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A85810 A treatise of baptisme: wherein is clearly proved the lawfulnesse and usefulnesse of believers baptisme; as also the sinfulnesse and vanity of infants baptisme. With many usefull instructions, concerning the same matter. Grounded upon Ephes. 4. 5. One lord, one faith, one baptisme. / By Robert Garner. Garner, Robert. 1645 (1645) Wing G263; Thomason E314_16; ESTC R200501 29,978 40

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God acting faith in them in this Ordinance doth not onely clear up to them more sweetly the pretiousnesse of the death of Christ but also confirm to them more richly their interest in the same to wit the remission of all their sinnes and their peace with the Father through Jesus Christ Hitherto I conceive tends that of Peter to his perplexed hearers Acts 2.38 Repent and be baptized every one of you in the Name of Iesus Christ for the remission of sinnes He doth not say neither dare I say that baptisme is a remedy to remit sinnes for then I should run into the mistake of such who pleading for their Infants baptisme do say Baptisme is a remedy to take away that sinne which they as the sons of Adam have conveyed to them But this Scripture I conceive holds forth to us especially two things First that repentance and remission of sins are preached given only in the Name or through the Name of Iesus Christ There is sufficiency of grace and strength in the Lord Jesus and in him onely to give you repentance and remission of sinnes And so it will agree with what is written by Luke 24.47 And that repentance and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name among all Nations beginning at Ierusalem Secondly that the Lord Iesus doth in baptisme confirm or witnesse unto Believers in some comfortable measure the forgivenesse of their sins in his Name And therefore he commands them to be baptized partly for this end that in baptisme he may confirm to them in some measure by his Spirit acting faith in them the remission of their sinnes For when a Believer is baptized in the Name of Christ and the Spirit of God acts faith in him in his baptisme then is his heart more sweetly assured that through this Name all his sins are remitted and he is at peace with God And to this purpose I conceive we are to understand that Scripture Acts 22.16 Arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the Name of the Lord. Not that baptisme doth wash away sinnes for it is the bloud of Christ onely received by us through the faith of the operation of God that washeth or cleanseth us from all sinnes But thus Be baptized and in thy baptisme call on the Name of the Lord that is act faith in the Lord Iesus in whose Name thou art baptized that through faith in his Name in this Ordinance thy heart may be further confirmed in this assurance that all thy sinnes are washed away in his pretious bloud And to this purpose I conceive we are to understand Mark 1.4 and Luk. 3.3 concerning Iohns baptisme Only Iohns baptisme did point at Christ yet to come and that which Christ after gave in Commission did hold forth Christ already come And this priviledge or benefit believers have doubtlesse found in baptisme Hence it is that the Eunuch after he was baptized went on his way rejoycing Acts 8.39 He had found something of Christ in this Ordinance which gave him occasion of rejoycing It was not a uselesse but a gainefull Ordinance through Christ to him And so it was said of the Iaylor and all his house after they were baptized He rejoyced believing in God with all his house Some increase of faith and some witnesse of the Love of Christ they had found ministred to them by the Spirit in this Ordinance And as it was given to our Lord Iesus straightway after his baptisme to see heaven opened and to heare the love of the Father witnessed from heaven to him by the holy Spirit Even so the like mercie in a lesse measure is given to believers in and after their baptisme Neither is this fruit onely to be found in the present administration of baptisme but in respect of this benefit amongst others baptisme hath an influence into the whole life of a believer And truly the grace of God is very observable in this respect for by baptisme or straight way upon it believers are called out to wrestle with Satan as it were in the open feild they are set as a But for Satan and the world to shoot against and therefore they had need be Armed with the strength and love of Christ given into their hearts by the holy Spirit in this Ordinance Thus much concerning the explication of this priviledge Instruction Hence believers may be instructed to act faith dayly in the Lord Iesus in this Ordinance and to expect a renewed power of the Spirit of God inabling them in the faith to looke often upon Christ therein As also witnessing afresh to their hearts in such actings of faith the remission of all their sinnes through him in whose Name they are baptized for baptisme is not onely usefull to believers in the present administration of it but for future times also The comfort and benefit of it through the power of the holy Spirit whose Name is called upon them therein hath an influence into the whole life of a believer Therefore let believers account their baptisme to be of great use and comfort to them through Christ by the operation of the holy Spirit in them therein Tryall Againe the clearing up of this priviledge may serve as a fixth Touchstone for the tryall of Infants baptisme whereby the unlawfulnesse thereof will be further discovered I lay downe this conclusion to wit Baptisme may be lawfully administred to none but to such whom the Lord Iesus hath made meet in some measure to be partakers of such a priviledge in baptisme to have the remission of their sinnes through the Name of Christ confirmed or witnessed to their hearts by the power of the holy Spirit whose Name is called upon them in this Ordinance Are Infants meet to have repentance and remission of sinnes preached to them through the Name of Christ and to be baptized in his Name for the remission of sinnes are they meet to have remission of sinnes through Christ witnessed to their heart in baptisme by the holy Spirit who neither know their sinnes nor know Christ nor know the holy Spirit in his gratious and comfortable operation Therefore the baptisme of Infants is not of God for I affirm as I said before that baptism can lawfully be administred to none but such whom the Lord Jesus hath made meet in some measure to receive remission of sinnes in baptisme I meane to have the remission of sinnes through the Name of Christ witnessed and confirmed to their hearts in some comfortable measure by the holy Spirit working gratiously in them in that Ordinance And Surely at the least it is needfull that they know their sinnes and know Christ and know the holy Spririt and know his operations when he puts forth his grace and power in them Now how these things will agree to Infants I leave to the Iudgement of the Wise Thus much concerning the priviledges or benefits which the Lord Iesus gives in a gratious and meet proportion unto believers in their