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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
master_n	lord_n	servant_n	service_n	5,597	5	7.0128	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86928	An ansvver to Mr. Tombes his scepticall examination of infants-baptisme: wherein baptisme is declared to ingraft us into Christ, before any preparation: and the covenant of the gospel to Abraham and the gentiles is proved to be the same, extended to the gentiles children, as well as to Abrahams: together with the reason, why baptize children, is not so plainly set down in the gospel, as circumcise children, in the law, and yet the gospel more plain then the law. / By William Hussey, minister of Chislehurst in Kent.	Hussey, William, minister of Chiselhurst.	1646 (1646)	Wing H3815; Thomason E343_3; ESTC R200939	83,416	79

as may appeare to all English men that understand their own tongue as in the like phrase make or build houses laying the foundations on the tock and raising the walls and roof of lasting and durable matter do not these participles expresse the manner of doing or may a man gather from hence that the house must be built before the foundation must be laid Again the word nations is a Noune of multitude and the very commission seemeth to point at the nation of the Jewes for the pattern that they should call other nations into covenant with God even after the same manner as the Jews have been by vertue of the same promise and thus it is apparent the Apostles all understood it Paul both to the Romans Rom 4 11. and Gal. 3.17 doth argue that the promise might stand the same to us as was to Abraham though circumcision be taken away for as much as the promise was before circumcision even to Abraham and there might remain the circumcision of the heart though the outward circumcision were taken away and Baptisme put in the place of it and from this promise Acts 2.39 S. Peter argueth to Baptisme the promise belongeth to you therefore be baptized If then Baptisme may be tendered to nations nations may receive baptisme that is it may be nay it must be received by a nationall covenant the nation of the Jews were only in covenant with God before Christ but all nations after Christ hath broken down the partition wall Now principally a nationall covenant doth consist in this that the most principall of the nation do covenant for the rest the more considerable part do receive for the rest and require performance of others their inferiours God laid circumcision upon the Jews under a penalty which is a nationall way of receiving God commandeth all to be circumcised by a Law under a penalty that person that was not circumcised must be cut off Gen. 17.14 that the whole nation might be circumcised If any shall object that the Jews were all to be circumcized under a penalty but the penalty was appointed of God I answer that was an especiall priviledge of the Jewes that they had their civill Lawes from God but what lieth upon a nation as a duty that it may require of all and cut off them that refuse and this is implied in the commission when nations shall covenant to be Disciples which may be done by a part for the whole then are such as are in commission from Christ commanded to baptize and teach the whole nation such as are in authority may covenant in a nationall way for the inferiour sort and justly require all externall performances from them such as Baptisme and submission to be taught are as for faith and internall performance no creature can judge of that or require it of another in a judiciall way If any object that the Apostles did not execute their commission but upon such parties as did believe and would be baptized I answer a commission cannot be executed in full extent untill opportunity be gotten he that hath a commission to hang up all the thieves in the kingdom must execute it as he may he must hang them as he can catch them as soon as they could procure a nationall willingnesse they were ready to baptize them as by the many thousands baptized by them the same day of their conversion may appear taking them in by families which act by a nationall way the master of the family covenanting for his servants and children So Josh 24.15 I and my house will serve the Lord he may not believe for his servant but he may covenant for externall worship for his son under a penalty and for his servant according to his condition under penalty or dismission of service that the whole family or nation might come in And that the Gentiles should in such a manner flow into the Church the Prophets do fully testifie Isai 2.2 All nations shall flow c. See further what light the word Disciple doth give to this sense of the commission Disciple is a relative and is referred to master to him that giveth precepts which have sanctions of reward and punishment annexed and this is the covenant that is between the master and the scholler that he will teach and punish the negligence of the scholler the scholler must be under the covenant of submission or otherwise he can be no scholler Now note that two ways this covenant of a scholler may be put upon any person First it may be put on with the consent of the scholler or secondly without in case of a slave his Lord may impose what covenants he pleaseth without his consent if he will live and enjoy his being the father may and that justly by his interest that he hath over his son by nature put him to school and make a scholler of him even before he be willing to consent he may justly carry him and correct him if he refuse to be put under the power of a Schoolmaster giving his Schoolmaster power to correct him Now to send him to school to Christ and teach him the precepts of Christ and this imposed on the parent of Christ by his Apostles Ephes 6.4 And ye fathers provoke not your children to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. And what a parent can do over his child in matter of duty that may the parents of the countrey the Magistrates require of the nations God requireth it of them they may put all the nation to school to Christ Now what if some of them be too young to learn yet if they be under the discipline of the Master they are schollers as may appear in many little children that are set to school to keep them safe and from wantonnesse before they be of capacity to learn many have a hornbook given more for a play-game then a book yet are they schollers because under the discipline and correction of the Master is it not therefore great reason that a Christian should dedicate his childe to Christ to be partaker of the blessing and discipline of Christ surely godlinesse hath the promise of this life and that which is to come What is the Infant capable of no good from Christ neither in soul nor body hath Christ nothing to do with him Christ did blesse sucking Infants and as he blesseth cannot he likewise punish at pleasure Why then if he hath power over all nations and de jure they are all under his discipline may not Christian parents put their children under the tuition of Christ seeing though they cannot learn yet he can blesse and hath right and will punish which we by baptizing our Infants do but acknowledge nay certainly he is an Infidell that doth not think that Christ can teach the Infant by his Spirit though we cannot by means that we can use or that he doth not qualifie the souls of the elect Infants with gifts of