much importuned to believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God the onely true Prophet greater than Mahomet And although for a long time he would not hearken to the speeches of the Slave but reproved him for speaking to him of that matter and when the slave would not be silent he did beat him and kick him and caused him to be bastonadeed for his importunity which the slave endured with much patience and declared that although he should kill him he would not be silent concerning that matter yet at last by some special Providences whereof a particular account may be given hereafter he was moved to believe that in very deed Jesus Christ whom the Jewes put to death at Jerusalem was the Son of God and now alive in Heaven having all power in heaven and earth Whereupon he took a secret resolution within himself to retire from among the Turks his Countreymen and live among Chistians to learn the Lawes of Jesus Christ and make profession of his name for the saving of his soul being fully convinced that all the enjoyments and pleasures of this world whereof he had no want could not make a man happy in this life nor deliver him from death nor bring him to the assurance of obtaining glory in the world to come but that the owning of the name of Jesus Christ by Faith and Obedience would procure all this And after that he was convinced of these Truths and fully resolved to come among Christians he was two whole years before he could contrive the way how to depart from his own Kindred and Nation with safety because the danger for a Turk to turn Christian or to renounce the Mahometan Religion is by their Law to be burnt alive Therefore being wary lest he should be discovered and having attempted some wayes to transport himself which proved ineffectual at last by the address of some whom God stirred up to be serviceable unto him he transported himself from Constantinople to Smyrna where other providence did guide him to find a way of being transported unto Ligorn Having past the Quarantana he was honourably received by one of the Duke of Florence his Cousins and there they would have Baptized him but because he was recommended to the Arch-Bishop of Paris and was to be conducted thither by some who went from Smyrna with him he would not receive their favour So from Ligorn he went to Marselles and from Marselles he was conducted to Paris At Paris he was received with respect as being conceived to be a Person of quality and lodged in St. Lazaro a place appointed for the instructing and entertaining of Proselytes for which charitable use it is largely endowed There the Priests who were appointad to instruct him and fit him to be Baptized according to their Profession and he could not agree concerning several things which they would perswade him to believe and practice as Essentials to their Religion viz. That Christ was in the Hostie that the Agnus Dei had Divine vertue that the Crucifix is to be worshipped that the Pope is a Saint and Christs Vicar that Images and Saints are to be respected in the worship of God Upon all which and some other points he did so argue with them that they found no way to convince him but were forced to let him alone And he was much troubled to find himself yoked with men of such a belief so that he could have found in his heart to have returned again to Constantinople if the way had been open for him Whiles he was in this perplexity Providence did direct two Arabians who were become Protestants to see him By their means he did get notice that there were besides the Papists amongst whom he was other Christians in Paris whose faith and worship was free from Superstition whereupon he resolved to be brought unto the Protestants of Paris and contrived a way with these Arabians how he might come to be acquainted with them which took effect For under a pretence of walking abroad to take the air he shifted himself of the company which attended him from St. Lazaro and went with the Arabians to a Protestant house and became acquainted with the Ministers of Paris who took special care of him for the space of 43. days in which time they did instruct him carefully in the Truth which he heartily did imbrace But great search being made for him to find him out and they not being able to protect him from the power of those that would have taken him out of their hands they consulted with the chief of their Friends what to do with him that he might be in safety The Result of which Consultation was that he should be sent away into England where he arrived in March last and being recommended to his Highness of blessed memory he was received with much kindness by him and after some time a livelyhood was appointed unto him and about the same time Mr. Secretary Thurloe did recommend him to the care of Mr. Durie that he should consider him and advise what should be done with him further Mr. Durie having conversed familiarly with him and finding him a man of parts and for the main well principled in point of knowledge both in the grounds of Faith and in the practice of Christianity he made enquiry of his life and conversation amongst all those with whom he had dwelt and with whom he had been acquainted since he was come into England and finding that they all gave him a very good testimony he made a Report to Mr. Secretary whereof the chief Substance was as followeth By all that I have been able to observe in this Turkish Chaous I cannot judge otherwise but that he is a sincere Convert to the name of Jesus Christ believing in him for the salvation of his soul and post-posing all other things for the attainment thereof For although his notional knowledge is weak and doth not much exceed the common Articles of