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A96362	A true relation of the conversion and baptism of Isuf the Turkish chaous, named Richard Christophilus In the presence of a full congregation, Jan. 30. 1658. in Covent-Garden, where Mr. Manton is minister. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.	White, Thomas, 1628-1698.; Dury, John, 1596-1680.	1659 (1659)	Wing W1807; Thomason E2141_1; ESTC R204020	32,885	117

being fallen into sin and misery could not deliver himself nor could any Creature find or procure a way for deliverance but God found a good Remedy for man I believe that Man was restored from his fall and misery by the Mediation of Jesus Christ who hath undertaken to save Mankind from the Curse of God and to reconcile God to Men and Men to God to destroy all the works of the Devil and all the Enemies of the Salvation of mankind to unite men to God by one Spirit God was moved to appoint and accept this way of Mediation for Mankind only by his free love towards the world and by his Eternal and affectionate compassion towards his Elect in Jesus Christ to the end his grace should be manifested by us The work of Reconciliation between God and Man was effected by the Son of God the second Person of the Holy Trinity who being God from all Eternity took the nature of man in the fulness of time being born by the power of the Holy Ghost of a Virgin and under the Law and so he became Emanuel God with us in one Person I believe that God said with his own mouth I am the Lord thy God who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt and out of the house of bondage Thou shalt have no other Gods before my face c. I believe that the way by which he did bring to passe that admirable work was by the Administration of his three Offices Prophet Priest and King who in the state of his humiliation and exaltation became Wisedom to all Believers and also Righteousness and Redemption to make the work of Redemption and Reconciliation effectual and profitable in us he that did undertake it Jesus Christ is offered unto us with all his benefits in the covenant of grace and to all those to whom the Gospel is Preached this Covenant is published throughout the world by the publick Administration of the Word and of all the Doctrines of Repentance from dead works and of faith towards God and they are obliged every one to take an example by the grace of God which brings Salvation to receive it and to make use of it And the Doctrine of Repentance is applyed unto them that are transgressors of the Law to shew them to renounce wicked works which are first Atheism Idolatry false and Superstitious wayes of worshipping the true God all irreverence and abuse of his Name and all profanation of the Lords Day and neglect of his Solemn Worship and secondly to teach them to renounce all worldly lusts that is to say all disobedience to Superiors Murther and Malice Adultery and Villany False witness-bearing and all Concupiscence desiring things that pertain to his Neighbour I believe that the Doctrine of Faith is to be made use of towards those that have the use of reason to teach them that God is and that he is the Saviour of those that seek him diligently that they may know him and fear him and put their confidence in God the Father who hath made all things and in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son who having redeemed us is gone up into Heaven and is sitting at the right hand of God where he makes Intercession for us and from thence he shall come back in glory to give unto Believers their blessed hopes and in the Holy Ghost by whom the Church of Saints is gathered sanctified and governed in this world to be exalted in glory in the world to come I believe that God doth require good workes that thereby he may be glorified amongst men and we must do them that we may shew our love to him and to his glory and our thankfulnesse to his mercy that we may have assurance in our prayers and that we may build up our neighbour in the good way Moreover the Organ by which the Believers do good works is the life of the Spirit of Christ in them which makes the children of grace free from the dominion of sin and leads them in all truth that they may answer the Tenor of the Covenant to observe it also those that are faithful unto God in the Covenant of grace makes use of their graces towards Christ to remain in him and in his word and in his love and to follow him in their affection and actions that in all things they may be conformable to his Image I believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth and in Jesus Christ his only begotten Son our Lord who was conceived of the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary did suffer under Potius Pilat was crucified dead and buried and descended into Hell the third day he rose from the dead he is gone up to Heaand sits at the right hand of God from thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead I believe in the holy Ghost the holy Universal Church the Communion of Saints the forgiveness of sins the Resurrection of the Body life everlasting Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our dayly bread and pardon us our trespasses as we pardon them that trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen I believe the Ordinances of Baptism and of the supper of the Lord are Organs to such as are Disciples to increase the Communion of Saints to seal the promises and to confirm the graces of the Covenant to believers and to their of-spring and to distinguish them from the World I believe that the Lord Jesus Christ having eaten the Passeover with his Disciples in the night in which he was betrayed did institute the use of the holy Supper that it should be celebrated afterward to remember his death and to shew it forth till he come again In the institution he took bread and having given thanks he break it and said Take eat this is my Body which is broken for you do this in remembrance of me in like manner after Supper he took the Cup saying This Cup is the New Testament in my blood do this as oft as ye drink thereof in remembrance of me he did make use of bread and Wine to let us know that even as the Body is nourished with meat and drink so also the Soul doth receive its spiritual nourishment from him in respect of his Body and blood given to us I beleeve that Iesus Christ did institute the Baptism after his Resurrection and before his ascention into heaven as an effect and a Testimony that he hath received all power in Heaven and Earth and the Disciples are commanded to administer the same to make it appear that all the Nations of the Earth are made subject unto him as to their Saviour and that being subject to

