           which
           you
           undertook
           as
           I
           am
           told
           to
           send
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           not
           hearing
           any
           thing
           from
           Mr.
           
             Bayly
          
           in
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           
             Anno
             1649.
             
          
           I
           sent
           a
           letter
           to
           you
           to
           i●treate
           a
           word
           from
           you
           ,
           what
           became
           of
           that
           letter
           with
           directions
           to
           what
           place
           in
           
             London
          
           your
           letter
           might
           be
           sent
           for
           me
           ;
           of
           which
           likewise
           I
           have
           heard
           nothing
           .
           Forasmuch
           as
           without
           publishing
           something
           a
           blot
           indelible
           may
           lie
           on
           me
           and
           (
           which
           is
           more
           )
           on
           the
           truth
           I
           assert
           for
           my
           sake
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           after
           ages
           when
           Mr.
           
           
             Bayly's
          
           book
           shall
           be
           read
           ,
           and
           those
           false
           criminations
           found
           therein
           without
           any
           Vindication
           of
           mine
           ,
           and
           I
           perceive
           by
           experience
           that
           such
           false
           reports
           as
           have
           been
           vented
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Edwards
          
           his
           
             Gangr●n●
          
           (
           upon
           whose
           credit
           
             Honorius
             Reggius
          
           hath
           blazed
           them
           in
           a
           Latin
           writing
           )
           and
           in
           Mr.
           
           
             Bayly's
          
           Disswasives
           have
           made
           many
           men
           undeservedly
           odious
           ,
           and
           such
           reports
           vented
           in
           pulpits
           upon
           their
           credit
           have
           been
           the
           bellowes
           that
           did
           blow
           the
           fire
           of
           warre
           ,
           which
           hath
           to
           the
           rejoicing
           of
           Malignants
           and
           grief
           of
           godly
           persons
           wasted
           your
           and
           our
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
             Cotton
          
           of
           N.
           E.
           thought
           meet
           to
           print
           an
           Apology
           for
           himself
           and
           the
           Churches
           there
           to
           vindecate
           himself
           from
           Mr.
           
           
             Bayly's
          
           aspersions
           in
           one
           part
           of
           his
           disswasive
           ,
           I
           have
           thought
           it
           necessary
           to
           vindicate
           my self
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           have
           sent
           it
           to
           you
           ,
           being
           one
           that
           I
           conceive
           cordially
           affected
           with
           the
           breaches
           that
           are
           among
           the
           Godly
           &
           studious
           of
           truth
           and
           peace
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           impart
           this
           as
           you
           may
           opportunely
           to
           some
           Synod
           in
           your
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           indeavour
           ,
           as
           conscience
           and
           Covenant
           I
           think
           bind
           you
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           prudent
           way
           you
           can
           to
           take
           of
           the
           injury
           of
           Mr
           
             Bayly
             ;
          
           and
           which
           is
           the
           chief
           thing
           I
           aim
           at
           and
           humbly
           desire
           ,
           that
           there
           may
           be
           some
           Course
           taken
           effectually
           to
           prevent
           such
           injurious
           misrepresentations
           of
           mens
           tenents
           ,
           and
           practises
           in
           pulpits
           and
           presses
           ,
           that
           so
           (
           if
           the
           Lord
           shall
           vouchsafe
           such
           a
           mercy
           )
           dissenters
           at
           last
           may
           in
           a
           calme
           and
           amicable
           way
           debate
           differences
           to
           the
           healing
           of
           our
           breaches
           :
           which
           is
           the
           prayer
           and
           aime
           of
        
         
           
             Lemster
             in
             Herefordshire
             
               Decem.
               4.
               1651.
               
            
          
           
             Your
             Fellow-Servant
             and
             Brother
             in
             Christ
             ,
             
               JOHN
               TOMBES
               .
            
          
        
      
       
       
         
           The
           Contents
           .
        
         
           
             
               Sect.
            
             1.
             
             OF
             the
             
               first
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             spoile
             all
             infants
             of
             all
             interest
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             2.
             
             Of
             the
             
               second
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             make
             Circumcision
             to
             the
             Jewes
             a
             seale
             only
             of
             earthly
             and
             temporall
             priviledges
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             3.
             
             Of
             the
             
               third
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             〈◊〉
             the
             Jewish
             infants
             all
             right
             to
             the
             New
             Covenant
             ,
             〈◊〉
             they
             become
             ●●●tuall
             believers
             ,
             from
             whence
             occasion
             is
             taken
             to
             shew
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Gerees
            
             shift
             in
             expounding
             the
             words
             of
             the
             
               Directory
               [
               the
               promise
               is
               made
               to
               believers
               and
               their
               seed
               ,
               ]
            
             and
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshals
            
             proof
             ,
             of
             Connexion
             between
             the
             seal
             and
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             from
             Gods
             institution
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             
             
               Bailies
               from
               the
            
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             4.
             
             Of
             the
             
               fourth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             give
             a
             power
             to
             unbaptized
             persons
             to
             baptize
             others
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             5.
             
             Of
             the
             
               fifth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             make
             Apologies
             for
             the
             worst
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             6.
             
             Of
             the
             
               sixth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Inveighing
             against
             the
             first
             Reformers
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             7.
             
             Of
             the
             
               seventh
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Inveighing
             against
             the
             Assembly
             at
             Westminster
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             8.
             
             Of
             the
             
               eighth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Inveighing
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Scotland
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             9.
             
             Of
             the
             
               nineth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Inveighing
             against
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             10.
             
             Of
             the
             
               tenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Of
             inveighing
             against
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Goodwin
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             11.
             
             Of
             the
             
               eleventh
               Crimination
               ,
            
             Of
             Invectives
             against
             others
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             12.
             
             Of
             the
             
               twelfth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             esteem
             baptisme
             an
             unnessary
             rite
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             13.
             
             Of
             the
             
               thirteenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             am
             carel●sse
             of
             my
             own
             baptism
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             14.
             
             Of
             the
             
               fourteenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             am
             unwilling
             to
             joine
             with
             any
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             Churches
             ,
             and
             they
             unwilling
             to
             baptize
             non-members
             .
          
           
           
             
               Sect.
            
             15.
             
             Of
             the
             
               fifteenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             My
             allowing
             frequent
             rebaptization
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             16.
             
             Of
             the
             
               sixteenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             make
             it
             lawfull
             for
             persons
             unbaptized
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             17.
             
             Of
             the
             
               seventeenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             am
             a
             Compleat
             
               Erastian
               ,
            
             wherein
             reason
             is
             given
             of
             my
             doub●
             ,
             that
             in
             Scripture
             no
             such
             juridical
             Excommunication
             is
             appointed
             as
             is
             now
             contended
             for
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             18.
             
             Of
             the
             
               eighteenth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             avow
             ,
             no
             scand●-lous
             professor
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             from
             the
             Lords
             Table
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             19.
             
             Of
             the
             
               nineteenth
               Crimination
            
             of
             me
             ,
             That
             I
             hold
             no
             censure
             of
             excommunication
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             20.
             
             Of
             the
             
               twentieth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             hold
             Christ
             hath
             not
             appointed
             any
             particular
             government
             for
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             21.
             
             Of
             the
             
               one
               and
               twentieth
               Crimination
               ,
            
             That
             I
             hold
             that
             the
             Government
             of
             the
             Church
             belongs
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             only
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             22.
             
             Of
             my
             new
             way
             ,
             and
             boldnesse
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             23.
             
             Of
             my
             silence
             concerning
             
               DIPPING
               ,
            
             and
             of
             the
             novelty
             and
             insufficiency
             of
             
               SPRINKLING
               ,
            
             instead
             of
             
               BAPTIZING
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sect.
            
             24.
             
             The
             Conclusion
             ,
             requiring
             reparation
             of
             the
             wrong
             done
             to
             me
             by
             Mr.
             
               Bayly
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           To
           the
           reverend
           and
           worthy
           Master
           ROBERT
           BAYLIE
           ,
           Minister
           at
           GLASGOW
           in
           SCOTLAND
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           
             IN
             your
             Book
             intituled
             ANABAPTISMI
             ,
             you
             charge
             me
             falsly
             in
             these
             following
          
           Accusations
           chap.
           4.
           page
           92.
           
             you
             say
             ,
          
           in
           these
           following
           things
           he
           flies
           as
           high
           ,
           as
           any
           civil
           and
           discreet
           Anabaptist
           I
           have
           met
           with
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           spoyling
           Christian
           infants
           not
           only
           of
           Baptisme
           ,
           but
           of
           all
           interest
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
           
             And
             in
             the
          
           margine
           ,
           
             and
          
           Table
           
             in
             the
             end
             of
             your
             book
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
          
           He
           spoyles
           all
           infants
           of
           all
           interest
           in
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Grace
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           In
           making
           Circumcision
           a
           seal
           to
           the
           Jews
           onely
           of
           earthly
           and
           temporal
           priviledges
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           denying
           to
           Jewish
           infants
           all
           right
           to
           the
           new
           Covenant
           ,
           till
           in
           their
           riper
           years
           they
           become
           actuall
           believers
           .
        
         
           
             SECT
             I.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             first
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             spoile
             all
             Infants
             of
             all
             interest
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             .
          
           
             To
             prove
             these
             
               accusations
            
             which
             you
             so
             expresly
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             and
             tend
             to
             make
             your
             adversary
             odious
             ,
             (
             which
             it
             seems
             you
             made
             
             your
             businesse
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             clear
             truth
             ;
             )
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             
               A
               A
               page
            
             110.
             where
             you
             cite
             one
             passage
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               page
            
             64.
             which
             doeth
             directly
             deny
             the
             
               first
               accusation
               ,
            
             and
             where
             the
             passage
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshall
            
             you
             alledge
             for
             proof
             of
             it
             ,
             (
             a
             most
             unreasonable
             way
             to
             prove
             a
             mans
             position
             by
             his
             Antagonists
             conceit
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             ,
             that
             
               Calvin
               made
               God
               the
               author
               of
               sin
               ,
            
             because
             
               Bellarmin
            
             accused
             him
             of
             it
             ,
             )
             is
             sufficiently
             answered
             :
             yea
             in
             my
             
               Post
               script
               to
               Mr.
            
             Blake
             in
             the
             end
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               Sect.
            
             22.
             
             I
             charge
             Master
             
               Blake
            
             of
             unjust
             crimination
             of
             me
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             challenge
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Vines
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Calamy
               ,
            
             and
             now
             your self
             to
             make
             good
             that
             charge
             if
             you
             can
             .
             And
             yet
             you
             are
             not
             asham●d
             to
             say
             ,
             
               pag.
               113.
               
               All
               our
               adversaries
               deny
               to
               all
               infants
               all
               right
               in
               God
               ,
               all
               interests
               in
               his
               promises
               ,
               and
               Covenant
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               they
               do
               to
               Turks
               ,
               and
               Pagans
               .
            
             And
             
               chap.
               4.
               page
            
             89
             ,
             90.
             after
             you
             had
             charged
             this
             accusation
             on
             others
             ;
             in
             the
             close
             you
             say
             ,
             
               This
               makes
               them
               uncertain
               what
               to
               say
               of
               infants
               dying
               before
               conversion
               .
               Some
               save
               them
               all
               ,
            
             (
             which
             is
             contrary
             to
             what
             you
             say
             
               page
               133
               ;
               )
               others
               incline
               to
               the
               damnation
               of
               them
               all
               ;
               others
               professe
               the
               uncertainty
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               whether
               infants
               before
               their
               conversion
               be
               within
               the
               Kingdome
               of
               Satan
               ,
               or
               that
               of
               God
               .
            
             And
             for
             proof
             of
             this
             last
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letter
             
               K
               ;
            
             and
             there
             you
             alledge
             my
             words
             in
             my
             
               Apology
               page
            
             64
             ,
             66.
             which
             speak
             not
             at
             all
             of
             the
             uncertainty
             of
             the
             thing
             you
             were
             speaking
             of
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             
               the
               salvation
               or
               damnation
               of
               infants
               dying
               before
               conversion
               ,
            
             but
             the
             contrary
             ,
             saying
             expresly
             ,
             That
             every
             infant
             is
             either
             in
             the
             visible
             Kingdome
             of
             
               God
               ,
            
             or
             of
             
               Satan
               ,
            
             that
             is
             ,
             elect
             ,
             or
             reprobate
             .
             And
             for
             the
             certainty
             of
             the
             subject
             ,
             I
             conceive
             neither
             you
             nor
             I
             ,
             nor
             any
             on
             earth
             are
             certain
             what
             child
             of
             a
             Believer
             is
             elect
             ,
             or
             reprobate
             .
             Sure
             I
             am
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             in
             his
             Sermon
             
               page
               48
               ▪
            
             saith
             ,
             
               Charity
               is
               not
               tyed
               to
               conclude
               certainly
               of
               any
               of
               them
               ,
            
             although
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             Sermon
             
               page
            
             7.
             he
             would
             ground
             the
             salvation
             of
             all
             the
             infants
             of
             believers
             dying
             in
             their
             infancy
             ,
             on
             Gods
             promise
             ,
             
               to
               be
               the
               God
               of
               Believers
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               seed
               .
            
             Besides
             ,
             my
             words
             in
             my
             
               Apology
               page
            
             64
             ,
             66.
             which
             you
             alledge
             ,
             speak
             onely
             of
             infants
             belonging
             visibly
             to
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             the
             Devil
             or
             God
             ;
             and
             I
             still
             deny
             that
             they
             belong
             to
             either
             visibly
             ,
             untill
             they
             make
             their
             profession
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             constitution
             of
             the
             visible
             Church
             of
             Christians
             ,
             which
             it
             behoved
             you
             to
             disprove
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             misreport
             my
             words
             as
             you
             do
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             II.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             second
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             make
             Circumcision
             to
             the
             Jewes
             ,
             a
             Seal
             onely
             of
             earthly
             and
             temporall
             priviledges
             .
          
           
             AS
             for
             your
             
               second
               accusation
               ,
            
             you
             bring
             onely
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshals
            
             words
             which
             onely
             declare
             his
             suspicion
             ;
             yet
             so
             unreasonable
             and
             groundless
             ,
             as
             one
             might
             wonder
             any
             man
             should
             have
             the
             face
             to
             draw
             me
             into
             a
             suspicion
             of
             that
             ,
             the
             contrary
             whereof
             is
             delivered
             in
             my
             
               Exercitation
               page
               2.
            
             and
             very
             often
             in
             my
             
               Exercitation
            
             and
             
               Examen
               of
               his
               Sermon
               ;
            
             in
             which
             I
             still
             make
             the
             Covenant
             made
             with
             
               Abraham
               Gen.
            
             17.
             which
             Circumcision
             confirmed
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             
               mixt
               Covenant
               ,
               containing
               both
               spirituall
               and
               temporal
               promises
               .
            
             And
             yet
             you
             expresly
             accuse
             me
             of
             the
             contrary
             ;
             &
             against
             my
             plain
             words
             prove
             your
             charge
             ,
             onely
             by
             Master
             
               Marshals
            
             suspition
             expressed
             in
             this
             manner
             ;
             
               What
               your
               meaning
               is
               in
               this
               expression
               ,
               I
               cannot
               tell
               ;
               it
               hath
               an
               untoward
               look
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               meaning
               were
               ,
            
             &c.
             which
             was
             unreasonable
             in
             him
             to
             raise
             such
             a
             jealousie
             of
             me
             for
             citing
             onely
             a
             passage
             in
             that
             so
             approved
             Treatise
             of
             
               Cameron
            
             that
             learned
             Scot
             ,
             
               de
               triplici
               foedere
               ,
               th.
            
             78.
             (
             which
             was
             also
             much
             approved
             at
             
               Heidelberg
            
             )
             by
             the
             publisher
             of
             his
             works
             according
             to
             an
             order
             in
             a
             
               Synod
            
             of
             the
             
               French
            
             Churches
             ;
             as
             to
             be
             stiled
             in
             
               Cameron's
               Icon
               ,
               accurratissimae
               theses
               ;
            
             and
             they
             are
             now
             translated
             into
             English
             by
             Mr.
             
               Samuel
               Bolton
               ,
            
             and
             printed
             at
             the
             end
             of
             his
             treatise
             ,
             
               of
               the
               true
               bounds
               of
               Christian
               freedom
            
             with
             this
             commendation
             (
             
               too
               precious
               to
               be
               any
               longer
               concealed
               ,
               or
               hid
               under
               the
               shell
               of
               an
               unknown
               tongue
               .
            
             )
             And
             yet
             these
             words
             were
             cited
             by
             me
             so
             warily
             
               page
            
             4.
             of
             my
             
               Exercitation
            
             as
             that
             I
             say
             ,
             
               and
               if
               we
               may
               believe
               Mr.
            
             Cameron
             ;
             yet
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             had
             so
             much
             ingenuity
             ,
             as
             to
             say
             of
             me
             in
             that
             place
             
               page
               .
            
             98.
             of
             his
             Defence
             ,
             
               It
               is
               too
               grosse
               a
               thing
               to
               imagine
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               so
               expresly
               contrary
               to
               the
               word
               ,
               that
               untill
               you
               own
               it
               ,
               I
               will
               not
               impute
               it
               to
               you
               :
            
             which
             words
             you
             leave
             out
             in
             your
             allegation
             against
             me
             from
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
               ,
            
             whether
             needlesly
             or
             fraudulently
             ,
             I
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             own
             conscience
             to
             consider
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             III.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             third
             crimination
             ,
             That
             I
             deny
             to
             the
             Jewish
             infants
             all
             right
             to
             the
             new
             Covenant
             till
             they
             become
             actuall
             believers
             ,
             from
             whence
             occasion
             is
             taken
             to
             shew
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Mr.
             
             Gerees
             shift
             in
             expounding
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Directory
             [
             the
             promise
             is
             made
             to
             believers
             and
             their
             seed
             ]
             And
             the
             insufficiency
             of
             Mr.
             
             Marshals
             proof
             of
             Connexion
             between
             the
             seal
             and
             Covenant
             from
             God's
             institution
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Baylies
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             termes
             .
          
           
             AS
             for
             the
             
               third
               accusatio●
               ,
            
             you
             bring
             not
             a
             word
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             yet
             you
             often
             charge
             sometimes
             all
             your
             adversaries
             ,
             as
             in
             
               chap.
               5.
               pag.
            
             133.
             sometimes
             the
             principall
             of
             them
             (
             among
             whom
             I
             assure
             my self
             ,
             you
             reckon
             me
             )
             with
             it
             ,
             as
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               pag.
               151.
               ch.
               5.
               
               The
               ground
               of
               this
               reason
               is
               granted
               by
               the
               Principal
               of
               our
               adversaries
               ,
               who
               avow
               their
               exclusion
               of
               infants
               from
               baptisme
               upon
               this
               ground
               mainely
               ,
               that
               they
               believe
               they
               are
               excluded
               from
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               remission
               of
               sins
               ,
               the
               saving
               grace
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               till
               in
               the
               years
               of
               d●scretion
               they
               be
               brought
               actually
               to
               believe
               ,
            
             which
             thing
             I
             do
             expresly
             deny
             in
             my
             
               Exercitation
            
             pa.
             24.
             with
             obhorrency
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             
               Examen
            
             page
             150.
             and
             page
             109.
             
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             were
             
               a
               madnesse
               to
               go
               about
               to
               put
               them
               out
               of
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               .
            
             You
             are
             often
             told
             in
             my
             
               Examen
            
             as
             page
             29
             ,
             38
             ,
             110
             ,
             154.
             and
             many
             more
             places
             ,
             that
             I
             avow
             exclusion
             of
             infants
             from
             baptism
             upon
             this
             ground
             mainly
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Institution
             of
             it
             gathered
             by
             precept
             or
             Apostolical
             example
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             will-worship
             :
             As
             for
             a
             command
             of
             Circumcision
             I
             conceive
             it
             is
             a
             brogated
             ,
             and
             so
             can
             be
             no
             rule
             now
             about
             Baptism
             ;
             and
             the
             maintaining
             that
             a
             command
             of
             Circumcision
             sti●l
             binds
             us
             (
             as
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             doth
             in
             his
             
               Sermon
            
             page
             35
             ,
             36
             ,
             37.
             )
             is
             the
             most
             manifest
             heresie
             of
             any
             ,
             as
             being
             condemned
             in
             the
             first
             
               Councel
            
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             
               Acts
               15.
            
             28.
             
             &
             21.
             25.
             