the Creed so far as yet I do discover yet I judge it saving in him because I find his faith sincere and his love to God in Jesus Christ fervent and well grounded I discern the sincerity of his Faith not only by the profession of his love to Christ upon the account of that which Christ hath done for us but by the sense which he hath of Gods Truth and Faithfulness in his promises to those that trust in him which by pretty familiar comparisons he hath expressed upon several occasions much to my comfort wherein he sheweth a generosity of spirit to give up himself unto Christ without reserve The sincerity and fervency of his love to Christ I perceive by his desire to know his will that he may obey his Commandements for in this he hath appeared unto me earnest and single-hearted declaring that he finds himself obliged in thankfulnesse to God for Christ to become his servant and to obey him in all conditions because saith he God hath bestowed upon
more than that which John saith Math. 3. 11. the Holy Ghost and fire that is the Holy Ghost working in the nature of fire so the Spirit and water is the Spirit working in the nature of water It is a figure of speech called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that is one thing by two expressions Fire and Water are purging Elements their operation is in one spirit and the Prophet Isai. joyneth them together in one effect Cap. 4. 4. When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the Daughters of Sion and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgement and the spirit of Burning here the Spirit doth wash and burn to purge away sin This then is a gross mistake of the phrase but as to the thing it self that salvation doth not depend upon the use of outward Water is clear from 1 Pet. 3. 21. where the Apostle telling us that Baptism doth save us doth immediately to prevent a mistake explain himself and saith that he meaneth not the putting away the filth of the Flesh viz. by outward water but the answer of a good Conscience towards God by the resurrection of Jesus Christ that is the Baptism which saveth the Soul and therefore Christ Mar. 16. 16. saith he that beleeveth and is Baptized shall be saved but he that beleeveth not shall be damned he saith not he that is not Baptized shall be damned intimating that there is no such necessity of water-Baptism that without it a Soul cannot be saved for the promise is to faith alone whosoever beleeveth in him shall not perish but have life everlasting Joh. 3. 16. and the Apostle Gal. 5. 6. assures us that in Jesus Christ neither Circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing but Faith which worketh by Love The saving vertue is in the washing of Regeneration renewing of the Holy Ghost Tit. 3. 5. which words are a clear exposition of Christs words except ye be born of the Spirit and water ye cannot enter into the Kingdome of God Joh. 3. 5. for the washing of Regeneration by the renewing of the Holy Ghost which is shed on us is to be born of the Spirit and Water and without this none is saved that is none enters into Gods Kingdom Yet although the saving of Souls doth not depend upon the outward washing nevertheless we say there is some necessity for the use of Baptism namely the necessitas praecepti that is a necessity to obey Gods command for as the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 7. 19. of Circumcision that neither it nor uncircumcision is any thing but the obeying of Gods Commandement so we say that to be baptised is nothing and to want Baptism is nothing but the keeping of the Commandements of God the meaning is that the outward work or the opus operatum whether you have it or want it is not to be regarded but the keeping of Gods commandement is that which is necessarie therefore we say that Christs Command to administer Baptism is necessary to be observed in his Church according to his end for which he did appoint it which is not to make Salvation to depend upon material Water but to Characterize and separate Disciples from the rest of the World and to conveigh as an outward testimony the manifestation of the inward work of Grace exhibited in the word of the institution and to these ends it is a means appointed by God and by reason of his appointment it is necessary to be used as a means to shew forth the Relation which is between Christ and his members it is a means necessary to signifie and seal their ingraffing into one body by one Spirit with him as their head 1 Cor. 12. 13. So far then as God will have a publick visibility of the profession to be owned and our Relation to Christ in the Covenant to be held forth so far is publick Baptism necessarie now this is not otherwise necessary than as circumstances will permit it to be done Regularly that is by a Lawfull Minister in Christs way for the Baptism of Women is not Lawful nor of any other who hath not a Call to administer the Ordinance Nor is it the want but the contempt or wilfull neglect of Baptism that brings guilt Saint Ambrose saith of Valentinian the Emperor that though he dyed without Water-Baptism yet he had the Grace of Baptism because he earnestly did desire it Hitherto the use of Instruction The use of Comfort is two-fold 1. That God doth condescend to our weakness to give us a visible and sensible Word to make us feel in the outward man that which he doth in the inward this is a great support of our faith and a real ground of Comfort which God makes use of to conveigh by the word of promise the increase of Grace unto our Souls 2. That God doth mark us outunto himself and by a visible token of his Covenant in our outward Man will seal a Relation between him and us as Gen. 17. 