to be and had took upon him the habit of a Turk and that therefore he ought to be circumcised and if he turned Christian to be burnt Some of this Christians friends desir'd this Noble Turk who was in great Authority to deliver him out of that snare He went to the Mufty and took no notice of the business until the Mufty spoke to him of it which he presently did for the business was then before him He desired to have the hearing of it He enquired of the first witnesse whether he drunk wine with this Christian he could not deny it he presently commanded that he should receive so many bastinadoes for transgressing the law of Mahomet and after execution done they brought him again he then commanded him to repeat the commandemants of Mahomet which he not being able to do he rejected him as not being a competent witness The other witness being searcht was found not to be a Turk he commanded him to be circumcised since he profest himself to be a Turk and so the witnesses being taken off delivered the Christian That use that I could wish were made of this story I could wish were this That we might at least give as much honour to Christ as Turks do to Mahomet viz. That as no one amongst them is a competent witness except he can repeat the commandements of Mahomet so none amongst us might be received as a witness except they could say the ten commandements As for their justice and fidelity I have heard and read much It is related of one of our Merchants who had sold a great quantity of cloth to one of the Turks who the next year when the Merchant came again told him that he was mistaken in the measure of his cloth and that there was so much over measure as came to fifteen pound more and that he had put it in a bag that it might be ready for him against he came The Merchant told him that he had got enough by him and said much good may it do you The Turk answered and said Sir take it or else I will otherwise dispose of it for it is none of mine It is related also that a Merchant of ours coming to one of their shops the Turk told him that he had sold enough that day saying I pray Sir go to such a neighbour of mine you shal have as good there and and as cheap as I have and he hath had little custome to day If these stories be true as I judge them to be have we not all much reason to wish that most of us might be converted to be Turks as to our conversation that we might be better Christians If these stories be false yet since we and our consciences judge them to be good do not we condemn our selves if we do not follow their examples For as the Apostle saith Thou art inexcusable O man whosoever thou art that judgest for wherein thou judgest another thou condemnest thy self thou that judgest dost the same thing So I may say thou art inexcusable O man whosoever thou art that commendest another and dost not the same thing Another thing that I conceive remarkable and considerable and of great use unto us is to consider how that those that are converted at mans estate to Christian Religion with what relish and high admirings they read the Scripture Doubtless they understand divers Scriptures much otherwise and better than we do having not been corrupted with those Glosses and Interpretations that too generally are given of them especially in the matter of riches it may be said of the Scripture as the Scripture saith of man God made man upright but he hath found out many inventions so it may be said that God made the Scripture upright right but men have found out many Expositions and being unwilling to bring their lives to the Scriptures have thereby brought the Scriptures to their lives Me thinks such a Convert one that is a prudent and by his conversion made a pious man and never heard any thing of the Gospel before is like Adam when he was created and brought into Paradise he being of such wonderful acuteness of sense and understanding Seeing the glorious Sun and the rich spacious heavens and the earth in all her bravery hearing the melody of the birds and never seeing any such thing before and being able to discern the wisedom of God in their frame and creation as well as the goodness of God in their use one would think it a wonder how it were possible for him to be tempted or at least so soon but for us we being born infants and being used to these sights by degrees take little notice either of the wisedom or goodness of God in the works of Creation which lose the strangeness and novelty before we come to know them So it is also with us in matters of Religion we ate taught in our infancy the Doctrine of the Gospel and it is well we are but generally Parents teach their children so carelesly irreverently overly and formally that the Doctrine of Christianity takes little or no impression on them and they are brought up in a formality of Religion and form of godliness which brings them generally to a senslesness in the matters of God so that by that time they be come to years of understanding they deal with Religion as we do with the Sun make use of its light to direct us in our worldly business but seldom admire the glory of it So people use the profession of their Religion to carry on their designs but seldom are affected with the beauty of it It is pity we should love God less because we have loved him so long and because he hath been so long mercifull unto us nay doubtless true love doth not grow weaker by age One thing more I shall advise and conclude viz. That as the Angels in Heaven rejoyce at such a ones Conversion so should we and do something more than the Angels do that is we should pray for him that God whom we hope hath begun a good work in this Convert would perfect and finish it and would preserve and keep him by his mighty power through faith to salvation as also for Thine to serve and please thee in all things to Edification THO. WHITE Lecturer at St. Andrews Holborn A RELATION OF THE Conversion of ISVF the Turkish Chaous TO THE Profession of Christianity Together with The manner of his Solemn Baptism in the Church of Covent-Garden and the Confession of his Faith ISuf a Chaous of the Grand Signor born at Constantinople whose Father being Governor of the Archipelago had three and thirty Gallies under his command whereof three did belong to himself and thirty to the Grand Signor having been imployed in three Embassies once into Venice once into Muscovie to the great Duke once to the Emperor of Germany where he resided at Vienna 18. moneths was by one of his Fathers slaves who attended ordinarily upon him