             Indeed
             to
             shew
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
            
             argument
             thus
             framed
             ,
             
               The
               infants
               of
               believing
               parents
               are
               within
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
               therefore
               they
               are
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               seale
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ,
            
             which
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshals
            
             language
             is
             all
             one
             with
             baptisme
             :
             I
             did
             say
             that
             I
             did
             conceive
             the
             antecedent
             of
             his
             
               Enthymeme
            
             not
             true
             ,
             
               Examen
            
             Part
             3.
             
             Sect.
             1.
             page
             39.
             conceiving
             that
             as
             your
             practise
             is
             ,
             so
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             intended
             to
             defend
             this
             conclusion
             ;
             All
             the
             infants
             born
             of
             a
             believer
             by
             profession
             are
             to
             be
             baptized
             according
             to
             ordinary
             rule
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             expressed
             my selfe
             in
             my
             
               Examen
            
             Part
             3.
             Sect.
             15.
             
             
               Exercit.
            
             page
             1.
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             antecedent
             must
             be
             thus
             ,
             
               All
               the
               infants
               born
               of
               a
               believer
               are
               within
               the
               Covenant
               of
               grace
               ,
            
             or
             else
             his
             argument
             is
             manifestly
             inconcludent
             ;
             if
             we
             would
             prove
             ,
             all
             infants
             of
             believers
             are
             to
             be
             baptized
             ,
             because
             some
             onely
             are
             in
             the
             Covenant
             of
             grace
             .
             Now
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             conceive
             that
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             meant
             any
             other
             ,
             then
             the
             Covenant
             of
             saving
             grace
             (
             of
             which
             I
             have
             given
             reasons
             not
             yet
             answered
             by
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
               ,
            
             in
             my
             
               Examen
            
             page
             45.
             and
             could
             adde
             more
             if
             it
             were
             needful
             )
             and
             that
             the
             believers
             infants
             were
             in
             the
             covenant
             of
             saving
             grace
             in
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             that
             promise
             to
             them
             .
             And
             in
             this
             sense
             I
             denied
             this
             proposition
             ,
             
               All
               the
               infants
               of
               a
               believer
               are
               within
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
            
             and
             disproved
             it
             so
             fully
             in
             my
             
               Examen
            
             part
             3.
             Sect.
             4.
             that
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             renounceth
             that
             proposition
             in
             that
             sense
             page
             116.
             of
             his
             
               Defence
               ,
            
             and
             then
             betakes
             himself
             to
             this
             shift
             ,
             to
             understand
             it
             of
             the
             
               outward
               covenant
            
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             ,
             in
             which
             sense
             I
             have
             proved
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             Sect.
             10.
             his
             first
             argument
             to
             be
             meer
             trifling
             ,
             and
             his
             speeches
             to
             be
             full
             of
             equivocation
             ,
             or
             ambiguity
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             also
             further
             proved
             in
             my
             
               Postscript
            
             in
             answer
             to
             Mr.
             
             
               Bl●ke
            
             Sect.
             6.
             
             Mr.
             
               Geree
            
             being
             inforced
             to
             deny
             that
             proposition
             in
             that
             sense
             ,
             and
             being
             pressed
             by
             me
             with
             the
             words
             of
             the
             
               Directory
               ,
               [
               that
               the
               promise
               is
               made
               to
               believers
               and
               their
               seed
            
             ]
             he
             shifted
             it
             off
             in
             his
             
               Vindiciae
               paedobaptismi
            
             page
             13.
             by
             interpreting
             the
             words
             of
             the
             
               Directory
            
             thus
             ,
             
               This
               is
               to
               be
               presumed
               by
               men
               out
               of
               charity
               ,
               till
               they
               discover
               the
               contrary
               ,
               that
               all
               the
               infants
               of
               believers
               have
               the
               inward
               graces
               of
               the
               Covenant
               ,
            
             which
             I
             proved
             could
             not
             be
             the
             sense
             of
             the
             words
             of
             the
             
               Directory
            
             in
             my
             
               Apol●gy
            
             Sect.
             9.
             especially
             from
             the
             term
             [
             
               made
            
             ]
             which
             imports
             Gods
             act
             ,
             not
             mans
             charitable
             presumption
             .
             Now
             what
             doth
             Mr.
             
               Geree
            
             reply
             hereto
             ?
             In
             his
             
               Vindiciae
               Vindic●arum
            
             chap.
             4.
             page
             16.
             he
             alters
             the
             words
             of
             the
             
               Directory
            
             thus
             ,
             
               That
               the
               promise
               is
               to
               believers
               and
               their
               seed
               ,
            
             leaving
             out
             the
             word
             [
             
               made
            
             ]
             upon
             which
             my
             argument
             rested
             ,
             and
             then
             page
             18.
             tells
             me
             ,
             the
             
               quaery
               is
               in
               what
               sense
               and
               in
               what
               respect
               children
               of
               b●lievers
               are
               said
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               ,
            
             whereas
             the
             quaery
             is
             in
             what
             sense
             the
             
               Directory
            
             meant
             these
             words
             [
             
               the
               promise
               is
               made
               to
               believers
               and
               their
               seed
            
             ]
             not
             in
             what
             sense
             either
             in
             
               Gen.
            
             17.
             7.
             or
             
               Rom.
            
             9.
             4.
             or
             
               Acts
               3.
               25.
               
               Children
               of
               Believers
               are
               said
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Covenant
               of
               grace
               .
            
             And
             whereas
             Mr.
             
               Geree
            
             in
             the
             same
             book
             cha.
             10.
             page
             41.
             complains
             of
             my
             words
             in
             the
             
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
            
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             that
             the
             doctrine
             of
             
             the
             
               Directory
            
             is
             disavowed
             by
             two
             of
             my
             most
             eminent
             Antagonists
             ,
             meaning
             himself
             and
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
               ,
            
             I
             have
             ,
             and
             am
             further
             ready
             to
             justify
             that
             speech
             ,
             and
             if
             
               many
               of
               the
               Assembly
               have
               assured
               him
               in
               private
               ,
               that
               they
               intended
               the
               expressions
               questioned
               by
               me
               in
               no
               other
               sense
               then
               he
               expounded
               them
               ,
            
             I
             would
             have
             them
             know
             ,
             that
             either
             they
             must
             alter
             the
             words
             as
             Mr.
             
               Geree
            
             doth
             ,
             not
             reading
             them
             as
             they
             are
             printed
             ,
             and
             as
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             in
             his
             
               Defence
            
             page
             116.
             
             Mr.
             
               Geree
               Vindic.
               Paedobap
               .
            
             page
             13.
             reads
             them
             ,
             or
             else
             those
             
               Assembly
            
             men
             must
             make
             a
             new
             Dictionary
             for
             us
             to
             understand
             their
             language
             by
             afore
             any
             man
             that
             understands
             common
             
               English
            
             will
             understand
             them
             so
             .
             And
             whereas
             he
             
               would
               have
               by
               this
               one
               Examination
               men
               iudge
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               ,
            
             I
             am
             contented
             with
             it
             ,
             provided
             that
             men
             by
             his
             superficial
             and
             shifting
             dealing
             in
             this
             judge
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             But
             to
             returne
             ,
             as
             I
             denyed
             the
             antecedent
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
               Enthymeme
               ,
            
             so
             I
             denied
             the
             consequence
             page
             36.
             and
             
               did
               more
               then
               make
               some
               v●litatio●
               ,
            
             I
             proved
             by
             a
             just
             dispute
             that
             the
             proposition
             is
             not
             true
             ,
             
               All
               that
               are
               in
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               must
               be
               sealed
               ,
            
             and
             though
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             page
             92.
             of
             
               his
               Defence
               ,
            
             say
             somewhat
             to
             prove
             it
             from
             Gods
             will
             
               Gen.
               17.
            
             7
             ,
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             14.
             yet
             what
             is
             said
             there
             is
             only
             of
             circumcision
             ,
             nothing
             of
             baptisme
             ,
             and
             the
             word
             [
             
               therefore
            
             ]
             upon
             which
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
            
             proof
             rests
             is
             in
             the
             
               Hebrew
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             which
             may
             be
             and
             is
             translated
             otherwise
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             
               Tig●r●●es
               Et
               tu
            
             by
             
               Parreus
               Tu
               autem
               ,
            
             by
             
               Piscator
               Tu
               vere
               ,
            
             &c.
             and
             the
             proposition
             is
             manifestly
             false
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
            
             sense
             ,
             yea
             he
             granted
             page
             92
             ,
             182.
             that
             the
             
               formal
               reason
               of
               their
               being
               circumcised
               was
               the
               command
               of
               God
               ,
            
             which
             I
             truely
             observed
             and
             proved
             in
             my
             
               Apology
               in
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               and
               in
               the
               Apology
               it self
            
             page
             90.
             overthrows
             his
             argument
             from
             the
             Covenant
             to
             the
             seale
             ,
             which
             rests
             on
             this
             ,
             
               that
               such
               as
               received
               the
               initial
               seal
               ,
               received
               it
               because
               they
               were
               in
               the
               Covenant
               ,
            
             which
             are
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
            
             words
             in
             his
             
               Defence
            
             page
             92.
             you
             in
             your
             
               Anabaptisme
            
             chap.
             5.
             page
             132.
             say
             ,
             
               your
               proposition
               is
               grounded
               on
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               terms
               ,
            
             which
             you
             never
             go
             about
             to
             prove
             but
             
               dictate
            
             thus
             :
             
               The
               Major
               ,
               [
               Whoever
               have
               right
               to
               the
               chief
               promises
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               they
               have
               right
               to
               the
               first
               Sacrament
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               if
               the
               Lord
               have
               not
               put
               some
               impediment
               to
               their
               participation
               of
               that
               Sacrament
               ]
               is
               grounded
               on
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               terms
               of
               the
               preposition
               the
               chief
               promises
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               Sacrament
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               sign
               and
               seal
               ,
               that
               the
               thing
               signified
               .
               The
               reason
               proceeds
               not
               from
               every
               thing
               signified
               to
               every
               sign
               but
               from
               the
               chief
               thing
               signified
               to
               the
               first
               signe
               .
            
          
           
             Give
             me
             leave
             to
             tell
             you
             that
             I
             seldome
             meet
             with
             a
             passage
             that
             
             hath
             more
             absurdity
             then
             this
             of
             yours
             .
             1.
             
             You
             set
             not
             down
             right
             the
             terms
             of
             your
             own
             proposition
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             [
             
               the
               chief
               promises
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               and
               the
               First
               Sacrament
            
             ]
             but
             [
             
               having
               right
               to
               the
               chief
               promises
               of
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               and
               having
               right
               to
               the
               First
               Sacrament
               ,
               if
               the
               Lord
               have
               not
               put
               some
               impediment
               to
               their
               participation
               of
               that
               Sacrament
            
             ]
             as
             if
             you
             had
             forgotten
             so
             soon
             or
             could
             not
             analyse
             your
             own
             proposition
             .
             2.
             
             You
             tell
             us
             [
             this
             is
             the
             sign
             and
             seale
             ,
             that
             the
             thing
             signified
             ]
             as
             if
             this
             were
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             .
             But
             what
             an
             illogical
             conceit
             is
             this
             ?
             Logicians
             call
             a
             reason
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             ,
             when
             the
             terms
             are
             included
             ,
             the
             one
             
               in
               Conceptu
               quidditativo
               alterius
               ,
            
             so
             as
             that
             the
             one
             cannot
             be
             conceived
             without
             the
             other
             .
             Now
             may
             not
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             be
             conceived
             without
             the
             first
             sign
             and
             seale
             ?
             Did
             not
             God
             make
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             and
             Old
             Testament
             before
             ever
             any
             sign
             or
             seale
             was
             appointed
             ,
             much
             more
             before
             baptisme
             ?
             Did
             not
             God
             make
             the
             chief
             promise
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               Tit.
               1.
            
             2.
             which
             we
             translate
             
               before
               the
               world
               began
               ,
            
             most
             rig●tly
             as
             I
             conceive
             Dr.
             
               ●wisse
               Vind●
               .
               grat
               .
               lib.
               1.
               par
               .
               1.
               dig
               .
               2.
               cap.
            
             5.
             referres
             to
             that
             in
             paradise
             
               Gen
            
             3.
             15.
             your
             own
             Mr.
             
             
               Dicksor
               ,
            
             either
             to
             that
             or
             to
             Gods
             promise
             to
             Christ
             afore
             the
             world
             was
             made
             ,
             all
             I
             meet
             with
             make
             it
             antecede
             any
             first
             signe
             or
             seal
             of
             the
             Old
             or
             New
             Testament
             ?
             Now
             how
             is
             there
             a
             connexion
             between
             
               terms
               from
               the
               nature
               of
               them
               ,
            
             whereof
             one
             may
             not
             only
             be
             conceived
             ,
             but
             be
             also
             existent
             both
             
               de
               facto
            
             and
             
               d●iure
            
             without
             the
             other
             ?
             If
             the
             terms
             were
             [
             having
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             and
             having
             the
             First
             Sacrament
             ]
             yet
             there
             is
             no
             such
             connexion
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             .
             Innumerable
             may
             have
             ,
             and
             have
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             that
             have
             not
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             ,
             
               et
               vice
               versa
               .
            
             Else
             you
             must
             hold
             worse
             positions
             then
             the
             Papists
             that
             none
             but
             baptized
             persons
             have
             or
             can
             have
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             baptized
             person
             hath
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
             There
             is
             lesse
             connexion
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             between
             the
             having
             right
             to
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ,
             &
             having
             right
             to
             the
             First
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
             For
             if
             you
             meane
             it
             of
             right
             before
             God
             ,
             thousands
             may
             have
             right
             in
             Gods
             election
             and
             covenant
             with
             Christ
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             in
             being
             ,
             that
             are
             in
             their
             mothers
             womb
             ,
             that
             are
             yet
             among
             infidels
             uncalled
             :
             have
             these
             right
             to
             the
             First
             Sacrament
             ?
             If
             you
             mean
             it
             of
             right
             
               in
               facie
               Ecclesiae
            
             onely
             ,
             then
             I
             grant
             the
             proposition
             is
             true
             :
             but
             your
             Minor
             hath
             clean
             another
             sense
             then
             your
             words
             and
             proofs
             import
             you
             conceived
             of
             it
             :
             however
             this
             right
             comes
             meerly
             from
             Gods
             institution
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             the
             rule
             of
             the
             Churches
             judging
             and
             administrators
             action
             ,
             
             and
             that
             is
             not
             from
             the
             right
             to
             the
             chief
             promises
             ,
             but
             from
             profession
             of
             faith
             arising
             from
             Gods
             will
             not
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             .
             There
             is
             no
             essential
             connexion
             between
             them
             
               constitutive
            
             or
             
               consecutive
               ,
            
             neither
             is
             one
             of
             the
             definition
             or
             essential
             property
             to
             the
             other
             :
             and
             God
             hath
             much
             more
             plainly
             put
             a
             barre
             against
             infant-baptisme
             then
             infant-communion
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             that
             there
             is
             neither
             expresse
             precept
             nor
             example
             for
             it
             in
             Scripture
             ,
             but
             also
             the
             very
             in●titution
             excludes
             them
             ,
             appointing
             it
             only
             to
             disciples
             
               Mat.
            
             28.
             19.
             putting
             believing
             before
             baptisme
             
               Mark
            
             16.
             16.
             
             &
             in
             practise
             requiring
             it
             
               Act.
            
             8.
             37.
             besides
             the
             image
             of
             it
             in
             all
             ages
             of
             the
             Church
             requiring
             profession
             of
             faith
             of
             some
             for
             them
             even
             in
             the
             baptisme
             of
             infants
             .
             But
             you
             shew
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               This
               is
               the
               sign
               and
               seal
               ,
               that
               the
               thing
               signified
               .
            
             By
             your
             Logick
             then
             if
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             be
             to
             be
             defined
             you
             would
             define
             them
             to
             be
             the
             thing
             signified
             by
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             :
             which
             were
             to
             define
             
               ignotum
               per
               ignotius
               ,
            
             and
             by
             that
             which
             is
             meerly
             extrinsecal
             to
             it
             .
             A
             promise
             is
             an
             action
             :
             the
             thing
             signified
             by
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             is
             not
             only
             something
             to
             come
             but
             also
             something
             past
             as
             the
             death
             ,
             burial
             ,
             resurrection
             of
             Christ
             in
             baptisme
             
               Rom.
               6.
               3
               ,
               4.
               Col.
            
             2.
             12.
             the
             thing
             promised
             is
             something
             we
             are
             to
             have
             ,
             the
             promise
             is
             Gods
             act
             ,
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             the
             administrators
             act
             .
             How
             inept
             a
             definition
             is
             such
             a
             definition
             in
             which
             the
             
               genus
            
             doth
             not
             
               praedic●●i
               in
               quid
            
             on
             the
             
               definitum
               ,
            
             ●or
             the
             whole
             definition
             is
             reciprocal
             with
             the
             
               definitum
               ,
            
             besides
             other
             defects
             ?
             But
             it
             maybe
             you
             meant
             that
             it
             is
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             to
             be
             a
             sign
             and
             s●ale
             of
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             .
             Were
             this
             so
             ,
             you
             should
             not
             rightly
             argue
             :
             for
             then
             the
             right
             to
             the
             promises
             should
             be
             derived
             from
             the
             seal
             ,
             not
             to
             the
             seale
             from
             the
             promise
             ,
             if
             the
             promise
             be
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             seale
             ,
             and
             not
             
               e●contra
               :
            
             wher●as
             you
             say
             that
             
               your
               reason
               proceeds
               from
               the
               chief
               thing
               signifyed
               to
               the
               first
               sign
               .
            
             But
             how
             can
             you
             or
             any
             make
             this
             good
             that
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             only
             (
             for
             you
             exclude
             the
             second
             expressely
             after
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               nor
               do
               we
               〈◊〉
               but
               of
               the
               〈…〉
            
             )
             to
             be
             a
             signe
             and
             seale
             of
             the
             chief
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             ?
             Is
             not
             the
             second
             sign
             as
             wel
             a
             sign
             and
             seal
             of
             them
             as
             the
             first
             ?
             Besides
             what
             is
             the
             term
             [
             seale
             ]
             there
             but
             a
             Metaphor
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             absurd
             to
             make
             a
             Metaph●r
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             term
             ,
             which
             doeth
             not
             shew
             what
             a
             thing
             is
             but
             what
             it
             is
             like
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             rule
             of
             Logicians
             ?
             
               Scheibler
               .
               ●op
               .
               ●a
               .
               30.
               num
               .
               126.
               
               Definitio
               non
               sit
               ex
               verbis
               Metaphoricis
               .
               Ita
               Aristot.
               Top.
               Lib.
               2.
               cap.
               2.
               
               Sect
               4
               K●
               ker●●
               Syst.
               Logi●
               .
               Lib.
               1.
               Sect.
               2.
               cap.
            