11 13. This is a special Confirmation of his free Grace and Love and that he by this means will separate us from the World as a peculiar people and a chosen generation 1 Pet. 2. 9. It is a ground of Confidence to us that he will have a special care of us in evil times for the causes bind up the Testimony and Seal the Law among his Disciples Isa. 8. 16. His Church which is made up of these Disciples are his Vineyard which he doth keep and water every moment lest any thing hurt it Isa. 27. 2 3. It is his Garden enclosed a Spring shut up and a Fountain sealed Cant. 4. 12. This gives us a ground in time of trouble and temptation to fly unto him to mind him of his Covenant with us in Baptism and to tell him as David doth Psal. 22. 10. I was cast upon thee from the womb thou art my God from my Mothers belly be not far from me for trouble is neer The use of Admonition and exhortation is 1. That we should mind our Covenant with God in Baptism what the tenor of it is what our Relation is to him what it is to be his Disciple how we should be under his Discipline how separate from the world the Devil and the Flesh how carefull as good Souldiers to war faithfully under his Banner the Ancients called it Sacramentum to be mindfull of the oath which Souldiers took to be faithfull unto their General and Tessera Militaris a token of their Warfar to war against the lusts of the Flesh 1 Pet. 2. 11. 2. To remember that we are redeemed by Christ and Adopted and regenerated and made a peculiar people to live to him and to be zealous of good works Tit. 3. 14. and to walk worthy of his Kingdom and Glory 1 Thes. 2. 12. 3. To consider that by Baptism we are both dead and made alive again with Christ Rom. 6. 3 4. and that
Repent saith he and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost for the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are afar off even as many as the Lord our God shall call So that we see Repentance and Faith fits men for Baptism and to these the gift of the Holy Ghost is a consequent in the ordinary dispensation although in this case of Cornelius the gift of the Holy Ghost was dispensed before Baptism The Vses 1. To encourage Parents to present their children to God and to testifie their interest in his Covenant on their behalf If they desire God to be the God of their children they should present them to him and accept of the priviledge which belongeth unto them to put them in possession of it Marc. 10. 14. it is said that when Christ had reproved his Disciples for hindering the children to come to him he took them up in his arms laid his hands upon them and blessed them When they are brought to the Ordinance and receive the seal of the Covenant he takes them in his arms layes his hands upon them and blesseth them 2. To oblige Parents to teach their children the Tenor of the Covenant and upon what account they have been owned by God and what their duty is to live unto him If under the Law Parents were obliged to teach their children Deut. 6. 7. Certainly under the Gospel this ought not to be rejected where there is a Covenant under better promises 3. To teach us to observe the Qualities requisite in those who are to be baptized that the Ordinance may not be administred either too scrupulously or too negligently It may be administred too scrupulously when such a distinct knowledge of all the heads of faith and duties is stood upon which may become one who is a large proficient in Christianity It is to be understood that if they have the knowledge of the main object of our Faith and Hope with a desire to be saved by Christ although they know no particular controversal matters yet they ought when they repent to be admitted to Baptism for they are baptized to be made disciples and being such to be taught and directed in the wayes of God according to Christs commandement in the Institution of Baptism Matth. 28. 19 20. make Disciples Baptize Teach Again it will be administred too scrupulously if Baptism should be suspended upon the account that he to whom it is administred should be embodied into some particular Congregation for Baptism is not instituted to make a man a member of any particular Society but to make him a disciple and to own him as a member of the Catholick Church visible For all particular Congregations make but one body unto which all particular believers belong Eph. 4. 4 5 6. 1 Cor. 12. 12. till 21. It may be administred too carelesly if no respect be had to their knowledge whether it be of the fundamental truths that Christ is the Son of God the only Saviour and that whosoever doth repent and believe in him for the mission of sins shall be saved and if no respect be had to the seriousnesse of their intention whether they desire Baptism yea or no for the true end to have a relation to Christ as his disciple in the Covenant to be taught and guided by him or whether they desire it onely for some worldly by-ends as many hypocrites have done And now to make the Application of this to the person in hand and the present action we can testifie of the Qualification of the person that he hath more than a competent measure of knowledge in Christianity both in matters of Faith and of Duties and that his life is answerable thereunto as having renounced all for Christs sake to come to live amongst Christians in a penitent humble sober and mortified state seeking onely to be found in Jesus Christ for the obtaining of the remission of sins and righteousnesse through him This being known to us to be his aym and his profession and having earnestly desired upon these ground and upon the Confession of Faith which he made in one day to be baptized we may warantably and cheerfully proceed to administer the holy Ordinance unto him