consequently the old Man being crucified with him the newness of Life is to be entertained and that we are bound to present our members as servants to Righteousness as the Apostle exhorts Rom. 6. 6. till 20. 4. To own the profession of Religon the strict Rules of Conscience and all the Ordinance of the Gospel openly and freely that we may not seem ashamed of Christ before men lest he be ashamed of us before his Father in heaven Matth. 10. 32 33. Concerning the Second Question If the Question be to whom Baptism is to be administred the Answer from the Text will be this That it is to be administred to such as have received the gift of the Holy Ghost that is to such as God doth own to belong to him For the Apostles argument to prove that Cornelius and his company ought to be baptized is grounded upon this maxim whomsoever God doth own as his they ought to be set apart as his But these God hath owned as his by the visible gift of the Spirit Ergo Now the visible way of owning Cornelius and his company was peculiar to the dispensation of those times and the force of his argumeut to conclude that they ought to be baptized doth not stand in it further than as it doth evidence that God did own them to belong to himself For the Major Proposition which is an universal truth the ground of the whole inference is tacitly presupposed and included in the words received the Holy Ghost as well as we as if he had said God owns them as he did us therefore they must be baptized as we are For whomsoever he doth own to them belongeth the token of his owning of them From this ground of the Apostles Argument we inferre two things First wherefore the Infants of believing Parents ought to be baptized Secondly what the qualification of Aged people is to whom Baptism is to be administred First concerning Infants we take the Apostles Argument thus and say If God doth own the Infants of believing Parents as his then they ought to receive the token of his owning of them But God doth own these Infants as his Ergo they ought to receive the token of his owning of them which is Baptism The Minor Proposition that God doth own the Infants of believers as his is manifest from 1 Cor. 7. 14. where the Apostle declares that although but one of the Parents is a believer yet the Infants are holy that is owned by God as his by vertue of the Covenant made with Abraham which is that he would be the God of him and of his seed This is a Gospel-covenant and made with Abraham as a believer therefore with all believers as well as with him For the promise saith the Apostle is to you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call The promise that God will be their God is made not only to believing Jews and their children but to all believing Gentiles also whom God doth call to the faith of Abraham Hence it is that Christ declares that the Kingdom of God belongs unto them and commands the Disciples to suffer them to come unto him and was very angry with grief {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that they did forbid them to come Matth. 19. 13 14. This is recorded not as a meer History of the time but as Christ is yesterday to day and for ever the same so this command Let little children come to me is in force still If then children should be brought unto Christ they must be brought to the Ordinance where he is to be found and which they are only capable of which is the token of the Covenant For they being owned by him by the promise of the Covenant and by the command to suffer them to come to him the Apostles Argument doth stand firm for them that they ought to be baptized that is receive the sign of his owning of them The promise is that all the families of the earth should be blessed in Abraham Gen. 12. 3. 22. 18. Children are a chief part of a family and when God made his Covenant with Abraham he received all his family him with Gen. 17 12 13. And the Apostles did baptize whole families Acts 16. 15. 1 Cor. 1. 16. For the Head of a family being owned God would have all that belonged unto it to be owned and hereupon at Philippi Paul doth promise to the Jaylor of the prison that if he believed in Christ he should be saved and his house Acts 16. 31. Now the Apostle could have no warrant to promise this unto him if he had not lookt upon the promise made to Abraham Gen. 12. 3. known Gods Counsel that he would propagate his Church not by single persons but by families But if it be as it is commonly objected why is there no command for the Baptizing of Infants as well as circumcising them under the Law Answ. 1. The general command includes children and therefore no need of any particular mentioning of them 2. The Promise is as expresse to children as to Parents Acts 2. 39. and therefore no need of an expresse command 3 It had been absurd to give a new command for children seeing they were in possession of the priviledge to be owned as belonging to the Covenant they had been owned ever since Abrahams time and were in actual possession of their right therefore to give a command concerning them again to be owned had been not only superfluous but absurd as if their title to the priviledge had been doubtful Therefore I conceive that there is no command given nor any example mentioned but in the general of a houshold because their interest was presupposed to be known by all and the practice was undoubtedly universal to Baptize whole Families And thus much concerning the right of Infants unto Baptism As for Aged persons if the Question be who amongst them should be baptized The Answer will be such as are so qualified that it doth appear that God doth own them as his Now God doth own as his not only such as received the gifts of Prophesying and speaking with strange Tongues as Cornelius and his company did but all that professed Faith and did repent were engaged by Faith and Repentance to walk answerable to their profession And upon this account the Eunuch was baptized by Philip Acts 8. For having been taught the knowledge of Christ v. 30. till 36. and then having made confession of his Faith in Christ v. 36 37 38. he was baptized although he had not received any such gift of the Holy Ghost as Cornelius and his company Nay it is so far from this that the extraordinary gift which Cornelius received was pre-requisite as a qualification for Baptism that the Apostle Peter doth promise to these who should repent and be baptized that the Holy Ghost should be bestowed upon them Acts 2. 38 39.