             2.
             &c.
             Yet
             how
             absurdly
             is
             a
             seale
             of
             the
             Covenant
             made
             the
             
               Genus
            
             in
             the
             definition
             of
             a
             
             sacrament
             being
             but
             a
             Metaphor
             ,
             and
             books
             and
             Sermons
             stuffed
             with
             collections
             of
             duties
             and
             priviledges
             about
             the
             Sacraments
             from
             a
             meer
             Metaphor
             ?
             A
             thing
             I
             am
             assured
             worthy
             Lamentation
             when
             I
             consider
             the
             trouble
             it
             hath
             brought
             to
             many
             consciences
             ,
             and
             disquiet
             in
             the
             Church
             .
             But
             were
             it
             granted
             that
             the
             term
             ,
             signe
             or
             seal
             were
             of
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             ,
             how
             doth
             it
             appear
             that
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Sacrament
             to
             signifie
             Gods
             promise
             to
             us
             rather
             then
             our
             promise
             to
             God
             ?
             Though
             I
             deny
             not
             but
             baptisme
             signifies
             and
             in
             a
             sense
             seales
             Gods
             promises
             to
             us
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             my
             former
             writings
             ,
             yet
             so
             farre
             as
             I
             am
             able
             to
             discern
             the
             chief
             and
             primary
             use
             is
             to
             signifie
             our
             profession
             and
             promise
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             required
             as
             our
             act
             and
             duty
             ,
             and
             therein
             we
             are
             said
             to
             put
             on
             Christ
             .
             And
             why
             then
             should
             we
             not
             rather
             say
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             the
             nature
             of
             baptisme
             to
             be
             a
             sign
             or
             seale
             of
             our
             profession
             ,
             and
             then
             we
             have
             a
             better
             argument
             from
             the
             nature
             as
             you
             speak
             ,
             from
             the
             use
             ,
             as
             I
             would
             speak
             ,
             of
             the
             first
             Sacrament
             to
             prove
             that
             infants
             are
             not
             to
             be
             baptized
             ,
             then
             that
             they
             are
             .
             The
             trueth
             is
             Sacraments
             are
             not
             signes
             natural
             but
             positive
             ,
             and
             so
             have
             no
             nature
             to
             sign
             or
             seale
             but
             by
             institution
             ,
             and
             therefore
             there
             's
             no
             connexion
             ,
             or
             right
             between
             the
             Covenant
             and
             seal
             ,
             as
             they
             speak
             ,
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             tenns
             ,
             but
             by
             Gods
             institution
             .
             And
             therefore
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             did
             more
             considerately
             ascribe
             it
             to
             Gods
             will
             ,
             then
             you
             do
             to
             〈◊〉
             it
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             ,
             you
             miscarry
             as
             much
             in
             that
             which
             followes
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               The
               reason
               proceeds
               not
               from
               every
               thing
               signified
               to
               every
               sign
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               chief
               thing
               signified
               to
               the
               first
               sign
               :
            
             yet
             before
             you
             expressed
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             thus
             ,
             
               The
               one
               is
               the
               sign
               ,
               the
               other
               the
               thing
               signified
               ,
            
             and
             you
             give
             no
             reason
             why
             there
             should
             be
             more
             connexion
             between
             the
             chief
             things
             signified
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             sign
             ,
             then
             the
             not
             chief
             things
             signified
             ,
             and
             the
             second
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             know
             by
             what
             rule
             you
             proceed
             in
             making
             some
             promises
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             chief
             ,
             and
             some
             not
             :
             It
             follows
             ,
             
               Some
               of
               the
               blessings
               which
               Circumcision
               diaseal
               belonged
               to
               Melchizedeck
               ,
               to
               Lo●
               to
               Job
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               were
               not
               so
               farre
               as
               we
               reade
               circumcised
               ,
               but
               the
               main
               promise
               sealed
               by
               Circumcision
               ,
               In
               thy
               seed
               all
               the
               nations
               of
               the
               earth
               shall
               be
               blessed
               ,
               The
               Messias
               comming
               of
               the
               posterity
               of
               Abraham
               ,
               Isaac
               and
               Jacob
               ,
               the
               Covenant
               of
               Grace
               as
               it
               was
               administred
               under
               the
               figure
               of
               the
               Ceremoniall
               Law
               did
               belong
               to
               the
               people
               of
               Israel
               alone
               ,
               ●nd
               to
               the
               proselytes
               who
               joined
               themselves
               to
               their
               body
               .
            
             You
             intimate
             truly
             that
             the
             reason
             of
             circumcising
             infants
             was
             not
             taken
             from
             the
             common
             right
             of
             believers
             to
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             ,
             but
             from
             the
             end
             God
             had
             in
             signifying
             Christ
             to
             come
             of
             
               Abraham
               ,
            
             which
             is
             a
             good
             evidence
             that
             baptizing
             infants
             now
             hath
             not
             the
             same
             reason
             that
             
             circumcising
             of
             infants
             had
             then
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             your
             argument
             from
             the
             analogy
             between
             Infant-baptisme
             and
             Infant-Circumcision
             from
             the
             like
             reason
             of
             both
             falls
             to
             the
             g●ound
             :
             But
             sure
             the
             main
             promise
             of
             the
             New
             Testament
             did
             belong
             to
             
               〈◊〉
               ,
               Lot
            
             and
             
               Job
            
             as
             much
             as
             to
             believers
             now
             ,
             and
             if
             righteousnesse
             by
             faith
             be
             sealed
             by
             circumcision
             ,
             as
             you
             expressely
             teach
             page
             141.
             from
             
               Rom.
            
             4.
             11.
             then
             the
             main
             promise
             sealed
             by
             Circumcision
             belonged
             to
             
               Melchizeck
               ,
               Lot
            
             and
             
               Job
               ,
            
             and
             so
             if
             there
             be
             such
             a
             connexion
             between
             the
             chief
             promise
             and
             the
             first
             seale
             they
             should
             have
             been
             circumcised
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Jewes
             :
             and
             it
             is
             as
             strange
             to
             me
             how
             you
             can
             make
             the
             promise
             of
             the
             Messias
             comming
             from
             
               Abraham
            
             belonging
             to
             proselytes
             more
             then
             to
             them
             .
             But
             this
             is
             enough
             to
             give
             a
             taste
             of
             your
             manner
             of
             disputing
             .
             But
             I
             must
             follow
             you
             ,
             you
             go
             on
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             IV.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             fourth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             give
             a
             power
             to
             unbaptized
             persons
             to
             baptize
             others
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               giving
               a
               power
               to
               unbaptized
               persons
               to
               baptize
               others
               .
            
             For
             proof
             of
             this
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             BB
             page
             111.
             and
             there
             I
             find
             one
             passage
             of
             Mr.
             
               Marshall●
               ,
            
             which
             only
             declares
             his
             own
             conceit
             ,
             and
             one
             passage
             of
             mine
             from
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             54.
             which
             speaks
             not
             at
             all
             of
             that
             point
             ,
             but
             of
             another
             ,
             whether
             in
             any
             case
             an
             unbaptized
             person
             may
             receive
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             .
             As
             for
             that
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             I
             remember
             not
             where
             I
             have
             spoken
             to
             it
             in
             my
             printed
             writings
             .
             But
             for
             the
             thing
             it self
             .
             If
             no
             continuance
             of
             adult-baptisme
             can
             be
             proved
             ,
             and
             baptisme
             by
             such
             baptized
             persons
             is
             wanting
             ,
             yet
             I
             conceive
             ,
             what
             ma●y
             Protestant
             writers
             do
             yield
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             pressed
             by
             the
             Papists
             to
             shew
             the
             calling
             of
             the
             first
             reformers
             ,
             That
             after
             an
             universal
             corruption
             the
             necessity
             of
             the
             thing
             doth
             justify
             the
             persons
             that
             reforme
             though
             wanting
             an
             ordinary
             ,
             
             regular
             calling
             (
             which
             thing
             I
             find
             fully
             avouched
             by
             the
             Ministers
             sent
             to
             
               Oxford
            
             in
             their
             
               Account
               given
               to
               the
               Parliament
            
             page
             28
             ,
             29.
             )
             will
             justify
             in
             such
             a
             case
             both
             the
             lawfulnesse
             of
             a
             Ministers
             baptizing
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             been
             rightly
             baptized
             himself
             ,
             and
             the
             sufficiency
             of
             that
             baptisme
             to
             the
             person
             so
             baptized
             .
             And
             this
             very
             thing
             ,
             
             that
             in
             a
             case
             where
             a
             baptized
             Minister
             cannot
             be
             had
             ,
             it
             is
             lawfull
             for
             an
             unbaptized
             person
             to
             baptize
             ,
             and
             his
             baptisme
             is
             valid
             ,
             is
             both
             the
             resolution
             of
             
               Aquinas
               parte
               3.
               q.
               67.
               art
               .
            
             5.
             and
             
               Lanchius
            
             an
             eminent
             Protestant
             
               Comment
               .
               in
               Ephes.
               5.
               26.
               
               Loc.
               2.
               part
               .
               2.
               cap.
               4.
               num
               .
               21.
               quaeritu●
               an
               is
               possit
               baptizare
               eos
               quos
               ad
               Christum
               convert●
               ,
               cum
               ipse
               nunquam
               fuerit
               baptizatus
               baptismo
               aquae
               ?
               non
               dubito
               quin
               possit
               ,
               &
               vicissim
               curare
               ,
               ut
               ipse
               ab
               alio
               ex
               illis
               a
               se
               conversis
               baptizetur
               .
               Ratio
               est
               :
               quia
               minister
               est
               verb
               :
               ,
               à
               Christo
               extra
               ordinem
               excitatus
               :
               eoque
               ut
               talis
               minister
               ,
               potest
               cum
               illius
               Eccles●olae
               consens●
               ,
               symm●stam
               constituere
               ,
               &
               ab
               eo
               ut
               baptizerer
               curare
               .
            
             Whereby
             you
             may
             perceive
             that
             this
             is
             no
             new
             truth
             ,
             that
             an
             unbaptized
             person
             ●ay
             in
             some
             case
             baptize
             another
             ,
             and
             he
             baptize
             him
             being
             baptized
             of
             him
             .
             And
             if
             you
             hold
             it
             so
             hainous
             a
             positier
             ,
             you
             might
             do
             well
             to
             answer
             Mr.
             
             
               Spil●●ry
            
             his
             reasons
             in
             his
             book
             intituled
             
               the
               Sa●nt
               interest
               ,
            
             chiefly
             page
             10.
             which
             book
             you
             cite
             in
             the
             third
             and
             fourth
             chapters
             of
             your
             ANABAPTISME
             ,
             though
             in
             your
             third
             chapter
             you
             mistake
             ,
             in
             alleadging
             words
             as
             Mr.
             
             
               Spilsberie's
               ,
            
             which
             are
             in
             the
             preface
             to
             the
             book
             made
             by
             Mr.
             
               Cox.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             V.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             fifth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             make
             Apologies
             for
             the
             worst
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             .
          
           
             
               IN
               making
               Apologies
               for
               the
               worst
               of
               the
               Anabaptists
               even
               those
               of
               Munster
               .
            
             And
             in
             the
             
               margin
            
             and
             the
             
               table
            
             in
             the
             end
             of
             your
             book
             ,
             you
             say
             of
             me
             ,
             
               He
               is
               a
               friend
               to
               the
               worst
               Anabaptists
               ,
               and
               injurious
               to
               all
               who
               oppose
               them
               .
            
             And
             for
             proofe
             of
             this
             you
             referre
             the
             reader
             to
             the
             letters
             CC
             ,
             where
             is
             one
             passage
             cited
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             31.
             which
             hath
             not
             a
             word
             of
             
               Apology
            
             or
             friendship
             for
             ,
             or
             towards
             any
             of
             the
             evil
             practises
             of
             the
             
               Anabaptists
               ;
            
             but
             you
             might
             have
             read
             in
             the
             next
             page
             before
             ,
             a
             professed
             abhorring
             of
             their
             wicked
             practises
             ,
             and
             judging
             them
             worse
             in
             them
             ,
             then
             they
             would
             be
             in
             others
             not
             so
             baptized
             .
             As
             for
             the
             words
             you
             alledge
             ,
             they
             contain
             onely
             a
             declaration
             of
             my
             suspension
             of
             my
             judgement
             concerning
             some
             things
             related
             of
             them
             for
             reasons
             there
             alledged
             .
             In
             which
             suspension
             I
             am
             the
             more
             confirmed
             by
             your
             palpably
             ●●righteous
             ,
             if
             not
             malicious
             dealing
             with
             me
             in
             these
             accusations
             .
             And
             
             I
             conceive
             your
             ,
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshal's
               ,
            
             and
             other
             
               Paedobaptists
            
             dealing
             in
             mis-reporting
             of
             me
             and
             others
             will
             better
             serve
             for
             their
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             then
             my
             words
             .
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             I
             endeavour
             to
             remove
             that
             prejudice
             against
             the
             truth
             of
             
               Antipaedobaptisme
               ,
            
             which
             your
             ,
             and
             other
             mens
             bitter
             writings
             and
             preachings
             create
             to
             it
             in
             your
             charging
             the
             miscarriages
             of
             
               Muncer
               ,
            
             and
             at
             
               Munster
            
             and
             some
             others
             upon
             the
             doctrine
             it self
             ,
             never
             considering
             that
             now
             for
             a
             long
             time
             no
             such
             miscarriages
             are
             charged
             upon
             them
             justly
             ,
             they
             live
             as
             peaceably
             as
             other
             men
             ,
             their
             doctrine
             disclaimes
             them
             ,
             the
             like
             miscarriages
             have
             been
             in
             removing
             other
             evils
             that
             are
             confessed
             to
             be
             such
             ,
             as
             in
             the
             
               Iconoclasts
               ,
               Antiprelatists
               ,
               &c.
            
             which
             you
             would
             think
             it
             to
             be
             unrighteous
             to
             charge
             on
             those
             that
             have
             sought
             the
             removing
             of
             Images
             ,
             prelacy
             and
             ceremonies
             .
             Why
             then
             do
             you
             deale
             so
             unjustly
             with
             others
             ,
             forgetting
             that
             golden
             rule
             of
             Christ
             
               Mat.
               7.
               12.
               
               Whatsoever
               ye
               would
               that
               men
               should
               do
               to
               you
               ,
               do
               you
               even
               so
               to
               them
               :
               for
               this
               is
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Prophets
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Whereto
               let
               me
               adde
               that
               reading
               lately
               in
            
             Grimstones
             General
             History
             of
             the
             Netherlands
             lib.
             9.
             pag.
             442.
             
               that
               the
            
             inquistion
             of
             Spain
             
               advised
               the
            
             King
             of
             Spain
             
               in
               these
               words
            
             art
             .
             7.
             
             They
             shall
             hire
             at
             our
             charge
             thieves
             and
             spoylers
             of
             Churches
             and
             images
             ,
             whose
             offences
             shall
             be
             by
             all
             the
             world
             imputed
             to
             the
             rebells
             ,
             by
             some
             subtil
             meanes
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             shall
             vanquish
             them
             .
             
               I
               conceived
               my
               speech
               in
               my
            
             Apology
             
               page
               31.
               (
               which
               you
               interpret
               as
               very
               hainous
               )
               considerately
               ,
               when
               I
               said
               ,
            
             I
             do
             count
             the
             story
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             to
             contain
             in
             it
             many
             things
             ,
             the
             true
             reasons
             of
             which
             ,
             and
             the
             true
             knowledge
             of
             the
             circumstances
             concerning
             them
             will
             not
             appear
             till
             the
             day
             of
             the
             revelation
             of
             the
             righteous
             iudgement
             of
             God
             .
             
               And
               I
               confesse
               it
               makes
               me
               somewhat
               suspicious
               that
               in
               these
               daies
               by
            
             Jesuiticall
             Emissaries
             
               horrid
               opinions
               ,
               and
               unruly
               practises
               are
               vented
               ;
               and
               attempted
               to
               make
               the
               party
               that
               are
               for
               reformation
               ,
               and
               truth
               at
               this
               day
               odious
               to
               the
               world
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             VI
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             sixth
             Crimination
             inveighing
             against
             the
             first
             reformers
             .
          
           
             
               ANd
               invectives
               against
               the
               best
               that
               oppose
               them
               ;
               the
               first
               reformers
               .
            
             For
             proof
             hereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             DD
             page
             111.
             
             where
             is
             alledged
             one
             passage
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             in
             page
             32.
             which
             hath
             not
             a
             word
             of
             invectivenesse
             against
             
               the
               first
               reformers
               ,
            
             much
             lesse
             any
             invective
             
               against
               the
               best
               that
               opposed
               the
               Anabaptists
               at
               Munster
               ,
            
             but
             only
             in
             as
             mild
             an
             expression
             as
             I
             could
             desire
             ,
             a
             declaration
             of
             my
             opinion
             ,
             that
             the
             reformed
             Churches
             have
             beene
             to
             blame
             that
             they
             never
             yielded
             to
             reforme
             
               Paedobaptisme
            
             in
             a
             regular
             way
             .
             Will
             not
             you
             say
             the
             
               Saxon
            
             Churches
             have
             been
             to
             blame
             in
             not
             taking
             away
             of
             Images
             out
             of
             Churches
             ,
             the
             
               English
            
             Churches
             in
             not
             removing
             Prelacy
             and
             ceremonies
             ?
             yet
             you
             would
             think
             he
             wronged
             you
             ,
             that
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             in
             that
             speech
             you
             made
             an
             invective
             against
             those
             Churches
             .
             Yet
             this
             is
             your
             dealing
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             VII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             seventh
             Crimination
             inveighing
             against
             the
             Assembly
             at
             Westminster
             .
          
           
             
               THe
               Assembly
               at
               Westminister
               .
            
             For
             proof
             hereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             E
             E
             page
             111.
             where
             is
             cited
             one
             passage
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             106.
             which
             hath
             not
             a
             word
             of
             exception
             against
             any
             man
             ,
             much
             lesse
             of
             invectivenesse
             against
             the
             
               Assembly
               at
               Westminster
               :
            
             only
             it
             contains
             the
             expression
             of
             my
             belief
             that
             the
             ablest
             of
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             contrived
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
            
             book
             ,
             and
             my
             wish
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             declared
             whether
             the
             
               Paedobaptists
            
             would
             stick
             to
             it
             or
             any
             other
             work
             :
             which
             I
             conceive
             a
             reasonable
             wish
             ,
             finding
             the
             
               Proteus-like
            
             inconstancy
             of
             
               Paedobaptists
            
             in
             many
             points
             of
             the
             dispute
             between
             us
             ,
             particularly
             in
             the
             chief
             argument
             from
             circumcision
             and
             the
             covenant
             
               Gen.
            
             17.
             to
             infant-baptism
             ,
             one
             forming
             the
             argument
             one
             way
             ,
             another
             another
             way
             ,
             one
             deriving
             the
             connexion
             between
             the
             Covenant
             and
             initial
             seal
             from
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             terms
             ,
             another
             from
             Gods
             will
             ,
             one
             ascribing
             an
             interest
             in
             the
             outward
             Covenant
             only
             to
             all
             infants
             of
             believers
             ,
             another
             ascribing
             an
             interest
             to
             them
             in
             the
             inward
             Covenant
             also
             according
             to
             charitable
             presumption
             ,
             another
             conditionally
             ,
             another
             asserting
             the
             Covenant
             of
             Grace
             to
             belong
             to
             them
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             one
             grounding
             infant-baptisme
             on
             the
             judgement
             of
             charity
             ,
             another
             denying
             that
             sufficient
             :
             and
             requiring
             a
             judgement
             of
             faith
             ,
             one
             stating
             the
             question
             concerning
             all
             infants
             of
             believers
             ,
             another
             
             concerning
             some
             only
             ,
             one
             interpreting
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             7.
             14.
             of
             federal
             holinesse
             ,
             another
             of
             real
             holinesse
             ,
             one
             waving
             the
             argument
             from
             succession
             of
             baptisme
             to
             circumcision
             ,
             another
             avouching
             it
             ,
             with
             many
             other
             differences
             ,
             which
             tend
             to
             the
             wearying
             of
             a
             disputant
             and
             the
             e●ud●●g
             of
             a
             Reader
             that
             desires
             to
             find
             truth
             ,
             and
             to
             spend
             time
             in
             examining
             what
             is
             fixed
             ,
             not
             to
             lose
             it
             in
             disputing
             against
             that
             which
             one
             will
             own
             ,
             but
             it
             m●y
             be
             most
             will
             disclaim
             .
             What
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             have
             done
             in
             this
             matter
             doth
             not
             yet
             answer
             this
             wish
             .
             What
             is
             said
             in
             the
             
               Direstory
               ,
            
             it
             may
             be
             well
             doubted
             whether
             
               Assembly-men
            
             now
             hold
             ,
             by
             that
             which
             hath
             pa●●ed
             between
             me
             and
             Mr.
             
               Marshal
            
             and
             Mr.
             
               Geree
               ,
            
             about
             the
             proposition
             ,
             [
             
               the
               promise
               is
               made
               to
               believers
               and
               their
               seed
               ,
            
             ]
             what
             is
             said
             in
             their
             
               ●dvice
               concerning
               a
               confession
               of
               faith
            
             Ch.
             28.
             
             Art.
             4.
             is
             so
             farre
             from
             satisfying
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             yet
             a
             riddle
             to
             me
             how
             infant-baptisme
             can
             be
             drawn
             from
             
               Ge●
               .
               17.
            
             7
             ,
             9.
             with
             
               Gal.
               3.
               9
               ,
               14.
            
             which
             I
             remember
             not
             alledged
             by
             any
             
               Paedobaptists
            
             since
             I
             entered
             on
             the
             dispute
             ,
             save
             what
             I
             heard
             from
             Mr.
             
             
               Herl●
            
             now
             the
             
               Prolo●utor
               ;
            
             (
             which
             I
             mention
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             41.
             )
             which
             he
             did
             with
             so
             little
             evidence
             for
             his
             purpose
             ,
             as
             I
             supposed
             it
             had
             been
             his
             own
             peculiar
             conceit
             ,
             not
             the
             
               Assemblies
            
             argument
             .
             And
             for
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             texts
             ,
             if
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             can
             say
             any
             more
             the●
             Mr.
             