and say with the Apostle Peter in my Text Can any man forbid water that this man should not be baptized who hath received the Graces of the Holy Ghost as well as we For by his Confession of Faith it will appear that he is largely enlightned and taught in the Truth by the Holy Ghost for not being able either to read or write and dictating this Confession according to certain heads which were given him and doing it readily in one day it is evident that he hath received a large measure of Grace which fits him for Baptism Here the Confession was read as it was Translated out of the French Copy which his Boy wrote from his mouth and it is as followeth The Confession of Faith made by ISUF the Turkish Chaous Who was Baptized in Mr. Mantons Church in Covent-Garden the 29th of January 1658. His name was Richard Christophilus I Believe that there is one God onely who being Eternal of himself above and in all the Author of all life and being is a Spirit only good only wise almighty all just every where present and infinite in all perfection I believe that this Divine Nature doth subsist in three Persons to wit the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost and these three are the same God I believe that the world and all that is therein visible and invisible have been made in the beginning by the Word of God in six dayes and believe also that every man was made after the Image of God faithful and holy and with authority to rule the creatures of this world by God who did breath an immortal Soul in a Body of dust and made the woman of one of his ribs and placed them in Paradise I believe that Man being made of God Faithful was obliged to do his will which if he did he should have lived joyfully in Paradise but if he did it not that he should dye according to the promise which he made unto him But man was tempted by the Devil to transgress the Commandement of God to the end that he should obey Gods Commandement no more but do his own will So the sin of Adam falling away from God became not only the sin of Adam but all his full Posterity is guilty of Condemnation for they are by nature children of wrath who do nothing at all good but alwayes evil All men born naturally of Adam do sin against the Law of God not only against that which is in their hearts but also against that which is revealed in the Word so that all are actually transgressors before God and guilty of death Moreover man
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
his commands they ought to render obedience of Faith unto him and to believe in the Name of the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost according to the scriptures of the Prophets and Apostles upon which the Believers are built Jesus Christ being the chief Corner stone the scriptures are the word inspired by God to make men wise unto salvation by the Faith which is in Jesus Christ to make them perfectly instructed unto every good work for Doctrine Correction and instruction in Righteousness Moreover I believe that Baptism ought to be administred in the name of the Father of the Son and of the holy Ghost to shew forth that the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost are the only true God in whom we ought to believe and whom we should obey I believe also that all believers are baptised by the holy Ghost into one Body and that every one of them being members of this Body in his place become members one of another The washing which is instituted in Baptism doth signifie the washing of Regeneration by the renewing of the holy Ghost which is shed abroad by Jesus Christ upon believers I believe also that this washing is a sign of the new Covenant established in the blood of Jesus Christ into which we are received by the Testimony of a good Conscience towards God in giving our selves wholly over unto him according to the tenor of his Covenant to be taught and governed by him in all things as his Disciples in this washing which is common to all believers to be received all they who are joyned to Jesus Christ as to their Master or head to become his members are baptized by him into one Spirit to become one Body and to behave themselves the one towards the other as his members in the Communion of Saints I believe that the Spiritual and inward Baptism of the Souls which doth purifie the Conscience from dead works makes believers carefull to keep all the Commandements of God and gives them access to call upon the name of the Lord at the throne of grace to be helped in due time I believe that that the Commandements which ought to be observed are given by Moses and confirmed by Christ and the prayer by which we should make our requests known to the Father is taught by the Lord Matth. 6. 9 10 11 12 13. I believe that the Church of God is made use of in this world to hold forth the word of life and the Ordinances of Truth which are appointed to the things which beget and increase grace and to reform vices and scandales I believe that the Ordinances of the publick administration of the Word and Prayer for those that are Ministers or Pastors whose office is to prophesie and pray in the Church are the Organes by which God doth beget faith in men and to make them compleat in all other graces as Saints for the building up of the body of Christ I believe that the Ordinances of the Church and Government of Discipline ought to be administred by the office of Elders and are Organs to prevent and reme the spiritual adultery and evill which is incident unto the society of Saints by an equal administration of Charity for the comforting of the weak and supply of the necessities of the poor as also for order and decency to proceed in all publick concernments and for the correction