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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57955	A vindication of the baptized churches from the calumnies of Mr. Michael Harrison, of Potters Pury in Northampton-shire. Being an answer to his two books, intituled, Infant baptism God's ordinance. By William Russel, M.D. A lover of primitive Christianity.	Russel, William, d. 1702.	1697 (1697)	Wing R2360A; ESTC R218555	79,105	138

sprinkling 1 Cor. 10.2 They were all Insants as well as grown Persons baptized by the Cloud There are two great Abuses he puts upon his unwary Reader 1. He falsifies the Text for instead of being baptized unto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea he saith by the Cloud Doth he think the Apostle Paul who was divinely inspired did not know how to use an apt word to express his meaning by but he must be beholding to such a one as he to mend it for him Had Mr. H. the like Advantage against us we might have expected to have been sufficiently abused by his virulent Pen but he shall see by the Grace of God that we have other wise learned Christ But 2dly He tells us They were all Infants as well as grown Persons baptized Who told him so He is a bold Man to venture upon adding to the Word of God Let us read the words and then you will see there is not the least mention of Infants in the Text But his Design was to prove Infants the Subjects as well as sprinkling the manner of Baptism 1 Cor. 10.1 2 3 4. Moreover Brethren I would not that ye should be ignorant how that all our Fathers were under the Cloud and all passed through the Sea and were all baptized unto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea and did all eat the same spiritual meat and did all drink the same spiritual drink for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ But with many of them God was not well pleased for they were overthrown in the Wilderness Now let us see if we can by Gods Assistance find out the Mind of the Spirit in these words 1. The Subjects are described to wit the Fathers All our Fathers 2. They are said to eat spiritual Meat and drink spiritual Drink to drink of Chirst the Rock of Ages 3. That from hence it will manifestly appear That all the Persons said to be Baptised unto Moses c. were true Beleivers because none can eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood but such that are united to him by Faith John 6.32 33 34 35 36. I shall only recite part of the words you may read the rest at your leisure And Jesus said unto them I am the bread of Life he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he that believeth on me shall never thirst c. See also from Ver. 47. to Ver. 59. So that it appears from hence That it was only the Believers in Christ among that mixt multitude that were the Persons intended But 4ly With many of them God was not well pleased for they were overthrown in the Wilderness Now let us examine who those were whose Carkasses fell in the Wilderness In Numb 14.22 Because all those Men which have seen my glory and my Miracles which I did in Egypt and in the Wilderness and have tempted me now these ten times and have not hearkned to my voice surely they shall not see the land c. V. 29. Your Carkasses shall fall in this Wilderness and all that were numbered of you according to your whole number from twenty years old and upward c. save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun Here you see who they were whose Carkasses fell in the Wilderness who are called Fathers viz. The men among them from Twenty years old and upward they sinned they murmered they tempted Christ c. and their Carkasses fell in the Wilderness From whence the Apostle cautions these Saints at Corinth to be warned by their Example V. 12. Wherefore let him that thinketh he stands take heed least he fall But saith Mr. H. Infants as well as grown Persons I pray therefore see what is written from the mouth of God Numb 14.31 32. But your little ones which ye said should be a prey them will I bring in and they shall know the land which ye have despised But as for you your Carkasses they shall fall in this Wilderness From whence I infer That if Baptism were here caken for an Ordinance administred by Moses the Subjects of it as expressed by the Apostle were Fathers and from that of Numbers where we are told what they were They are called men and said to be twenty years old and upward So that you may see Mr. H. makes strange work in his Interpretation of Scripture for he turns Men into Infants But 2ly If it must be so taken as an Ordinance then Believers in Christ are the only Subjects of it For they drank of that Spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ But saith Mr. H. They were Baptised by sprinkling for they were all Baptised by the Cloud and a Cloud doth but sprinkle or pour out water not Dip. What he means by a Cloud dipping I know not but when he hath falsified the Text by putting in by in the room of in he had a mind to accommodate it to his own Fancy But why Mr. H. fancies that they were sprinkled by the Cloud I cannot tell except it be that he prefers his own Imaginations before the written Word I would ask this Gentleman a few Questions 1. How he knows there was Water in this Cloud If he shall say that all Clouds have Water in them that I must deny Besides other Reasons that might perhaps be assigned I shall offer this in Evidence That in the Epistle of Jude ver 12. we read of Clouds without Water and how doth he know but this might be such a Cloud 2ly If this Cloud had Water in it How will he be able to prove that it dropped upon the Children of Israel whilst they were passing through the Sea For I am sure the Scripture saith not one word of it 3ly If he will but consider the account that is given of this Cloud in Numb 14.14 Exod. 13.21.22 whether he will not find that this which is called the Pillar of a Cloud was not the Token of God's Presence as a Guide to them by day as the Pillar of Fire was by night And whether this was not a miraculous manifestation of God's Favour to them and not a common natural cloud see Exod. 14.21 29. Chap. 15.8 Psalm 106.9 Now these places assure us they went thro' the midst of the Sea as on dry Land and the Waters were a Wall unto them on the right hand and on the left Pray how had it been dry Land if it had rained upon them all the time they passed thro' Compare but this with Psalm 105.39 He spread a Cloud for a Covering c. 4ly Seeing the word in 1 Cor. 10.2 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 whether it being here used in the passive form it may not properly be read thus They were all overwhelmed unto Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea as they must needs be when the Cloud covered them and the Waters were a Wall unto them on the right hand and on the left