             
               Marsh●ll
            
             and
             others
             have
             said
             for
             deducing
             of
             
               Paedobaptisme
            
             out
             of
             them
             ,
             it
             were
             fit
             it
             should
             be
             known
             ,
             if
             not
             ,
             I
             for
             my
             part
             count
             my self
             as
             much
             unsatisfyed
             by
             the
             
               Assemblies
            
             alledging
             impertinent
             texts
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             private
             mars
             doing
             the
             same
             .
             This
             I
             declare
             to
             give
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             speech
             of
             mine
             in
             my
             
               Apology
               .
            
             As
             for
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             though
             I
             have
             expressed
             my
             jealousie
             of
             some
             defects
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             shall
             not
             agree
             with
             them
             in
             all
             their
             determinations
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             cast
             no
             filth
             in
             their
             faces
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               〈◊〉
            
             injuriously
             accused
             me
             ,
             even
             for
             my
             good
             will
             to
             them
             ;
             but
             have
             〈◊〉
             and
             spoken
             respectively
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             
               Ex●men
            
             page
             1.
             studying
             what
             I
             could
             to
             prevent
             those
             blemishes
             in
             their
             proceedings
             and
             determinations
             ,
             which
             will
             in
             time
             more
             appear
             then
             yet
             they
             do
             ,
             and
             am
             induced
             to
             believe
             that
             there
             are
             so
             many
             of
             them
             therein
             that
             know
             me
             so
             well
             ,
             as
             that
             they
             would
             be
             loath
             to
             disclaim
             me
             ,
             whatever
             they
             do
             of
             my
             opinion
             .
             And
             though
             Mr.
             
               〈◊〉
            
             in
             his
             
               Suspension
               Suspende
            
             page
             21.
             saith
             ,
             
               Mr.
            
             〈…〉
             
               is
               approved
               by
               the
               Ass●mbly
               ,
            
             and
             so
             takes
             his
             book
             to
             be
             approved
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             you
             count
             my
             words
             of
             that
             book
             to
             be
             an
             invective
             against
             the
             
               Asse●●ly
               :
            
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             take
             it
             to
             be
             approved
             by
             the
             
               Ass●m●ly
            
             till
             they
             declare
             it
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             though
             I
             have
             reason
             to
             conceive
             ,
             that
             divers
             of
             the
             ablest
             of
             the
             
               Assembly
               ,
            
             especially
             in
             some
             part
             of
             learning
             ,
             had
             their
             hand
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             eighth
             Crimination
             inveighing
             against
             the
             Church
             of
             Scotland
             .
          
           
             
               THe
               Church
               of
               Scotland
               .
            
             For
             proofe
             of
             this
             you
             refene
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             F
             F
             page
             112.
             in
             which
             you
             cite
             one
             passage
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             93.
             which
             doth
             not
             so
             much
             as
             mention
             any
             Church
             ,
             
               much
               lesse
               the
               Church
               of
               Scotland
               ,
            
             but
             onely
             the
             mannagers
             of
             the
             censure
             of
             juridical
             excommunication
             ,
             whom
             however
             the
             
               Pap●st
               :
            
             &
             
               Prelates
            
             use
             to
             speak
             ,
             I
             think
             you
             use
             not
             to
             call
             the
             Church
             of
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             nor
             do
             I
             .
             Nor
             is
             there
             a
             word
             of
             invectivenesse
             aginst
             any
             in
             those
             wordes
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             declaration
             ,
             what
             I
             question
             upon
             my
             best
             intelligence
             which
             had
             lesse
             reference
             to
             
               Scotland
               ,
            
             then
             to
             other
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             IX
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             nineth
             Crimination
             ,
             inveighing
             against
             Mr.
             Marshal
             .
          
           
             MAster
             MARSHAL
             .
             For
             proofe
             hereof
             you
             referre
             your
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             G
             G
             page
             112.
             and
             there
             you
             cite
             two
             passages
             out
             of
             my
             APOLOGY
             :
             one
             of
             which
             page
             57.
             is
             this
             .
             
               I
               find
               the
               words
               of
               an
               intelligent
               man
               true
               concerning
               Mr.
               
            
             Marshal
             ,
             
               that
               he
               was
               apt
               to
               mistake
               ,
            
             and
             in
             the
             other
             page
             69.
             
             I
             say
             ,
             
               that
               I
               find
               him
               still
               a
               confused
               disputer
               :
            
             which
             indeed
             containes
             some
             complaint
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshal
               ,
            
             much
             lesse
             then
             I
             had
             cause
             :
             but
             not
             any
             invective
             ,
             which
             I
             take
             to
             be
             an
             oration
             against
             a
             man
             to
             make
             him
             odious
             ,
             such
             as
             
               T●llies
               Philippicks
            
             against
             
               Antonius
               ,
            
             and
             
               Demosthenes
            
             against
             
               Philip
               ,
            
             and
             
               Nazia●zen
            
             against
             
               Julian
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             X.
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             tenth
             Crimination
             ,
             of
             inveighing
             against
             Mr.
             Tho.
             Goodwin
             .
          
           
             MAster
             
               Goodwin
               .
            
             For
             proofe
             hereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             H
             H
             page
             112.
             
             And
             there
             you
             cite
             two
             shreds
             of
             a
             large
             passage
             concerning
             an
             accusation
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshal
               ,
            
             in
             which
             he
             chargeth
             me
             as
             vilifying
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Goodwin
               ,
            
             which
             charge
             I
             there
             answer
             ,
             and
             then
             use
             some
             words
             which
             are
             not
             invective
             ,
             but
             a
             declaration
             ,
             what
             I
             conceived
             of
             his
             discourse
             ,
             which
             if
             it
             may
             not
             be
             allowed
             in
             dispute
             the
             best
             writers
             among
             us
             will
             be
             condemned
             
               Dr.
               Twisse
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Gataker
               ,
            
             and
             your
             brethren
             Mr.
             
               Rutherfurd
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Gillespy
               ,
            
             your
             
               self
               ,
            
             and
             who
             not
             ?
             your
             own
             words
             in
             the
             first
             part
             of
             your
             
               Dissuasive
            
             page
             119.
             do
             come
             neerer
             to
             an
             invective
             against
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Goodwin
               ,
            
             then
             any
             words
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             or
             
               Examen
               ;
            
             the
             former
             of
             which
             the
             licenser
             although
             Mr.
             
             
               Goodwins
            
             tender
             friend
             ,
             yet
             judged
             
               mil●
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XI
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             eleventh
             Crimination
             ,
             of
             invectives
             against
             others
             .
          
           
             
               ANd
               others
               .
            
             For
             proof
             of
             this
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             
               H
               H
            
             2.
             page
             112.
             where
             you
             cite
             two
             passages
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             the
             one
             containing
             no
             accusation
             ,
             no
             nor
             so
             much
             as
             a
             complaint
             against
             any
             one
             ,
             but
             onely
             a
             mention
             of
             my
             experiment
             ,
             which
             I
             wish
             the
             case
             of
             
               Doctor
               Twisse
            
             (
             that
             I
             instance
             in
             no
             other
             )
             had
             not
             verified
             ;
             the
             other
             passage
             is
             no
             invective
             against
             any
             but
             meerly
             an
             applying
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Ley's
            
             words
             to
             my
             Treatise
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             avowed
             of
             my
             Antagonists
             writings
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             would
             better
             have
             suited
             with
             charity
             ,
             I
             living
             the
             last
             summer
             at
             the
             
               Temple
            
             not
             farre
             from
             you
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             in
             a
             brotherly
             way
             minded
             me
             of
             my
             
               flying
               h●gh
               ,
            
             of
             my
             
               in●ivility
               ,
            
             or
             
               in●is●retion
               ,
            
             that
             I
             might
             have
             seene
             your
             love
             in
             your
             reproof
             ,
             afore
             I
             saw
             your
             accusation
             to
             my
             disgrace
             in
             print
             .
          
           
           
             
               But
               you
               add
               more
               accusations
               of
               me
               ,
               and
               say
               .
            
             But
             in
             those
             thing
             he
             goes
             farre
             beyond
             all
             the
             Anabaptists
             I
             have
             met
             with
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             twelfth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             esteem
             baptisme
             an
             unnecessary
             rite
             .
          
           
             
               FIrst
               he
               esteems
               baptism
               so
               unnecessary
               a
               rite
               that
               men
               who
               are
               meet
               to
               receive
               it
               may
               very
               well
               be
               without
               it
               ,
            
             as
             
               Constantine
               ,
               Ambrose
               and
               others
               did
               delay
               to
               their
               old
               age
               that
               Sacrament
               .
            
             And
             in
             the
             margine
             ,
             and
             table
             at
             the
             end
             of
             your
             book
             .
             
               He
               makes
               baptisme
               a
               rite
               needlesse
               either
               to
               young
               or
               old
               ,
            
             and
             for
             proof
             whereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             II
             page
             112.
             and
             those
             letters
             referre
             to
             B
             B
             
               suprà
               ,
            
             where
             two
             passages
             are
             cited
             ,
             one
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshals
               ,
            
             which
             onely
             declares
             his
             own
             conceit
             about
             another
             point
             ,
             that
             
               supposing
               infant-baptisme
               a
               nullity
               he
               cannot
               understand
               how
               any
               in
               the
               world
               should
               this
               day
               be
               lawfully
               baptized
               ,
            
             and
             another
             passage
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             54.
             which
             is
             cited
             by
             you
             maimedly
             as
             
               Psalm
            
             91.
             11.
             was
             cited
             
               Math.
            
             4.
             6.
             leaving
             out
             five
             lines
             that
             come
             between
             [
             
               perplexities
            
             ]
             and
             [
             
               for
               besides
            
             ]
             without
             any
             
               &c.
            
             perverting
             thereby
             the
             sense
             ,
             as
             if
             the
             words
             [
             
               for
               besides
               ,
               &c.
            
             ]
             were
             a
             reason
             of
             that
             you
             cite
             before
             ,
             whereas
             they
             are
             a
             reason
             of
             that
             which
             I
             expresse
             ;
             but
             you
             leave
             out
             ,
             
               that
               I
               do
               not
               think
               an
               unbaptized
               person
               receiving
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               is
               either
               such
               a
               new
               opinion
               or
               practise
               ,
               as
               Mr.
            
             Marshall
             
               made
               it
               .
            
             And
             yet
             in
             the
             words
             as
             you
             cite
             them
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             proof
             of
             that
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             .
             There
             is
             no
             mention
             at
             all
             of
             
               Ambrose
               ,
            
             and
             that
             which
             I
             mention
             of
             
               Constantine
            
             is
             done
             without
             any
             approbation
             .
             Nor
             will
             it
             follow
             from
             my
             determination
             ,
             that
             because
             I
             say
             ,
             
               if
               it
               be
               stood
               upon
               in
               point
               of
               conscience
               ,
               so
               as
               in
               no
               case
               an
               unbaptized
               person
               is
               to
               be
               permitted
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               it
               will
               of
               necessity
               make
               many
               superstitious
               perplexities
               in
               Ministers
               ,
               and
               inferre
               many
               an
               unnecessary
               schisme
               ;
            
             therefore
             I
             esteem
             baptisme
             a
             needlesse
             rite
             ,
             that
             men
             who
             are
             meet
             to
             receive
             it
             may
             very
             well
             be
             without
             it
             .
             This
             argument
             (
             and
             such
             I
             take
             your
             proof
             to
             be
             )
             I
             would
             say
             ,
             if
             I
             may
             use
             that
             Schoole
             expression
             any
             more
             ,
             is
             
               a
               baculo
               ad
               angulum
               .
            
             And
             yet
             a
             man
             would
             think
             you
             had
             need
             of
             a
             strong
             proof
             to
             make
             men
             believe
             that
             I
             hold
             baptisme
             a
             needlesse
             rite
             ,
             who
             have
             suffered
             
             and
             still
             suffer
             very
             much
             for
             my
             opposing
             infant-baptisme
             .
             But
             my
             words
             truly
             understood
             do
             inferre
             the
             contrary
             to
             that
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             sith
             they
             assert
             baptisme
             afore
             the
             Lords
             supper
             necessary
             to
             be
             stood
             upon
             in
             point
             of
             prudence
             for
             right
             order
             ,
             and
             intimate
             the
             like
             in
             point
             of
             conscience
             except
             in
             some
             cases
             .
             When
             I
             consider
             this
             dealing
             with
             me
             I
             cannot
             guesse
             why
             you
             should
             thus
             abuse
             me
             in
             this
             so
             credible
             a
             thing
             ,
             unlesse
             you
             would
             slily
             insinuate
             as
             if
             I
             were
             of
             the
             
               Socainians
            
             mind
             in
             this
             ,
             and
             thereby
             help
             to
             loade
             me
             with
             the
             most
             unbrotherly
             charge
             of
             Socinianizing
             begun
             by
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshal
            
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             his
             
               Defence
               ,
            
             for
             which
             the
             Lord
             forgive
             him
             and
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             thirteenth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             carelesse
             of
             my
             own
             baptisme
             .
          
           
             
               ANd
               it
               seems
               himself
               is
               carelesse
               to
               be
               baptized
               to
               this
               day
               .
               For
               his
               infant-baptisme
               according
               to
               his
               arguments
               must
               be
               null
               ,
               &
               another
               baptism
               as
               yet
               it
               seems
               he
               hath
               not
               received
               .
            
             Here
             you
             accuse
             me
             of
             carelesness
             of
             my
             own
             baptism
             .
             But
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             let
             me
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             unlesse
             you
             knew
             it
             by
             my
             own
             confession
             (
             which
             I
             am
             sure
             you
             did
             not
             )
             you
             go
             beyond
             your
             line
             to
             judge
             my
             secret
             practises
             ,
             yea
             my
             very
             thoughts
             ,
             for
             carelessenes
             is
             a
             privation
             of
             cares
             which
             are
             thoughts
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             
               I
               am
               a
               very
               bold
               man
               ,
            
             but
             you
             no where
             find
             in
             me
             such
             boldnesse
             as
             this
             to
             judge
             a
             mans
             thoughts
             .
             You
             might
             do
             well
             to
             remember
             what
             is
             said
             
               Mat.
               7.
               1.
               
               James
            
             3.
             1.
             
             But
             for
             the
             thing
             you
             say
             ,
             
               my
               infant-baptisme
               according
               to
               my
               arguments
               must
               be
               null
               ,
               and
               as
               yet
               it
               seems
               I
               have
               not
               received
               another
               baptisme
               .
            
             Let
             it
             be
             granted
             
               that
               my
               infant-baptisme
               according
               to
               my
               arguments
               must
               be
               null
               ,
            
             that
             is
             as
             I
             understand
             insufficient
             for
             the
             doing
             of
             the
             duty
             of
             being
             baptized
             according
             to
             Christs
             appointment
             (
             which
             yet
             you
             have
             not
             so
             much
             as
             attempted
             to
             prove
             )
             and
             that
             I
             have
             not
             yet
             received
             another
             baptism
             ,
             how
             doth
             this
             prove
             my
             carelessenesse
             of
             mine
             own
             baptisme
             ?
             For
             if
             it
             were
             true
             indeed
             that
             according
             to
             my
             arguments
             my
             infant-baptisme
             were
             null
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             did
             not
             so
             appear
             to
             me
             (
             as
             I
             confesse
             I
             was
             once
             doubtful
             ,
             as
             my
             words
             
               Exercit.
            
             pag.
             22.
             shew
             ,
             conceiving
             the
             maine
             use
             of
             baptisme
             being
             a
             confirming
             of
             my
             profession
             of
             Christ
             ,
             by
             that
             right
             an
             after
             profession
             might
             ratify
             a
             former
             baptisme
             though
             not
             every
             way
             right
             ,
             though
             I
             dare
             not
             rest
             upon
             that
             conceit
             )
             and
             therefore
             I
             did
             not
             receive
             another
             
             baptisme
             ,
             that
             would
             prove
             I
             was
             not
             altogether
             carelesse
             of
             my
             own
             baptisme
             .
             But
             what
             ?
             if
             I
             did
             conceive
             my
             infant-baptisme
             a
             nullity
             ,
             and
             yet
             doubted
             whether
             any
             could
             now
             be
             rightly
             baptized
             ,
             because
             no
             unbaptized
             person
             can
             give
             baptism
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             professeth
             in
             his
             
               Defence
            
             page
             245.
             or
             because
             none
             can
             now
             give
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             therefore
             received
             not
             baptisme
             yet
             ,
             this
             might
             free
             me
             from
             your
             charge
             of
             carelesnesse
             of
             my
             own
             baptisme
             .
             Again
             if
             I
             were
             resolved
             that
             right
             baptism
             might
             be
             had
             notwithstanding
             these
             doubts
             ,
             and
             were
             resolved
             to
             receive
             it
             ,
             but
             either
             waited
             to
             see
             what
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             would
             do
             about
             examining
             the
             point
             of
             
               Paedobaptisme
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Churches
             of
             
               New
               England
               ,
            
             or
             how
             I
             might
             do
             my
             duty
             to
             Christ
             with
             least
             offence
             to
             the
             State
             ,
             or
             to
             my
             brethren
             in
             the
             Ministery
             ,
             and
             with
             most
             satisfaction
             to
             my
             own
             conscience
             concerning
             the
             administrator
             ,
             administration
             and
             other
             circumstances
             about
             it
             ,
             I
             might
             be
             rather
             over-careful
             then
             carelesse
             of
             my
             own
             baptism
             for
             ought
             you
             knew
             to
             the
             contrary
             ,
             and
             consequently
             your
             accusation
             of
             me
             might
             be
             (
             as
             it
             was
             )
             both
             rash
             and
             false
             .
             Will
             you
             say
             the
             Ministers
             about
             
               London
               ,
            
             that
             have
             differred
             adminstring
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             for
             many
             years
             for
             want
             of
             settled
             discipline
             are
             carelesse
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ?
             and
             yet
             were
             not
             you
             partial
             I
             were
             more
             excusable
             in
             my
             action
             about
             this
             thing
             .
             But
             I
             hope
             your
             accusation
             of
             me
             shall
             do
             me
             so
             much
             good
             ,
             as
             to
             quicken
             me
             to
             a
             more
             sp●edy
             resolution
             what
             to
             do
             in
             this
             great
             businesse
             ,
             though
             I
             confesse
             my
             over-tendernesse
             to
             give●
             offence
             to
             my
             brethren
             in
             the
             Ministery
             who
             have
             shewed
             little
             or
             no
             tender
             regard
             of
             me
             ,
             but
             rather
             have
             set
             themselves
             to
             make
             me
             odious
             ,
             to
             keep
             me
             under
             in
             my
             credit
             and
             estate
             ,
             and
             (
             which
             is
             excessive
             impiety
             )
             to
             hinder
             me
             in
             the
             work
             of
             my
             Ministery
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             hath
             made
             me
             somewhat
             the
             slacker
             in
             resolving
             and
             accomplishing
             what
             is
             my
             duty
             in
             this
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIV
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             fourteenth
             Crimination
             ,
             That
             I
             am
             unwilling
             to
             join
             with
             any
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             Churches
             ,
             and
             they
             unwilling
             to
             baptize
             non-members
             .
          
           
             
               FOr
               he
               professeth
               an
               unwillingnesse
               to
               ●oine
               himself
               as
               a
               member
               to
               any
               of
               the
               Anobaptists
               Churches
               ,
               and
               I
               suppose
               they
               are
               unwilling
               to
               baptize
               
               any
               ,
               who
               will
               not
               joine
               in
               Communion
               with
               them
               .
            