of a Brother and of those that are in any disorderly way I believe that the Government of God and the Administration of his Providence in the World to come is universal towards all and particular towards the Elect By his universal Providence he will raise up the dead at the last day both great and small and shall call the quick and the dead as well Men as Angels unto Judgment this sentence shall last eternally wherein the Angels shall be judged by the Saints and by his particular Providence over the Reprobates they shall be destroyed from the presence of the Lord with everlasting torments in Hell with the Devil and his Angels but the Elect shall be received into everlasting glory with Christ being made heirs of all things in the presence of God for ever I believe that the Scriptures of the old and New Testament are the true Word of God containing evidently infallibly and perfectly his revealed Will and Truth to be a rule of our Faith and obedience a Judge of our lives a touch-stone of all Doctrines and an Organ to make all believers perfect unto Salvation My Spiritual Father This evening I have made a general confession before my Lord Jesus Christ of my Faith as his slave with a good heart as yet it seems to me that I have great need of Baptism which our Lord Jesus Christ hath ordained for those that believe in him with a good heart Sir I pray you for the love of God to sollice it that I may be baptized for you know that we are subject to die and if I should dye without Baptism I shall not dye having my heart contented I am inclined to pray my Lord Iesus Christ for all faithfull Christians who bear love unto him Isuf Chaous the Slave of my Lord Jesus Christ The Confession being read and the fulnesse of it being taken notice of the Minister went out of the Pulpit down to the Font at which he sate and standing by him asked him three Questions First whether he did not renounce before God and this Congregation the Mahometan Sect whereunto he answered yea he hid renounce it utterly Secondly whether he did not desire to make profession of the Christian Faith and to be Baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost as a disciple of Christ whereunto he answered yea it was his earnest desire Thirdly whether he was not resolved in the future course of his life to submit himself to all the Ordinances of Christ and to walk unblameably under Christian Discipline whereunto he answered yea it was his sincere Resolution These Questions his Answers were made in the Italian tongue and interpreted afterward unto the Congregation in English Then a Prayer was made for a blessing upon the Ordinance to be administed unto him desiring the Lord to be present with his Spirit to seal and exhibite the thing signified thereby that being made partaker of the Promises of the Covenant his walking may be answerable thereunto and he may be delivered from all the Temptations of the evil one henceforth to be filled with joy and comfort by the Holy Ghost and other requests to this effect Which being done the Minister dipt his head into the water of a large Font and poured water upon it saying Richard Christophilus I Baptize thee in the name of of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Then the Minister returning to the Pulpit exhorted the Congregation to observe to the Glory of God the freedom of his Grace and Election that he did out of the midst of a most damnable Sect call this soul to himself in a way more than ordinary and that we should praise God for the work of Grace bestowed on him and that we might hope that God was preparing by such meanes a way to bring in the Conversion of the Jewes and the Fulnesse of the Gentiles amongst which the Turks should be comprehended of whom this man and some others being the first fruits we might expect hereafter a full Harvest They were also exhorted to rejoyce with and for him that he was now in the bosom of the Church that they should embrace him in their hearts through the Communion of Saints and pray for him These Exhortations being ended the Action was concluded with a Prayer and the singing of a part of a Psalm And this Relation is thus made publick that all those to whose hands it may come should be edified therby and stirred up to consider Gods works to give him due praise for the mercy which he shewes to any sinners and to pray that he would dayly add such as belong to his Election unto his Church till all flesh see his glory together And that this Proselyte may be made instrumental to advance his Glory towards his own Nation in due time being delivered from the Temptations and Assaults which Satan hath made upon him in a way not ordinary wherein the Lord hath hitherto graciously supported him and whereof hereafter in due time some more particular account may be given In the mean time this is offered to the ingenuous and true-hearted Christian that various and uncertain Reports may be prevented concerning this Action which we hope will redound to the Glory of our gracious Lord Jesus Christ in whose name it hath been performed and to him with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all Honour Praise and Thanksgiving rendred from all his Creatures and in all his Congregations for evermore Amen FINIS Rom. 9. 15. The Estry 1. Of God 2. Of the Holy Trinity 3. Of the Creation of the world 4. Of Adam and his falling from God 5. Of the Restauration of man by Christ 6. Of the ten Commandements 7. Of Christs office of Mediation between God and Man 8. Of the Doctrine of Faith 9. Of good works 10. The Creed 11. The Lords Prayer 12. Of the Sacraments 13. Of the Lords Supper 15. Of Baptism 14. Of the Church Ordinances 16. Of the last Judgment 17. Of the Holy scripture