             And
             for
             proof
             of
             the
             former
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             K
             K
             page
             112.
             at
             which
             you
             cite
             (
             not
             as
             they
             are
             in
             my
             book
             )
             some
             words
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             10.
             which
             neither
             as
             they
             are
             in
             mine
             ,
             or
             your
             book
             do
             prove
             my
             unwillingnesse
             to
             joine
             my self
             as
             a
             member
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             Churches
             .
             For
             a
             man
             may
             be
             willing
             to
             joine
             himself
             as
             a
             Member
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             Churches
             ,
             
               and
               yet
               not
               dare
               to
               ga●her
               a
               separated
               Church
               ,
            
             not
             every
             one
             who
             joins
             as
             a
             member
             with
             a
             separated
             Church
             being
             guilty
             of
             a
             schisme
             ,
             which
             a
             gatherer
             of
             a
             separated
             Church
             may
             be
             guilty
             of
             .
             Besides
             a
             man
             may
             not
             know
             how
             to
             justify
             at
             one
             time
             the
             practise
             of
             gathering
             a
             separated
             Church
             or
             joining
             with
             it
             ,
             who
             may
             know
             how
             to
             justify
             it
             at
             another
             time
             ,
             when
             there
             is
             no
             hope
             of
             reformation
             ,
             and
             men
             are
             judged
             hereticks
             ,
             and
             excommunicated
             for
             holding
             truth
             and
             doing
             their
             duty
             .
             The
             seven
             dissenting
             brethren
             in
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             had
             subscribed
             with
             fourteen
             more
             of
             the
             ablest
             of
             the
             
               Assembly
               to
               certain
               considerations
               to
               disswade
               from
               further
               gathering
               of
               Churches
               in
               that
               present
               juncture
               of
               time
               ,
            
             to
             which
             my
             words
             you
             cite
             had
             reference
             ,
             who
             it
             may
             be
             now
             would
             not
             disswade
             from
             gathering
             Churches
             .
             But
             the
             truth
             is
             my
             not
             daring
             to
             gather
             a
             separated
             Church
             then
             was
             my
             willingnesse
             to
             join
             with
             any
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             (
             and
             I
             think
             as
             much
             ill
             will
             as
             you
             bear
             to
             them
             ,
             yet
             you
             will
             not
             dare
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             none
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             Churches
             are
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             )
             though
             I
             was
             not
             willing
             to
             be
             a
             separating
             member
             in
             any
             Church
             but
             willing
             to
             be
             a
             conjoined
             member
             with
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             in
             general
             ,
             and
             each
             in
             particular
             :
             So
             farre
             is
             your
             allegation
             from
             proving
             what
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             that
             it
             proves
             the
             contrary
             .
             And
             for
             that
             you
             say
             ,
             
               that
               you
               suppose
               the
               Anabaptists
               Churches
               are
               unwilling
               to
               baptize
               any
               who
               will
               not
               joine
               in
               communion
               with
               them
               ,
            
             if
             you
             meane
             thus
             ,
             they
             will
             not
             baptize
             any
             who
             will
             not
             joine
             in
             Communion
             with
             them
             as
             fixed
             members
             entring
             into
             the
             Covenant
             called
             
               Church-Covenant
               ,
            
             and
             professing
             the
             way
             of
             discipline
             called
             the
             
               Congregational
               way
            
             as
             the
             only
             way
             ,
             and
             separaring
             from
             any
             Church
             of
             Christ
             that
             is
             in
             any
             other
             way
             of
             discipline
             (
             for
             not
             doing
             which
             it
             seems
             you
             conceive
             them
             unwilling
             to
             admit
             me
             to
             baptisme
             )
             I
             have
             cause
             to
             think
             you
             are
             mistaken
             .
             For
             having
             upon
             occasion
             of
             these
             your
             words
             written
             to
             an
             Elder
             of
             one
             of
             their
             Churches
             intreating
             him
             to
             consult
             with
             some
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             me
             resolution
             in
             these
             questions
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             What
             joining
             in
             Communion
             do
             you
             require
             without
             which
             you
             will
             not
             b●ptize
             any
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Whether
             on
             my
             profession
             of
             my
             repentance
             and
             ●aith
             in
             the
             Lord
             Jesue
             ,
             
             and
             readinesse
             to
             hold
             communion
             with
             all
             the
             Churches
             of
             Christ
             in
             the
             things
             of
             Christ
             ,
             though
             I
             do
             not
             promise
             to
             be
             a
             fixed
             member
             in
             any
             of
             their
             Congregations
             ,
             you
             would
             admit
             me
             to
             baptisme
             ?
             
               I
               received
               this
               following
               answer
               subscribed
               by
               three
               graduates
               in
               schooles
               ,
               godly
               and
               learned
               men
               in
               these
               words
               :
            
             
               
                 
                   That
                   which
                   we
                   require
                   and
                   without
                   which
                   we
                   will
                   not
                   baptize
                   any
                   is
                   a
                   persons
                   manifestation
                   of
                   himselfe
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   believer
                   in
                   Jesus
                   Christ
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   desire
                   baptisme
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   revealed
                   will
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   obedience
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   baptize
                   any
                   into
                   this
                   or
                   that
                   particular
                   congregation
                   :
                   but
                   only
                   into
                   that
                   one
                   body
                   in
                   general
                   spoken
                   of
                   1
                   
                     Cor.
                  
                   12.
                   13.
                   
                   As
                   touching
                   joining
                   in
                   communion
                   ,
                   we
                   in
                   this
                   case
                   require
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   then
                   a
                   manifest
                   readinesse
                   to
                   hold
                   communion
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   Churches
                   of
                   Christ
                   in
                   the
                   things
                   of
                   Christ
                   ,
                   and
                   accordingly
                   to
                   shew
                   a
                   real
                   willingnesse
                   to
                   have
                   communion
                   with
                   any
                   particular
                   Church
                   of
                   Christ
                   according
                   as
                   the
                   hand
                   of
                   God
                   shall
                   give
                   opportunity
                   ,
                   and
                   true
                   seasonablenesse
                   of
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   .
                   Thus
                   we
                   judge
                   and
                   practise
                   accordingly
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Benjamen
                     Cox.
                     Henry
                     Jesse
                     .
                     Hanserd
                     Knollys
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                   I
                   do
                   testifie
                   the
                   substance
                   hereof
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   professed
                   judgement
                   of
                   that
                   congregation
                   whereto
                   I
                   am
                   joined
                   ,
                   and
                   also
                   that
                   congregation
                   ,
                   where
                   Mr.
                   Kiffin
                   ,
                   Patient
                   ,
                   and
                   Spilsbery
                   are
                   joined
                   ,
                   who
                   did
                   affirm
                   so
                   much
                   to
                   be
                   their
                   own
                   judgement
                   also
                   .
                   The
                   Scripture
                   upon
                   which
                   we
                   so
                   practise
                   is
                   that
                   Acts
                   8.
                   37
                   ,
                   38.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Hanserd
                     Knollys
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XV
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             fifteenth
             Crimination
             ,
             of
             my
             allowing
             frequent
             rebaptization
             .
          
           
             SEcondly
             when
             a
             man
             is
             baptized
             according
             to
             his
             own
             minde
             ,
             he
             allowes
             him
             to
             be
             oft
             thereafter
             rebaptized
             ,
             even
             so
             oft
             as
             he
             repents
             for
             sin
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             godly
             is
             done
             (
             as
             the
             least
             ought
             to
             be
             done
             )
             oftener
             then
             once
             .
             
               And
               in
               the
               margin
               and
               the
               table
               at
               the
               end
               of
               your
               book
               ,
            
             He
             allowes
             a
             frequent
             rebaptizing
             :
             
               and
               for
               proof
               you
               referre
               your
               Reader
               to
               the
               letters
               L
               L
               page
               112.
               and
               there
               you
               send
               your
               Reader
               back
               to
               the
               letter
            
             C
             supr●
             .
             Now
             after
             you
             had
             said
             :
             but
             to
             put
             the
             equity
             of
             this
             reproof
             out
             of
             doubt
             ,
             their
             great
             Patrons
             now
             are
             come
             to
             defend
             the
             lawfulnesse
             
             of
             baptisme
             not
             onely
             twice
             ,
             but
             if
             ye
             will
             ten
             times
             ;
             yea
             so
             oft
             as
             you
             repent
             for
             sin
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             oftner
             ,
             then
             once
             a
             day
             .
             So
             of
             Anabaptists
             they
             become
             Hemerobaptists
             ,
             and
             more
             ,
             
               for
               proof
               of
               this
               you
               refer
               the
               Reader
               to
               the
               letter
               C
               ,
               and
               there
               you
               alledge
               one
               passage
               in
               my
            
             Examen
             
               page
               23.
               and
               another
               passage
               in
               my
            
             Apology
             
               page
               53.
               and
               a
               relation
               of
               unnamed
            
             Eminent
             Divines
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             to
             shew
             the
             unreasonable
             dealing
             of
             those
             that
             made
             rebaptization
             an
             heresie
             ,
             
               I
               did
               intreate
               one
               good
               argument
               to
               prove
               it
               unlawful
            
             in
             se
             
               for
               a
               man
               that
               hath
               been
               baptized
               rightly
               to
               be
               baptized
               againe
               ,
            
             and
             to
             shew
             the
             weaknesse
             of
             the
             arguments
             brought
             to
             prove
             it
             unlawful
             
               in
               se
            
             to
             rebaptize
             ,
             I
             breiefly
             answered
             the
             two
             chief
             ,
             the
             latter
             wherof
             seems
             to
             be
             that
             upon
             which
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             rested
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             alledge
             ,
             to
             prove
             this
             proposition
             ,
             
               The
               Sacrament
               of
               baptisme
               is
               but
               once
               to
               be
               administred
               to
               any
               person
               ,
            
             onely
             the
             text
             Tit.
             3.
             5.
             
               where
               God
               is
               said
               to
               save
               us
               by
               the
               washing
               of
               regeneration
               .
               Advice
               for
               confession
               of
               faith
               ,
            
             chap.
             28
             ,
             
               art
               .
            
             7.
             
             And
             then
             I
             added
             ,
             
               that
               if
               there
               were
               as
               good
               example
               for
            
             Paedobaptisme
             ,
             
               as
               that
               of
            
             Acts
             19.
             5
             ,
             6.
             
               for
               rebaptizing
               ,
               the
               controversie
               concerning
            
             Paedobaptisme
             
               were
               at
               an
               end
               with
               me
               .
            
             In
             which
             passage
             I
             did
             not
             assert
             the
             proof
             to
             be
             good
             for
             rebaptizing
             ;
             but
             compared
             with
             the
             proof
             for
             
               Paedobaptisme
            
             to
             be
             better
             ,
             that
             is
             more
             probable
             then
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             if
             I
             had
             had
             but
             the
             like
             for
             
               Paedobaptisme
            
             I
             had
             not
             moved
             any
             more
             about
             it
             .
             Which
             I
             wrote
             ,
             because
             I
             knew
             that
             very
             many
             writers
             both
             antient
             and
             latter
             do
             very
             probably
             from
             expresse
             words
             in
             that
             place
             conceive
             ,
             that
             
               Paul
            
             did
             rebaptize
             ,
             whereas
             there
             is
             not
             any
             probability
             ,
             that
             any
             infa●t
             was
             baptized
             by
             the
             Apostles
             ;
             nor
             have
             the
             Antients
             (
             that
             I
             know
             )
             ever
             gone
             about
             to
             prove
             it
             from
             any
             example
             in
             the
             Acts
             of
             the
             Apostles
             but
             by
             tradition
             .
             But
             in
             all
             this
             I
             did
             not
             at
             all
             set
             down
             my
             judgement
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             whether
             rebaptizing
             were
             lawful
             or
             not
             ,
             but
             onely
             questioned
             the
             proofes
             alledged
             to
             make
             it
             unlawful
             ,
             whether
             they
             yielded
             good
             arguments
             .
             I
             know
             there
             was
             another
             argument
             from
             circumcision
             but
             once
             :
             but
             I
             did
             not
             think
             that
             argument
             worth
             answering
             ,
             nor
             do
             I
             yet
             ,
             notwithstanding
             Mr.
             
             
               Mar●hals
            
             esteem
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             it
             may
             seeme
             would
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             build
             on
             it
             by
             their
             omitting
             it
             in
             the
             place
             before
             quoted
             .
             I
             still
             professe
             ,
             that
             I
             reject
             all
             arguments
             drawn
             since
             the
             Apostles
             from
             analogy
             of
             rites
             or
             customes
             of
             the
             
               Jewes
            
             in
             meer
             positive
             things
             so
             as
             to
             conclude
             thence
             any
             thing
             to
             bind
             us
             as
             
               uredivino
            
             by
             Gods
             appoinntment
             .
             And
             I
             conceive
             they
             serve
             for
             no
             better
             purpose
             ,
             then
             to
             cause
             much
             wrangling
             ,
             to
             fill
             people
             with
             superstitions
             ,
             and
             to
             weary
             schollers
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             better
             fit
             
               Papists
            
             and
             
               Prelates
            
             turns
             ,
             then
             
             Independents
             or
             Presbyterians
             .
             And
             I
             was
             sorry
             to
             reade
             in
             your
             brother
             
               Gillespy
            
             his
             
               Aarons
               rod
               blossoming
            
             book
             1
             cha.
             3.
             page
             15.
             
               that
               from
            
             2
             Chr.
             19.
             8
             ,
             10
             ,
             11.
             
               the
               reverend
               and
               learned
               Assembly
               of
               Divines
               have
               drawn
               an
               argument
               for
               ruling
               Elders
               ,
            
             hoping
             they
             would
             have
             discarded
             all
             such
             arguments
             .
             But
             I
             said
             also
             
               Examen
            
             page
             84.
             
             
               I
               conceive
               it
               true
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               necessity
               of
               administring
               either
               circumcision
               or
               baptism
               above
               once
               :
               but
               a
               demonstrative
               argument
               to
               prove
               it
               an
               heresie
               or
               unlawfull
               in
               it self
               to
               rebaptize
               I
               yet
               expect
               .
            
             These
             passages
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             page
             67.
             of
             his
             
               Defence
            
             sayes
             ,
             
               do
               clearly
               discover
               my
               itch
               after
               new
               opinions
               .
            
             But
             this
             was
             inconsiderately
             &
             uncharitably
             said
             ,
             sith
             my
             words
             lead
             him
             〈◊〉
             another
             reason
             of
             those
             passages
             ,
             though
             it
             were
             but
             intimated
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             misery
             and
             mischief
             which
             comes
             by
             mens
             magisterial
             determinations
             of
             heresies
             and
             errors
             ,
             and
             binding
             mens
             consciences
             with
             a
             pretended
             
               jure
               divino
            
             upon
             topical
             reasons
             ,
             it
             being
             the
             cause
             of
             many
             schismes
             ,
             and
             much
             hatred
             between
             Christians
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             〈◊〉
             confusions
             and
             warres
             betweene
             Christians
             ,
             that
             arise
             upon
             difference
             of
             opinion
             in
             matters
             of
             religion
             .
             I
             said
             indeed
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshals
               reasons
               were
               not
               convincing
               to
               me
               ,
               nor
               is
               the
               holding
               of
               rebaptization
               such
               a
               new
               opinion
               as
               he
               would
               make
               it
               .
            
             But
             how
             do
             any
             passages
             of
             my
             
               Examen
            
             page
             23.
             or
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             53.
             prove
             that
             which
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             
               that
               when
               a
               man
               is
               baptized
               according
               to
               my
               own
               mind
               I
               allow
               him
               to
               be
               oft
               thereafter
               rebaptized
               ,
               even
               so
               oft
               as
               he
               repents
               for
               sin
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               odly
               is
               done
               ,
               at
               least
               ought
               to
               be
               done
               every
               day
               oftner
               then
               once
               ,
               that
               I
               allow
               of
               a
               frequent
               rebap●ization
               ,
               that
               to
               put
               the
               equity
               of
               the
               reproach
               of
               rebaptizing
               out
               of
               doubt
               ,
            
             I
             (
             whom
             you
             dubbe
             the
             
               Anabaptists
               great
               Patron
               ,
            
             though
             indeed
             a
             Patron
             of
             nothing
             ,
             but
             truth
             ,
             and
             right
             )
             
               am
               now
               come
               to
               defend
               the
               lawfulnesse
               of
               baptisme
               not
               onely
               twice
               ,
               but
               if
               ye
               will
               ten
               times
               ,
            
             yea
             
               so
               oft
               as
               you
               repent
               for
               sin
               ,
               which
               ought
               to
               be
               oftner
               then
               once
               a
               day
               ,
               so
               of
               Anabaptists
               they
               become
               Hem●robaptists
               and
               more
               .
            
          
           
             But
             you
             have
             a
             tale
             of
             some
             
               eminent
               Divines
            
             to
             help
             you
             out
             ,
             
               that
               in
               my
               sermon
               before
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
            
             (
             for
             to
             whom
             else
             [
             
               his
            
             ]
             can
             refene
             I
             see
             not
             ,
             there
             being
             no
             other
             but
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshal
            
             and
             my selfe
             mentioned
             in
             that
             paragraph
             )
             
               I
               did
               avow
            
             in
             terminis
             ,
             
               that
               it
               is
               no
               fault
               to
               baptize
               ten
               times
               .
            
             Now
             sure
             those
             
               Eminent
               Divines
               ,
            
             and
             your self
             by
             hearkening
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             reporting
             this
             in
             print
             without
             ever
             speaking
             or
             writing
             to
             me
             about
             it
             ,
             though
             I
             lived
             not
             farre
             from
             you
             or
             them
             ,
             do
             shew
             that
             to
             be
             true
             ,
             which
             is
             every where
             complained
             of
             ,
             that
             rigid
             
               Presbyterians
            
             are
             very
             apt
             to
             receive
             false
             reports
             ,
             and
             to
             publish
             them
             of
             any
             that
             dissent
             from
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             rake
             into
             every
             dunghil
             to
             find
             some
             
             filth
             to
             throw
             into
             the
             faces
             of
             their
             brethren
             ,
             and
             therefore
             godly
             persons
             are
             very
             unwilling
             to
             come
             under
             their
             yoke
             .
             But
             that
             you
             may
             know
             the
             plain
             truth
             ,
             I
             never
             yet
             preached
             a
             sermon
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             
               nor
               in
               such
               sermon
               did
               avow
            
             in
             terminis
             ,
             
               that
               it
               is
               no
               fault
               to
               baptize
               ten
               times
               .
            
             I
             have
             enquired
             about
             this
             tale
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             conjectured
             by
             some
             ,
             that
             this
             tale
             was
             hatched
             out
             of
             a
             passage
             of
             a
             Sermon
             of
             Mr.
             
             
               Wal●er
               Cradock
               before
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               July
            
             21.
             1646.
             on
             1
             
               John
            
             1.
             3
             ,
             4.
             page
             28.
             which
             was
             this
             ,
             
               When
               I
               have
               communion
               with
               a
               Saint
               I
               must
               not
               looke
               whether
               he
               be
               of
               such
               an
               opinior
               ,
               or
               whether
               he
               have
               taken
               the
               Covenant
               ,
               or
               have
               been
               baptized
               ●nce
               or
               twice
               or
               ten
               times
               ,
               but
               see
               if
               he
               have
               fellowship
               with
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               with
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               which
               it
               's
               likely
               was
               misreported
               ;
            
             and
             made
             him
             in
             the
             margine
             put
             these
             words
             :
             
               I
               speak
               not
               this
               as
               if
               my
               opinion
               were
               for
               rebaptization
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             This
             forwardnesse
             to
             misreport
             things
             done
             now
             ,
             as
             it
             discovers
             much
             ill
             affection
             in
             mens
             spirits
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             Presbyterian
             spirit
             ,
             when
             persons
             grow
             factious
             ,
             will
             run
             into
             undue
             courses
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Anabaptistick
             spirit
             ;
             so
             it
             gives
             much
             cause
             to
             considerate
             men
             to
             doubt
             whether
             many
             things
             reported
             of
             the
             Anabaptists
             heretofore
             ,
             and
             all
             taken
             up
             in
             your
             dragge-net
             whether
             true
             or
             false
             (
             which
             are
             the
             best
             pillar
             you
             have
             to
             uphold
             the
             great
             corruption
             of
             
               Paedobaptism
            
             or
             
               Paedorantism
            
             as
             now
             it
             deserves
             to
             be
             stiled
             )
             were
             true
             as
             they
             were
             reported
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             sixteenth
             Crimination
             ,
             That
             I
             make
             it
             lawful
             for
             persons
             unbaptized
             to
             partake
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             .
          
           
             AS
             for
             that
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               Thirdly
               he
               makes
               it
               lawfull
               for
               persons
               before
               they
               be
               baptized
               to
               partake
               of
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
            
             and
             referre
             your
             Reader
             to
             MM
             and
             thence
             to
             BB
             and
             chapter
             3.
             pag.
             53.
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             
               And
               some
               of
               their
               greatest
               Doctors
               hold
               it
               in
               no
               wise
               incongruous
               to
               admit
               persons
               to
               the
               Lords
               Table
               before
               they
               be
               baptized
               ,
            
             and
             for
             this
             you
             cite
             my
             words
             page
             54.
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             had
             you
             dealt
             candidly
             with
             me
             ,
             you
             should
             have
             set
             down
             my
             opinion
             as
             I
             propound
             it
             ,
             which
             was
             
               that
               in
               some
               case
               it
               might
               be
               permitted
               .
            
             But
             neither
             you
             nor
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             have
             dealt
             fairely
             with
             me
             in
             this
             matter
             .
             You
             set
             not
             down
             my
             opinion
             rightly
             ,
             but
             leave
             out
             the
             limitation
             which
             did
             rightly
             
             state
             my
             opinion
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             pag.
             167.
             of
             his
             
               Defence
            
             misreports
             me
             ,
             
               That
               I
               confesse
               I
               find
               no
               example
               of
               an
               unbaptized
               person
               receiving
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
            
             and
             neither
             youn
             or
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             do
             take
             upon
             you
             to
             answer
             my
             reasons
             ,
             which
             are
             either
             in
             my
             
               Examen
            
             pag.
             85.
             or
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             pag.
             53
             ,
             54.
             but
             onely
             censure
             me
             
               for
               freaks
               and
               outleaps
               ,
               and
               a
               spice
               of
               itch
               after
               new
               opinions
            
             for
             propounding
             my
             opinion
             with
             reasons
             about
             a
             case
             of
             conscience
             ,
             which
             troubles
             many
             ,
             and
             is
             of
             very
             frequent
             occurrence
             ,
             in
             a
             place
             that
             lead
             me
             to
             speak
             of
             it
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             neither
             Mr.
             
               Marshall
            
             nor
             your self
             are
             willing
             to
             let
             any
             thing
             passe
             ,
             that
             may
             make
             me
             odious
             ,
             or
             ridiculous
             ,
             though
             you
             do
             but
             shew
             your
             own
             inconsideratenesse
             ,
             and
             uncharitablenesse
             ,
             the
             like
             dealing
             you
             use
             towards
             me
             in
             the
             following
             charges
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             seventeenth
             Crimination
             ,
             That
             I
             am
             a
             compleate
             Erastian
             ,
             wherein
             reason
             is
             given
             of
             my
             doubt
             ,
             that
             in
             Scripture
             no
             such
             juridicall
             Excommunication
             is
             appointed
             as
             is
             now
             contended
             for
             .
          
           
             YOu
             say
             ,
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               to
               shew
               how
               little
               inclineable
               he
               is
               to
               joine
               with
               the
               Anabaptists
               ,
               he
               declares
               himself
               a
               compleat
            
             ERASTIAN
             .
             Sir
             ,
             what
             I
             said
             ,
             and
             to
             what
             end
             ,
             I
             expressed
             plainly
             enough
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             91.
             
             The
             occasion
             of
             printing
             what
             I
             conceived
             ,
             was
             a
             passage
             in
             Mr.
             
             
               Marshalls
               Defence
               ,
            
             which
             he
             stuffed
             with
             all
             the
             exceptions
             he
             could
             thrust
             in
             against
             my
             person
             ,
             but
             answered
             little
             or
             nothing
             punctually
             in
             the
             maine
             points
             of
             the
             dispute
             ,
             (
             which
             praevarication
             ,
             I
             may
             perhaps
             in
             time
             discover
             also
             ,
             in
             your
             dispute
             (
             chap.
             5.
             )
             of
             your
             ANABAPTISME
             )
             The
             occasion
             of
             speaking
             in
             private
             conference
             ,
             was
             ,
             to
             shew
             my
             sensiblenesse
             of
             the
             misery
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             present
             differences
             ,
             upon
             some
             speech
             that
             was
             moved
             by
             some
             friend
             of
             mine
             ,
             (
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             )
             when
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             brought
             into
             the
             
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
            
             their
             
               Petitior
               ,
            
             desiring
             power
             to
             suspend
             persons
             from
             the
             
               Lords
               Supper
            
             for
             all
             scandals
             ,
             without
             restriction
             ;
             and
             asserted
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Government
               ,
            
             (
             unto
             which
             they
             advised
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             )
             
               to
               be
            
             jure
             Divino
             ,
             
               by
               the
               will
               and
               appointment
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
            
             What
             I
             spake
             then
             ,
             and
             since
             printed
             ;
             
             was
             to
             shew
             my
             compassion
             of
             my
             native
             Countrey
             like
             to
             be
             ruined
             ,
             by
             the
             violent
             asserting
             things
             disputable
             ,
             to
             be
             
               ure
               Divino
               ;
            
             and
             thereby
             necessitating
             men
             to
             oppose
             ,
             lest
             conscience
             be
             brought
             in
             bondage
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Apostles
             warning
             
               Col.
            
             2.
             20.
             
             It
             was
             not
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             
               to
               shew
               how
               little
               inclineable
               I
               am
               to
               ●oine
               with
               the
               Anabaptists
               .
            
             Nor
             did
             I
             declare
             my selfe
             a
             
               Compleat
            
             ERASTIAN
             in
             the
             words
             you
             alleadge
             at
             the
             letters
             NN
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             as
             you
             charge
             me
             ;
             but
             only
             expresse
             my
             doubts
             ;
             much
             lesse
             did
             
               I
               declare
               my self
               a
               compleate
            
             ERASTIAN
             ,
             that
             is
             in
             your
             sense
             one
             that
             holds
             with
             ERASTUS
             in
             all
             things
             ,
             wherein
             he
             differs
             from
             BEZA
             in
             the
             disputes
             between
             them
             .
             For
             whereas
             there
             are
             
               two
            
             main
             
               points
            
             in
             difference
             between
             them
             ,
             
               Excommunication
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               mixt
               Presbytery
               ;
            
             Concerning
             this
             
               latter
               ,
            
             my
             words
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             speak
             nothing
             against
             it
             ,
             but
             rather
             for
             it
             ,
             when
             I
             say
             ,
             
               And
               if
               any
               Assembly
               of
               Ministers
               and
               Rulers
               be
               set
               up
               ,
               for
               the
               better
               discovery
               of
               such
               as
               live
               viciously
               ,
               or
               do
               contrary
               to
               the
               Christian
               faith
               ,
               or
               worship
               ,
               that
               a
               person
               be
               not
               charged
               with
               those
               evils
               upon
               uncertain
               reports
               ,
               I
               think
               it
               agreeable
               to
               Gods
               will
               1
               Tim.
            
             5.
             19.
             
             And
             whereas
             Mr
             
               Gillespy
            
             in
             his
             
               Aarons
               rod
               blossoming
               ,
            
             page
             249.
             hath
             these
             words
             ,
             
               Eras●us
               pag.
               175.
               hath
               not
               spared
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Magistrate
               may
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               (
               though
               he
               might
               not
               in
               the
               Old
               ,
               )
               exercise
               the
               Ministeriall
               functior
               ,
               of
               he
               can
               have
               so
               much
               leasure
               from
               his
               other
               imployments
               ,
            
             and
             pag.
             315.
             
               in
               very
               truth
               the
            
             Erastians
             ▪
             
               do
               oppose
               not
               only
               the
               institution
               ,
               but
               the
               Lawfulnesse
               and
               agreeablenesse
               to
               the
               word
               of
               God
               of
               a
               Church-government
               distinct
               from
               the
               civill
               ;
            
             yet
             you
             cannot
             shew
             that
             I
             hold
             either
             of
             these
             positions
             .
             I
             confesse
             I
             have
             read
             ERASTUS
             his
             
               Theses
               &
               Confirmatio
               thesium
               ;
            
             but
             I
             could
             not
             do
             it
             so
             exactly
             ,
             as
             I
             would
             have
             done
             it
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             had
             
               Beza's
            
             book
             to
             compare
             with
             it
             .
             I
             have
             read
             that
             which
             Mr.
             
               Rutherford
            
             disputes
             against
             
               Erastus
            
             but
             it
             doth
             not
             satisfy
             me
             ,
             in
             that
             he
             dictates
             many
             things
             without
             proof
             ,
             which
             are
             most
             necessary
             to
             be
             proved
             ;
             and
             proves
             something
             by
             the
             sayings
             of
             Authors
             ,
             that
             deserve
             to
             be
             examined
             ;
             and
             many
             times
             omits
             in
             reciting
             his
             Antagonists
             words
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             either
             
               most
            
             or
             very
             
               material
               ;
            
             and
             makes
             not
             his
             own
             answers
             punctual
             ;
             which
             things
             Mr.
             
             
               Mather
            
             also
             chargeth
             him
             with
             ,
             about
             another
             point
             ;
             besides
             many
             incoherent
             ,
             and
             imperfect
             speeches
             ,
             and
             inserting
             things
             impertinent
             .
             Besides
             in
             this
             dispute
             ▪
             I
             conceive
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Rutherford
            
             doth
             yield
             that
             ,
             which
             overthroweth
             that
             which
             he
             concludeth
             for
             .
             As
             when
             in
             his
             
               Divine
               right
               of
               Church-government
            
             chap.
             4.
             q.
             1.
             page
             223.
             he
             hath
             these
             words
             ,
             
               It
               is
               evident
               from
               the
               text
            
             Mat.
             18.
             15.
             
               that
               Christ
               speaks
               of
               such
               sins
               in
               a
               speciall
               manner
               committed
               against
               me
               or
               a
               particular
               brother
               ,
               which
               
               are
               within
               the
               verge
               of
               my
               power
               or
               his
               to
               pardon
               ,
               as
               not
               being
               yet
               publickly
               scandalous
               .
            
             which
             if
             true
             ,
             then
             it
             can
             be
             meant
             onely
             of
             personal
             injuries
             ,
             which
             alone
             a
             private
             person
             hath
             power
             to
             pardon
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             not
             an
             institution
             how
             to
             correct
             scandals
             under
             that
             notion
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             
               Gillespy
            
             contends
             so
             much
             for
             ,
             in
             his
             
               Aarons
               rod
               blossoming
               ,
            
             book
             2.
             chap.
             9.
             page
             295.
             and
             book
             3.
             chap.
             2.
             
             As
             for
             his
             
               a●gument
               from
               proportior
               ,
               Christ
               did
               appoint
               this
               to
               be
               done
               in
               case
               of
               civill
               in●uries
               ,
               much
               more
               in
               scandals
               :
            
             it
             hath
             no
             strength
             to
             impose
             a
             thing
             as
             by
             Divine
             institution
             upon
             mens
             consciences
             ;
             yea
             it
             is
             no
             better
             then
             a
             humane
             invention
             when
             only
             gathered
             by
             such
             reasoning
             ;
             such
             arguments
             from
             
               proportions
               being
               weak
               probations
               ,
            
             as
             rightly
             Mr.
             
               Rutherford
               Due
               right
               of
               Presbyteries
            
             chap.
             2.
             sect.
             2.
             page
             37.
             and
             all
             Logicians
             acknowledge
             that
             an
             argument
             
               à
               comparatis
            
             is
             but
             Topical
             ,
             yea
             easily
             overthrown
             if
             any
             disparity
             be
             assigned
             .
             And
             this
             is
             enough
             (
             though
             much
             more
             may
             be
             said
             )
             to
             shew
             that
             
               Mat.
               18.
            
             15
             ,
             16
             ,
             17.
             is
             impertinently
             alleadged
             ,
             though
             it
             be
             one
             of
             the
             chief
             tex●s
             urged
             importunately
             for
             Church-government
             by
             Prelates
             ,
             Independents
             ,
             Presbyterians
             ,
             even
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             it self
             
               Advice
               concerning
               a
               Confession
               of
               faith
            
             chap.
             30.
             art
             .
             2
             ,
             4.
             to
             prove
             a
             power
             of
             excommunicating
             for
             sins
             as
             scandalous
             ,
             and
             so
             all
             scandals
             .
             And
             for
             the
             power
             of
             the
             keyes
             
               Mat.
            
             16.
             19.
             
             Mr.
             
               Rutherford
            
             chap.
             3.
             q.
             1.
             pag.
             236.
             makes
             the
             power
             of
             the
             keyes
             to
             belong
             
               to
               Church-Rulers
               ,
               that
               are
               the
               Stewards
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               and
               the
               d●spensers
               of
               the
               heavenly
               mysteries
               ,
            
             but
             this
             may
             be
             only
             preaching
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Apostle
             speaks
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             4.
             1.
             which
             place
             is
             impertinently
             alleadged
             in
             the
             Assemblies
             confession
             of
             faith
             chap.
             27.
             art
             .
             4.
             to
             prove
             ,
             
               neither
               Sacrament
               may
               be
               dispensed
               by
               any
               ,
               but
               a
               Minister
               of
               the
               word
               lawfull
               ordained
               ,
            
             the
             Scripture
             no where
             calling
             the
             Sacraments
             mysteries
             ,
             but
             the
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             however
             the
             Greek
             Fathers
             oft
             call
             them
             so
             .
             As
             for
             binding
             ,
             and
             loosing
             though
             I
             conceive
             Dr.
             
               Hammond
            
             hath
             more
             exactly
             disputed
             this
             matter
             in
             his
             book
             of
             the
             power
             of
             keyes
             ,
             chap.
             4.
             then
             others
             ,
             yet
             I
             conceive
             it
             more
             agreeable
             to
             other
             places
             in
             
               Matthew
            
             (
             leaving
             Mr.
             
               Selden
            
             to
             justify
             his
             explication
             in
             his
             preface
             to
             his
             book
             of
             the
             
               Calender
               of
               the
               Jewes
            
             out
             of
             the
             Talmudists
             as
             he
             conceives
             fit
             )
             as
             
               Mat.
            
             23.
             4.
             
             &
             11.
             28.
             besides
             
               Acts
               15.
               28.
               
               Revel.
               2.
               24.
               
               Luke
            
             11.
             46.
             to
             draw
             the
             Metaphor
             from
             binding
             and
             loosing
             burdens
             ,
             rather
             then
             prisoners
             ;
             which
             is
             confirmed
             in
             that
             the
             phrase
             is
             not
             [
             
               whomsoever
            
             ]
             but
             [
             
               what
               things
               soever
               ye
               shall
               bind
               on
               earth
               ]
               Mat.
            
             18.
             18.
             and
             this
             may
             very
             well
             stand
             with
             the
             coherence
             ,
             signifying
             Gods
             ratifying
             in
             heaven
             the
             Commands
             of
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             on
             earth
             in
             the
             matters
             wherein
             they
             are
             to
             be
             obeyed
             v.
             
             17.
             and
             
             so
             the
             binding
             and
             loosing
             belongs
             not
             to
             
               vindicative
               judicature
            
             as
             by
             Excommunication
             ,
             but
             to
             
               Stewardly
               declarative
               authority
            
             what
             is
             to
             be
             done
             or
             not
             to
             be
             done
             ;
             and
             consequently
             proves
             not
             juridical
             Excommunication
             .
             I
             add
             that
             Mr.
             
               Gillespy
            
             in
             his
             
               Aarons
               rod
               blossoming
            
             book
             3.
             c.
             p.
             412
             ,
             413.
             will
             not
             have
             binding
             and
             loosing
             by
             a
             dogmatical
             
               authoritative
            
             declaration
             of
             the
             will
             of
             Christ
             here
             excluded
             ,
             but
             proves
             this
             sense
             from
             
               Mat.
               28.
               20.
               
               Acts
            
             15.
             28.
             and
             from
             the
             coherence
             with
             the
             17.
             v.
             
             As
             for
             1
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             5.
             
             Mr.
             
               Rutherfurd
            
             cha.
             9.
             4
             ,
             5.
             page
             329.
             denieth
             not
             
               many
               learned
               Protestants
               to
               conceive
               ,
               that
               delivering
               to
               Satan
               might
               be
               a
               bodily
               punishment
               or
               conjoined
               therewith
               ,
               &c.
            
             yea
             he
             addeth
             ,
             
               and
               the
               learned
            
             Molineus
             
               denyeth
               delivering
               to
               Satan
               to
               be
               expounded
               of
               Excommunication
               ,
               and
               will
               have
               the
               destruction
               of
               the
               flesh
               to
               be
               some
               bodily
               tormenting
               of
               his
               Body
               by
               Satar
               ,
               and
               so
               do
               sundry
               of
               the
               Fathers
               ,
               especially
            
             Ambrose
             ,
             Hieronymus
             ,
             Augustinus
             ,
             
               and
            
             Chrysostome
             ,
             
               though
            
             Augustin
             
               be
               doubtful
               ;
            
             which
             if
             true
             it
             will
             be
             hard
             to
             prove
             juridical
             Excommunication
             now
             contended
             for
             from
             thence
             .
             And
             for
             the
             13.
             v.
             if
             it
             be
             read
             as
             it
             may
             ,
             
               And
               ye
               shall
               put
               away
               ,
            
             not
             ,
             
               therefore
               put
               away
            
             &
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             not
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             
               the
               evil
               thing
               ,
            
             not
             
               the
               evill
               person
               ,
            
             as
             it
             's
             said
             to
             be
             in
             a
             Manuscript
             copy
             at
             
               Saint
               James
               ,
            
             and
             is
             the
             more
             likely
             ,
             because
             it
             seemes
             to
             many
             learned
             men
             ,
             that
             the
             Apostle
             tooke
             these
             phrases
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             v.
             2.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             v.
             3.
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             from
             the
             Greek
             version
             ,
             
               Deut.
               17.
            
             5
             ,
             7.
             and
             22.
             21
             ,
             22
             ;
             24.
             it
             will
             note
             ,
             not
             a
             command
             ,
             but
             an
             event
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             may
             be
             either
             expounded
             impersonally
             ,
             as
             Deut.
             17.
             7.
             
               ye
               shall
               put
               away
               the
               evil
               ,
            
             
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             evil
             shall
             be
             put
             away
             from
             you
             ,
             or
             if
             it
             be
             referred
             to
             their
             action
             ,
             they
             may
             be
             said
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             
               because
               they
               mourned
               that
               he
               might
               be
               taken
               away
               ,
            
             ver.
             2.
             and
             it
             was
             to
             be
             done
             when
             they
             were
             gathered
             together
             ,
             ver.
             4.
             now
             the
             phrase
             of
             
               taking
               away
               from
               them
               ,
            
             compared
             with
             those
             places
             in
             
               Deuteronomy
               ,
            
             with
             the
             Apostles
             speech
             ver.
             5.
             is
             more
             likely
             to
             be
             meant
             of
             killing
             then
             Excommunicating
             .
             And
             the
             putting
             it
             ,
             ver.
             13.
             in
             such
             an
             abrupt
             manner
             like
             to
             that
             ,
             
               Deut.
            
             17.
             7.
             doth
             give
             great
             cause
             to
             imagine
             it
             hath
             the
             same
             sense
             .
             But
             if
             it
             be
             a
             command
             ,
             and
             be
             referred
             to
             Excommunication
             with
             
               the
               judging
               them
               that
               are
               withir
               ,
            
             ver.
             12.
             yet
             it
             cannot
             be
             gathered
             from
             the
             text
             that
             this
             was
             the
             juridical
             Excommunication
             contended
             for
             ,
             invested
             in
             some
             Officers
             ,
             or
             the
             people
             with
             the
             Officers
             as
             superiour
             judges
             :
             but
             rather
             by
             verses
             9
             ,
             10
             ,
             11
             ,
             12.
             precedent
             ,
             this
             
               judging
            
             and
             
               putting
               away
            
             belongs
             to
             every
             private
             Christian
             jointly
             in
             a
             constituted
             Church
             ,
             or
             severally
             by
             themselves
             .
             I
             have
             read
             Mr.
             
             
               Gillespies
               Aarons
               rod
               blossoming
               ,
            
             
             and
             I
             think
             the
             strength
             of
             all
             is
             in
             the
             9.
             chapter
             of
             his
             2.
             book
             :
             in
             which
             I
             doubt
             whether
             any
             of
             his
             21.
             arguments
             will
             prove
             such
             a
             forensical
             Ecclesiastick
             government
             ,
             as
             he
             contends
             for
             .
             The
             argument
             from
             two
             distinct
             governments
             ,
             and
             judicatories
             to
             censure
             vicious
             manners
             (
             in
             which
             Mr.
             
               Gillespy
            
             in
             his
             first
             book
             seemes
             to
             be
             most
             elaberate
             )
             in
             the
             Jewish
             policy
             to
             prove
             the
             like
             to
             be
             among
             Christians
             is
             many
             wayes
             faulty
             .
             It
             will
             hardly
             be
             proved
             the
             Priests
             had
             peculiar
             cognizance
             of
             scandalous
             manners
             ,
             or
             that
             any
             was
             kept
             from
             the
             sacrifices
             for
             moral
             uncleannesse
             ,
             much
             lesse
             that
             the
             reason
             is
             good
             ,
             men
             were
             kept
             away
             for
             legal
             uncleannesse
             from
             the
             sacrifices
             ,
             
               Ergo
            
             much
             more
             for
             moral
             ,
             or
             exclusion
             for
             legal
             pollution
             typifies
             exclusion
             for
             moral
             in
             the
             Christian
             Church
             .
             You
             say
             truly
             in
             answer
             to
             Mr.
             
               Cotton
               first
               part
               of
               your
               Dissuasive
            
             chap.
             7.
             pag
             ,
             172.
             
             
               There
               is
               no
               argumenting
               from
               symbolick
               types
               except
               where
               the
               spirit
               of
               God
               in
               Scripture
               appl●es
               a
               type
               to
               such
               a
               signification
               and
               use
               .
            
             Nor
             is
             the
             Jewish
             policy
             a
             patterne
             for
             us
             .
             If
             it
             were
             we
             must
             have
             a
             Bishop
             answering
             to
             an
             High
             Priest
             ,
             a
             Parliament
             consisting
             of
             Bishops
             and
             Nobles
             ,
             as
             they
             had
             their
             
               Synedrium
            
             at
             Jerusalem
             of
             Priests
             and
             Elders
             of
             the
             People
             .
             These
             arguments
             cannot
             stand
             without
             asserting
             that
             the
             Jewish
             judicial
             lawes
             binde
             still
             .
             I
             have
             bin
             the
             larger
             in
             this
             ,
             because
             in
             some
             writings
             especially
             of
             your
             Nation
             ,
             to
             be
             an
             
               Erastian
            
             is
             now
             counted
             an
             high
             crime
             ,
             and
             if
             the
             
               advice
               of
               the
               Assembly
               concerning
               a
               confession
               of
               faith
            
             chap.
             30.
             should
             be
             established
             as
             a
             law
             ,
             assertion
             of
             a
             Church-government
             corrective
             of
             manners
             by
             censures
             in
             a
             juridical
             way
             would
             be
             pressed
             on
             us
             as
             of
             Divine
             institution
             distinct
             from
             the
             Civil
             Magistrate
             ,
             which
             I
             conceive
             it
             concerns
             the
             Assertors
             better
             to
             prove
             ,
             then
             yet
             appears
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             will
             in
             pressing
             it
             on
             others
             usurpe
             dominion
             over
             other
             mens
             fiath
             .
             But
             sure
             in
             many
             particulars
             I
             am
             not
             of
             
               Erastus
            
             his
             minde
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             do
             ill
             to
             terme
             me
             a
             
               compleate
               Erastian
               .
            
             And
             though
             I
             find
             not
             by
             
               Bullingers
            
             and
             
               Gualther's
            
             letters
             to
             him
             ,
             
               Beza's
            
             preface
             to
             his
             answer
             to
             his
             
               theses
               ,
               Philip
               Pareus
            
             his
             Relation
             of
             his
             fathers
             life
             ,
             and
             other
             wayes
             ,
             but
             that
             
               Erastus
            
             had
             the
             repute
             of
             a
             werthy
             man
             ,
             yet
             I
             take
             it
             all
             at
             your
             hands
             to
             be
             named
             by
             any
             name
             ,
             but
             Christs
             ,
             as
             you
             ,
             and
             your
             fellow-Commissioners
             did
             take
             exception
             at
             the
             
               Apologetical
               narration
            
             of
             the
             five
             brethren
             for
             calling
             some
             Churches
             
               Calvinian
               .
            
             But
             how
             do
             you
             prove
             me
             to
             be
             a
             
               compleat
               Erastian
               ?
            
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             eighteenth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             avow
             no
             scandalous
             professor
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             from
             the
             Lords
             Table
             .
          
           
             YOu
             say
             ,
             
               that
               I
               avow
               that
               no
               scandalous
               professor
               ought
               to
               be
               kept
               from
               the
               Lords
               Table
               ,
            
             and
             for
             proof
             ,
             you
             referre
             your
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             N
             N
             ,
             where
             some
             words
             of
             mine
             are
             recited
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             92.
             which
             avow
             not
             any
             thing
             but
             my
             doubt
             ,
             nor
             that
             of
             the
             thing
             it self
             ,
             but
             of
             the
             proofe
             ,
             and
             that
             not
             out
             of
             any
             Scripture
             whatsoever
             ,
             but
             onely
             the
             fact
             of
             delivering
             to
             Satan
             the
             incestuous
             Corinthian
             ,
             1
             Cor.
             5.
             5.
             
             Nor
             do
             I
             expresse
             my
             doubt
             to
             be
             how
             from
             that
             it
             may
             be
             concluded
             ,
             that
             any
             scandalous
             professor
             ought
             to
             be
             kept
             from
             the
             Lords
             Table
             :
             
               but
               how
               hence
               may
               be
               concluded
               any
               power
               of
               suspension
               from
               the
               Lords
               Su●per
               for
               every
               emergent
               scandal
               so
               judged
               by
               a
               Congregation
               or
               Congregational
               Presbytery
               .
            
             Yea
             to
             shew
             how
             ready
             you
             are
             to
             mis-report
             me
             ,
             in
             the
             very
             next
             page
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             I
             have
             these
             words
             ,
             
               And
               if
               it
               happen
               that
               any
               such
               facts
               be
               perpe●rated
               as
               are
               like
               to
               that
               of
               the
               incestuous
               person
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               the
               whole
               Church
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               disclaime
               the
               person
               so
               offending
               ,
               and
               to
               exclude
               him
               from
               all
               brotherly
               Communion
               ,
               because
               I
               conceive
               so
               much
               was
               done
               to
               the
               incestuous
               person
               ;
               as
               I
               gather
               from
            
             2
             Cor.
             2.
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             So
             that
             my
             doubt
             was
             not
             of
             suspension
             for
             any
             ,
             but
             for
             
               every
               emergent
               scandal
               ,
            
             for
             which
             the
             
               Assembly
            
             were
             so
             earnest
             with
             the
             
               Parliament
               .
            
             Many
             scandals
             there
             are
             in
             abuse
             of
             liberty
             in
             things
             indifferent
             ,
             in
             sins
             of
             evil
             councel
             ,
             and
             example
             which
             may
             happen
             through
             strength
             of
             temptation
             by
             infirmity
             in
             men
             not
             habitually
             vicio●s
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             of
             that
             hainous
             nature
             ,
             as
             to
             deserve
             keeping
             from
             the
             Lords
             Table
             ;
             Nor
             doth
             the
             Scripture
             either
             prescribe
             such
             a
             thing
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             or
             give
             power
             to
             do
             it
             .
             I
             like
             not
             Doctor
             
               Ames
            
             his
             determination
             lib.
             4.
             
               de
               conscientiac
               .
            
             29.
             num
             .
             7.
             
             
               Proprium
               &
               adaequatum
               ob●e●●um
               hu●●s
               censurae
               est
               scandalum
               datum
               ●fratre
               ,
            
             which
             I
             imagine
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             the
             
               Assembly's
            
             mistake
             upon
             which
             they
             petitioned
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XIX
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             nineteenth
             Crimination
             of
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             hold
             no
             censure
             of
             Fexcommunication
             .
          
           
             YOu
             further
             charge
             me
             ,
             
               as
               avowing
               also
               that
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               any
               censure
               of
               Excommunicatior
               ,
            
             and
             for
             proof
             you
             referre
             your
             Reader
             
             to
             the
             letters
             O
             O
             ,
             where
             is
             cited
             one
             or
             two
             passages
             of
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             page
             91.
             in
             neither
             of
             which
             do
             I
             avow
             any
             thing
             but
             my
             doubt
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             5.
             things
             ,
             whereof
             one
             is
             ,
             whether
             ever
             Excommunication
             
               a
               sacris
               ,
            
             that
             is
             (
             as
             I
             after
             expresse
             my self
             )
             
               ●uridical
               ,
               forensica
               ,
               ●●horitative
               ,
               Excommunication
            
             by
             some
             officers
             ,
             or
             the
             whole
             congregation
             as
             superiou●s
             that
             have
             jurisdiction
             without
             special
             gift
             as
             the
             Apostles
             had
             ,
             would
             be
             proved
             to
             be
             
               ●ure
               divino
            
             by
             Christs
             appointment
             .
             And
             I
             confesse
             I
             have
             still
             the
             same
             doubt
             ,
             notwithstanding
             what
             I
             have
             read
             in
             Mr.
             
               Rutherford
               ,
            
             Mr.
             
               Gillespy
            
             or
             any
             other
             .
             And
             I
             should
             be
             willing
             to
             be
             resolved
             ,
             how
             citing
             to
             appear
             by
             power
             of
             office
             ,
             keeping
             Courts
             or
             Assemblies
             ,
             requiring
             persons
             ,
             yea
             of
             all
             sorts
             and
             qualities
             to
             answer
             as
             before
             Judges
             ,
             examining
             witnesses
             ,
             hearing
             causes
             ,
             passing
             sentence
             ,
             inflicting
             so
             great
             a
             punishment
             as
             Excommunication
             without
             liberty
             of
             Appeale
             (
             if
             by
             a
             national
             Assembly
             of
             Elders
             )
             on
             ministers
             and
             people
             ,
             even
             the
             chiefest
             ,
             not
             as
             Arbitrators
             to
             whom
             the
             parties
             referre
             the
             matter
             ,
             but
             as
             Ecclesiastical
             Officers
             to
             whose
             judgement
             they
             must
             stand
             whether
             they
             will
             or
             no
             ,
             will
             be
             acquitted
             from
             that
             dominion
             condemned
             
               Lu.
               22.
               25
               ,
               26.
               
               Mat.
            
             20.
             26.
             
             Mar.
             10.
             42
             ,
             43
             ,
             1
             
               Pet.
            
             5.
             2
             ,
             3.
             as
             the
             Assertors
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             discipline
             expound
             the
             texts
             against
             the
             Prelates
             ;
             &
             what
             dominion
             more
             like
             the
             heathen
             the
             Prelates
             take
             upon
             them
             ,
             then
             such
             an
             
               Assembly
               ,
            
             and
             whether
             the
             Prelates
             against
             whom
             you
             pleade
             may
             not
             acquit
             their
             Prelacy
             which
             they
             claime
             from
             the
             dominion
             you
             charge
             them
             with
             ,
             out
             of
             these
             texts
             of
             Scripture
             as
             well
             as
             you
             .
             But
             in
             this
             I
             do
             not
             avow
             ,
             
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               as
               any
               censure
               of
               Excommunitation
               ,
            
             as
             you
             accuse
             me
             :
             yea
             I
             do
             expressely
             grant
             
               a
               social
               medicinal
               Excommunication
               by
               the
               whole
               Church
               from
               all
               brotherly
               communion
               with
               the
               whole
               ,
               and
               by
               each
               member
               from
               arbitrary
               communion
               with
               himself
               ,
            
             
             
               provided
               they
               do
               not
               rashly
               or
               unjustly
               exclude
               .
            
             And
             this
             I
             gather
             from
             1
             
               Cor.
               5.
               9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11.
               2
               Thess.
            
             3.
             6
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             and
             other
             places
             ,
             as
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             93.
             may
             be
             seen
             .
             And
             I
             think
             the
             Congregational
             way
             in
             this
             nearer
             to
             the
             use
             of
             Excommunication
             in
             Scripture
             then
             the
             Presbyterian
             ,
             though
             I
             think
             they
             misse
             in
             two
             things
             .
             1.
             
             That
             they
             make
             it
             an
             act
             of
             superiority
             and
             jurisdiction
             ,
             or
             ,
             as
             they
             speak
             ,
             of
             the
             power
             of
             the
             keyes
             in
             the
             whole
             Church
             over
             the
             person
             censured
             .
             2.
             
             They
             ascribe
             this
             power
             only
             to
             that
             particular
             congregation
             of
             which
             the
             offender
             is
             a
             fixed
             member
             ,
             which
             I
             conceive
             common
             to
             any
             other
             Church
             or
             brother
             in
             another
             Congregation
             ,
             and
             is
             in
             effect
             nothing
             else
             but
             the
             non-communion
             ,
             
             which
             they
             ascribe
             to
             one
             Church
             towards
             another
             .
             Nor
             do
             I
             conceive
             what
             other
             Excommunication
             Christians
             could
             in
             the
             primitive
             times
             exercise
             or
             did
             exercise
             one
             towards
             another
             ,
             when
             
               Victor
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Rome
            
             would
             have
             excommunicated
             
               Polycrates
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Ephesus
               ,
            
             or
             the
             Western
             the
             Eastern
             Church
             about
             Easter
             ,
             or
             
               Stephanus
            
             of
             
               Rome
               Firmilianus
            
             Bishop
             of
             
               Caesarca
            
             in
             
               Cappadocia
            
             holding
             with
             
               Cyprian
            
             about
             rebaptization
             of
             persons
             baptized
             by
             heretiques
             ,
             then
             this
             non-communion
             .
             And
             for
             the
             texts
             
               Mat.
               16.
               19.
               
               Mat.
               18.
            
             16
             ,
             17
             ,
             18.
             
             I
             am
             not
             yet
             moved
             from
             the
             interpretation
             I
             gave
             in
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             91.
             but
             rather
             conceive
             that
             I
             can
             prove
             it
             true
             ,
             notwithstanding
             what
             I
             have
             read
             hitherto
             to
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XX
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             twentieth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             hold
             Christ
             hath
             not
             appointed
             any
             particular
             government
             for
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             YOu
             say
             further
             ,
             
               That
               Christ
               hath
               not
               appointed
               any
               particular
               government
               for
               his
               Church
               ,
            
             and
             for
             proof
             hereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             P
             P
             ,
             at
             which
             you
             cite
             two
             passages
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             91.
             93.
             of
             which
             neither
             sayes
             the
             thing
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             the
             former
             onely
             making
             two
             things
             ,
             according
             to
             my
             conceit
             ,
             prudencial
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Independency
             or
             Dependency
             ,
             and
             the
             fixednesse
             or
             moveablenesse
             of
             Pastors
             ,
             and
             Congregations
             .
             In
             the
             other
             I
             acknowledged
             a
             discipline
             proper
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             shewed
             what
             it
             was
             .
             And
             therefore
             you
             do
             manifestly
             wrong
             me
             in
             saying
             I
             avow
             
               a
               particular
               governmen●
               ,
            
             when
             my
             words
             expressely
             yield
             the
             contrary
             ,
             onely
             I
             said
             ,
             
               I
               suppose
               the
               manner
               of
               doing
               the
               thing
               is
               left
               to
               prudence
               ,
            
             that
             is
             by
             whom
             ,
             when
             ,
             in
             what
             order
             evils
             committed
             should
             be
             examined
             ,
             the
             persons
             charged
             ,
             admonished
             ,
             avoided
             ,
             which
             I
             think
             you
             will
             not
             deny
             .
             Surely
             you
             will
             be
             hard
             put
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             prove
             out
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             the
             particularities
             of
             your
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             discipline
             .
             To
             tell
             you
             my
             minde
             yet
             more
             plainly
             ,
             the
             word
             government
             comes
             from
             the
             Greeke
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             now
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             saith
             
               Suidas
               ,
               he
               that
               guides
               ●●ship
               by
               steering
               it
               .
            
             Being
             applied
             to
             men
             I
             conceive
             government
             is
             either
             by
             counsel
             ,
             directing
             ,
             admonishing
             ,
             reproving
             in
             words
             or
             actions
             (
             as
             by
             shewing
             favour
             or
             dislike
             ,
             in
             lookes
             ,
             
             embracing
             or
             shunning
             company
             ,
             &c.
             giving
             example
             ,
             &c.
             or
             by
             giving
             lawes
             ,
             and
             inflicting
             punishments
             or
             giving
             rewards
             .
             I
             conceive
             Christ
             hath
             not
             left
             a
             particular
             government
             for
             his
             Church
             the
             latter
             way
             ,
             but
             referres
             that
             unto
             himself
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             former
             way
             he
             hath
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             some
             Officers
             ,
             whom
             he
             hath
             made
             as
             Stewards
             in
             his
             house
             ,
             whose
             government
             consists
             chiefely
             in
             declaring
             the
             will
             of
             Christ
             ,
             convincing
             gain-sayers
             ,
             ordaining
             Pastors
             to
             teach
             ,
             and
             declaring
             ●alse
             teachers
             to
             be
             shunned
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             offices
             :
             but
             for
             the
             juridical
             government
             mentioned
             before
             I
             find
             it
             not
             appointed
             them
             by
             Christ
             .
             I
             like
             
               H●●romes
            
             expression
             on
             
               Tit.
            
             1.
             
             That
             the
             Churches
             
               co●muni
               presbyt●r●●●●
               consilie
               ,
               cura
               ,
               solicitudine
            
             (
             not
             
               imperio
               )
               guvernabantur
               ,
            
             and
             I
             like
             
               Salmasi●●
            
             his
             observation
             in
             his
             
               Apparatus
               de
               primatu
               Papae
            
             pag.
             148.
             
               〈◊〉
               primatu
               Papae
            
             part
             .
             1.
             cap.
             1.
             that
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Church
             is
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               ●urati●
               ,
            
             over-sight
             ,
             not
             
               potestas
               ,
            
             magistracy
             ,
             empire
             .
             And
             this
             me thinks
             best
             suites
             with
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             1
             
               Thess.
               5.
               12.
               1
               Tim.
               3.
               5.
               
               Heb.
               13.
               7
               ,
               17.
               1
               
               Peter
            
             5.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XXI
             .
          
           
             Of
             the
             one
             &
             twentieth
             Crimination
             ,
             that
             I
             hold
             that
             the
             government
             of
             the
             Church
             belongs
             to
             the
             Magistrate
             onely
             .
          
           
             YOu
             add
             further
             ,
             that
             I
             say
             ,
             
               that
               the
               governing
               of
               the
               Church
               belongs
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               onely
               ,
               and
               to
               such
               whom
               he
               appoints
               to
               that
               service
               by
               vertue
               of
               a
               Commission
               flowing
               from
               himself
               .
            
             And
             for
             proofe
             hereof
             you
             referre
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             letters
             q
             q
             page
             113.
             where
             you
             cite
             a
             passage
             out
             of
             my
             
               Apology
            
             page
             93
             ,
             which
             hath
             not
             a
             word
             of
             that
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             ,
             but
             onely
             a
             declaration
             of
             my
             opinion
             in
             point
             of
             prudence
             ,
             that
             the
             not
             devolving
             so
             much
             jurisdiction
             (
             as
             some
             desire
             )
             on
             a
             Presbytery
             doth
             not
             so
             much
             disadvantage
             the
             Church
             ,
             as
             some
             conceive
             ,
             for
             reformation
             of
             manners
             ,
             but
             onely
             for
             suppressing
             the
             dissenters
             in
             opinion
             ,
             who
             are
             for
             the
             most
             part
             the
             most
             consciencious
             ,
             and
             right-hearted
             ;
             For
             usually
             the
             ruling
             Elders
             are
             Magistrates
             ,
             or
             both
             teaching
             and
             ruling
             Elders
             are
             chosen
             and
             act
             according
             to
             their
             minde
             ,
             and
             serve
             their
             ends
             .
             And
             therefore
             if
             the
             Christian
             Magistrate
             be
             good
             ,
             there
             's
             no
             great
             losse
             to
             the
             Church
             concerning
             the
             reforming
             of
             vicious
             manners
             ,
             though
             
             he
             Presbytery
             have
             not
             such
             power
             as
             some
             desire
             :
             if
             bad
             ,
             little
             is
             done
             by
             the
             Presbytery
             .
             And
             for
             errors
             in
             opinion
             they
             are
             scarce
             ever
             amended
             by
             bare
             Excommunication
             ,
             for
             that
             (
             if
             there
             be
             any
             number
             of
             dissenters
             )
             doth
             but
             usually
             produce
             a
             schisme
             ,
             but
             by
             teaching
             and
             cleering
             truth
             with
             meeknesse
             and
             forbearance
             one
             towards
             another
             ,
             and
             a
             freedome
             to
             debate
             things
             in
             
               Synods
               ,
            
             which
             is
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             the
             proper
             use
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             determine
             things
             and
             impose
             lawes
             the
             persons
             censured
             being
             never
             heard
             .
             This
             I
             said
             to
             allay
             the
             heate
             of
             men
             in
             engaging
             a
             Kingdome
             to
             warre
             upon
             such
             a
             cause
             .
             But
             because
             this
             is
             onely
             a
             point
             of
             prudence
             from
             experience
             I
             leave
             this
             to
             be
             considered
             by
             those
             that
             are
             better
             acquainted
             with
             humane
             affaires
             then
             I
             am
             .
             The
             thing
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             is
             no where
             asserted
             by
             me
             and
             therefore
             in
             this
             you
             also
             charge
             me
             falsely
             .
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XXII
             .
          
           
             Of
             my
             new
             way
             and
             boldnesse
             .
          
           
             THere
             are
             some
             other
             things
             in
             your
             book
             wherein
             you
             abuse
             me
             ,
             as
             pag.
             91.
             in
             your
             margine
             and
             table
             when
             you
             put
             
               Mr.
               ●ombes
               new
               way
               ,
            
             and
             when
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             
               at
               this
               time
               when
               so
               many
               new
               waies
               are
               in
               hand
               ,
               I
               have
               thought
               meet
               to
               make
               a
               hotch-potch
               of
               many
               of
               them
               together
               ;
            
             which
             is
             a
             meer
             reproachful
             or
             scoffical
             calumny
             ,
             as
             if
             what
             I
             wrote
             ,
             I
             did
             it
             out
             of
             a
             designe
             to
             make
             a
             
               new
               way
            
             of
             mine
             own
             .
             Whereas
             what
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             I
             was
             necessitated
             to
             it
             ,
             as
             I
             shew
             in
             my
             
               Apology
               ,
            
             and
             was
             done
             in
             pursuance
             of
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             should
             have
             been
             taken
             with
             the
             right
             hand
             by
             men
             that
             are
             desirous
             to
             find
             out
             truth
             especially
             from
             one
             that
             you
             term
             learned
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             his
             strength
             and
             greater
             diligence
             then
             any
             before
             him
             hath
             sifted
             a
             point
             .
             As
             for
             
               my
               boldnesse
               ,
            
             I
             confesse
             God
             hath
             in
             mercy
             to
             me
             put
             more
             boldnesse
             and
             courage
             into
             me
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             then
             either
             agrees
             with
             my
             natural
             complexion
             ,
             or
             the
             state
             of
             my
             affaires
             .
             But
             if
             you
             mean
             by
             saying
             
               that
               I
               am
               a
               very
               bold
               man
               ,
            
             that
             I
             am
             one
             that
             is
             of
             an
             audacious
             disposition
             to
             be
             a
             ringleader
             in
             a
             faction
             or
             an
             attempter
             of
             a
             desperate
             designe
             ,
             or
             in
             any
             other
             bad
             sense
             (
             which
             it
             's
             likely
             you
             mean
             )
             you
             are
             deceived
             ,
             it
             being
             trueth
             which
             makes
             me
             bold
             ,
             which
             I
             am
             the
             more
             bold
             to
             avouch
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             because
             having
             tryed
             your
             strength
             with
             my
             other
             Antagonists
             ,
             I
             find
             ,
             that
             you
             defend
             that
             which
             I
             impugne
             by
             meer
             sleights
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             SECT.
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             Of
             my
             silence
             concerning
             DIPPING
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             novelty
             and
             insufficiency
             of
             SPRINKLING
             instead
             of
             baptizing
             .
          
           
             
               YOu
               say
               ,
               that
            
             you
             have
             marked
             nothing
             to
             fall
             from
             my
             pen
             for
             the
             rite
             of
             dipping
             ,
             or
             against
             the
             custome
             of
             sprinkling
             .
             
               And
               in
               the
            
             margine
             
               and
               the
            
             able
             
               at
               the
               end
               of
               your
               book
               you
               say
               ,
            
             He
             is
             a
             rigid
             Antipaed●baptist
             ,
             but
             not
             against
             sprinkling
             .
             
               But
               this
               is
               more
               then
               you
               could
               infer
               from
               this
               ,
               that
               I
               meddle
               not
               with
               this
               controversy
               in
               my
               writings
               .
               But
               though
               I
               say
               nothing
               ,
               there
               's
               enough
               to
               be
               found
               of
               that
               innovation
               of
            
             sprinkling
             ,
             
               in
               all
               sorts
               of
               authors
               .
               Mede
            
             in
             his
             Diatribe
             ,
             
               or
            
             discourse
             on
             
               Tit.
            
             3.
             5.
             
             I
             ●dd●
             ,
             because
             perhaps
             some
             mens
             fancies
             are
             corrupted
             therewith
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             as
             
               sprinkling
            
             or
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             used
             in
             baptism
             in
             the
             Apostles
             times
             ,
             nor
             many
             ages
             after
             them
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             no
             way
             probable
             that
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             in
             St.
             
               Peter
            
             should
             have
             any
             reference
             to
             the
             Laver
             of
             bapt●sm
             .
             
               Salmasius
            
             Appar.
             ad
             librum
             de
             primatu
             Papae
             pag.
             192.
             
             Non
             enim
             id
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             est
             quo
             hodie
             infantes
             initiant
             ,
             non
             mersio
             ,
             non
             t●●ctio
             ,
             non
             lot●
             ,
             non
             lava●rum
             ,
             nec
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ut
             etiam
             Graeci
             vocant
             ,
             &
             vox
             Baptismi
             Graece
             significat
             ,
             sed
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             aspersio
             vel
             infu●●o
             aquae
             .
             
               The
               like
               is
               in
               his
               Epistle
            
             ad
             Colvium
             
               pag.
               669.
               
               Ancient
               and
               later
               writers
               do
               generally
               avouch
            
             John
             Baptists
             
               and
               the
               Apostles
               and
               Ancients
               use
               for
               many
               hundreds
               of
               yeares
               to
               have
               been
               by
            
             dipping
             
               or
            
             〈◊〉
             under
             water
             :
             
               Salmasius
            
             Apparat.
             ad
             librum
             de
             primatu
             Papae
             pag.
             193.
             
             Tempore
             Hieronymi
             omnes
             Ecclesiae
             hunc
             morem
             observ●bant
             in
             baptismo
             ut
             ter
             Caput
             sub
             aqua
             mergerent
             quibus
             id
             sacramentum
             dabatur
             ▪
             
               Aquinas
               3.
               part
               .
               〈◊〉
               .
               66.
               art
               .
            
             7.
             
             Tutius
             est
             baptizare
             per
             modom
             immer●●onis
             ,
             quia
             hoc
             habet
             communior
             usus
             .
             
               Chanier
               ,
            
             panstrat
             .
             Cathol.
             tom.
             4
             
               lib.
               5.
               c.
               2.
               sect.
            
             6.
             
             Caeterùm
             in
             usu●lementi
             abinitio
             immersionem
             fuisse
             totius
             corporis
             :
             quae
             vis
             est
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             :
             unde
             Joannes
             baptizabat
             in
             flumine
             :
             deinde
             tamen
             mutatam
             in
             asse●
             sionem
             :
             incertum
             quando
             ;
             aut
             unde●f●cto
             init●o
             ,
             &c.
             
             
               The
               manner
               of
               dipping
               ,
               plunging
               ,
               or
               immersion
               under
               water
               is
               agreeable
               to
               the
               relations
               ,
            
             M●●
             .
             3.
             16.
             
             John
             3.
             23.
             
             Acts
             8.
             38
             ,
             39.
             
             
               It
               is
               acknowledged
               to
               be
               alluded
               to
               by
            
             Paul
             ,
             Rom.
             6.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
               by
               the
               new
               Annot.
               there
               ;
               By
            
             Calvin
             in
             John
             3.
             22
             ,
             23.
             
             A
             
               Joanne
            
             et
             
               Christo
            
             celebratum
             Baptismum
             fuisse
             totius
             corporis
             submersione
             .
             
               Calv.
            
             in
             
               Act.
            
             8.
             38.
             
             To
             
             tum
             corpus
             in
             aquam
             mergebart
             .
             
               Mr.
            
             Daniel
             Rog●r●in
             
               Treatise
               of
               two
               Sacraments
               part
               .
               1.
               chap.
               5.
               2.
               Edit.
               page
               77.
               saith
               ,
               The
               Greek
               Tongue
               wants
               not
               words
               to
               expresse
               any
               o●●er
               act
               ,
               as
               well
               as
            
             Dipping
             ,
             
               if
               the
               i●stitution
               could
               beare
               it
               .
               And
               sur
               .
               —
               the
               Lord
               meant
               not
               that
               the
               infant
               should
               be
               sprinckled
               onely
               ;
               —
               but
            
             baptizea
             :
             
               which
               word
               signifieth
               the
               true
               act
               of
               the
               Ministery
               ,
               to
            
             Di●
             ,
             
               or
            
             Do●the
             
               Body
               ,
               or
               some
               part
               of
               it
               into
               the
               water
               .
               And
               the
            
             〈◊〉
             
               of
               Baptisme
               in
               t●e
               symbolicalnes
               of
               it
               ,
               urgeth
               no
               .
               —
               What
               resemblance
               of
               our
               burial
               or
               resurrection
               with
               Christ
               is
               there
               in
               sprinkling
               ?
               —
               So
               that
               —
               they
               loo●
               more
               at
               themselves
               ,
               then
               at
               God
            
             therein
             .
             
               And
               a
               little
               before
               he
               saith
               ,
               To
               dip
               the
               infant
               —
               I
               so
               ave●
               ,
               as
               thinking
               it
               exceeding
               material
               to
               the
               Ordinance
               ,
               and
               no
               sleigh
               :
               thing
               :
               Yea
               ,
               which
               both
               Antiquity
               (
               —
               )
               constantly
               ,
               and
               without
               exception
               of
               Countreys
               ,
               hot
               or
               cold
               ,
               witnesseth
               unto
               ,
               and
               especially
               the
               constant
               word
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               first
               and
               last
               approveth
               ,
               as
               a
               learned
               Critick
            
             (
             Causanbon
             )
             
               in
            
             Mat.
             3.
             
               hath
               noted
               .
            
             P●s●at
             .
             Schol.
             on
             
               Rom
               ▪
            
             6.
             4.
             
             Diodati
             anno●
             .
             in
             
               Rom.
            
             6.
             4.
             Grot.
             annot.
             
               in
               Rom.
            
             6.
             4.
             &c.
             
               and
            
             Coloss.
             2.
             11
             ,
             12.
             
               acknowledged
               by
            
             Beza
             annot.
             
               in
               Col.
               2.
               11.
               and
            
             Gal.
             3.
             27.
             
             Davenan
             .
             
               in
            
             C●l
             .
             2.
             12.
             
             
               &c.
               by
               the
            
             new
             Annot.
             
               on
            
             Mat.
             20.
             22.
             
               to
               have
            
             been
             the
             manner
             in
             Christs
             time
             ;
             so
             that
             Keckerman
             .
             syst
             .
             Theolog.
             lib.
             3.
             c.
             8.
             
               saies
               ,
            
             Non
             possumus
             diffiteri
             primam
             institutionem
             baptismi
             immersion
             ,
             non
             ver●
             adspersione
             constitisse
             ,
             quod
             disertè
             patet
             ex
             cap
             6.
             
             Roman
             .
             ver.
             3.
             and
             4.
             
             
               Casaubon
               .
            
             ●nnot
             .
             ad
             
               Mat.
            
             3.
             6.
             
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ;
             hic
             enim
             fuit
             baptizandi
             ritu●
             ,
             ut
             in
             aquas
             immergerentur
             :
             quod
             vel
             ipsa
             vox
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             dclarat
             satis
             :
             quae
             ut
             non
             significat
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             quod
             est
             sundum
             petere
             cum
             sua
             pernicie
             :
             it
             à
             profecto
             non
             est
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Differunt
             enim
             haec
             tri
             ;
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             unde
             intelligimus
             ,
             non
             esse
             abs
             re
             quod
             ●ampridem
             nonnulli
             disputacunt
             de
             toto
             corpore
             immerg●ndo
             in
             ceremonia
             baptismi
             ;
             vocem
             enim
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             urgebant
             .
             Sed
             horum
             sententia
             merito
             est
             jampr●dem
             explosa
             :
             quum
             non
             in
             eo
             posita
             est
             mysterii
             hujus
             vis
             et
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
             Tertullian
             ,
             
               who
               lived
               within
               lesse
               then
               a
               hundred
               years
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               frequently
               calls
               Baptisme
               ,
            
             Dipping
             ;
             
               and
               saith
               the
               parties
               were
            
             Dip●
             ,
             Tincti
             :
             (
             
               never
               sprickled
               ,
            
             a●●ers
             ,
             
               &c.
               )
               The
               like
               phrase
               hath
            
             Musculus
             
               on
            
             Mat.
             3.
             
               &c.
               The
            
             Dut●l
             
               Bibles
               have
               it
               thus
            
             Mat.
             3.
             1.
             
             Johannes
             de
             Dooper
             .
             John
             the
             Dip●er
             ,
             
               ghedoopt
               inden
               Jordaen
            
             ver.
             6.
             he
             dipt
             them
             in
             Jordan
             .
             
               Mat.
            
             28.
             19.
             
             Doopende
             ●nden
             Nam●-Dipping
             them
             in
             the
             Name
             .
             
               So
               in
            
             Mar.
             1.
             5
             ,
             9.
             
             Act.
             8.
             38
             ,
             
               &c.
               So
               Mr.
            
             Thomas
             Goodwin
             
               holds
               out
               this
               manner
               of
               Baptizing
               fully
               ,
               in
               his
               Treatise
               of
            
             Christ
             se●forth
             in
             his
             Death
             ,
             Burial
             —
             
               Section
               3.
               chap.
               7.
               
               It
               was
               questioned
               in
               the
               third
               
               century
               whether
               the
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               or
               sprinkling
               or
               powring
               about
               of
               the
            
             element
             ,
             
               that
               is
               ,
               those
               who
               when
               they
               were
               sick
               on
               their
               beds
               and
               ready
               to
               dy
               ,
               were
            
             baptized
             ,
             
               were
               true
            
             baptism
             ?
             Cyprian
             lib.
             4.
             Epis.
             ad
             Ma●num
             .
             
               After
               it
               was
               questioned
               ,
               whether
               a
               threefold
            
             immersion
             
               were
               necessary
               ,
               or
               one
               would
               suffice
               ?
            
             〈◊〉
             s●ntent
             .
             
               lib.
               4.
               distinct
               .
               3.
               sect.
            
             9.
             
             Aqu●n
             .
             3.
             
               part
               .
            
             q.
             66.
             
               art
               .
               8.
               
               The
               Jewes
               ,
               (
               from
               whom
               this
               rite
               is
               conceived
               to
               come
               ,
               )
               took
               the
            
             baptisme
             
               wherein
               the
               whole
               body
               was
               not
               baptized
               ,
               to
               be
               void
               ,
            
             Selden
             de
             jure
             natur
             .
             &
             gent.
             ●uxta
             dis●i●
             .
             Hebr.
             l.
             2.
             c.
             2.
             
             
               The
               force
               of
               the
               word
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               is
               so
               manifest
               to
               signifie
               dipping
               ,
               plunging
               ,
               drowning
               ,
               that
            
             Pi●●rus
             
               in
               his
            
             Pythia
             ode
             .
             2.
             
               calls
               Corke
               swimming
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             waters
             unbaptized
             ,
             
               and
            
             Plucerch
             
               a
               ship
               floting
               on
               the
               waters
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             ,
             unbaptized
             .
             
               Insomuch
               that
               I
               marvel
               greatly
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               hold
            
             breaking
             
               of
               bread
               necessary
               ,
               if
               not
               essential
               to
               the
               Lords
               Supper
               ,
               having
               but
               example
               ,
               use
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               and
               allusion
               for
               it
               in
               Scripture
               ;
               yea
               that
               are
               so
               stiffe
               for
               a
               table
               gesture
               ;
               should
               upon
               such
               pretences
               as
               these
               [
               that
            
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             
               sometimes
               signifies
               washing
               ,
               that
               our
               Countreys
               are
               in
               a
               cold
               climate
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               alter
               so
               confirmed
               a
               〈◊〉
               ,
               and
            
             determine
             that
             baptizing
             for
             the
             manner
             of
             doing
             〈◊〉
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             〈◊〉
             ,
             but
             sufficient
             ,
             and
             most
             expedient
             to
             be
             by
             pouring
             or
             spri●klin●
             on
             the
             face
             of
             the
             child
             ,
             in
             the
             Directory
             ;
             and
             that
             dipping
             of
             the
             person
             into
             the
             water
             is
             not
             necessary
             :
             but
             baptisme
             is
             rightly
             administred
             by
             pouring
             or
             sprinkling
             water
             upon
             the
             person
             .
             Advice
             〈◊〉
             confession
             of
             faith
             chap.
             28.
             
             〈◊〉
             3.
             
               and
               that
               so
               small
               a
               vessel
               should
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               minds
               be
               set
               up
               ,
               as
               that
               the
            
             Primitiv●
             〈◊〉
             
               cannot
               be
               continued
               by
               those
               that
               would
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               do
               make
            
             conscience
             
               of
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SECT.
             XXIII
             .
          
           
             The
             Conclusion
             requiring
             reparation
             of
             the
             wrong
             done
             to
             me
             by
             Mr.
             
             Baillee
             .
          
           
             NOw
             Sir
             ,
             I
             referre
             it
             to
             your self
             to
             judge
             whether
             any
             Author
             ,
             Papist
             or
             Protestant
             ,
             have
             in
             so
             small
             a
             compasse
             as
             one
             page
             of
             a
             leafe
             in
             4.
             and
             some
             few
             lines
             in
             another
             so
             wronged
             his
             adversary
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             done
             me
             in
             so
             many
             false
             accusations
             tending
             to
             beget
             prejudice
             against
             my
             
             writing
             ,
             and
             hatred
             against
             my
             person
             .
             Which
             I
             take
             the
             worse
             from
             you
             as
             being
             done
             not
             onely
             to
             a
             fellow-Christian
             ,
             and
             a
             fellow-Protestant
             ,
             but
             also
             to
             a
             fellow-Minister
             of
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             whose
             life
             and
             labours
             are
             not
             very
             obscure
             ;
             yea
             to
             a
             fellow-Covenanter
             ,
             and
             one
             with
             whom
             you
             ate
             bread
             at
             his
             and
             others
             invitation
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             desire
             I
             had
             to
             hold
             amity
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             the
             Churches
             from
             whence
             you
             came
             :
             nor
             do
             I
             know
             that
             I
             have
             done
             or
             spoken
             any
             thing
             that
             might
             tend
             to
             the
             contrary
             since
             :
             and
             this
             have
             you
             done
             in
             print
             ,
             whereby
             it
             's
             likely
             to
             spread
             to
             many
             ,
             and
             to
             remaine
             upon
             record
             to
             posterity
             ,
             without
             any
             provocation
             by
             me
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             conference
             with
             me
             by
             word
             or
             writing
             ,
             which
             might
             have
             satisfied
             you
             ;
             though
             living
             not
             farre
             from
             you
             while
             you
             were
             framing
             your
             book
             ;
             as
             I
             conceive
             you
             could
             not
             be
             ignorant
             from
             sundry
             passages
             in
             my
             
               Apolegy
               .
            
             The
             sin
             of
             false
             accusing
             is
             one
             of
             the
             sins
             ,
             that
             makes
             
               times
               perilous
               ,
               2
               Tim.
            
             3.
             3.
             from
             whence
             the
             enemy
             of
             mankind
             hath
             his
             name
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             much
             of
             our
             disunion
             ,
             and
             misery
             comes
             .
             I
             do
             now
             write
             this
             letter
             to
             you
             being
             remote
             from
             you
             ,
             
             as
             I
             did
             write
             to
             a
             neere
             friend
             before
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             you
             with
             these
             exceptions
             against
             you
             ;
             having
             an
             eye
             on
             the
             rule
             of
             Christ
             ,
             
               Mat.
            
             18.
             15.
             that
             I
             may
             shew
             my
             desires
             of
             peace
             ,
             and
             you
             may
             see
             trueth
             ,
             and
             confesse
             your
             wronging
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             may
             fully
             right
             me
             .
             If
             this
             do
             not
             take
             ,
             I
             shall
             some
             other
             way
             endeavour
             to
             wash
             away
             the
             dirt
             cast
             in
             my
             face
             by
             you
             ,
             and
             remaine
          
           
             
               Your
               brother
               and
               fellow-servant
               in
               
                 Christ
                 Jesus
              
               JOHN
               TOMBES
            
             
               Bewdley
               in
               Worcestershire
               .
               
                 July
                 22.
                 1647.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             June
             2.
             1650.
             
          
        
         
           Imprimatur
        
         
           
             John
             Bachiler
             .
          
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A62859e-1850
           
             Vide
             Ans.
             of
             the
             Elders
             of
             New
             Ergl
             ro
             32
             que
             .
             q
             21.
             p
             72
             ,
             13
             ,
             74.
             all
             in
             defe
             of
             answ.
             109
             〈◊〉
             sit
             .
             page
             156.
             
          
           
             Selden
             .
             l.
             1.
             design
             .
             c
             8.
             p
             18.
             codices
             prisci
             ,
             optim●que
             habent
             
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
               {non-Roman}
            
             .
          
           
             Allin
             defence
             of
             Ans.
             to
             9
             posit.
             p.
             171.
             in
             case
             the
             fraternity
             without
             officers
             should
             cast
             out
             any
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             altogether
             the
             same
             with
             that
             which
             may
             be
             dispensed
             by
             the
             officers
             thereof
             it
             being
             no
             officiall
             act
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Henry
             Scudder
             .